Chapter 256 The elders are here to inspect! Be restrained!
In the early morning, the first ray of sunlight had not yet completely penetrated the clouds and the world was still drowsy. However, Xu Cailing and Liu Zhiyi, who always loved to sleep in on weekends, woke up early today.
The two girls, still wearing their soft pajamas, tiptoed and lowered their voices, then crouched at the door of Fang Wei's room with their little butts sticking out, and eavesdropped with their ears pressed against the door.
"Cai Ling, is he awake?"
"I don't know. Let's go in and scare him."
"Why not just forget it, it's still early..."
"It's rare that we wake up earlier than him. Let's go in and wake him up!"
"I heard that boys are like that when they first get up. What if someone accidentally sees it..."
"It's you, Zhiyi, who I've always been curious about."
“I, I didn’t…!”
Liu Zhiyi felt a little stimulated by Xu Cailing's suggestion. It reminded her of the first time she followed Cailing to climb over his window. Anyway, it was Cailing who took the lead, so if Fang Wei wanted to punish someone, it would definitely be Cailing.
Liu Zhiyi hid behind Cailing. Cailing reached out and gently pressed down the door handle. It was quite smooth without any lag.
Not to mention Fang Weiwei, even they themselves didn't have the habit of locking the door when they went to bed.
As the door opened a crack, the environment in the room appeared before the girls' eyes.
The environment is a little dim and quiet inside, because there is no snoring habit.
The door opened a little more, and Xu Cailing stepped in first. Liu Zhiyi behind her also crouched down, with an excited and giggling look on her face, and squeezed in right after her.
Normally, I wouldn’t feel anything when I entered Fang Wei’s room. Maybe it was because the environment was dim and Fang Wei was sleeping soundly on the bed, but I inexplicably felt that the atmosphere was weird and ambiguous.
The two girls kept silent, pushing each other, laughing and joking, and half-pushing to Fang Wei's bedside. Finally, they calmed down and no one dared to make a sound.
Without saying a word, in the dim room, the girls' eyes were sparkling. They looked at each other, and then all looked at Fang Wei on the bed.
Fang Wei was lying on his side, half curled up, and seemed to be sleeping soundly. His cell phone was placed next to his pillow. He slept very calmly, and was well covered with the quilt.
Maybe he had been lying on his side for too long, so he moved, turned over, and lay flat on his back. His stomach seemed to be itchy, so he moved his hand under the quilt, lifted the hem of his pajamas, and scratched his stomach.
This scared Xu Cailing and Liu Zhiyi. They thought he had woken up, and they were so frightened that they squatted down beside his bed like moles.
After a while, two little heads popped up beside the bed, and their big eyes stared at Fang Wei on the bed without blinking.
Xu Cailing pursed her lips and winked at Liu Zhiyi:
[Zhiyi, go ahead! Wake him up!]
[I don’t want it. Cailing, you go.]
[Hurry up, hurry up]
[......]
Liu Zhiyi had no choice but to reach out her hand stealthily, carefully lifting a corner of the quilt around Fang Wei's waist, and then curiously and excitedly peeked inside the lifted corner of the quilt...
It's okay if you don't look at it, but you'll be shocked when you look at it.
It seemed as if there was a devil hidden in the bulging shorts, glaring at the pretty girls. It jumped around trying to break free and run out. Liu Zhiyi was so scared that he quickly pulled his hand back and sealed the quilt back.
Xu Cailing and Liu Zhiyi's pretty faces flushed red, and they silently condemned and cursed in their hearts. The inexplicable feeling of excitement and shame made their little hearts beat wildly.
[Zhiyi, you are such a rascal! Who, who told you to look at this!]
[You speak first, okay?]
[I told you to wake him up!]
[It’s exactly the same as what’s written in the book…]
[Would you like to take another look?]
[I don’t want to, it’s so embarrassing, Cailing, you can watch it yourself if you want]
So Xu Cailing, who was full of curiosity, also reached out her hand and secretly lifted a corner of the quilt. Liu Zhiyi, who had said that she didn't want to look, hurriedly held her breath and continued to peek...
Just as the girls were about to snap their fingers to see what the reaction would be, a confused and puzzled voice suddenly rang in their ears.
"What are you doing?"
