Ye Beiping made two trips up and down the stairs and finished collecting the items.
The incident also disturbed Grandma Qiu on the second floor. She opened the door, peeked out, saw Ye Beiping, and closed the door expressionlessly.
Ye Beiping didn't even have time to say hello.
Going downstairs, Ye Beiping saw Su Xinyi chatting with Su Qingwen. He wiped the sweat from his forehead, smiled, and walked over, saying, "Now that you've got your things, let's go upstairs."
“Okay.” Su Qingwen had wanted to go up for a while, but it wasn’t appropriate to leave his daughter here alone.
When the three of them went upstairs, they had no idea that Grandma Qiu was eavesdropping at their door.
She seemed to hear a middle-aged man's voice, and then heard Su Xinyi call out "Dad." Only then did Grandma Qiu turn around and walk towards the living room.
As Ye Beiping and his two companions entered their newly rented home, Su Qingwen began to look them over.
He nodded as he looked around: "Not bad, enough for two people. And the furniture isn't old, and it's quite clean."
Su Xinyi, who came in afterward, quickly said, "Dad, I told you, Grandma Qiu cleans all the time, it's not dirty."
"And Grandma Qiu is a very kind person; she even packed meals for us."
"Meals included?"
Su Qingwen frowned and looked at Ye Beiping, who nodded in agreement.
"20 a month, including meals, is indeed not expensive, but your Grandma Qiu is losing money."
Su Xinyi then told Su Qingwen about Ye Beiping's analysis.
After hearing that it was because Grandma Qiu was lonely, Su Qingwen felt relieved.
Perhaps the old man felt a sense of familiarity with Ye Beiping and Su Xinyi, two young people, or perhaps he was genuinely lonely and wanted two people to keep him company.
Su Qingwen could understand people like that.
Ye Beiping was somewhat surprised, not expecting Su Qingwen to not mention the swindler again.
Su Qingwen smiled at Ye Beiping's expression, walked around the living room, and explained, "Many years ago, I met an old man like this. He had no children, and he was not short of money, but he was lonely."
“He played chess by himself every day. Then he met me and started playing chess with me every day. At that time, I didn’t know anything about chess. Later I found out that the old man was lonely and bored. He saw that I didn’t have any bad intentions, so he kept me company every day.”
"However, the old man has already passed away, and I was the one who saw him off. Although he played chess with me every day, he also taught me a lot about how to conduct myself in society."
After hearing these words, Ye Beiping understood.
It seems there are quite a few people like this in this era.
Many of the elderly people are not without children, but their children have all perished in the war.
After all, of all virtues, filial piety is the most important, and the greatest filial piety is having no offspring.
In those days, who didn't have children? It was just that the children would leave this world before them.
Su Qingwen also sighed with emotion, and then sat down on the solid wood sofa.
"Beiping, go and make the arrangements first. I'll sit for a while and then leave. You don't need to keep bothering me."
Seeing that the handprint on his father-in-law's face had faded a bit, leaving only a few red lines, Ye Beiping nodded: "Okay, Dad, please sit down first. I'll go to my room to tidy up and then go out to buy some groceries. You can have lunch here."
"No......"
Before Su Qingwen could finish speaking, Su Xinyi stepped forward, grabbed her father's hand, and said coquettishly, "Dad, you can eat here. It can't be just me and Beiping cooking for the first time."
Seeing her daughter's state, Su Qingwen's heart softened.
That's why they say daughters are their fathers' little angels.
Although this cotton-padded coat seems to let in some air, it's still fine to wear.
"Okay, since Xinyi has said so, then we'll just make something simple for lunch."
"Okay."
Ye Beiping smiled and responded, then took his bundle and bedding into the room.
Moving into a new home means there are more people to eat with, which is a good thing.
It would be too lonely if it were just the two of them.
However, while tidying the bedding, he thought of his mother and sister and sighed.
The current policy doesn't allow it yet, but in two years we can bring my mother and sister to the city, and then the whole family can be reunited.
After changing the sheets on the bed, Ye Beiping said goodbye to Su Qingwen and Su Xinyi and went out.
After Ye Beiping left, Su Qingwen asked, "Xinyi, I haven't asked you yet, how does Beiping's family treat you?"
"Okay." Su Xinyi answered without hesitation, and also told Ye Beiping about his mother and sister's situation. In short, she just said: Okay.
From his daughter's expression and eyes, Ye Beiping's family could tell that they treated her well; otherwise, Su Xinyi wouldn't have answered so quickly without even thinking.
Then Su Xinyi recounted how Ye Beiping pursued her, her face flushed, radiating happiness.
After listening, Su Qingwen could describe it in three words: simple, sincere, and hardworking.
He hunted wild animals every day while his own daughter was starving.
This shows that Ye Beiping was truly sincere.
Perhaps for ordinary people, there's nothing difficult about hearing that a country boy is hunting wild game.
But Su Qingwen, who actually lived through that era, knew that even hunting wild game in the mountains was not an easy task, and sometimes it could even cost one's life.
Seeing that Ye Beiping was willing to go to such lengths for his daughter, Su Qingwen's impression of Ye Beiping improved more and more.
However, I could still hear the grievance in Su Xinyi's words.
They can't get enough to eat.
That wasn't just a day or two, or a month or two, but a full three years.
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