"Ruyi, it's not safe to go back so late. How about spending the night at Aunt Liu's house next door." Lao Jiangtou came out of the room with a cane and said to Zhao Ruyi.
Zhao Ruyi thought that Xu Jiani's grandfather was going to let him spend the night here, and was thinking about who to sleep with since there were only two rooms here... It would be too scary to sleep on the same bed as Xu Jiani's grandfather; if it was with Xu Jiani, this...
Xu Jiani looked at Zhao Ruyi and said nothing.
If Zhao Ruyi spends the night at Aunt Liu's house, wouldn't it mean that they would go to school together the next day...
"Okay!"
Unexpectedly, Zhao Ruyi thought for a moment and answered decisively.
Suddenly, Xu Jiani looked at him in surprise, thinking how could a young master like him be willing to live in such a dirty place...
But she didn't know that Zhao Ruyi really wanted to live here, inspect the local situation, and establish good relations with the local neighbors. No matter what, he didn't want to give this land to the Murong family.
"Okay, I'll take you there." Lao Jiangtou became more energetic, and his bent waist suddenly straightened, "My dear girl, bring out a set of bedding and sheets!"
"Oh..." Xu Jiani felt a little unhappy. She couldn't understand what Zhao Ruyi was playing, but she couldn't resist her grandfather's enthusiasm. She ran to the empty room next to her, pulled out a set of quilts from the big cabinet, and held it with both hands.
Lao Jiangtou used crutches to go down the stairs, and then led Zhao Ruyi out of the front door to the door of the house on the right.
"Aunt Liu, Aunt Liu..." Lao Jiangtou raised his head and shouted towards the window on the second floor.
Ga...
In the window on the second floor, Aunt Liu stretched out her neck and said, "Uncle Xu, what's going on?"
Aunt Liu's old couple had just seen Zhao Ruyi beat five gangsters to the ground and begged for mercy at the window. They were very surprised. When they saw that Zhao Ruyi had not returned, they couldn't guess what happened for a while.
"It's almost midnight. It's inconvenient for Ruyi to go out from here. I asked my daughter to take him out. I'm not worried when he comes back. Can you let Ruyi spend the night at your house?"
Old Jiangtou had already thought of his words, so he raised his head and said.
Aunt Liu poked her head out of the window and saw Xu Jiani following Lao Jiangtou, even holding the quilt in her arms. What else could she say? These are old neighbors, so she said readily, "Okay, I
There’s still an empty room here!”
"Thank you Aunt Liu!" Lao Jiangtou said happily.
"We are all old neighbors, why are we so polite?" Aunt Liu said cheerfully, coming down the stairs and opening the door on the first floor.
She actually guessed what Lao Jiangtou was thinking. By keeping the boy here overnight, he wanted to show his enthusiasm and wanted the two young people to go to school together and have more opportunities to interact with each other.
Aunt Liu has been neighbors with Lao Jiangtou for so many years, and has never seen him be so polite to any outsider. It seems that she is very satisfied with this boy.
Of course, the people in Wujia Village are complicated and it is unsafe to walk at night, which is also a factor. But with Zhao Ruyi's ability to fight five gangsters, is there really any need to worry about this?
"Come on, come on, come in, there is an empty room down here." Aunt Liu opened the door and welcomed Zhao Ruyi in.
Under the moonlight, Xu Jiani, who was hugging the quilt, was already flushed.
Grandpa did this as if he was entertaining her boyfriend. Which boy had he had such enthusiasm for before? Even the boys in the village could not get such care from her grandfather.
The empty room in Xu Jiani's house has not been lent out, which does not mean that the houses of Aunt Liu and Aunt Wu next door are also vacant. In this remote place, you can make more money if you can, so the two old neighbors next door to Xu Jiani's house are also empty.
All the vacant rooms at home have been rented out, but Aunt Liu's tenants just moved out last week, leaving one room vacant.
The composition of the population living here is complex and highly mobile, and there are also some gangsters who specialize in collecting migrant protection fees. Therefore, those who come to Donghu City to work and live here temporarily generally do not stay long.
The room was a little damp and the concrete floor was bumpy, but the landlord had tidied it up and it wasn't too messy.
Aunt Liu pulled the switch on the only chandelier in the room, feeling a little embarrassed and said, "The environment of the house is bad, so just make do with it for one night. Otherwise... I'll ask Miao Gen to send the young man out."
Miao Gen is Aunt Liu's wife. She is in her 50s and has stronger legs and feet than Lao Jiangtou. It is safer than Xu Jiani or Lao Jiangtou to send Zhao Ruyi out of the village.
"Don't, don't..." Zhao Ruyi waved his hand, "It's good to live here."
From these three sentences, Zhao Ruyi felt that the local residents of Wujiacun were actually very simple, but the environment here was so chaotic that even the local residents did not dare to go out at night.
"Girl, why are you still standing there!" Lao Jiangtou shouted when he saw Xu Jiani standing at the door holding the quilt.
"Oh..." Xu Jiani puffed her mouth, passed by Zhao Ruyi, swept away the dust on the empty wooden bed, and then spread out the bed quilt with her hands and feet.
From Zhao Ruyi's professional perspective, she also felt that Xu Jiani's movements were very fast, almost as fast as the waiters in the hotel's housekeeping department.
"It's just one night, there shouldn't be any problems. If anything happens, just knock on the door and look for us." Aunt Liu took the opportunity to look at Zhao Ruyi and said.
"Aunt Liu, this money..." Old Jiangtou said.
"It's just one night, what's the point of money? It's empty anyway!" Aunt Liu blocked Lao Jiangtou's right hand and went upstairs.
"Okay, Ruyi," Lao Jiangtou faced Zhao Ruyi, "Then just stay here for half the night and go out with Xiaoni tomorrow."
"Okay, thank you grandpa." Zhao Ruyi said with a smile.
Lao Jiangtou also smiled with satisfaction, turned around and touched the dazed Xu Jiani, led her out of the front door of Aunt Liu's house, and then opened the door.
Zhao Ruyi stood in a dim room with only a 15-watt light bulb and looked around.
The peeling plaster walls are covered with various posters of exposed women, full of primitive desires.
It's no wonder that when Xu Jiani entered this room, her face was red and she didn't know where to put her eyes.
Zhao Ruyi shook his head and smiled, but did not tear off the posters used to cover the peeling lime. He sat on the soft mattress, took off his shoes and socks, sighed, and got in again.
He couldn't live in a nice five-star hotel apartment, but he had to suffer in such a shabby room. If someone like Lu Chunkai knew about it, he would definitely think that he has lost his mind.
But being small also has its advantages, and suffering also has its joys. In this cramped room that was like a secret room, Zhao Ruyi could concentrate more on himself and think about some issues.
Even her own mother would never have imagined that her son would "go deep into the people" and "explore the sufferings of the people"...
Zhao Ruyi smiled bitterly and thought carefully about how to deal with the next step.
The Murong family that dominates Northern Jiangsu Province has bad intentions... I didn't marry my mother to the Murong family back then, but now I still don't give up on attacking Southern Jiangsu Province...
As for that proud girl from the Murong family, she must be very aggressive...