"what--!"
The two girls squatting beside the bed were so scared that they almost jumped up!
Seeing that it was Fang Wei who woke up, they felt embarrassed and annoyed and slapped him through the quilt in an unpleasant way.
"You're going to die! You suddenly scared me without even saying hello!"
"??"
Fang Wei was also confused: "No... I was sleeping well in my room, what are you doing!"
"Still sleeping! Zhiyi said she was here to wake you up! Pig!"
"...No, Cailing, didn't you say that yourself?"
The two girls came and left quickly. Before Fang Wei could continue asking questions, they opened the door and ran away.
The sweet laughter still lingered in his ears. Looking at the girls' charming figures as they ran out, Fang Wei sat on the bed with his knees bent and sighed heavily...
Is it because I have been too pampering to them?
As expected, living together during adolescence is a dangerous thing. For the two girls, it may just be curiosity about an unfamiliar area, but for Fang Wei, who is so aroused that he is completely unbearable, it is very uncomfortable.
You still have to protect yourself. Remember to lock the door next time you go to bed. One person is timid, but two people are fierce. Who knows what outrageous things they will do next time when they instigate each other!
……
When Fang Wei changed his clothes and came out of the room yawning, Xu Cailing and Liu Zhiyi had already finished washing up.
The two girls acted as if nothing had happened and tacitly agreed not to say a word about their mischief.
"I said you..."
"What are you doing? I just woke you up! I had to get up early anyway!"
Before Fang Wei could finish his words, the girls' voices were louder than his.
"…I was wondering, what are you two doing up so early today?"
"Uncle Fang, my uncle, and my dad are coming, so we have to get up early and clean up. Otherwise, it will be embarrassing if they see the mess."
After they said this, Fang Wei understood why they got up early today.
Just like when we were kids, if there were guests coming to visit, we would clean the house carefully to leave a good impression on the guests.
My parents and others are of course not considered outsiders, but the three of us have lived together for such a long time, and today is the first time that the elders have come to inspect us in person, so we have to put things in a way that will reassure them.
In fact, the house was already very tidy and there was no need to clean it specially. But it also indirectly showed how much Xu Cailing and Liu Zhiyi valued the visit of their elders. The two little maids had a lot of little thoughts in their minds!
"Did Uncle Yuan and the others call you?"
"Not yet. It's not even seven o'clock yet. I guess they have just boarded the ship now."
"If you sneak into my room again next time, I'll spank you!"
Taking advantage of the break in the conversation, Fang Wei urgently interrupted with a warning.
The girls looked disdainful, but their pretty faces blushed slightly, as if they didn't take his warning seriously at all. They turned their heads away and snorted.
They are not afraid of Fang Wei's threats. If Fang Wei dares to bully them, they will tell Uncle Feng and Aunt Lan. Uncle Feng and Aunt Lan will definitely hang him on the lychee tree at the entrance of the village and beat him. Then they will applaud on the side!
Xu Cailing and Liu Zhiyi were busy showing off and working very actively, so they didn't need Fang Wei's help.
Liu Zhiyi went to the kitchen and took out some dough cakes to cook noodles for breakfast;
Xu Cailing took the empty bucket and picked out the washed clothes from the washing machine. She carried the bucket of clothes mixed together from the three of them to the balcony to dry.
Fang Wei had nothing to do, so he fiddled with the flowers and plants he planted on the balcony.
In order to decorate the balcony, he bought many flower pots, but he did not buy soil. He secretly went to the flower beds in the park at night with a bucket and a shovel to dig the soil.
The flowers planted are also varied, including petunias, geraniums, pansies, roses, jasmine, bougainvillea, etc.
Herbaceous flowers like petunias have a very fast growth cycle. Even though winter is approaching in November, the relatively warm environment on the island allows the flowering period to continue until mid-December.
The balcony has sufficient sunlight, and the flowers and plants grow well. The red, white, pink and purple flowers are blooming luxuriantly, embellishing the early winter which is not too cold now, giving a feeling of spring in March.
Perhaps this is the little romance of life. Liu Zhiyi and Xu Cailing are not as good at growing flowers as Fang Wei, but they also like this balcony beautifully decorated with flowers and plants. Whenever they stand on the balcony to relax and take a breath of fresh air, they always put their little noses close to the flowers and smell the faint fragrance.
