Chapter 1507

Ye Yaodong couldn't sleep either. He opened his eyes and watched the sky outside getting brighter and brighter, estimating the passage of time himself, only checking his watch every now and then.

Waiting for dawn was also a bit difficult. If only he had a mobile phone to play with, he wouldn't have felt the time passing, and an hour or two would have just flown by.

When Lin Xiuqing woke up, she saw Ye Yaodong boredly opening his eyes and looking at the bed board above him.

"Awake? What time is it?"

"It's almost 7 o'clock. We have to get up too."

"Did you just wake up too?"

"I was woken up by this guy at 5 o'clock." Ye Yaodong pointed to Ye Chengyang on the inside of his bed.

Lin Xiuqing raised her upper body slightly before she saw the child inside.

"Why did this child get up so early? Is it worth being this excited?"

"You don't know what time you fell asleep last night. Get up, let's wash up before calling them to get up."

"Mm."

The couple got up lightly, letting the kids sleep a little longer. They were growing, so sleeping more would help them grow taller.

They only woke the three kids up one by one after they finished washing up.

Each of them had sleepy eyes and looked like they hadn't slept enough, but the first thing they asked when woken up was whether they were going to the Magic City.

After they gave an affirmative answer, the few of them instantly woke up.

By the time they got on the boat, they were already jumping and bouncing with excitement.

Ye Xiaoxi was also telling them that taking the boat wasn't far at all, much closer than coming from home.

Lin Xiuqing had also rested and recovered for a day yesterday, so she felt much better taking the boat today. It was just that the wind outside was strong, so no one was blowing in the wind outside; everyone was huddled inside the cabin.

Huddled was really huddled, people squeezed against people. Also, because it was a short trip, there was no place to lie down, so everyone was squatting or sitting on the floor.

They also specially brought some small snacks for the kids to eat, as well as a few small toys, otherwise, the few kids wouldn't be able to sit still.

Also, because they had company, everyone talked and chatted, and it felt like time passed very quickly.

Ye Yaodong had been traveling back and forth to the Magic City for the past few months, not 10 times then 8, and was already very familiar with it.

After getting off the boat, he got on the motorcycle, took his wife and daughter, and drove in front, letting his other friends walk behind. He also let his two sons be carried by their motorcycles.

The others didn't come as frequently as he did, so naturally, they weren't as familiar with it as he was, and he also had a map in his hand.

However, he was thinking that after the New Year, he would have to change to a new map; every time he came, he felt the streets were changing.

Ye Xiaoxi was sandwiched in the middle like a hamburger, but she still didn't forget to wave and shout at the motorcycles on the side.

"Sister, brother, we're first place..."

Ye Chengyang shouted: "Accelerate, accelerate, Uncle, accelerate..."

"Dad, Dad, they overtook us, Dad, accelerate... We want first place..."

Ye Chenghu cheered excitedly, "Wahahaha, we are the first place..."

"Dad..."

Lin Xiuqing interrupted her directly, "Stop making noise, drive slower, what are you comparing? Safety first, there are already people in front."

At this moment, Ye Yaodong made a turn, but the person running in front went straight.

"Ah, wrong, wrong, Uncle, went the wrong way, my dad went that way..."

Ye Xiaoxi gloated, "Ahahaha, big brother and the others went the wrong way, they are now in last place..."

Lin Xiuqing looked at the buildings that kept receding backward, from low bungalows to high-rise buildings, from dirt roads to cement roads, watching with great interest. Having left home and arrived at a different place, she found everything curious.

"How long will it take us to get to the foreign-style house?"

"Twenty-something minutes."

"That's quite far. Is this Magic City quite big? It only takes ten-something minutes by motorcycle from our place to the town. This is twice as big as from our village to the town."

"You can't compare them."

He was driving, and he still had to identify the road and pay attention to pedestrians, so he didn't say much.

Their few motorcycles sped past together, and passersby pointed and were envious.

The others had just gone the wrong way, so now they all followed closely behind him, not daring to rush to the front.

