Hulai returned to his home in Dongchuan with four trophies and a gold medal.

On the day he came back, his mother Xie Lan asked for a day off from the unit, saying that she wanted to accompany her son.

The director agreed without hesitation.

Sister Wang did not express any opinion on Xie Lan's behavior, and she did not even complain to her colleagues in private.

Hu Lixin went to work and did not wait for his son to come back at home.

Since that incident, he has not resigned, but his scope of work has been adjusted, and the property company considers that every time he goes to stand guard, there will be a lot of onlookers, which is easy to cause chaos and unsafe dangers.

Simply let him sit in the office.

gave him a promotion, and instead of letting him continue to be a front-line security guard, he became a person who manages security guards.

That way he doesn't have to show his head as often.

But Hu Lixin is seriously considering whether to continue to do this job.

The main thing is that everyone is embarrassed to see him now, whether it is a former colleague or occasionally bumped into by the owner.

Others are embarrassed, and he is also a little embarrassed.

He knew very well that when his identity was revealed, this security job was already destined to be untenable.

It's not that he is reluctant to do this low-key job, he just feels unaccustomed, after all, he has been a security guard for more than ten years and has become a part of life.

In fact, with Hulai's current income, even if he and his wife are no longer working, their son can be fully afforded.

But he and his wife have a consensus on this matter, that is, they are only forty or fifty years old, and they have not yet reached retirement age, so they should not rely on their son at home.

So my wife didn't mention resignation. Anyway, except for Sister Wang, I'm afraid it's all her people in the office, and she is happy to do this job.

On his part, he was wondering what he would do if he quit his current job.

At this time, he regretted more and more that he had not learned anything but to play football, so that he had nothing but to play. After the road to playing football was blocked, he became a migrant worker who could only work hard......

Now when he wants to replan his life, he still doesn't know what he can do.

I don't know anything but football......

Hu Lixin, who was sitting in the office, looked at the snow-white office wall in a daze.

Until he was awakened by the sound of someone else talking.

"Old Hu, why haven't you left yet?"

He came back to his senses to find a man walking into the office, carrying a boxed lunch from the company cafeteria, intending to sit in the office for dinner.

Only then did he realize that it was time to get off work.

"Ah, let......'s go," Hu Lixin got up and began to clean up his desk.

"If it were you, I would have slipped away a long time ago...... What do you say you're doing when you commute to and from work on time? The colleague shook his head while eating, not understanding Hu Lixin.

It was also difficult for Hu Lixin to explain to him why he still had to commute to work on time, although his work was leisurely and he basically had nothing to do.

The company didn't seem to know how to arrange such a special employee as him, let alone fire him, so it just adjusted him from a front-line position to the office, but did not assign him specific work tasks, so his daily work was actually to sit in the office in a daze.

It's really boring in this class.

Hu Lixin quickly cleaned up his desk, in fact, he put the cigarette case and lighter in his pocket, and then took the mobile phone in his hand, and then said hello to his colleagues who were eating and walked out of the office.

Find your battery car in the carport, put on your helmet and drive out.

Before leaving, he glanced at the golden gate of the community from a distance, and saw Lao Fan standing on the platform, raising his hand and saluting every owner who came home from work.

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"I told your dad not to go to work today, he had to go. To go is to sit in the office, which is more boring than our unit...... I don't know why you still report to work on time all day long, let me tell you that I don't know how many people scold your father behind their backs......"

Xie Lan was busy in the kitchen while chatting with her son who was leaning against the kitchen door.

In the small dining room outside, a small square table has been set up, and several dishes are placed on it, all of which are Hulai's favorite food.

Tomato and pea tip omelette, roast beef with potatoes, rotten meat cowpeas, diced spicy chicken.

Now Xie Lan is stir-frying the last dish, a vegetarian dish: stir-fried phoenix.

She was counting the time to start stir-frying, but the last dish was about to come out of the pot, and her husband hadn't come home yet, so she was worried that the dishes on the table would be cold again, so she complained to her son.

Hulai leaned against the kitchen door frame with his hands on his chest and said to his mother with a smile: "Hey, what's this pretending to be?" Mom, I'll tell you, I've thought about it more than once before, if I go to work and find out that I won 300 million or something in the lottery ticket, I will never resign! I will go to work on time every day, serve the people seriously, and fight resolutely against those unhealthy trends in the company! ”

Xie Lan glanced at his son: "It's nonsense!" Do you know that you have offended people like this? What will your colleagues think of you then? Aren't you afraid that the leader will give you little shoes? ”

Hu Lai smiled: "Mom, I have 300 million as a family, what am I afraid of office politics, afraid of leaders wearing small shoes?" ”

Xie Lan was stunned, then thought about it carefully, and felt that a large part of the reason why she was able to harden herself in front of Sister Wang and fight back against Sister Wang without scruples was because she had a promising son, in other words, if she lost her job on impulse, she didn't have to worry about not being able to live at home.