"Oh! The green onions in the refrigerator are all used up!" Liu Zhiyi said as he opened the refrigerator while cooking noodles.
"Come to the balcony and pick them. They are just ready to be eaten and are still tender." Fang Wei picked up a watering can and lightly watered the flowers on the balcony. The water droplets stuck to the petals, and under the refraction of the morning sun, they looked even more delicate and tempting.
"I'll come, I'll come!"
After hanging up the clothes, Xu Cailing came over to pick green onions.
All the shallots are planted in a large foam box, which can be considered as waste utilization. The foam box is 80 cm long and 50 cm wide. Scallions are planted on the left and garlic sprouts are planted on the right. Don't underestimate the size. Considering the frequency with which the three people use onions and garlic in their daily cooking, they will not be able to eat them all.
"Don't just pull up the whole plant, pick it from the side."
"I know."
Cai Ling, who has done a lot of farm work, certainly knows these little tricks. Things like green onions grow in the form of side buds, and their growth rate is very fast. As long as the technique is correct, you can never pick them all, and new side buds will grow soon.
Of course, you can also keep the onions and let them grow. Then you can harvest a plump red onion, and dry it in the sun to preserve it for a long time.
Liu Zhiyi took the green onions that Cailing brought into the kitchen, cut some into chopped green onions and sprinkled them on the two bowls of soup, and cut some into green onion segments and sprinkled them on the other bowl of soup. This was because Cailing did not eat green onions themselves, so the green onion segments were easier for her to pick out, but she liked the taste of green onions. After living together for a long time, the three of them already knew each other's tastes and living habits very well.
"It's time for breakfast~!"
After breakfast, Mr. Fang was watching TV with his legs crossed while the two maids were busy cleaning the house. They mopped the floor until it was shiny and wiped the cupboards spotlessly clean.
This made Fang Wei feel very stressed when he was cracking melon seeds, for fear that the noise would be too loud and expose the fact that he was too bored. As for the melon seed shells, he didn't even dare to drop any on the floor...
"I say... how about leaving it almost there? Can I leave some work for the New Year cleaning?"
"Lift your legs!"
"..."
Xu Cailing stuck out her little butt, mopping the floor with a mop, her youthful and perky little butt swaying in front of Fang Wei, looking at him, he wanted to slap her. After Cailing finished mopping with the wet mop, Zhiyi used the dry mop to mop the water off the tiles.
Looking at the tidy and new home, the girls were satisfied. They ended their busy work and breathed a long sigh of relief.
At around 7:50, Fang Wei's cell phone vibrated.
"Hello, Dad?"
"Ah Wei, are you awake? Have you had breakfast? Do you want me to bring you some on the way?"
"We have eaten. Have you eaten? Where are you now?"
"We just got off the boat and are at the dock! Okay, let's go over there now."
"Okay, if there's anything you need help with, I'll go downstairs and get it for you."
"Nothing, that's enough, I'm hanging up."
Although he said this, Fang Wei still put down the melon seeds in his hand, clapped his hands, changed his shoes, and prepared to go downstairs to pick them up.
"Are Uncle Fang and his men about to arrive?"
"Yeah, I'll go downstairs and wait for them, are you guys coming down?"
"Just go!"
Fang Wei grabbed a handful of melon seeds, went downstairs, chatted with the old men and women downstairs in the community, and basked in the sun.
Jingui Community is not far from the pier, and it only takes about ten to twenty minutes to get there by motorcycle.
Soon, Fang Wei saw a familiar figure at the entrance of the community.
Two motorcycles, both new.
The family conditions are better now, but we haven’t added any expensive daily necessities as our elders are used to being frugal. In fact, on a small island, it’s not easy to spend money lavishly as there are only so many external material conditions. Apart from replacing some old appliances with new ones, the only thing left is probably a new car.
Fang Xianfeng was carrying Tian Xilan, while Xu Zhiyuan was carrying Uncle Liu. The two motorcycles were filled with large and small bags, all of which were things they brought for Fang Wei, Cailing, and Zhiyi.
Fang Wei knew that they would not come empty-handed, otherwise there would be no need to come down specially to pick them up.
