When she got home again, it was almost noon. As soon as she opened the door, she smelled the fragrance.
Seeing her want to change her shoes, Liang Shuyu quickly handed her a covered tray. "Don't change your shoes yet. This morning I saw a new neighbor move into the building next door. I asked casually and he said he was from the army and on leave. I saw he was a grown man and it would be hard for him to cook if he lived alone. I used the pork you just brought back to make dumplings. You can give some to someone else. We can socialize with each other as neighbors."
Lu Qin lifted a crack in the plate, revealing neatly arranged dumplings inside. Each one had a thin skin and a large filling. There were probably about forty of them, and she felt a little distressed.
Her mother was good in every way, especially being very warm-hearted. She also got along well with her former neighbors, often sending gifts to each other.
Yes, her mother had never felt the hardship of not having enough food to eat in her life. Although prices were high now, she did not realize how precious the large plate of cabbage and pork dumplings she was giving away was.
But when she heard that he was from the army, she had an idea.
Could it be someone from the military district up the mountain? If so, it would be nice for her to meet him. It wouldn't matter now, but in the future, he'd be a big shot! Even if he wasn't, it would be nice to meet his neighbors. If they seemed decent, it wouldn't be a problem to look out for each other.
So Lu Qin took the dumplings and went next door.
The person who opened the door was a young man. Seeing that he was tall and well-mannered, and looked like a soldier, Lu Qin couldn't help but feel a liking for him. She smiled and explained her purpose: "Hi! I live in Building 1061 next door. I heard that a new tenant moved in next door this morning. Come and meet me. We will be neighbors from now on! These are the pork dumplings my mother just made. Don't be disgusted, try them!"
Lu Qin is twenty-three years old, but because she has a small round face, people often think she is still a high school student. She likes to laugh every day and has a personality like her mother, lively and cheerful. Although she lived a miserable life in her previous life and now feels that she has aged a lot, she is still a lovely girl in essence, and basically there is no stranger who doesn't like her.
I’m not a social stunner, but my communication skills are pretty good.
Qu Dongbo had actually seen Liang Shuyu in the morning and knew that there was a neighbor living in the next house. Liang Shuyu had tried hard to invite him to dinner, but after he refused, he said that he would bring him dumplings later. So he was not surprised to hear someone knocking on the door. He just didn't expect that the person who opened the door was a little girl.
He had been in the army for many years and really didn't know how to treat a little girl, especially since she seemed to be a chatterbox, so he just thanked her stiffly and took the dumplings.
Seeing that Qu Dongbo had no reaction and didn't respond to her, Lu Qin felt a little annoyed.
This person, after all, is a dumpling. In today's world, how rare is that! Just a dry thank you and that's it. Really.
But the gift was already given and there was no way to go back on her word, so Lu Qin had no choice but to mentally put him in the group of people with whom she could not have a deep friendship.
Forget it. She didn't expect any respectable neighborly love after the end of the world. The real thing was to live a good life with her mother behind closed doors.
When she got home, she saw that her mother's eyes were a little red, as if she had just cried.
Lu Qin was a little surprised and asked.
Liang Shuyu didn't say anything, just thought that he choked his eyes while cooking.
Lu Qin was still a little suspicious.
We had boiled dumplings today, and we didn’t even use any oil in the pan. How could it choke my eyes?
Lu Qin was eating dumplings with jealousy when she suddenly remembered something and asked, "Did your uncle cause you any trouble?"
Liang Shuyu was stunned. He didn't expect that his daughter had guessed it right.
Seeing her mother's expression, she knew she was right.
She had been so busy these past two days that she had almost forgotten about it. It was around this time in her previous life that her uncle's family had proposed that she and her mother support his wife. She and her mother had moved to Rongcheng, and one of her original intentions was to avoid her uncle's family.
"I knew it. Who could make Mom angry? What did they say to you again?"
