Chapter 5:

It was also fortunate for the Lin family to have a building in Xicheng. At that time, Grandpa Lin Aijun made a fortune by doing business through the spring breeze of national policy. After that, he did not continue to invest as a businessman, but used most of his money to build it. Upstairs, and then started the business of rent collection.
Although Xicheng is far from being compared with the super first-tier cities like the capital city of Modu, it is also a leader in second-tier cities. In recent years, due to the rising and outrageous high housing prices in the past, Dongfeng has gradually been confident to compete for the new front line. There are many foreigners who come here to work and settle down every year. Grandpa Lin also chose a piece of land on the main street, so he did n’t worry about having no tenants at all, let alone renting too cheaply.
Eight years ago, the old man died of illness, and the building was inherited by the only son Lin Yuyu. He and his wife Wang Xiuzhi not only continued to rent their parents-in-law, but also occupied a shop on the first floor and opened a tobacco and alcohol shop.
The couple's daily life is not slow or slow, not very busy or not idle to decadence, the rhythm is quite steady.
"Unfortunately, your grandfather's vision is not enough." Lin father murmured regretfully, and turned to look across the street. "When picking the land, you should choose the one across the street."
Opposite by car, there is a high-end community with gardens and houses and excellent environment. Further forward is a bustling commercial district and a new subway station that has been built for a year. The location is very good, and the security is strict at this time. From time to time, there are brand-name cars in and out of the gate of the community.
In contrast, on the Lin family across the street, in addition to the row of houses on the street, it looks good. There are a large number of private houses in the back. There are all kinds of early short houses and residential buildings. The streets and alleys are scattered. In the bicycle battery car chaos, from time to time can meet the vendors selling vegetables and meat, but almost did not put the stall to the middle of the road, the environment and the community on the opposite side are almost one by one.
For this kind of place, the Chinese have a unified name-the village in the city.
Fifteen years ago, the situation on both sides of the street was the same. Unfortunately, the good demolition policy was not on the Lao Lin ’s side. The neighborhoods on the street could only look at the old acquaintances on the opposite side, smiling and holding the demolition funds one by one. And the allocated room developed all at once, and the eyes were helpless.
Across the street, fate is a world apart.
When Lin Fu thinks about it, he always feels terrified.
"Okay, don't look at it." Lin mother said to him with a sullen face. "You have remembered after all these years, even if the government planning community did not pick us on the side, the life of the old Lin family will also live. It ’s not bad, and it ’s not as short as those who live in the bungalows.
"Isn't it right?" Lin Father mumbled dejectedly, glanced at the opposite high-end community again, and turned to Lin Lan to talk about the old saying, "Lan Lan, let me tell you, if your grandfather put the small building Built on the opposite side, our family now has at least two buildings, which is still said in Shaoli. I heard that the opposite family with the family name Cheng, his family ’s quadrangle-style residential house demolition, the public gave him four new houses. , It must be replaced by our Lao Lin family ... "
"Are you bothered!" Lin Mu was really impatient, and she raised her palm on her husband. "Is there anything you can go upstairs to go home and can't say? Take Lan Lan's luggage with you! Mom is still there!" Help me look at the pot. "
The wife spoke, and Lin dare not say anything more. He talked about the big bags on the ground, and the family of three walked to the stairs. No one was afraid of looking at the shop. Even if they did not mention the monitoring in the store, the store next door would help. Ordered.
All the things in his hands were taken away by his parents. Lin Lan walked with his hands empty-handed at the end, looking at his parents' nearly 50-year-old hair with no frost, and the squabbling sounds of two couples in the staircase from time to time. Laughed.
The Linlans lived on the third floor. When passing by the second floor, a woman was carrying a bag of garbage and was about to go down. They looked up and saw them immediately laughing and saying hello: "Oh, Lanlan Tourism is back! No wonder Lao Lin You two guys mentioned the big bags and small bags back. This is because I bought a lot of things over there. "
"Yu Auntie is good." Lin Lan greeted with a smile. This is the family of Yu Shu, the driver who helped her to act together. Their family is the oldest tenant in this small building. Grandpa lived there at that time. It is a real ten-year-old neighbor, "Today is a weekend, should your Lingling take a holiday?"
"It's a holiday, the girl will be like a pig as soon as the holiday is over." Aunt Yu dropped her mouth and said, "No, I've done all my lunch. She's still lying on the bed. She is still in the second grade, still a little conscious." nothing."
