Waiting is a lonely thing, but it is a blessing to have someone to wait with you.

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"Well, I'm sure you're not going to lie to me. Tan Lin heard Xu Liuli's words, although her eyes were still full of doubts, but her footsteps followed Xu Liuli very sincerely, firmly step by step.

"Let's go, let's rent this beautiful house at a cheap price, you don't have to do anything later, just keep your usual well-behaved and clever appearance." Xu Liuli saw Tan Lin's obedient appearance, took her hand, and walked to the stairs with a happy face.

The wooden staircase, the scent of sandalwood, and the scent of flowers swirl around the house.

Flowers wrap around the railing, occasionally mischievous flowers stand out, and turquoise foliage spreads vigorously to the top of the staircase. But it's a bit ridiculous to think that this is the end.

At the end of the staircase, against the backdrop of the corridor, pots of flowers are delicate and bright, and the strange flowers compete to show their sharp claws, and the owner who disciplines them is now sitting leisurely on the old rocking chair.

"Hello!Grandma, I heard that this place is rented, right?" Xu Liuli carried Tan Lin up the stairs step by step, and saw the familiar old man sitting in the rocking chair in a good mood at this time, and couldn't help but ask out loud.

"Hey, it's not for rent here, where did you get the news?" Chen Yuning looked at the two little girls who came rashly, glared at her cloudy eyes, but there was a voice of displeasure in kindness.

My friend and I are also coming to Landu for the first time, and we want to come here to work and earn some money for tuition during the summer vacation. I didn't know anything about the situation here, and when I asked passers-by for directions, they said that it was for rent, and that it was a good place and that the price was low, and then we came by car. But now that it's not renting out, what can we do? It's getting dark, and the two of us don't know anything about it. Xu Liuli was not very embarrassed when she heard the old man's dislikes, and suddenly muttered with a bitter face.

Tan Lin was really confused now, when did they ask passers-by, didn't she and Liuli get off the train and take a taxi directly? Or did she have amnesia and forgot about asking for directions.

Thinking of this, Tan Lin lowered her head and frowned.

Chen Yuning heard Xu Liuli's sad words, and looked at Tan Lin with a sad face, and couldn't help but feel compassion, the two little girls who had just entered the society came to a strange city, and they didn't know anything about it. If your children were able to help, why would they end up freezing to death on Chinese New Year's Eve.

Thinking of the sad thing, the old lady wiped the muddy tears from her eyes, and said in a kind tone mixed with warmth: "That's it, you can stay! I don't charge your rent, you clean the house every day, help me water the flowers when I have nothing to do, and if you are free, just talk to my old woman." ”

Chen Yuning thought of the flowers and plants in the yard, his old bones were a little powerless, people reached the year of destiny, it was time to rest, just now someone sent to the door, their house was empty and empty, so let them take care of the flowers that they couldn't rest assured.

Hey, I don't know how many years this broken body can last, it's really the older you get, the more afraid of death!

"Okay, we'll do that, and I can cook, and if I'm at home, I'll cook the food. Thank you so much grandma, my name is Xu Liuli, her name is Tan Lin, we are both from Yongcheng. Maybe I will live for about two months, which is really disturbing, and I hope that I can get along well in the next time. Xu Liuli said sincerely, and gestured to Tan Lin with her eyes as she spoke.

Tan Lin received Xu Liuli's message, although she is still confused, she can still say words of praise: "Thank you, grandma, you are so good." We just came to Landu, and we met a good person like you, it's really fate, but grandma, what should we call you!"

"You're welcome, the whole world is a family, my surname is Chen, you can just call me Grandma Chen. It's not early in the morning, you carry your luggage, I'll take you to see where you live. ”

"Well, thank you Grandma Chen!" Tan Lin and Xu Liuli shouted politely.

They each picked up their backpacks and walked quietly behind Grandma Chen, who was hobbling around.

"There are only four rooms in this room, the middle room is where I live, the room on both sides is a miscellaneous room, the other is a study, and the one next to my room used to be my daughter's residence, so you can live in that one!" Chen Yuning stepped into the living room, looked at the four rooms connected by the rows, pointed to the layout of the room with his wrinkled fingers, and finally said the room next to him, the old voice trembled, and there was a faint sadness hidden in it.

"Okay, go see for yourselves, there are no valuables in the room, I'm old and have bad legs, so I won't go. I sat at the door, basking in the sun, and you shouted at me for something. Chen Yuning really didn't want to mention his sad things, so after finishing speaking, he turned around and walked out, slowly pacing to the old rocking chair.

Tan Lin looked at Xu Liuli puzzled, her face was full of questions, and she thought in her heart, 'What a strange old lady'.

"It's okay, let's go pack our luggage first!" Xu Liuli knew what was going on, but it was inconvenient to say it now, so she had to take Tan Lin's hand and stride towards the room.

The night gradually deepened, and after dinner, Xu Liuli and Tan Lin directly entered the beautiful hut that currently belonged to them.

After washing, the two of them sat side by side, covering their legs with a quilt, their hands crossed in front of their abdomen, the back of their heads resting on a pillow, and looking up at the glass lamp on the roof.

"Liuli, I really can't imagine that we found a place to live so quickly, and we didn't spend a penny!" Tan Lin turned her face to Xu Liuli, her eyes were full of admiration, her eyes were shining, and her tone was mixed with disbelief.

"Are you stupid to really think that our luck would be so good. I just did my research in advance, and you know that I have a cousin who has been here to play before, and then met Grandma Chen, and knows some stories. Because he knew that I wanted to come here, he gave me a detailed introduction. Xu Liuli picked up the hand close to Tan Lin and touched her hair, teasingly.

"Oh, I'll just say why you have such a clear understanding of the environment here, because you did your homework in advance! You're amazing, but you also tell me what story your brother told you, and I want to hear it. When Tan Lin heard Xu Liuli's words, the admiration in her heart was almost overflowing. When I heard a story, I kept spoiling.

"Actually, Grandma Chen is quite pitiful to be alone, so I'll tell you her story. There are some things that shouldn't be said, I keep in mind, and she's also old, so we can help as much as we can. Xu Liuli saw that Tan Lin wanted to know the tragic story, so she first told her uneasily.

"Of course, respecting the old and loving the young is a traditional Chinese virtue, am I so useless? You say! My curiosity has been seduced by you, I remember when Grandma Chen introduced us to this house, she said that her daughter had lived there!" Tan Lin couldn't stop nodding, thinking that if Grandma Chen didn't charge them rent, she would honor her.

"You said it all, it was once. Don't worry, I'll tell you the story from the very beginning I heard!" Xu Liuli heard Tan Lin's words and nodded with satisfaction, he was really a careful person. Immediately, he groaned for a while, and was ready to tell a story.

Tan Lin was a little surprised when she heard Xu Liuli's words, how could she not know how heavy the word 'was' was.