Just then, Aunt Wu came out of the yard and saw the two of them: "Xiao Bu, Xiao Sang, you're back? Congratulations!"
Ignoring the old lady's scrutinizing gaze, Bu Ling said, "Thank you, Aunt Wu. What brings you here?"
Aunt Wu said, "Hey, I'm just going to the outhouse. You guys go in quickly, I'll talk to you when I get back." After saying that, Aunt Wu hurried away, her back view showing how anxious she was.
"Are you from this courtyard too?" the old lady asked after looking them over for a while.
Buling had no liking for the old lady. She nodded politely and then pulled Sangshen into the yard.
As you walk into the courtyard, you can still feel the old lady's burning gaze. Only after you pass the screen wall does that intense gaze disappear.
"Xiao Bu, you're back?" Aunt Lan was washing clothes again.
"Yes, Aunt Lan, are you doing laundry again?" Bu Ling really wanted to ask, "You do laundry all day long, how come your grandson is still so sloppy?"
Bu Ling is a person who follows her heart; she asks questions whenever she thinks of them.
Then Sangshen watched helplessly as Aunt Lan's smiling face fell: "What do you know, girl? Boys look more lively like this!"
Bu Ling glanced at her speechlessly. This old lady was really good at lying through her teeth: "Whatever makes you happy!"
After saying that, she didn't waste any more words with Aunt Lan, who had been on the train all day and was very tired.
The two went inside. Sangshen put the things on the table and said to Buling, "I'll boil some hot water and clean the house. I'll bring the bedding over first, and then we can move the rest slowly."
He rented Mo's house for two years, and there are still more than three months left, so there's no rush.
Bling slumped back in his chair and nodded: "Whatever you want."
"Oh, right, we need to figure out what to do with those two beds in your room. There's not enough space here." Bu Ling suddenly remembered that her beds were still in the mulberry room.
Sangshen had already thought about this: "Let's put it in the house near the county hospital. Also, I don't need my coal stove anymore."
Bling agreed: "If you ask me, you can put everything in your room except for the recliner and bedding. I have everything I need here."
"Is it just me you're missing?" Sangshen suddenly moved closer to Buling.
Bling rolled her eyes: "No, it's that we're missing your recliner!"
She still remembers that she originally wanted a recliner, but she was afraid of being called bourgeois, so she had to give it up. Now, it's Sangshen's dowry, and she can use it openly and legitimately!
Mulberry didn't care at all. Little Black Girl was just being stubborn but soft-hearted. In reality, she cared about him a lot.
Sangshen boiled water, wiped the table, and swept the floor, while Buling changed the sheets and made the bed. After all that, the loneliness in the room instantly dissipated. Looking at the two pillows side by side on the kang, Sangshen felt a surge of joy!
He finally... finally moved in!
That evening, Wu Yuanyuan returned home and saw that Bu Ling's house door was open. She quickly quickened her pace and exclaimed, "Ling, you...you're back?"
Bu Ling was packing the clothes she had brought back when she heard Wu Yuanyuan's voice. She quickly put them down and went to greet her at the door.
"Sister Yuanyuan, have you missed me?"
Having spent so much time with Bu Ling, Wu Yuanyuan was already immune: "I miss her!"
Bu Ling choked, realizing that Sister Yuan Yuan had become smarter.
Wu Yuanyuan raised her eyebrows smugly; she had indeed made progress, hadn't she?
After laughing, looking at the mulberries being swept in the room, a faint sadness appeared in her eyes.
Bling was very perceptive: "What's wrong?"
Wu Yuanyuan sighed: "She's still a child. My mother-in-law has been asking Sister Mo for folk remedies lately. She's afraid I'll end up like Sister Mo."
Speaking of which, she's been married for a year now, no wonder her mother-in-law is anxious: "Ling, do you think I should listen to my mother-in-law?" Her eyes were full of apprehension.
Bling paused for a moment: "Would you like a drink?"
Wu Yuanyuan shook her head decisively.
"That settles it then." Bu Ling was speechless. "If you're really worried, go to the hospital to get it checked out."
Are those folk remedies something you can just take without any restrictions?
"Oh, right, don't forget to bring Iron and Steel," Bling reminded her again.
Wu Yuanyuan hesitated, "Let me think about it."
Bu Ling didn't try to persuade her; after all, it was her own life. Then she remembered something else: "By the way, Sister Yuanyuan, when Sangshen and I came back today, we met an unfamiliar old lady at the gate of the courtyard. Who was she?"
"You mean an old lady wearing a gray top?"
Bling nodded hurriedly: "Yes, yes, that's it."
“Oh, that’s Aunt Qi’s maternal grandmother!” Wu Yuanyuan said calmly.
Bu Ling blurted out, "Aunt Qi's mother is still alive?"
"What are you saying? Not only is that person still alive, but they're also living a very healthy life," Wu Yuanyuan said, both amused and exasperated.
Bu Ling strongly agreed with this statement. If he weren't healthy, how could he have taken the train to Gu County?
"What's she doing here?" Has this old lady had enough of life, or has she figured out that life is about making a fuss?
Wu Yuanyuan: "I came to apologize to Engineer Qi and, incidentally, to teach Aunt Qi a lesson."
“Grandma Shi is a very nice person, completely different from Aunt Qi,” Wu Yuanyuan added.
When Bu Ling thought about the old woman's scrutinizing look earlier, she thought, "That's not necessarily true."
"How long has this old lady been here?"
"She just arrived yesterday." Speaking of Grandma Shi, Wu Yuanyuan clearly had a good impression of her: "When Grandma Shi arrived yesterday, she gave each of our families a gift."
"They said it was to apologize on behalf of Aunt Qi, and thanked us for always being accommodating to Aunt Qi and not holding it against her. They also brought dried mushrooms from their hometown, which were very fresh."
Bu Ling listened as Wu Yuanyuan talked incessantly about Old Madam Shi's kindness, humility, gentleness, and kindness, without offering any comment.
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