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Chapter 95: Chapter 95: The Mighty Warrior
"So satisfied." Si Xiaohui nodded briskly. Living in a three-room tiled house in the city, with a small yard, if this isn’t satisfying, then what else could be? Living in the royal palace?
A house she couldn’t even dare to dream of, she’d be willing to give up a few years of her life to live here.
It would be so nice if she could bring her mom and her younger brother here. The house back home leaks when it rains, and it has such a heavy smell of earth; it’s not pleasant at all. Every time it rains and the house starts to leak, she thinks, once she gets married, she has to find a good home. She definitely can’t marry into a family in the same condition as hers.
Honestly, she was truly terrified of being poor anymore.
Living on mixed grain noodles and sleeping in a muddy house, whoever likes it can enjoy that life. She doesn’t want any of it. Initially, her entire hope of changing her destiny was placed on getting married. But she didn’t expect it to happen so soon, even before she got married.
"Aren’t you afraid of living here alone at night?" Tong Yao was also rather satisfied with this small courtyard, but she was worried that Si Xiaohui would be afraid to live here alone at night.
"What is there to be scared of? During the busy farming season, my mom and brother would work overnight, and I would sleep at home alone without any fear. I’m not scared at all in the city, which is brightly-lit. Even if this house was full of ghosts, I would still live here." Si Xiaohui was afraid that Tong Yao might change her mind and not rent it anymore. She turned to Tong Yao and coquettishly said, "Sister-in-law, can you please rent this! I promise to listen to you in future, might never argue with you, and do whatever you ask."
Just so she could live in this house, Si Xiaohui would even dare to climb up a knife mountain or go down to a sea of flames.
"Act normally." Tong Yao was made uncomfortable by her coquettish behavior, "Your brother should come over to accompany you for a few days at night to let others know there’s a man here, so they wouldn’t dare to have any bad intentions."
If it doesn’t work, she could just hang a few men’s clothes in the yard. Since a girl is living here, safety measures must be in place. She didn’t want to do something out of kindness but end up causing trouble.
"Whatever you say." In order to live here, Si Xiaohui wouldn’t dare to refute Tong Yao at all, afraid that Tong Yao would change her mind and not rent it after all.
Tong Yao rolled her eyes and turned to the landlord, "Auntie, we’ve decided to rent this house."
"Alright, since you’ve decided to rent it, you need to pay three months’ rent at once." As a landlord, she preferred to rent her house to pretty young girls like Tong Yao, because young girls are tidy and usually wouldn’t bring ruffian friends over, thus causing less trouble.
Tong Yao took out fifteen yuan, "Auntie, here are fifteen yuan, please count it."
"OK, OK." The landlady gladly took the money, counted it in front of thema and then handed the keys to Tong Yao, "The amount is correct. The big key is for the main door, the smaller one is for the room door, and the longest one is for the hall. If there’s anything, you can call me from next door."
"OK, thank you, Auntie." Tong Yao took the keys and handed them to a delighted-looking Si Xiaohui.
"Go ahead, clean up the house! I’m leaving now."
"Take care, Auntie."
Tong Yao saw her off until the main entrance. The more the landlady looked at Tong Yao, the more she liked her. Before leaving, she said with a smile, "My nephew has turned 24 this year and he’s still single."
Tong Yao: What does that have to do with me?
After seeing off the landlady, Si Xiaohui, who was overjoyed, ran around the yard and house as if she had been liberated, so happy that she almost took off right then and there. She would be living in this small courtyard from now on, she would have her own room, no longer having to share a bed with her mom, and she wouldn’t have to worry about a leaky roof. It felt so good.
Si Xiaohui wished she could move in immediately. She bent down and started pulling out the half-meter-tall weeds on the ground. She wanted to clear the yard of weeds instantly.
Tong Yao was annoyed by her frantic manner, "Stop messing around. Let’s go to the store to buy some household necessities first, we can clean up after that."
Si Xiaohui’s eyes brightened, but they dimmed instantly. She looked down at her toes and mumbled, "I didn’t bring any money."
The city is indeed a place where money flies. Even drinking water costs money. Si Xiaohui had a little savings, but she didn’t bring any from home.
Buying household goods isn’t a mere one or two cents’ task. Si Xiaohui didn’t have the courage to ask Tong Yao to bear this cost. Since her older brother got married and lived in the city, it was considered they had parted ways. Her relationship with Tong Yao wasn’t good either, it was impossible for her to spend so much money on Xiaohui.
Si Xiaohui suddenly regretted her decision a little. If she knew that she would have to rely on Tong Yao for everything in the city, she wouldn’t have chosen this path initially.
Tong Yao could see what was going on but didn’t expose Xiaohui, "I got it, hurry up."
A surprised yet delighted Si Xiaohui said awkwardly, "Then deduct it from my salary." 𝒏𝒐𝒗𝒑𝒖𝒃.𝙘𝒐𝒎
Tong Yao turned and walked away, "You haven’t even worked a day yet, where is your salary coming from? If you wriggle and mumble again, I’m going to go back and rest."
"Why are you so moody!"
Si Xiaohui hurriedly caught up with Tong Yao, complaining verbally, but the corners of her eyes couldn’t hide her joy.
Si Xiaohui didn’t even bring a thread with her when she came to the city. Tong Yao first took her to buy a set of clothes, then brought her to buy bedding and daily necessities, and finally bought some milk tea ingredients. After everything was taken care of, it was afternoon. The two of them bought some food on the street, and then called a car to deliver all the things to the rental house.
This is the first time Si Xiaohui has indulged in consumption so recklessly. She was a bit dumbfounded, she cared about money on one hand, yet on the other she wanted to buy things. The struggle in her mind was as conflicting as heaven and hell. It never stopped.
After getting off the taxi, she was still in a daze, "Sister-in-law, pinch me. I still feel that all these are not real."
She was accustomed to leading a hard life, suddenly life has turned good, and she just can’t believe it.
There were a lot of things in the car. Tong Yao squeezed herself out of the car, her feet had just touched the ground when she heard Si Xiaohui’s words. Tong Yao found it both amusing and annoying, "Stop acting like you’re drunk on a few kilograms of liquor, quickly unload the stuff, the driver master is in a hurry."
"Oh, okay." Si Xiaohui, who came around, blushed instantly and hastened to unload the things from the car.
Having hustled all morning, Tong Yao was so tired she didn’t want to move. She plugged in the fan and took a breath of fresh air, she felt a bit better, "I’m too tired to move, you clean up the house yourself!"
"City people are really delicate. We work in the fields for a whole day, and it’s far more tiring than this. We don’t get as tired as you." Si Xiaohui was full of energy, she didn’t stop to catch her breath and immediately started weeding in the yard. After weeding, she fetched a bucket of water and wiped the whole house inside and out. Far from feeling tired, the more she cleaned, the more energetic she became.
When she thought about how she would be living here in the future, she felt energized like she had the strength of a champion warrior.
Aren’t the people in the city living in such large houses shown on TV? Wearing beautiful clothes and cycling to work every day?
Now she finally lived the life she had been longing for, and she wished she could fly back and share her joy with Zhang Lijuan.
