"Well, if you don't have a suitable candidate, I can help you ask your comrades." Gu Guizhi said after thinking for a while.
"You have comrades here?" Qi Mengmeng was really surprised. They had been in the hospital for so long, but she hadn't heard anything from Gu Guizhi.
"They were in the same battalion before, but they returned to their hometown after they were discharged from the army. I heard that their family of four lived together with their elderly parents in very bad conditions. If you don't have any other plans for the time being, you can rent your house to them first."
Gu Guizhi looked at Qi Mengmeng's face and said, "Don't worry, my comrade is a very good person and will definitely give you the money."
Qi Mengmeng believes in Gu Guizhi, mainly because the quality of soldiers in this era is relatively higher, and judging from Gu Guizhi's appearance, he should have a good relationship with the other party and probably would not refuse to pay the rent.
"You're going to be discharged from the hospital soon anyway, so we can talk about it after you're discharged."
Qi Mengmeng didn't feel anxious. The house would not be lost there anyway. It would still be in time to contact the person after Gu Guizhi was discharged from the hospital.
Gu Guizhi smiled, hoping that Li Jun could hold on a little longer.
In the days before being discharged from the hospital, Hu Daqing came again. On the one hand, he wanted to see how Gu Guizhi's condition was recovering, and on the other hand, he wanted to set a date for the recognition.
Qi Mengmeng thought about it and decided to set the date for the family reunion on the second day after she was discharged from the hospital.
Hu Daqing looked at the two of them and asked, "How about we go back home after we are discharged from the hospital?"
He thought that given Mr. Feng's current attitude towards Qi Mengmeng and Gu Guizhi, he would definitely be willing to have them live in his home.
Qi Mengmeng shook her head: "Don't bother Grandpa Feng. We have a place to stay. Just tell us where it is and we can go directly there."
Following Grandpa Hu's instructions, Hu Daqing decided to meet at a state-owned hotel.
There is a state-owned hotel in Beijing that has a private room, and Hu Daqing has already booked it in advance.
Qi Mengmeng listened to the address and it was not the state-owned restaurant where Qi Lingling worked, but the mouth was right under her nose, so at worst she could just go and ask.
The day before being discharged from the hospital, Qi Mengmeng went to Meng Laosi's house to clean.
As soon as she pushed open the door, Aunt Qiu came over and quickly closed the door.
"What can I do for you?"
"My girl, you are Lao Meng's niece, right? You are really pretty, but why don't you look like Lao Meng?" Aunt Qiu looked Qi Mengmeng up and down.
Qi Mengmeng just nodded slightly.
Aunt Qiu saw that she was about to enter the house and quickly stopped her: "My daughter, I see that you are not from Beijing. If you don't want to live in this house, can you lend it to us? You see, there are many people in my family. My youngest son is getting married and my eldest daughter-in-law is about to give birth. We have no place to live."
Qi Mengmeng only met Aunt Qiu once that day and knew that this person was difficult to talk to, but she was not afraid at all.
"I'm sorry, I've already lent this house to someone else, to my husband's comrade-in-arms."
Qi Mengmeng finished her words quickly without giving Aunt Qiu a chance to speak. She quickly opened the door, went in, and closed the door, almost touching Aunt Qiu's nose.
Aunt Qiu stamped her feet outside, cursing inwardly, and shouted into the house, "We can't rent this place to any messy people. The street office won't allow it."
Qi Mengmeng frowned and opened the door suddenly, looking at her: "Auntie, what is a messy person? I've already said that this house is lent to my husband's comrade-in-arms. Do you understand what comrade-in-arms means? It means a soldier. Otherwise, you can go with me to the street office to ask if they agree."
Aunt Qiu was choked and dared not say anything.
Logically speaking, the house belongs to Qi Mengmeng, and she can lend it to whoever she wants. The street office has no power to do so. In addition, since she is lending the house to a soldier, the staff of the street office have no reason to object but to agree.
Aunt Qiu secretly rolled her eyes at Qi Mengmeng several times, then stomped back to the yard to wash clothes.
Qi Mengmeng ignored her, picked up the broom and started cleaning the room.
Before, Meng Laosi lived there alone. His health was not good and he rarely cleaned the house, so there was a lot of dust in the room.
While sweeping, Qi Mengmeng missed the modern professional cleaning staff. Their speed and cleanliness were beyond her reach.
After sweeping the house, she took out a basin and fetched water from the faucet in the yard.
Aunt Qiu said unhappily, "You didn't pay your water bill this month, so you can't use water."
Qi Mengmeng didn't indulge her. She filled a basin of water on her own and said before leaving, "I'll call my uncle later and ask him how much he paid for this month's water bill. If he hasn't paid, I'll calculate the amount of water I used today and give it to you."
Aunt Qiu stopped talking. In the past, Meng Laosi paid one-third of the water bill, but he used little water. If Qi Mengmeng asked Meng Laosi, she would definitely know that their family had taken advantage of them in the past.
Qi Mengmeng carried a basin of water into the house, opened the window to ventilate the room, and then cleaned all the furniture in the house. After all the furniture was cleaned, she walked out.
Aunt Qiu waited for a while, and seeing that Qi Mengmeng didn't turn back, she leaned over to the window of her house and looked inside. Before she could see clearly, Qi Mengmeng had already come back carrying a big bag.
She took out the bedding in the space. Although it was not new, it was still clean. She put a set of clean bedding on it, and then put towels, toothpaste and toothbrushes on it. The whole room immediately felt full of life.
After everything was sorted out, she checked again and found that there was no problem, then returned to the hospital.
That evening, Dr. Sun personally examined me and confirmed that the wound had almost healed and that I just needed to take my medicine on time after returning home.
As soon as Dr. Sun left, Gu Guizhi got out of bed. Qi Mengmeng quickly stopped him: "What are you going to do? The doctor only said that you have almost recovered, but not completely."
Gu Guizhi walked around the bed a few times before lying back down. Qi Mengmeng smiled and shook her head, then packed all her things into her backpack.
But the things she had taken out before were too many to fit in one backpack. So while Gu Guizhi was lying on the bed, she took out a hand-sewn backpack from the space and stuffed the remaining things into it.
The next morning, after the doctor came to check on her, Qi Mengmeng went to check in. At twelve o'clock in the morning, the two of them stood at the gate of the courtyard.
Gu Guizhi looked at the small courtyard, looked at Qi Mengmeng and said, "Under the current circumstances, it is not easy for my fourth uncle to buy the courtyard."
Most houses nowadays are owned by the state, and it is rare that one is allowed to buy or sell them by oneself.
Qi Mengmeng didn’t know how Meng Laosi had done it before, but now that the house was written with her name on it, it was hers.
When the two people walked into the yard, Qi Mengmeng's face darkened. A boy of five or six years old was lying at the door of her house, poking the lock with a wire.
Gu Guizhi took a few steps forward and grabbed the boy. The boy was startled. Qi Mengmeng stepped forward with a cold face: "What are you doing here?"
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