Liang Shuyu felt a little helpless. His daughter had never liked her uncle's family, and even more so her grandmother.
"Nothing much, just asking us to take care of the old lady for two days."
"That won't make you angry!"
"I told them I had moved and didn't live there anymore, and your aunt accused me of... running off with a strange man and asked me to return the house to the Lu family."
Liang Shuyu couldn't help but have red eyes again as he spoke.
Lu Qin slammed her chopsticks on the table and was so angry that she didn't even want to eat her dumplings.
What era is it now? Her father has passed away for many years. Even if her mother remarried, it doesn’t matter. The house is the joint property of her parents. What’s more, it has been transferred to her name a long time ago. She was the one who sold the house. What does it have to do with them?
"That's too much!"
"Forget it, your aunt is just a gossipmonger. A widow's door is full of gossips, and it won't hurt a bit to say a few words...but your grandmother..."
"Mom, did you tell them where we live?" Lu Qin asked anxiously.
"No, how could Mom tell them?"
"Then you gave me money?"
Liang Shuyu hesitated a bit, "Well, I gave it to him. I gave him another ten thousand. But he was not satisfied. He said that he couldn't buy a few kilograms of rice at this price."
Lu Qin breathed a sigh of relief. Giving money wasn't a big deal, as long as she didn't tell them she'd moved to Rongcheng. "Mom, it's a good thing you didn't tell them where we are. Can we still live peacefully if she comes? We pay the old lady a thousand yuan a month for her retirement! What old lady would ask for that much? Just give it to her, and consider it a way to ward off misfortune."
Ever since Lu Qin's father passed away, his uncle proposed that the two families jointly support the elderly. At that time, Lu Qin's grandfather had not passed away yet, so Lu Qin's family gave the two elderly people a monthly pension of 1,000 yuan, and a lump sum of 12,000 yuan a year. Later, when his grandfather passed away, the amount was not reduced.
My uncle's family is greedy for the 1,000 yuan pension. An old man doesn't usually spend much, so they can almost make a profit.
Lu Qin also didn't like the way her grandmother bossed her around, so she just wanted to spend money and have peace of mind, and it continued like this.
She knew that prices had skyrocketed recently and the cost of raising an elderly person had risen sharply. Her uncle's family was worried that raising an elderly person would be a waste of money and food, so they were unwilling to bear the cost alone.
Lu Qin's family had already paid this year's alimony early on. Now, when they heard what their uncle's family said about joint alimony, they sneered.
"Well, I understand. Prices are soaring these days, and it's hard for your uncle to take care of the elderly."
"Mom! You're just too kind-hearted." Lu Qin disagreed: "If my uncle had a kind heart, how could the company's assets be left with so little when my dad passed away?"
When her father passed away, the company he left behind was neither big nor small, with a value of about a million yuan, but when it came to her and her mother, only 300,000 yuan was left.
The trick is known to everyone.
But Lu Qin was still young at that time, and Liang Shuyu had lost her own man, and she also thought that she would have to rely on her uncle's family in the future, so she didn't say anything.
Fortunately, the properties and shops left by her father were all under her and her mother's name, so her uncle had no choice.
In short, in Lu Qin's eyes, her uncle's family, including her grandmother, are not good people.
Lu Qin would never let her uncle and his family suck her blood like vampires. Fortunately, her mother was smart for once and didn't tell them about their move to Rongcheng.
As long as they don't come to her house, Lu Qin thinks it's fine.
Liang Shuyu was still chattering. She had just asked her uncle's family to buy more food on the phone, but the prices were too high and they were obviously unwilling to do so. Uncle Lu Qin only wanted Lu Qin and her daughter to support her grandmother.
But fortunately, Grandma Lu Qin was not very happy either. According to her, Liang Shuyu and Lu Qin were unlucky stars who caused her youngest son to die young. That’s why she never liked her and was unwilling to live with them, for fear that she would be killed by the mother and daughter.
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