"Can they stay another day? I don't have that much free time to play with them." Suti thought that once they saw what they wanted to see, they would leave on their own.
"That's right, honey, you have to be careful tomorrow." Li Baichuan really treated her colleagues like monsters.
"I understand. We'll go to Grandpa's for dinner together when you get back tonight." Suti wanted to go back and ask Grandpa if that matter had been settled.
She was ready to submit the report; time was of the essence.
As spring arrived, the weather grew warmer day by day, and Suti's belly grew bigger day by day.
Li Baichuan moved very quietly when he got up early. His wife had finally gotten a day off, and he wanted her to sleep a little longer.
But his intentions were completely ruined. He had only been gone a short while when there was a loud banging on the door.
Suti opened her eyes with difficulty, rubbed them, and glanced at the time. It was only seven in the morning, and Baichuan was probably already at work.
"Who is it?" Suti walked over and opened the door, annoyed.
"Good morning, Suti." Meng Yixuan saw Suti's unkempt appearance, a stark contrast to her own meticulous attire.
She was very pleased with herself, and she said that Suti could never compare to her.
"Come in." Suti was speechless. How curious was she? She probably hadn't slept all night.
"Please sit down first. I just got up. You're here really early." Suti casually moved a stool over for her to sit on in the yard.
Let's leave the house alone; there's a lot of stuff there. We'll tidy up a bit later.
"You just got up? It's already this late. I'd better go to your house. It wouldn't be good to disturb others in the yard."
Meng Yixuan was even happier when she heard Su Ti's words. Look, compared to her, she had another advantage: diligence.
"There's no one else here, please sit wherever you like." Su Ti ignored her reluctance and went to wash up.
"Has everyone else in this courtyard gone to work?" Meng Yixuan didn't understand; she also felt the courtyard was too quiet.
She knew that the courtyards here were usually home to many families, far worse than their family dormitories.
She couldn't understand why they had come to live here. Perhaps the Li family disliked Su Ti and simply sent her away.
Only Suti was ignorant and thought this was a good place.
“My husband is at work, so I’m all alone at home. It’s just the two of us living in this yard.” Su Ti knew Meng Yixuan was mistaken when she saw her like this.
"What? Just the two of you living in such a big courtyard?" Meng Yixuan stood up in surprise.
"Yes, is there a problem?" Suti looked over.
"No...no, that's great." Meng Yixuan was very excited; such a big courtyard actually only had two people living there.
From this perspective, even if the Li family disliked her, the courtyard they casually gave her was something that ordinary people could never imagine in their entire lives.
Meng Yixuan thought Su Ti would treat her well, but she didn't expect that Su Ti would take so long to come out after washing up and going inside.
After changing his clothes, he ate his meal slowly.
After finishing the meal, he busied himself with other things, acting as if he didn't even see her; it was very impolite.
As expected of someone from the countryside, she doesn't know any manners of hospitality. No wonder the Li family would never take a liking to her.
"Suti, may I have a look around your house?" Meng Yixuan couldn't stand it anymore and took the initiative to remind her.
"Let's wait until the others arrive." Suti thought that more people would be coming soon, and she would have to take them all over again, which seemed quite tiring.
"..." Meng Yixuan was also taken aback when she heard her rejection.
She had never seen guests treated like this before; her face clearly said, "I'm not happy to see you here," without any pretense whatsoever.
"Suti, isn't your husband resting today?" Meng Yixuan knew that beating around the bush with Suti was useless, so there was nothing wrong with her asking this question.
“He’s at work,” Suti replied casually, picking up a small garment from the side and carefully cutting it out.
She plans to finish making the clothes today, and she also needs to make swaddle blankets and other things later, but her grandmother and mother will probably prepare quite a few as well.
"He's at work? What time does he get off work?" Meng Yixuan was surprised that she hadn't run into anyone despite arriving so early, and she wondered how long it would take him to get off work.
"Hmm?" Suti looked over.
"I was just asking out of boredom. Why haven't Qingling and the others arrived yet?" Meng Yixuan felt a little guilty under Su Ti's gaze and quickly changed the subject.
"It should be soon." Su Ti frowned. What did Meng Yixuan know? She had been inquiring about Baichuan's affairs, intentionally or unintentionally.
She misjudged the extent of human shamelessness; she never imagined that while she was pregnant, the man was already plotting to climb the social ladder.
Meng Yixuan dared not say anything more, thinking that she would find a way to get that brainless Zhu Qingling to ask her later.
She couldn't expose herself, otherwise if Suti found out something and kept a close watch on her, it would be very disadvantageous for her.
Just as Meng Yixuan was eagerly anticipating their arrival, Zhu Qingling and her group finally arrived.
Upon seeing this courtyard, everyone shared Meng Yixuan's thought: that many people lived together.
Everyone was surprised when they found out that Suti and his wife lived alone.
"Suti, we'll rent these houses to you. Does anyone else have any objections?" The houses these days are all owned by the street or work units.
No matter how many houses are allocated, they won't get a yard, right? Won't the others cause a scene? It seems Suti's family has powerful connections.
"This is my own house." Seeing that everyone had come, Suti was polite enough to show them around.
The courtyard is a very square siheyuan (traditional courtyard house). Upon entering, you are greeted by a stone wall, and around the corner is a stone-paved path that is only two people wide.
There are several rooms on both sides, three on each side. On the right, there is a kitchen, a storage room, and some empty rooms.
There is a washroom and a toilet on the left, one of which is empty.
The main courtyard faces the stone wall at the entrance. The main hall also has three rooms: a living room, a bedroom, and one that is still empty.
After the front yard, there was a back yard where many things were planted. They only knew that they looked like vegetables, but they couldn't tell what they were.
There were two empty rooms in the backyard. After walking around, I realized that half of the rooms were empty.
Needless to say, everything inside was brand new, especially the bedroom, which was bigger than their entire apartment in the family compound.
The furniture inside had an indescribable beauty, and the four-piece bedding set on the bed felt cool and smooth to the touch.
They all knew what kind of brocade it was; some of the women among them wore this material as their undergarments.
It was very expensive, and my family couldn't afford it, nor did we have that many tickets or money, but other people used it to make bed sheets and duvet covers.
There was also a rocking chair by the window, covered with a soft blanket, and the large wardrobe was filled to the brim.
There was also a dressing table, on which were many things they had never seen before, many of which were imported goods from the Friendship Store.
There were so many people that I couldn't keep up with them all.
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