Xia Wenyue and her daughter were puzzled. Xia Wenyue asked, "Where did the house come from?"
Xia Mian smiled and said, "Do you remember the day we first came here, I said I wanted to buy the yard across the street?"
Mao Huimei said, "Isn't that just because I was angry about Zhou Qianqian's words? Xia Mian, are you really going to buy it?"
"Of course." Xia Mian said with a smile, "If I don't buy it, Dr. Ning won't agree."
They all knew that Zhou Qianqian and the Huo family had teamed up to bully Ning Shaoyun, so it was only natural for Ning Shaobai to stand up for Ning Shaoyun.
Xia Mian recounted the events that happened at the Huo family that day, emphasizing how old lady Huo insulted them and bullied Ning Shaoyun, and then Ning Shaobai showed up to rescue them.
Hearing that they were being ignored, Xia Wenyue frowned, "This old lady is so confused, she's even worse than Huizhu and the others' grandmother, who at least pretends to be a decent person in front of others."
When Xia Wenyue heard that Mrs. Huo had given a check for two hundred thousand yuan with a distressed look on her face, she slapped her thigh and laughed, "Oh, it should be taken back. Second Aunt only heard about it, but she never saw the check! It's the most practical thing."
Huilan also laughed, "We should take it back and make her feel bad."
"Take it back," Xia Mian said with a smile, "Doctor Ning just returned the check and said he wanted to buy the yard across the street."
Xia Wenyue was shocked. "What about the yard for 200,000? 100,000 should be enough to buy a house, right?"
Xia Mian smiled and said, "In fact, the market price is only about 60,000 or 70,000. Is it possible that I can really get that check?"
Xia Wenyue stopped joking and said, "You can't take the check, and we can't take the yard either!"
"Although the old lady is unreasonable, that is her own nature. Our family will not do those things that blackmail others."
Xia Wenyue said seriously, "Second Aunt doesn't understand the truth and hasn't seen much of the world, but she knows that being a down-to-earth person is definitely not wrong."
"It seems like you've taken advantage, but it's not a good thing. It's your own character that's bad. Once a person takes a wrong path, it's hard to get back on track once you get used to it." Xia Wenyue said, "Listen to Second Aunt, we can't have that yard. If we want to buy it, we can slowly look for it or rent a house first!"
"Don't worry," Xia Mian held Xia Wenyue's hand and assured her, "Ning Shaobai did that to irritate the old lady at the time. Otherwise, he could have just taken the check and left. Why bother with all this?"
"That hospital didn't want her for nothing. I have already prepared the money. Doctor Ning said that we can ask Brother Rong Xin to be a witness when the time comes."
"The only thing that made it a bargain for us is that this yard has a very good location and surrounding environment. It saves us from looking for one everywhere."
Xia Wenyue asked, "Isn't it the Huo family's ancestral home? Can you really sell it to us?"
Xia Mian said, "There are many houses there, right? All of them have moved into villas. They are sure no one would want to come back and live in this shabby bungalow."
Xia Mian lied with his eyes open, "Besides, Mr. Huo saw that the old lady was rude to us, and he was just trying to make up for it. We don't want anything, just buy a house, what else?"
Xia Wenyue was convinced. In their opinion, if they could live in an apartment building, they would definitely not live in a bungalow like this. Only Ning Shaoyun's house was well decorated and convenient to live in.
There is a large courtyard in this alley, with a similar layout, except that the water pipes and toilets are in the yard. In fact, it is almost the same as my hometown. I have to put on clothes to go to the toilet at night. It is indeed not as comfortable as living in a building.
Xia Wenyue was concerned about another matter, "Do you have enough money?"
Xia Mian smiled and said, "That's enough. My mother left me something. Just sell it."
Xia Wenyue didn't ask more questions after hearing this. Perhaps because she had experienced so much, she had a good sense of propriety in handling the ways of the world.
Buying property is always a wrong thing no matter where you are. If Xia Wenyue had money, the first thing he would do would be to buy property.
Knowing that Xia Mian would soon have her own yard, the Mao sisters were very happy. No matter what, Xia Mian was a relative, and the natural blood relationship made them closer, and they would feel more comfortable living together.
"I wonder what the yard across the street looks like?" Mao Huilan wondered.
"It's said to be a two-story building," Xia Mian said, "It should be similar to the one we live in now. You can first think about which room you will live in after you move in and how to arrange it."
Xia Mian left Xiao Feng and Mao Huizhu to play, and she went next door to find Ning Shaobai to ask about the transfer of the courtyard house. Ning Shaobai has been very busy recently and has rarely been seen.
She just saw him coming back.
Xia Mian walked to the next door and knocked. A middle-aged man with a limp and a scar on his face opened the door. "Xia Mian, are you looking for Shao Bai?"
