Chapter 1360: Chapter 173: Again? Still Buying?

It’s the end of the year, time to give year-end gifts to the elders.

Half of the year-end goods from several units, like in previous years, need to be given away. My father-in-law and mother-in-law took Han Han back to their hometown in Liangzhuang to deliver year-end gifts and plan to stay there for a few days with the old grandma before coming back.

The year-end gifts for Grandma and my eldest and second uncles were delivered to Sansing yesterday morning.

Han Yu finished his work and returned to the city, and together with his senior sister who just got off work, went to deliver year-end gifts to Old Ge and the master’s wife, and took the opportunity to have dinner there.

When the kids come to deliver year-end gifts, of course, you have to feed them.

Since they had to be fed, Old Ge naturally called his "son," "daughter-in-law," and "grandson." Considering that Jiang Kun had been staying at the "son’s" house these days, Xu Haoran was also asked to bring Jiang Kun along.

Drinking the old wine, looking at the pile of year-end gifts in the corner of the wall, Old Ge sighed with emotion: "In the past, at the end of the year, I also had quite a few year-end goods. Now I’ve stepped back to the second line, and although I still receive some, they just give a little, really like ’people leave, tea cools down’!"

"Uncle Ge, do you care about these things?"

"How could I possibly care about these things? It’s just a spur-of-the-moment feeling." Old Ge laughed heartily and pridefully said, "Moreover, if the east doesn’t shine, the west does. The city doesn’t give me year-end goods, but the Linghai Reserve Camp and your Rescue Boat Team do, and they give quite a bit too."

The year-end goods given to several experts by the Linghai Reserve Camp and the Rescue Boat Team were not personally purchased, but rather gifts from the co-constructing units.

It’s just that the Rescue Boat Team is not as famous as the Linghai Reserve Camp, so there are fewer co-constructing units. The received gifts are fewer, so what can be distributed to the experts is naturally not as much as the Linghai Reserve Camp.

Han Yu was about to tell Old Ge that the Navy Retirement Home was also going to send him year-end goods when the master’s wife came into the living room with a pot of chicken soup and asked, "San’er, did Jiang Kun just say Niu Bin is back?"

"Yes, haven’t seen him in ten years, he’s changed quite a bit."

Han Xiangning remembered vividly being physically isolated by the junior back then and asked with a chuckle, "That Niu Bin who had a crush on me back then?"

Han Yu smiled and confirmed, "Who else but him could it be?"

"What’s he back for?"

"He said he’s going to open some kind of big mobile phone store in Linghai. Seems to be doing quite well, came back driving a small car."

"He’s made it big!"

"He said over the years he’s been dealing with mobile phones and pagers in Shenzhen, made some money. As for how much, I really don’t know."

Having someone have a crush on you is something to be happy about.

The more Han Xiangning thought about it, the more amusing it seemed. She put down her chopsticks and asked curiously, "He’s made it big, did he invite you for dinner?"

"He did, but I didn’t go."

"Why didn’t you go? He’s your senior brother’s apprentice, not an outsider."

"I feel something’s a bit off about him, but I can’t quite put my finger on what’s wrong."

Old Ge thought it wasn’t a bad thing for Han Yu to avoid such gatherings, put down his wine glass, and said, "Haven’t seen him for so many years, who knows what he’s been up to outside? Comes back and finds you right away, inviting you for dinner, no good intention comes without a catch!"

Han Xiangning laughed and said, "Uncle Ge, San’er has an occupational hazard, it’s normal for him to see everyone as suspicious, and you’re just like San’er."

"I trust San’er’s vision and judgment," Old Ge said with a proud air.

Han Xiangning directly thought her junior was jealous, feeling very pleased, she covered her mouth and laughed, "San’er, you’ve already sent an old classmate in; you can’t send another old comrade and old colleague in!"

"Before he resigned, he was in the Fourth Squad of the Criminal Police, and I was at the Yanjiang Police Station back then, so we’re neither comrades nor colleagues," Han Yu took a sip of the soup and continued: "It’s not just me who thinks he’s off, Xiao Yu feels the same way."

Xu Haoran didn’t expect Han Yu to say this, he remained silent for a moment before looking up and saying, "I called him this afternoon, he seemed to have a convincing story."

"Does he have solid evidence?"

"No."

"That’s it, hand it over to Customs, let Customs investigate."

"That works."

"What kind of code are you speaking?" Han Xiangning listened in confusion.

Han Yu smiled and said, "Nothing, let’s eat."

Jiang Kun knew Xu Haoran and her brother-in-law were talking about the clues Niu Bin reported, so he quickly changed the topic: "Uncle Ge, I’ve been busy with this and that lately and haven’t kept up with the news. Only today when I went to buy bricks did I see in the newspaper that Russia has a new president."

Among everyone present, only Old Ge cared about major national and international events.

When discussing international situations, Old Ge suddenly became energetic and said with excitement, "He was changed on January 1st. Yeltsin has been president for so many years, and has messed up Russia, should have stepped down long ago."

"How’s the new president?"

"The current president used to be the prime minister. Russia has changed several prime ministers over the years. At first, I didn’t pay much attention; after all, who knew how long they could last in the position. Until he became president, I read the newspaper for a few days and learned that the current president is not simple."

"How is he not simple?"

