Chapter 239: The Method
The remaining houses are not urgent to find.
First, find a way to deal with that group of people from the Chen family.
Yun Jiao and Fourth Brother went to the three-section siheyuan to take pictures and eat something.
She had discovered that there were many delicious things for sale in these old alleys.
Except for douzhi!
Yun Linhai and Old Mu were discussing solutions at home.
“Candied hawthorn, selling candied hawthorn~”
A vendor selling candied hawthorn carried a bundle of red and shiny candied hawthorn and hawked it in the alley.
Yun Jiao pulled Fourth Brother and chased after him.
“I want candied hawthorn.”
This looked so delicious.
“Alright, little one, how many strings do you want?”
Yun Jiao: “I want a bundle.”
“What?”
A few minutes later, the candied hawthorn vendor’s eyes crinkled as he counted money, while Yun Chenbei carried a bundle of candied hawthorn and went to the Liu family with his sister.
“Grandpa Liu, is Grandma Liu at home?”
Yun Jiao licked the sugar coating on the candied hawthorn and knocked politely.
She knocked twice, but no one came to open the door yet. Yun Jiao, holding the candied hawthorn in her mouth, measured the height of the wall and was about to try and climb over when the door opened.
Yun Jiao’s eyes immediately showed a hint of regret.
She had wanted to try and see if she could climb over.
Old Man Liu glanced at the two of them: “Come in.”
“Grandpa Liu, I’m giving you candied hawthorn to eat, it’s sweet and sour, and delicious.”
Yun Jiao followed the old man, pointing at the candied hawthorn Fourth Brother was carrying.
Old Man Liu refused: “No need, only children eat that, I’m too old to eat it.”
“Have all your teeth fallen out? Then you really can’t eat it.”
“You’re the one whose teeth have fallen out, my teeth are fine, and I can still eat for more than ten years!”
The old man and the child entered the residence, bickering.
Grandma Liu was sitting at the stone table under the date tree, skillfully making tea.
Just looking at her was a pleasure.
Yun Jiao walked over familiarly and sat down on the stone stool next to her.
“Grandma Liu, can you eat candied hawthorn? I bought a lot for you, here’s one, and you can have more if you finish it.”
Yun Chenbei stuck the candied hawthorn in place.
Grandma Liu smiled: “Thank you, Jiaojiao, Grandma doesn’t eat it.”
“Oh, then Grandma, what are you doing?”
“Making tea.”
“Here, taste it.”
She handed Yun Jiao a teacup, the tea in it smelled very fragrant.
The temperature was just right, Yun Jiao picked it up and drank it in one gulp.
Then she smacked her lips.
“Hmph, like a bull chewing peonies!”
Yun Jiao looked around: “Where? Where? Where are the cows? Grandma, do you keep cows?”
Suddenly, Grandma Liu and Yun Chenbei couldn’t help but laugh.
Yun Chenbei explained: “It’s an idiom, there are no cows.”
“Then what does it mean? I’m not a cow either.”
She grumbled discontentedly.
Grandma Liu said: “Alright, Jiaojiao is still a child.”
She said to Yun Jiao in a gentle voice: “Jiaojiao, don’t drink tea too quickly, only by drinking slowly can you savor its taste.”
The elder taught, and Yun Jiao learned seriously.
It was her first time drinking tea, and Yun Jiao was unaccustomed to the slightly bitter taste.
Her first reaction was that it wasn’t as good as sugar water.
But after drinking twice with Grandma Liu, she truly tasted the “sweet aftertaste” she spoke of.
“If you get used to drinking tea, you will like it more and more.”
She went into the room and took out half a jar of tea leaves.
“I’ll give you this half jar of tea leaves.”
Yun Jiao took it and opened it; the tea leaves inside exuded a rich aroma.
She didn’t refuse: “Thank you, Grandma Liu.”
“Grandma Liu, can Fourth Brother and I walk around?”
“Of course.”
After getting permission, Yun Chenbei took Yun Jiao around the siheyuan, taking pictures from time to time.
After taking pictures of the buildings, Yun Jiao pestered the two elders to take a group photo or individual photos of them.
After taking the photos, Yun Jiao left two strings of candied hawthorn and took Fourth Brother away, hopping and skipping.
Yun Chenbei chased after her, his voice helplessly admonishing, “Jiaojiao, stop eating, this is your fifth string, eating too much will spoil your teeth.”
Yun Jiao retorted: “No way, my teeth are fine, I can even bite through bricks!”
They first went to the photo studio to have the boss develop the pictures.
Then Yun Jiao dragged Yun Chenbei, who looked very unwilling, to go shopping.
Yun Chenbei: couldn’t distinguish faces, didn’t want to talk, didn’t want to go out…
“What is this?”
Yun Jiao pinched her nose and stood in front of a stinky tofu stall.
She looked shocked, do humans eat poop?
The boss immediately shouted: “Little one, do you want a portion? Stinky tofu, it smells bad but tastes delicious.”
Yun Jiao saw people around buying it and hesitated.
Curious, curious, curious…
In the end, curiosity won, and she bought a portion.
And thoughtfully gave the first bite to her brother.
Yun Chenbei: ………
Yun Jiao held up the stinky tofu and urgently gave her brother a look, “Eat quickly.”
Yun Chenbei: Didn’t want to eat.
“Ge~”
The unlucky Yun Chenbei finally lowered his head at these calls of “Ge”.
Took a bite, tasted pretty good?
“It’s okay, not bad.”
Only then did Yun Jiao put a piece into her mouth.
It really didn’t smell good, but with one bite, the bursting flavor of the stinky tofu was surprisingly good.
Shaking her head, Yun Jiao ate with her cheeks puffed out and moved on to the next stall.
“What is this?”
“Lǘdagun (donkey rolling), little one, want some?”
Yun Jiao nodded: “Yes, yes, yes…”
They strolled and ate their way through.
Whether it was pastries, snacks, or hot food, she had to try them.
If she found something delicious, she would buy an extra portion to take back.
And then… after this trip out, Yun Chenbei and Yun Jiao returned home with big bags and small bags.
“Aiyo, why did you bring so much stuff? Can you finish eating it all?”
The happiest was Yun Liuliu, who gave Yun Jiao a bear hug after she put the things down.
“Sister, why didn’t you take me when you went to buy food!”
Yun Jiao burped, feeling a little too full.
“Next time, I’ll take Sixth Brother next time.”
Yun Liuliu nodded vigorously, then eagerly went to eat.
Yun Jiao strolled over to the adults.
Old Wu had also arrived and was currently giving them advice.
“You are not living here temporarily, right?”
They definitely weren’t living there temporarily; having lived by the sea as fishermen their whole lives, the sudden move to the capital was hard to get used to.
Yun Linhai and the others even wanted to buy a large boat to go fishing.
They had money now, but that was Jiaojiao’s money, and what did it have to do with them?
Jiaojiao had already bought them houses, so who would shamelessly spend her money as their own?
“Since that’s the case, you might as well rent out the house.”
“Rent it out?”
Old Wu nodded: “You have to choose the right tenants. Firstly, they must be capable of dealing with that bunch of deadbeats from the Chen family, and they must have good character. Otherwise, if you rent to someone with bad character, what if they ruin the house?”
“Yes, yes, but how do we choose people?”
Old Wu said: “Simple, just rent to retired soldiers. Although it can’t be guaranteed that everyone’s character is good, retired soldiers who have received training in the army are definitely much better than others.”
