Chapter 22

Jiang Xiubai: “Wow, we’re childhood sweethearts.”

Old Lady Lu shook her head in amusement and looked at Jiang Xiubai and said, “You, you are still so curious about my past. They are all old and trivial things. There is no need to talk about them anymore.”

Jiang Xiubai chuckled twice.

Mrs. Lu ignored her and looked at the two people not far away and said, “Do you have anything else to do? If not, go back early. It’s not right to stay here.”

Lu Yuhan hurriedly shook his head and nodded, then said to Jiang Yutong: “Which things are yours?”

Jiang Yutong: “I’ll go check it out first. I’ll call you when we’re all here.”

Lu Yuhan nodded and said, “Well, go ahead.”

“good.”

Seeing this, Jiang Xiubai stood up and accompanied Jiang Yutong to find her luggage.

After seeing Jiang Yutong and Lu Yuhan off, Jiang Xiubai said hello to Old Madam Lu and went upstairs.

After she entered the bedroom, she took out her clothes from the bag, sorted them out and put them in the closet.

The family probably cleaned out half of the space in the closet to prepare for Lu Cinian’s wedding, so she didn’t have to make room, which was great.

After putting away the clothes, place small items such as facial and body lotions in the corner of the desk.

By the time everything was packed up, it was almost noon.

Jiang Xiubai went downstairs directly.

Mrs. Lu was talking to Aunt Zhao. When she heard the noise, she looked up at Jiang Xiubai and said with a smile, “The food is ready. I was just thinking of asking Aunt Zhao to call you upstairs to eat.”

Jiang Xiubai quickly went downstairs, stepped forward and held onto Old Lady Lu’s arm, smiling, “Then I really am in sync with Mom. I thought it was probably time for dinner, so I came down.”

Mrs. Lu: “Okay, you’re the only one talking nonsense. Have you packed up your things?”

“right.”

Mrs. Lu: “That’s good. Let’s go and have dinner now.”

Jiang Xiubai: “Okay.”

After lunch, Old Mrs. Lu went out to have tea and chat with her old sisters.

Jiang Xiubai rested for a while, thinking that there was nothing to do, and prepared to go out and take a look.

No one paid much attention to her the few times she went out before they got married, and this time there was no one to disturb her, so Jiang Xiubai planned to take a good walk around and see what Beijing had become like in the past eighty years.

It was still the autumn of 1983, and there were already many shops on the street. Jiang Xiubai saw many of them along the way.

The decoration style of each house really has a sense of the times.

When walking back, Jiang Xiubai saw the courtyard house near the military compound at a glance.

There was a large area of them. Jiang Xiubai suddenly had an idea and decided to go into the alley to take a look.

Even though she was from a wealthy family in later life and lived in a villa, she had never lived in a courtyard house with such a strong sense of age.

Jiang Xiubai thought about the future price of the courtyard house.

If she can’t seize this opportunity that has been given to her, she really won’t know what to say about herself.

It seems that she still needs to think about what to do next.

As for the store he opened with Jia Xiangru, although it did bring in a lot of money every month, Jiang Xiubai still felt that the money was coming in a little slowly.

As for money, no one can have too much of it.

Walking through the alleys of the courtyard, Jiang Xiubai heard the sounds of children playing coming from many courtyards.

Looking inside from the door, there were many children in some courtyards. They were probably the slums that Jiang Xiubai had seen on TV before.

It is said that there are about ten families living in a courtyard, which is considered a small number.

Of course, Jiang Xiubai only saw four or five such courtyards along the way. When he reached another alley, the courtyard became visibly quiet.

When they reached the gate of a courtyard, an aunt in her sixties or seventies came out. She glanced at Jiang Xiubai and asked curiously, “Hey, who are you? Why haven’t I seen you before?”

Jiang Xiubai smiled and said, “Hello, Auntie. I came here to visit my relatives, but I forgot the address, so I’m just wandering around here.”

My aunt suddenly became curious. She said, “Oh, you’re here to look for someone. It doesn’t matter if you forgot the address, but do you remember the name? Maybe I know the person and can show you the way.”

Jiang Xiubai immediately ran through various names in her mind. Among the people she knew, she finally found someone who had a house here. Finally, she said with a blushing face, “He, his name is Lu Cinian.”

The aunt paused after hearing this, and looked Jiang Xiubai up and down. She asked doubtfully, “Are you his?”

Jiang Xiubai lowered her head upon hearing this, feigning embarrassment as she said, “I, I’m his newlywed wife. I knew he was still in bed, so I wanted to come over here to get familiar with the place. That way, I wouldn’t be completely unaware of his apartment here until he wakes up.”

The aunt nodded and said without thinking, “Oh, so you are the one that Madam Lu found after she asked the monk in the temple to read your fortune. You are really beautiful.”

Jiang Xiubai: “…”

She really didn’t expect that this matter would spread so widely. Did everyone know about it?

Seeing that Jiang Xiubai was shy and silent, the aunt did not mind and said with a smile: “Lu Qinian’s house is the second one to the right of mine, but he rarely comes to live here.

The house is vacant all year round, but someone comes to clean it twice a month. Just last week, many people came to help clean it.

Then in the afternoon, there were many trucks delivering large items parked at the intersection. I watched them, including refrigerators, washing machines, TVs, wardrobes,

The chairs, tables, and everything else are completely furnished. If you marry Lu Cinian, Old Madam Lu will not treat you badly.”

After saying this, she showed an envious expression.

To be honest, she envied Mrs. Lu from the bottom of her heart, who had married Lu Cinian’s father when she was young. In this street, their family actually lived a very good life.

After all, a family of twelve lives in a courtyard house, and the three sons and daughters-in-law all have their own jobs, which can give her 30 yuan a month to supplement the household expenses.

Now that her five grandchildren are all in school, she can finally relax.

But compared to the Lu family, we can’t even catch up with them.

After all, who can compare with Old Lady Lu? Even during the most difficult ten years, her family had a nanny to cook and take care of her daily life.

Thinking of her half-life with Old Lady Lu, the aunt sighed from the bottom of her heart.

After comparing herself with others for half her life, she never thought that the other person was so lucky! She was truly convinced.

Jiang Xiubai seemed to be lost in thought when she heard this. She really didn’t know this, and there was no such detail in the book.

Unexpectedly, Old Lady Lu did so much. Although these were originally for Jiang Yutong, now that she is Lu Cinian’s wife, half of these things must be hers.