"Yes, Uncle Li."
Ning Shaobai has a couple who take care of the yard. The husband is Uncle Li, who is not talkative. He used to be a soldier but was discharged due to injury. He is usually responsible for some chores in the yard, while his wife Aunt Cui is responsible for housework and cooking.
Hearing Uncle Li say that Ning Shaobai was not there, Xia Mian walked inside. When passing by the hanging flower gate, he saw a wooden frame next to the door.
Uncle Li saw her stop and said, "The forecast said it might rain recently, so I checked the roof."
Xia Mian's eyes rolled, a sly smile appeared on his face, he made a prohibiting gesture towards Uncle Li, and then ran towards □□ excitedly.
"Hey!" Uncle Li was about to stop him when he felt someone patted his shoulder. He turned around and saw Ning Shaobai standing behind him quietly, also making a prohibitory gesture.
Then he crossed his arms and looked at Xia Mian with a look of anticipation.
Uncle Li shook his head helplessly. He found that he, the master of the house, also acted like a child when he met the little girl next door.
Over there, Xia Mian had already climbed up the wall, lowered his voice, and began to scream in a low tone, "Ning Shaobai~ Shaobai~~ Xiaobaibai~ I'm so miserable~"
In the dim night, I felt quite scared.
Xia Mian shouted while widening her eyes, afraid of missing the panicked expression on Ning Shaobai's face when he ran out.
Then she felt something poking her calf. She was stunned for a moment, thinking that she was bitten by a big mosquito. She looked around and raised her other leg to rub it.
Then came a slippery touch that moved along her calves, causing Xia Mian's scalp to feel numb.
Just as I was about to lower my head, I heard someone screaming in panic, "Wow, snake!"
"Where?! Ah!!" Xia Mian was so frightened that he shuddered and shook his legs quickly, and then he felt the wooden ladder beam under his feet collapse.
"Hey! Be careful!" Ning Shaobai's face changed, and he quickly threw away the stick in his hand and opened his arms, "Hibernation!"
Xia Mian wanted to be careful, but the beam under his feet seemed to be rotten inside. Before Ning Shaobai finished speaking, the wood "cracked" and broke completely.
Xia Mian's whole body was dodged and he fell backwards.
Ruined!
Xia Mian fell on his back and had no way to adjust his posture, so he had to hold his head to protect his vital parts.
I was prepared to get hurt from the fall, but my body suddenly stopped, and I felt someone holding up my shoulders and knees, then I stumbled a few steps before stopping.
Ning Shaobai's chest was suffocated by the force of her fall. He took a few steps back and leaned against the wall to stop his momentum.
He lowered his head to look at Xia Mian for a few times, and only breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that nothing serious was wrong.
This girl scared him.
Xia Mian opened her eyes, and Ning Shaobai threw her hands in anger, "What are you doing? Did the little fairy fall to earth?"
He rubbed her head hard, feeling unsatisfied, and said, "When you come down and pass through the atmosphere, do you want to wear a helmet to protect your hair?"
Xia Mian just stood firm when she heard his taunting. She was so angry that she pushed his hand away, bent down to pick up the hat and put it on. "It's you. Why are you teasing me?"
Ning Shaobai rolled his eyes and looked at her with his arms folded. "This is really like the officials are allowed to set fires but the people are not allowed to light lamps. Who was teasing whom first?"
Of course, she was the one who wanted to scare him first. Xia Mian felt guilty and gave a fake smile, "Since I was the one who made the mistake first, I will forgive you."
Ning Shaobai was so angry that he laughed. He tapped her hat brim and said, "You might as well just call me Chang Youli."
Xia Mian chuckled and quickly changed the subject, "I came to you to talk about something serious."
Ning Shao glanced at her with a look that said, "How can you still be serious?", "What?"
"What's going on in the yard across the street." Xia Mian said with a grin, "Tomorrow is the seventh day, and there's still no news from Old Madam Huo, so there won't be any unexpected events."
"The seventh day?" Ning Shaobai asked. He had been busy these days and almost forgot about it.
"The old lady doesn't want to shirk her debt, does she?" Xia Mian said. "That old lady doesn't look like a decent person, and the purpose of driving Sister Ning away has been achieved, so I'm afraid she wants to shirk her debt."
Ning Shaobai said, "Don't worry, she can't deny it. You don't have to go out tomorrow, just wait at home."
The old lady really wanted to cheat as Xia Mian guessed. Anyway, Huo Xuewen had already signed the divorce agreement, and Chenchen was not considered the grandson of their Huo family, so why should the yard be given to Xia Mian.
But as Ning Shaobai said, she didn't dare to deny it.
Ning Shaobai’s words that day were still fresh in her mind. She was not sure whether he knew something and wanted to hope for luck.
