"I'm telling you, your house is getting better." Xie Ala continued: "At the beginning, all the money you left me was invested in repairs. Later, your brothers took over to clean up your house, and they seemed to have invested more money in it.
It’s a small amount of money, but if it were to be resold now, it would cost at least hundreds of millions.”
The disdainful look in the taxi driver's eyes became even sharper. He had never heard of bragging, but this old man's bragging had something to it.
After more than an hour and forty minutes, the taxi finally stopped outside a large wall. Xie Ala patted his master's backrest: "Master, drive a little further, there is a gate over there."
So, the master drove forward a full 200 meters and finally saw the gate of this mansion.
"How's it going? This is your bungalow. Let's not talk about anything else. Let's not talk about the level of luxury. For this area, it is the best in the devil's capital."
"You have to be very knowledgeable to help me buy such a big old house." Jiang Hua nodded happily: "My biggest regret in Beijing is that I didn't buy a larger courtyard house. The one at home was too small.
I should have bought a four-in-one."
"You can buy it now too."
"The courtyard houses with four entrances were all official residences in ancient times, but now they are almost all cultural protection units and are not allowed to be bought and sold by private individuals."
After paying the fare, the driver did not leave immediately. Instead, he peered through the cracks in the car window and the door. Oh my god, it was really a mansion. If this had been left in the Republic of China, it would have been the residence of some handsome man.
Bar?
After getting off the car, Xie Ala rang the doorbell. After a while, the man opened the door. This man was wearing security uniform. When he saw Xie Ala, he greeted Xie Ala very warmly.
"Mr. Xie, you are here to inspect the house again."
Xie Ala shook his head: "No, this time it is my master who is here."
He pointed at Jiang Hua and introduced: "He is the owner of a mansion like yours."
"Mr. Jiang."
Jiang Hua smiled and nodded: "Thank you for your hard work. You have been helping me take care of this house."
"It's unfortunate." The security guard said happily: "Thanks to you, I never thought that I would be able to live in such a house in this life. When I went home during the Chinese New Year, I told my wife that I worked in Shanghai and lived in
She couldn’t believe the mansion and kept saying I was bragging. I showed her the photo and she said it was a park and it was too big.”
"Go in and talk."
"Yeah."
The security guard definitely let the two people in. Then he turned around and closed the door. Only then did the taxi driver look away with regret. He heard what he just said clearly.
“It’s true that people cannot be judged by their appearance.”
Xie Ala took Jiang Hua for a walk in the garden and looked at the house with envy: "Tsk, tsk, tsk, your house makes people drool. If I were you, I would just move to the Magic City. Who lives in the courtyard? This is
It’s a house.”
"The courtyard is not bad, it's down-to-earth." Jiang Hua nodded: "This house is really good. I will bring my wife here to stay for a few days every year. Otherwise, it would be a waste to leave it empty. It's a pity that I don't have a camera. I should take more photos.
Take it back and show it to my wife."
"This is not a piece of cake." Xie Ala said with a smile: "Wait a minute, that security guard just now must have a camera, otherwise how would he take pictures to show to his wife."
Sure enough, after a while, Xie La came over with a point-and-shoot camera: "Not only did he borrow a camera, he also said he would lend me three rolls of blank film, enough for you to take pictures."
Jiang Hua really took pictures of every corner of the entire mansion. Three rolls of film were not included. Jiang Hua knew a little bit about things, and he was able to capture some of the beauty of the mansion.
"Tonight, my wife will cook herself. After dinner, we will go to watch a comedy show."
"Burlesque?"
Xie Ala nodded: "Actually, the performance format is similar to your northern cross talk, but it has more of the characteristics of our magical city mixed in."
"Then I'm really curious."
Mrs. Xie's home-cooked dishes are very popular in Jianghua, and it can be said that she is full of emotion despite being ordinary.
Jiang Hua also saw Xie Ala's introverted son. At first, he could greet Jiang Hua as usual, but Xie Ala introduced that this is your Uncle Jiang. This guy didn't know how to speak. In the end, he simply got into the kitchen and
Damn it.
Xie Ala couldn't laugh or cry: "It's like that, it's useless for me to be angry."
"Let him see a psychiatrist as soon as possible. They can also enlighten him."
"I'll mention it to him tonight."
After dinner, his son drove the three of them to see a burlesque show. This guy would rather sit in the car alone in a daze than enter the theater.
During the two-and-a-half-hour performance, Xie Ala and his wife laughed from beginning to end, while Jiang Hua could only laugh occasionally.
No wonder Xie Ala said that there are many characteristics of the Magic City mixed in. Many of his words were spoken in the dialect of the Magic City. Jiang Hua couldn't understand it at all. He was the only one in the whole theater who didn't smile. The seats they bought were relatively close to the front.
The actors on the show were a little unsure.
"I can't appreciate it, I really can't appreciate it." After he came out, Jiang Hua said with a smile: "I feel it's strange to see you laughing. You understand the dialect of Modu, but I don't understand it. Xie Ala, you are just laughing to yourself,
Don’t explain it to me. Didn’t you see that the actor on stage felt a little embarrassed at the end of the performance? It was just because he was heartbroken when he saw me not smiling.”
"I asked why the main actor's performance in the end was worse than before. It turns out that you are an unstable factor."
Jiang Hua shook his head: "Waiting for you to come to the capital, I invite you to listen to cross talk. I know the owner of a cross talk garden, and he has just become famous recently. What he said in cross talk is called an authentic one. I'm sure you can hear it straight.
happy."
"I'll definitely go and experience it when I have time. If you don't laugh, you have to treat me to a full banquet."
Jiang Hua smiled and said: "I invited you to listen to the Man-Han banquet and eat. Have you developed a stomach? Do you want to eat bear paws? They are protected animals."
"It's boring. I thought I could have a Manchu-Han banquet when I went to the capital."
"I can treat you to the imitation meal. I ate it many years ago. It's really good." Jiang Hua thought for a while and said, "How about we gather all the classmates from our class together and have a class reunion."
"Okay." Xie Ala nodded happily: "I basically have the contact information of my classmates. I will contact you. When the time comes, we will gather in the capital. I am afraid that among our classmates, except for you, all have retired."
Jiang Hua said with both hands: "That can't be helped. I was the youngest among the classmates back then."
"This is because one has ambitions but not one's age. Who would have thought that the youngest among our classmates would be the most accomplished among our classmates in the future."
