It happened to be Saturday, so Li Long asked the woman whether they could complete the paperwork that day. She had not expected him to be in such a hurry, but she urgently needed money too. She said she would have to call her husband home and asked Li Long to come back a little later.
Li Long left the courtyard to find his wife and children.
He wanted his family to take a look at the courtyard together.
"You mean you're buying a courtyard house?" Gu Xiaoxia sounded pleasantly surprised by what Li Long told her. "And you've already picked one?"
"Yes. I just finished looking at it. The courtyard and house both seem nice, with much the same style as the house in Uncle Gu's courtyard. Russian style, quite distinctive. We've agreed on the price too," Li Long explained. "They're eager to sell, so we can do the paperwork today."
"That's wonderful. Shall we go and look now?" Gu Xiaoxia could hardly wait.
To be honest, staying in her father's house the night before had felt like staying in a fairy-tale cottage. The house had a foreign style, and its interior was completely different from anything she had known before.
That was quite nice.
It was not that she worshipped foreign things. Mainly, she had not seen much of them, and she liked the style.
Perhaps it was the idea that a monk from afar chanted better scriptures, or simply the novelty.
So Li Long led the way, and the Gu sisters followed with Mingming and Haohao.
Gu Xiaoyu was a little surprised. She asked Gu Xiaoxia quietly,
"Sis, does your husband always buy things like this? Without discussing them with you? This is a whole courtyard house, after all... I'm not saying it's wrong. It just feels...