After sending the children to school, Wei You went to the vegetable market to buy some vegetables. When he got home, he lay back on the bed and took a nap. He slept until the clock struck twelve in the afternoon, then he slowly got up to make lunch.
In the afternoon, Wei You went shopping with his wallet. When he came back, both his hands were filled with shopping bags. In addition to the ink and copybooks that he promised to buy for Guazai last night, he also bought a lot of school supplies that the child needed, a big bag of snacks and fruits, and a new schoolbag with Doraemon pattern.
Wei Xu's current schoolbag is so old that the straps are worn out and hairy. Every time Wei You sees him carrying that dusty schoolbag, he feels that the pitiful image he has is deepened.
He had wanted to change his schoolbag for a long time, and today when he was browsing in a stationery store, he saw a schoolbag with Doraemon pattern that Guazai liked, so he bought it directly.
Wei You climbed up to the fourth floor carrying the heavy shopping bag in one breath, put the bag down temporarily, took a deep breath, and was about to take out the key to open the door when the door of the neighbor's room was suddenly opened, and two men came out carrying a large cardboard box.
The two saw Wei You standing at the door and nodded and smiled at him kindly.
Wei You smiled back and watched them carry the boxes downstairs one after another.
Not long after, a middle-aged woman in red clothes came out from the opposite door, walked straight to the stairs and shouted downstairs: "Be careful when you go downstairs."
"Got it." The man responded with full energy.
The woman leaned on the stair railing and watched for a while. When she turned back to the door, she noticed Wei You standing beside her.
Seeing him standing by the door with the key in his hand, she opened her eyes wide and exclaimed, then looked at the door, then at Wei You's face, paused for a few seconds and asked, "Are you... from Wei Shaodong's family?"
Seeing that he had been staring at her face, Wei You realized that she might know someone from the Wei family, so she put on a smile and said, "Hello, Auntie. I am a relative of Wei Xu's mother."
In order to avoid being regarded as a thief with unknown origins, Wei You made up an identity for himself.
The woman seemed even more surprised. There was originally some smile on her face, but now it was all gone.
She looked at Wei You and asked, "You are from Youling's mother's family, so do you know where Youling went?"
Wei You judged that the "Youling" she mentioned was probably the name of Wei Xu's mother.
He wanted to ask about Wei Xu's mother, but was afraid of exposing his identity, so he just shook his head and said, "I don't know. I was studying abroad before, and I just came here to work recently. I heard that there is a nephew living here, so I came to see him."
The middle-aged woman frowned and said, "You don't know... such a young child was left here by his irresponsible mother. His father doesn't care, and none of you maternal relatives come to take care of him. Several times, the child couldn't stand the hunger and knocked on my door. I felt sorry for him and gave him some food, but this won't work!"
Because he treated Wei You as a belated relative, the other party's tone was not very pleasant.
"I only understood what you said after I came here." Wei You said, "But you are right, what my cousin did was indeed very irresponsible. Now that I am going to work here, I will definitely not ignore the child."
After hearing this, the woman's expression looked better when she faced him.
Then, after seeing the new schoolbag in the shopping bag by the door, she immediately liked Wei You. Not only did she show the friendly smile that a neighbor aunt often has, but her tone of voice also softened a lot: "I see you bought a lot of things, all for the children?"
"Yes, I bought it for Guazi." Wei You explained, "He's my nephew, I call him Guazi."
"Then you are a pretty good uncle." Auntie nodded and suddenly asked, "Where are you from?"
Wei You was slightly startled, then answered: "Jinyang."
"You're not from the same place as Youling?"
"Well... because of my parents' work, our family moved quite far away, and I don't have much contact with my cousin."
"So what do you do here?"
Wei You casually said, "I'm a photographer and I occasionally shoot videos."
Auntie: "Oh, from the photo studio."
Wei You: "...about the same."
"Have you found a place to live here?"
"Not yet, still looking."
"If you can't find it, why don't you come to my house? I happen to be planning to rent out my house."
The woman suddenly asked this question, and Wei You finally realized why the other party had asked so many questions as if conducting a household survey.
He looked into the open door opposite and asked, "Are you moving?"
"Yes, my husband and son were the ones who moved things just now. There were too many things, so we moved them one by one." Auntie smiled. "My son bought a house in Chuanlin, and my granddaughter is going to junior high school, so we plan to move to a better environment. But we have lived in this house for so long, and we are reluctant to sell it. We are going to rent it out after discussing it."
Wei You nodded. After some inquiries during this period, he knew that Xiangfang was a small town under the jurisdiction of Chuanlin. Although he had never heard of Xiangfang Town, he knew about Chuanlin City. In the future, Chuanlin would also be ranked high among the new first-tier cities in the country.
If you can buy a house in Chuanlin City at this time, you must be a rich person!
"I think you are good-looking and responsible. Xiao Wei and I have been neighbors for more than 20 years. I watched him grow up and get married. Although he is not a good person now, he is an acquaintance after all. If there is someone I know in the middle, then I will feel more at ease when renting a house." The neighbor aunt expressed her thoughts, "For you, if you rent my house, it will be convenient to take care of your nephew."
