Chapter 1: The Second Uncle's Legacy
"One, two, three ready, start, cry!"
With the sound of suona, a group of young people dressed in colorful clothes under the altar cried, although there was no sadness on their faces, and there were no tears in the corners of their eyes, but their voices were really heartbreaking.
The custom of mourning is found all over the country, and the funeral is specially paid to invite people to cry in order to raise the momentum, and the louder the mourner cries, the more sad the relatives of the deceased be.
"Give me some strength, and if you cry out of tears, you will add another fifty yuan!"
Cao Xiaoyang took advantage of the lack of attention from others, spit a little saliva and wiped it into the corners of his eyes, and carefully looked at the black and white photos hanging on the mourning hall, it was a young girl, who looked like she was sixteen or seventeen years old, and it was said that she was still a high school student.
Looking at it, Cao Xiaoyang sighed and said to himself, "It's a pity to leave at such a young age." β
As soon as he finished speaking, a hand suddenly touched his ear.
"Okay, stinky boy, I said why can't I find you, you didn't even look at your second uncle when he left, and now you actually came here to cry for others, you kid really has a conscience!"
Cao Xiaoyang suddenly felt that something was wrong, and he was about to run away, but he was tripped under his feet and fell directly into a dog and ate.
The gray-haired old man picked him up from the ground and continued: "I said that you stinky boy is not afraid of retribution, but he is your second uncle. You came to cry for a stranger and didn't want to go to see your second uncle?"
Cao Xiaoyang patted the dirt on his body, and said helplessly: "Uncle Deng, you don't know my current situation, you can't pay the rent anymore." If I go to my second uncle's funeral, I have to pay a salute, it's different to cry and mourn here, that's when people give me money. β
Deng Bo shook his head hatefully: "I said you stinky boy, why do you take those two broken money so seriously, that favor is not more important than money." That man is your second uncle, your father's brother. β
"Come on, Uncle Deng, it's my second uncle. I haven't seen him for more than ten years, so why do I have any feelings? Besides, I didn't see him come to the funeral when I left, which means that he didn't have any feelings for my father and me, so why should I go to his funeral now that he is dead!"
"To put it bluntly, you still can't bear the money, but I really have to talk to you about it. You kid know no, your second uncle has never been married in his life, and he has no children, you are his only relative, and now that others are gone, his inheritance can only be left to you. β
As soon as he heard the word inheritance, Cao Xiaoyang's eyes suddenly lit up.
Said with a smile: "Deng Bo." What kind of inheritance did my second uncle leave for me, and how much money did he have?"
Dumber had a straight face. "Money money, money, you kid knows money in a day. I'll tell you the truth, your second uncle didn't leave you a penny......"
Before Deng Bo's words were finished, Cao Xiaoyang had no patience to listen, and turned around to leave.
"But he left you a building. β
Cao Xiaoyang stopped.
"A building, what building?"
"A six-storey building that can accommodate dozens of households!"
Cao Xiaoyang looked at Deng Bo's face and sighed helplessly.
"I said Dunber, you really want me to go to his funeral, don't make up this kind of lie to lie to me, I'm not a three-year-old child. β
Deng Bo frowned and said, "Whoever has the idle mind to make up lies to lie to you, I am telling the truth." With your current attitude, don't blame me if the person in charge of the other side takes back the inheritance by then, anyway, I'll bring it to you. β
Cao Xiaoyang still didn't believe it, and said: "Although we haven't seen each other for more than ten years, my old man told me when he was alive that the second uncle used to do chores in the crematorium, so he can leave a legacy of one building?"
Deng Bo said: "You said that it was more than ten years ago, so do you know what your second uncle did later? I heard that your second uncle later went to the coast to do business and made a lot of money, and later went back to the mainland to build a house and became a charter company, and that year the rent alone was more than 1 million yuan!"
Cao Xiaoyang's eyes widened suddenly. "Are you telling the truth?"
"I'm a man who is about to go to the ground, what's the good of lying to you. β
Cao Xiaoyang didn't say a word, ran to the side of the road and stopped a taxi, and went to the funeral of his second uncle.
When he came to the funeral site, Cao Xiaoyang saw a lot of luxury cars parked on the side of the road, it seemed that there were many people with heads and faces at this funeral, and then looked at the layout of the funeral scene, it was indeed more magnificent than the funeral of the female high school student just now.
Entering the scene, Cao Xiaoyang suddenly patted his head and said to himself: "Oh no, I forgot to ask Deng Bo who to talk to about the inheritance just now!"
He thought that it was a little inappropriate for him to ask about the inheritance if he walked in so abruptly, and at that moment, he suddenly heard a gentle voice.
"You're Xiaoyang, right?"
Cao Xiaoyang looked back and saw a middle-aged woman in mourning clothes walking towards him, she was about forty years old, but her appearance was very beautiful, there were no wrinkles on her face with light makeup, her skin was fair and smooth, and her figure was very slender.
"You are?"
"Let me introduce myself, my name is Yang Qian, you can call me Sister Qian, I am your second uncle's lawyer, and I am responsible for handling the transfer of his property. β
Cao Xiaoyang said with some hesitation: "So, my second uncle really left an inheritance of one building for me?"