But looking at the empty and deserted house of the Huo family, she was afraid of bearing the consequences.
The old lady stroked the few property certificates in her hands. These were the only things she had left now. These were the things that the old man allowed her to keep because she was the eldest grandson of the Huo family.
She originally thought that as long as she held on to these, she could secure her position as Madam Huo, but now she realized that villas, companies, shares, and antique jewelry at home were all more valuable than these.
Now, even the housekeeper's rights have been completely lost.
Huo Pengyi came back that day and was furious. He dismissed all the relatives and friends she had invited, leaving none of them behind.
Instead, she invited back the old people in the house whom she had dismissed before.
He gave clear orders to the housekeeper. She, the old lady of the Huo family, no longer had the right to appoint or dismiss the servants in the house. If anything was done inappropriately, she could even stop it directly.
She was no longer the old lady of the Huo family. Now she was more like a prisoner under house arrest.
Huo Xuewen, who always helped her, didn't say a word and didn't go home the next day.
But she actually won, the old lady thought. Thinking that Huo Pengyi personally forced Huo Xuewen to sign the divorce agreement, the old lady felt that she would turn things around sooner or later.
Although the North City project that was taken back some time ago has not been returned, it doesn’t matter. The project can always be found again, but divorce is not easy.
After Huo Xuewen and Ning Shaoyun divorced, she would slowly change Huo Xuewen's impression of Qianqian.
Qianqian is so beautiful and capable, she will definitely be able to seduce Huo Xuewen, and then when they get married, Qianqian will give her a real grandson of the Huo family, and her hard days will be over.
As long as it's there, the secret won't be exposed...
The old lady was hesitant. She really couldn't bear to leave the yard...
The phone started ringing.
"Have you forgotten the agreement on transferring the house?" The pleasant voice made the old lady's already cold body even colder.
The old lady asked, "What do you know?"
The person on the other end of the phone chuckled, "The reason you were able to successfully follow Huo Pengyi back to Yan City was because you gave birth to a son, so that the Huo family would have someone to carry on the family, right?"
"Tsk tsk, for your own future, you can even give up your own daughter. Your courage is really admirable."
The old lady trembled all over. "How did you know? What do you want?"
"I don't want anything," Ning Shaobai said calmly, "Just sell the house to Xia Mian."
The old lady didn't believe it. "It's that simple? What's your conspiracy?"
Ning Shaobai laughed, "What conspiracy? To be honest, if it wasn't for my sister, I wouldn't bother to care about the affairs of the Huo family."
"Besides, weren't you the one who provoked me first?" Ning Shaobai's tone turned cold, "If you dare to provoke me, you must pay the price. Your daughter bumped into me and provoked and insulted me, but I happen to be a person who keeps my word."
The old lady still felt unconvinced. With such a big handle on her, how could Ning Shaobai not ask for more benefits
Some time ago, the old man of the Ning family somehow spread the word that he would hand over the company to his half-brother Ning Shaoyang.
Ning Shaobai is about to be abandoned, how could he not do anything
However, Ning Shaobai didn't want to waste time talking to her, as if he just remembered this incident and wanted to remind her, "Xia Mian will be waiting at home tomorrow. If you don't see him at noon, what you did will be known to Huo Xuewen and Huo Pengyi."
"Oh, by the way," Ning Shaobai said, "I'm providing this information as a courtesy. Huo Pengyi has a family outside. The reason he took back the North City project was not to force Huo Xuewen to sign a divorce agreement, but to take the opportunity to give the project to his biological son. His biological son is only about four years younger than Huo Xuewen."
The old lady's eyes suddenly widened and she shouted, "You are talking nonsense, it's impossible, the old man is not that kind of person! I gave him a wife, and he also promised the old man that he would never marry again!"
"Well, believe it or not. If you dare to bet, I don't care."
The old lady didn't dare to gamble, so the next day, Zhou Qianqian appeared in front of Xia Mian.
At that time, Ning Shaoyun and Xia Mian had just sent a little kid to kindergarten and ran into Zhou Qianqian at the door. She was probably afraid that Ning Shaoyun would call Huo Xuewen again, so the first thing she said was to explain her purpose, "I'm here to transfer the ownership of the yard."
Ning Shaoyun ignored her and went straight home.
Xia Mian stayed, "Are you the old lady's client or the owner of the yard?"
Zhou Qianqian felt depressed, "This is my yard." Even if this yard is shabby, it can still be worth 50,000 or 60,000 yuan.
How could she not feel distressed
If the old lady hadn't told her yesterday that Huo Xuewen had already signed the divorce agreement and asked her not to make trouble and be more generous at this critical juncture, she would not have come.
Xia Mian was really shocked, she just thought that the old lady wanted Zhou Qianqian to stay temporarily, but she didn't expect that she had actually given it to her.
