Yan Sisi was so embarrassed that she didn't want to say anything, but she couldn't pretend she didn't see it. She could only respond, eat a quick meal, and go to see the house her mother gave her.

According to the address her mother gave her, Yan Sisi stood in a daze in front of the dilapidated old house. She looked at the house number to confirm it again. This was really the house her mother mentioned.

Is it so broken?

Yan Sisi carefully used her key to open the gate. As soon as she pushed the door open, a thick layer of dust fell on her head. She quickly stepped back a few steps but was inevitably covered in dust. She brushed the dust off her hair and body with her hands, then looked up into the yard. She saw that it was full of weeds as tall as a person. She didn't have the courage to go in.

If a snake or a bug popped out of there, she would probably be frightened to death.

Yan Sisi stood at the door and stuck her head in to take a general look at the yard. Near the northernmost end was a small two-story building that looked a bit shabby. Whether it was habitable would only be known after the weeds in the yard were removed.

The yard looked quite empty at first glance. Except for a big peach tree on the far right, the ground was basically covered with grass, and occasionally you could hear a few insects chirping.

From a distance, the peach tree seemed to be quite old. There were many fruits hanging on it, but most of them had been eaten by birds, leaving only a few scattered ones still intact.

Yan Sisi looked for a while and found that she couldn't get in at all, so she could only hang the door lock again and prepare to go back to ask her uncle and others for help.

It was still too early after looking at the houses, so Yan Sisi walked along the surrounding streets. The whole street was relatively narrow, with each yard close to each other and slightly smaller than hers. The environment in the corridor was very clean, probably because someone cleaned it every day.

Except for her yard, no one lived in the surrounding area. Almost all other yards were occupied. When someone saw Yan Sisi coming, they asked enthusiastically, "Little girl, where are you going? Are you lost?"

Yan Sisi waved her hands and said, "No, I'm here to look at the house."

"Which house? Maybe I know it." Liu Lan asked enthusiastically.

Yan Sisi pointed to the house not far behind her and said, "That's it."

Liu Lan looked at the house along the line of sight, then looked at the little girl in front of her and asked, "Is that your house?"

Yan Sisi was alone outside, so she was still cautious and said vaguely, "No, I rented it."

After all, when you are alone outside, it is always okay to be more careful.

When Liu Lan heard that the house was rented, she immediately said, "Oh, you must have been cheated. The house is in such a mess, how can it be lived in?"

After that, he looked at the little girl and said kindly, "Have you paid? If not, I can recommend you another place that is definitely better than this one."

Yan Sisi smiled and said, "No need, the money has already been paid."

"How much?" Liu Lan asked.

"Ten dollars a month."

"The price is quite low, but you have to clean up the house before you can move in." When Liu Lan heard the price, she was at a loss for words. Such a big house only had such a low rent, while her relative's house had to rent for more than ten yuan a month.

It's hard to say which side is taking advantage.

"The landlord said that he would ask someone to come and fix it up. I'll come over when the house is ready for living. Thank you, auntie. I have something to do, so I'll leave first." Yan Sisi got a rough idea of ​​her neighbors' personalities, but she would have to spend more time with them to know more about their personalities.

After saying that, Yan Sisi smiled slightly, then turned around and walked forward.

There were quite a lot of people along the way, and all kinds of noises kept coming. I wonder if it is still so noisy here at night.

When she returned home, it was already noon and Tang Mingze was already sitting in the living room, watching TV intently.

Yan Sisi was so tired that she lay down on the bench, picked up the kettle on the tea table, poured herself a cup of warm water, and gulped down half a cup.

Tang Mingze took the time to look at his cousin and asked, "Where have you been? You're so dirty."

Upon hearing this, Yan Sisi put down the cup, immediately stood up and asked nervously, "Is it dirty?"

Tang Mingze nodded calmly. Yan Sisi immediately climbed up the stairs and ran back to the room. Looking at herself in the mirror, there was indeed a lot of dust on her clothes and hair. She came back like this all the way. Thinking of how many people had seen her like this, she was so embarrassed that she immediately ran to the bathroom, washed herself several times, and ran out.

When she returned to the living room, she remembered her cousin's question and said nonchalantly, "I went to the old house next to the school. It has been uninhabited for a long time. It is full of weeds. I don't know if it is habitable."

"My dad gave you a house, so you can just live in it. I'll find someone to clean up the old house and rent it out, and you can still earn some rent." Tang Mingze was eating the watermelon that his cousin bought from outside. It tasted sweet and juicy, and he felt that it was the most delicious watermelon he had ever eaten.

"The house my uncle gave me is a bit far from the school, and the yard is not as big as the old house. I want to grow something in the yard myself, so as to live up to my identity as an agricultural student." Yan Sisi said what she had prepared long ago. In fact, she wanted to plant the things in the space in reality, so that some of the plants and fruits she bought in the future would have a source.

She also wanted to see if she could grow the same vegetables and fruits outside as in the space. If possible, she could rent a mountain to grow the things she wanted to eat, and then sell them to make some money.

Otherwise, I would just sit at home and do nothing, feeling like I am relying on my parents for support.

