"I'll go by myself!" Fan Hua said firmly.
It would be fine if Zhao was carried all the way up the mountain without anyone around, but when going down the mountain with her grandma and grandpa around, she would definitely have to walk by herself.
After saying that, he followed Zhao Yilu out of the yard, following behind Zhao Xubai and Sun Simin.
Probably to facilitate pushing Sun Simin up and down the mountain, this dirt road, although narrow, was well-maintained. It was not strenuous for Fan Hua to walk down the mountain. On the contrary, it helped her to digest her food, and she felt much better after having an upset stomach.
On the way, Fan Hua said to the two elderly people, "Grandma, Grandpa, the social revolution is now completely over. You don't need to live in the mountains forever. Let's go see if there is anyone selling houses in Beijing. If there is a suitable house, we can buy one for you. You should live in the city. Yi Lu and I can't stay with you all the time. It's a bit inconvenient for you two to live alone in the mountains."
Fan Hua could see that Sun Simin was not in good health. Besides, people in this era suffered a lot and the life expectancy of the elderly was not long. They were both in their sixties. She was very worried about what would happen if the two elderly people fell ill in the mountains and could not be treated in time.
The two old people knew Fan Hua was doing this for their own good, but the world had been so chaotic over the years, and they had grown accustomed to living in the mountains. They were reluctant to leave, but they were both born and raised in Beijing, so how could they not want to go back? Especially since they wanted to go back to their original home, but they had already donated everything, so it was definitely impossible for them to go back...
Zhao Xubai smiled and said, "Actually, living in the mountains is pretty good. Except for the fact that every time I want to call Yilu, I have to go down the mountain to town to make a call, which is a bit troublesome, everything else is fine."
Zhao Yilu also nodded. "Fan Hua is right. It's better for you to stay in the city. When Fan Hua and I are free in the future, we won't have to go through so much trouble to come here. We can see all of you at once, and you and my grandma can take care of each other."
Zhao Xubai and Sun Simin didn’t say anything more this time. They just didn’t want to cause trouble for the two children!
The car sped along the way. Although there were no highways in those days, there were very few cars on the road and the journey was relatively smooth. We arrived at the Second Ring Road of Beijing around four o'clock in the afternoon.
When passing by a courtyard, Zhao Xubai and Sun Simin both looked at the courtyard with complicated expressions.
Zhao Yilu parked the car aside and said softly, "Grandma, Grandpa, wife, please wait for me in the car. I'll get off and find out who owns this yard now."
Fan Hua immediately understood what was going on and said quickly, "I'll go with you."
After saying that, he got out of the car.
Zhao knocked on the gate for a long time, but no one came out. It wasn't until an old man from next door who had just come in after buying New Year's goods looked at them that he asked in a Beijing dialect, "Young man, who are you looking for, knocking on this door?"
"Uncle, I'd like to know who lives in this house now?" Zhao Yilu asked politely.
When the old man heard this, he opened up and gossiped, saying, "Hey, this house was originally owned by a family surnamed Zhao. Later, the Kuomintang revolution broke out, and the Zhao family probably donated the house to the country to avoid disaster. After the Zhao family moved away, the house was occupied by a leader of the Kuomintang gang. Just two years ago, the Kuomintang gang was completely overthrown, and the leader who lived in this house was also arrested. The country took over the house again, and now it's empty and no one lives there..."
"What a pity! This house is the best in the area. I don't know what the country's plans are and who it will belong to in the future..."
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