The car didn't know how long it was on the road, it seemed like a long time, from a remote suburb through a bustling neighborhood, and then to the other end of the city, or the urban-rural junction.

However, the urban-rural area is now much better developed than before, surrounded by high-rise buildings, and factories have been relocated to more distant places, and it is said that many factories are no longer in the city, and some have even been moved to the northwest.

The car stopped in a newly built apartment community, which is a cheap apartment community, and in terms of specifications, there is no difference from commercial housing, but the units are smaller, basically small apartments with two bedrooms and one living room, and they are collectively heated and powered by water supply.

There is a time limit for water and electricity, and the electricity and water come at 5 o'clock in the morning and the electricity and water are cut off at 10 o'clock in the evening.

Although this setting can sometimes affect people's lives, it is not really that important to the residents here.

Because this community belongs to the government-funded welfare community, to put it bluntly, it is a slum built by the government, so that some people who can't afford to live in a house or can't afford to rent a house can spend a small amount of money here to live in it, it is said that forty or fifty square meters of apartment type, only four or five hundred yuan a month rent, of course, the water and electricity bills are calculated separately, which is indeed a great welfare for the poor.

In the past, it was difficult for the poor to live in, most of them were rich people living here, because it was cheap, and it was funded by the government, not an individual, so who had a good relationship with the leaders of the government departments, who could live in, anyway, the audit was just a procedure, you can't pass the review, it's not a word from the leader?

Later, the government fought against corruption and advocated clean government, began a strict inventory campaign, cleaned up all the related households, the previous leaders were also transferred from their posts, and the new leaders were very serious and responsible good leaders, so that the real poor people lived in low-rent housing.

Ji Ran didn't have any impression of this place, and all his knowledge of this place was learned from his parents.

It looks very lively and formal, and there are well-equipped fitness facilities in the center of the community, which is not much different from other communities in terms of appearance.

Ji's father carried Ji Ran's luggage and went upstairs first, and Ji Ran followed Ji's mother into the building.

The corridor is very narrow, about a third narrower than the ordinary corridor, and if it is a larger object, it may not be able to carry it.

There are four families crowded in one unit, and the doors of each household are not far away, and when you enter the building, you find that the quality of low-rent housing seems to be much lower than that of regular commercial housing, at least the thickness of the floor has cut a lot of corners.

What is said and done in every house can be heard clearly in the corridor.

Ji Ran followed his parents to the sixth floor, Ji's father put down his luggage, holding on to the door and panting.

It turned out that my father was also old, and he was already too tired to carry his luggage to the sixth floor in one go.

Dad opened the door, and in front of the door was a lacquered gold-faced mud bodhisattva, wearing a piece of red silk on his head, holding a fairy bottle in his hand, and putting his orchid fingers on his knees in the other hand, looking calm.

After Ji Ran saw the mud bodhisattva, his expression suddenly became nervous, and he instinctively took a few steps back and hid behind Ji's mother.

Ji's mother looked at Ji Ran strangely, and Ji Ran couldn't say why she was afraid of that mud bodhisattva, but she just felt that she didn't like it here and didn't want to enter this home.

"Ranran, I'm home, let's go, let's go in." Ji's mother held Ji Ran's arm tightly, but Ji Ran's heart was beating fast, she looked inside nervously, her eyes were full of fear.

"Ranran, come in, this is our new home." Father Ji put down his luggage, walked out of the room, took Ji Ran's hand, and almost dragged her into the room, and then closed the door.

"Ranran, when you go home, don't be as willful as before, otherwise, if I send you back, you won't be able to come back, okay, be good." Mother Ji touched Ji Ran's face and said.

Ji Ran sat on the sofa, always feeling cold hands and feet, and there seemed to be an eerie aura surrounding the room, which made her feel indescribably depressed.

"Okay, you look at her, I'm going to work." Ji's father explained a few words to Ji's mother, and then left.

After Ji's father left, Ji Ran's nervous mood finally relaxed, she looked at the new things around her, and her mood finally calmed down.

A lot of furniture in the room has been replaced, although it is not a valuable thing, but it has been changed in style and added a lot of new energy.

The balcony is small, almost enough to dry clothes, and the bedroom is even smaller, and you can barely cram a small desk when you put a bed.

However, fortunately, Ji's mother was very attentive, and the cabin prepared for Ji Ran looked very bright, with a two-layer mattress on the small bed, and it was soft to sit on, but it was very comfortable.

At the head of the bed, a somewhat faded Winnie the Pooh immediately attracted Ji Ran's attention, it was Ji Ran's favorite gift when she was a child, as for who gave it to her, she couldn't remember, due to the age, Winnie the Pooh was finely faded.

"Yes, is it okay here? Like it or not? Mother Ji gently patted Ji Ran's ass and asked with a smile.

Ji Ran nodded, although this place is small, but it is very warm, and I already feel very happy to be with my mother.

"This is your room from now on, oh, this is your key, lock the room when you go out, so no one will enter your room." Ji's mother smiled and handed a small key to Ji Ran.

Ji Ran took the key and stuffed it into his pocket.

In the evening, after dinner, Ji's mother took Ji Ran to play in the community for a while, many neighbors Ji Ran didn't know, they all looked at Ji Ran curiously, Ji's mother and they were not very familiar with each other.

Ji's mother is a teacher who teaches, and she is also half an intellectual, and most of the people here who are about the same age as Ji's mother basically don't work anymore, they are idle all day long, chatting and playing cards in the community, they especially like to gossip about other people's things, and a little thing will also spread to the public.

Ji's mother didn't know the temperament of these people, and when she first came, she also had a heart-to-heart relationship with them, who knows, these people heard a little thing, and spread it out, which made Ji's mother very faceless, and then gradually estranged from them, and didn't say anything at home.

Over time, they have separated from each other, that is, when they meet on weekdays, they will smile and nod their heads, and just say hello.

(End of chapter)