My Siheyuan Shelter

Chapter 72 Ma Lingling's Day
Although Xu's mother said so, she was no less worried than her eldest granddaughter. Until today, she really realized the seriousness of the problem.

Usually at home, there is no shortage of food and drink, and her wife is earning more and more money, she still can't connect the life in front of her with the increasingly severe drought.

I always think that the drought is only temporary, maybe it will end after a while, this world is still that world, and not much will change.

But the reality is often so cruel and ruthless, it does not depend on human will.

"Grandma, I want to stay in Yanjing, can you tell me whether it's okay?" Ma Lingling said pitifully.

Some things are better to be believed than not, and once people encounter unknown risks, they always want to find a safe haven.

Therefore, she felt that it was better to stay in Yanjing, where her grandmother's house was.

Xu Ma hesitated: "Grandma also wants to keep both you and Xiaoxu, but this is not your home after all, and you two have to go back to Luyang to continue school?"

"Grandma, do you think our family can also move to Yanjing?" Ma Lingling quickly threw out her thoughts.

Xu Ma was stunned for a while, and after weighing it for a while, she said:
"Yes, yes, the house problem is also easy to solve. The big deal is to rent a house first, but your parents' work, this is not easy to solve."

Asking her daughter and son-in-law to resign and start over in Yanjing, with Xu's understanding of the two, most likely won't work.Unless the disaster is really irreversible, forcing them to come to Yanjing to rely on themselves.

"Grandma, don't worry! Leave this question to me, and I will definitely be able to persuade them to come here."

Ma Lingling grabbed her grandmother's arm and looked confident.

Xu Ma was a little suspicious. She didn't know where her granddaughter's confidence came from. The world of adults is very complicated, and it's not easy to leave.

"Tell grandma, how are you going to persuade your parents?"

Ma Lingling's mood finally improved a lot, and he smiled: "Shan Ren has his own plan, don't ask grandma, wait for my good news!"

Xu Ma smiled and didn't ask any further questions. It doesn't matter whether it has dates or not, let's talk about it first. If you don't prepare, there will be surprises!
Back at the courtyard, Ma Lingling was pulled into the vegetable garden by Yang Lina again. The beans planted some time ago, the vines have grown very fast recently, and a climbing frame needs to be built.

The climbing frame is very simple. It is enough to use the hardwood strips left by Xu’s carpentry to build a rough frame. After all, there is no need to consider the wind factor, and the requirements for sturdiness are not so high.

"Lingling, thank you for your hard work." Yang Lina said thankfully after tying the last rope.

"It's not hard work." Ma Lingling shook her head and said, "I just set up a few airs, it's nothing."

Yang Lina looked at the blooming watermelon vine and said, "When the watermelons are ripe here, my little aunt will send you two to try."

Vegetables have a short shelf life, high temperature, and the low efficiency of express delivery. Xu Ma sent vegetables to Luyang once before, but they all rotted.

And watermelon can be kept for at least two weeks, so there is no such problem.

"Thank you little aunt." Ma Lingling thanked her heartily. She has not eaten watermelon since this year!
Yang Lina waved her hand: "It's all said to be a family, so you don't need to say thank you all the time."

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After the work in the vegetable garden was over, Ma Lingling went back to the living room to watch the news.

The country is still the same, and the reconstruction work is still orderly.

All cities in the country have basically restored power supply; the steel industry has restored 3% of its production capacity; the shipbuilding industry has grown rapidly; relevant import and export data are showing an explosive trend...

In addition, "all-people drought relief" is also a major social hotspot.

Leaders went to various places to command drought relief; desertification in the northwest region continued to deteriorate; a full set of the most advanced seawater desalination technology was introduced from the European Union...

As for international news, there is very little space, and it only briefly reports the situation in the major neighboring countries to the south, focusing on expressing concerns about the refugee crisis it has caused.

After watching TV, in the evening, Xu Ma started to prepare dinner again. Dinner is the most hearty meal of the day.

Ma Lingling followed her little aunt to pick some vegetables from the vegetable garden, cleaned them up and sent them to the kitchen for use.

Normally, my grandmother would cook two hard dishes for dinner, and today was no exception.

One is a large plate of chicken, in order to take care of my uncle's taste, no potatoes are added; the other is fried bacon, seasoned with a little garlic.

At seven o'clock in the evening, my uncle came back with a big ben, and this time I bought some good things as usual.

Ma Lingling stepped forward to take the bag, opened it and saw that it was two males, one female and three chickens.

"Uncle, how much did you pay for this chicken?"

"The package price is 7000 yuan for three pieces, which is a lot cheaper than last month." Xu Dong replied with a smile.

Ma Lingling is still a little stunned, but her uncle's family is really rich.

In the half month since she came here, not only did the family have chickens every now and then, but my grandmother also made more than 30 air-dried chickens, saying that she wanted to make up for the previous losses.

After dinner, Ma Lingling called her little brother into the room. She hadn't called home for two days. I'm going to make a video tonight.

"Mom, my sister and I had dumplings for lunch, and the ones made by my grandmother were delicious. I ate a big bowl by myself."

Ma Xu is young and likes to show off good things.

"Yeah, that's awesome!"

Xu Ting asked with a smile, "Then have you helped grandma's house with housework?"

"I did, I helped my sister wash the vegetables, and I also helped my grandfather beat his back." Ma Xu said proudly.

"Baby is so good, by the way, did you bully Coco and Lele?"

Ma Xu quickly shook his head: "No, my grandmother said I'm a boy and I can't bully girls, that... they fight together, and I can't beat them both."

"Coco and Lele are your sisters. You must get along well with them, don't you know? Otherwise, your grandmother won't cook you good food." Xu Ting said "threateningly".

"I see!" Ma Xu really had a frightened expression.

After sending the younger brother away, Ma Lingling and mother talked about business.

"Mom, I have something to tell you." Ma Lingling said straight to the point.

"What is it?"

Xu Ting didn't care about what could happen to the child's family.

Ma Lingling hurriedly repeated what she heard at the afternoon tea in detail, and finally said the idea of ​​​​moving, which immediately attracted Xu Ting's attention.

"There is no rush to move in advance. When your dad comes back, I will discuss it with him."

"Mom, what else can be discussed? It's not too late." Ma Lingling said anxiously.

Xu Ting waved her hand, "It's no use in a hurry, our family doesn't have the money to buy a house in the capital, so let's wait!"

"Can you rent first?"

"It's not that simple, we don't have a Yanjing household registration, we can't even buy food, and you and Xiaoxu's school problems, including my and your father's work, which one is not a big problem." Xu Ting said earnestly.

"Can't you just take out a loan to buy a house?"

"Buying a house is not about playing a family. It doesn't mean that you can buy it. You are still young and don't understand."

"Grandma also agrees with our family moving here." Ma Lingling moved out of the big backer.

"Grandma doesn't know everything, so don't think about it, and I'll talk about it with your dad."

In the end, the mother and daughter parted ways.

At night, Ma Lingling was lying on the bed, unable to sleep, thinking about the phone call just now, and didn't fall asleep until the middle of the night.

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