The salty life in Life of Pi

Chapter 72 No way, they haven’t kissed yet?
Deng Xinhua touched her daughter's face with pity. She thought more deeply that other people were unreliable, but her daughter had already taken this step and there was no point in regretting it. She might as well think of a way to make her daughter's journey smoother.

"When you get better, I'll rent a house in Country Garden so you can be closer to Qian Sanyi and he can help you with your lessons."

"Well, thank you, mom."

"What's there to thank me for? As long as you are happy, I can do anything for you."

Country garden, Lin Miaomiao's home.

"Uncle, are you planning to attack the real estate agency?"

Wu Xianyu was eating when he heard Lin Dawei talking about finding customers for the house. He suddenly became excited. Isn't this his forte? If there is no major deviation, the house price will definitely increase. As for the future, he didn't know whether there would be an epidemic. If there was, it would be hard to say.

After thinking about it, Wu Xianyu told Lin Dawei a piece of news

"Uncle, please hold off on selling this house for a while until the summer vacation."

"Ok?"

Wang Shengnan became excited. After all, Xiaoyu was the owner of this place and had more information than them.

"Xiao Yu, do you have any gossip?"

"Well, Uncle Liu told me that the houses here may be included in the school district."

Wu Xianyu's words were lighthearted, but the people who heard them didn't think so. For example, Lin Miaomiao looked at Wu Xianyu with wide eyes.

"So you mean the prices of your houses are going to go up again?"

Wu Xianyu raised his eyebrows and looked at Lin Miaomiao. Seeing that her eyes were full of the shape of money, he thought for a while and still didn't say anything. Some words were indeed not suitable to be said in front of Lin Miaomiao's parents.

Turning his head to look at Lin Dawei who was still a little dazed

"Uncle, you can spread the news that you have a country garden house for rent now. If someone wants to see the house, you can say that the owner has not left yet and will not leave until the summer vacation."

Hearing Wu Xianyu say this, Lin Dawei hesitated.
“Wouldn’t this be a bad idea?”

Wu Xianyu was a little speechless. Was his future father-in-law a little too honest? Instead, Wang Shengnan pushed Lin Dawei.

"What's wrong with that? The people who can get the news now are either the real estate speculation groups or the sub-landlords. It's better for you to make the difference than for them to make the difference. The people who really want to rent a house will have to wait until the policy comes out before they know."

"Auntie is still very clear-sighted"

Wu Xianyu took the opportunity to flatter him a little, and Wang Shengnan happily picked up a few more pieces of food for Wu Xianyu.

Now Lin Dawei no longer had any psychological pressure, and asked Wu Xianyu

“What if the house is rented out? What should I do with those people who contact me to rent the house?”

"Those are your customers. You can find an agent to place an order, and then discuss whether to pay a fixed fee or a commission. Let them share the properties, and you can recommend other properties based on the customer's requirements. In this way, the business will slowly grow. It will definitely be difficult at the beginning. After all, the intermediary business depends on reputation. Uncle, you have just entered this industry and need to accumulate reputation."

Lin Dawei drank a mouthful of soup and looked at Wu Xianyu as if he was meeting him for the first time.

"Xiao Yu, where did you know all this? You sound so logical when you talk about it."

"You can watch it when you have nothing to do. There are all kinds of videos on the Internet now."

Lin Miaomiao nodded on the side. She could testify that Wu Xianyu's recommendations on Bilibili were extremely varied. Unlike hers, which were usually paintings, animation, music and the like, when Wu Xianyu's Bilibili was opened, there were all kinds of weird things. Not to mention fishing, the music was also understandable, but why there were also recommendations for group performances and videos of construction sites. However, the people in the videos did eat deliciously, and there were even university courses. Lin Miaomiao already suspected that Wu Xianyu would have no problem taking the college entrance examination now.

So she had no doubt at all about what Wu Xianyu learned from the videos he saw online.

After dinner, Lin Miaomiao followed Wu Xianyu home, held the two cats in her arms, and looked at Wu Xianyu.

"Xianyu, what did you intend to say with that look just now?"

"Can't you guess what I'm going to say?"

Wu Xianyu looked at Lin Miaomiao with a smile on his face, and Lin Miaomiao also grinned.

"Guess what I'm thinking."

"How childish! I don't want to play this brain teaser game with you."

"If you don't want to play, then don't play. Hey, I just want to ask you something. Your birthday is June 6th, right?"

Lin Miaomiao's change of topic was very abrupt. Wu Xianyu looked at Lin Miaomiao, who was a little evasive.

"Yeah, what are you going to give me? You didn't give me a birthday present last year."

"Then you didn't give me a birthday present either. Isn't it mainly because we both celebrated our birthdays at school?"

"Then why did you think of giving me a gift this year?"

Lin Miaomiao scratched Yuwan's back, her tone was rarely shy.

"It's your 18th birthday, it would be so sad if you don't have a gift for your coming-of-age ceremony."

