The quick-traveling villain has no way to escape.

The house is cheap, 300 yuan a month, and the old lady is nicer. The kitchen and bathroom are available to them for free. In that room, apart from an old-fashioned wooden bed and a stove that can be used to boil water for heating, There is no other furniture.

If they wanted to live comfortably, they had to get a table. They didn't have much money, and the cost in the capital was higher than they imagined. Xu Mingli didn't want to spend unnecessary money, so he cleaned the entire house inside and out. After cleaning.

After getting the old lady's permission, I went to the room where the old lady usually kept sundries, found a clean wooden board, washed it, and built a temporary table with bricks.

There was no place to hang the clothes of the two of them, so Xu Mingli tied two ropes to the wooden beam and tied it with a stick to make a place to hang the clothes.

The two of them worked hard outside and kept everything simple. Fortunately, Song Tingyun did not dislike the simple environment, but worked hard to clean up with Xu Mingli.

Eating out was expensive, so Song Tingyun planned to cook by himself in the future, but the old lady just gave him another stove.

"Now that we have a stove, let's go and ask the landlady where there is a grocery store nearby. Let's buy an iron pot and cook by ourselves."

Xu Mingli squatted beside the bed, checking whether the old wooden bed was strong or not. If he felt there were some weak spots, he used nails to tighten them.

Hearing Song Tingyun say that he cooks, Xu Mingli's first reaction was, who of the two knows how to cook? Don't burn down the old landlady's house.

"Neither of us can do it."

"I can learn." Song Tingyun handed Xu Mingli a nail, "It's expensive to eat out, but you can save money by cooking it yourself. I can learn to cook. Let's ask where the coal seller is later."

"Can you do it?" Xu Mingli didn't want Song Tingyun to cook, because he was afraid that Song Tingyun wouldn't accidentally hurt himself again.

"I can definitely do it, don't look down on others." Of course Song Tingyun can cook, but he can't say, "Maybe I'm gifted."

"Okay, if you really can't do it, don't force it. I'll learn how to cook."

"Ah."

There was no mattress for sleeping on the bed, and there were many things that needed to be bought. When Xu Mingli went out to buy things, he specifically asked the old lady of the landlady to borrow a bicycle. He was afraid that Song Tingyun would get cold, so Xu Mingli would not let him go.

"You wait here for me obediently. I'll buy the mattress for sleeping on the bed first. We must have a place to sleep at night."

Bicycles can't carry much. Song Tingyun knew this, so he didn't bother to keep up.

He took off his military coat and put it on Xu Mingli, then walked him to the entrance of the alley and warned him, "It just snowed and the roads are icy. Please ride slower."

"I got it." Xu Mingli, wearing a military coat, pushed his bicycle and asked Song Tingyun to go back quickly and stop sending him away. "You go back quickly, don't send it away, don't catch a cold again."

"Ah."

"I'll bring you something delicious when I get back."

"Okay." Song Tingyun waved to Xu Mingli.

Xu Mingli didn't want to waste any more time, so he smiled with Song Tingyun, got on his bicycle and left.

Seeing Xu Mingli turn around and disappear from sight, Song Tingyun wrapped herself in a tight cotton coat and trotted back with her neck scrunched up.

When he went back, he met the landlady who was preparing to make dinner. They had not had time to eat after leaving the inn today and had been looking for a house. Song Tingyun was so hungry that his chest was pressed to his back.

"Hello, grandma." It's always good to be sweeter when you're out. Song Tingyun still smiled brightly even though he was hungry. He greeted the old lady of the landlady and opened and closed his mouth as if he were grandma.

The old landlady must have lived alone for a long time, so she was happy to meet Song Tingyun, a sweet-mouthed and good-looking young man.

"Your brother went out to buy something?"

The old landlady thought they were brothers, Xu Mingli was the elder brother and Song Tingyun was the younger brother.

Song Tingyun didn't explain, and nodded: "Well, I went out to buy a mattress. Thank you for lending us your bicycle."

"It's just a bike ride, thank you." The old lady was probably in her sixties, and her hair was a little gray. "The winter in this capital is very cold, so you have to buy a thicker mattress, preferably cotton, otherwise it will be difficult to sleep at night It’s cold to sleep in.”

"Well, my brother should know." The stove in their house was not turned on, and the bed was just a hard board with no place to sit. Song Tingyun looked at the old landlady and said, "Are you ready to cook? How about I help you light the fire?"

"No, I won't bother you anymore."

"It's okay." It's true that Song Tingyun helped the old landlady, and it was true that he wanted to take the opportunity to keep warm. "We also want to thank you for being willing to rent the house to us at such a low price."

Song Tingyun insisted on helping, and the landlady did not refuse.

It was very simple for the old lady to cook by herself. She just boiled noodles and stir-fried some sauerkraut. Song Tingyun squatted in front of the stove to help light the fire. During the chat, he learned that the reason why the old lady guarded the courtyard by herself was to guard her husband and wife. Son's memories.

The old lady’s husband passed away relatively early, and her two children, both of whom were very promising and studied abroad, are now staying abroad for development. In the early years, there was talk of bringing the old lady to immigrate there to provide for her retirement.

It’s just that the old lady doesn’t want to.

The old lady has to guard the courtyard house in the old alley. Her son, daughter-in-law, daughter-in-law, son-in-law, grandson and granddaughter are all abroad. It is difficult to return to the country. Either she has no time to work or her grandson and niece cannot adapt to life in China.

The old man has been living alone. He rented the house to a college student before. Later, when the girl's job stabilized, she moved out when the company provided her with a dormitory.

Song Tingyun has been chatting with the old lady to relieve her boredom. He is sweet-tongued and does not spoil the fun. The old lady likes him very much.

When Xu Mingli came back from buying a mattress, Song Tingyun had already eaten noodles at the old lady's house.

In addition to mattresses and quilts, Xu Mingli also bought pastries and divided them into two portions, one for Song Tingyun to try and the other for the old landlady.

The old lady asked Xu Mingli to bring the cakes, so she knew that these two children were children who knew etiquette and interpersonal relationships.

He immediately gave a reward. Seeing that the mattress Xu Mingli bought was too thin, he gave Song Tingyun and the others their own cotton mattress to use, and also gave them a few pieces of coal to light the stove to keep warm at night.

Lying in bed at night, Song Tingyun rested on Xu Mingli's arm and looked at the dim tungsten lamp above his head, feeling very satisfied.

No matter how poor and difficult the life is, as long as Xu Mingli is there, everything will be sweet.

I just don't know how long he can stay in this world.

I hope it can be slower.

It doesn't matter if it's a little bit hard or a little tiring.