"Grandpa Feng can be said to be my enlightenment teacher. I have learned a lot of life principles and knowledge from him. Once a teacher, always a father. I hope that Grandpa Feng will have someone to rely on in his old age."
"Not to mention the one-eyed grandpa, he taught me all his skills without reservation. He probably loves me even more than his own granddaughter. Isn't it his duty to take care of me in my old age?"
Not to mention, the four old men had given almost all their fortunes to her a few years ago. Although they couldn't use it now, this was a sign of trusting her as if she were their own junior.
To put it bluntly, she was supposed to provide for the four old men in their old age, but weren't they the ones who paid for it? She couldn't just take the benefits and then pretend nothing happened, right?
Cen Zixiang nodded. He knew that Ye Zi was the softest-hearted, but the four old men were also worth it.
Even after Ye Zi found his relatives, these old men still cared about him the same way. Every time he came to see Ye Zi, the old men would prepare a lot of things for him to bring with him.
"Okay, as long as you want."
"Do you think my grandparents will be unhappy?" Chen Ye asked.
Cen Zixiang shook his head: "No, if you do this, your grandparents will only be happier. Their granddaughter is a good child who knows how to repay her kindness."
Chen Ye chuckled out loud. This kind of praise was just to fool a child.
"So what are your plans for the house here?"
"If you hadn't mentioned this house, I would have almost forgotten about it. I was thinking of asking you to take me to ask Aunt Bai. The house here is mine now, and I wonder if I can seal off the alley. The land in the alley originally belongs to this house."
"You mean, build a gate at the entrance of the alley and merge the courtyards together?"
"Yes, after we leave, I plan to seal up the house where my grandparents lived and the house where I live, and rent out the rest separately, one room or two rooms per household."
"We can use the entire yard together. As long as you don't damage the overall structure of my yard, it's fine. I'll entrust it to Ershuang and ask him to help me take care of it. Ten percent of the rent will be used as a caretaker's fee."
Cen Zixiang counted with his fingers. His younger sister's five small courtyards were combined into a big house with quite a few rooms. Even though the rent was cheap now, his younger sister's rooms were all converted into two-story buildings, and they were quite large in size.
Even if it's a small amount, one room can earn at least five dollars a month, but there are so many rooms. Except for the closed rooms, the rest of the rooms can be rented out, and the income can be at least more than two hundred dollars a month.
What time is it now? A worker's salary is only twenty to thirty yuan. My sister's monthly rent alone is as much as an ordinary worker's salary for half a year. Wouldn't that cover her living expenses in the capital?
Even Ershuang, who helps look after the place, gets an extra salary every month. Wow, he loves this job too.
The key point is that the rent is not fixed. As prices and wages rise, the rent will also rise. It is not obvious now, but when it develops rapidly, my sister will be able to live in this big house in the provincial capital and have no worries about food and drink for the rest of her life.
If we are lucky enough to catch the demolition, that guy will definitely take back half of my house. This is definitely a golden finger!
Tsk tsk tsk, it's really the time when landlords and landlady have the best lives. After all, if this thing is well protected, there is no need for continuous investment. It is like a hen that lays golden eggs.
"I think it's a good idea. This way, even if you don't have any income while you're in school, you won't have to worry about food and drink. You can also support a few old men."
"Don't look at the fact that these grandfathers are alone, they are not poor and they may not be able to use me," she said casually without any explanation, just because she didn't want Cen Zixiang to misunderstand the four old men.
In recent years, it seems that she is filial to the elderly and always buys them food, drinks and clothes. In fact, the elderly give her more behind the scenes. They can't come, so every time the fourth brother comes, the elderly have to bring small bags.
Fourth Brother was a very sensible person. He had never opened the bundle to look at it, so he didn't know that each small bundle contained not only snacks made with tethers, but also money wrapped in oil paper.
However, she did not touch the money given by the old men and saved it. As people get older, their body functions will deteriorate. She saved all the money so that she could see a doctor when the old men were unwell in the future.
Of course, as long as Grandpa Luo is in good health, the money for seeing a doctor can be saved. After all, in her heart, Grandpa Luo's medical skills are much better than most doctors in the hospital today.
I don’t know if Cen Zixiang understood what was said, but both of them avoided the topic and talked about other things.
"Let's go, let's grab some things and go find Aunt Bai. We need to do everything as soon as possible. If anything changes, it will be too late to regret it."
"Okay, wait. I have the deed and some money with me, just in case I need to buy back that little piece of land."
"Oh, sister, and your household registration, I thought I'd bring them all with me. I'll be waiting for you in the yard."
Chen Ye knocked open a secret compartment at the back of his wardrobe and took out the house photos and household registration books inside. He gently pushed the warped wooden board back into place. It fit together so tightly that you couldn't tell it was not a piece of fabric unless you looked closely.
Chen Ye suddenly thought of the secret room in the stone wall behind her own cellar in the village. She still hadn't figured out what to do with the things inside. Should she leave them there or find a way to bring them to the city?
There is a small cellar under the house she lives in now. She dug it secretly when she was cleaning up the house, and she is the only one who knows about it.
However, it was never used after it was completed, mainly because there was nothing to put in it. If those things wanted to be brought back, they could just be placed in the cellar, but she was still a little worried.
After all, if she really goes to school, she may not be able to come back once a year, and most of the houses here have to be rented out. What if someone with a good reputation finds the cellar?
But she was still worried about leaving it in the secret room in the stone wall, for fear that someone would come there in the future and accidentally discover the secret room. What should she do? After all, she didn't live there anymore, and she couldn't stop someone from going there.
If Grandpa and the others all follow her, there will be no one in the village who can be trusted.
No, it seems that she has to take those things with her when she moves to the capital. I just don’t know if she can find a truck to help move the house, otherwise it is impossible to take those things with her on the train.
Moving is a troublesome thing, especially when you are not moving to the same city, and you have to take everything into consideration.
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