Bright sunlight shone through the cracks in the window, leaving a white streak on the windowsill. The white streak moved with the light, fell on the edge of the windowsill, and spread on the floor in front of the bed, illuminating the tip of the slippers.
Ruan Xi slowly woke up in bed, her eyes blinking a few times.
When she was dozing off, Ruan Qiuyue also woke up and asked Ruan Xi with a nasal voice: "What time is it?"
Ruan Jie and Chen Weidong didn't wake them up in the morning. They were exhausted from a day of hard work yesterday, and they slept too much this time.
Ruan Xi reached out and touched the small clock on the bedside table, took a look and said: "It's almost nine o'clock."
Ruan Qiuyue lifted the thin quilt and got up, put on her slippers, went to the window and opened the curtains.
The sunlight poured in instantly, and Ruan Xi squinted because of the brightness.
After adjusting to the sunlight outside, the two went to the bathroom to wash up.
Ruan Hongjun and Ruan Hongbing were still asleep in the room, and Ruan Xi and Ruan Qiuyue did not wake them up.
They had planned to go back home after the lecture yesterday, but because Ling Yao stayed an extra night, they had no plans for today. They would be too tired to visit the park and scenic spots, so let them sleep a little longer.
After washing up, Ruan Xi and Ruan Qiuyue went to the kitchen to make breakfast together. They mixed egg whites, chopped green onions, salt and water, and then heated the pan, added oil, and spread out the golden and tender egg pancakes, stacking them one by one on the plate.
When they were ready and served to the table, Ruan Hongjun and Ruan Hongbing had just gotten up.
Ruan Qiuyue said to them, "You are really good at keeping up with the times."
Ruan Hongjun and Ruan Hongbing smelled the fragrance of the pancakes and immediately ran to wash up.
After washing up, they came back and sat down, picked up their chopsticks and ate breakfast with Ruan Xi and Ruan Qiuyue.
Ruan Xi put down her chopsticks after eating, "We are too tired after playing for two days. You can rest here today, watch TV and sleep. I'm going out to do something, and we'll go back together in the afternoon."
Ruan Qiuyue also put down her chopsticks after eating, "Are you going to get money to buy the old lady's house?"
Ruan Xi looked at her and smiled, "You know everything."
Ruan Qiuyue said, "I don't want to stay here with them to watch TV. I don't like what they watch. Sister, let me go with you. It's just right that you have someone to keep you company."
Ruan Xi looked at her, "It's so hot outside, do you want to go?"
Ruan Qiuyue looked outside At a glance, "It doesn't matter, it's hot in the room anyway."
Ruan Xi nodded and said, "Okay
, then come with me." After that, she stood up, went to the room to take out her purse, and went out to the restaurant. She took some money and food coupons to Ruan Hongjun and Ruan Hongbing, and said to them, "Wash the dishes after dinner, and you can find a place to eat at noon."
Ruan Hongjun took the money and nodded, "Okay."
After saying this, Ruan Xi took Ruan Qiuyue out.
In order not to make Ruan Xi too tired, Ruan Qiuyue also rode a bicycle.
The two rode together to the bank first, and Ruan Xi withdrew 12,000 yuan from the bank. She put twelve large stacks of group in her bag, and went to the Education Bureau with Ruan Qiuyue to ask Ruan Jie for a small favor.
Ruan Jie printed out the contract for Ruan Xi, handed it to Ruan Xi and said, "Go ahead, move here early after you finish the formalities, so that Uncle Wu and Aunt Wu can go to work more conveniently in the future, and we can see each other more often."
Ruan Xi really thought so. He bought a house and let Ruan Changsheng and Qian Chuan move in first, because they were running a store in the city and had to travel back and forth between the city and the countryside every day. The distance was far and inconvenient. Ruan Dabao happened to come to the city to go to school in the next semester.
Ruan Cuizhi had to work with the girls in the countryside, and Yue Haofeng also delivered the goods to the countryside. Moreover, Ruan Yue was still young and had not yet gone to school, so there was no rush to move in first.
