When Aunt Lan returned to the house, she keenly sensed that the atmosphere inside was a bit strange.
For some reason, she looked at the two boys with a hint of reproach: "Aiguo, did you make Sister Buling angry?"
Wang Aiguo felt as if a huge pot had fallen from the sky. Just as he was about to open his mouth, Buling spoke for him: "Aunt Lan, what are you thinking? This is my first time eating at your house. I'm just feeling a bit sentimental." As she spoke, she didn't forget to give Aunt Lan a suggestive look.
Aunt Lan chuckled twice and changed the subject: "The fish will be ready soon, let's eat right away."
Bling didn't press the matter further and obediently changed the subject: "Okay."
A moment later, Wang Ersao carried a large basin of fish into the house, followed by her daughter Wang Ainiu carrying a large basin of sweet potato porridge, while Aunt Lan herself took the lightest yellow steamed bun.
"Dinner's ready!"
The five people sat around the table. Bu Ling sat next to Aunt Lan, and to her right was little girl Wang Ainiu.
"Little Bu, come and try the fish stewed by your auntie, isn't it delicious?" Aunt Lan was the first to put a piece of fish on Bu Ling's plate.
Buling glanced at it, then pursed her lips. This old lady's little tricks were too funny; she even specially pinched the fish tail for her.
"Delicious." She put it in her mouth and praised it highly. "Aunt Lan, please eat, you don't need to put it on my plate. I can get it myself."
The main thing is not to use chopsticks that have been moistened with your saliva to serve her food.
Hearing her say that, Aunt Lan didn't insist. Instead, she focused on taking care of her two grandsons, picking out meat for them one by one with her chopsticks and removing the bones. She served them very attentively.
On the other hand, Wang Ersao and her daughter were only focused on drinking porridge and eating steamed buns. Occasionally, they would pick up vegetables, but only radishes and cabbages. They dared not touch any fish or meat. Their family status was obvious.
At the dinner table, Buling was quite uncouth, eating most of the meat from the fish's belly. Even Grandma Lan and her two grandchildren couldn't take more from her.
With Bling's house hanging in front of her, Grandma Lan didn't dare to get angry. She even stopped her two grandsons from being rude and watched Bling showing off with a loving expression.
Finally, Bu Ling put down her chopsticks. Aunt Lan unconsciously relaxed her posture and said politely, "Little Bu, eat more. Here, have another steamed bun."
Bling waved her hand, "I'm full."
Aunt Lan offered a perfunctory word of advice, but seeing Bu Ling wave her hand, she quickly put it back down. "The house?"
Bu Ling smiled gently: "Then we'll rent the house to Aunt Lan's family. We're on good terms, so the rent will be just a token amount, six yuan a month is fine, isn't that cheap?"
Aunt Lan's eyes blazed with anger. "Give it back? Does she even have the nerve?"
"Xiao Bu, you're charging for this?" she asked, still unwilling to give up.
Bling looked at her incredulously. "Of course you're not planning to stay for free, are you?" She was utterly incredulous.
Aunt Lan: ...
That's what she thinks.
But after Buling said that, she inexplicably couldn't bring herself to say it, so she could only change her words: "Six yuan is too expensive!"
"Is it expensive?" Bu Ling looked at her innocently: "But Aunt Shen's house in the backyard rents for six yuan and fifty cents. I'm even giving you a discount of fifty cents. That's six yuan a year! That's six yuan!" She exaggerated her expression.
Aunt Lan choked, "How can they be the same?"
Everyone knows that Aunt Shen caught a sucker back then.
"Xiao Bu, Auntie's family is really struggling..." Auntie Lan began to play the sympathy card.
Bu Ling smiled and said, "Aunt Lan, you have no idea how expensive it is to raise children, especially since my husband's aunt is here again. My husband and I are the ones raising them...blah blah blah." Aunt, I'm so sorry!
Aunt Lan was so frustrated!
To be honest, she had never suffered a loss when dealing with these young women and wives before, but this was truly the first time she had experienced this with Bu Ling.
As she got older, Buling was the first young man she couldn't handle.
Buling seemed blind to Aunt Lan's unpleasant expression, continuing to complain, "...You know, life is tough for us with elderly parents and young children to support, otherwise I wouldn't have rented out the house~"
Aunt Lan: Inhale~ Exhale~ Inhale~ Exhale~
Just as she was about to speak, Bu Ling suddenly said, "By the way, Aunt Lan, Ai Hua said you often talk about me?"
Aunt Lan was startled and reflexively looked at her manhood.
Her son, however, only kept his head down and cried, completely ignoring his grandmother.
However, Wang Aiguo nodded slightly to Aunt Lan, indicating that it was exactly as she thought.
Aunt Lan's expression changed several times before finally settling on one of guilt: "Xiao Bu, this child is talking nonsense. What does a kid like him know? Don't listen to his rubbish!"
Bling: "I understand, I get it, I know!"
"It's all a misunderstanding, Xiao Bu. You know me, I'm definitely not the kind of person who talks badly about others behind their backs," Aunt Lan said confidently.
Bu Ling replied as before: "Whatever makes you happy."
After a few rounds of back and forth, Aunt Lan brought up the matter of renting a house again.
After hesitating for a while, Bu Ling said, "How about this, five yuan and fifty cents, that's the lowest I can go, or I won't rent it."
Grandma Lan was still not satisfied: "Five yuan and fifty cents is too high. Two yuan is the most I can offer."
After listening, Bling suddenly stood up, turned around and left.
"Hey, Xiao Bu, what's wrong with you?"
Bling turned around and said, "Go find someone who's willing to rent you a place for two dollars!"
Aunt Lan was furious and blurted out, "You owe me my fish!"
Bling smiled broadly, "Okay, I'll spit it out for you."
Aunt Lan: ...
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