Fang Lei's home is located in the ancient city area more than ten kilometers away from the development zone.

He was born and raised in the criminal police detachment of the Gucheng Public Security Bureau.

A few years ago, the director of the bureau called him into the office, saying that the newly established development zone was short of manpower and wanted him to come over.

Can't refuse, an order is an order, he packed office supplies and came to the development zone bureau to report.

He refused the dormitory arranged for him by the bureau, and insisted on spending an hour every day taking the subway from the ancient city to work, and spending another hour to go back after work, and did not complain for several years.

Now, he mingled with a large crowd of young people who had left work and got on the subway home.

After coming out of the Rose Garden Community, he wanted to report today's investigation to the captain Jiang Jian, but the latter was not in the bureau, so he left work alone.

Although there was a death in this case, in terms of nature, it was just an accidental tragedy caused by a high-altitude throwing object, which was not the same as the murder and body dumping case being investigated by other members of the group, so it was not a big deal to report it a day later.

On the subway, a young girl got up to give him a seat, he was polite, and then put her ass down with peace of mind.

Rejecting someone's kindness is sometimes not a commendable thing.

At about half past six, he got off the subway and bought a loaf of bread and a small box of bright milk at the family convenience store for breakfast tomorrow. At checkout, he grabbed a can of Suntory beer.

He likes the light taste of Japanese beer.

Then, carrying a plastic bag, he slowly returned to his neighborhood, an old house built in the 80s.

This is a set of great inheritance left to him by his parents, although it is only about 80 square meters in area, but it belongs to a single family with a small courtyard.

Twenty years ago, in order to buy a school district house for her eldest daughter, his wife once thought about selling it, but in the end, he was still reluctant to give it up at his insistence.

Now it seems that this is one of the most famous choices he has ever made in his life.

In this small building, he has lived for almost sixty years, experienced the death of his mother, the death of his wife, and will carry his own death in the future.

He thought about it, and after waiting for his retirement, he sat in the courtyard every day, made a cup of tea, read a book, and calmly walked towards the end of his life. His longing for tranquility has been many, many years.

However, when he opened the courtyard door today, he was stunned.

There was a commotion in the yard. The two granddaughters are chasing, while the two daughters sit facing each other, chatting while playing sweaters. He also saw through the kitchen window on the first floor that the two sons-in-law were cooking vegetables, and fragrant oil smoke kept coming out of it.

It is a picture of happiness and harmony that can be seen at a glance.

"Yo, Dad, I'm back." It was his eldest daughter Fang Xiaoai who spoke. When she shouted, everyone stopped and hugged him with a smile.

"Grandpa! Grandfather! ”

One of his two granddaughters hugged his legs. In Jiangnan, children call their grandfather grandpa, and their grandfather is also called grandpa, as if they see the outside world when they mention "grandpa".

"Why are you all here?"

As soon as the words came out, Fang Lei remembered the key to the door of this house, except for himself, the two daughters each had one each. In other words, they can open the door and come in at any time if they want to, and then do it on their own.

"Dad, have you forgotten what day it is?"

"What day?"

"It's your birthday."

"Really?" Fang Lei was confused for a while, "Isn't my birthday next month?" ”

"Next month, we are afraid that we will not be able to make up the time, so we will celebrate you in advance. Come on, come in. ”

Fang Lei entered the house under the tug of his daughters.

The long-deserted home suddenly became lively, and the mahogany table with marble inlay in the center was moved to the middle of the room, and a transparent disposable tablecloth was spread on it, and four cold dishes, dishes, chopsticks and spoons, vinegar dishes, and beer were all placed properly, and a spicy smell wafted out of the kitchen, which made him want to sneeze.

"Serve!"

As soon as there was such a sound in the kitchen, I saw the eldest son-in-law coming out of it with a large stainless steel basin of red crayfish, and then sat down in the middle of the table.

"Come on, Dad, taste what the crayfish I made tasted."

Fang Lei didn't move.

"Don't worry, the dish is ready, you can sit down and eat. and Lu Chen, hurry up and serve the table. ”

Fang Lei's two sons-in-law, one is named Zhou Xiaofeng and the other is Lu Chen, both of whom are colleagues in the Civil Affairs Bureau, although they have different types of work, but their positions are comparable.

The youngest daughter Fang Xiaomei established a relationship with her husband first, and then Zhou Xiaofeng saw that there was an unmarried eldest sister at home, so he brought his colleague Lu Chen over and had a meal, and the result was an instant hit.

The two sisters were not much different, so they simply chose to get married on the same day, and Fang Lei gave them a lot of work and earned a little face among relatives and friends.

It's just that this is a pain for those colleagues, because they have to pay two shares of money at the same time, and they keep shouting that they must spit out the money next time.

In addition, the two brothers-in-law are also good friends in the unit, often drinking and playing cards together, fishing together on weekends, and taking the family on outdoor outings and picnics, so this also leads to a very good relationship between the two sisters.

Anyway, after starting a family, Fang Lei has never heard them quarrel.

After less than ten minutes of dinner, Fang Lei gradually figured out the true purpose of the meal through his not excellent reasoning ability. It turned out that the two of them fell in love with a villa at the same time, and the two families could just have one on one side, and then as long as the courtyard wall in the middle was opened, the two families could have a large shared yard.

"It's the ultimate house." The eldest son-in-law said.

"That's right. We all loved it. The little son-in-law said.

Their current plan is to sell their respective houses first and pay a down payment, but in this way, there will be no money to renovate, so they each need about 500,000 yuan for the difference, so they want to ask their father-in-law to move.

"How can I have so much money?" That being said, Fang Lei had already guessed that they actually wanted him to sell this old mansion.

Sure enough, as soon as these words came out, the sons-in-law lowered their heads and stopped talking, and turned into a round bombardment of the two daughters.

They suggested selling the old house because it was their mother's house, and they also had a share in being daughters, and of course, they said conclusively that they were just asking him to borrow it, and they would pay him back when they had the money.

Also, aren't you going to retire soon? Do you think it's good - move in with them, live here today, live in that house tomorrow, everyone lives together, it's like a big family, how lively, you can grow flowers and vegetables in the yard and bask in the sun, and your granddaughters can thrive in the yard.

"Nope." Fang Lei said.

"What?"

"I'm retired and won't live with you, I want to be alone."

"But, Dad, you're old and need someone to take care of you. Mom has been gone for so many years, you are home alone, in case there are three long and two short, how can you tell us to be children at ease. ”

"I'm used to it. Besides, this house is the only thing your mother left behind, it has a lot of good memories for us, and I can always think about her when I live here, and I don't want to live in a big villa. ”

"But Dad, you don't think about your two daughters, you have to think about your two granddaughters, they are still so young, having a big yard is definitely a good thing for their growth......"

"Those kids who don't have big yards aren't growing up?"

"That said, it's not interesting. Besides, you live so lonely alone, if you encounter something else, this house ......"

"It has nothing to do with you. Unless I'm dead, don't let me sell this house!" ”

"Dad, why are you doing this?"

Fang Lei stood up.

"I've actually eaten. Now go out for a walk and wait for me to come back, I hope you're all gone. ”

He picked up the plastic bag from the family's convenience store and walked out without looking back.