"Then I'll be looking forward to it, but I think I've already received the best gift."

As he spoke, Wu Xianyu took Lin Miaomiao's other hand, and the two of them naturally interlocked their fingers. As the atmosphere became more and more ambiguous, the doorbell rang at an inopportune time. Lin Miaomiao shrugged helplessly at Wu Xianyu and got up to open the door.

"Mom, where are you going with all these bags?"

Wang Shengnan looked at Lin Miaomiao holding the cat and opening the door. She felt like she was visiting a neighbor and twitched her lips.
"I'm going to your grandmother's house, do you want to come with me?"

"Grandma's house"

Lin Miaomiao unconsciously looked back at Wu Xianyu. She didn't want to go, but when she turned around, she saw Wang Shengnan squinting at her. She shuddered and stood at attention immediately.
"Go! I will definitely go. I haven't seen grandma for such a long time. I really miss her. I will go home now to change clothes and wait for me."

Wu Xianyu really wanted to laugh, but seeing Lin Miaomiao glaring at him, he forced himself to hold it back.

After glaring at Wu Xianyu and telling him not to laugh, Lin Miaomiao put the fish ball down, closed the door and went back to her home to change clothes.

After changing clothes, Lin Miaomiao went downstairs and helped Wang Shengnan carry the gifts with a smile on her face.

"Mom, let me help you carry it."

"If someone shows kindness without any reason, he is either a traitor or a thief"

Wang Shengnan did not let go of the hand holding the gift, and looked at Lin Miaomiao with vigilance in her eyes.

Lin Miaomiao smiled awkwardly and said in a low voice after getting in the car.

"Mom, isn't it Xianyu's birthday at the end of June? I want to buy him a birthday present."

"Oh? You don't have enough money of your own?"

"No"

Lin Miaomiao waved her hands quickly, then quickly crossed her arms and dared not look at Wang Shengnan.
"That's right, can you please stop asking me where the money went? I might have to spend a lot of money by then."

"I'm warning you, Lin Miaomiao"

Wang Shengnan interrupted Lin Miaomiao and said in a serious tone, "Don't cross the line. If the incident with Deng Xiaoqi happens again, I'll beat you to death."

"mom!"

Lin Miaomiao blushed and interrupted Wang Shengnan
"What are you thinking? I just want to buy a gift for Xianyu. Can you please stop using your adult thinking to guess our innocent feelings?"

"Yes, you are naive. Look at Deng Xiaoqi and Qian Sanyi. How can they be naive? They did such a big thing without making any noise. I kind of regret letting you and Xiaoyu get so close now."

Driving did not affect Wang Shengnan's chattering at all, and Lin Miaomiao felt dizzy

"Stop, stop, stop. Can you please not let a small bad apple spoil our big pot of porridge? These are just individual cases and cannot explain the whole problem."

"Hmph, just an example. So how far have you and Xiaoyu progressed? Have you kissed?"

Lin Miaomiao fell silent for a moment. How should she answer this? They were about to kiss each other, but were interrupted by you?

Wang Shengnan took the time to look at her daughter's face. She looked stern and didn't look shy. She was a little surprised.

"No way, you two haven't kissed yet? Didn't you kiss on the face last time?"

Seeing Lin Miaomiao's complexion getting worse, Wang Shengnan suppressed her smile and looked at the road

"Okay, okay, I won't say anything. Buy whatever you want. I won't ask any questions."

The two children are still holding hands, and Wang Shengnan is very relieved.

But Lin Miaomiao seemed to feel insulted. She crossed her arms and said nothing, thinking that she must give her first kiss next time.

Wang Shengnan couldn't help but burst out laughing while stealing glances at her daughter's face from time to time. Lin Miaomiao was like a cat whose tail was stepped on.

"What are you laughing at? I asked you what you are laughing at?"

"Nothing, hahaha, I'm not laughing at you, I just suddenly remembered something funny."

Wang Shengnan also felt that she was in the wrong, so she turned her eyes away and stopped looking at Lin Miaomiao. Lin Miaomiao was very angry, but Wang Shengnan was driving, so she had no other choice but to sulk.

Carrying the gift, Lin Miaomiao closed the car door unhappily and followed Wang Shengnan towards her grandmother's house.

Along the way, Wang Shengnan greeted her former neighbors and introduced Lin Miaomiao to everyone from time to time.
"Yes, this is Miaomiao, she is studying in an elite middle school."

"Hey? This is Miaomiao. You've grown up so much. Miaomiao, do you still remember your grandma? I held you in my arms when you were a child. You just look a little thinner now. Is it because your mom didn't give you food?"

