Seeing that Yu Pinguo is already old, but still feels aggrieved like a child, Yang Niannian can empathize with him, as this is very similar to the original owner's life experience.

She asked curiously, "Your parents left the Jing City Siheyuan to you. Do you feel that they owe you too much?"

Logically speaking, since his parents are so partial, they shouldn't leave the house to him.

Yu Pinguo calmed down a bit, shook his head and said, "The house was not given to me by my parents, but by my grandmother. My two uncles died during the war, and my grandmother only had my mother as her child."

"My grandma broke her leg before she passed away, and she had to eat, drink, defecate and urinate in bed. My brothers and sisters thought it was dirty and didn't want to take care of her. They said that my grandma would let whoever she loved take care of her. I was raised by my grandma, and she loved me the most, but I couldn't get away because I had to support the whole family."

"Later, my wife took the initiative to come back and take care of me for half a year. I was really grateful to my wife at that time, otherwise I would have felt guilty for the rest of my life. Before my grandmother passed away, she made a will and gave the house to me."

Speaking of his grandma, Yu Pinguo's eyes became moist again.

"I'm not afraid of you laughing at me. My brother and sister have always wanted this house. They have been close to each other for many years, and no one is on my side. If I don't sell this house, I don't know how much trouble it will cause in the long run. It's better to sell it early."

Yang Niannian understood as soon as she heard it. The younger brothers and sisters ganged up to bully their honest elder brother who went far away.

Fortunately, Yu Pinguo’s grandmother was a sensible person, and he was rewarded for his good deeds. In that era, four or five thousand yuan was a huge sum of money.

If Yu Pinguo had foresight and bought two houses in Chongqing, his life would not be bad in the future.

The bus arrived at the station soon, and Yu Pinguo calmed down, stood up and said, "We're here, get off!"

Nowadays, the property transfer procedure is very fast, and the whole process can be completed in no more than two hours.

Yang Niannian and Yu Pinguo went to the bank, withdrew the money, and Yu Pinguo remitted the money to his family.

The formalities were completed, the money was in the account, Yu Pinguo felt relieved and walked out of the bank with a smile on his face.

"Come on, I'll take you to see the house. You haven't been inside before, right?"

Yang Niannian followed suit and laughed, "Senior Yu took me for a stroll outside the courtyard once."

The two got on the bus again and it took them five stops to reach their destination.

The courtyard is near the platform. Walk a few meters into the alley and turn a corner.

The house had not been occupied for a long time and the lock was rusty. Yu Pinguo struggled for a long time before he finally opened the lock. He handed the key to Yang Niannian.

"This house is yours from now on. You keep the key. Change the lock later! This one is rusty and doesn't work very well."

"OK."

Yang Niannian took the key and followed him into the yard.

The yard was overgrown with weeds, and there were many broken tiles on the ground. The door panels and windows were all made of mahogany. Judging from the layout, before the war, Yu Pinguo's grandmother must have come from a well-off family.

Except for some broken tiles on the roof, the doors and windows of this courtyard are still in good condition.

Yu Pinguo pushed open the door of a room, and saw the floor was covered with dust and the room was filled with cobwebs.

"My grandmother died in this room. The small bed has been burned. There was a big bed in the room she lived in before. That bed was a dowry given by her parents when she got married. She was afraid that it would be burned, so she moved to another room before she died."

The elderly cherish things, and even when they are about to die, they still want to leave something for their descendants.

"Your grandma must be a very kind person." Yang Niannian praised.

Yu Pinguo said proudly, as if he was happy to hear someone praising him.

"My grandma is very good at embroidery. The peonies she embroidered are so beautiful that they can attract butterflies."

Yang Niannian's eyes sparkled, and she asked curiously, "Grandma is really versatile. She was also a lady from a wealthy family, right?"

Yu Pinguo said with a smile, "It seems her grandfather was once a county magistrate."

He took Yang Niannian to check out several rooms in the house. The situation was similar to what Yu Sui said. Some rooms were even worse, with some beams collapsed. Fortunately, the overall structure of the walls was very solid. As long as the roof, doors and windows were repaired and the house was cleaned up, people could live in it.

Except for the kitchen items and the dowry bed, everything else was gone.

There are only cabinets, pots and pans in the kitchen, which are not valuable, but the bed looks like it is worth a lot of money.

Yang Niannian is not a person who likes to take advantage of small opportunities. Even though she bought a house, she still had to let others take away the furniture.

"Uncle Yu, this bed was your grandmother's dowry bed. She kept it when she passed away, probably because she wanted to leave it to her descendants. If you want to take it back to Yu City, you can take the key first. I will change the lock after the bed is taken away."

Yu Pinguo shook his head and sighed, "No, I won't pull it out. All the furniture in this house has been pulled out by my brothers and sisters. They think it's unlucky because this bed was slept on by my grandmother before she died, so they didn't pull it out."

He was a very honest man, speaking directly and honestly, "Little girl, to be honest with you, before I met you, I wanted to take the bed away. But after talking to you, I gave up the idea, and I'll leave this bed to you!"

"Leave it to me?" Yang Niannian was very surprised. "Uncle Yu, are you sure you want to leave it to me? I think this bed is worth a lot of money."

Although she didn't know much about wood, the bed was decades old, but the frame was still so solid and the bed board was not infested with insects. It was obviously made of high-quality wood.

"Sure." Yu Pinguo nodded confidently, "Sell it or keep it, it's up to you."

"My grandmother wanted to keep the bed before she passed away. She certainly didn't want me to sell it. It's too far to move it back to Chongqing. She never left Beijing in her life. She probably didn't want her beloved bed to go so far away."

Hearing him say this, Yang Niannian made a decision immediately, "Uncle Yu, I can't promise that I will never sell this bed, but I can promise that as long as I am the owner of this house, I will not sell this bed."

Although Yu Pinguo also didn't want Yang Niannian to sell the bed, he also knew that he had no right to ask others to keep the bed. This request was unreasonable. He didn't expect that Yang Niannian would take the initiative to keep it.

"Thank you, little girl. Your words are enough."

Seeing that he was so moved that he was about to burst into tears again, Yang Niannian quickly said, "Uncle, it's noon now, shall we go eat?"

"Okay, okay." Yu Pinguo nodded repeatedly, "I haven't eaten noodles with soybean paste for many years. I'll treat you to some noodles with soybean paste."

Yang Niannian originally wanted to treat him to a meal, but he refused and insisted on paying.

The result was that Yang Niannian got a bed and a meal for free.

As the saying goes, being sweet-talker does have its advantages. Even though he promised not to sell the bed, that bed looks very valuable!

Yu Pinguo was honest and kind-hearted, and he even gave her a bed as a gift. Yang Niannian wanted to give him a heads up, "Uncle Yu, you sold your house in Jing City. Are you planning to use the money to start a business?"

Yu Pinguo ate his noodles with soybean paste in big mouthfuls and shook his head, saying, "My family, young and old, are all squeezed into those few rooms. There is no room for them. When I return, I will buy two houses for my children in the city."

Yang Niannian smiled. Since Yu Pinguo had this plan, she didn't need to remind him.

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