This is simply the treatment of a daughter.
However, Xia Mian was only surprised. After all, the Huo family's affairs had nothing to do with her. She only needed to ensure a smooth transfer.
Fortunately, Zhou Qianqian had just been severely punished by the Huo family's father and son, so she didn't dare to act like a troublemaker at this moment.
"Please wait a moment."
Xia Mian called Rong Xin directly. Ning Shaobai had already made arrangements. Rong Xin answered the phone and said, "Wait for me for about half an hour."
Hearing that Xia Mian had asked Rong Xin to be a witness, Zhou Qianqian couldn't help but sneer, "You feel guilty, are you worried that I will take the house back in the future?"
Xia Mian looked at her and nodded, "Well, after all, you are such a simple person, there is nothing you can't do."
"Open the door. Since this is our house today, let's go in and take a look. Otherwise, it would be pointless to just wait here." Xia Mian gave a fake smile, "Or would you like to go to Sister Ning's house and have a seat?"
Zhou Qianqian naturally didn't want to do that.
It just so happened that Xia Wenyue was still setting up her stall, and Mao Huimei and Mao Huilan were also there. When they heard that the yard that Xia Mian wanted to buy had opened, they immediately ran over excitedly to take a look.
The layout here is indeed similar to Ning Shaoyun's, both facing north and south, so this door is actually a back door. Zhou Qianqian opened it on purpose to show off to Ning Shaoyun.
However, after Xia Mian moves in, this back door will definitely be used frequently.
Entering from the back door, you will directly reach the main courtyard.
The main house is 1.5 meters high, with two side rooms on the left and right. The back door is next to the side room on the left.
Then there are the east and west wing rooms.
Because this was the house her family was going to buy, Xia Wenyue looked at it very carefully. "The main room in the middle of the main house is for entertaining guests, and the east and west rooms will be used as bedrooms by Xia Mian and Xiao Feng in the future."
Xia Mian smiled and said, "Xiao Feng will live with me for another year. You and your uncle can live in the west room."
Xia Wenyue refused. Her hometown had strict Feng Shui. If there were elders in the family, it would bring prosperity to the family if they lived in the main house. Especially if they moved into a new courtyard, it would bring good fortune if they had the elders to support them.
"Sister Huimei, Huilan and Huizhu can live in the east wing, and the west wing will be used as a kitchen and bathroom."
Mao Huilan had already passed through the hanging flower gate to look at the main gate, and came back and said, "There are seven or eight houses over there, which can be used as warehouses. There are so many houses."
Mao Huimei also came back after looking at the wing rooms. "It seems that there is only the water pipe at the door of the west wing room, and the toilet is also outside. Can we make a bathroom like Sister Ning's house and connect the water pipe into the house?"
Xia Wenyue didn't quite understand. "It's indeed convenient to build like the Ning family does. It's like living in a building, but it's brighter and more comfortable than a building."
Zhou Qianqian couldn't help but say after hearing their innocent words, "You guys should just be happy that you got this yard for free, but you want to make it so nice, re-laying the plumbing and wiring, it would cost more than two hundred thousand to renovate it."
Mao Huilan looked at Xia Mian in surprise, "Sister Mian, it's so expensive?"
"It's expensive, but it's comfortable." Xia Mian said with a smile, "We'll decorate it like that when we have money."
Zhou Qianqian said disdainfully, "Then you'll probably have to wait until your next life."
Xia Mian rolled her eyes. "How come you only care about food and not your clothes? If I can really afford to renovate the house, will you be responsible for insulting me?"
Zhou Qianqian thought that Xia Mian had the Ning family's help, so she didn't dare to say anything.
The sound of a car engine came from behind the door, and a Mercedes-Benz stopped at the back door.
It was Rong Xin who arrived. He got out of the cab and handed a file bag to Xia Mian, "Can you take a look at it?"
Xia Mian opened it and found a house purchase and sale contract in it, in duplicate, with the only missing part being the amount.
Xia Mian handed the contract to Zhou Qianqian, "Take a look at it, then make an offer, and then you can say we bullied you."
Zhou Qianqian was a little surprised, "You give money?"
Xia Mian rolled her eyes, "Do you think I'm you, someone who can justifiably take over someone else's yard?"
Zhou Qianqian was furious. "You talk as if you are so noble. Do you have so much money? Don't you still have to rely on the Ning family?"
Xia Mian was impatient to argue with her, "I have money and you don't need to worry about it. Hurry up and name your price."
"One hundred thousand." Zhou Qianqian said casually.
Xia Mian sneered, "I just said that I want to be moral and civilized. When did you say I was a sucker? Are you sincere? If not, I won't buy it."
Zhou Qianqian: …
She actually started talking about buying and selling. If you didn't know, you would have thought she was begging Xia Mian to buy it.