That day, Jiang Baige returned home from outside. As soon as she reached the alley in front of her house, she saw a stranger standing at the door.
The man peeked into their house stealthily through the crack in the door, but when he looked closely, he couldn't tell who it was.
He was wearing a Zhongshan suit and carrying a briefcase, and he looked like a leader and a wealthy man.
Seeing him standing at her doorstep, Jiang Baige walked up to him with the child in her arms and asked.
"Comrade, this is my home. Are you looking for someone?"
The man turned around and looked intently at the woman in front of him. Suddenly, as if he came to his senses, he became a little flustered, and then hurriedly walked outside.
"Hey, why are you leaving?"
Jiang Baige looked at the man's departing back in confusion, and couldn't help muttering in her heart: "What is this guy doing? He doesn't say a word, it feels so strange."
As she thought about it, she couldn't help but look at him a few more times, but the man had already walked away and soon disappeared from her sight.
Jiang Baige shook her head, thinking that it might just be a stranger passing by, so she carried her son into the house and put the matter behind her.
Many years ago, due to some issues, the Xia family had to flee Yong'an County with their family, and then they were forced to go abroad.
Xia Liqun recently returned to China because his father left a message before he passed away, asking them to get the house back, so he tried to come back and take a look.
What he didn't expect was that the house already had an owner.
It seems that this is going to be a difficult situation.
The next day, after school, Chen Jiaojiao just walked into the alley and saw a man wandering in the alley.
Seeing that the man's clothes didn't look like those of an ordinary person, she guessed that he might be a staff member of that unit.
He asked, "Who are you looking for?"
Hearing someone talking, Xia Liqun looked up and saw someone coming, so he spoke quickly.
"Oh! I'll just take a look."
Then he lowered his head and hurried away from the alley.
He came here today to check on the condition of the house. Through the crack in the door, he saw that the yard was cleaned tidy and the house looked a little more shabby than when they left.
Before he could get a closer look, he discovered that someone else had arrived. He had no intention of contacting this family before he had thoroughly investigated the situation.
Chen Jiaojiao watched the man pass by her and looked back in confusion.
Seeing the direction the man left, she couldn't help but pursed her lips.
“It’s weird.”
After saying this, he pushed his bicycle towards home.
Seeing that my sister-in-law had not come back yet, I took out the key and opened the door.
Just after entering the door, Jiang Baige and her son came back.
Chen Jiaojiao happily went over to greet them, "Sister-in-law, you're back."
As he spoke, he took his little nephew and held him in his arms.
Jiang Baige asked, "When did you come back?"
Chen Jiaojiao walked towards the house holding Dandan, then thought of what had just happened and said.
"Sister-in-law, when I came back just now, this guy left our alley. When I asked him who he was looking for, he said he was just looking around. Don't you think it's weird?"
Jiang Baige just took a sip of tea and asked, "What kind of person is he? Did you see what he looks like?"
Chen Jiaojiao shook her head. "This person had his head down and was walking very fast. I couldn't see him clearly, but he was well dressed and didn't look like a thief."
"Twice."
Jiang Baige said puzzledly, "I saw this person yesterday too. He was quite strange. He was just hanging around outside our house. When I asked him a question, he just lowered his head and ran away."
Chen Jiaojiao asked: "Maybe we took the wrong way?"
Then he added, "Twice the wrong way? That seems unlikely."
Jiang Baige was still a little confused and wanted to be more careful recently. There was no one at their house during the day, so she didn't think it was a thief who was trespassing.
When Chen Jianguo came back in the evening, Jiang Baige told him about the encounter with the stranger that day.
After listening to Jiang Baige's description, Chen Jianguo also felt a little doubtful.
Then he said, "I happen to be off tomorrow. If that person shows up again, I'll go ask him."
Chen Jianguo decided to guard the place himself, as he didn't want his family to be in danger.
Jiang Baige nodded: "Well, it's better to ask clearly, otherwise we will feel uncomfortable living here."
The next day, Chen Jianguo kept an eye on the doorstep. Around noon, a man and a woman walked into the alley.
It seems normal, but it has been happening for several days in a row and no one believes me when I say I'm fine.
Chen Jianguo immediately walked out the door and stopped him to ask.
"Comrades, you've been hanging around here for three days. What's going on?"
Xia Liqun didn't expect that there was someone at home today. He looked at his wife and immediately thought of how to deal with it.
Liu Damei was afraid that others would see that she was nervous, so she quickly lowered her head and hid behind her man, fearing that others would notice something was wrong.
Seeing that he was stopped, Xia Liqun also plucked up the courage to face it head-on.
Seeing the man in police uniform in front of him, Xia Liqun seemed a little nervous and stammered, "I... I'm Xia Liqun. This is my family's ancestral home. I just came back to take a look."
Chen Jianguo and Jiang Baige looked at each other. Jiang Baige thought that her house was given to her by Master Yang Wu and she had never heard of the name Xia Liqun.
Chen Jianguo asked, "What evidence do you have to prove that this is your house?"
Xia Liqun took out a yellowed document from his bag. On it was written the name of the previous owner of the house. However, after liberation, the document was no longer useful and was just a piece of waste paper.
Chen Jianguo took the document, looked at it carefully, and confirmed Xia Liqun's statement.
Chen Jianguo asked: "What do you mean by coming here?"
Xia Liqun looked at them with a guilty look on his face and said softly, "I'm sorry, I came in such a hurry that I caused you to misunderstand."
"My name is Xia Liqun. Many years ago, my family and I left Wu'an County, and this house was left unused. I didn't expect that when I returned this time, it already had an owner."
After hearing what he said, Chen Jianguo looked at his wife and was not sure who the old man who sold their house was.
Jiang Baige seemed to understand Chen Jianguo's thoughts and said, "We bought this house. We have all the necessary paperwork and there is no ownership issue. It's impossible for you to go back."
Xia Liqun nodded quickly: "I know this, I don't mean to take the house back."
"After all, this used to be my family's ancestral home. This time I just wanted to come back and take a look at it. There's no other intention..."
After hearing his words, Chen Jianguo's doubts were immediately resolved.
He smiled and invited Xia Liqun and his wife into the house. "Is that so? Comrade, come in and sit for a while."
Xia Liqun was not polite and thanked with a smile: "Thank you, thank you."
The couple followed Chen Jianguo into the yard and looked around.
After thirty years, this house is still as solid as before and has not changed much.
I followed them into the living room and sat on the sofa and started chatting.
Jiang Baige poured two cups of tea and placed them on the table.
"Comrade, have some tea."
Through the conversation, Jiang Baige learned about Xia Liqun's experience.
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