So naturally, I am full of confidence and feel happy at work every day......

At this moment, the sound of unlocking the door of the living room came, and Hu Lixin pushed the door in with the helmet of the battery car.

Hu Lai turned around and saw Hu Lixin coming in, and Hu Lixin also saw him.

The two of them just looked at each other, but neither seemed to know what to say.

Seeing this, Xie Lan complained about Hu Lixin: "Oh, you finally came back, my son stayed at home for four days, you are so inactive, I told you that you may not be able to see him if you want to see him in the future!" ”

"Just four days?" Hu Lixin looked at his son in surprise.

"Well, next January is the U23 Asian Cup, and it is also the qualifier for next year's Olympic Games. That's why I'm going to go to the training camp of the national Olympic team. Hulai explained to his father.

Hu Lixin nodded thoughtfully.

"What are you doing at the door? Wash your hands and eat! Xie Lan saw that the scene was about to be cold again, so he hurriedly brought the last dish in the kitchen to the table, "If you don't eat any more food, it will be cold." Really, I counted the time to start stir-frying, you can come back so late......"

She babbled and complained, and Hu Lixin quickly changed his shoes, put down his helmet, and went to the kitchen to wash his hands.

Hulai also squeezed in to serve the meal.

Three people poured in the kitchen, and it seemed a little crowded, and they couldn't even turn around.

Seeing this, Hu Lai couldn't help but say, "Mom, I've made a lot of money this season, let's change the house." You look at the kitchen is too small! ”

Hu Lixin reflexively wanted to oppose his son's opinion: "What to change, it's not good." Don't waste your money if you have it......"

Before he could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by his wife: "Oh, that's time to hurry." Fortunately, we don't have to look at the past, let me tell you, your dad has fallen in love with a house, and he has run to the sales department several times, and the sales know him! ”

Hu Lixin glared at his wife, who had betrayed him.

Seeing this, Hu Lai laughed: "Okay, okay, let's go to see the house tomorrow, and it's Saturday off." ”

"I'm going to work tomorrow......" Hu Lixin frowned.

Xie Lan glared at her: "What class are you going to?" As for your job, I told you, your company just doesn't know what to do with you, and it can't fire you, nor can it continue to let you go to stand guard, so you got an idle job, do you really do it? Ask for leave tomorrow and let's look at the house together! ”

Hu Lixin was a little helpless, but remembered the white wall in the office—he was in a daze at that wall when he went to work—and finally nodded: "Okay." ”

So it was decided.

Xie Lan was very happy, and waved his big hand: "Open the meal!" ”

A family of three sat down, gathered around the small dining table, picked up the dishes and chopsticks in front of them, and stretched out their favorite dishes.

The same scene is happening next door, upstairs, and downstairs next door, upstairs, and downstairs in the residential buildings of this community.

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Although she didn't have to go to work the next day, Xie Lan still got up early in the morning to make breakfast for her family.

When she was busy in the kitchen, Hu Lixin smoked while going to the toilet in the toilet.

Hu Lai ran out of the room wearing autumn clothes and pants, and when he knocked on the door and found his father smoking in the toilet, he couldn't help but pout his ass and jump: "Dad, I want to pee!" ”

Xie Lan also scolded: "Hu Lixin, what are you hiding in the toilet early in the morning and smoking!" Don't take up the pit and don't! ”

"Come out, come out......" Hu Lixin replied helplessly in the toilet, and then the sound of flushing sounded inside.

When he came out of it with his pants up, he glared at his son: "I don't pee in the morning and don't pee in the evening......"

Hu Lai squeezed into the toilet and smiled at his father: "It's good to wait for the house to change, Dad, buy a bigger one, three toilets, one for each person at that time, you don't have to rob it!" ”

"What did you say!" Hu Lixin was speechless. "What are you buying such a big house for? Most of the time it's me staying with your mom ......."

Sheeran poked out of the kitchen and smiled when she saw this scene.

When the two fathers and sons first met yesterday, they could still feel the embarrassment between them, but now that the ice has slowly melted, winter is finally over.