"Don't say it's the second grade, it's still a virtue even when you're a sophomore." Lin Mu heard the familiar complaint and immediately looked back at Lin Lan. "Lingling in your home is like this. It won't be much better for a while. "
Lin Lan suddenly coughed hard and dragged his voice: "Mom--"
This pair laughed at the adults in the stairs, and Aunt Yu shook his hand: "Well, young people are like this now. Don't say it, you are busy, I have to call the little ancestor to get up and eat when I have thrown away the garbage."
After the greeting ended, the two parties said goodbye, and the Linlans quickly went to the third floor.
The third floor of the small building is the Lin family ’s self-occupied floor, and it is not rented out. The layout of a total of three suites on the first floor is divided when Mr. Lin is still alive. One set belongs to him and grandmother Lin, and one set belongs to Lin Da. Lin Ma, the remaining set belongs to Lin Lan.
The plan is very good, just waiting for his death, Grandma Lin does n’t like to keep the empty room without a wife, and is more willing to stay with his son ’s wife. . Lin Dalin and Lin Ma had no idea about this. After all, it was a two-step walk to the next door. It was convenient to take care of the old lady.
As for Lin Lan? She lives with her parents, and her house is still in the initial simple package. No one has ever lived. When Lao Lin's family is waiting to marry a girl, she will use it as a wedding room and decorate it again.
The three of them walked to the door of the suite in the middle. The door was opened from the inside without waiting for anyone to open the door. An old grandma wearing a thin jacket stood there with her white hair but her posture was tough. He smiled at them with a spatula: "I heard the movement at the door before, but it's back."
"Grandma!" Lin Lan was the first to pounce and hugged the old man happily, "I'm back!"
"It's good to come back, grandma's little baby, let grandma take a look!" The beloved granddaughter came back, and Mrs. Lin smiled, holding her up and down, and then felt a little distressed. There was meat before. "
"Is there? I ate a lot of seafood in Greece." Lin Lan replied with a smile. "Yes, grandma, the leather and leather shoes there are very cheap. I bought all of them for you, except for these. A lot of olive oil and castile soap over there, and I ’ll open it up to show you later! "
"Really?" Granny Lin didn't complain like Lin Lin heard the child spent so much money. After listening, she only squinted with a smile, "I'll take a good look at that moment. But it's still the advanced room. I ’ll wait until I have eaten. I must be hungry after sitting in the car for so long. There is also a dish that can be served when it ’s fried. "
"Grandma, don't tell me, I'm already hungry! I smelled my favorite braised pork ribs when I walked in, and I was almost greedy!"
The whole family entered the house happily, and as the door was closed again, only the red couplets on the door were peaceful and bright while isolating all sounds in the house.
Dragging his luggage into the room, Lin Lan took off her trench coat and changed to a lighter home wear. After washing his hands, he helped to serve the bowls a few times, and the dishes were all served on the table.
Sitting in her usual seat, she immediately sighed comfortably.
"Is it better at home?" Lin Lin smiled and looked at her daughter. The unfinished words behind them all ended on a braised pork rib.
Lin Lan didn't answer the question, um, ah, hummed the mother-in-law's "I was persuading you to find a job in your hometown, and you must head to the north to go to Guangzhou, how is it now?" Such subtexts are ambiguous and confused. Turning to others, "What about snowflakes? Why didn't you see it?"
"I went out and walked in the morning, and I haven't come back yet." It was Granny Lin who was talking, and the old lady raised her chopsticks' hands toward the cat food bowl in the corner. "A large bowl of cat food just put in the morning. I did n’t have any leftovers. Xicheng had been raining for a while. It was clear and stale in the past two days. I ran out and did n’t know where the cat was basking in the sun. "
"It seems that I can't see it today." Lin Lan was a little disappointed. Her big white cat either didn't go out. Once it went out, it was a whole day, and it didn't come back in the middle of the night.
Snowflake was a small stray cat that Lin Lan accidentally discovered four years ago on a day near New Year's Eve. At that time, he was only three months old. His half-dry and wet snow was hidden under a broken water pipe. . She couldn't bear it and took it back, and it took a lot of effort to warm it up and clean it up. The family who didn't keep pets at first glance were about to be over the New Year's Day, and if they didn't throw it away, they kept it.
Snowflake's name is also derived from it.
I did n’t know how to raise pets. I had to wait for a cat to stay in the house. The old Lin ’s family realized that the fun was not something he could hear. He even changed the father and mother. The attitude of tenants living in renting houses has gradually increased in the past four years.
"You might as well think about what 'welcome gift' it will bring to you the next day." Lin father moved his daughter at this time, "Every time you go home, it will send you something good, the whole family alone A copy. "
Although it was a joke, Lin Lan swears that she saw jealousy on her father's face.
