The next morning, Bu Ling and his group boarded a train to Kyoto. This time, only Bu Ling, Bu Yiliang, Bo Da, Sang Shen, and Sang Zi were going to Kyoto.
Hebei Province is right next to Kyoto, and the five of them arrived in Kyoto that afternoon. After getting off the car, Sangshen looked around and said, "Uncle Lin is over there."
Sangshen pointed to a military vehicle outside the platform. Everyone looked over and saw Uncle Lin standing by the vehicle, waving at them.
“Let’s go over there.” With that, Sangzi took the lead and walked over there.
Buyi and his three companions immediately followed.
"Xiao Si, Xiao Qi, Comrade Bu Ling, Comrade Bu Yi, Comrade Liang!" Uncle Lin's serious face revealed a stiff smile.
"Uncle Lin, take us to that courtyard in the east of the city first," Sangshen said.
Before they arrived, Sangshen had already arranged with Buling that they would stay in Sangshen's courtyard before the wedding, and Buling would get married in that courtyard the next day.
Buling naturally had no objections; in fact, she was delighted. This was a courtyard in Kyoto, and one in the east of the city at that—a place of wealth and prestige.
"Is your courtyard close to the Forbidden City?" Bu Ling asked in a low voice.
Sangshen didn't understand why Buling asked this, but still answered, "It's quite close, only a ten-minute bike ride to the Forbidden City."
Bling's eyes lit up instantly; she could see it from that distance.
An hour later, Uncle Lin drove the car into an alley with only four households. He parked at the second house and said, "We're here!"
Bling got out of the car and silently observed the vermilion gate in front of her. Her heart was filled with joy. Sang Shen was so rich! But soon all of this would be hers too. Just thinking about it made her happy.
Sangshen took out her key and opened the door. "Come in. Grandpa had Uncle Lin come and clean it up before. It's habitable."
Buling stepped onto the steps and entered the courtyard. It was a courtyard with blue bricks and gray tiles, exuding a sense of history. The courtyard was large, and there was a jujube tree inside. It was the beginning of spring, and tender buds had sprouted on the jujube tree.
There are quite a few rooms in the courtyard: seven main rooms, two east wing rooms, and two rear rooms. They were probably cleaned in advance, so they looked very quiet and peaceful.
Sangshen stepped across the courtyard, opened a door, and called to Buling, "Lingling, come here, this is your room. Everything is ready. Come in and see if there's anything you need?"
Bling went inside as instructed and looked around the room: "Nothing is missing, this is fine."
Sangzhen glanced at the people in the courtyard, then leaned close to Buling's ear and whispered, "This is the house I lived in when I was a child. There are surprises inside. You can look for them. Once you find them, they are all yours."
Just as Bu Ling was about to ask what the surprise was, Sang Shen straightened up and walked up to Bu Yi with an air of importance: "Brother, you stay in the room to Ling Ling's left, and Brother Liang stays in the room to the right."
This arrangement is also for the safety of Buling. Although the area is relatively safe, it's always better to be safe than sorry.
Buyi was quite pleased with Sangshen's arrangement: "Thank you for your help."
Sangshen smiled modestly and said, "Lingling, Brother Bu, you must be tired after a long day. We won't bother you any longer."
"Oh, by the way, there's a state-run restaurant if you turn left after leaving the courtyard. You can go there if you want to eat," Sangshen instructed.
Buyi nodded, indicating that he understood.
It was getting late, so after settling Buling and the other two in, Sangshen took her leave. Tomorrow was the wedding, and they had a lot to do.
After Sangshen and the other two left, only Buling and her two companions remained in the courtyard. Buling stretched and said, "Brother, shall we go eat first?"
“Alright, have dinner and get some rest. You’ll be busy tomorrow.” Buyi agreed.
Liang Boda had no objections, and the three of them hit it off immediately. They quickly tidied up and went out, finding the state-run restaurant as Sangshen had suggested.
The state-run restaurants in Kyoto were naturally more luxurious than those in their small county town. Since the three of them rarely came here, they didn't skimp on the meal and ordered a four-dish meal with soup and eight steamed buns.
Buling reached for a plate of spicy chicken pieces with her chopsticks, tasted it, and muttered under her breath, "It's not even as good as what Grandpa Tan makes~"
That's what she said, but she was really hungry. She didn't mind eating and ate her fill until she was stuffed. Only then did she let out a burp and put down her chopsticks.
Bu Yi and Liang Boda finished off the remaining dishes. "Let's go, let's go back and boil some hot water to take a shower and get some rest."
"OK."
The mulberry's courtyard was only a ten-minute walk from the state-run restaurant, and the three of them quickly returned to the courtyard.
Mulberry's courtyard has all the necessary water and electricity, as well as underfloor heating. Mulberry even thoughtfully provided a bath tub, making it a perfect place for Bulberry to stay.
After taking a nice shower to wash away the fatigue of the journey, Buling changed into her pajamas, lay on the bed, and stared blankly at the ceiling, lost in thought.
Suddenly, her eyes narrowed. The pattern on it looked so familiar. She sat up abruptly, crawled to the edge of the bed, and examined the pattern closely. "This...this looks like that thousand-work canopy bed from the Overseas Chinese Remittance Store? The one that costs eight thousand yuan?"
Thinking of this, she stood up and walked around the bed. It really was that one, the one with eight thousand yuan!
"What a spendthrift!" Bu Ling spat. "What kind of family does he come from, sleeping in an eight-thousand-dollar bed!"
Honestly, she was afraid of accidentally bumping or knocking over the bed; she would be heartbroken if she did.
However, there were no other beds in the room, so she had to sleep in this one. Unlike her previous carefree attitude, after learning the price of the bed, she carefully lay down on it.
After carefully experiencing the feel of the 8,000 yuan bed, it's definitely different; this bed is really comfortable to sleep on!
She quietly turned over, and as she did so, her hand seemed to touch something. After groping around for a bit, she found a bankbook.
A smirk played on Bu Ling's lips as she opened her bankbook, immediately dazzled by the numbers displayed there.
"This...so much! Mulberry really didn't lie to me!" The number on this bankbook was much larger than the one in her hand, a full 50,000 yuan, and it was almost too hot for Buling to handle.
She was greedy, but this was far too much. She felt a little guilty taking it, so she silently put the passbook under her pillow and decided to ask Sangshen about it tomorrow.
But is the black market really that profitable these days? It's making her want to give it a try!
Forget it, she doesn't have the brains for that. If she gets caught, it's no joke.
However, she could collaborate with Xie Dong. He knows so many formulas; it would be a waste not to use them. Once she returns to Gu County, she should put this matter on the agenda.
The black market is a murky place, and she had no connections before, so she had to give up on the idea. But ever since she learned that Sangshen runs a black market, she has become somewhat tempted again.
I originally planned to have a proper talk with Sangshen, but unfortunately, the child went missing at the end of the year, and then people from the province came. To avoid trouble, Xie Dong temporarily closed the black market.
She had to put her plans on hold again, since she wasn't short of money and wasn't in a hurry. However, seeing how wealthy Sangshen was, she couldn't help but feel a little pressured.
Bu Ling rolled over, closed his eyes, and thought, "Never mind, I have to get up early tomorrow. I'll talk to Xie Dong about these things when I get back to Gu County before making a decision."
The next morning, someone knocked on the gate of the courtyard.
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