The next day.
Saturday.
Dong Xuebin slept until about nine o'clock in the morning before waking up. After yawning and getting out of bed, brushing his teeth and washing up, he drank tea in the yard with nothing to do.
"The whole day is filled with broken dreams."
"Suddenly I heard that spring is the best time to climb a mountain."
"Because I met a monk while passing the bamboo courtyard and talked to him."
"It's a steal of half a day's leisure."
Dong Xuebin was a rare artist. He shook his head and squeezed out a poem. Of course, he had memorized this poem in college. It had been many years and he couldn't remember it clearly, so he squeezed it out almost sentence by sentence. Yes, I thought about it for a long time. Fortunately, I remembered correctly. After reciting it, Dong Xuebin became very inspired by poetry and wanted to come up with a poem. However, after spending a long time, he could not think of a second poem to suit the occasion. , couldn't help coughing, a little embarrassed, this guy has never been doing his job properly, how can he be artistic.
Ring ring ring.
The cell phone screamed on the stone table.
Dong Xuebin took a look and saw that it was his mother-in-law's phone number.
"Hey, Mom."
"Xiaobin, what are you doing?"
"Hey, I'm staying at home. I'm very busy."
"Well, why did Mom hear that you recently built a courtyard house?"
"Ah? Who did you listen to?"
"Just tell me if this is the case."
"Ahem, cough, yes, yes, uh, I wanted to tell you earlier, but I wanted to give you a surprise. You already know it, and my mother is well-informed."
"Haha, don't flatter me anymore. The same goes for you. You can get a single-family courtyard house. You are still a cadre of the Discipline Inspection Commission."
"Mom. I understand. Don't worry, you are here in a serious manner. Don't be afraid of anyone checking."
"Your grandfather doesn't even live in a single-family courtyard house. It's a good thing that you live in one before your grandfather does."
Dong Xuebin knew that it must have been the group of people from the Second Division who came to his house that time, but who went back to brag about it. Only then did someone know about it, and it spread to some leaders of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. In the ears. Then he went to Mrs. Han's ears. But this matter cannot be hidden in the first place. Dong Xuebin didn't intend to hide it. His behavior was upright and his house was in an upright way. What was he afraid of
I just heard Han Jing say on the phone: "Xiaojing and Xiaohao are both here. We were chatting just now..." As he was talking. But was interrupted.
"Auntie. I said it, I said it!" The voice belonged to that boy Xie Hao.
"Haha, grab whatever you want, I'll give it to you. This kid." Han Jing said with a smile.
There was a new person on the phone: "Brother-in-law, haha, do you know who I am? Guess!"
Dong Xuebin was speechless, and he was naturally not so rude to Xiao Hao. "How old are you? Tell me if you have anything to do. I'm still busy with your brother-in-law."
Xie Hao said, "What are you busy with? I heard what my aunt said. You don't know what to do with your free time. My sister and my eldest nephew are not in the capital, so you can't be busy even if you want to."
Dong Xuebin: "...there is fart."
Xie Hao chuckled, "My sister and I are planning to go there."
"What are you doing?" Dong Xuebin asked.
"Let's go to your courtyard!" Xie Hao said excitedly: "You bought a new house and you didn't ask us to go see it. We can only go there by ourselves."
Dong Xuebin was helpless: "What's so good about this?"
Xie Hao shouted: "There are only a few single-family courtyard houses in the whole capital. My grandfather has never lived in one. Of course, you have to look at it. There are hundreds of millions of houses, and I have never lived in them in my life!" This guy is a I have an eye for money and am particularly sensitive to expensive things. "We agreed, we'll be there soon!"
Dong Xuebin laughed and said: "As long as you can do it, okay, come on, come on, by the way, ask my mom and dad if they are coming."
"Auntie, my brother-in-law asked if you are going." Xie Hao conveyed.
Han Jing took the call, "You guys can play, Mom won't go."
Dong Xuebin said: "You and my dad can come too, I will cook myself."
Han Jing smiled happily, "Next time, next time your dad and I will go to your courtyard for a walk. Your dad is working overtime today and will come back for lunch at noon. I have to wait to cook for him."
Dong Xuebin hummed, "Okay, you and my dad can come over when we have free time. It's next to Houhai and the environment is very good. One day you can come and stay for a while. I'm sure you'll be several years younger. In the future, you'll be like this pension city." Okay, if you come over, I will cook for you and my dad every day, so you don’t have to do anything.”
Han Jing chuckled and said, "Okay, my son-in-law still loves me."
Dong Xuebin is good at talking, lovable, and very capable. In addition to being more trouble-making, this son-in-law has always satisfied Han Jing.
Xie Jing answered the phone again, "Brother-in-law, can you give me your address?"
"Okay, please remember it." After Dong Xuebin said the address, he said: "Call Xiaoran, too. Come together, there are many people and it will be lively."
Xie Jing chuckled and said, "Okay."
"By the way, will Sun Kai come?" Dong Xuebin asked.
"He is busy with school work. It's hard for me to even see him. Hum, he just knows about work." Xie Jing complained.
Dong Xuebin smiled and said: "That's because you are motivated, which is a good thing."
…
after an hour.
Around ten o'clock.