"Dad you like me to send you." Lin Lan acted very calmly and answered very calmly, "Remember to eat all its noodles."
The mother Lin and grandmother Lin on the table suddenly smiled, and the "ritual" of snowflakes was not a good intention that anyone could bear.
Lin Youyu was also a natural retreat. The head of the family immediately changed his face and turned to the topic: "Don't talk about snowflakes first, Lan Lan, shouldn't you go again this time?"
Lin Lan's hand with chopsticks paused: "Should." Her voice was a little confused. She was dizzy when Shao Xiuye ​​split her legs. She resigned in anger and spent a lot of time planning the scene. revenge.
Now that people have finished their revenge, and have been traveling for leisure, after so many days, it is impossible to say that they have lost their job without regret. But the wood has become a boat, and now it is too late to say anything.
"Look at it again." Lin Lan lowered her head and cut the rice. "After a few days of rest, she still has to find a job." She knows that the rent of this building actually makes her worry about food and drink. More lenient than when I was at work, but that kind of person would be scrapped, Lin Lan thought it was better to find something to do.
For this, Lao Lin ’s family is supportive, do n’t look at the buildings at home, but it ’s really scary for them to eat, sleep and sleep all day long, otherwise the couple wo n’t start a tobacco and alcohol store. , I'm afraid I'm too busy.
Having eaten, helped clean up the table together. Lin Lan took out all of her Greek trophies on the fart, and in addition to the special products she said to Grandma Lin, she also bought one large and one small two exotic local hand-woven blankets. It can be laid on the wall or laid on the ground, and the smaller one is bought for cat snowflake at home.
"It's just on the nest of the cat climbing frame." Laying a square-sized blanket on the highest point of the cat climbing frame, Linlan was very satisfied with the extremely high fit. "I bought it after looking at the size specifically. "
In this way, everyone in the family and the cat have gifts.
"Be careful that it is used to sharpen paws." Lin Father said very carefully.
"would not!"
Meal was also eaten and gifts were received. Someone had to go downstairs to guard the store. According to the usual practice, Lin Mu would go to the store because it would be convenient for her to chase after the show; while Lin Fu would go to the sycamore in the street behind Play chess with people under the tree.
Lin Lan sent her grandmother to go downstairs to the elderly activity center. The old lady also has her own hobbies. Their elderly activity center is rehearsing performances such as the sunset red fan dance and the performance of the two-person turn. Now they are practicing in full swing.
"Lan Lan, I'm not in a hurry to find a job. It's okay to take a break." At the entrance of the activity center, the old lady also patted her granddaughter's hand with pity. , Anyway, you are still young, you will always encounter better. "
"Grandma, let you worry. Rest assured, I'm okay." Lin Lan smiled at Grandma. "The dog man can't please behind him. The rich girl who pried away from him is playing with him at most. Now I They are too lazy to follow her, and she will soon lose interest in throwing him away. "Like a toy in a child's hand, other children value it as a baby. If no one glances at him, he will play for a while. It's boring.
Just as it is never a woman's patent to think poor and love rich, it is never a talent for men to give up.
Grandma Lin looked at the bright and charming granddaughter in front of her and sighed softly: "You have an idea when you are small. Grandma is very at ease with you. Now that you are home, you can think about the way forward, even if you don't want to be me I have no problem with your parents. "
"I will seriously consider it."
Watching her grandmother enter the activity center, Lin Lan turned around and returned. She didn't want to face the old lady who was huddled inside, and she would be asked to explode her scalp.
Stepping on the road and walking back alone, Lin Lan looked at the surrounding environment. Compared with the last time she walked, there was not much change in the neighborhood. A row of sycamore trees built on the side of the road blew yellow leaves with the wind from time to time, and sometimes a fine sound was heard when stepping on it.
As the sight of the targetless radiation erupted, there was a familiar sound of shouting and dog hooves running in the non-motorized lane behind him.
"Yes! Coke, that's it! Chong! You'll be home soon!" The young man shouted his voice without shame, attracting the attention of many passers-by, and Lin Lan also turned back unexpectedly.
Head on, I saw a Husky running with his mouth open, and in the back a man in casual sportswear was pulling the leash hand in hand, and was stepping on a skateboard under his feet to control the direction from time to time.
One dog, one person, one skateboard, can't tell whether it's a dog or a dog.
"Hey, Coke, why did you go wrong? Don't run on the sidewalk!" Huskies suddenly changed lanes and rushed toward the sidewalk, leaving the young people in a hurry. Fortunately, the dead dog gradually slowed down and even stopped. It made him a lot easier.
