Chapter 001 Chapter 1

In the summer afternoon, the chirping of cicadas sounded continuously.

Sunlight passes through the wooden grille windows, dividing the light falling on the ground into eight equal parts.

Dust is flying in the sun, and singing is coming from the radio.

"I am a small stone, buried deep in the soil, I am willing to spread it..."

The long song made the person lying on the bed open his eyes.

Lin Yilan stood up and reached for the play button of the radio. There was a "click" and the singing was interrupted.

Hearing the meow coming from downstairs, Lin Yilan turned over and picked up her watch.

Although the surface of the famous Meihua brand watch has scratches from use, the owner's care can still be seen on the smooth surface.

Well, it’s almost the hottest time of the day.

Every time at this time, the little civet flowers in my grandparents’ house would be meowing and screaming due to the heat.

Although she couldn't understand what Little Lihua said, she guessed that she must be angrily criticizing this year's hot and dizzying weather.

"Lao Niu's family, have you heard that Professor Li's daughter-in-law from the countryside is going to meet her parents-in-law. And her ex-husband's girl is also coming with her."

"Can Sister-in-law Li stand it? I feel like seeing her every day. He held his head high. He looked down upon us, the women from the countryside. "

Don't tell me, the last time I saw me, I covered my nose on purpose. It was so pretentious. You know how to be pretentious."

"Commander Li is so unlucky to have a daughter-in-law like Sister-in-law Li." "

Hey, don't talk about the Li family. Did you know that Mr. Lin's granddaughter is back?"

Ahem..."

"Um, um, um, I have something to do. I'm going back first."

"Yes, yes, there's still soup on the stove. I'm going back and turning off the heat. I won't talk to you anymore.

" Are you still making soup in the dog days of summer?"

"Sister-in-law Zhang, why are they all so anxious? They all have something to worry about all of a sudden!"

Mr. Lin's granddaughter Lin Yilan was sitting behind the window listening to their chat, but they all suddenly dispersed. , she thought it was boring at first, but when she heard the words "Sister-in-law Zhang", her eyes lit up and she pushed open the window.

"Aunt Zhang, long time no see, you are here today too!"

When Lin Yilan called her "Aunt Zhang", when she heard this voice, she picked up the basket in her hand and didn't even have time to say anything. He jumped out with his legs numbly.

Another aunt who was talking to Aunt Zhang froze in place when she saw this, with a confused expression on her face.

Lin Yilan saw the aunt who seemed confused from a distance. She smiled and stretched out her hand to wave hello to the aunt.

"Good afternoon, aunt."

The aunt replied blankly: "Good afternoon, little girl."

"Which family are you from? Why haven't I seen you before?" When the aunt came to her senses, she looked at him with a smile. Lin Yilan became a little interested.

At this time, Aunt Zhang ran back from nowhere, pulling her and running quickly towards home.

"Sister-in-law Zhang, what's going on? You're so anxious all of a sudden."

"Stop talking."

"What do you mean, Sister-in-law Zhang? I was talking to that little girl just now!"

"What are you talking about? Do you know that I just talked to you? Who is the little girl who is talking?

"Who is it? Our chief's child?"

"And the chief's family doesn't live here, right?"

"Shut up." "

Ah! Why didn't you say it earlier?"

Lin Yilan couldn't hear what she said next. She leaned out and looked at the two aunts who were walking so fast. Voice.

After laughing for a while, Lin Yilan sighed and slumped down on the stool.

She dug out her admission notice from the drawer, and when she saw the three characters "Department of Architecture", she couldn't help but raise her head and sigh.

Annoying, annoying, why am I studying architecture again?

Travel through seventeen years and return to before liberation.

Who can I ask to reason with? It was an unjust death.

In this era, those who study architecture are considered promising if they have a future, and those who say they have no future have no future at all.

Walking on the streets of Beijing, you can see from a distance that they are basically houses made of red bricks. The better ones will have a large white wall painted on the outside, and a layer of slogans painted on top of the large white wall.

This is still a very good place. When you go outside the third ring road of Beijing, you can see many brick houses, and some places are even adobe houses.

But these are not reasons to stop her from studying architecture. The real reason is probably that a social worker does not want to work overtime because of drawings and die suddenly...

She just has PTSD from not being able to study drawings.

Nowadays, you don’t even have a computer to draw pictures, you just rely on a pencil and a pair of hands.

It's a waste of your eyes.

"Alas -"

Lin Yilan lay on the table and shook off the freshman admission notice in her hand.

"Knock knock knock—"

"Lan Lan, I'm coming in."

Grandma Lin's voice sounded outside the door.