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After breakfast, the family went out and took a taxi and headed straight for their destination.

It is a newly built property in the south of Dongchuan City, which is said to have been developed by a well-known real estate developer from Chongshan City, next door to Andong Province, which has several properties in Chongshan and Geumseong, all of which are high-end residential communities and are known for their good property services.

The south side is also the area where Dongchuan South Station, the high-speed rail station of Dongchuan, is located, and the new real estate is only five kilometers away from the high-speed rail station. For Xie Lan, if she wants to see her son, then she doesn't have to wait for the end of the season, she just needs to take a taxi to the high-speed rail station at the door of her home, and then take the high-speed rail, and she can see her son in less than an hour.

This is also the reason why she chose to settle down in the south of the city.

The sales of the sales department laughed when he saw Hu Lai's father, Hu Lixin: "Sir, you are here, which type of apartment do you want to see this time?" ”

Xie Lan whispered to her son, "You see I didn't lie to you......"

Hu Lixin was embarrassed, pointed to Hu Lai next to him and said, "He came to see it today." ”

"Oh, this is your son, what a talent, young and promising...... "The salesman flattered Hulai, who was wearing a cap and sunglasses.

Hu Lai didn't eat his set, and asked with a cold expression, "What is the largest apartment type here?" ”

As soon as the sales heard this, the smile on his face became brighter: "Hello sir, our largest unit here is the roof jump, 200 square meters and then a floor, a total of 300 square meters, in addition to a roof garden of 80 square meters, fully decorated ......"

Hu Lai nodded: "It's good, how much is a square meter?" ”

"The unit price is fifteen thousand, and the total price is four and a half million."

Hu Lai calculated his current money in his heart, and then found out with some embarrassment...... There is not enough money.

His annual salary is 1.8 million, in addition to the league golden boot this season, plus an additional 1 million bonuses, in addition to a total of 41 goals in the club, each goal 8,000 goal bonus, these 41 goals have 328,000 goal awards. In addition, the team qualified for the Chinese Super League and won the FA Cup, with a total prize of 30 million for the whole team, and he received a bonus of 2.7 million yuan alone because of his outstanding contributions.

That adds up to five million eight hundred and twenty-eight thousand.

Just looking at this number, it can be described as a huge amount of money.

But the problem is that these numbers are all pre-tax......

That is to say, after deducting the tax at the highest 45% personal income tax ladder rate, it is only about 3.5 million, but the problem is that this is not what he actually gets, because he also has to spend daily expenses.

So now the number in his bank account is 3.4 million.

Even the house price is not enough, let alone the various taxes that you have to pay to buy a house......

Of course, it is possible to take out loans, but Hulai does not like loans. He always felt that if he had the ability, it would be best to pay off the bag at once.

At this moment, Xie Lan exclaimed, "It's too high! ”

When the sales heard this, he hurriedly explained with a smile: "Madam, the unit price of our Heilan Shengjing is indeed higher than that of the surrounding real estate, but we are the best in Dongchuan in terms of hardware facilities and software services." So we ......"

Xie Lan interrupted him: "No, young man, I didn't mean that the house price was too high, I meant that the floor was too high. I have a fear of heights and I can't live on the top floor......"

After saying that, she was still covering her forehead.

Hu Lai also nodded hurriedly: "Yes, do you have any other suitable house type recommendations here?" ”

"Then this gentleman, what do you think of this 180-square-meter flat floor?" The sale turned to the floor plan of another unit. "The total price is only 2.7 million."

Hu Lixin said next to him: "I used to see the 90-square-meter ......."

Hu Lai had already calculated in his heart quickly, and after counting all kinds of expenses, the money in his hand should be enough to buy this house.

So he clapped: "That's it!" Do you have an existing house, can you take us to see it? ”

The sales person nodded again and again: "Yes, yes." Wait a minute, I'll get the keys......"

As soon as he left, Hu Lixin complained: "What are you doing when you buy so big?" Isn't it a waste for me to live with your mother? ”

Hu Lai pouted: "Now the houses have a common share, saying that it is one hundred and eighty square meters, but in fact there is definitely none." And the house is such a thing...... It's too small to live and live. ”

Xie Lan, who was next to him, stood on his son's side: "That's right, if our house wasn't too small, could the big wardrobe when we got married be thrown away?" ”

As soon as Hu Lixin heard his wife mention this, he had no choice but to shut up.

