Even if it was a sleeper, I couldn't sleep well on the train. Both children were too tired. Shu Yan didn't let them go to sleep immediately. She let her sister look at her brother and went to buy two bowls of Chaos.
In the 1990s, the portion was very generous, and two bowls were enough for three of their mothers.
When I woke up, it was already in the afternoon. I didn't have a watch or a mobile phone. I didn't even know the time. The two children were still asleep. Shu Yan woke them up. They slept too much during the day and couldn't sleep at night.
"Mom." Ye Jingjing rubbed her eyes and whispered.
"Get up, Mommy will take you out to dinner."
Relatively speaking, Ye Tianbao had a much bigger temper. He was woken up crying, and Shu Yan whispered a few words and helped him change his clothes.
"What do you want to eat?" Shu Yan is very familiar with this area, but she is not very clear about the current environment after more than ten years. Simply this street is very similar and has not changed much.
Shu Yan was a little disappointed when she found the restaurant in her memory, but the owner was not the one in her memory.
It turned out that the owner of this shop was from Xicheng, and many students from the north who went to college at that time loved to eat here. Listening to their husband and wife's communication in Xicheng dialect, they are also from Xicheng, but the taste of the dishes is biased towards the taste of Nancheng.
"Mom, it's so sweet." Ye Tianbao wanted to vomit after taking a bite, but he didn't dare to vomit.
In his hometown, he would vomit directly if he didn't like it, and grandma would coax him by the side. In those days, he followed his mother in Xicheng. If he vomited and didn't eat, his mother really didn't care about him. Learn to be good after that.
Shu Yan took a bite, and she was fine. After all, after staying in Nancheng for so long, she gradually accepted the local taste. It was the first time for the two children to eat it, and it was normal that they were not used to it.
"Boss, can you make the dish that hasn't been served according to Xicheng's taste?" She was negligent, thinking that it was just the boss who changed it, but she didn't expect the taste to be changed.
"The eldest sister is also from Xicheng?" The proprietress came out with the dishes and asked enthusiastically.
"Yes, I'm fine myself, I can eat everything, the two children are not used to eating Nancheng cuisine for the first time." Shu Yan saw the dishes in the hands of the proprietress, "It's fine if it's already done, please give me another Xicheng flavor. home cooking.”
The proprietress smiled kindly: "We opened the restaurant late, just as we were preparing to eat, and the dishes were fried a lot. If you don't dislike it, you can just divide it up."
How could she dislike it? Shu Yan thanked the proprietress, and after a while, she came over with a large plate of dishes, and there were three dishes in a platter.
"I have a little of everything, and I won't tell you if I don't have enough." The proprietress was very happy to meet fellow villagers in Xicheng.
The authentic northwest taste, the two children eat it very smoothly, Shu Yan eats two chopsticks and never eats it. She eats the dish that was fried before, she can eat either Nancheng cuisine or Xicheng cuisine, and the Xicheng taste is reserved for the children.
"Mom, you can eat it too." Ye Jingjing found that Shu Yan didn't take the dish from the proprietress very much.
She couldn't complain that her daughter was caring and caring, Shu Yan smiled and gave her chopsticks meat, "Mom likes to eat sweet dishes, you and your brother eat these." She also took a chopstick to Ye Tianbao, who was staring at him, "You can eat it too. , grow up quickly, and then you can protect your mother and sister."
"Protecting mother and sister?" He had never heard of these words these days. Grandma told him that mother and sister were outsiders, just helping him with work, and they all listened to him.
"Yes, mother and elder sister are girls, shouldn't Tianbao protect mother and elder sister as a man?" The child is still young, so he can learn whatever the adults teach him.
Ye Tianbao looked at Shu Yan with bright eyes, "A man? A man like a father?"
Shu Yan had a meal. In the child's heart, of course, his father was the most powerful. He was still too young, so Shu Yan was not stupid enough to reason with him.
"Yes, a man like Daddy."
Ye Tianbao happily ate another half bowl of rice. Since following Shu Yan, Shu Yan has not fed him any more. Now he eats well with a small spoon.
Therefore, if a child does not eat, he has to follow it, he is used to it, and he will know to eat after a few hungry meals.
After the bill was settled, the proprietress was very nice, and even gave Shu Yan some dishes she made by herself.
"I'm very grateful for giving me so many dishes." Shu Yan declined.
"It's rare to meet fellows, it's all fate, just take care of my business more in the future."
"Thank you, eldest sister." While chatting, Shu Yan already knew that the proprietress was 36 years old this year, 11 years older than her, but she lived a happy life and looked much younger than Shu Yan.
There is an advantage of the hotel I live in now. There is a communal kitchen in the backyard. I prepare the tableware and ingredients by myself. If I want to use it, it costs 50 cents a day. Shu Yan plans to buy some things and tableware to cook by herself.
