Chapter 126: decided to move
As the dishes they ordered came out one after another, Jiang Lingxu and Xu Lei felt somewhat like hungry wolves pounced on their food.
Just waiting for Jiang Lingxi and Shen Yunqing to move their chopsticks, they silently slowed down their eating speed.
Otherwise, there will always be the illusion that one is reincarnated as a starving ghost.
It took nearly two hours to finish the last meal. Xu Lei finished the last bowl of rice before putting down his chopsticks.
Looking at the clean plates on the table, he nodded with satisfaction.
One of the themes of his life: Even if it lasts to death, it cannot be wasted!
After coming out of the restaurant, Xu Lingan said goodbye.
Jiang Lingxi watched her and Xu Lei get into a taxi. After getting back in the car, she looked at the road to a nearby community and asked, "Would you like to find another place to live?"
A flash of emotion flashed across Jiang Wenhui's face. She moved her mouth and was about to speak when Jiang Runcheng took a step ahead of her.
“What would I change? It’s a good life here.”
“But now Xiaoxu is back…”
The neighbors in the old community where they live now are mostly retired elderly people. Young people prefer new communities and apartments with convenient facilities and transportation.
In fact, living in the old community is not bad. Although it is a bit dilapidated, the pace of life is slow and comfortable. However, there is one thing that worries her the most.
Some old people have nothing to do after they retire, so they like to get together and chatter about their parents’ problems.
The accident three years ago was originally confined to their unit building. Later, a few retired old ladies around them nagged almost the entire community to know that their family had a child who was in a juvenile detention center.
Now that Xiaoxu has come out of the juvenile detention center, if he is seen by those old ladies, there will be another conversation.
She was used to hearing it, but she was afraid that her children would not be able to bear it.
The daughter suddenly asked them this, probably taking this into consideration.
People's words are scary, and the sword in words sometimes hurts more than a real knife stabbing someone in the body.
“Mom,” Jiang Lingxu said suddenly, “don’t worry, I’m fine.”
To be precise, he was mentally prepared.
The people around him pointed at him and discussed that he had stabbed someone and was sent to a juvenile detention center. These were inevitable whenever he went out. As long as he tried hard to pretend that he didn't hear them, or didn't take it easy if he heard them.
This time it was Jiang Runcheng who changed his tune because he thought it would be troublesome to move.
Looking at his son who has lost his impetuousness and become more determined, and even has a faint shadow of his youth, Jiang Runcheng said solemnly: "Forget it, let's move. Anyway, I have enough living in this community now, and there are always power outages." Damn it, if you want to move this time, just move to a better neighborhood.”
Seeing Jiang Wenhui was about to speak, he took out his mobile phone and handed it over, "I had a drink with Lao Liu before, and he took me to invest in a small project. Although the dividends are not much, it should be enough to rent a better house." As he said, he added He turned to look at his son-in-law sitting in the row behind him, "Yun Qing, I have been too depressed in the past few years and I am not familiar with the current situation of renting a house. Your aunt and brother have no way to find a house. I am thinking about finding a house. I have to trouble you."
"Uncle, you're welcome," Shen Yunqing nodded and responded, "I'll take care of this. You can pack your luggage tonight, or I'll ask someone to come over and help tomorrow."
After Jiang Lingxi silently withdrew the message she had just sent to Tong Yue asking her to help find a house, she raised her head and glanced to the side.
Has this person completely integrated himself into the role of the Jiang family’s son-in-law?
Jiang Wenhui also breathed a sigh of relief after seeing the bank card balance displayed on her husband's mobile phone.
He nodded repeatedly and said: "Oh, okay, okay, there's no need to be in such a hurry. There's no need to ask for help. We don't have much, we can do it ourselves."
The commercial vehicle was parked under the old unit building, attracting the attention of many surrounding residents.
Jiang Wenhui originally planned to keep a low profile as a family, but she was stopped before she even entered the apartment building.
“Wenhui, is this a relative coming to your family? Oops, why does this young man look familiar? Is this Xiaoxu? Has Xiaoxu been released from the juvenile detention center?”
Jiang Wenhui wanted to rush up and block the person's mouth. Is it so loud that everyone will look this way if they hear it?
Jiang Lingxu still remembers the fat aunt walking over in front of him, "It's me, Aunt Xu."
"Xiao Xu is more polite than before. It seems that the juvenile detention center is better at educating people."
Just when the veins on Jiang Wenhui's forehead were about to pop out, Jiang Lingxi and Shen Yunqing got out of the car one after another.
“Why haven’t you gone in yet?”
Aunt Xu turned her head and looked over when she heard the sound, and then couldn't help but open her mouth.
When Jiang Lingxi looked over at her, she was even more timid before she even said a word.
“This, this is...”
"My daughter-in-law and son-in-law," Jiang Wenhui straightened her back and replied, "We have been busy for a long time and have to go back to the house to rest. Let's talk back, Sister Xu."
Aunt Xu had no choice but to suppress her desire to speak and nodded stiffly, "Okay, okay."
Entering the somewhat dim corridor, Jiang Lingxi turned on the camera on her mobile phone and said casually while climbing the stairs: "Be careful where you step."
Shen Yunqing, who was walking behind her, smiled and replied "Yeah".
Jiang Lingxi pursed her lips: It was because the corridor was too dark, and she was not afraid that Master Shen would accidentally fall over!
Jiang Wenhui opened the door and turned on the light in the living room, "Xiao Xu, come in quickly."
Jiang Lingxu stood at the door, looking at the familiar yet unfamiliar small living room in front of him, and paused.
It was in this living room back then that the debtor came in and smashed the money arbitrarily when he heard that he had no money.
There was chaos after that, with screams and the sound of things breaking. It was like there were countless bees flying in his mind. It was not until the handcuffs were put on his wrists that he felt that his normal hearing was restored.
Since then, I have been taken out of this room. Three years have passed and I have not returned until now.
The living room seems to have been specially tidied up. Although it is small, it is also clean, and there is a faint scent of air freshener. But somehow he couldn't move.
Until there was an extra hand on the shoulder, and then he was pushed, "Why are you blocking the door? Your sister and I are still behind."
Jiang Lingxu stumbled into the room, shrank his neck and stood up straight.
Just then I realized what I was afraid of, that I was afraid of falling into the nightmare I had before.
Until he was pushed by the hand from his sister, it was like he had stepped over a hurdle in a trance.
The nightmare is over!
The small three-person sofa in the living room was not enough to sit on, so Jiang Lingxu dragged two more chairs from the small restaurant nearby.
After they were able to sit down, they started talking about the moving away from here that they had mentioned before in the car.
Shen Yunqing took a sip of the mineral water Jiang Lingxi handed her, screwed the bottle cap and held it in her hand, "Do uncle, aunt, and Xiao Xu have any areas of interest?"
"Nancheng District." It was Jiang Lingxi who answered him, "I heard from my assistant that Nancheng No. 3 Middle School in Nancheng District is very good. If Xiaoxu goes back to school, he can try to enter this school."
Jiang Lingxu met his sister's majestic gaze and moved but did not dare to speak: He hadn't even thought of it so far, so he had chosen all the schools for him!
“By the way, An An is also in that school.”
Jiang Lingxu: It’s not impossible to give it a try. What if you succeed!