The house where the two of them got married is not the same as the house they live in now, and they moved here after they got married, but because the house was too small, a lot of the furniture in the original house couldn't be moved in, so they had to throw it away. For this matter, his wife talked about him for many years.

The sales quickly turned back and took the keys to take the three people to see the consignment listing.

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“…… What I'm taking you to see is not a model house, but an actual sales house that has been finely decorated, and the furniture and appliances are all equipped for you, so you can move in with your bags......"

In front of a large door on the tenth floor, the salesman took out the key to open the security door, then stood aside and made a "please" gesture very proudly.

Then Xie Lan was shocked by the sunshine in his eyes: "Wow......"

Even Hu Lixin, who had been muttering before, was stunned when he saw the new house in front of him.

"The house type faces south, facing the atrium of the community garden, which is the location of the king of the building. The scene you see now is the scene of living here in the future, and it is definitely not simulated with a model house and artificial light source! The sales person said proudly.

In front of the eyes of the four people, golden sunlight poured in through the floor-to-ceiling windows facing the entrance, reflecting the floor and walls of the entrance garden even a little harshly.

"This is the entrance to the house, and when you come in, turn left and you have the living room and dining room. The north and south are transparent, and the ventilation and light are all good......"

There is no need for a sales introduction, and after Hu Lai's family entered the door, they were attracted by the bright house in front of them.

They quickly walked through every room of this house, and Hu Lixin, who originally had some opinions about looking at such a big house, had already pointed to the balcony facing the south atrium and said, "You can move the square table where our family eats here, and put two chairs." With today's weather, we can eat here. ”

It was still quite cold outside Dongchuan in December, but in the fully enclosed balcony, there was only warm sunshine and no clammy wind, and people stood in the sun, warm all over.

Xie Lan couldn't help but nodded, imagining the picture for a while, and felt that it was completely feasible.

While they are eating, they can enjoy the view of the green atrium of the community downstairs through the bright glass, or the river view promenade outside the community from the side of the opposite building, which is really refreshing.

Hu Lai was stunned for a moment: "Dad, I won't say why did we have to move that broken table, I wonder why there are two chairs?" There are three of us in our family! ”

Hu Lixin glanced at him: "You only stay at home for a few days a year?" What are you doing with three chairs? Isn't it too crowded? ”

"How much is this balcony?" Hulai turned around and asked for sales.

"Our balcony is six meters long and three meters wide, and the area of this balcony is a gift......

Hu Lai didn't let the sales continue to introduce, so he turned back to his father and said, "Eighteen square meters of balcony, there will be no three chairs?" Dad, I'll tell you, if you want to say that, the first sales will be in a hurry with you......"

The salesman standing next to him hurriedly waved his hand with a smile: "No, no, no, no, no......, no,

Sheeran stood in the doorway of the living room and balcony, her son and husband arguing like two children, arguing about how to arrange the furniture.

But she didn't say anything, she just looked at them.

The bright winter sun shines through the glass windows all over the balcony and extends to half of the living room, and the warmth of the sun is drowsy.

So Xie Lan leaned lightly against the door frame of the floor-to-ceiling glass door in the living room, tilted her head to admire the bickering between her husband and son, and the sun was just right, shining on her son and husband's bodies.

She narrowed her eyes slightly, the corners of her mouth hooked.

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PS, it was about the second half of 2013, and in order to be able to move out of my parents with my wife and children and live independently, my wife and I looked at a lot of houses very intensively.

But I didn't see anything that satisfied me.

Until one day, the staff of the community rental and sales center took us to see such a house, and when we opened the door, we were greeted by the sunshine.

The sun at two o'clock in the afternoon slanted in, reflecting the snow in the room that was still a clear water house.

The garden, living room, and balcony are all shrouded in sunlight.

My wife and I had an idea at the time - this house is our future home!

So even though when I bought the house at that time, I experienced the bad thing that the original landlord signed the contract and asked me to add another 50,000 yuan to the price of sitting on the ground in the housing trading center, I didn't think about giving up the house, but forced her to give up the unreasonable request by making the landlord pay double the deposit...... Eventually, I bought the house.

On the day we visited the house, the child, who was just over a year old, was with us, pacing on the sunny balcony with his hands in his hands, as if he were inspecting his own home.

The plot of looking at the house was originally intended to be used at the end of the last volume for my wife and I to talk about, but then I decided to use it at the beginning of this volume.

Because for the Hulay family, a spacious and bright new house means the beginning of a new life, and it is obviously more fitting for me to express the moral at the beginning of a volume than at the end of a volume.