Chapter 159：

Su Xiaoxiao knocked on the door with a kebab and entered the study.

Han Cheng was processing the paperwork he brought back. Seeing Su Xiaoxiao come in with a kebab, he pinched the bridge of his nose and said, "Eat first, and go out to eat when I finish this."

Su Xiaoxiao took the door and put down the skewers, tilted her head and stared at Han Cheng with a rare seriousness.

Han Cheng reached out and pulled her onto his lap to sit, and kissed her cheek: "What's wrong?"

Su Xiaoxiao turned her head and held his face in her hands, looking into his eyes: "Han Cheng, it seems that we haven't had a fight since we first met, right? Why don't we have a fight?"

Han Cheng couldn't react for a long time, and looked at his wife dully: "Why do we quarrel?"

Su Xiaoxiao took a skewer of barbecue and took a bite, and handed it to Han Cheng's mouth to let him take a bite too. After you and I finished eating the skewer, Su Xiaoxiao said, "Because you didn't tell me who you are. People in the capital, we still have a courtyard house in the capital."

Han Cheng thought something had happened, but it turned out to be the case, he also took a bunch of barbecue and fed Su Xiaoxiao to eat: "I thought what was going on, I was indeed born in the capital, grandpa was indeed a political figure, grandma was a Diplomat, I went to school in the capital for a few years. Later, when my grandparents were gone, I followed my parents to the military region. There was no contact with other relatives, so I never mentioned that something bad happened in that courtyard. I don't plan to go back to live, so I'll deal with it together this time."

Su Xiaoxiao blinked, biting the barbecue in her mouth and looking at Hancheng: "So you are the queen of the famous family, why did the matchmaker Xu say that you are from Zhoucheng during the blind date?"

Han Cheng fed Su Xiaoxiao a bite of meat, took a bite himself, shook his head and said, "Commissar Tan and Zhou Cuihua are from Zhoucheng, Political Commissar Tan is my teacher and my elder, he does have plans to adopt me, but it's just that I didn’t agree, and of course Zhou Cuihua wouldn’t agree either. I did study in Zhoucheng for a while, and I found Xu Matchmaker. The teacher who is well-known in Zhoucheng knows my situation and knows that I don’t plan to go back to the capital. Life simply says that I am a native of Zhoucheng and served as a soldier in Qingfeng Town, so as to save Xu’s matchmaker from getting to the bottom of it, in fact, Xu’s matchmaker is quite reliable, and only this teacher can protect Xu’s matchmaker before agreeing to introduce.”

Su Xiaoxiao nodded and said, "Miss Xu is very famous in our place. Nine times out of ten marriages are facilitated by her, and everyone trusts the people she introduces. Then Hancheng, does our family really have a courtyard house? You said What do you mean by deal?"

Han Cheng thought for a while, then nodded: "Yes, it's not far from Capital University, but I haven't gone back to see it for so many years, and no one lives in it. I don't know what it looks like now. I want to sell it or replace it with one. ."

Su smiled and said, "Don't sell it. If you really don't like it, we can live here, or change it to a smaller one with someone else, but we can't sell it."

Just kidding, what kind of scarce resources will the courtyard house be in a few decades, let’s not talk about the symbol of identity and status, a well-maintained courtyard house is worth hundreds of millions, and now there is no shortage of money, now it is sold and it will be rich in the future Can't buy it back either.

Han Cheng looked at Su Xiaoxiao suspiciously.

Su Xiaoxiao put her arms around Han Cheng's neck and rubbed his head and said, "I have read many excellent literary works that mention the courtyard houses in the capital's hutongs. I like it and yearn for it very much, if you are really uncomfortable, can we change it with someone else?"

Han Cheng depends on her for everything, and naturally she will not refuse such trivial matters.

"Let's keep it if you like it, but don't live there." Han Cheng remembered something, hugged Su Xiaoxiao, got up, walked to the bookcase and took out a book from the top.

Then, Su Xiaoxiao watched him take a piece of gold out of it.

Su Xiaoxiao's eyes widened: "Hancheng, you actually keep gold in the book?" I'm not afraid that the cubs will turn it out when they are flipping through the book, and the rice ball will definitely say that there is really a house of gold in the book.

Han Cheng said: "This is the old boss, the gift that Zhang Hongtu's father gave you. When we first got married, I went on a business trip to the capital and his old man asked me to bring you the gift. I didn't mention it if I didn't need it. I just kept the book. Now the price of gold is good, this gold should be enough for us to buy a smaller yard near Capital University."

"For me?" Su Xiaoxiao shook her head again and again, "It's too precious, we can't have it."

Han Cheng said, "It's not a rarity. There should be a jar of gold buried in our courtyard." He hadn't mentioned the past for many years, and Han Cheng didn't know where to start. The location of the gold, my uncle's family rummaged through the entire courtyard in order to find the gold, but they couldn't find it after digging three feet of ground. In the end, they had to demolish the yard. My father and aunt refused to let me. On my aunt's head, my aunt just left."

Han Cheng clenched his fists tightly. He didn't feel any pain when his fingernails were inserted into the flesh. He was still young at that time, but he still remembers that day when his aunt bleed a lot and almost dyed the whole yard red, but the last words she said before her death It's "Home and everything are prosperous, don't blame the big brother, don't pursue it, and don't say it out. It was me who stumbled and fell. It was just an accident."

