The elderly in the family often have the habit of dumping garbage.

Ai Qing's grandparents are no exception.

So a staircase was built in the courtyard to the second floor, and the space below was simply made a compartment for the two of them.

Grandfather Ellison liked to collect newspapers, and he always subscribed to the publishing house where Ai Zhongguo used to work, an international monthly news magazine and a domestic news weekly.

Ellison had to read through each issue of the newspaper that was delivered, and then put it away according to the date.

In addition to this, there are all kinds of fishing rods that he bought.

He didn't go fishing anywhere else, so he went to the vegetable market to buy some fish fry and put them in the community pond to raise.

In contrast, Grandma Lang Xiangying is more unpretentious, and most of the things she has accumulated are cartons, cartons, plastic bags, and plastic bottles.

In the past, Lang Xiangying also liked to save expired medicines, but under the patient persuasion of Ai Qing, the grandson of the next generation, he gave up this habit.

At this moment, the stake.

Ai Qing took Xiaoyu's hand, quickly came to the door of the staircase compartment, opened it and got in.

When he closed the door, he could hear the sound of footsteps coming downstairs overhead.

Xiaoyu was dragged in by him all of a sudden, and he was still a little confused, standing beside Ai Qing in a daze, surrounded by a dark place.

She wasn't afraid, the warmth poured into her eyes, even if it was dark in the cubicle, it was still clear in her eyes.

"How?" Xiao Yu looked at Ai Qing, tilted his head suspiciously, and spit out an inquiring word.

"Shh Ai Qing put his fingers in front of his mouth, leaned into Xiao Yu's ear and whispered, "You have become a human being, you can't let others know about it for the time being, even if it's my parents, grandparents, you can't let them find out, otherwise it will be very troublesome." ”

"Huh?" Xiao Yu was a little puzzled, but still nodded, and after roughly understanding the meaning, he asked again, "So, now, we?" ”

"Be quiet." Ai Qing hurriedly covered her mouth, "My parents are upstairs, and now it seems that they are going downstairs, you have become a human, you can't be seen by them, otherwise I can't explain." ”

The space in the cubicle was not small, but the highest part of the room was placed by Grandpa Ellison on a bookshelf, all of which were covered with newspapers.

The most corner is full of cardboard boxes, plastic bags, plastic bottles and so on collected by Grandma Lang Xiangying.

There were about seven or eight rods hanging against the wall.

So Ai Qing and Xiaoyu could only stand in the middle, near the door, and there were almost two people in the place where they landed.

But whoever is a little fatter of the two is estimated to be not easy to squeeze.

"That's a job, at least with an income, you don't have to be so anxious all day." Yao Qiang's voice followed the footsteps, and it sounded a little muffled in the compartment.

"You don't understand, let me write that kind of thing, it's better to die." Ai Zhongguo had already gone down from the second floor to the courtyard on the first floor, and his voice went all the way down, "I'd rather change careers than do that." ”

"And what are you going to do now?" Yao Qiang asked, "It's been three months since I resigned, and it's not easy to find a job now, and it's even harder to find a job with your heart." ”

"Heart? What am I angry about? Ai Zhongguo's voice was a degree higher, his fist slammed against the door frame of the compartment, and after a silence, his voice became low again, "Don't say it, my matter will be solved by myself." ”

In the compartment, Xiao Yu was startled by the sudden sound of the thump, took half a step back beside Ai Qing, and guessed a plastic bottle.

Fortunately, Ai Zhongguo, who was outside the door, was angry, and he didn't pay attention to the sound inside, and after finishing speaking, he walked into the living room on the first floor.

Yao Qiang didn't come down from the second floor, and the courtyard was calm again.

Ai Qing in the cubicle was frightened by Xiaoyu's movements, and after confirming that his father didn't hear the sound inside, his violently beating heart slowly calmed down.

"Scary." Xiao Yu said quietly.

"It's scary." Ai Qing sighed and rubbed his head, he didn't expect this to happen at home.

Ai Zhongguo's publishing house has been around since the seventies and eighties of the last century.

His grandfather, Ellison, can be said to be a veteran journalist in the publishing house at that time.

Ai Zhongguo's choice to be a reporter was naturally influenced by his father.

But in today's information-based Internet era, publishers also have to keep up with the pace of development.

It's a pity that Ai Zhongguo failed to keep up with the trend of the times and became an abandoned son.

Their family is not short of small money, even if my father has no job, the family will not run out of rice, and daily life is still fine.

Especially Yao Qiang has just been promoted to deputy director recently, and her annual salary is less than thirty or forty, which is more than enough to support a family.

But men are probably like that.

I don't make as much money as my wife, and my self-esteem can't get over it.

Ai Qing looked at the little fish next to him in the dark, thinking that it was good that he was making money to raise cats by himself, not Xiao Yu making money to raise him.

Besides, Xiaoyu is so stupid, what kind of money can he make?

It's good to be able to take care of yourself.

"Now?" Xiao Yu waited for a while, and seeing that Ai Qing still didn't move, he couldn't help but ask.

"Shh Ai Qing came back to his senses and listened intently for a while before carefully opening the door of the cubicle.

Probe out and take a look at the living room on the first floor.

There was no dad in the living room, and it looked like he had gone to the kitchen to help.

Ai Qing quietly came out of the cubicle, and then looked up to the second floor, but she didn't see her mother.

So he turned to the little fish inside and said, "Don't move around here, I'll go up and have a look first." ”

A cigarette ran from the first floor to the second floor, confirming that there was no one in the living room on the second floor, the bedroom door was closed, and it seemed that my mother and my father had gone back to the room after arguing.

So Ai Qing quickly went downstairs, took Xiaoyu's hand, went upstairs with a snap, quickly slipped into his bedroom, locked the door, and let out a sigh.

"I'm scared to death...... Ai Qing looked at the little fish standing at the door and rubbed his skull, "If it's discovered, how can I explain it." ”

"Huh?" Xiao Yu tilted his head and asked suspiciously, "Explain, Xiao Yu?" ”

"You're too young to understand." Ai Qing shook his head helplessly, "When you are a little smarter, you will slowly be able to understand." ”

After speaking, Ai Qing walked out of the door again, went to the first floor to pick up his backpack and came back, took out a first-grade Chinese textbook from the bag, and looked at Xiaoyu with a smile.

"Every time you are given a lesson, the time it takes you to become a human is greatly reduced."

"It's just right today, there's nothing else to do anyway, let's study hard."

"Strive to turn you back into a kitten before dinner."

The moment he saw the Chinese textbook, Xiao Yu's face changed, and he subconsciously took half a step back.

But in the next second, she was pressed by Ai Qing's shoulder.

"Don't try to run away today, be good, sit here."