Buy a house with 30,000 yuan and live in a small town

Liu Wangxue and Xu Qingsong drove to the mall first. It was the first time they met the elders of each other's family, so it would be bad to go empty-handed.

Liu Wangxue was also experiencing this for the first time, and she was unsure what to buy. Before coming, Gu Xuelan had told her to pick the best ones, and also gave her some suggestions, and told her to ask Xu Qingsong directly if she was really unsure.

Liu Wangxue also thought that she should ask Xu Qingsong. She was worried that if she bought the gift on her own, his parents and grandparents might not like it. Since it was a gift, and it was given to an important person, it would of course be best to send it to the heart of the person, so that the recipient would be satisfied and the giver would also be happy.

Xu Qingsong told her not to worry: "Wait until I get back, your boyfriend will take you to choose. I guarantee you won't make any mistakes and you can please them."

Liu Wangxue said stubbornly: "Who wants to please others? I am just being polite, understand? Etiquette!"

"Okay, okay," Xu Qingsong coaxed her, "Be polite, be polite!"

On the way to the mall, the two of them were busy talking about other things. Before Liu Wangxue had time to ask him what he wanted to buy, they arrived at their destination.

When they parked the car and went to take the elevator, Liu Wangxue asked, "You said you would come back to help me choose, but you didn't tell me what to buy in advance. What exactly is your suggestion?"

Xu Qingsong took her hand and walked towards the elevator: "Don't worry, I'll tell you now."

Liu Wangxue waited for two seconds, but he didn't speak, so she urged him, "Go ahead."

Xu Qingsong pressed the elevator button, and the numbers started to go down from "3". He lowered his head and approached Liu Wangxue, smiling as he looked into her eyes. He was happy that he could finally bring her home.

Liu Wangxue misunderstood and thought Xu Qingsong was signaling her to give him a kiss, so she pretended to be shocked: "You're charging interest for this?!"

Xu Qingsong raised his hand and flicked her forehead: "Am I so fussy?"

At this time, the elevator door opened and four or five passengers came out, including a lady pushing a baby stroller. Xu Qingsong then took Liu Wangxue and moved aside.

After everyone had walked out, Xu Qingsong took Liu Wangxue's hand and walked in. He pressed "3" and continued to talk to Liu Wangxue, "Let's go to the third floor first. There is a tea shop on the third floor. My dad has suddenly started to like drinking tea recently, and he only drinks Pu'er. When I went back to Taojia Village, there wasn't much tea left in his can of tea. He should have almost finished it now. You can give him this."

Liu Wangxue was worried: "Don't you just buy new ones when you're almost done drinking? What if uncle has already bought some? I..."

"It's okay, just listen to me, you won't be wrong--" Before Xu Qingsong finished speaking, the elevator made a "ding" sound, and it arrived at the second floor. Three or four people walked in, so he protected Liu Wangxue and stood aside.

After getting out of the elevator on the third floor, Xu Qingsong held Liu Wangxue's hand and walked towards the tea shop with a purpose. He then continued what he had not finished saying just now: "My father likes to keep everything simple. He doesn't have high requirements for food, clothing and daily necessities in daily life. If there is something on hand that can meet his current needs, even if it is just a makeshift thing, he will never buy a second one. So, with his personality, the same goes for tea. He only buys one can at a time, and he will definitely drink it all up before going out to buy more."

When Liu Wangxue heard Xu Qingsong talk about his father before, the image that came to her mind was of a university professor who was both serious and rigorous, yet humorous and witty. This was the first time she heard him talk about this side of his father, and she really admired him: "Thinking about my cabinet of tea leaves and tea sets, I feel like I should be ashamed."

"There's nothing to be ashamed of," Xu Qingsong raised his hand and poked her dimple, smiling, "It's just that the philosophies and ways of life are different. My mom is the complete opposite of my dad. I can only say that it's a good thing that my mom doesn't like drinking tea, otherwise, she would definitely have built a tea room at home and built a whole wall of cabinets in it to store all kinds of tea sets and various types of tea."

"Is it true?" Liu Wangxue didn't quite believe it, because in past conversations, through Xu Qingsong's description, Liu Wangxue always thought that his mother and his father were people with very similar personalities.

"Really!" Seeing that she didn't believe him, Xu Qingsong told her another story to prove it. "You'll know when you go to my house. My cloakroom is 30 square meters. My father's and my shoes and clothes only take up a pitiful corner. The rest are all my mother's things."