This is a family misfortune and a family scandal. In the end, his father obeyed his aunt's last wish and did not call the police, nor did he blame the uncle, but he always blamed himself. It was just a house. The elder brother demolished it if he wanted to. Nothing compares to a human life.

I don't kill Boren, but Boren died because of me, but his upright father thinks this is the only stain in his upright life. He feels that he is sorry for his aunt, his dead parents, and himself. Military uniform, he has always used his own way to atone for his sins. Wherever there is a war, he applies for going there. No one dares to go to any task that is the most dangerous. He does not want to go. Between going to the battlefield by her husband to save the wounded and staying beside her child to grow up with him, she chose the former, and finally both fell on the battlefield.

When Han Cheng saw the remains of his parents, the corners of their mouths rose calmly. Probably until the moment they fell on the battlefield, his father felt that he had washed the stains off his uniform and went down to face his parents and sister with dignity. His son will also become an innocent martyr orphan.

The past is too heavy, and it was finally compiled into a few understatements. Han Cheng subconsciously blocked all memories about the house and his parents. When someone asked about his parents, he simply said, "I am an orphan of a martyr, and my parents are The country died.” I took it with me. If Su Xiaoxiao hadn’t gone to the capital to go to school, he might never have returned to the capital to live, let alone that house.

The secret Hancheng in the house has never been told to outsiders, not to mention Zhang Hongtu and Zhao Xianfeng, even the old chief does not know, outsiders only know that his aunt died unexpectedly, and the uncle's family resigned and went abroad.

He has always been burdened with this heavy secret, and now talking to his wife, it seems that it is not as painful as he thought, and there is a sense of relief that he has found someone to share with him.

Han Cheng's unpredictable narration made Su Xiaoxiao infinitely embarrassed. He hugged Han Cheng and kissed his forehead in heartache: "I'm sorry Han Cheng, I shouldn't have mentioned it."

Han Cheng loosened his fists and squeezed his wife's palm: "It's alright, outsiders don't know about these things, but you are not an outsider, I should have told you earlier."

Su Xiaoxiao grabbed Han Cheng's hand and gently rubbed it with both of her own hands: "Are you feeling more comfortable when you say it?"

Han Cheng nodded, took her hand to his lips and kissed: "It's a lot easier."

Su Xiaoxiao kissed him again: "It's alright, the children and I are with you." Su Xiaoxiao simply asked once and then stopped asking, "Then, what about the uncle's family?"

Han Cheng shook his head: "I don't know, there has been no news for more than 20 years since I went overseas."

Su Xiaoxiao asked again: "Whose name is the courtyard in? Can we handle it ourselves?"

Su Xiaoxiao remembered that the reason why many courtyard houses in later generations could not be bought and sold was because of property rights issues. Before and after the Great Movement, many people's properties were collected. The more the landlord-level big family, the more complicated the property rights. At that time, there was a shortage of housing. Or for the housing problem of the employees, these properties with unknown property rights will be rented to some employees and cadres. There are often several or even a dozen families living in the large courtyard houses that go in and out. If you want to get back the real estate, you must have a complete set of certificates such as wills and deeds. Generally, the list of real estate heirs for such a large family is so many that it is difficult to concentrate all these contracts in one person’s hands, or even to find them at all. Heir Qi, plus the people who lived in it, refused to move out. Even if he knew that the house belonged to him, he would not be able to get it back, let alone buy or sell it.

Of course, the Hancheng's courtyard has never been confiscated, and there is no such situation, but if you want to buy or sell, you still need to have clear property rights and documents such as wills and house deeds.

Han Cheng thought for a while and said, "My grandfather made a will before his death to let my father, brother and sister be divided equally. When my aunt left, she was not married and had no husband and children. The uncle also felt guilty. Before he left, he said that he would give up his inheritance rights and let his father handle the house. , Father was ready to sacrifice at any time from the first time he went to the battlefield, so he also made a will early in the morning for me to inherit, the will and the deed should be there, but I don't remember where it was, so I have to look for it."

Su Xiaoxiao didn't even know what to say. In such a big courtyard, Comrade Han Cheng actually said that he didn't know where the will and contract were placed: "You look for it now, don't lose it."

Han Cheng said, "I don't throw things around very much. They should still be there, but I don't know if they will be eaten by insects."

Su Xiaoxiao: "..." She suddenly felt that the mothballs that Li Yufeng always likes to stuff into her clothes are really good things.

Su Xiaoxiao pushed Han Cheng: "Then hurry up and look for it. If you find it, we will sell the courtyard house and buy a new one with the money from the sale. In short, we must be a family with a courtyard house!"

Su Xiaoxiao didn't have such a big idea before. Even if she wanted to buy it, she would wait until she opened a store to make money. But now the situation is different. They already have it in their family. She admits that she is really greedy for courtyard houses.

Han Cheng didn't know where Su Xiaoxiao's obsession came from, and was about to get up to look for it, when the rice ball knocked on the door and shouted, "Mom and dad, what are you doing? The meat will be eaten up by the little meat buns, come out soon. Have a meal!"

The couple looked at each other, and Su smiled and said, "Let's eat first, and continue looking after dinner."

Han Cheng said helplessly: "What if I can't find it?"

Su Xiao smiled and said: "If we can't find it, we can't sell it, and we can't change the house. If you leave it there, you will be sad. We can't live in it yet. What do you think?"

Han Cheng: "Then I'd better look for it."

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