Ruan Xi took the contract and said, "I'll go over first, you go back and get busy."
Ruan Jie waved to them and turned to go into the door.
Ruan Xi and Ruan Qiuyue didn't go to see Mrs. Zhou immediately after getting the contract, but first looked for a place to have lunch. They rode their bikes to a random noodle shop on the street, and after they went in, they each ordered a bowl of fried noodles.
While eating noodles, Ruan Xi asked Ruan Qiuyue, "Is Old Ruan going back tomorrow?"
Ruan Qiuyue nodded, "He should be done with his work tonight. He will take the train back tomorrow morning and be home in the evening."
Ruan Xi looked at her and smiled, "Then do you want to stay and play?"
Ruan Qiuyue said, "Of course you should stay."
Ruan Xi: "Then when I have time, I'll take you to the Forbidden City, Badaling, Iheyuan... or you can discuss it among yourselves. Wherever you want to go, I'll take you."
Ruan Qiuyue was excited when she heard these names. She couldn't hide the smile on her lips and said, "Really?"
Ruan Xi nodded, "It's not easy for you to come here, of course I have to let you have fun."
Ruan Qiuyue took a big mouthful of noodles, "Sister, you're the best."
After dinner, Ruan Xi didn't delay any longer. She took Ruan Qiuyue to Qianmen on her bike and went straight into the alley to find Old Lady Zhou's home.
This time, Mrs. Zhou was not at home, so the two stood outside the gate and waited for a while.
There were pedestrians in the alley, some people rode bicycles and honked, and there were three or five children playing together, two of them were running in front with steel hoops, and three were chasing behind, and they would switch when the hoops fell.
Ruan Qiuyue stared at them for a while and said with a smile: "It's the same all over the country, the boys in our compound also played with this when they were young. They rolled steel hoops around the compound, and everyone wanted to show off their skills."
Ruan Xi watched the boys playing with steel hoops for a while and said with a smile: "No one in our country has ever played with them."
Because there were no steel hoops at all, many children actually played with the steel hoops on old bicycles. The countryside was so poor that you couldn't even see a bicycle, let alone old steel hoops for children to play with.
Ruan Xi's own childhood memories did not include such things, after all, they were not from this era.
She thought it was quite interesting, so she stared at it for a while.
Mrs. Zhou would not come back for a while, so Ruan Xi and Ruan Qiuyue were patient and did not rush to wait.
After watching the kids playing with the steel ring, Ruan Qiuyue looked back at the courtyard of Grandma Zhou's house and changed the subject, saying, "People living in the imperial city are rich, so they used to live in courtyards like this. The house in the Dream of the Red Mansion is probably about the same."
Ruan Xi nodded, "The house in the Dream of the Red Mansion is big. Grandma Zhou's courtyard should be considered a two-story one, because there is a door inside, and Jia's mother lives in a five-story courtyard. Just imagine how big the entire Jia Mansion must be."
Ruan Qiuyue sighed, "A family of bells and drums, a family of poetry, books, and hairpins."
Ruan Xi said, "We can't see the Jia Mansion in the Dream of the Red Mansion, but we can take some time to go to the Prince Gong Mansion, the mansion built by Heshen. People say that 'a Prince Gong Mansion is half of the history of the Qing Dynasty'. That mansion is really big."
Ruan Qiuyue nodded and said, "Okay, I want to see them all."
Because she usually reads a lot of books, she is interested in these cultural relics and wants to see them with her own eyes.
Ruan Xi is so interested in the courtyard house and the old house, and wants to spend money to buy a few more. In addition to the need for a house to live in now, it is actually because the courtyard house, an old antique, is very valuable for investment in this era. In fact, it is
also very easy to pick up bargains in antiques in this era, because there are many old things and no one has counterfeited them. Basically, if you have money to pick up bargains, you can pick up a lot of big treasures, but she doesn't have the ability in this regard.
She has no eye for antiques, but buying a courtyard house is a good choice.
