Spring Breeze Twenty Years

Chapter 364 Is this our home?

Xiao Wei opened the package containing the gold bars and said, "I bought a shop in Andong, and I found these in there. Nobody can tell, nobody can. Keep all these things safe. The watch strap is broken; you can get it replaced with a leather one sometime."

Xiao Hong covered her mouth, looked at the gleaming gold bars, then glanced at Xiao Wei. Xiao Wei nodded and said, "Gold bars, sixteen in total."

Xiao Hong reached out and touched the gold bar in disbelief, her hands trembling. Then she hugged Xiao Wei and kissed him, saying, "Brother Guizi, do me, do me." Xiao Wei was pushed down onto the bed... Forty minutes later, the two sat on the bed, embracing each other, with Xiao Hong holding a gold bar.

"Hey, buddy, how heavy is this? I think it weighs several pounds!"

Xiao Wei tugged at the blanket to cover Xiao Hong more tightly and said, "A little over two jin, but I didn't weigh her. Where would I weigh her? Let's keep her for now."

Xiao Hong held the gold bars and calculated: "Two jin, one kilogram, one hundred and thirty-three yuan per gram, one hundred and thirty-three thousand, sixteen bars, two hundred, one hundred and twenty-eight thousand? Brother Guizi, more than two million." She turned around and looked at Xiao Wei in a daze.

Xiaowei kissed Xiaohong on the forehead and said, "Yeah, we'll earn much more than this in the future. Keep it safe, but don't tell anyone. Keep it for a few years." Xiaohong nodded, took a few deep breaths, and said, "Keep the money and food coupons safe? What about the watch?"

Xiao Wei said, "Let's put them all away for now, we're not short of money anyway. The watch is fine, you can find some time to get a new belt and clean it."

Xiao Hong looked around the room and said, "There's nowhere to put it. I feel like no matter where I put it, other people will see it."

Xiao Wei reached out and hugged Xiao Hong, laughing as he said, "Just put it in your purse. You don't usually use it anyway, so just wrap it up and put it in."

Xiao Hong thought for a moment, nodded, and said, "Let's finish building the house and move there as soon as possible, and install a safe."

Xiao Wei said, "Okay, we'll install one then. We can't be short of things in the future, so we definitely need to get one."

Xiao Hong turned to look at Xiao Wei and smiled, then leaned over and kissed him a few times: "Mmm."

Xiao Wei got down from the floor, took Xiao Hong's suitcase off the cabinet, sorted out the contents, wrapped the gold bars and put them in, and also wrapped the money and food coupons together and put them in. Xiao Hong looked at the watch and said, "Brother Guizi, you should wear this watch from now on. It looks better than the one on your wrist. You can give that one to my uncle."

Xiao Wei fastened the suitcase and put it back on the cabinet, saying, "Okay, I like it too. This plum blossom one is for my uncle. My dad only stays at home all day and doesn't need it, but my uncle can wear a nice one to work."

Xiao Hong nodded and asked, "Brother Guizi, this table has a serial number. I feel it might be quite valuable. I'll check the information tomorrow."

Xiao Wei said, "How could it not be valuable if it's kept with gold bars? Anyway, we're keeping it for ourselves and not selling it, so who cares?" He gasped for breath, jumped onto the bed, and burrowed under the covers. Although it was May, the nights were still a bit chilly. The heating in the room had been turned off.

Xiao Hong stuffed the watch under the pillow, grabbed Xiao Wei's neck with her other hand, and pressed down on him, thus beginning the second battle.

The next morning, a little after six o'clock, Xiao Wei was woken up by a noise outside. When he got up and went outside, he saw that Aunt Wang was washing and making breakfast in the kitchen. The pot on the stove was steaming, and it looked like she had been up for a while.

After washing his face and brushing his teeth, Xiaowei spoke a few words with Aunt Wang. Uncle Wang also got up to tidy up, so Xiaowei had to go into the house to coax Xiaohong, who had gone to bed a little late. The girl had been upset last night and had dragged Xiaowei out of bed until the middle of the night.