"He used to be a spy for the KGB. You should know East Germany; this current president was a spy in East Germany before the Soviet Union collapsed. Moreover, he has a good relationship with Yeltsin’s political opponents. He even risked his life to smuggle Yeltsin’s opponents out of the country. Instead of dealing with him, Yeltsin trusts him even more. Wouldn’t you say such a person is not simple?"

...

When it came to discussing major international events, Old Ge was knowledgeable. Or rather, there was nothing he didn’t know about.

Han Yu astonishingly realized that his understanding of current events over the past six months came almost entirely from Old Ge.

After listening to his boasting all night, having eaten and drank their fill, they went home, took a bath, and rested.

With the father-in-law, mother-in-law, and daughter away, the couple naturally didn’t miss out on this opportunity for intimacy.

Han Yu was already very tired after a day of work at Bailong Port.

And after finishing his "homework," he was even more exhausted.

Panting heavily, Han Xiangning rested in his arms, reminiscing while she weakly said, "San’er, I’ll be thirty after the New Year."

"So what if you’re thirty? You look about twenty-three or four."

"Really?"

"Why would I lie to you?"

This was a deadly topic, and Han Yu knew he had to say it this way, and only this way.

Han Xiangning was delighted, wrapping her arms around his neck and giggling, "Do you think Niu Bin would still have a secret crush on me if he saw me again?"

"Are you kidding? Why are you bringing him up again?"

"Are you still jealous of him?"

Tonight, he could only say things senior sister liked to hear, otherwise, there would be no sleep.

Han Yu thought for a moment, while stroking her, he chuckled, "I’m not just jealous of him, I’m also jealous of Chen Zikun, and many, many others. As long as they secretly love you, I’m jealous of them and don’t like them!"

"That’s a bit unreasonable; liking someone is their right."

"They can like anyone they want, but they can’t like you. If they like you, I won’t be happy."

"I didn’t expect that after all these years, you’re still so narrow-minded!"

"I’m just narrow-minded. Other things can be discussed, but not this."

"I like that."

"Like what?"

"I like how narrow-minded you are." Han Xiangning smiled cheekily, turning over to climb on top.

Here we go again...

Han Yu secretly groaned, thinking if he had known, he wouldn’t have said so many things she liked to hear.

But now it was too late to say anything, if he didn’t perform well enough, senior sister would definitely say all he said were sweet empty words, so he had to muster up his energy and cooperate.

Another stormy session ensued.

Han Yu was passive, yet still exhausted to the point of not wanting to move.

Han Xiangning, drenched in fragrant sweat yet still wanting more, lay on him gasping for breath, like an octopus, saying, "It’s great that my parents and Han Han aren’t home. San’er, why don’t we buy another house and move out?"

"Buy a house!"

Han Yu was startled, instantly wide awake.

Han Xiangning knew very well he was afraid of living in debt, so she coaxed him like a child, "Didn’t your dad give us fifty thousand? The bank interest is so low now, if we leave it in the bank, it’ll depreciate. We might as well make a down payment and buy another house."

"But our loan isn’t paid off yet!" 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

"The money we borrowed from Yu Zhen is already paid back, and as for the home loan, we can use the rent to pay it back."

"What if the tenant stops renting and there’s no rent, how will we pay then?"

"When we had dinner, brother-in-law made it very clear, there’s no worry about renting out our East Sea apartment."

Han Yu absolutely didn’t want to buy a house, he said urgently, "Why buy so many houses, it’s not like we don’t have a place to live."

"I said it already, living with parents is inconvenient, even being intimate feels like sneaking around." Han Xiangning wrapped her arms around his neck, rarely acting spoiled.

"We... we could move to the dorm to live."

"If we have a home and don’t go back, insisting on living in a dorm, my parents definitely won’t be happy."

"Will they be happy if we buy a house and move out?"

"Buying a house and moving out is different from living in a dorm, my parents will definitely support it, really!"

"They will support it?"

"East Sea’s property has appreciated, my mom couldn’t be happier, she’s been researching real estate every day lately." Han Xiangning knew the junior didn’t have the guts and was afraid of taking risks, so she added, "Anyway, money shouldn’t just sit in the bank, if not buying in Binjiang, then let’s go buy another in East Sea."

"Buy another one in East Sea, are you kidding!"

"I’m really not kidding, for the new purchase we don’t need something big, we can buy a smaller one, ideally in Pu Xi, as the schools in Pu Xi are better than those in Pudong. In a few months, we can transfer our official residence to East Sea. Since we’re East Sea people we can’t let Han Han study in Binjiang, buy a house in Pu Xi, transfer Han Han to study in East Sea, and let my parents look after her then."

She really dares to think about buying a house in East Sea!

With a bitter expression, Han Yu said, "Even if we buy in East Sea, fifty thousand isn’t enough for a down payment."

"If it’s not enough, I’ll borrow, it’s not like we haven’t borrowed before. What’s a few years of hard times when we’ve survived these past two years."

"Forget it, let’s just buy in Binjiang, I really don’t want to borrow from Yu Zhen again."

"Buying in East Sea is better; properties there can appreciate."

"Property values don’t only go up; Ningning, people can’t be too greedy, we should stop while we’re ahead. If you really want to buy, we’ll buy in Binjiang."

That’s more like it.

If she didn’t scare him a little, he definitely wouldn’t agree to buy a house in Binjiang.

If they didn’t buy a house in Binjiang, how could they enjoy their couple’s world?

The plan succeeded, Han Xiangning celebrated joyfully in her heart, clinging tightly to him while envisioning a beautiful future.