If you have money to invest, the first choice in this era must be a courtyard house. In the future, real estate will be hot, and a courtyard house like this one that is well preserved will be worth hundreds of millions or even billions.
Because of inflation, if you keep the money in your hands, it will only continue to depreciate, but if you buy a courtyard house, it will always appreciate.
The two of them were talking beside the stone lion in front of the gate, and Mrs. Zhou came back with a cane. She looked older recently, her hair was all gray, and because of her bound feet, she walked unsteadily.
Before she came close, Ruan Xi greeted her, "Grandma Zhou."
Old Mrs. Zhou heard the voice and looked over, smiled and said, "Xiao Xi, you're here."
Ruan Xi went to Old Mrs. Zhou and helped her walk to the gate of the courtyard. When she took out the key from her body, Ruan Xi took her key and opened the door. After opening the door, she handed the key back to Old Mrs. Zhou.
Old Mrs. Zhou walked into the house and said, "I just went out to visit someone. I didn't wait long, did I?"
Ruan Xi helped her over the threshold, "I didn't wait long, just a little while. Be careful where you step, don't trip."
Old Mrs. Zhou walked slowly, passed two gates and the courtyard, and pushed open the door in front of the main house and went in.
Sitting down on the kang couch, she looked at Ruan Xi and said, "Are you here to buy my yard?"
Ruan Xi sat down opposite Old Lady Zhou and said with a smile, "Yes, I just went to get the money. I often come to your yard, and I don't need to see it. As long as you agree to sell it, we will sign the contract and go through the formalities immediately."
Ruan Qiuyue did not discuss serious matters with Ruan Xi, and moved an armchair to sit next to her.
Old Lady Zhou asked, "Have you prepared the contract?"
Ruan Xi took out the contract directly and put it on the kang couch facing Old Lady Zhou.
Mrs. Zhou actually couldn't understand it. After looking at it for a while, she said, "I don't understand this either. It means to sign this, take all the certificates and documents, and go to the Housing Authority to handle the transfer procedures, right?"
Ruan Xi nodded, "That's it."
Mrs. Zhou and Ruan Xi have known each other for a long time and trust her very much, so she didn't plan to look at it any more. She was already very happy that Ruan Xi was willing to buy her house. She directly asked Ruan Xi for a pen and asked Ruan Xi with shaking hands where to sign.
Ruan Xi pointed out where to sign, but Mrs. Zhou moved to the place and didn't sign yet. Suddenly, she heard a voice from the door of the main house: "Mom, what are you signing?"
Mrs. Zhou turned her head and saw that it was her son who came back.
Mrs. Zhou stopped writing and said, "Sign the contract. If you sign it and sell the house, you will have money to deal with it. You just happened to come back, so you can handle it. No problem, the transfer will be done today."
Mr. Zhou put down his suitcase and came over. He greeted Ruan Xi and Ruan Qiuyue politely, then picked up the contract on the bed and flipped through it. After reading it, he looked at Ruan Xi and said, "Are you going to buy the house?"
Ruan Xi nodded, "I brought all the money."
Mr. Zhou knew the general situation, otherwise he would not have rushed back at this time. He just wanted to come back to see the house sold, and take Mrs. Zhou abroad, and never come back again if nothing happened in the future.
He thought about the contract, looked at Ruan Xi and said, "How about this, for the sake of safety, you pay 4,000 first, we sign the contract, and then you pay another 4,000. We will take all the documents to the Housing Authority to complete the transfer procedures. After the review, you pay the tax and then pay the remaining 4,000 to us. We will give you the key. How about that?"
Ruan Xi didn't intend to make such trouble with Mrs. Zhou. Since her son proposed this, she naturally agreed. It was also safe for her, so she nodded and said, "Okay, let's do it as you said."
So Mrs. Zhou signed her name and put her fingerprints under the command of her son.
After Ruan Xi signed and put her fingerprints, she paid them a deposit of 4,000 yuan.
Mrs. Zhou's son was in a hurry and did not plan to stay in the country for this matter. Seeing that the time was almost up, he directly gathered all the materials and documents, took Mrs. Zhou, and went to the Housing Authority with Ruan Xi and Ruan Qiuyue.