"Is your description really not exaggerated?" Liu Wangxue was suspicious. She even used the word "pitiful". She really suspected that this person was damaging the reputation of his elders again.

Xu Qingsong was like a worm in her stomach at this moment: "Are you suspecting that I am harming my mother's reputation again?"

"No." Liu Wangxue denied.

However, this denial was not sincere. Xu Qingsong saw through it and said with a smile: "Really? The first thing I'll do when I get home is to take you to see it. I'm your boyfriend, why don't you believe what I say?"

"Okay, I believe it, I believe it," Liu Wangxue also smiled, patted him, and then added, "It's because you always like to exaggerate."

Xu Qingsong raised his hand and poked her dimple again as a revenge.

After walking a few steps forward, Xu Qingsong motioned Liu Wangxue to look to the right: "We're here."

The tea shop is not very big, and it sells all six major types of tea, which are neatly arranged on the antique shelves.

Since time was limited, Liu Wangxue went straight to Pu'er tea. He asked Xu Qingsong which kind his father drank, picked a can according to his preference, and also added a box of Xiaoqinggan Pu'er on his own.

Seeing that they made their selection so quickly, the clerk wanted to take the opportunity to recommend something else: "Would you like to try something else? Our Dianhong tea is also of excellent quality. You can go to the tea room in the back and let our tea artist brew a pot for you to taste."

"No, thank you, that's all." Liu Wangxue politely declined and paid the money. Xu Qingsong carried the gift bag and walked out holding her hand.

Liu Wangxue asked: "What should I give to Auntie?"

Xu Qingsong led her to the escalator and said, "Just give her a silk scarf. My mom said a few days ago that she would go on a spring outing with a few friends when spring comes. She's already thinking about what to wear. I remember hearing her say that she's missing a silk scarf, but she probably hasn't bought it yet."

Liu Wangxue confirmed with him: "Are you sure?"

"Don't worry," Xu Qingsong reassured her, "Whether she buys it or not, as long as it's a gift from you, she will definitely like it very much and will definitely take it with her when she goes out to play."

The two of them walked from the second floor to the first floor and visited three or four shops. Liu Wangxue picked out a large and a small square scarf based on Xu Qingsong's description of his mother's dressing style and her impression of him when she first met him in Taojia Village.

Coming out of the store carrying a silk scarf, Liu Wangxue looked up and saw a store selling massagers across the street. It was the brand that Wenxi gave to Gu Xuelan and Liu Nanshan last year.

Liu Wangxue once heard Xu Qingsong say that his grandparents had some lumbar muscle strain. One of the old people was studying archaeology and the other was teaching law. They both suffered from this disease from standing in class for a long time and working at desks when they were young.

Liu Wangxue then pulled Xu Qingsong to the opposite side and said, "How about giving grandpa and grandma a massager? I remember you said they often have back pain."

Xu Qingsong held her back and said, "We have some at home. I bought them this brand two years ago. We have been using them all the time."

"Did you buy it two years ago? What kind of thing was it?" Liu Wangxue asked.

Xu Qingsong joked, "Why, are you worried that the things I bought for your grandson won't work?"

"No." Liu Wangxue smiled and patted him, holding his arm and still insisting on walking to the other side, "Last year, Xixi gave my parents one each, it's this brand, with a hot compress function. They both use it for a while before going to bed every day, it's really comfortable. After the weather got cold, my mom also uses it for hot compresses before going to bed every day, applying it to her stomach and entire back, and she sleeps so comfortably."

"It can also provide hot compress?" Xu Qingsong only did some research before buying it and didn't pay much attention to it afterwards. He didn't expect that there would be a new function.

Liu Nanshan and Gu Xuelan usually used it before going to bed, so the massager was always placed in the bedroom. They only mentioned it occasionally during conversations as a gift from Wenxi. Xu Qingsong had never seen what it looked like and didn't ask much, otherwise he would have definitely bought it for his family a long time ago.

"Yes," Liu Wangxue heard him ask this and knew that the massager he bought definitely didn't have a hot compress function, "So let's go and have a look. Hot compress can also help relieve lumbar muscle strain."

When Liu Wangxue walked into the store, she saw the one that Wenxi gave to Liu Nanshan and Gu Xuelan. Now an upgraded version has been released. It is easier to operate and has a wider range of massage and hot compress. It imitates human hand massage and can press deep muscles.

The two of them tied the products around their waists and tried them out for a while. Liu Wangxue chose the upgraded version without hesitation and told the clerk that she wanted two, one for grandpa and one for grandma.