When they arrived near the foreign-style house, Ye Yaodong also slowed down.

"Almost there, it's in this area of foreign-style houses."

"Mom, the foreign-style house is so beautiful. My room is a princess room, it's pink. I'll share it with you at night."

Ye Yaodong asked: "What about me?"

She hesitated for a moment, "Then... then I'll share it with you too."

"You little heartless thing, you were actually hesitant and reluctant to share it with me. Who decorated the room for you, who bought the bed for you?"

"Hehe, I want to sleep with Mom. I haven't slept with Mom for many days."

"Then did you sleep with a dog the day before yesterday?"

"Who are you comparing me to?"

"Mistake, we're here, get off!"

"Wow, we're here, we're here, it's exactly the same as when we came last time."

"Hehehe, it's the same house, of course, it's exactly the same. If it were different, that would mean we went to the wrong place."

Ye Yaodong found the key and gave it to Lin Xiuqing to open it, while he sat on the motorcycle, waiting for her to open the iron gate before he rode the car in and parked it in the courtyard.

"So beautiful, so this is a foreign-style house?"

"Dad, is this our new home?"

"Yes, that's right, this is our new home in the Magic City."

Lin Xiuqing looked inside with joy in her eyes. "This house is really beautiful. You can't tell at all that it's aged; it's exactly the same as the one on TV."

Ah Guang chimed in, "That's because you haven't seen what it looked like when it was dilapidated. It was so broken when it was first bought, but now that it's been tidied up, it's quite high-class and quite beautiful."

But it was also really expensive, though Ah Guang didn't dare say that.

Who knew if Dongzi had honestly confessed at the time that this house was bought for 100,000 yuan? If it were exposed from him and caused the couple to quarrel, that would really be a crime deserving death.

"Mom, hurry up, do you know how to open it?" Ye Chenghu held the railing and kept shaking the iron gate, unable to wait to go in.

The others followed suit, all stepping on the railing of the iron gate and shaking, extremely excited.

"Why is there no one to be seen around here?" Lin Xiuqing asked curiously, and the lock in her hand was also opened, and the kids rushed in with "wow" shouts.

"The surroundings are either units or bosses. At this time of work, of course, there's no one to be seen around. The nannies are usually at home or in the garden."

"That's true. At this time, people are out making money. The weather today isn't good either, there's no sun, so even if there are people at home, they won't run out to blow in the cold wind. If they do, they'll be sitting at home watching TV."

Ye Yaodong led her inside, took the key from her hand, pointed out to her which one was for the main door, and let her continue to open the main door.

Lin Xiuqing was extremely happy. "Wouldn't it be better if you took it and opened it yourself?"

"You're the hostess, so of course, I have to let you open the door, so you know how to open our door and how to enter."

"Wow, such a big sofa..."

"So beautiful, this is the house on TV."

"Do we need slippers for this floor?"

"Take them off, although it's not clean anymore."

Lin Xiuqing said with a smile: "Of course, take them off. You'll mop the floor for me later."

"You said you'd change the bed for me, and now you're saying you'll have me mop the floor. Did you come here specifically to do chores?"

"It's my own home, of course, I have to tidy it up a bit cleaner. It's my own home, if I don't tidy it up, who will?"

"Wow, this sofa is so soft, wow, it can bounce me to the sky."

Ye Chenghu planted himself into the sofa, then climbed up again, and continued to throw himself onto the sofa.

"Too fun! Too fun, so this is a sofa!"

Ye Chengyang also climbed onto the sofa and kept jumping, extremely excited. "Dad, I like the new house, I like this foreign-style house."

"It's a sofa worth several thousand yuan. If you break it for me, I'll peel your skin off."

"Then I won't jump, I want to go upstairs!"

Ye Chenghu also hurriedly got off the sofa. "I want to go upstairs too, I want to choose my own room..."

"Wait for me..." Ye Xiaoxi hurriedly ran to follow. "Brother, my room is on the 3rd floor..."

Ye Yaodong said to the others: "Your rooms are the same as before, so you don't need to change. Anyway, the beds are ones you've slept in."

