"Okay, okay, this girl is good-looking. She's really tall. How old is she this year?"
"Grandma Zhou, my name is Chen Ye. Everyone in my family calls me Ye Zi, so you can call me that too. I'm sixteen years old and have graduated from high school."
The old lady took Chen Ye's hand and looked at him carefully: "Oh, you are only sixteen, still a child." By the way, I haven't heard that Da Shuang has a girlfriend?
She seemed to remember that Dashuang had a twin brother, but they did not live together, but in the county town below. This girl named Ye Zi did not look like Meilan's boyfriend, so could they be foster sisters?
At first, when Feng Meilan said that Ye Zi was Da Shuanggan's sister, the old lady didn't hear it.
Looking at those eyes, you can tell he is a good kid, with clean eyes and no tricks. But why do they look familiar to him?
Chen Ye felt a little nervous when the old lady stared at her like that. The old lady was looking at her face, but she felt like she was looking at someone else through her face.
Cen Zixiang hurried over to rescue his sister: "Hello, Grandma Zhou, I am Ye Zi's cousin. If my little sister lives here in the future, I will need your help to take care of her. My sister is still young and rarely leaves the house, so she doesn't know much."
The old lady's recollection was interrupted. She looked at the young man who was speaking and said, "Hey, this young man looks really energetic."
The old lady had never seen a boy who was more handsome than this young man. He looked just like the young master of the family in the past.
The old lady looked at Cen Zixiang and then at Ye Zi. They didn't look like the same family in terms of clothing or appearance. The old lady looked at Feng Meilan. Did this kid lie to me, old lady?
Feng Meilan found it funny: "Really, they are cousins, but they didn't grow up together." Ye Zi's situation was a bit complicated, and she didn't want to say it out loud.
It’s no wonder Grandma Zhou thinks this way. Cen Zixiang dresses well and there’s not a single patch on his body. But Ye Zi never pays attention to her clothes. As long as the clothes are still wearable, she’ll make do. She’s different from other little girls who are always thinking about wearing new clothes.
The old lady nodded in sudden realization: "That's what I knew," then the two families must be of different financial conditions, otherwise why would their clothes be so different?
"Don't worry, as long as this girl comes to stay for a day, I will help you take good care of her. I think this girl is suitable for me."
Don’t be fooled by the old lady’s kind face and think that she is nice to everyone. She doesn’t bother to pay attention to anyone she dislikes.
But no one dared to offend the old lady. Although she looked kind, she was not stupid. Her fighting ability was well-known in the neighborhood. She didn't get angry easily, but when she did, most people couldn't stand it.
For example, the old lady didn't like to pay attention to the Ding couple and their four children. If they didn't live in the same yard, she wouldn't even bother to talk to that family.
"Thank you, Grandma Zhou. When my little sister moves in, you can come over and help warm the room."
The old lady smiled. The young man's words were pleasant to the ears. "Okay, go in and take a good look. Don't worry, the people here are all nice. There are no bad people here."
Although the neighbors nearby have their own little problems, they are all caused by poverty, but they are all small things. They are all good people and there are no evil-hearted people, except for the woman from the Ding family.
Don't think that no one in this yard knows her plan. She just wants to use this as an excuse to occupy Meilan's house. Why does she think so beautifully? Does she think everyone is a fool?
"Okay, Grandma Zhou, you go ahead and do your work. I'll take Ye Zi to look at the house first."
"Go quickly, go quickly."
Feng Meilan quickly took Chen Ye to her house: "These two rooms, although they don't look big and face the sun, are filled with sunlight every morning."
"There are two rooms here. This one is where my parents used to live, and I live in it now. My younger brother has been living in the other one. The remaining furniture in the room will not be moved. If you come to live here, you don't have to buy anything else."
Originally, she was thinking of renting out the house, sending the better furniture to the old man and his family, leaving the rest of the mediocre ones in the house, and giving all the useful ones to Da Shuang.
If Ye Zi came to live with her, she would take away what she could use and leave the rest for Ye Zi.
Cen Zixiang and Gao Fei took Shuanzhu and looked at the two houses carefully. The size of the house was okay. It was not a very big house, but it looked quite large. If there were more people, they could separate it into another room.
If Ye Zi lives alone, it would be perfect. One room can be used as a living room with a desk and a dining table, so there is room to entertain guests, and the other room can be used as a sleeping room.
There aren't many pieces of furniture left in the house, but it's okay to make do with them. If anything, I can just go back and ask the one-eyed grandfather to help me make them. Even though they're a bit far away, they can still deliver them.
The only thing I don't like is that there is no kang (bamboo bed) in the house. Ye Zi is used to living on a kang, so how can she not get used to it in winter without one? It must be really cold!
Shuanzhu really treated Ye Zi as his own sister, and thought of everything more carefully than Ye Zi herself: "Sister-in-law Dashuang, can your room have a kang? My sister is used to living on a kang, and she must not be used to it without one all of a sudden."
Cen Zixiang patted his tied head in amusement. This little guy was really more thoughtful than his brother. "Yes, I was just about to ask. This room doesn't have a kang or a fire wall. I'm afraid it will be cold in winter."
Chen Ye also discovered that it seemed that no one in the city had kangs. She was really afraid of suffering in winter. It seemed that people here all had a stove in the house for heating in winter. I heard that coal-fired stoves were not safe to use in winter and were prone to carbon monoxide poisoning.
"Okay, of course. It's just a little bit. It's hard to get firewood here. We only have so much coal, but it's not enough. If the kang doesn't burn, won't it be colder than the bed?"
They also wanted to live on a kang, which would definitely be warmer than a bed in winter, but the difficulty was where to find so much firewood and coal.
"Little sister, do you think this house is okay?" Cen Zixiang didn't think it was difficult to get firewood and coal, but it was Ye Zi who lived here and he had to be satisfied with it.
"Okay, okay, how about I think about it?"
She really didn't like living in the same yard with several strangers. She even didn't want to go out to work. It was better to live in the village. Although the conditions were not as good as in the city, at least the living space was spacious and quiet.
Feng Meilan was not unhappy. She and Dashuang had been to Ye Zi's house once. Although the house did not look as grand as the brick and tile houses in the city, it was very large. If she had to choose, she would choose the one with a big yard in the countryside.
Living here, no matter what happens every day, it seems like everything is happening under the eyes of everyone in the yard.
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