When he looked up and saw the broken dog rushing to a passerby, his face was panic and angry, and then he saw who was the face and surprise: "Oh, this is not the Shaodong family! Why did you come back suddenly? "
Lin Lan, who was photographing a warm dog, smiled helplessly: "I said earlier, don't call me that, Comrade Xu Xiangfei."
"It's okay. I rent your house. You are the landlord. I'm the west of the house. It's very appropriate to call the Shaodong family." He picked up the skateboard and came to Lin Lan with the dog rope in his other hand.
This is a tenant who is renting on the fourth floor, a single young man who has a Husky named Coke and has lived here for two years. It is said that working in a big company in the city center, commuting from 9 to 5 with double weekends, the days of single dogs are cheerful and arrogant.
In order to prevent Erha from dismantling his home, he came up with such a skateboarding dog-walking method with reference to the Internet. Every day after get off work and on weekends, he would lead the dog to take a skateboard with him to enjoy the thrill of "ride".
From the words and deeds of this product, it can be easily seen that there is definitely a place for him in the contemporary crowd of young people.
But although people and dogs are funny ...
Lin Lan looked down at the Erha who was facing her with her tail wagging her tongue. This is a beautiful big dog with a light gray coat, gray and white, and the coat is very beautiful, especially the heart-shaped dog. The beauty's pointed and almond eyes, even the long eyelashes, are delicate.
I have to admit that this year even the dog has a pretty eyebrow, so beautiful that people can't help but forgive the fact that it has used IQ all for face value.
I was about to raise my hand and pluck two more dog heads. Huskies bounced like a sudden wind, and ran to a sycamore tree, yelling loudly.
"Why are you doing Coke!" Xu Xiangfei was dragged by it and walked a few steps in that direction.
Lin Lan looked down at the dog's eyes, only to find that when a stray cat climbed up on the staring sycamore tree, it pulled the trunk with its four claws, the whole body of hair exploded, and it pointed sharply towards the dog underneath. Meowing and breathless.
"Coke stopped, you scared the kitten!" Xu Xiangfei dragged Erha hard to let it go, looking a little awkwardly at Lin Lan next to him. How could this broken dog make him embarrassed in front of the beauty.
But Lin Lan did not pay attention. She was staring at the cat on the tree in a daze at this moment, and she clearly screamed sharply in the ear, but her mind understood and translated it automatically. Become an intelligible person.
"Meow oh oh--ha--!" (Go away stupid dog! I'm welcome if you come again!)
"Wang Wang Wang! Wang Wang Wang Wang!" The barking of Erhakola still continued, but in Lin Lan's ears it was a simple barking.
One can change to the wild cat above: "Ha-!" (No close! Last warning, no close!)
The wild cat has changed its posture, from the initial escape defense, to a fierce posture that can slam the dog at any time. Lin Lan could not help reaching out, helped Xu Xiangfei to pull the dog rope together, and forcibly dragged the provocative stupid dude.
Sure enough, the cat's emotions eased as soon as the dog was far away. Seeing that he was still frightened and confronting the dog far away, Lin Lan couldn't help but speak to him: "It's alright, it can't chase it, you can run!" "
The wild cat looked up at her, and when Lin Lan thought it would bark again, it ran away.
"This broken dog always loves cats to tease dogs!" The wild cat ran away, and Erha returned to calm, but Xu Xiangfei slapped the dog's head heavily, and laughed and said nothing.
Lin Lan looked down at Erha and then looked at Xu Xiangfei. He seriously suggested: "I think the energy of Coke is still a little too busy, or would you take it for two more laps?"
Makes sense!
The teasing young man took his Erha and walked on a skateboard again, Lin Lan continued to walk slowly on the road, and not long after, he returned to the door of his small building.
The first floor of the small building was split into six shops. In addition to the tobacco and alcohol shops opened by parents, there is also a clothing store, snack shop, milk tea shop, snack bar and a pet clinic. The business has its own good and bad. Lin Lan, who has seen many shop changes, did not comment.
At this time, she just glanced at it, thinking about the cat meow that she had heard before.
Just as I was going upstairs to go home, there was another melancholy meow that sounded in my ear.
"Miaoaoao—Meaoaoao—!" (Help! Help! Help me to shovel again!)
Looking down the voice, Lin Lan saw a nearby passer-by carrying a pet box and walking straight to the door of the pet clinic.
Staring at the pair of fluffy claws desperately pulling from the vent hole, Lin Lan stunned and bowed her head in contemplation.