Qiao Qinglu spoke first, "Brother, why did you come here today? How long have you been waiting?"
Qiao Zhenguo smiled and said, "Not long ago, my family came over after dinner. How are you? I hope my nephew didn't bother you."
Qiao Qinglu rolled her eyes at him. "It's just a little kid, why are you making such a fuss? I'm fine. Qin Yun takes good care of me. Without those worries, I feel better."
Qiao Zhenguo was silent for a moment, then said, "That's good. Mom and Dad are a little worried about you, and they said they'd come to see you this weekend."
Qiao Qinglu waved her hand and said, "Go back and tell them not to worry, I'm really fine."
Brother Qiao rubbed her head and said, "Okay, you've grown up and learned to care about your parents. I'm very pleased. Xiaolu, remember, I will always be your brother, and I'll keep my shoulder for you. If Xiao Qinyun dares to bully you, come find me and I'll beat him up for you."
Xiao Qinyun curled his lips and said, "Brother, what are you thinking? How can I be mean to my wife? Qinglu doesn't need your shoulder. I have you. I will protect her."
Pregnant women are prone to emotional outbursts. Qiao Qinglu was so moved by what Brother Qiao said that she was about to cry. However, before the tears could fall, she was interrupted by Xiao Qinyun's words. She could only slap Xiao Qinyun and scold him, "Childish ghost."
Qiao Qinglu calmed down and said to Qiao Zhenguo, "Brother, we have something to discuss with you. We bought a house, and this one was allocated by the machinery factory. Do you want to buy it?"
Qiao Qinglu repeated Xiao Qinyun's reasoning to Qiao Zhenguo, "Look, we'll sell you this house. Then, go to the factory's logistics department and explain the situation. Let them know you've changed housing, and we'll take back your dormitory in a few days."
Qiao Zhenguo was confused. "No, what's going on? When did you buy this house? You were living there happily, so why did you sell it to me?"
Xiao Qinyun pulled Qiao Zhenguo over and analyzed the situation one by one. "Brother, look, Qinglu and I bought this house, so we're definitely going to move in, and it's going to be empty. Housing is tight right now, and if we don't live in this house and it's empty, we definitely won't be able to keep it. By then, the factory leaders will try to convince me to give the house to someone in need. By then, even if I say I want to give it to you, it'll be too late.
Tomorrow, let's take some time off to go to the logistics department and tell them I'm worried about my wife's health and she doesn't want to live in the apartment anymore, so I found a courtyard outside. I'm selling you the house I'm living in for 300 yuan, and your dormitory will be available to them in a few days. You just give me 100 yuan, and the 300 yuan is to shut up those people in the compound and prevent them from gossiping."
Qiao Zhenguo stood up and walked around, "I need to discuss this with someone."
Xiao Qinyun pushed him down onto his seat again. "What else is there to discuss? I told you, we have a house to live in. We'll get it in a few days, and we won't be able to keep it by then. What? You want to push this house away? Don't you want to marry your partner anymore?"
Qiao Zhenguo slowly calmed down. "Then I have to give you three hundred yuan to buy a house. I can't let you suffer any loss. With this house, I can finally give Lingzi a compensation this year."
Qiao Qinglu was not very clear about what Qiao Ge had done with his wife. She only heard that he had found a job as a bus conductor. She really didn't know that it was because of the house that his brother had delayed getting married.
She said to Brother Qiao, "Brother, don't be so hesitant. If you want to acknowledge me as your sister, give me a hundred yuan. Otherwise, I will no longer acknowledge you as my brother. This is settled. You and Qin Yun go to the logistics department tomorrow. Remember. Let's talk about you and my sister-in-law. I haven't heard you mention it much."
Qiao Zhenguo blushed immediately when his sister mentioned her. He stammered, "You're talking about Lingzi. She was my high school classmate and worked as a conductor on the No. 5 bus. Her father worked in a food factory, and her mother took care of the family. She also has an older sister who was a temporary worker at a plastics factory and is now married. Her younger brother went to work in the countryside at the end of last year."
She's a nice person, and we've been dating for two years, but we haven't been able to reach an agreement on housing. If we get married, I'll have to live in the textile factory compound while the other one lives in the machinery factory dormitory. Otherwise, I won't get a chance to get housing later. Because of this, our relationship has been delayed."
Qiao Qinglu could only be thankful that she had bought a house and inadvertently helped her brother and sister-in-law. She quickly pushed her brother out and said, "Why don't you ride your bike to your sister-in-law's house and tell her the good news so her family won't worry. If you introduce her to someone who has a house, you'll regret it for the rest of your life!"
