After dinner, I drove home, first dropping Yunqi off at her house, and then arranged to visit her the next day.
"Mom and Dad, I'm home!" he shouted before even entering the house.
"Xiao Qi, you're back! Let Mom take a look!" Yun's mother grabbed Xiao Qi's hand and looked her up and down, while Yun's father also carefully examined his daughter.
Seeing that her daughter hadn't changed much, she invited Gao Jie and Si Cheng into the house, saying, "Come in and sit down, you must be tired from your journey." As she spoke, she glanced at Si Cheng curiously a few times.
"Uncle, hello, I am Sicheng."
"Uncle, this is my cousin. We won't go in to sit down. We'll come back another time."
"It's getting late, why don't we stay here for the night?"
"No need, no need, it's not far from here." She said as she walked out.
Only after watching the car drive away did Mr. Yun turn around and close the door.
The Yun family's house is a blend of Chinese and Western styles, a small garden villa extended from an old-fashioned courtyard house. Because the courtyard house is an old house passed down from the older generation, it has never been altered, and Yun's father and his family still live in the main wing. In their words, living in this house is warm in winter and cool in summer, which is perfect for them.
The small garden villa next door was specially built for Xiaoqi by her doting father, Yun. When Xiaoqi was little, she would always point to a garden villa and tell her father that she wanted a house like that someday. A few years ago, after hearing that if they didn't build a house soon, they wouldn't be able to move houses anymore, Yun's doting father was also tempted when he heard that some of his cousins were going to hire a construction team to build a house together.
Because they hadn't retired yet and were rarely home, Mr. Yun had a high wall built around the courtyard house and garden villa, creating a large additional yard in the middle. After retiring, the elderly couple grew all sorts of vegetables in the yard, living a leisurely and self-sufficient life.
"Mom, I miss you so much." Yunqi hugged his mother and burst into tears. For his mother and the others, it had only been a year since they had seen Xiaoqi, but Xiaoqi had not seen his parents for more than ten years.
"What's wrong? Who bullied my precious daughter?" The father asked hurriedly as soon as he entered the door and saw Xiaoqi crying.
"I just missed you all."
"Why don't you find a job nearby? That way you'll be closer to home."
"Yes, listen to your father, there are plenty of job opportunities here."
"I'll work there for another year, and next year I'll find a job around here," Yunqi said, explaining her plans.
"It's good that you live close to home, so your parents can see you anytime. Are you hungry? What do you want to eat? Dad will make it for you."
"We're not hungry, we just finished eating. Let's chat for a while." Yunqi held his parents' hands tightly, reluctant to let go.
They chatted about their recent situations and expressed concern for each other's health.
As we chatted, we looked at our long-missed home. A two-meter-wide cement road led into the entrance, with vegetable plots on both sides, neatly divided into small sections, each filled with various vegetables.
There are two side rooms on each side, and an open-air courtyard in the middle. Further ahead is the main gate, and inside is a spacious living room. Behind the living room are two main side rooms and a side room, one of which has been converted into a kitchen and dining room. Next to the dining room is a small door that leads to the garden villa.
This door connects to the side gate of the villa. The villa has two and a half floors and is not very large. The first floor is just a dining room and living room, the second floor is Xiao Qi's bedroom and study, and the third floor has only a small suite plus a large open-air balcony. Everything is so neat and orderly.
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