Seeing that others had handed over the dirty water, Lin Miaomiao was not polite at all and took the dirty water and poured it on Wang Shengnan.
"Yes, yes, yes, my mom is so bad, she doesn't even give me food, look how thin I am"

As she spoke, she stretched out her voluptuous little hand and shook hands with the grandmother in front of her. The grandmother was amused and laughed non-stop. She said to Wang Shengnan:
"Hahaha, your daughter is well-raised. She's not afraid of anyone when she talks to you."

Wang Shengnan also agreed with a smile, not caring about Lin Miaomiao's lies.

After chatting and laughing with a few neighbors, Wang Shengnan brought Lin Miaomiao back home. When they walked in, Wang Shengnan saw Wang Dingnan lying on the sofa. The smile on her face faded a little, and she went forward and hit her butt with her bag.

"Lying down as soon as you get home? You don't have any bones in your body. How's your job search going?"

Lin Miaomiao, who was behind her, put the gift in her hand on the cabinet at the door. She did not disturb the friendly interaction between the two sisters, went into the inner room, saw her grandmother, and hugged her directly.
"Grandma, I miss you so much"

"Oh, isn't this Miaomiao? She's here to see grandma."

Because her hands were covered with flour, the grandmother did not hug Lin Miaomiao and said a few words to let Lin Miaomiao let go.
"Alright, alright, stop hugging me. You don't mind the heat, but my hands are covered in flour."

After Lin Miaomiao let go, Wang Shengnan finished her emotional exchange with Wang Dingnan, walked into the kitchen, rolled up her sleeves, and prepared to help her mother make dumplings.

I asked casually

"Mom, where's my dad?"

"I went to play chess."

"Humph, you're arguing with someone again. You don't feel tired every day."

Wang Shengnan was washing her hands while chatting with her mother. Wang Dingnan also came to the kitchen in slippers, leaned against the door, picked up a bag of snacks and started eating.

Seeing her sister being so lazy, Wang Shengnan was furious.
"Aren't you afraid that Jiaojiao will learn from you? Like parents, like children."

Hearing this, Lin Miaomiao left the kitchen willingly, as the space was so small that she would not take up any more space. However, she was grabbed by Wang Dingnan.

"So I gave Jiaojiao to Tang Yuanming. Isn't he a teacher? It's just right for Jiaojiao to learn something good, so that she won't learn bad things from me."

Lin Miaomiao sighed helplessly. She really didn't want to get involved in their adults' affairs.

Wang Shengnan looked back at Wang Dingnan and said in a bad tone

"Fighting again?"

Wang Dingnan didn't answer directly. He looked at the ground and leaned against the kitchen door, not looking serious.

"I see that he is so focused on his classes that he has no time to care about Jiaojiao, so I just want them to spend more time together."

"I told you, Tang Yuanming earns money to support the family, you just need to take care of the family and take good care of the children, but you didn't listen. You finally found a job but quit after just a few days. I don't know what you want to do."

The grandmother pretended not to hear her two daughters' bickering and just kept picking leeks.

Lin Miaomiao wanted to escape, but Wang Dingnan wouldn't let go. She didn't know what he meant. Could it be that Wang Dingnan wouldn't take action if she was here? How naive.

"Sister, don't blame me. I heard that my brother-in-law resigned. Why don't I see him taking care of Miaomiao?"

"Aunt, I'm this old now. I'll be an adult after my birthday this year."

"You're almost an adult?"

Wang Dingnan paused for a moment as he stuffed the snacks into his mouth, then turned his head and scanned Lin Miaomiao up and down, focusing on her chest for a while, which made Lin Miaomiao cover her chest with her hands, and then he looked away.
"I really don't feel anything. Miaomiao is almost an adult."

Lin Miaomiao always felt that her aunt had other meanings in her words, but she had no evidence.

At this time, Lin Miaomiao's grandmother couldn't help but speak
"Shengnan, Dawei resigned? What happened?"

"Mom, it's okay. Dawei's company went bankrupt, and he has an idea for his next job. I'm letting him take a break for a while. After all, he has been working for more than ten years."

After hearing what Wang Shengnan said, the grandmother put her worries to rest a little and said two more words to Wang Dingnan:
"It's normal for couples to quarrel. Don't give up easily. Go home after dinner tonight. Don't stay here. There is no place for you at home."

"I don't. Why should my brother-in-law always bow his head when my sister and brother-in-law quarrel, but my family requires me to bow my head?"

Wang Dingnan's stubborn temper came up. Lin Miaomiao's grandmother was too lazy to say anything to her. She turned around and started cutting leeks.

Wang Shengnan patted the flour in her hands and looked at Wang Dingnan with a blank expression.
"Do you think Tang Yuanming and your brother-in-law have the same personality? Besides, these are habits that Dawei and I have developed over nearly twenty years. Our situations are different, so you can't learn from me."

"I don't think there's anything different. If you can get along well with your brother-in-law, then I can too."

Lin Miaomiao listened to what her mother and aunt said, and couldn't help but think of herself and Wu Xianyu. If they got married in the future, she would probably have to give in to him.

(End of this chapter)