"Okay."

He said to Lin Xiuqing again: "You don't need to tidy up either. Anyway, they are rooms they've slept in. After the New Year, when I come up again, I'll hire someone to tidy them up then."

"That's fine, then I'll mop the floor of the living room."

"No need to mop either, it's not that dirty. When my mom was here a few days ago, she mopped it every day too."

"How many days have passed? If no one lives here, there will be dust. When we go home for the New Year later, we still have to cover these sofas and furniture, otherwise, they'll accumulate dust."

"There's nothing to cover them with."

"Then go buy some cloth. I've measured the furniture dimensions. When I go home for the New Year, I'll make them and bring them to you. It'll be just right for you to cover them after you hire someone to clean up."

"Okay."

Ye Yaodong watched her walking around the house excitedly, followed her to introduce the layout of the house, and wanted to hug and hold her, but seeing the few big masters in the way on the sofa, he had to give up.

"This room on the 1st floor was originally supposed to be a nanny room. Anyway, the beds were all bought uniformly, so there's no difference. My parents lived here a few days ago. At night, let the two sons live here, and we'll take our daughter to sleep on the 3rd floor."

"Fart, it'd be strange if they were willing. They definitely want to sleep upstairs."

"Then tidy up the room Ah Shang slept in a few days ago for them."

"Which room? Lead me to see it first. I'll tidy it up first, otherwise, it'll be dark in a while."

Ye Yaodong led her upstairs.

The 4 kids upstairs were running around, already making a racket, and were fighting over which room they wanted.

After he went up and told them there were only two rooms to choose from, they each chose one and planned to sleep separately.

As long as they dared to sleep in a room alone, he wouldn't care about them. It would be best if Ye Xiaoxi also had a room to herself.

Lin Xiuqing sighed sincerely, "This house is really good."

"Of course, it's 100,000 yuan. But it's not that the house is expensive; it's mainly that the land here is expensive, the location is good, and there's also a small garden. Any shop of 20 or 30 square meters costs 20,000 or 30,000."

"Too expensive..."

"This is the Magic City. Anyway, we have a lot of money on hand now, so it's fine to buy one and put it there. Maybe it'll be even more valuable in the future."

"Mm, since we've bought it, anyway we can live in it, and it's a good house too."

"It's already late today, I'll take you out to stroll tomorrow. There are many department stores here, as well as various shops. There are many places to stroll, and many shops to stroll."

Lin Xiuqing nodded and first went into Ye Xiaoxi's pink room to rest for a while.

The two girls were rolling around in the quilt.

"Dad, sister said she wants to sleep with me at night."

"Then will you two be afraid sleeping in one room?"

"No!" The two said in unison.

"Alright then, you guys sleep, I'll sleep on the 1st floor with your mom."

Lin Xiuqing gave him a reproachful look. "The two of them are so small, how can they sleep alone? I'll sleep with them. You sleep on the 1st floor yourself, or sleep in the son's room."

"Ye Xiaojiu!"

"Dad, I can sleep alone, I've grown up."

"Did you hear that?"

"Then you can just make a floor bed in the room and bring the bed from the 1st floor up."

"That's fine too. Let's sleep on the floor together. I'll go down and move the bed now."

Lin Xiuqing rolled her eyes. He could even drag her into this. It seemed he wouldn't give up until he slept with her; he was determined to sleep together.

While he was downstairs moving the bed, she also walked to the balcony. The feeling of looking down from a high place was too good; the small garden was all in view, and she could also see the neighbors' gardens and balconies.

However, it looked like no one had moved in. The courtyard was overgrown with weeds, no one was taking care of it, and the outer walls were also mottled and dilapidated.

After Ye Yaodong came up and saw her standing on the balcony, he also walked out and hugged her from behind.

"Like it?"

"Like it. This house is built so well, the windows are big and bright, and the space is very large. The beds you bought are also good; they're the kind foreigners sleep in, unlike the canopy beds in our countryside. The windows in our old home are small and the light isn't good. Although the footprint isn't small, we have rooms on the 1st floor, and there are three rooms..."

