In the tea room, when we first came in, I felt a little disgusted when I saw my aunt asking this question, because we all knew each other very well what had happened before, and in this way, she would seem very hypocritical.

Even though I felt very repulsive in my heart, I still had to walk towards the chair in front of me with a smile on my face.

"Auntie, this is my girlfriend, Ning Bingrou." I first pulled a chair for Ning Bingrou, signaled her to sit down, and then continued, "Auntie, Bingrou and I only came back at noon today, and we haven't gone out this day. Not to mention, it's been so long, Auntie, I don't even have your contact information yet!"

When my aunt heard what I said, a hint of embarrassment flashed across her face, and then she smiled and said, "Hey, you rarely come back to your hometown, so it's normal that you don't have any contact information. Come on, let's add WeChat now."

I thought to myself: How false is this?... Why do so many relatives around us leave contact information to each other, but they just don't have you? If I don't say that, she might not have realized what my words meant to her.

After leaving each other's contact information, the aunt began to turn her attention to Ning Bingrou. She put one hand on Ning Bingrou's hand and asked in the tone of an elder: "Xiao Ning, you don't seem to be a local, right? Where are you from?"

Ning Bingrou replied with a smile: "Aunt, I am from City A. I was a colleague with Dongli before."

My aunt said "Oh", with a sudden enlightenment on her face, and then asked, "What kind of work do in City A? I heard from Dong Li that he seems to work in an advertising company in City A. Are you colleagues in that company?"

I was speechless, but I still came to help Ning Bingrou and explained to my aunt: "Aunt, that's been a long time ago. Bingrou and I met in another company. She would be my boss in the company."

I just said this and didn't continue. Once the topic stopped, the atmosphere seemed a bit awkward. After a while, my mother stood up and said, "I'll go to the kitchen to cut some fruit for everyone, and you guys will chat for a while."

When talking here, Ning Bingrou and I sat very close, almost next to each other, so I gently pressed Ning Bingrou's arm with my hand, and she immediately felt relieved.

"Auntie, I'll go with you and help wash the fruits."

After both of them went to the kitchen, my aunt turned the topic back to me.

"Dongli, I took my girlfriend home this time. Will I get married soon?"

"It should be until next year, and the exact time is not that fast."

"Then... will you come back to City A? I heard that you have your own company in City A now, right?"

Sure enough, what should come is still here. When I heard her say this, I could probably guess what she wanted to say next.

At this time, Lao Zhou answered the words for me: "Dongli and Xiaoning will only be back for about a weekend, and they still have to return to City A. After all, both of them still have to work. Although he runs the company, he is not the only one who decides it. It is not good to come back for too long."

I immediately admired Lao Zhou's obscure words, especially the last sentence, which was like giving her a "warning" in advance.

My aunt nodded suddenly. After a while, she suddenly became sad and sighed and said, "I would have liked my Xiaohan (cousin, Zhou Junhan) could have such great ability as you. He has graduated from university for two years and has not improved in development in City A. I heard that he has a salary of five or six thousand yuan a month and lives a tight life, and he has almost never given his family money."

My aunt paused for a moment and continued, "Xiaohan said that after she finished that job this year, she would be ready to leave and change jobs. After working for that job for so long, she still had the same salary and had no future at all."

Lao Zhou and I both knew that what she meant was that she hoped to arrange my cousin Zhou Junhan to come and go to work in my company.

However, Lao Zhou and I clearly knew what was going on in this matter, but Lao Zhou was just circling her circles, just bypassing her and saying some words like it is not easy to work hard in City A now.

Old Zhou lit a cigarette and said, "Xiao Han's life in City A is similar to that in City A before Dongli. In comparison, Dongli was even more difficult at that time, and he didn't give his family much money in the first three months. Take your time. If you try more before the New Year, it may not be a bad thing."

When we were chatting for a while, my mother and Ning Bingrou also brought the fruit plate back to the tea room, and our chat stopped temporarily.

My mother pointed to the sliced ​​oranges on the fruit plate on the table, and said with a smile: "Come on, eat some fruits. The newly bought oranges today are delicious."

The aunt also responded with a smile: "Oh, okay."

Tonight, my aunt sat at our house until about 9 o'clock in the evening and went back at about 10 o'clock, perhaps because the topic was not very much discussed, or maybe because it was too late.