After saying that, he asked Xiao Qinyun to give the bicycle key to Qiao Zhenguo.
After hearing what his sister said, Brother Qiao thought about how it had been a month since they parted ways on bad terms. He really had to go and apologize to her and tell her the good news. He took the keys, put on his coat, and hurried out.
Xiao Qinyun put his face in front of Qiao Qinglu and said, "Don't worry about your brother-in-law. Pay attention to me instead."
Qiao Qinglu pretended to be ignorant and asked, "Why should I care about you? You've already had enough to eat and drink, why do you still need my concern?"
Xiao Qinyun grabbed the boneless little hand and brought it to the corner of his clothes, "Feel it, I'm still hungry."
"Shame on you!" Qiao Qinglu's face flushed red from the warmth of her touch, and she pulled her hand back. "I'm not kidding you anymore. We haven't even finished putting away the things we collected today. Let's go in and talk."
Xiao Qinyun understood and turned off the lights in the living room. The two of them returned to the bedroom and entered the space.
As soon as she entered the space, Qiao Qinglu first used her mind to clean up the furniture, and then moved the golden nanmu bookcase to the study and placed it against the wall. Then she moved the remaining two screens, Luohan bed, large cabinet, and drawing table to the fabric and daily necessities warehouse and placed them together with the furniture in the recycling station.
Then she and Xiao Qinyun entered the study, opened the golden nanmu box first, put the Song Dynasty Ding kiln white glaze daylily pattern spring vase, the Qing Dynasty Yongzheng powder enamel porcelain vase and the Ming Dynasty Wanli five-color dragon pattern brush tube wrapped in yellow silk into it, and also put the paper box containing the Song Huizong bird painting into it. Then they took out the Ming Dynasty Xuande green ridge eight treasure pattern plate and the two Qing Dynasty Yongzheng powder enamel plum ridge pattern bowls and closed the box.
Then he moved the books and newspapers on the rosewood treasure pavilion to the golden nanmu bookcase, and wrapped the Ming Xuande green plate with eight treasures pattern, the Ming green plate with flower pattern, the Ming Yongle green plate with 'a handful of lotus' pattern, the Ming Yongle bowl with twined flowers and a flat bottom, the Ming Jiajing yellow-glazed bowl, the Ming Wanli green rectangular lidded box with dragon pattern, and the two Qing Yongzheng famille rose bowls with plum pattern in yellow silk, and placed them one by one on the treasure pavilion.
Finally, she opened the Huang Xili box, took out the dressing box, opened it, put the boxes containing jewelry and the yellow silk wrapped with four seals into the Huang Xili dressing box, then put the dressing box and 15 small yellow croakers in, and closed the box.
"It seems that you need to collect a few more boxes. If you come a few more times, your box will be full." Xiao Qinyun joked.
Qiao Qinglu said, "It's not that easy. The two times were just luck, and Brother Yong wanted to harass me, so he let some good things go. Next time, it won't be the same. I have to go hunting on my own. With my discerning eyes, I don't believe I can find anything good. But I do need to collect a few boxes, or even pack a few boxes. The yard we bought also needs some furniture. Where can we find plumbers, electricians, masons, and carpenters?"
Xiao Qinyun smiled mysteriously, "I have a way."
Qiao Qinglu understood what he meant and didn't ask any more questions. She walked to the living room, drank milk, watered, fed, and harvested vegetables.
Xiao Qinyun followed him out and said aggrievedly, "Why didn't you ask me?"
Qiao Qinglu looked him up and gave him a look that said, "If you have something to say, say it. If you have something to say, let it go."
Xiao Qinyun calmed down and said to Qiao Qinglu, "Do you remember the family I bought jewelry with last time? He knows some craftsmen, and there must be someone you're looking for among them. I'll go find him after get off work tomorrow and ask him."
Qiao Qinglu looked at Xiao Qinyun and said, "I think you are the fairy. You can solve any problem thrown at you."
Xiao Qinyun's face was as dark as if it was splashed with ink, "Little fairy, right?"
He picked up Qiao Qinglu and walked into the bathroom. "Since I have helped you solve so many problems, now it's your turn, little fairy, to help me solve a problem."
Qiao Qinglu tried to struggle, "Ah, no, husband, I was wrong. I shouldn't have been so careless and shouldn't have called you a little fairy."
"You're wrong, no, you're not wrong. You're a sweet and delicious little fairy, you're never wrong. Give me a kiss, so... sweet..."
“Hmm…”
One thousand words are omitted here.
An hour later, the high-spirited and energetic Xiao Qinyun came out of the room holding the flushed and weak Qiao Qing, turned on the light and went to sleep.
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