Xu Qingsong quickly stopped her: "One is enough." Liu Wangxue thought, how nice it would be to have two, just like her parents, each with their own and without "fighting" with each other. She saw a small clock on the cash register, and it had been an hour since they entered the mall. She had just spent some extra time choosing the scarf, and she was worried that she would be late and keep her elders waiting.

Liu Wangxue thought so and said so, and the clerk next to her also agreed and advised her to buy two pieces.

Xu Qingsong ignored what the clerk said and said to Liu Wangxue, "Really, one is enough. My grandfather has the same personality and habits as my father. Last time, I bought two and brought them home, but my grandfather didn't want them and asked me to return them. He said that he and my grandmother could just take turns using them. There's no need to waste them."

Liu Wangxue confirmed with him: "Really?"

"Really!" Xu Qingsong raised his hand and put it on her back, touching her hair. With a pair of smiling eyes and a soft light in them, he said, "I swear."

"Okay then." Liu Wangxue was amused by him. Why should he swear?

After walking out of the store, Xu Qingsong held all the things in his left hand, and walked towards the elevator with Liu Wangxue in his right hand: "Let's go back."

Liu Wangxue was still glancing at other shops around: "Hey - are we going back now? I can't just take these three things. What else do grandpa and grandma like? I'll buy one more."

"I've booked everything, let's go." Xu Qingsong didn't give her the chance to go anywhere else. He hugged her and walked straight to the side where they had just come up from the underground garage to take the elevator, which was closer to the parking space.

Liu Wangxue was drawn back to his words, and raised her eyes to look at Xu Qingsong and asked, "What did you order?"

Xu Qingsong explained: "My grandpa doesn't have many hobbies. He usually likes to eat snacks and desserts, but he has "three highs", so my grandma is very strict. She only allows him to eat once every two or three months, and each time she limits the amount. Oh, the old man is so greedy! So, every time I come back, grandpa either explicitly or implicitly tells me not to enter the house without bringing snacks."

Liu Wangxue laughed when she heard this, thinking that the old man still had a mischievous side: "Then you can bring back the desserts made by your brother-in-law. The sugar content is relatively low, so it should be suitable for the elderly, but it should still be consumed in moderation."

"I bought them," said Xu Qingsong. As early as when the "Bu Tian" applet was launched, he placed an order for a batch of small cookies and sent them to Beijing. "But my grandfather has a strong taste and thinks that the ones made by my brother-in-law are tasteless. The ones I sent home are basically eaten by my parents and grandma. He always eats He Gu Zhai's."

Liu Wangxue knew that Heguzhai was also an old brand in Beijing and was quite famous. She had bought some from it when she visited Beijing before, but no one liked it when she brought it home, saying it was too sweet and greasy.

Liu Wangxue thought, no wonder Xu Qingsong's grandmother controlled him so strictly. If he was allowed to do whatever he wanted, his "three highs" would probably get even higher, which would be of no benefit to his health.

Liu Wangxue asked Xu Qingsong: "So you ordered the dim sum from Heguzhai?"

As they were talking, they walked to the elevator entrance. Some people were already waiting. Seeing that the down button had been pressed, Xu Qingsong took Liu Wangxue to stand aside and nodded, "Heguzhai has also begun to pay attention to health, low sugar and low oil in the past two years. Some cakes have been launched in improved versions, and the taste is much lighter than the traditional ones."

At this point, the elevator came down from above. They went down first and then up. When the two of them entered, the elevator was still full, so Xu Qingsong didn't continue.

When they got out of the elevator at B1 and walked towards the parking space, Liu Wangxue asked him, "So the ones you bought for grandpa are all improved versions?"

"It's not me, it's you." Xu Qingsong put his hand around her waist and tapped twice with his fingers.

"Ah?" Liu Wangxue didn't understand what was going on for a moment.

Xu Qingsong smiled and said, "I already bought it for grandpa once when I went home for the Spring Festival. Now it's only been over a month since then. The time is too close. I definitely can't bring it back."

"Great!" Liu Wangxue raised her hand to pinch his waist, but her clothes were too thick and she missed, so she poked him twice with her fingers to tease him, "This is my first time coming to your house, and you're framing me like this and want me to take the blame for you, right?"

Xu Qingsong laughed and didn't hide. He took Liu Wangxue back into his arms and begged her for mercy: "The main thing is, my grandfather called me yesterday and told me clearly that if he doesn't see that box of snow skin lotus seed paste cake, he will not let me into the house in front of you. You know, if he really blocked me at the door, I would be so embarrassed. Honey, you have to help me!"