There were very few people buying houses these days, so naturally there were no people coming to handle house purchase business.
Ruan Xi paid another 4,000 yuan, took out her own documents and cooperated with Mrs. Zhou and her son to complete the transfer procedures.
After completing the procedures, the people from the Housing Authority told her that it would take two days to review and asked her to come back in two days to pay the taxes.
After coming out of the Housing Authority, Ruan Xi looked at Mr. Zhou and said, "Then I will go home first. I will come back the day after tomorrow to pay the taxes. If everything is OK, I will give you the remaining 4,000 yuan, and you give me the house key."
Mr. Zhou nodded and said, "If the review is OK and the taxes are paid, I will give it to you."
The two sides agreed, and Ruan Xi smiled and greeted Mrs. Zhou, "Grandma Zhou, then I will go home first, and I will come to see you the day after tomorrow, and we will have a good chat then."
After all, after giving the key, she and her son will never see each other again.
Mrs. Zhou held her hand, "Drive slowly on the road."
Ruan Xi waved to her, handed her to her son, and rode away with Ruan Qiuyue.
The two of them rode to Ruan Jie's house, went upstairs to pour two glasses of water, sat down to rest for a while, watched TV to relax, then left a note on the coffee table, and took Ruan Hongjun and Ruan Hongbing home.
The four of them rode their bikes against the wind and sped away.
Ruan Xi was happy because he had bought a courtyard house, and Ruan Hongjun was happy about everything.
He had to rush when there was wind, so that his hair and clothes would be blown up, and that was a pleasure.
When they got home, the family was just preparing for dinner. Ruan Xi, Ruan Jie, Ruan Hongjun and Ruan Hongbing parked the car, washed their hands, and sat down to eat. Ruan Changfu also came back from the city after work, and sat opposite Ruan Xi when they ate.
Because they had a quarrel before, the atmosphere between the two was not very good.
Ruan Changfu was not in a bad mood, but he was choked by Ruan Xi, so he felt wronged. But he had to consider his father and eldest brother's face, so he looked dry.
He told Ruan Hongjun and the other two, "Pack up after dinner and take the train back tomorrow morning."
Ruan Qiuyue took a bite of her steamed bun, looked at him and said, "I don't want to go back yet. There are still many places I want to go. I want to play here for a while and go back after the summer vacation."
Ruan Changfu said, "Three days of play is not enough? Doesn't it cost money to go out and play? If one of you stays here longer, you will have to eat one more mouthful of food. Do you think this is convenient?"
Before Ruan Qiuyue could say anything, Ruan Cuizhi said, "It's just a matter of putting out three more pairs of chopsticks. What's the problem? There are already so many people at home, and they won't be needed for three more. Since you haven't played enough, just stay."
Ruan Xi continued, "Don't worry about the money. It won't cost much."
Ruan Changfu said without looking at Ruan Xi, "You Don't think that you can sit back and relax just because you make some money now. Maybe the policy will change one day and this thing will fall through. You should be stable after you quit your job and make plans for the future."
His tone and words were normal now. Ruan Xi naturally had no emotions and just said, "Even if you make plans, this won't make a difference. Or don't you want us to cultivate the relationship between siblings together?"
Ruan Changfu He was choked by her and couldn't speak again. After
a while, he said, "Since your third aunt and eldest sister said so, then you should stay. They don't mind the trouble, so what should I be afraid of? It's just right to stay here. The house is quiet." Ruan Hongjun grinned, "Okay, then we'll stay."
Ruan Hongjun, Ruan Hongbing and Ruan Qiuyue stayed and didn't leave. In the early morning of the next day, Ruan Changfu naturally left by himself with his bag. Ruan Xi didn't get up early to see him off. It was Ruan Cuizhi and Ruan Changsheng who took Yue Haofeng and Qian Chuan to see him off.
Because they were a little tired after going out for two days, and they had things to do next, Ruan Xi didn't plan to take them out to play again in the next two days.