Yang Qian smiled slightly. "Yes. β
Cao Xiaoyang didn't say a word, rushed to the second uncle's mourning hall in two or three steps, knelt down and kowtowed three times, and said with a handful of snot and tears: "Second uncle, nephew is not good, I am late, I can't see your old man for the last time......"
After crying and shouting, Cao Xiaoyang wiped his tears and found Yang Qian's location at the funeral banquet, and then touched it intentionally or unintentionally and sat next to her.
"Miss Yang......"
"Just call me Sister Qian. β
"Okay, Sister Qian, where is the building that my second uncle left for me?"
"Chengdong District. β
"A few rings. β
"Beyond the Third Ring Road. β
Cao Xiaoyang was a little disappointed, thinking that outside the Third Ring Road is not equivalent to the suburbs, the building in that location is much cheaper than the one in the city, but immediately thought that after all, it is a whole building, even if it is a remote place, it can be worth a lot of money, at least he does not have to worry about his life in the second half of his life.
At this time, Yang Qian continued: "It just so happens that I am also renting your second uncle's house, and I will go back tonight after handling the funeral, and you can go with me to see the house then." β
So, that night, Cao Xiaoyang took Yang Qian's car and came to the building.
This place is really a bit remote, and it took more than half an hour to drive from the third ring car to come. The house looks a little old, and there is no elevator in it due to the low floors.
It was eight o'clock in the evening, and almost every house in the building had lights on, so it seemed that almost all the houses here had been rented out. At this time, Cao Xiaoyang couldn't help but smile beautifully, he will be the charter public here in the future, and he can get the rent every month.
After that, Yang Qian took Cao Xiaoyang into a room on the first floor, and he told Cao Xiaoyang that this was his second uncle's former residence, and he could live here in the future.
Outside the room is a faΓ§ade, opened a commissary, the commissary was also Cao Xiaoyang's second uncle in the past, and the things inside are mainly sold to the tenants who live here, and they can also bring a lot of income every month.
Seeing that Yang Qian knew so much about the affairs of her second uncle, and that the matter of the inheritance was also handled by her, Cao Xiaoyang couldn't help but guess that her relationship with her second uncle might not be ordinary, and maybe she was her second aunt.
He wanted to ask about it, but he felt that it was inappropriate, after all, people didn't take the initiative to say these things, and it was really rude to ask by himself.
So Cao Xiaoyang had to sigh in his heart that this second uncle really has a vision, with Yang Qian's appearance and figure, let alone him being a ten-year-old man, even if he is willing.
"Xiaoyang, what's wrong with you?"
Cao Xiaoyang reacted at this time, he stared at Yang Qian for a long time, and blushed a little with shame for a while.
"Oh, no...... It's nothing, Sister Qian, it's not too early this day, you've been busy all day today, just go back early to rest, I'll handle the rest by myself. β
Yang Qian nodded: "Okay then, I'll go upstairs first." By the way, one more thing. As he spoke, he took out an account book and handed it to Cao Xiaoyang.
"Yesterday there was a new tenant on the fourth floor, and the first month's rent hasn't been paid yet, so you can clean up the room and go up to collect the rent. β
Cao Xiaoyang nodded. "Okay. β
Cao Xiaoyang finished cleaning up the room and casually took a bottle of Coke from the freezer in the commissary outside, and then he looked carefully at the things in the commissary and felt that something was wrong.
Except for some tobacco, alcohol, and non-staple food, the remaining two-thirds of the store are fragrant wax paper money. But then I thought that the Qingming Festival is coming soon, and maybe these things are easier to sell during this time, so I bought more.
After that, he stepped on flip-flops and went upstairs to collect the rent with the account book, recalling the scene a few days ago when he was scolded by the landlord because he couldn't pay the rent, Cao Xiaoyang smiled slightly, and now Lao Tzu is also a charter man, and finally it is time for me to be angry.
There was a knock on the door, and the voice of a soft girl came from inside.
"Who?"
Hearing this voice, Cao Xiaoyang's heart was a little crispy, and then his voice became softer.
"Well, I'm the new landlord, and I'm a rent-collector. β
"How much?"
"One thousand fifteen. β
After waiting for a few seconds, the door opened slightly, and a slender girl's hand reached out, handed the money to Cao Xiaoyang, and then closed the door.
The girl on this big night was a little wary Cao Xiaoyang also understood, and then he knocked on the door again.
"I'm sorry, but I still need your signature here. β
Finally, the girl opened the door completely.
The girl was wearing pink pajamas and long black hair, and was about sixteen or seventeen years old.
Cao Xiaoyang, who is still single, should be very happy to see such a girl, but looking at her face at this time, Cao Xiaoyang had an indescribable feeling.
Such a face seems to have been seen somewhere......
At this moment, Cao Xiaoyang suddenly thought of something, instantly felt a chill behind his back, and then ran away.
That's right, he has really seen this girl, but it is not a real person, but in the posthumous photo of the funeral where he went to cry today, she is the Tang Wenwen who died in an accident.