After finishing breakfast, the family couldn't wait to go downstairs, get in the car, and head straight to Xiaoheyan.

As the car drove along the path out of the residential area, Aunt Wang looked at the snack stalls on both sides and said, "Wow, so many breakfast stalls! They have everything! I wish I hadn't stopped here to eat. It's been a long time since I've had fried dough sticks and soy milk. They even have oven-baked flatbread here, and this place sells steamed buns. Look, big cities are really different. Why didn't you tell me?"

Aunt Wang nudged Uncle Wang, who said helplessly, "You have to listen to me." Xiao Hong giggled in the passenger seat, her eyes becoming smug whenever they fell on Xiao Wei.

Following Wanliutang Avenue eastward, we soon arrived at the park. Aunt Wang said, "Why are there so many vegetable fields here? It's like we've left the city. There are only big, flat houses. It's so nice." I don't know what's so nice about it. Maybe it's because the look of this shantytown is familiar to her. Country folk are naturally drawn to vegetable fields and tiled houses, and are not naturally suited to dense high-rise buildings.

The car quickly stopped outside the yard. The building was under construction and the yard wall was basically finished, but the yard was now full of building materials and the car couldn't get in.

The courtyard wall was built in the style of the Great Wall, with black wrought iron railings installed between the crenellations. The sharp iron spikes, rising and falling, struggled upwards. The entire wall was covered with stone cladding, giving it a grand and solemn appearance. At that time, there weren't many artificial building materials, and the stone cladding was made from real stone. According to the design, all the buildings in the courtyard would be decorated with this stone cladding.

The family of four got out of the car. Aunt Wang turned her head and looked around. She nodded in satisfaction. To the north was a park, with lush greenery as far as the eye could see. There was a river next to it. To the east and south were rows of farmhouses and vegetable fields. Farming required getting up early, and there were already people working in many of the vegetable fields at this time.

After looking at the rural scenery for a while, Xiaohong said, "Is this a park?"

Xiao Wei said, "Fengtian Zoo will be a place to play when we move here. Xiao Bing will probably be ecstatic."

Aunt Wang said, "This place is great. When you have children in the future, you'll have somewhere to play." Xiao Hong gave Xiao Wei a flirtatious wink.

Men and women always have different focuses. While the mother and her two children were discussing the scenery, vegetable fields, and zoo, Uncle Wang had already gone into the yard to inspect the house. The workers arrived quite early, and now they were working feverishly from top to bottom. Engineer Wang sat to one side eating a few steamed buns, glanced at Uncle Wang a few times, and then turned and went into the house. A careful inspection was still necessary before the casting was completed.

The main building's frame is already largely complete, and they are currently reinforcing the steel bars and working on the balcony slabs. The main building has several large balconies and terraces, and many suspended floor slabs. Almost every room in every direction has a balcony or terrace.

Aunt Wang, Xiao Hong, and Xiao Wei finally entered the yard. Xiao Hong looked at the erected frame with a surprised expression: "This is our home?"

Just talking about it doesn't give you a real sense of its size; you only realize how enormous the building is when you see it for yourself—it occupies over 300 square meters. Little Hong grabbed Aunt Wang's arm, looked up at the building, and said, "It's huge! How can anyone live here?"

The basic layout of the yard was already visible. Aunt Wang looked it over and said, "It's nice, quite big indeed. Xiaowei, is the yard all paved with cement?"

Xiao Wei said, "No, we'll come in from the main gate, and then pave a hard road along the front of this house to the two buildings over there. In the middle, we'll fill in the soil on the sides and plant trees and flowers. My mom said we'll also plant some land."

Aunt Wang looked at it and said, "Is it okay? Can the car drive in?"

Xiao Wei pointed to the missing corner of the courtyard wall and said, "There's a section left outside, right? You park your car over there and go into the garage from there, not into the courtyard."

(End of this chapter)