C588 Tacit Understanding
C588 Tacit Understanding
This was the simple thought of many people, and now there were still many people who thought that the capital city was in the sky. Every time a plane flew over the sky, they would point to the sky and say to the children in the village, "Look, it came from Tiananmen Gate."
"Sure, when your two kids go to university and graduate, you can go to the Gate of Heavenly Peace!" Kang Ying encouraged.
"Sigh, that still depends on whether they can get into university!" Second Aunt Zhang sighed.
It's not so easy to go to university now. There aren't even four or five undergraduate students in a single class, so the enrollment rate for universities is only about 10%.
Most of the high school students were able to get into the Junior High School and even the Junior High School. This could be considered a way out.
Kang Ying was still a little far from the university enrollment expansion of 1999, so she could only comfort Second Aunt Zhang:
"If they work so hard, they will definitely be able to do it. Second Aunt Zhang, it's been hard on you. You took good care of the Tiger and the Lucky. "
"Just an extra bite of rice for them to eat? What kind of courtesies? "
Second Aunt Zhang chuckled.
Kang Ying quickly took a pile of food from the house and put it in a big bag. She said to Second Aunt Zhang,
"I went to the capital and brought back some local specialties. These are all for you."
"So many? "Not so much. I'll just take one or two." Second Aunt Zhang was scared out of her wits when she saw this. "So many things. Take them and share with others. Bring them back to the capital so far away."
"It's alright, I brought a lot back." Kang Ying said.
After declining for a long time, Second Aunt Zhang had no choice but to accept.
Holding a pile of gifts, Second Aunt Zhang felt rather embarrassed. Then she remembered something and said to Kang Ying,
"The Village Chief's family has moved out after the new year. He came to find you, but didn't find you, so he gave me the key to his house. He entrusted me to bring it to you, saying that the house will belong to you from now on."
If Second Aunt Zhang didn't say it, Kang Ying would have forgotten about it. She had bought a house in Beijing and Shanghai, and had forgotten about the house in the countryside.
"Then thank you. I'll go back and take a look." Kang Ying said.
Second Aunt Zhang rushed home to bring the Village Head's key to Kang Ying.
After returning home, Second Aunt Zhang opened Kang Ying's present to her. Inside, it was truly a dazzling array of dishes: roast duck from Beijing, rabbit candy from Shanghai, a silk scarf, and snow cream from Shanghai.
Second Aunt Zhang couldn't help sighing. If she hadn't known Kang Ying, she would never have been able to eat this Beijing roast duck in her lifetime. She wouldn't have needed the genuine good stuff from Great Shanghai.
Kang Ying took the key to the Village Head's house and said to Shi Jiangyuan, "Didn't you say that your New York classmates are very good at designing? You asked him to design one for me. How much does it cost? Just give as you please.
"I just want to build a small courtyard in this village that will be built in conjunction with the western and Chinese sides and will be able to live here for a long time to come."
Shi Jiangyuan also liked it here. It was a beautiful place with a simple and honest folk style. Furthermore, they had a house in Shanghai. As long as they had time, they could play around and live here.
And if he was going to live here, he was going to live with Kang Ying, so it was his business to build this house.
Shi Jiangyuan immediately said, "Alright, then I'll write a long letter and tell him. Give him a few more photos of your idea so he can understand his geography."
Kang Ying said, "Actually, it would be best if he could come over himself. We will cover all the costs. That would be the ideal solution."
When Shi Jiangyuan heard this, he also felt that it made sense and said:
"It would be great if he could come, but the cost of his trip here is not low. He's a famous designer, so he could design it for us. I don't think he would charge that much for the sake of his classmates. If we wanted to invite him, it wouldn't be just that, it might even be several times more expensive."
"But it's a matter of living here for the rest of my life." Kang Ying said, "If possible, it's better if he comes."
Shi Jiangyuan felt dizzy when he heard Kang Ying say that she would live for a lifetime. He said, "This matter must be taken seriously. I'll call him directly and ask him to come over sometime!"
Shi Jiangyuan called the international community, but that classmate of his was on vacation. His family had flown back to the country to visit their parents, so they were bored.
Upon hearing Shi Jiangyuan's promise, he was quite happy. He said that he was willing to come over immediately and stay at Lu County for two or three days before returning.
Shi Jiangyuan was also happy to hear that and said, "Then you can bring your parents and family along. It's a good opportunity to walk around here. There are also some nice sights nearby. I'll cover all the expenses you guys paid."
"Tsk, my old classmate is still talking like that. I was just thinking of taking a walk around."
This classmate of his was called Qiu Shiming, he agreed to Shi Jiangyuan's request and immediately bought a plane ticket, saying that he would arrive at Lu County on the second day.
Kang Ying didn't expect things to go so smoothly. It seemed that even God would have to help her.
Otherwise, how could a designer who worked in New York City be so lucky that he would just happen to be on vacation in the country and want to play around …
Kang Ying started to arrange Qiu Shiming's arrival. Because the Tranquility House was large enough, and the rooms in the courtyard were sufficient, he prepared to arrange for Qiu Shiming's family to live here.
Qiu Shiming, his lover, and his parents only needed to arrange two rooms.
After some work, Kang Ying had finished packing up.
That evening, Kang Ying cooked a soup of rice powder with amaryllis, fried an egg, and ate a light family meal.
In March, the flowers had already bloomed, but the temperature differed greatly between morning and night. As long as there was no rain during the day, the weather would be very warm, but at night, it would be very cold.
Two days ago, they had to deal with the urgent matter of being a concubine and finally had a temporary break. The two of them had long since lied down to rest.
In the bathroom, she looked at her flushed face in the mirror. Kang Ying felt that this was the place where water and soil were used to support people, so she slept soundly. Kang Ying felt that her body and energy were both abundant, and her life seemed to have returned to its track.
Kang Ying had just finished washing up and was about to go out for a run.
Unexpectedly, the moment the door opened, Shi Jiangyuan stuck his head out as well. It seemed that the two of them had the same thought.
Did Shi Jiangyuan ask her if she was going for a run?
Kang Ying smiled. "Shall we go together?"
When Kang Ying woke up in the morning, the first thing they did was to go exercise with each other.
A good body is 1, and the wealth behind it is 0. Without 1, 0 is useless.
Kang Ying used her previous life's excruciating pain to experience this simple yet easily overlooked truth.