Lin Xiuqing detailed the differences between the old home and the foreign-style house, basically all mentioning the advantages of this house.

"It's just that there's grass all over this courtyard. We should plant some vegetables."

"Why are you the same as my parents? As soon as you come, you say such a big courtyard is wasted and should be used for planting vegetables."

"Hehe, originally, everything in the city is expensive, everything has to be bought, and if you want to plant something, there's no land. It's rare that we have a courtyard here, and we can have land to plant some vegetables to eat ourselves. It's so convenient, saving us from having to go out and buy them."

"Then when you move here, you can tidy it up slowly yourself. Plant vegetables or flowers, whatever you want to plant, whatever you can plant."

"How can I move here to live? There's a pile of work at home that I can't get busy with."

"You'll move here eventually."

When we can register a company, we'll register one then. No, we'll register a few, and hire specialized people to manage them.

The 90s layoff wave is coming. Some professional people will be easy to hire, so we won't have to do everything ourselves then.

Actually, everyone has become familiar with working over the past few years, and they don't need anyone to order them around; everyone knows what to do.

It's just that the fish-killing work isn't certain, but we only need to say it a day in advance. In a few years, our country's industry will be more developed, and machines will be easier to purchase. It will be more convenient then, and we won't need the boss to keep an eye on people working.

"Moving here to retire is not certain."

"Then you're wrong. Retiring must be done in one's own village. Retiring in one's own village is comfortable. Moving here is, of course, for the convenience of life, to enjoy a high-quality life, and then moving here, or for the children's education, letting them receive a better education, and then moving over."

When young, be a beast of burden in a big city, enjoy the city's convenient services, and when old or when you've earned enough, of course, return to the village to lie flat and return to your roots.

"Studying here?"

"Yes, the teaching and faculty in this big city are definitely not comparable to our small rural place. People move to higher places, water flows to lower places."

Lin Xiuqing lowered her head and thought.

"Let's talk about it in a few years. Now, we definitely can't leave the side at home. How can we put everything down?"

"I also said let's talk about it in a few years. Anyway, the three of them are not very old now. In a few years, when Chenghu is in middle school, we can move the three of them here together, or move them after they finish middle school."

"Besides, you're thinking a bit far. The house was just bought, and you're already thinking about letting the kids come here to study."

"I'm looking three steps ahead. The education in a big city is really different. With Ye Chenghu's character, I'd already be thanking heaven and earth if he didn't repeat a grade in the countryside. Sending him here to reform a bit, maybe he can even test better and get me a high school diploma."

"Then you might as well tell the old lady to pray to Buddha more and let the ancestors bless him more?"

"How can one pray to gods and Buddha for something like studying? This isn't something that depends on luck. It mainly depends on strength. Once knowledge is learned, it's your own. If you study well, you'll benefit for a lifetime."

"Then tell your son more, no need to tell me," Lin Xiuqing slapped his hand away and walked inside. "You're talking in sets now, why didn't you study more back then?"

"Who knew why my brain was flooded back then, I didn't love studying so much. Only when I grew up did I know the benefits of studying."

The two walked into the house one after the other. The two kids in the house had also run out long ago, the room door was wide open, and downstairs was a scene of children laughing and playing.

"Rest for a while, and go down to eat when it's time?"

"That's fine. It's said to be close here, but taking a cargo boat is slow. My waist and back are sore from sitting. When I came up, at least there was a bed to lie on. Coming to the Magic City here, I could only squat or sit on the ground."

"Then you lie down, I'll knead it for you."

"Alright."

Lin Xiuqing took off her coat and lay on the bed, rarely enjoying his service.

After Ye Yaodong kneaded it for her properly for a while, he also became restless and took advantage of her, almost causing a fire, but he didn't intend to do anything.

The room door was wide open there, and the few kids were running and jumping upstairs and downstairs, coming in and out, which was not very convenient. The others were still sitting in the living room downstairs watching TV and chatting, so they couldn't hide in the room all the time.

