The courtyard: the atmosphere of human life

Chapter 212 I Love You, No Need to Say More

In 2016, Darong bought a one-story apartment in the town, just a few hundred meters away from Darong's mother's original residence.

"Just consider this house as ours to be rented from you. Take this money as your rent in advance."

This was probably the last bit of stubbornness from Darong's mother. Only after she stuffed 2 yuan into Darong's pocket did she formally agree to the suggestion of moving to her daughter's home.

Darong actually knew very well that her mother knew that she had spent a lot of money on buying and decorating the house, so she was looking for a reason to give herself some money.

Darong's mother decided to rent her daughter's house, and the money she gave to Darong in the future would be legitimate rent. Naturally, her two younger brothers had no reason to stop her.

Before the Spring Festival that year, Darong's father and mother moved into a first-floor house that Darong bought in the town, and the old couple could finally live a comfortable life.

"Sister, Linlin didn't go to your house to give gifts this year, right?" Darong received a call from Xiaoying just after getting off work.

It's already the 28th day of the lunar year, but Linlin has indeed not come home to give New Year gifts. According to past practices, all the gifts should have been given by now.

"Yes, she didn't come. What's the matter?" Darong knew that Xiaoying called to tell him this, so there must be something going on.

"It seems like her boyfriend got into trouble again. He ran away and was caught by his father at the West Station."

After Linlin's second-generation husband lost more than 1 million yuan in Aomo last year, he owed more than 200 million yuan in debt again this year due to gambling. The family only found out about this when the creditors came to their door at the end of the year.

"This is a bottomless pit. Once you get addicted to gambling, there's no hope." Darong was not surprised at all after hearing Xiaoying's words.

"Linlin is asking for a divorce, but my sister-in-law refuses to agree. What do you think she is thinking? If she loses both the adults and the children, I don't think she will wake up."

Xiaoying felt so angry when she mentioned it. In such a family, Linlin had no happiness at all, but Xiaoling held Linlin tightly and refused to let her divorce.

"The reason their family is rich is that when the factory building was demolished, they had a large area and reportedly suffered tens of millions in compensation. Now I think they are almost shaken. Linlin's father-in-law has already sold the wedding house where they got married." Xiaoying continued.

"Ah? The house has been sold? Then where will Linlin and the children live?" When Darong heard that the house had been sold, she began to worry.

"She moved back to the villa to live with her parents-in-law. Doesn't their family have a villa in the 'ghost town'?" Xiaoying's tone was full of sarcasm.

The so-called "ghost town" is a semi-developed villa area on the edge of the southern suburbs. Because the developer at that time was involved in some political factors, the project was suspended halfway and some of the built villas were left vacant, resulting in abnormally low housing prices.

The family of my boyfriend, the second-generation rich man who had boasted so much back then, actually bought a cheap villa over there and lived in an area where nine out of ten houses were empty. This became a laughing stock among others.

"With Linlin's personality, is it okay for her to live with her mother-in-law?"

Darong is nearly fifty years old now, and she always feels that life is inconvenient living with Mother Zhong, not to mention that Linlin is just in her early twenties.

"It has to be done even if it's not possible. Now Linlin doesn't have anything to do with other people's money. The house and the car have nothing to do with her. She has to take care of three children with a living cost of 1 yuan a month. I've seen people who are worse off than me."

What Xiaoying said was true. At the beginning, Xiaoling was attracted by the conditions of the man's family. Now in a place like Yutian, with 1 yuan to take care of three children, Linlin is basically priced like an ordinary nanny.

Darong felt mixed emotions after hanging up the phone. At first, when she heard that Linlin married into a "wealthy family", she secretly thought how nice it would be if Ruyi could also live such a rich life.

Later, when she saw Linlin and Xiaoling treating the second-generation family members so flatteringly, she was glad that her Ruyi could live independently without having to be servile.

Now, in just a few years, Ruyi is still living a simple and stable life with Xiao Huya, but Linlin has gone through so many ups and downs that she is about to get a divorce.

So sometimes we really can’t predict the future of our choices in life. Perhaps everything is destined.

Thinking of this, Darong suddenly felt that she missed Ruyi very much. It seemed that she hadn't seen Ruyi for many days. She simply bought some of Ruyi's favorite food and planned to go see her when Ruyi got off work.

Since Darong moved to Zhong's mother's place, she has been much farther away from Ruyi's place. Although Xiaohuya also bought a price-capped house, it is located in the city, so it is not convenient to travel back and forth.

Ruyi didn't know how to drive at that time, so the two of them only drove here together on weekends when Xiaohuya was at home.

It seemed that the mother and daughter spent less time together.

Da Rong, who was originally carsick that day, for the first time ever, brought her own things in big and small bags and backed up to Ruyi's neighborhood.

"Ruyi, are you off work?" Darong asked directly after Ruyi answered the phone.

"I'm off work, and home is just one stop away. What have you been doing?" After receiving Darong's call, Ruyi happily started chatting with her mother.

Although the mother and daughter have little time to meet on weekdays, they often talk on the phone. It seems that they always have endless things to say, and they chat for a long time every time.

"That's great. I'm downstairs at your house."

"Ah? You came here by yourself?" Ruyi asked in surprise.

"Ah, I reversed the car by myself. Isn't that awesome, mom?" Darong joked to Ruyi with a little pride.

"It's amazing that she can even reverse by herself. My mom is so great." Ruyi also responded to Darong happily.

As soon as the bus stopped, Ruyi ran straight into the community. When she saw Darong sitting on the steps downstairs, she suddenly felt a little sore in her eyes.

Darong was wearing a plain long skirt and a simple bun. There were three large plastic bags full of things at her feet. She was looking towards the door with anticipation, just like Ruyi who was waiting for her mother to pick her up in the kindergarten.

"Mom." After Ruyi called softly, Darong turned her head.

"Hey, how did you get here?"

Darong saw Ruyi behind her and stood up from the stairs with great surprise.

Darong's leg was injured, and she had to use a lot of strength to hold on to the railing when she stood up.

Ruyi quickly ran over and helped her up. At that moment, Ruyi seemed to suddenly realize that her mother seemed to be getting old.

"There's a small door over there that's close to the bus stop, come upstairs."

Ruyi took her mother's hand, picked up the things on the ground, and walked into the elevator together.