Chapter 41 Rented a courtyard house and prepared to separate the family
Yun Mo left after quarreling with the person, without giving Li's mother a chance to react.
When Mother Li came to her senses and wanted to chase her out, she was stopped by Li Li who came out of the kitchen.
"Mom, I can't do this alone. Please help me wash the vegetables."
"Oh, wait a minute, it's still early, why are you in a hurry?"
After wasting a few words, by the time Mother Li drove them out again, the Yunmo people had already gone far away.
Mother Li was so angry that she stared.
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There is an old locust tree with a crooked neck at the entrance of the alley. There are flower beds under the old locust tree. The elderly and children in the old street usually like to enjoy the cool air and play under the tree.
Seeing Yun Mo coming from the alley, Ling Chunhua, who was sitting under the old locust tree looking after Ling Jiale, happily came up to her.
"Auntie."
"Yeah, spring flowers."
Seeing Ling Chunhua, Yun Mo's tense face showed a bit of a smile.
In the entire Ling family, the only person she liked and felt sorry for was Ling Chunhua.
"Auntie, your two big geese are so beautiful."
"Yeah." Seeing Ling Chunhua staring curiously at the two big geese in the bamboo cage, Yun Mo introduced with a smile: "The one with the big head is called Dabai, and the other one is called Erbai."
Ling Chunhua opened her eyes wide in surprise, "Hey, do they still have names?"
"Yeah."
"Auntie, do you want to go out?"
It took me more than half a month to go back and forth to Anshi. I just came back last night, and I have to leave again today. I don't think I will have much time to see my niece in the future. Yun Mo felt a little reluctant in her heart.
She put her hand into her pocket and took out a handful of White Rabbit toffee.
"Here, I'll give you some food. You should put it away yourself. You can only eat one piece a day, otherwise your teeth will break."
Ling Chunhua looked back at Ling Jiale who was playing happily with other friends, happily took the candy and put it in her trouser pocket.
"Thank you, aunt."
"Be good, you can play and go home early."
"Yeah, I know."
Yun Mo hailed a taxi. After getting in the car, she accidentally glanced in the direction of the old locust tree and found Ling Chunhua under the tree looking at her intently.
Yun Mo waved to the other party from the car window, and then asked the driver to drive away.
Unable to think of a good place to go, Yunmo simply asked the driver to drop her off at the door of a hotel.
Yunmo opened a room, settled Dabai and Erbai in, and then went out to find a house.
There are no real estate agencies in this era, but there are "housing bugs" who provide similar services, making money by eating the price difference between buyers and sellers.
Yunmo's first choice is of course buying a house, followed by renting.
However, she doesn't know the housing prices in various urban areas in Jiang City now. She is afraid of being cheated, so she plans to rent a house as a place to stay.
With the introduction of "House Bug", Yunmo quickly rented an old courtyard house with a pond.
The house is quite good, with a square courtyard, three large rooms in the middle, two wing rooms on the left and right, a wing room between the main room and the wing rooms, and a row of four reverse rooms in front.
There are a total of more than ten rooms in total, which can be accommodated even if all the Huang family comes over.
The only bad thing is that it has been vacant for a long time, and there is a thick layer of gray everywhere. The eaves and corners are also covered with spider webs. The pond has not been cleaned for a long time, and the water has turned blue-black, exuding a fishy rot.
gas.
The area is large and it is not easy to clean up. She will definitely not be able to complete it alone.
After renting the house, Yunmo went to a restaurant for lunch, then returned to the hotel for a lunch break, preparing to go to the labor market in the afternoon to find workers to clean the courtyard.
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Ling's family had already finished lunch before Li Zhijie came in sweating profusely.
As soon as he entered the door, he complained that he was starving. Mother Li, who felt sorry for her son, quickly brought out the small half pot of braised pork and rice that she had reserved specially.
Li Zhijie ate so voraciously that his mouth was full of oil. Ling Chunhua sat on the horse on the eaves, watching eagerly while swallowing quietly.
Li Li weighed a pound of pork belly in total and only half a pot of pork belly was cooked. As Ling Jiale's grandson, it was natural to eat meat. Li's mother gave herself and Li Li two pieces each, and gave the rest to Li Zhijie.
After keeping it, Ling Chunhua didn't eat any of it.
Li Zhijie finished the braised pork in a few mouthfuls and muttered dissatisfiedly: "Why did you only leave so much and not leave more? It's not enough to eat."
When Li Li heard this, she choked angrily: "You think you buy meat for free."
Li Zhijie said with a playful smile, "Sister, if you don't have money, ask your brother-in-law for it. He earns money outside every day. Don't be like your mother, who is stingy and reluctant to spend money."
"You think that's how much you can earn from tickets, just earn two and show me."
Mother Li felt sorry for her son. Seeing that her son was not full, she quickly said, "Zhijie, wait a minute, and mom will fry you two more eggs."
"Two of them are not enough. Fry two more."
"Okay, I'll fry four of them for you."
Li Li was unhappy when she heard this.
There is a certain number of eggs at home, and she is reluctant to eat them herself. She only cooks one for Ling Jiale every day. When her brother comes and makes meat and eggs, her heart bleeds.
"Mom, those eggs are for Jiale to replenish the body. There is still a small piece of sauerkraut from last time. You can cut it and mix it with some oil for Zhijie to eat."
"How can sauerkraut be nutritious? You really are. Zhijie is your biological brother, not an outsider. What's wrong with eating a few of your eggs? You're stingy."
I usually can't bear to eat pork and rice. When my mother-in-law came, she treated her with good meat and rice, but they even called her stingy.
Li Li was so angry that her chest hurt.
Mother Li poured half a bowl of oil into the pot without blinking an eye, and cracked four eggs into it. With the sound of oil sizzling, the aroma of fried eggs spread out.
Ling Chunhua under the eaves smelled the fragrance wafting from the kitchen and kept swallowing her saliva.
When no one was paying attention to her, she turned around, took out a White Rabbit toffee from her pocket, peeled off the wrapper and licked it twice, then quickly wrapped the candy in the wrapper and put it back in her pocket.
Auntie told her to take one pill a day, so she saved some and could take one pill a day.
After recalling the sweet milky aroma in her mouth, Ling Chunhua felt that the aroma of braised pork and fried eggs was not so alluring.
After eating four fried eggs, Li Zhijie wiped his mouth with satisfaction and kept looking at the house where Yun Mo lived.
How could Mother Li not see what her son was thinking, so she turned to her daughter Li Li and said, "Li, please take Jia Le into the house to sleep for a while. I'll wash the dishes."
Li Li glanced at her son in her arms, nodded, got up and returned to the house with her son in her arms.
After sending Li Li away, Mother Li sent Ling Chunhua, who was squatting under the eaves counting ants, to wash the dishes, and then took her son and whispered.
"Did you get the stuff?"
"got it."
As he spoke, Li Zhijie took out a small piece of thin incense stick from his pocket. Judging from the color and shape, it was almost the same as mosquito repellent incense.