Wei You thought about it for a moment and was really tempted.
He hadn't thought about renting a house before because he felt that he wouldn't stay in the game world forever, so there was no need to spend the money. But now that he was ready to take care of Guazai as his own responsibility, he did need a fixed residence.
Wei Xu's house is certainly habitable, but Wei Shaodong's existence is ultimately a time bomb.
This person is unpredictable. He was lucky last time because he was drunk and was able to fool people into thinking that he suddenly showed up at Wei Xu's house. But if he runs into him again next time, there's no guarantee that he won't get into trouble.
And if he rents the house opposite, with the help of his neighbor's identity, there will be so much he can do!
As a friendly, enthusiastic and kind neighbor, it is normal to occasionally drop by the neighbor's children to go to school, right?
It's normal to take the kids next door out shopping or having a meal in your free time, right?
It's normal to take in a child who was kicked out of the house by his drunken and violent father and sleep with him for a night, right?
The more Wei You thought about it, the more he felt that this was a good idea, so he immediately said, "I think your suggestion is quite good. May I ask your name?"
"My last name is Li, just call me Aunt Li."
"So you are Grandma Li," Wei You finally realized. "Guazi often mentioned you to me, saying that you sent him this and that. Thank you for taking care of him during this period of time."
Aunt Li smiled sheepishly: "I just gave him a few clothes that my granddaughter couldn't wear. It's not like I was taking care of him."
Wei You looked back at the shopping bags piled up at the door and said, "How about this, I'll go put something there and then come to your house to take a look?"
Aunt Li waved her hand and said, "No problem. It will probably take some time for my son to come back and move the things. You can come and take a look."
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Afterwards, Wei You took advantage of his free time to visit the neighbor's house.
The structure of the same residential building is similar, and opposite is also a two-bedroom apartment with two bedrooms and a living room. However, compared with the crowded and dim interior environment of Wei Xu's house, the decoration of Aunt Li's house is much more comfortable.
The walls are painted snow-white and there are several beautiful landscape paintings hanging on them. The sofa chairs, coffee table, dining table, etc. are all made of mahogany. The overall home decoration looks clean and tidy, with a very literary atmosphere.
“Will all this furniture stay here, or will it be moved?”
Aunt Li shook her head: "No, they young people have their own favorite styles. If we move our old furniture over, they will think it is old-fashioned."
Wei You nodded. He didn't feel anything about the mahogany furniture. Compared to the furniture, he was more satisfied with the solid wood floors that were well maintained to be smooth and bright.
"As for electrical appliances, the refrigerator, washing machine, and water heater, they will all stay here. It will be convenient for you tenants to use them, but we still have to move the TV. We just bought a new TV and it hasn't been long..."
Listening to Aunt Li's introduction, Wei You followed her into the master bedroom.
As soon as he entered the room, he was immediately dazzled by the fact that this room actually had a balcony.
Because Wei Xu's house is located in a deep alley, no room can get sunlight. Only the kitchen can get some sunset sunlight, making the whole house gloomy and not very bright.
He thought the house here was similar, but he didn't expect that the bedroom here actually had a balcony facing the street behind.
The balcony is separated by two glass doors. The sunlight from outside shines obliquely on the wooden floor, making it warm and comfortable.
After walking around, Wei You was very satisfied with Aunt Li's house. Before leaving, he asked, "How much do you want to rent it for?"
"I've also asked the tenants upstairs about this. They just moved in this year. The house is about the same size as ours and costs four hundred a month," Auntie said simply. "I don't make money from this. Xiao Wei and I have been neighbors for more than 20 years. If we rent it to you, we'll set it at three hundred and fifty a month."
Wei You was stunned.
He had thought that the rent of a house in a small county town should not be that expensive fifteen years ago, but he never expected it to be so cheap.
A 90-square-meter apartment with two bedrooms and a living room, a kitchen and bathroom, complete furniture and appliances, located on the street, comfortably decorated, and with a large south-facing balcony, is only 350 yuan a month... This rent is not even a fraction of his actual rent.
The monthly rent for his 36-square-meter duplex apartment, not counting the property, is four thousand, while here, the annual rent is only four thousand two hundred.
Wei You felt that he had picked up a great bargain, and his expression suddenly became energetic. Fearing that the aunt would come to her senses and regret it, he quickly said, "Then it's settled. I just came here to work, and I don't have enough cash with me. I'll ask my family to send me some money in a few days, and then I'll come to sign the contract with you, okay?"
"It's okay. We're slow to move and pack our things. It'll take a few days. Don't worry." Auntie said, "If you can make it, come this Sunday. We should be moving on Sunday. If you can't make it, just postpone it. Just call me when the time comes."
Wei You felt relieved, and was then treated by the enthusiastic aunt to a cup of tea. They chatted in detail about the gas, water and electricity issues in the house. It was not until Aunt Li's husband and son came back that Wei You asked the time and found that it was already a little after four o'clock.
He quickly said goodbye to Aunt Li and rushed to the school to pick up his son after school.
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