Rebirth 1983: Starting From Taking Back the Family Property Chapter 42

Chapter 42 Returning to the ancient capital again

When leaving the train station, Lu Jiaxin stood at the exit and looked around.

Seeing that she was not leaving, Xue Mao asked, "Sister, what's wrong?"

“Nothing, Xue Mao, let's rent a house first.”

Zhao Dajun and Gu Wenfeng were stunned for a moment. Aren't they here to catch the traffickers? According to what Lu Jiaxin said, that person is probably from Feng County. Why is he still living in the ancient capital?

Gu Wenfeng asked directly: "Miss Lu, when will we go to Feng County?"

"Don't worry, let Xue Mao settle down first."

The two of them were full of questions, but seeing that Lu Jiaxin didn't want to say more, they didn't continue to ask.

Xue Mao grew up here and is most familiar with it: "Sister Xin, we need to rent a house and ask Uncle Feng for help. He knows many people and should be able to help us rent a house quickly."

This Uncle Feng was Xue's father's childhood friend. With his help, Xue Mao had a wooden shack to live in. He always kept these in mind.

Lu Jiaxin hummed and said, "If Uncle Feng doesn't have any housing, let's stay in a guest house first."

As soon as Uncle Feng saw Xue Mao, he was so happy that he slapped him on the shoulder. The pain made Xue Mao grit his teeth: "I haven't seen you for half a month. You have grown a lot. It seems that your life has been better during this time." Not bad!”

Xue Mao grinned and said, "With Sister Xin, I eat chicken, duck and fish every day, and occasionally go out to restaurants. It's hard not to grow taller."

 After speaking, Xue Mao introduced Gu Wenfeng and the others: "Uncle Feng, these are Brother Zhao and Brother Gu."

Lu Jiaxin had not been to the Feng family when she was in the ancient capital, but Uncle Feng heard that they had set up a food stall and made a special detour to patronize the business. She felt that Uncle Feng's intentions were rare.

After Uncle Feng greeted Gu Wenfeng, he asked with a puzzled look on his face: "Daughter, why did you bring Xue Mao back again?"

Xue Mao came to see him before going to Sijiu City. He was worried and said he wanted to accompany two people there, but Lu Jiaxin refused. After the two people left, he kept worrying, fearing that he would encounter bad guys on the road. Fortunately, he received a safe telegram from Xue Mao a few days later.

Lu Jiaxin brought up the previous excuse: "After I recovered my memory, I went to the police station to report the case, but there was no news. The trafficker could not be caught, and I couldn't sleep well."

Uncle Feng had the same idea as everyone else. Human traffickers are so cunning, how can they be caught.

Xue Mao knew that Lu Jiaxin's decision would not change. He said, "Uncle Feng, we want to live in the ancient capital for a while and want to rent a house."

 “Approximately how long will it take?”

Lu Jiaxin said: "In about a month, I will be clean and able to cook by myself."

Uncle Feng laughed when he heard this and said: "I have an old man whose son works out of town. Not long ago, his daughter-in-law fell ill, and the old couple were going to take care of him. He has three rooms in his house. Let me ask you. Do you want to see if they rent it? But the lease period is too short, so the rent will be higher."

“It's fine if the rent is more, but it must be clean and tidy and able to cook.”

Uncle Feng made a promise, saying that his old man's wife was very tidy and kept the house in good order.

Uncle Feng took them there directly, and the other party agreed to rent it for one month after hearing that they were renting it. Nowadays, every family is not rich, so it would be good to rent out the house to earn some rent to supplement the family income. Of course, it was mainly the people brought by Uncle Feng. The other party has known Uncle Feng for decades and would not introduce anyone he knew was unreliable.

Lu Jiaxin was quite satisfied when she saw that the house was indeed clean, and asked how much it would cost.

The price quoted by the other party is quite high, a room costs fifteen yuan, but only two rooms are rented, and the room where they sleep is not rented.

Lu Jiaxin thinks the price is a bit high, but it is cheaper than staying in a guest house, and the location is good and convenient for travel. She said: "Uncle, we have to cook by ourselves, and we will use your firewood, water and electricity. I will give you an extra three to five yuan, do you think it will work?" After eating, she didn't want to waste other people's water, electricity and firewood.

The other party readily agreed, and after collecting the money, the couple took a car to their son's house.

 After not taking a shower for three days and three nights, Lu Jiaxin felt like she was going to stink. After renting the house, the first thing she did was wash her hair and take a shower.

Xue Mao put down her luggage and boiled medicine for her, and asked Zhao Dajun and Gu Wenfeng to buy rice, noodles, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and other things.

By the time Lu Jiaxin finished washing and hanging up the clothes, the medicine was just warm enough to drink.

 For dinner, Xue Mao made fried noodles, which is a local specialty. Lu Jiaxin had eaten in a small restaurant before. It was very authentic and she wanted to eat it again. The one made by Xue Mao didn't have enough seasoning and tasted worse than the ones outside.

Xue Maofian looked worried when he saw that Gu Wenfeng and Zhao Dajun had made two large bowls each and it was not enough. This is too delicious. If you don't make money, you will be destitute by them.

 After dinner, Xue Mao asked her about her next plan.

Lu Jiaxin said calmly: "Don't worry, we'll talk tomorrow. I haven't studied English in the past few days, so I'm going to study."

Xue Mao didn't want to disturb his study and went back to the kitchen to wash up.

Early on the next morning, Zhao Dajun and Gu Wenfeng were boxing in the yard, and suddenly the sound of Lu Jiaxin reading came from the room. But Zhao Dajun couldn't understand a word of what she read.

Hearing that Gu Wenfeng spoke in English, Zhao Dajun frowned and said, "Brother Feng, why do you think we should learn from capitalists?"

Gu Wenfeng said: "You, don't rest on your laurels. You will have to learn new skills when you get to a new position in the future."

 Zhao Dajun said nothing.

After Lu Jiaxinchen finished reading it, Gu Wenfeng asked him when he would go to Feng County. His mission was to accompany Lu Jiaxin back to her hometown to find the trafficker, but now it seemed that she was not in a hurry at all.

Lu Jiaxin smiled and said: "Xue Mao's biggest dream in his life is to own a house of his own. I plan to buy him a house first and then return to Feng County."

 Gu Wenfeng's brows furrowed into the character "Chuan".

Zhao Dajun said very rudely: "Miss Lu, we are here to accompany you to find human traffickers, not to buy a house in the ancient capital. Brother Feng and I have many things to do. I hope you can cooperate."

 Lu Jiaxin asked: "Brother Gu, do you have a time limit?"

Gu Wenfeng said: "I will go home to visit my mother in two months. I haven't been back for five years. I don't know when I can go back if I have to delay my next visit."

Lu Jiaxin also wanted him to accompany her to Pengcheng, but she felt that two months was not enough. However, I want to go back to visit my old mother. This is a filial piety and cannot be delayed: "It's okay. If I haven't finished my work by then, you can just go back."

Gu Wenfeng said seriously: "Miss Lu, I hope you can tell me the truth so that we can help you."

Lu Jiaxin felt that he was too sharp and said with a straight face: "What can I tell you truthfully? It sounds like I am lying to you. If you don't want to stay, you can leave now. I won't force you."

Seeing that she was so tight-lipped, Gu Wenfeng did not continue to ask.

 (End of this chapter)

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