My Courtyard Refuge

: Status Quo of Luyang

“Grandpa, we’ve already got off the bus, and we’ll be at Exit No. 2 soon.”

“Okay, slow down, both of you, I’ll wait for you at the exit.”

In less than a minute, Ma Lingling saw Grandpa. She waved her hand vigorously, and then said to the mobile phone:

“Grandpa, I saw you.”

After finishing speaking, he hung up the phone, took his younger brother’s hand and walked towards grandpa.

“I miss you, Grandpa!” Ma Xu shouted.

“Grandpa misses you too, Lingling, is the journey going well?” Dad Xu asked concerned.

“Successful, nothing happened.”

“That’s good. Are you two hungry? Do you want to go back after eating?” Dad Xu suggested.

Ma Lingling quickly refused: “Grandpa, no need, my mother prepared rice balls, just ate them in the car, and I’m not hungry at all now.”

Father Xu nodded, took the suitcase from his granddaughter, and took the two of them into a taxi.

In less than an hour, we finally arrived at the courtyard, and a large family stood at the door to greet us.

After some greetings, Mother Xu dragged Ma Lingling and her brother into the yard.

“Wow woof woof…”

Ma Lingling looked at the wolf dog and sighed: “Wow, Mark grows so fast. I remember that during the Chinese New Year, it was not as tall as my calf.”

“Cousin, Dad said that Mark is a big wolf dog, as long as there is meat to eat, he will grow fast.” Ke Ke interjected.

“Mark doesn’t eat meat every day, does he?” Ma Lingling asked in surprise.

Xu Ma took over the words: “Don’t listen to your cousin’s nonsense, people are almost out of meat, where is there meat for dogs, and it’s almost as good as eating some bones.”

“But Dad…”

“Your father is also unreliable sometimes!”

Then Mother Xu changed the subject: “Okay, Lingling, I cleaned up your and Xiaoxu’s rooms last night, one room for each of you, I’ll take you to have a look.”

“Thank you grandma.”

“Tell grandma what to say, just treat this as your own home, don’t be polite.” Mama Xu said happily.

Ma Lingling’s room is on the second floor, next to the bedroom of Ke Ke and the sisters, and the quilts and sheets are brand new; Ma Xu lives on the first floor, and the boy is naughty, so if he lives on the second floor, it will be bad if he falls down the stairs.

After settling down, Xu Ma took Ma Lingling to ask about Luyang’s situation. Although she usually called on the phone, she was afraid that there would be good news but not bad news.

Yang Lina came over with a bowl of soup: “Lingling, hurry up and have a bowl of mung bean soup, it’s too hot, don’t suffer from heat stroke.”

“Thank you, little aunt.”

“What a good boy, why are you being polite to my little aunt, drink it quickly!” Yang Lina laughed.

Ma Lingling took a big sip and said quickly: “It’s so sweet!”

“There’s still some in the pot, if it’s not enough, I’ll add more for you.”

“That’s enough. I drank four boxes of yogurt in the taxi just now. If I drink any more, my stomach will bloat.”

Mama Xu complained: “Your grandfather is really too, yogurt is not a good thing, it is almost expired, and you are still forced to drink it.”

Ma Lingling’s face was a little red, but in fact, it had nothing to do with Grandpa, it was their siblings who were greedy and drank so much in one go.

After scolding his wife for a few words, Mother Xu began to ask about the situation of her daughter’s family, but Yang Lina did not leave and stayed by her side.

“Are your parents okay at work?”

“Fortunately, both of them are employees of the railway system. They don’t have to worry about unemployment, but they are much busier than before. My dad has to work overtime every three days.”

Yang Lina comforted: “This is normal. There is a shortage of supplies everywhere now. The railway must be busy.”flipped. ”

“Is there enough food in the house? Are you hungry?” Mother Xu continued to ask.

“It’s enough to eat. My dad bought more than a dozen bags of rice before, and there is still a lot left! Besides, it’s not that we can’t buy food now, so why are we hungry?”

Yang Lina asked curiously, “Is it easy to buy food in Luyang?”

“I can only go to the designated grain store to buy. There are rice and flour, but the purchase is limited, and the vegetables are not easy to buy. I heard that the water shortage is serious, and many vegetable greenhouses have been abandoned.”

Mother Xu felt distressed when she heard this:

“No wonder you and Xiaoxu have lost so much weight. How can you survive without eating vegetables? You don’t have any nutrition at all. When you turn back, grandma will cook you some more delicious food to make up for it.”

In fact, this is also Xu Ting’s selfishness. My brother’s family is rich, so the food must be good.

“Thank you grandma, grandma, you are the best.” Ma Lingling said coquettishly, holding Mama Xu’s arm.

“Tell grandma what you want to eat, and grandma will make it for you at night.”

“I like to eat everything my grandma cooks.”

“You little girl, I don’t know who you learned from, your mouth is like honey…”

Mama Xu nodded in satisfaction. Her daughter didn’t lie to her, and basically said the same thing as her granddaughter, so she asked about the situation of the eldest family:

“Is your uncle’s family okay?”

Ma Lingling hesitated for a moment, nodded and said, “It should be okay.”

Mama Xu naturally saw something was wrong, so she asked nervously:

“Did something happen to your uncle’s house?”

“Oh, grandma, my mother won’t let me say it.”

“This is grandma’s house, don’t listen to your mother, tell me quickly, grandma is going to die of anxiety.” Mother Xu urged.

Ma Lingling nodded: “Actually, it’s not a big deal, but after the power supply was restored, uncle sold all the rice he had stockpiled before.

He also said that my uncle is a liar, and there is no need to store so much food at all. It is my uncle who deliberately let him waste money. ”

“and after?”

“Afterwards the food price skyrocketed, and my uncle said that my mother was not kind, and that she and my uncle were in the same group, and deliberately wanted to see his jokes.”

“Your uncle…”

Mama Xu’s colleague, who was relieved, didn’t know what to say.

“Brother is really serious, he seems to have forgotten who persuaded him to stockpile food at the beginning, he really took kindness as a donkey’s liver and lungs.” Yang Lina said coldly.

Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, Ma Lingling hurriedly said: “However, grandma, don’t worry, my dad just sent a bag of rice to my uncle’s family last month, and my uncle and the others must not be short of food.”

“Your uncle is too ignorant, I will talk about him later.” Mama Xu sighed.

After all, this is not a glorious thing, so it can only be turned over.

Next, Xu’s mother asked about Ma Lingling’s studies, and learned that her granddaughter ranked 25th in the whole grade at the end of the final exam.

===Section 49===

“Thank you grandma.” Ma Lingling said happily.

Yang Lina couldn’t help but express, she went back to the second floor and picked out an unopened Parker gold pen from her husband’s study.

The gold pen is not too expensive, the price tag is more than 1,500 yuan, which is just right for a gift.

However, at the current price of gold, the price of this pen would at least double.

“Lingling, your brother-in-law and I rewarded you with this pen. I hope you can keep your grades and get admitted to a prestigious university.”

“Thank you, little aunt.”

Ma Lingling happily took the pen. The pen looks expensive at first glance. Although she is not a person who likes to show off, who doesn’t like good things!