"Stop playing pitiful game. Do you think I believe you?" Liu Wangxue glanced at him.

Xu Qingsong tilted his head and gently touched hers: "Okay, I won't tease you anymore. I took Grandpa to the hospital for a checkup during the Spring Festival. Grandma has been supervising his diet and urging him to exercise this year, and there is basically no problem. So, grandma said that these things can be relaxed a little bit. The old man has been craving for food these days. Think about it, as the future granddaughter-in-law of our Xu family, you put this box of cakes in front of him, which is exactly what he wants. He must be very happy!"

Liu Wangxue raised her hand to pinch his mouth: "Watch what you say to me, what about 'future granddaughter-in-law', did I agree? Mr. Xu, you haven't even asked for marriage, and you dare to think about such a beautiful thing!"

Xu Qingsong was just about to argue that he just said it casually, but then he heard Liu Wangxue's words. He was overjoyed and took her hand away and held it tightly in his own: "So, what you mean is that I can prepare to propose to you?"

The car was right next to them. Liu Wangxue didn't answer, but just pulled her hand out, turned around and walked towards the passenger door, then turned back and glanced at him with a smile.

Xu Qingsong immediately took out the key to unlock the car, followed her in two steps, and diligently helped her open the door. After she got in, he closed the door considerately, then went around to the other side, put the things in his hands on the back seat, and then got in the car. After closing the door, he did not rush to drive away. He put his left hand on the steering wheel and asked the question again.

Liu Wangxue knew that he asked this on purpose, and of course, he must have some hidden thoughts. She thought about it and wanted to tease Xu Qingsong. She looked him up and down with lustful eyes, and finally stopped at his lower body. She said in a coquettish and arrogant tone: "I haven't checked the goods yet, why are you in such a hurry?"

Xu Qingsong was immediately aroused by her eyes and words. His lower abdomen tightened, and he clenched his hands on the steering wheel tightly and then suddenly loosened them. He raised his right arm and leaned towards Liu Wangxue, and easily pulled her close to him.

Liu Wangxue was startled by his sudden action, and her heart started beating faster.

Xu Qingsong held her neck with one hand, rubbing his thumb on the skin behind her ear, and whispered to her ear, "Okay, come home with me tonight."

After saying that, he kissed her earlobe again.

Liu Wangxue heard the suppressed desire in his tone, and felt that her left ear, neck and cheek were about to be boiled by the heat in his words. Her heartbeat was no longer accelerated by the shock, and she hardly noticed Xu Qingsong pushing her back into the seat and buckling her seat belt. It was not until the car drove out of the underground garage and the colorful lights outside dazzled her that she came back to her senses.

We drove onto the main road and drove some distance forward. There was silence in the car.

Xu Qingsong had been paying attention to Liu Wangxue's reaction. He felt amused and thought she was very cute. He asked, "What's wrong? You were the one who flirted with me first, and then you didn't take responsibility. That's not very kind of you."

Liu Wangxue's heartbeat had basically returned to normal at this moment. He slightly adjusted his posture to make himself sit more comfortably, and said unyieldingly, "Who said I don't want to take responsibility? If I dare to flirt, I dare to take responsibility."

Liu Wangxue was overjoyed after she finished speaking. Did she succeed in flirting? God bless her! She finally succeeded in flirting!

However, the next second, she turned from joy to sadness. Liu Wangxue thought, Xu Qingsong said "go home", isn't that his home they are going to tonight! How can she do that kind of thing when she goes to her boyfriend's house for the first time, especially when his family is there? What if his family finds out, where will she put her face? Even if his family doesn't know, she can't get over it... It seems that she still didn't succeed in teasing him. She felt that she was teased again.

Thinking of this, Liu Wangxue glared at Xu Qingsong.

Xu Qingsong saw it out of the corner of his eye and laughed out loud: "Why are you glaring at me for no reason?"

Liu Wangxue snorted softly and asked him, "Where are we staying tonight?"

Xu Qingsong still smiled: "Didn't I tell you, it's my home."

"I think," Liu Wangxue said in a negotiating tone, "a hotel is better."

Xu Qingsong continued to laugh: "I told you before, I don't want to be in the hotel."

Liu Wangxue wanted to continue the discussion, but Xu Qingsong motioned her to look ahead: "We're here." (End of this chapter)