There is a department store nearby, and it has everything in it. Originally, she wanted to settle in Nancheng, so she could buy everything, but with two children, it was as light as possible, so she chose three bowls, three pairs of chopsticks, two spoons, and one for soup. The big bowl, a dishcloth, and two more dishes are all done.
Ye Jingjing was very sensible and helped Shu Yan to carry some light things. Ye Tianbao saw it and also helped to carry some things. Shu Yan did not stop his enthusiasm, and even complimented the two of them.
Children can't be stopped when they want to help. This is what she saw from experts. She said that parents will develop children's inertia and dependence. Shu Yan thinks it makes sense.
Ye Jingjing took Ye Tianbao to play in the room, Shu Yan went to the kitchen to wash the dishes and iron them again, thinking about the future.
First of all, you have to find a house to live in. If you can buy it, it is the best. If you can't buy it, rent it first.
Then there is the problem of Ye Jingjing's school. Now that the registration period has passed, the school has started classes. If you want to enter the school, you have to find a relationship. If you can't, you can only go to a private school. And Ye Tianbao, who has to go to kindergarten, choose a kindergarten. Trouble, this pile of things is not small.
For the time being, arrange the two children first, and then consider the future things slowly.
Woke up the next day, Shu Yan went out to buy breakfast and came back to eat.
"Mom will go out to look for a house. You and your brother are playing in the room. No one knocks on the door except your mother. Don't go out, you know?" This daughter is really sensible, and it is good that she has such a sensible daughter Yes, otherwise Shu Yan might be even more tired than she is now.
There are not many facilities in the hotel. The only electrical appliance is a fan. The fan is deliberately set up a little higher so that the two children will not accidentally touch it. When she woke up in the morning, she deliberately opened the lid of the kettle to let it cool. If they wanted to drink, they could just pour it out and drink it, and it wouldn't get scalded when they touched it. After turning it around again, she found that there was no danger, so she went out.
Instead of blindly looking for a house, she knew that there was an old community nearby. It used to be a staff dormitory. After the factory moved out, it was bought by the school as a welfare room and distributed to teachers.
I went directly to the uncle who was the gatekeeper and explained his purpose. Unfortunately, the uncle told Shu Yan that the houses here were rarely rented, and some were rented out immediately.
But she didn't consider it carefully enough. It's 1992, not 19. Teachers' salaries are still very low. Many single teachers can't even get a house, so they can only live in group dormitories, and the house in Nancheng has always been very tight. , how could it be rented by Shu Yan.
"Uncle, do you know where you can rent a house nearby?" Shu Yan was not hit, and then asked the uncle.
"It's hard to find a house near here." The uncle shook his head.
The economy is much better now. Many students have made money from business at home, and they just want to give their children something better. The living expenses of students are higher, and more people live outside.
Shu Yan was a little disappointed. She originally thought that she was familiar with this place, and that there were many teachers. Then, she imagined a way to find a relationship and let Ye Jingjing go to the nearby Chengxi Primary School. If she entered the primary school there, then the junior high school and high school would not have to worry too much. , and during the college entrance examination, Nancheng University will also give priority to students from Nancheng High School.
"Why don't you go to Xiaonanmen to see? There are a lot of rented houses there." Seeing Shu Yan like this, the uncle couldn't help suggesting.
Shu Yan's eyes lit up. Of course, Xiaonanmen knew that the most prosperous commercial center in the future, but now there are all old houses there, right? And they are all big yards. Five or six people live in a house of 20 to 30 square meters, and one bathroom is shared on the first floor. The environment is needless to say.
Shu Yan could endure everything else, but she really couldn't accept the bathroom.
"Master, do you know where there is a building nearby?"
"There are also buildings! Walking one kilometer to the north, a big boss built a community, but the place is only for sale, not rent. The house is really stylish and the environment is good. The only disadvantage is that it is expensive. You can go there and buy one. It's definitely comfortable to live in." The doorman felt that Shu Yan was in a big breath, and deliberately shivered her.
"Over there?" In her own world, there would be taken over by the school and a branch would be built, so she thought it was still a wasteland, and she didn't even want to look there, and she didn't expect it to be bought by someone Real estate developed.
Still that sentence, similarities are not the same world, and they can be used for reference but cannot be compared. Shu Yan warned herself again, thanked the uncle, and immediately set off for Xiaonanmen.
After walking for more than a mile, Shu Yan saw a towering building with a residential area behind it. The greenery was very good. At least it looked very comfortable from the outside. .
In fact, it is not difficult to understand. At this time, units will be divided into houses. Many people stick to their jobs with divided houses, and even think that people who buy houses are fools.
Another is because the housing prices at this time are too high, just like the neighborhood that Shu Yan is looking at now, the asking price is 1,500 yuan per square meter, which may sound like a small amount, but don’t forget that it is 1992, and the average per capita in Nancheng is 300 or 400 yuan. One month, the annual salary is more than 3,000 yuan, and I can only buy two square meters without eating or drinking. In fact, it is not much different from the future.