"Dad! Uncle Yuan! Over here! Park the car here! It's convenient!"
Hearing Fang Wei raising his hand to greet them, Fang Xianfeng and Xu Zhiyuan rode over on their bikes.
The old man and old woman in the neighborhood nearby also asked curiously: "Xiao Fang, are your dad and his family here?"
"Yes, they are all elders in my family. There is a parent-teacher conference this week, so they all came together."
As they were talking, the motorcycle had already pulled over. There was a parking shed specially for motorcycles and bicycles, which was just right for sheltering from the wind and rain. Fang Wei's motorcycle was also parked here. There was of course an underground parking lot as well, but after all, only a few people own cars these days.
"You guys came so early!"
"I came by to see you guys! Where are Cailing Zhiyi and the others?"
"It's upstairs!"
"Is she still awake? That girl called me in the middle of the night and I was still wondering what happened!"
"Hahaha, it's not bad. We usually go to bed at 11 o'clock after evening self-study... Uncle, slow down."
Xu Zhiyuan supported himself on the motorcycle with his legs, and Uncle Liu laughed and helped him get off the bike by holding his shoulders. Seeing this, Fang Wei hurried over to help him.
"It's okay, it's okay. Haha... I haven't been to the city for many years. It has changed so much that I can hardly recognize it."
"How many years has it been since Uncle came here?"
"That would take a long time! Maybe even more than ten years!"
Fang Xianfeng and Xu Zhiyuan also laughed when they heard this: "If Zhiyi hadn't been going to the parents' meeting, Uncle Liu, you would have stayed on the island all your life and refused to move around! It would be great if you had time to go out and see how much things have changed outside!"
"Haha... I'm an old man, not like you guys!"
"We are all over 40!"
Time always flies fast. Sometimes I think about when I was teaching at Donghua Primary School on the island more than 30 years ago. Afeng and Ayuan were still naughty children. In the blink of an eye, Donghua Primary School has become Donghua Mussel Processing Factory, and the two naughty children have also started families and careers. When he was a teacher, Uncle Liu never thought that he would attend parent-teacher meetings with his students.
After rushing all the way, the three smokers were not in a hurry to go upstairs. They lit a cigarette first, smoked it downstairs in the community, and looked at the environment here.
This was the first time for Xu Zhiyuan and Uncle Liu to come here. Although Fang Xianfeng came here seldom, he often came here during the renovation. Even though he had never lived here for a day, it was still his home anyway, so he introduced the environment here to the two of them while smoking.
"Ah Feng, the houses you bought here are pretty good. Have you bought two in this community?"
"Yes, the other one has been rented out. So, would you like to consider buying one? Ah Wei said that Teacher Wen said that the price of houses here will increase greatly in the future. If you have some spare money, I think you can consider buying a whole house."
"Then I have to think about it... I feel the environment here is not bad. Even if I don't live here, I can rent it out. If I want to live here, I will have a place to stay when I come to the city in the future..."
"Uncle Yuan, if you want to buy it, hurry up! The price has increased a lot this year compared to last year!"
"Can it still go up? I'm thinking of waiting for it to drop a bit before buying..."
"Uncle Yuan, you probably have to wait 20 years. I'm afraid that by then the price will have dropped to a sky-high level. If you buy it now, you can make a down payment, and the monthly payments in the future will be enough from rent alone. It's worth it!"
Although Fang Wei is a junior, and they have watched him grow up, in the eyes of the elders, he is still considered a child, but Fang Wei is different from the girls of the same age in their family. Although this boy is young, he is excellent in both his behavior and ability. Sometimes, they envy Afeng and think how great it would be if Fang Wei was their own boy...
But even if he is not a biological child, there is still a possibility of treating him as a "son"! For example, two families become one family or something... Hehe, if the little cabbage at home is going to be eaten by a pig, it would be better to have Fang Weilai. After all, he grew up under my care. Whether it is character, ability or appearance, this kid is impeccable, and the relationship between his in-laws and his own family is also good!
Of course, it's too early to think about these things now. How old is she? You can't really arrange a baby marriage like before! The older the girl gets, the less she listens to her parents. Now Xu Zhiyuan and Deng Xijuan can't make decisions for Cailing...
