[Chapter 402 Chapter 402 Preparing Dowry]
It was only after Shen Yuyao reported that she found out that in their research class of more than 30 people, there were only two girls, including herself.
The other girl is about the same age as her, and is twenty-nine years old this year.
She was an educated youth who went to the countryside, then married a local and settled down in Yunnan Province.
At this time, she was already a mother of three children.
She went out to study for a master's degree, but her husband and children were still in a small county town.
The woman came from a scholarly family and had learned painting from her elders since she was a child.
Shen Yuyao looked at the meticulous landscape paintings she had drawn and felt that the paintings gave people a sense of inner peace.
It allows people to feel the painter's inner strength.
Because she liked the other person's work, Shen Yuyao took the initiative to find the woman to chat, only to find out that her name was Yuan Shuhua and she had been in Beijing for some time.
Because there are too few female graduate students, she now lives in the undergraduate dormitory.
Perhaps because they are of similar age, both are women and mothers, Shen Yuyao and Yuan Shuhua get along quite well.
One day after class, Shen Yuyao asked Yuan Shuhua to go to her home.
Although she was surprised at Shen Yuyao's family conditions, Shen Yuyao did not see any negative emotions such as jealousy in her classmate's eyes.
This made her secretly feel fortunate, and she felt that she was lucky to have found a new friend.
Shen Yuyao's new work was praised by Professor Wei.
Professor Wei even took her paintings away and showed them off to his colleagues.
Soon, people in the School of Industrial Fine Arts spread the word that Professor Wei had taken a fancy to Shen Yuyao and might take her as his last disciple.
Such rumors made many people jealous.
But in fact, Shen Yuyao had never heard any word about this matter from Professor Wei.
It is hard to say whether Professor Wei has considered accepting Shen Yuyao as his disciple, but Aunt Ding’s love for the two children is completely unconcealed.
Shen Yuyao and her classmates started school early, and Cheng Liyan was busy with work, so Xiaoyi and Nanxi became left-behind children.
Every day after their parents go out, the brother and sister can only stay at home and wait obediently.
Although Shen Yuyao knew that her two little ones really liked this kind of alone time.
They arrange their time very tightly. They have their own rhythm for when to practice martial arts, when to practice calligraphy, when to read and when to embroider.
Plus, they have to go to their grandparents' house in the afternoon, so the two kids' lives are not even more leisurely than their parents.
Aunt Dante doesn’t know!
She knew that after Shen Yuyao went to school, Xiaoyi and Nanxi were locked in the house and could not go out for the whole day.
At most, he just sat in the yard to bask in the sun, looking as pitiful as he could be!
So, every day I would find various reasons to bring food to the two children.
Once, he even sent his big white cat to keep the two children company.
Shen Yuyao couldn't tell her aunt that the reason she locked the door was because the two children would occasionally go to their grandparents' house in the morning.
She was afraid that if the door was not locked, someone would knock on it and find out that the child was not there.
The door is locked, and knowing that the children cannot come out, generally no one will choose to disturb them at this time.
But no matter what, the relationship between the two families is getting better and better, and the children are very close to the two old people.
Time flies, and several months have passed in the blink of an eye.
The weather is getting warmer, Xiaoyi and Nanxi have already started school, and Shen Yuyao has also adapted to school life.
Because Cheng Liyan's workplace is too far from home, he often cannot come back for several days.
Unable to bear the long-term absence from his wife and children, he could not help but spend a large sum of money to install a telephone at home.
You know, having a telephone at home is a big deal these days!
For this purpose, Shen Yuyao took half a day off and stayed at home to watch the workers install the system.
After the phone was installed, Shen Yuyao first called her husband who was waiting across the street.
After listening to him rambling on for a long time, he finally hung up and called Qiao An again.
Qiao An's family is on the military front line, so they need to be transferred.
Joan was also very surprised when she received the call.
After writing down the number, she said to Shen Yuyao: "Yuyao, tomorrow is Sunday, do you have any plans?"
"Nothing important to do. What do you want?"
Cheng Liyan will be back tomorrow, and they originally planned to take the children out shopping and eating snacks.
Qiao An said, "I was planning to visit you tomorrow. It's great to have a phone call! I remember you were looking for a courtyard house. Have you found one?"
"No. Li Yan asked several friends to look for one, but he hasn't found a particularly suitable one. So, do you have any good recommendations?"
"No, no, I haven't come across it. I heard from someone a few days ago that someone wanted to sell a shop, and I was a little tempted to go and take a look. I wonder if you are interested in the shop?
If there is one, let's go and see it together? I heard that the man has a lot of shops. It is said that his family was a capitalist and he had almost a whole street of shops in the capital!
Now that they have been rehabilitated, the government has returned some of their money to them, but some of the money that was of special significance has not been returned and has been converted directly into cash.”
Of course Shen Yuyao is interested in the shop!
She was born in a wealthy family. In her mind, no matter whether it was her sons or daughters, she had to start preparing the betrothal gifts and dowries from a young age!
Especially for daughters, they should prepare early.
In the past, due to the general environment, Shen Yuyao never dared to have such an idea.
Isn't the movement over now?
The country no longer mentions the Four Olds.
Then her old ideas began to emerge.
Shen Yuyao is not short of money.
But she felt that both she and Cheng Liyan lacked family background.
This family background cannot be replaced simply by money.
In addition to money, this family's assets naturally also include houses, shops, farms, and yards.
Shen Yuyao didn't dare to think about the manor yard now, after all, all the land is nationalized now.
But if she comes across a good house or shop, she will never be soft-hearted!
Her daughter Nanxi is already six years old.
Shen Yuyao felt anxious just thinking about not buying it now.
So, when she heard Qiao An mention that she wanted to go look at shops, how could she not agree?
Even the plan to go out and play that she had agreed to with her husband and children had to take a back seat in Shen Yuyao's mind.
She immediately said, "Okay, tell me the address and I'll go there myself tomorrow."
Qiao An had borrowed the car before because they had just arrived in Beijing and she wanted to accompany them on a tour, which was a special case.
You can't borrow it often.
So when traveling, both Shen Yuyao and Qiao An usually choose public transportation.
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