Dong Xuebin came back from shopping for vegetables, took everything into the kitchen, and started washing and chopping vegetables. Although Dong Xuebin is the eldest brother-in-law of the younger generations of the Xie family, in terms of traditional Chinese concepts, he may even be a head taller than the eldest sister Xie Huilan, but whether it is Xie Ran, Xie Jing, or Xie Hao, all of them are They don't know how to cook, let alone cooking. They probably haven't done much housework. Like Xie Huilan, they have been spoiled since childhood, so Dong Xuebin can only do the cooking himself.
Suddenly, there was a sound on the courtyard door.
Footsteps also came in sparsely.
Dong Xuebin didn't close the door. Knowing that someone was coming, he wiped his hands, put down the dishes and walked out. He saw several younger brothers and sisters coming in at a glance.
"Brother-in-law." Xie Ran said.
"Haha, brother-in-law!" Xie Hao said.
Xie Jing said: "Brother-in-law, we are here."
"Come in." Dong Xuebin greeted, and then didn't look at them, because he saw a very beautiful girl from behind, whom he had never seen before. This girl looked like she was in her early twenties. , smaller than Xie Ran, Xie Jing and the others, probably about the same age as Dong Xuebin, wearing a very elegant dress, and looking quieter, especially delicate.
Fang Shuiling looked at Dong Xuebin and said softly: "Brother Dong."
Dong Xuebin blinked and said, "Hello, uh, who is this?"
Xie Ran took the girl's hand and said, "My girlfriend."
Dong Xuebin said unexpectedly: "Hey, you are already dating someone? Why didn't I know?"
Xie Jing said with a smile: "I just found out that my brother just talked about it, but he didn't tell anyone yet."
Xie Hao snorted and said angrily: "If you get married, fall in love, or fall in love, it's up to me to co-write. No, I have to find a girl too!"
Fang Shuiling pursed her lips and smiled, amused.
Dong Xuebin kicked Xie Haopu's butt without any politeness. "How old are you? You're such a bullshit guy. You should study hard and look for a beating!"
Xie Hao rolled his eyes, "I can't fall behind anyway!"
Dong Xuebin said: "Okay, then I will tell Huilan later and let me see how she deals with you!"
Xie Haotian was not afraid of anything, but he was afraid of his eldest sister Xie Huilan, and said hurriedly: "Don't say goodbye, brother-in-law!"
After arguing for a while, Dong Xuebin turned to look at the girl, "What do you call her?"
Fang Shuiling was a little reserved and shy, "My name is Fang Shuiling, you can just call me Xiaoling."
Dong Xuebin pointed at Xie Ran, "You too, if you hadn't said hello to me earlier, it would be the first time we meet, and I wouldn't have prepared any gifts."
Xie Ran smiled and said: "No need for brother-in-law."
Fang Shuiling also said quickly: "Brother Dong, no need."
Other people may not talk so much, but Dong Xuebin is particularly particular about this. Since Xie Ran can bring his girlfriend over, it is almost a done deal. Xie Ran is the leader of the third generation of the Xie family, better than himself. How many years older has he not gotten married, and his family has always been very anxious, so Xie Ran's marriage is also a matter of concern to many people. Now that he sees the girl, Dong Xuebin, as the eldest brother-in-law, always wants to express his gratitude. I searched my body but couldn't find anything that could be given away. I finally took out my wallet, took out a bank card, found a pen, wrote the password on the back, and stuffed it into the girl's hand and said: "Xiao Ling, this is the first time we meet. I don't have anything to give you. Let's give you a card. It's a bit vulgar, but it just means something. Take it."
Fang Shuiling didn't dare to answer, "It's really not possible, no need, Brother Dong."
Xie Ran joked: "Brother-in-law, how much does it cost?"
Dong Xuebin glared at him, "It's not for you. Don't worry about it. It's about one million. The password is at the back."
"One million?" Fang Shuiling couldn't help but be stunned. "Oh, this... It's really impossible. It's too much. It's impossible."
Xie Hao chuckled, took the bank card from Dong Xuebin's hand first, and stuffed it into Fang Shuiling's pocket, "Take it as your brother-in-law tells you to do. My brother-in-law is rich. It's not bad. My brother-in-law also said If I can get into college, I will be given a car worth one million yuan." This guy was obviously reminding Dong Xuebin that he would take the college entrance examination next year, and asked his brother-in-law not to forget his original promise.
Dong Xuebin didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so he hit him on the back of the head and said, "You are the only one who is poor!"
Fang Shuiling felt it was too inappropriate and looked at Xie Ran, "Brother Ran."
Xie Ran was not polite, "Just keep what my brother-in-law gave you."
Fang Shuiling bit her lip and said to Dong Xuebin: "Then... thank you, Brother Dong."
Xie Hao is very positive and very enthusiastic towards his future sister-in-law, and he always has something to say.
But Dong Xuebin noticed that although Xie Jing's expression could not tell anything, Fang Shuiling was not so talkative and looked very calm. This made Dong Xuebin see that something was wrong, and he always felt that the atmosphere was a little distorted. With him Knowing Xie Jing’s character, shouldn’t it be like this? She should be the talkative one when her brother is dating someone, so why doesn't she seem to have any reaction now? (To be continued.)