Ning Bingrou and I finished taking a shower and returning to the room, Ning Bingrou sat on a chair to take care of her skin. She glanced at me and asked, "Dongli, after your aunt came tonight, your mother said she was going to the kitchen to cut fruit. Why did you remind me to follow your mother to the kitchen?"

I lay on the bed with the word "big" and replied without thinking: "Because it's obvious that you will ask all kinds of questions, all of which are gossip topics, and those that have nothing to talk about."

"Why do you say that? Could it be...has there anything unpleasant about your family and your aunt before?"

I sat up again, and then told Ning Bingrou everything about borrowing money from our family and aunt to buy a house.

After hearing this, Ning Bingrou patted the essence of the face and said, "So that's the case, but after so many years, there was no contact before. Today, I knew you were back and suddenly came to our house. When your mother and I went to the kitchen to cut fruit, we probably mentioned something that needed your help, right?"

Sure enough, even Ning Bingrou just listened to the information I said, and she could immediately guess the next "story development plot".

"Of course, her son, my cousin, is called 'Zhou Junhan', said he had a very low-paid job in Guangzhou. Then he thought that he would finish this year and come back to change jobs after the New Year next year. In fact, the implication was that he hoped that Zhou Junhan could come to work in my company, because my aunt didn't know where to learn the information and knew that I had my own company in Guangzhou."

"Then have you and Lao Zhou agreed?"

"I didn't refuse, nor did I agree, but in the adult world, there is no clear reply to agree, isn't that the meaning of rejection? If you say those words of rejection so bluntly, how embarrassing both sides?"

Ning Bingrou nodded slowly, then stood up and said, "Okay, I'll go wash my hands first, and then we'll go to bed. We have to get up early tomorrow to go see the house together."

"Well, go, I got up early today and haven't had a rest yet. I have to go to bed early tonight."

...

When we woke up the next day, the sunlight "was up" earlier than us. A ray of sunlight shone into the room. Ning Bingrou and I were almost hazy at the same time, but when we woke up, we could already hear the sound of Lao Zhou and his mother fiddling with breakfast downstairs.

People in the countryside all got up very early, and ducks in the small pond outside began to quack, as if showing off that they were the most diligent one today.

After getting up, Ning Bingrou and I changed our clothes, washed it briefly and went downstairs. My mother immediately saw us walking downstairs.

"I got up so early? The breakfast is just ready." My mother turned her head to Lao Zhou in the tea room while filling our bowl with lean seafood and shouting: "Dongli's father, come here to have breakfast quickly. What are you doing here for smoking so much cigarettes early this morning? After dinner, we should set off to see the house."

I saw this little detail of seafood lean meat porridge. Not to mention that I have lived at home for so long in the past, maybe even my parents rarely eat such breakfasts. The reason why I prepared such breakfasts today was because Ning Bingrou came to our house.

Lao Zhou, who was in the tea room, replied: "Well, I know, I'll come now."

More than half an hour later, our family had breakfast, then got into my car and went to a slightly higher-end property a few kilometers away from our house.

In Lao Zhou's words, that property is the most cost-effective property in the district where we are located, in terms of housing prices and layout.

When I came to the property, maybe because today is a weekend, there are quite a lot of people in the sales hall to see the house.

It seems that in the years since we left our hometown, the fellow villagers have developed very well, and I didn’t expect so many people to come to see the house.

A young lady in the sales hall, wearing a black suit, walked towards us and asked in a gentle tone: "Good morning sir, are you going to see the room?"

I blinked and muttered to myself: "I'm not here to see the house, are I here for breakfast?"

Of course, this is just what I think in my heart. How could I really answer her like this?

I nodded and said, "Yes, that, I heard that there are single-family villas sold in your property, right? Are there any single-family villas with better layouts available now?"

After I said this, not only the young lady who had just talked to me was surprised, but even the colleague next to her showed a little unexpected expression on her face when she heard this.

In my hometown, I buy a single-family villa. In this property, it is not something that ordinary people can afford. According to the housing prices of this property, if you buy a single-family villa in a better location, it will be several million!

"Yes, sir, please come with me." The young lady quickly smiled and made a "please" gesture to us in the direction of the other side, and then said, "Please here."

Ning Bingrou and others followed her footsteps and walked towards the back of the sales hall. There should be the direction to the villa area.
Chapter completed!