By five o'clock, more and more people were coming to Oak Alley. Smoke was rising from some houses, and the aroma of food filled the air.
The old men and women looked at the two squatting young men with their eyes wide open.
Ah! The Su family's daughter and her lover are back!
It seemed like more than a year had passed since they last came back. What on earth did this Su family girl do? Everyone was wondering.
They had speculated before, what on earth was a young girl doing outside when she couldn't go home once a year? Whenever someone asked the Su family about it, they would look proud and say only one thing.
"Our Yunyun is doing great things outside!"
Other than that, they said nothing, but the less they said, the more curious the residents of Oak Alley became.
"Su family's daughter, are you back?" Someone greeted Su Qingyun.
"Aunt Li, long time no see." Su Qingyun recognized her and greeted her with a smile.
"It's been a while, hasn't it?" Aunt Li also smiled. "You've been away from home all year round, and your parents must be worried. If the situation allows, it would be better for you to come back to work."
"Aunt Li, it's not up to me to decide where to work." Su Qingyun couldn't help laughing. "I have to obey the organization's arrangements." She said ambiguously.
Organizational arrangements? Aunt Li was stunned for a moment and began to think divergently, but with her limited knowledge, she couldn't figure out what Su Qingyun's job was.
"Then you... you'd better do your job well." Aunt Li laughed dryly. She couldn't let others disobey the organization's arrangements, right?
Aunt Li returned empty-handed, and it was too late for others to go up and ask.
Finally, when Su Qingyun was waiting until she was hungry, she finally heard her father's voice.
"Come on, come on, everyone, make way and let the car pass."
Car? Where did the car come from? Su Qingyun was stunned. Her father bought a car?
She and Ji Yue stood up and looked towards the entrance of the alley. It turned out to be a... tricycle, and it seemed to be carrying something.
"Oh, Xiao Su, you really bought a color TV? How generous." Su Qingyun heard someone's envious voice and realized what was pulled on the tricycle. It turned out to be a color TV.
Wait? A color TV!
Su Qingyun was stunned. A color TV costs two to three thousand yuan now, and her father was willing to buy it?
"Of course not. This is an imported color TV, Hitachi. Have you heard of it?" Su Aimin's voice was full of energy. Everyone was surrounding the tricycle, and he hadn't seen his daughter and son-in-law standing at the door yet.
"I haven't heard of it. It's very expensive, right?"
"Yes, a little bit. It's more than two thousand." Su Aimin casually revealed the price.
"Hiss! So expensive?"
Everyone watching gasped.
"Xiao Su, can we come to your house to watch TV in the future?" someone asked expectantly.
Nowadays, very few families can afford to buy a television, and even fewer can afford this kind of imported color TV. What's more, in a hutong like theirs, it is simply the only one of its kind. Who wouldn't want to watch it?
"Okay, but it depends on the time." Su Aimin agreed readily. After all, they were neighbors, so it was okay to visit them occasionally.
"I know. We know how to do it. We won't bother you."
"That's fine." Su Aimin nodded, "Everyone, please make way. We need to move the color TV in."
Everyone made way. At this moment, someone remembered that Su Qingyun had returned, and hurriedly said to Su Aimin, "Oh, Xiao Su, your daughter is back."
"Okay, I understand. When I get back..." Su Aimin nodded halfway when he realized something was wrong.
"What? My girl is back? Where is she?" Su Aimin didn't care about his TV anymore and ran home.
"Dad!" Su Qingyun shouted.
When Su Aimin saw her, he immediately ran over and hugged her, "Oh my, my Yunyun, when did you come back? How long have you been waiting? Why didn't you tell me just now? Did you come back alone?" He asked a series of questions.
Coming back alone? Ji Yue felt helpless. He was so old, could his father-in-law really not see him?
"Dad, I'm here." He could only speak to make his presence felt.
Su Aimin glanced at him and said with a smile, "Xiao Ji is back too." His voice was flat, at least five tones lowered.
Fortunately, Ji Yue has gotten used to it.
"Dad, let me help you move the color TV in."
"Can you move it?"
"Yes."
Ji Yue moved many of the bulky instruments and computers in the laboratory.
He moved the color TV back home, closed the door, and the onlookers dispersed.
"Hurry, hurry, Yunyun, sit down." Ji Yue was very happy. "Are you taking a vacation this time?"
"Not really. I still have to work." Su Qingyun explained, "I have to stay in Beijing for about half a month before going abroad."
"Go abroad?" Su Aimin was stunned.
"Go to a meeting." Su Qingyun said casually.
"Oh oh." Su Aimin didn't understand her work affairs and didn't want to ask more. He still had some awareness of confidentiality.
"Okay, you should have a good rest at home for a few days." Su Aimin paused and glanced at Ji Yue, "Go back and stay with Xiao Ji for two more days."
No matter what, my daughter is married and has to go to her husband's family.
"By the way, your house has been renovated and has been empty. You can live there if you want."
"No, I just want to live at home." Su Qingyun smiled and acted coquettishly.
Su Aimin smiled from ear to ear, "Okay, okay, then leave it empty."
"What are you going to do with it? Dad, you can rent out the house when I'm not at home." Su Qingyun said, "At least there's some rent."
"That little rent is nothing. I'd be heartbroken if the house was damaged." He couldn't bear to rent out the house he had just renovated before his daughter even lived in it.
"Okay, let's leave it empty." Su Qingyun said helplessly, "When uncle and his family come to visit again in the future, they can stay over there."
"Um."
"Where's Mom?"
"Your mother has classes this afternoon and should be back soon."
"Where are my grandpa and grandma?" Su Qingyun continued to ask.
"Your grandma is at work, and your grandpa is probably playing chess there again. The competition is about to start, and he's really nervous."
Go to work? Play chess? Compete?
Su Qingyun was completely bewildered. What on earth was this? She didn't understand a single thing.
"Oh, you didn't know this yet, but your grandma now works at our neighborhood office, specifically responsible for mediating all sorts of disputes, big and small, in our alleys. She's so dedicated to her work that she was even named a role model a while ago."
Her grandmother, the Street Office? Model? Su Qingyun's eyes widened.
"And your grandfather has fallen in love with chess and has participated in many amateur competitions. He's also very enthusiastic and goes out early and comes back late every day."
The amount of information was too much, and Su Qingyun continued to be shocked.
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