Lin Yilan put the freshman admission notice on the table, turned her head and looked at the door, "Grandma, come in."

As soon as Grandma Lin came in, she saw Lin Yilan lying on the table, looking weak.

She reached out and patted Lin Yilan's little head, "What's wrong? Are you thinking about school?"

Lin Yilan nodded, "Isn't school going to start in more than ten days? I can't bear to leave you and grandpa."

Grandma Lin He looked up and saw the open window and sighed inwardly.

She picked up the chair next to her and sat next to Lin Yilan. "Did someone say something again?"

Although she had spent little time with her little granddaughter in the past ten years, after spending more time with her this summer, she suddenly felt It became clear that this little granddaughter had a bad temper.

Lin Yilan shook her head. Although some people kept talking about her and their family's affairs some time ago, after she took action several times, no one talked about her at all.

Lin Yilan's grandparents live in the westernmost part of the compound. This area is full of retired leaders. It is also the only place in the entire compound that has not been rebuilt and renovated. They are all old bungalows.

However, this place is warm in winter and cool in summer, and it is said that there is a century-old cypress tree. Many family members like to come here to chat.

It is simply the gossip gathering point for the entire compound, and a good place to collect information about the compound.

Because of this, the information here is of little value. Either the mother-in-law of the east family quarreled with her daughter-in-law, or the young couple of the west family quarreled.

Lin Yilan, who moved in some time ago, has become a popular figure among bored uncles and aunties.

But no one seems to have noticed that Lin Yilan's grandparents' house is the house closest to the big cypress tree, and Lin Yilan's room has unique conditions, so she can't miss any gossip spread under the big cypress tree.

Even her own gossip.

Yes, she heard a lot of gossip about their family. When she heard it for the first time, Lin Yilan thought that everyone was civilized people living in the Beijing Military Region compound, so she expressed her emotions and opinions directly. .

It turned out that it didn't work once, and it still didn't work twice.

By the third time, Lin Yilan understood that the uncle and aunt living in the Beijing Military Region compound were not much different from the uncle and aunt sitting at the entrance of the village chatting.

Therefore, she chose to use magic to defeat magic. Whoever gossiped about her family would gossip about that family.

After all, no one in the entire compound knew as much gossip as she did, so how could she not use such a good place.

After doing it several times, the uncle and aunt became afraid of Lin Yilan and decisively chose to give up talking about their family's affairs.

As a result, Lin Yilan left her name in the compound and became a figure that many ladies did not dare to offend. Even because of her several acts of revenge, she surpassed the status of the chief's wife in the hearts of the ladies.

As a result, she became a "devil" figure among the ladies in the compound.

When Grandma Lin discovered it later, Lin Yilan was already notorious and there was nothing she could do to save her.

Since it was not a matter in the courtyard, Grandma Lin glanced at her granddaughter's desk: "I asked your grandfather to help find out. This year, the Department of Architecture of the University of Technology has recruited two girls. Do you want to change your major?"

"You want to change ?" Professional, I'll ask your grandpa to ask someone for help."

Lin Yilan rested her chin on the table, dragging the weight of her whole head, and her head felt heavy for a moment.

"Forget it, grandma, I will go to the Department of Architecture."

Grandma Lin patted Lin Yilan on the back. Her little granddaughter was also unlucky. She originally applied for the Chinese Department, but was transferred to the Department of Architecture by the school leader. .

If my granddaughter hadn't studied science, she might not have been the one who was transferred.

"Okay, if you want to change your major, just talk to your grandpa."

"By the way, our kitten is looking for you to give it water. Stop lying on the table. It has been waiting for you for a while.

Lin Yilan suddenly became excited when she mentioned the little civet cat. "Grandma, I'm going to give her some water." "Have you eaten

her lunch? "

Don't worry. No one raises cats as carefully as you do," Grandma Lin said angrily.

After making sure that Little Lihua had eaten her lunch, Lin Yilan ran out quickly.

After pouring the cold boiled water into the cat bowl, Lin Yilan gently touched her furry child's head.

It's so touching~

Looking at the little civet flower licking the water little by little under the sun, Lin Yilan felt much better.

"Creak-"

The sound of the iron door being pushed open was so unpleasant that she covered her ears.

Help, please put some oil on this broken iron door. It's really ugly.

When the big iron gate is opened, someone usually drives over.

Strange.

Thinking of this, Lin Yilan patted her trouser legs, walked to her door and looked out.

I saw a military green jeep slowly driving into the compound.

The neighbors who lived next to her also looked out like Lin Yilan.

Although there are many cars in the compound, there are really few people walking through the west gate.

So which big shot is here?