As the sun sets, cement and other building materials are piled on the ground of Wen Ying's unrenovated house. The overall environment is messy and not beautiful. After Wen Ying said that, the three members of the family were silent, and there was suddenly some tenderness in the silence.
Although Wen Ying's family is not rich, they have enough food and clothing. What they lack is not a house, but something else.
Wen Ying thought that this room would be painted pink in the future... Forget it, Xie Qian was right, it didn't matter what color it was.
Seeing that his wife still didn't speak, Wen Dongrong quickly jumped in to speak:
"Paint the walls pink, buy white furniture, and add some curtains. Wouldn't that be pretty? Your mom's aesthetic sense is right!"
Chen Ru also got the inspiration after visiting Chen Li's house.
Chen Li painted the walls above the beds in her two sons' bedrooms in different colors, one light blue and the other fruit green. Wen Ying is a girl, so pink is a good choice for her.
When making this decision, Chen Ru and Wen Dongrong didn't feel anything was wrong. They both forgot the age difference between Wen Ying and Deng Jie, and Deng Hao and Wen Ying.
Wen Ying had figured it all out, so naturally she wouldn't object anymore.
"You're right, white furniture looks good and goes with any wall."
Wen Ying took the opportunity to ask about the remaining room in the house, "Should we decorate it as a study like my aunt's house, or as a guest room?"
Wen Dongrong wanted a study, but also wanted a guest room.
He wanted to bring his biological mother to Chengdu to live with him for a while every year.
But when the old lady was not here, the guest room was empty and it would be a bit of a waste to leave it empty. It would be a nice idea to install a study room and put a computer in it like Chen Li's house.
"The house was still too small. I should have been braver back then."
Both houses are 105 square meters, with three bedrooms and one bathroom. The house Chen Li's family bought is 156 square meters, with not only four rooms but also two bathrooms.
If you buy a four-bedroom apartment, you don’t have to worry about it now, as both the guest room and the study can meet your needs.
Wen Dongrong's "boldness" didn't mean he gave up on buying two houses, but rather that he didn't know Chen Ru's salary would increase significantly in a short period of time, so he didn't increase his leverage. Otherwise, he could have bought two houses, one large 156 square meter apartment and the other a smaller 105 square meter apartment.
The 156-square-meter apartment is kept for the family to live in, and the 105-square-meter apartment is rented out to pay off the mortgage. It's perfect!
Saying this now seems a bit like hindsight, Wen Dongrong was just saying it casually.
"Let's build a study."
If his mother comes to Chengdu for a short stay, she can squeeze in with Wen Ying. Anyway, the old lady can't come to live at home for a long time, and the guest room is not utilized very often. However, the study is very much needed by the family of three.
Wenying's room is the largest, so the idea is to put a desk next to the bed so that Wenying can do her homework after school every day.
Wen Dongrong and Chen Ru's bedroom is too small after putting the bed in and putting in the desk. The couple are both going to pursue further studies and will probably be inseparable from studying for the next few years. They are the ones who need a study the most.
Wen Ying originally didn't care about the decoration of the new house at home, but she came today. Thinking that she would still have to live in this house, it would be convenient for her to live in it if the decoration was comfortable, so she put forward her ideas.
Wen Dongrong couldn't decide between a study and a guest room, so he simply combined the two into one. The guest room was not used very often, so he made the bed smaller so that guests could stay overnight. Normally, he could use it as a study. A long desk against the wall with two chairs was enough for two people to work and study at the same time.
"Build more cabinets. With cabinets to store miscellaneous items, the room will look spacious."
Wen Dongrong felt that the 105-square-meter house was not big enough, while Wen Ying felt that it was not small enough.
In her previous life, she had lived in Shanghai for six years. It was not uncommon for three generations of a family to live in an old alley housing unit. Some developers also built new properties where an area of more than 80 square meters could be converted into three bedrooms, two living rooms, and two bathrooms. Excluding the common area, the actual area was only about 60 square meters. The owners really made full use of every space in their homes during the renovation.
However, after the housing prices skyrocketed, it was already very good for ordinary wage earners to be able to buy a three-bedroom apartment of more than 80 square meters in Shanghai. It meant that they had gained a firm foothold in Shanghai and were no longer homeless.
Like Wen Ying, who has lived in Shanghai for six years without relying on family support, it is rare to be able to afford a 120+ square meter river view apartment.
At that time, she paid the down payment and couldn't help but look at many decoration cases, planning to tidy up her future home.
Who would have thought that the house would be reborn before I even lived in it for a day?
If I had known this earlier, I would have spent the more than four million!
Wen Ying felt depressed when she thought about her down payment of more than 4 million yuan going down the drain. However, when she thought about the 500,000 yuan she invested in Tianjiao to shoot the TV series and the publishing contract locked in the drawer, she knew that her river view apartment would be "returned" soon, and Wen Ying became happy again.
Life experience is a valuable asset to everyone. In my previous life, I saw so many decoration cases that were not put to practical use, but I can use them now!
Wen Ying either doesn't ask about the progress of the renovation, or once she starts talking, she can't stop.
Watching the father and daughter talking in unison, taking out a tape measure to compare the room sizes and discussing how to make the guest room and study compatible, Chen Ru's originally slightly frowned brows slowly relaxed.
I thought Wen Ying didn't care about the house renovations at home.
She said she didn't care about Wen Ying, and Wen Ying had also drawn a clear line with her parents.
If you really don't care, how can you talk about so many things?
Perhaps it was because Wen Ying took the initiative to show goodwill and said she wanted to paint the walls pink that Chen Ru felt relieved of the anger she had been holding in for over a month.
Or maybe it was just that Wen Ying and Wen Dongrong's act of measuring the size together was too heartwarming.
In addition, a few days ago, Wen Ying indirectly promised Wen Dongrong that she would be in the top 300 in the grade in the final exam.
It was all these factors combined that prevented Chen Ru from being picky with Wen Ying at this moment... When Chen Ru was unhappy, Wen Ying's knowledge of decoration was a mistake, which made Chen Ru feel that Wen Ying was not putting all her attention on studying.
At this time, Chen Ru was happy. She didn't bother to criticize Wen Ying for not studying seriously. Instead, she was thinking about what color to paint Wen Ying's room.
Wen Ying didn’t seem to like pink, but she compromised.
...This child's thoughts change so quickly.
After the high school entrance examination last year, when Wen Ying had the worst relationship with her family, she kept complaining that her room in her old home was too drab, saying that the walls were all white and had no decorations, and it was cold and deserted. She also complained that her clothes didn't fit her, and the colors were drab and old-fashioned, and she even changed her hairstyle.
White doesn’t work, pink doesn’t work either, so what color do you like?
Don’t other girls like pink? Only my family has this problem more often.
Chen Ru fell into deep thought.
The light from the setting sun shines into the house, and the orange and yellow tones are very warm.
How about painting it a light beige, hanging light-colored curtains, and matching it with white furniture?
Chen Ru fantasized about it in her mind and it seemed quite warm.
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