Tang Mingze finished a small piece of watermelon, spit out the watermelon seeds in his mouth and asked, "Sisi, where did you buy this watermelon? Buy some for me. I'm going out with my friends the day after tomorrow and I can take some with me."

Yan Sisi glanced at the remaining watermelon on the table and agreed immediately: "Okay, I'll bring some more when I come back tomorrow. Brother, can you find someone to help me clean up the old house?"

"No big deal. I'll find a professional to help you this afternoon. I guarantee that the place will be cleaned up before you go to school. You can just wait to move in." Tang Mingze said, and got up to go out. Finally, he did not forget to ask, "If you go out to play, you must bring Uncle Zhao with you. Got it?"

"I got it. I won't go out in the afternoon. I'll stay home obediently." Yan Sisi promised with a blink of her eyes. It would be boring to go out every day. If the old house didn't need to be renovated, she wouldn't want to go out.

Yan Sisi did what she said and stayed at home obediently for the whole afternoon. She locked the door and went to the outdoor space to pick some seasonal fruits such as a big watermelon, melon, strawberries and grapes. She was afraid of being discovered so she put them in a basket and went out.

The next day, Yan Sisi brought the people her cousin found to the old house and watched them clear the weeds in the yard in just one morning. The whole yard was covered with lush soil. Some of the tiles on the ground looked quite nice. Yan Sisi also asked them to clean them up and pile them in the corner, preparing to lay them in the yard when the house was repaired.

In the afternoon, the uncles moved all the old and rotten cabinets, glass shards, bricks and ceramic tiles in the room to the yard. Yan Sisi searched around in there and picked out all the ones that were still usable, and sold all the ones that were really unusable to the junk collector.

Yan Sisi stayed in the old house all day, watching the uncles clean the room. During this time, many neighbors saw her and came to inquire about the situation, but Yan Sisi fooled them with the same excuse as before.

By the time all the debris in the house was cleared out, it was already dark. After Yan Sisi sent everyone away, she cleaned up the garbage on the ground and finally washed her hands with water borrowed from next door.

After packing up everything, Yan Sisi hid in the house again and covered the fruit basket she had prepared in the space yesterday with a cloth. She slowly walked out of the street with the basket in her hand. She saw Uncle Zhao had parked his car there a long time ago. She got in the car and said, "Uncle Zhao, sorry to have kept you waiting for a long time. Let's go back!"

"Hey." Zhao Honggen responded, and after seeing that everyone was seated, he started the car and drove back.

As soon as she got home, Yan Sisi handed the basket in her hand to her cousin who was sitting in the living room, and ran back to her room to wash up.

When she came downstairs again, she saw her cousin washing a plate of fruit and eating it. Yan Sisi walked over, took a strawberry and threw it into her mouth, saying vaguely, "Brother, didn't you say you were going to take these out to give to your friends tomorrow?"

"Such delicious fruits, just give them a little. It would be a waste if there are more." Tang Mingze ate the sweet strawberries. He didn't want to give such delicious strawberries to those guys at all. He silently counted how many strawberries were left in his heart.

Yan Sisi smiled. As expected, no one could escape the charm of the fruits produced in the space. She wondered if her parents had eaten up the fruits that they had left at home.

"If you want to eat, I'm buying it."

"How much is it? This fruit is not cheap! Here, take this money. If it's not enough, tell me later." Tang Mingze took out the hundred-plus bills he had left and handed them to his cousin. He couldn't let his cousin suffer a loss for the things he asked her to buy.

Yan Sisi looked at the money her brother handed over and took it without hesitation, putting it in her wallet without even counting it. "I'll take these. If you want to eat, tell me and I'll buy some more."

"OK."

After that, the two of them leaned back on their chairs, eating and watching TV. When Tang Zhigao came back, he saw two little foodies sitting on their chairs eating fruit and watching TV. He couldn't help but smiled and said, "You two really know how to enjoy yourself."

"Uncle is back." Yan Sisi looked up and saw that it was her uncle who had returned. She quickly put her feet down from the chair, handed the fruit plate in her hand to him consciously, and said, "Uncle, eat."

Tang Zhigao took a bite and couldn't help but say, "It's delicious. When it comes to eating, it really depends on you, girl."

The subordinate couldn't help but taste a few more and said, "Are there any more? If there are, ask Aunt Liu to wash some for me to take to work tomorrow."

Yan Sisi replied: "There are still some, but my cousin saved them for entertaining friends tomorrow."

Tang Mingze was suddenly mentioned, looked up at his father and said, "I told you before, Chuanzi and the others asked me to go out with them tomorrow, if you want to eat, I can order it for you."

"Forget it, let's leave it all for you youngsters. Tomorrow Sisi and your brother are going out to play together. A little girl will get moldy if she stays at home all day, right?"

"No, I don't know those people." When Yan Sisi heard that she was going out with people she didn't know, she quickly waved her hands. She was not used to going out with strangers.

"You'll get to know each other if you play a few more times. It's a deal, Mingze, you take your sister out tomorrow." After Tang Zhigao finished speaking, he turned around and walked upstairs with the fruit plate in his hand, regardless of whether his son agreed or not.