Lin Xiuqing sat up with a flushed face and tidied her clothes and pants. "Look at you, there's never a time when you're honest."

"You're my wife. If I were always honest with you, that would really be unseemly, and you'd be the one crying."

Ye Yaodong raised his two hands again. "They just returned to the place they were supposed to linger."

After speaking, he also stretched his hands over and rubbed hard, and one hand even reached into her clothes to pinch.

Lin Xiuqing slapped him. "Go downstairs, otherwise, if we haven't gone downstairs for so long, people will think we're doing something upstairs."

"Alright, let's go, let's go eat."

He pinched hard one last time before getting off the bed.

At this time, Ye Xiaoxi shouted downstairs, "Dad..."

"What are you shouting for? Am I not here?" It just so happened that he had already come out and was going down the stairs.

"Uncle is calling you to eat..."

"Coming, I just went to tidy up the room. Don't say, standing on the 3rd-floor balcony looking at the garden is really beautiful."

Ah Guang said: "I thought what were you doing upstairs? Not coming down for a long time."

"What else could I be doing? Just now the two kids were noisy upstairs, so we went to see the balcony scenery and visited other rooms."

"Go eat early, come back and visit slowly after eating, otherwise it will be dark in a while, it's not good for kids to stay outside, and it's cold."

"Going now."

The house was comfortable and warm, with such a large space, they could run and jump as they pleased. There were many of them, so organizing a game was lively and not boring.

This time when they went out, they did see people moving around nearby.

However, people just looked at their group curiously and then tightened their necks and hurried home.

This kind of detached house is good, but the human touch is always a bit light, not as human as one household next to another in the countryside.

It may also be because of the cold weather, everyone didn't want to stay outside for a long time, so no one spoke, and they all walked in a hurry.

"Eh? Is it snowing?"

"It's snowing, wow, is it snowing?"

"Ah ah ah, is it snowing? It's really snowing..."

"Wow, it's snowing..."

Everyone was walking on the road when suddenly snowflakes drifted in the sky, and everyone widened their eyes in excitement.

The kids were even more jumping and bouncing, stretching their hands to catch the snowflakes in mid-air.

"So this is snow..."

"So beautiful, white snowflakes... Mom, it's snowing..."

"Ah ah ah, finally saw snow, Mom, shall we go home and get a bucket to fill it? I want to take it back." Ye Chenghu was extremely excited.

"Crazy, it'll melt when you take it home."

"How can it, fill it up a bit more, I want to show others the snow."

Ye Yaodong also looked at the snowflakes suddenly drifting down from the sky with a smile. "We're quite lucky. We just arrived in the Magic City today, and it's actually snowing."

Hearing Xiao Xiao: "The luck is quite good, it's just dusk, in a while when it gets completely dark, the snow will fall even more obviously."

Azheng: "No wonder it's so cold today, riding the motorcycle almost froze my neck stiff."

Ah Guang was worried that his daughter would fall in the snow, so he picked up Pei Yu. "It's really not the right time for Huimei and the others to go back. If it were a few days later, they could also see the snow. I'll be so angry when I call her later."

"Walk faster, otherwise it won't be easy to go back when the snow gets heavy later, no one brought a change of clothes."

Ye Chengyang spread his hands and turned around to catch the snow. "Dad, why does the snow disappear when it reaches the palm?"

"Because the snow isn't falling heavily enough, it melts before it can accumulate in the palm."

"Dad, I want to stay here for a few more days and watch the snow for a few more days."

Lin Xiuqing also stretched out her hand to catch the snow. "Maybe it will be gone tomorrow. Today is already lucky. This trip wasn't in vain, we can actually see snow."

"It's just the right time, we saw snow as soon as we went out, happy?" Ye Yaodong turned his head and asked the few kids.

"Happy, too happy, I must tell others when I go back."

"Okay, write a 300-word essay when you go back! Yangyang also go write a diary."

The two didn't shout at this time, and both nodded excitedly.

"Okay, the teacher also said we should write a diary."

(End of chapter)