Song Ze's home, some distance from the city center, already belongs to the urban-rural junction.

"It's my grandparents' house in front, your car can be parked here, and it's not easy to drive if you go there, and there are a lot of people. Song Ze said to Song Qian in a slightly empty place.

Song Qian immediately clicked the brakes and stopped the car in front of a low fence on the spot.

Indeed, it seems to be a simple vegetable market in front, and it is almost dinner time, so the flow of people is relatively large.

Song Qian then followed Song Ze on foot.

Although Song Qian has always been dressed relatively low-key and does not have any flashy accessories, he still feels something different when he walks through the simple vegetable market.

Of course, this kind of alternative is not only manifested in himself, look at Song Ze, who is slightly ahead, leading the way with ease, but the dress is also out of place with the surroundings.

The two of them have the feeling of city people visiting relatives and friends in the countryside.

"My grandmother's house is right there. ”

Following the direction of Song Ze's finger, Song Qian saw three well-shaped buildings side by side.

The well-shaped building in front of me should have been built at least before the eighties of the last century, the cold and gray cement façade is full of mottled water stains and weathered spots, and the rusted steel windows are lined with broken glass, like a devouring monster's mouth, hungry waiting for the prey to fall into the mouth.

As the name suggests, the tic-tac-toe building is a square surrounded by buildings on all sides, leaving a space like a deep well in the middle.

This was a load-bearing design in early architecture in order to balance the weight of the entire building, and it was necessary to adopt this design due to the immaturity of technology and materials for the construction of high-rise buildings in that era. However, in this way, the hollow part of the building enclosure is a great waste of space, and at the same time, it also causes the darkroom effect of the inner enclosure unit, and most of the residents living in the inner enclosure will have a "small black room".

Not only that, but the "well" of the building is littered with a lot of waste and garbage, and although some well-wishers clean it up from time to time, this is only a drop in the bucket.

Therefore, the low-rise residents generally rely on the windows of the "well" to seal up, so they simply come to "out of sight".

In terms of building structure, this is a backward technology and unreasonable design and construction. But it can be regarded as a place to live, and for those who are shy and cannot afford to buy a better house, they can only live here temporarily.

The reason why Song Qian knows something about this kind of tic-tac-toe building is because he lived in it when he just graduated from college, and a house of more than 40 square meters only costs 300 yuan a month. But even if it was so cheap, Song Qian still couldn't live for more than two months, after all, money is important, and this life is also important. After living in the "little black house" for more than a month, Song Qian felt that he was about to get moldy.

Looking at the house, Song Qian subconsciously looked Song Ze up and down again.

Loose T-shirt with a big hook on the chest, this is the Nike brand, Song Qian recognizes.

A pair of black sweatpants with thick basketball shoes on their feet, the same big hook, yes, also Nike's. I don't know if it's new, but looking at the posture, it's estimated that it's thousands.

On his wrist, he wore a sports bracelet.

Song Qian remembered that Song Ze said that this sports bracelet was worth more than 2,000 yuan, and it was only a week after buying it.

This kind of dress, it is generally considered that the family conditions are not bad. But now compared to where his grandmother lives, Song Qian feels a little painful in his brain.

However, Song Ze did not have any restraints, and still led Song Qian into his grandmother's house.

On the fifth floor of one of the tic-tac-toe buildings, in the narrow corridor, sat a gray-haired grandmother who was hunched over the vegetables.

As I said before, the convenience of the tic-tac-toe building is that the selected garbage can be poured directly into the well, but the grandmother still carefully packed the selected garbage in a plastic bag, obviously not ready to throw it directly into the well.

And Song Qian also found that compared with the well-shaped building where he lived before, the sanitary conditions here are slightly better, although it is also full of rotten smell, but it does not seem to have the smell of garbage and rottenness.

Perhaps, people here are more self-conscious.

"It's a little bit worse here. Song Ze explained without embarrassment, "But my grandparents are like this, they said that they are used to this side and don't go to live in the community." ”

"Oh. Song Qian responded.

Obviously, this is the rhetoric of the old people, who are not used to the city and high-tech, in fact, they just don't want to burden their children.

At least in terms of living conditions, no one would rather be worse.

Continue to listen to Song Ze's introduction.

"But my grandparents have money, they have a retirement salary of three or four thousand a month, adding up to seven or eight thousand, and I estimate that I have saved at least four or five hundred thousand over the years, and they said that they will use it for my daughter-in-law in the future. ”

Well, Song Qian said that the grandmothers really think so. It's just that the retirement salary of seven or eight thousand is actually not much, even if it is spent on yourself, that is, to live a well-off life in old age.

Thinking so, the two of them had already arrived at the door.

"Grandma!"

Song Ze shouted to the old grandmother who was sitting at the door choosing vegetables, the old woman looked up and saw Song Ze first smiling on her face, and then saw Song Qian behind him, stunned.

"Grandma, this is my friend, dinner at home tonight. Song Ze explained.

"Oh oh!" Song Ze's grandmother hurriedly got up, "The rice is ready, then I'll steam two more steamed buns." ”

Hearing this, Song Qian hurriedly stopped: "No, no, I won't eat here......"

Not to mention eating, in fact, Song Qian didn't think about coming over to ask for money at all, it was Song Ze who had to pull him over.

But as soon as Song Qian's words came out, he was interrupted by Song Ze: "It's okay if you don't eat at home, then I'll invite you out for a big meal, you have helped me so much, why do I have to invite you to dinner!"

After the words fell, Song Ze shouted to his grandmother who had just entered the house: "Grandma, don't steam steamed buns, let's go out to eat, you give me 3,000 yuan." ”

"You just got 5,000 a week ago, and now you're 3,000, and even though you're in college, you still have to save a little bit of money. ”

There was a murmuring in the room. But with the muttering, it was the footsteps of Song Ze's grandmother coming out, and at the same time, she was holding an old red cloth silk in her hand, which she opened in front of Song Ze and Song Qian, and inside was a neatly folded banknote, estimated to be ten thousand pieces.

Song Ze's grandmother continued to count money in front of her grandson and Song Qian.

And Song Ze began to complain: "The stamps I bought for 5,000 last time were investments, and now if you can't use money to make money, this money will become less and less valuable." ”

"Grandma is old, where will there be any investment. The old man smiled and said, "You young people have brains, and grandma is waiting to enjoy your blessings later." ”

Song Qian sighed. Song Ze's grandmother is old enough, she has reached the age where she can enjoy happiness, and she has savings, but with the current accommodation environment and food, it will be difficult to wait until Song Ze in her freshman year earns money to give her flowers.