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"Auntie, why don't you rent a house yourself? You are not short of money, are you?" Gu Zhengdong began to talk seriously to the auntie.

"I haven't been out of the house very much these years. I am a household with five guarantees. The food is provided by the government and I grow the vegetables myself. If you let me go out, I don't know the way." The white-haired lady sighed faintly.

Gu Zhengdong understood everything.

It can be seen that the aunt's previous family background was very good, but for some reason, there is only one left now.

"Ma'am, my neighbor's house rents out a hut for ten yuan a month, do you think so?"

Gu Zhengdong decided on his own, this is Grandma Bai's cottage, he can be the master, Grandma Bai is a kind person.

"Ten yuan? What kind of house is that?" The white-haired aunt was a little interested in the ten yuan.

"My neighbor is an old lady. She is very kind. She usually helps me with my children. Ten yuan is to rent her hut. How about I take you to see it? Go if you think it suits you!"

"Let's have a look then." The white-haired grandma nodded.

"Ma'am, what's your surname? My surname is Gu, just call me Dongzi."

"My surname is Wu."

"Aunt Wu, this way, I'll call a car." Gu Zhengdong walked in front, clearing the way for Aunt Wu. There were many people moving things, so he was afraid of bumping into her.

Gu Zhengdong hailed a taxi and drove all the way to Grandma Bai's house.

Grandma Bai was sitting at the door chatting with some old ladies, and she was also waiting for Gu Zhengdong to come home. Those little children were playing under the streetlights, and they all ran over when they saw Gu Zhengdong.

"Father! You just came back!" Xiaoxiao grumbled, pouting.

Gu Zhengdong hugged Xiao Xiao into his arms.

"Auntie, I'll show you a companion. This is Aunt Wu, who has been relocated and hasn't found a house yet." Gu Zhengdong said, squinting his eyes, and winking at Grandma Bai, "Your hut is not a month old. Rent it for ten yuan!"

Grandma Bai had a tacit understanding with Gu Zhengdong, she knew that the kid was sure of handling things, and she could just do what he said, so she immediately understood.

"Yes, my hut is rented out. Oh, it's just that it hasn't been packed yet." She led the way, and several people entered the yard.

Aunt Wu followed in calmly and walked around without saying whether she was satisfied or not.Grandma Bai was at a loss, and a little apprehensive, she looked at Gu Zhengdong.

"Is old sister old?" Aunt Wu suddenly asked, but this was what she asked.

"I'm 72 this year." Grandma Bai smiled.

"I'm 68." Aunt Wu reported herself.

"Then you are a girl, are you in the picture? If you want to live here, I packed up everything on the kang. This is to make cotton trousers for the children. I make some a day and lay out a kang." Grandma Bai said embarrassedly .

"I'll just buy them for them. Don't do it. What about the back pain?" Gu Zhengdong saw that the kang was covered with cotton sheets.

"How to spend the winter with the things you bought, what do you know as a big man, just listen to me."

"Then I will find a female worker in the factory to work, but I don't need you, your waist will not work!"

"Why can't I make it? I did a lot of work before, and you are stinging like a scorpion!" The two women were arguing, but what was hidden in the words was concern and love, Aunt Wu listened , Eye circles turned red.

"I can also help with it, so you don't need to find outsiders." When Aunt Wu said this, she was ready to move in.

Gu Zhengdong was overjoyed.

"It's so late, don't bother to go back, this big house is just for me to take a nap, you can sleep with us." Grandma Bai said.

The old ladies are thin and small, with a small child, they can sleep well.

"Okay, that's it. I'll pay the rent for one year later."

"No hurry, what's the rush, everyone is here, can you still run?"

"Then you two are chatting, I'll go back and continue to move. Aunt Wu, I'll take away all the things in your yard and bring the chickens here." Gu Zhengdong calculated in this way. move.

After a while, he will estimate it to see how much it is worth, and it will be included in the rent.

"As long as I don't want to sell my things, move them here for me." Aunt Wu said calmly.

"What?" Gu Zhengdong's brain was buzzing when he heard this.

What is this old lady thinking?Move them all here.It was so easy for him to clean it up, so it needs to be piled up again?

There is not much room in Grandma Bai's house, and it is really difficult to get something.

"You can just move it." Aunt Wu was quite domineering, with the aura of a domineering president.

In front of the old man, Gu Zhengdong had always been timid, so he had to bow his head and come out.

Aunt Wu's house has quite a lot of things, three cars are full.

Because it was too late, I had to unload it in the yard. It was already dark. Fortunately, the weather was fine and there was no rain, so I just left it in the open air.

Gu Zhengdong didn't sleep the night before, he has been busy for another day, he has gone through a lot of things, and he is a little bit overwhelmed.

He fell on the bed after taking a shower, and didn't care about anything.

When they opened their eyes, Xiaoqiang and the others were ready to go out.

"The rice is in the pot, eat by yourself." Grandma Bai led the children out.

Gu Zhengdong agreed, and went to the pot to see that there were boiled corn.He took out a corn cob and gnawed on it.

"There are pickles here, it's tasteless to eat them dry." Aunt Wu said, bringing out a small plate of cucumbers from the back room.

Gu Zhengdong looked at the oily green cucumber and got an appetite, picked it up and tasted it, full of praise.

This cucumber is pickled to its essence, crisp, fresh and fragrant.

"If you like spicy food, I'll pour some chili oil on you next time." Aunt Wu sat opposite him.

"You are really good at old crafts." When moving yesterday, Gu Zhengdong saw the big pickle jar. The old man thought it was too heavy, and he insisted on not moving it. Gu Zhengdong insisted.

"I chatted with Sister Bai last night, you are a pretty good boy, thank you." Aunt Wu said softly.

Gu Zhengdong felt embarrassed and bowed his head.

"You are welcome, we will all be relatives in the future."

"I thought so too. I became a relative. I thought my life was over. I didn't even have a body collector when I died. I didn't expect to meet my relatives." Aunt Wu said with emotion.

Gu Zhengdong always felt that this old lady was different, so he couldn't say it well.

Look at her sitting posture is different from other old ladies.Like Grandma Bai, who suffers from backaches, she can't straighten her back normally.But Mrs. Wu has a strong back and a very measured conversation.

Seeing Sha San'er coming, Gu Zhengdong hurriedly waved.

He arranged it yesterday, and asked Silly San'er to come and help today, and bring Aunt Wu's furniture in the yard into the house, in case it rains, it will be difficult.

Anyway, it's all old furniture, so if it can't fit in that room, it will be stuffed into his room.

He walked into the yard, looked at the furniture, and suddenly froze.

Yesterday, it was dark in Mrs. Wu's yard. When I moved, the lights were not on, so I asked Lao Duan to turn on a light bulb.

He knew that the heavy and old broken furniture had been moved in, and he didn't have time to look at it carefully.

But now it was daylight, and when he looked again, he found that it was completely different from what he had imagined.