The noodles were almost ready, and the old lady came out to tell them to get their bowls and chopsticks ready. At a glance, she saw the woman seemingly hitting the man and, surprised, asked, "What happened here?"
Gu Nuan’s face turned red as she quickly withdrew her hand and glared at him.
Xiao Yebai smiled, stood up, and said, "Grandma, let me help you."
It seemed his handsome face captivated the old lady as she couldn’t take her eyes off him.
Soon, the three of them had set up a table at the doorway and placed a large pot of noodles on it.
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"Today I didn’t have time to go out and buy meat. I don’t raise pigs, only a few hens, so there are only eggs," the old lady explained.
Gu Nuan and Yebai were starving, and seeing the food, they really didn’t care what it was.
The old lady seemed not to be hungry, curiously watching their famished eating and asked, "It seems like you haven’t eaten in days, where did you come from?"
Seeing that the two of them were also well-dressed and didn’t look like people without money, why would they wander to such a desolate place without apparent villages or shops nearby?
"Not hiding it from you, Grandma, my wife and I eloped," Yebai bluntly said.
Gu Nuan cast a side glance at his mouth: Are you just itching to announce our elopement to the whole world?
Looking at him, it really seemed that he had that intention.
Hearing the word "elope," the old lady was so surprised that her mouth fell open, saying, "You eloped? There are still people who elope these days?"
What kind of era are we living in now? Love is free, marriage is free, to what extent? One moment you get married, the next you could get divorced.
Explaining it all could indeed make a headline story. Gu Nuan didn’t know where to begin. Yebai smacked his lips, his sharp tongue knowing what to say and what not to say.
The old lady saw their silence, and being a clever person, she surely guessed something.
After lunch, Gu Nuan and the others had to consider their food and sleeping arrangements for the next few days.
Gu Nuan touched his wallet in his pocket. He wasn’t used to carrying a bank card and never dared carry much cash on the road because he feared robbery; a few hundred yuan at most.
A few hundred yuan, how many days could that sustain their food and accommodation here?
The old lady told them, "Past this village, there is a resort with hotels where the cost for one night is probably around one thousand yuan."
Now they had to consider the plight of beggars; they simply could not afford such a luxury.
Gu Nuan asked, "Where can I rent the cheapest house?"
"This village," the old lady said without a second thought. "Houses in the downtown area are expensive, no doubt about it. People from the island across the sea are coming here to buy houses. The undersea tunnel is almost complete, and the property price here is skyrocketing. All houses in the suburbs are hot. It’s only our village that’s lagging behind, no one thinks of renting here. It’s quite far from the downtown area and there’s no public transport, as you know."
Thinking about the bus that had abandoned them this morning, running only a few times an hour, was enough to make one cry, not to mention those who need to commute to work daily. Such transportation was utterly unreliable.
Speaking of which, according to the old lady, why was this village not benefiting from the booming real estate nearby?
"Do city folks think country people are fools?" the old lady, with a full set of teeth, smiled broadly and sharply said, "Land is so expensive nowadays. People who sold their land in the past regretted it. Our village didn’t sell, and now the prices are increasing daily. The villagers are not rushing; they are just waiting for it to skyrocket."
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