Ruan Xi rested at home for a day and did some tailoring and clothing making.
The next afternoon, she rode to the city again, packed enough money and went to the Housing Authority to pay taxes.
Ruan Qiuyue didn't want to stay at home and couldn't play with Ruan Hongjun and Ruan Hongbing, so she accompanied them to the city.
The two of them went to the city to pay the money first, and then went to Old Lady Zhou's house with the receipt.
The property certificate could not be obtained for a while, and they had to wait a few more days to get it.
Before going to Old Lady Zhou's house, Ruan Xi went to the street to buy some food.
On this day, in addition to giving the remaining 4,000 yuan to Old Lady Zhou's son and getting all the keys to every lock on the courtyard, she also sat under the jujube tree in the courtyard and chatted with Old Lady Zhou for half a day.
When Mrs. Zhou got up and left with her son, she said to Ruan Xi, "I won't be able to wear the clothes you made in the future."
Ruan Xi smiled and said, "Maybe I will go abroad in the future, and I will find you there."
Mrs. Zhou smiled and said, "That's great, I'll wait."
Ruan Xi smiled and took a breath and made up her mind - the clothes she made will go abroad one day.
Things that she didn't have time to do in her last life must be completed in this life.
Sunday.
The sun hid half of its face behind the clouds.
Ruan Xi came out of the gate of the courtyard with sweat on her forehead, stepped over the threshold and ran straight to the tricycle parked next to the stone lion, bent over and picked up a large quilt weighing ten pounds on it, and straightened up and went into the house.
The quilt blocked her eyes, and she turned her head to one side.
As a result, before she even reached the threshold, someone suddenly reached out and took the quilt from her hand. She thought it was Ruan Hongjun, so she let go of her hand and was about to speak. When she looked over and saw that it was Ling Yao who took the quilt from her hand, she was stunned.
After being stunned, she smiled unexpectedly, with a hint of surprise in her tone, "Why are you here?"
Ling Yao answered while holding the quilt, "I have nothing to do on Sunday, so I came out to take a look. Are you moving?"
Ruan Xi nodded, "I just got the key and moved all the things I need here." Including the winter quilt and so on.
She was a little embarrassed to ask Ling Yao to do these things, so she quickly reached out to take it.
But before she touched the quilt, Ling Yao dodged for a moment and said, "Let me help you, you can get some light things."
Ruan Xi hesitated and then withdrew her hand, "Okay, then I'll go get the clothes."
After that, she turned around and went back, carrying a bag of clothes down.
The two of them went back and forth into the yard, and when they reached the second gate, they ran into Ruan Hongjun and Ruan Hongbing.
Ruan Hongjun was also very surprised to see him, and said, "Huh? Isn't this Zaizai?"
Ling Yao: "..."
He cleared his throat and corrected Ruan Hongjun seriously: "Ling Yao."
Although Ruan Hongjun was calmer than before, he still didn't know what the embarrassment was, and smiled and pulled Ruan Hongbing out.
Beside him, Ruan Xi was also holding a bag and smiling with her lips pursed and her head down.
Ling Yao looked at her, looked at her for a moment and asked: "Was I too embarrassed that day?"
Hearing this, Ruan Xi quickly put away the smile on her face, raised her head and cleared her throat and said: "No...no..."
Ling Yao: "My colleagues have been making fun of me for a week."
This...there is nothing I can do...
Ruan Xi couldn't help laughing again, and after holding it back, she looked at him and said: "Indeed...a little bit..."
Ling Yao saw that Ruan Xi wanted to laugh and tried hard to hold it back, and suddenly he couldn't help laughing.
When he laughed like this, Ruan Xi couldn't hold it back at all, so the two of them couldn't stop laughing together, and they were all laughing in silence.
After laughing for a while, Ruan Xi quickly cleared his throat, "Let's go, let's go, it's so heavy, carry it into the house and put it down."
Ling Yao also stopped laughing, holding the quilt and followed Ruan Xi into the house, and put the quilt in the east room.
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