The same thought often occurs to Uncle Liu. As he grows older, he doesn't know how many more years he can accompany his granddaughter. He always hopes that there will be someone he can rely on and trust who can take over the burden from him and take good care of Zhiyi for him.
When people get old, the remaining years of their lives are just around the corner. Having experienced so many ups and downs, Liu Liangxun has gradually come to understand and become indifferent to many things. No matter whether it is face or substance, nothing is more important than being healthy. Being happy is the most important thing.
"Uncle Liu, why don't you consider buying an apartment in the city and keep it as a dowry for Zhiyi?" Xu Zhiyuan and Fang Xianfeng joked.
"Hey! Then I'll have to compensate him with both my granddaughter and the house, which won't be too cheap for that kid!" Uncle Liu laughed, and everyone else laughed too.
"Have you finished smoking? It looks like a fire! Awei, help carry the things, let's go upstairs first!" Tian Xilan untied the leather rope on the motorcycle and took the bags downstairs.
"Mom, what did you bring? There are so many." Fang Wei hurried over to help.
"Your winter sweaters and so on. Your grandma brought two cans of pickled radishes yesterday and asked me to bring them to you, as well as these Chinese cabbages. I pickled a chicken for you yesterday..."
"We usually eat in the cafeteria. We can't finish all the food we brought with us in a short time..."
"It won't spoil easily if you put it in the refrigerator, and you can have it as a midnight snack when you're hungry at night."
Since they had brought everything with them, Fang Wei had no choice but to help carry it. Normally, he deliberately didn't want to bring so many things when he came home. Now that his parents brought their own things, he had to stuff everything in!
Xu Zhiyuan and Uncle Liu also came with a lot of things, including some winter clothes for Cailing and Zhiyi, and some food, a whole box of canned mussels, and a big bag of dried sweet potatoes made by Uncle Liu himself, all of which were calculated for Cailing and Zhiyi. Maybe six people couldn't finish them...
Seeing such a lively family visiting relatives and friends, an old man from the community who was doing morning exercises nearby also came over with a smile and started a conversation.
"Your little Fang Zhiyi Cailing is amazing! At first I thought you had an elder living with you! I saw that the three of them live well on their own! They often buy groceries and cook for them on weekdays. They are much more sensible than my grandson!"
"Really? Haha, we live far away and we're busy with housework, so we can't just let them live on their own. It's all thanks to you, uncle, for taking care of them! I heard from Awei that it was you, uncle, who helped find the tenant for that house!"
"Well, how can I help? Xiao Fang and his friends are sensible and polite. I'm still wondering how you educate them in your family!"
Self-boasting is often no match for a compliment from outsiders. The old man's praise of Fang Wei, Cailing and Zhiyi made Fang Xianfeng, Xu Zhiyuan and Uncle Liu straighten their backs with pride.
Fang Wei didn't dare to say anything. If Uncle Yuan and Uncle Liu knew about this, they would no longer look so relieved like Cai Ling and Zhi Yi did this morning...
The two little maids did not follow them downstairs. They were fiddling with something upstairs at the moment, hoping to continue to give their parents a good impression of being reliable and trustworthy...
Carrying their things, the group took the elevator upstairs.
"The sixteenth floor! Feng, you bought a high enough floor!"
"It's OK if there's an elevator, but climbing the stairs is too much!"
They rarely go to such commercial buildings, and Xu Zhiyuan and Uncle Liu looked very curious along the way.
Fang Wei walked in front and led the elders to open the door.
The bright and clean living room environment appears before their eyes, suddenly making the elders in the family feel their eyes brighten.
Turning his sight along the entrance, he saw two well-behaved girls——
She had changed out of her pajamas and put on clean and tidy clothes. The house was quiet. Xu Cailing and Liu Zhiyi were sitting at the dining table, studying side by side. In front of them were piles of books, open papers and homework. Cailing tilted her head and Zhiyi was holding a pen, explaining the questions to her.
It seemed that they were so engrossed in their studies that the girls, immersed in the ocean of study, did not react until their elders walked into the room.
Put down the pen, stand up, look excited:
"Dad! (Grandpa)! Uncle Feng and Aunt Lan! You are here~!"
Fang Wei: “…”
Don't be too fake!
(End of this chapter)
