After telling Ning's father and mother Ning about their willingness to rent a house, Huo Yan also showed the qualities that an activist should have - as soon as he got off work the next day, he took the money to Ning Shuyi's house to pay the deposit and rent. .
This efficiency obviously shocked both Ning's father and mother. Ning Shuyi's brother-in-law Nie Guang was also shocked.
Looking at that posture, Nie Guang didn't really believe that Huo Yan would rent the house above his father-in-law. After all, the house was not small, and it was too big for a single man to live alone.
He thought this was just a show Huo Yan put on to cooperate with his parents-in-law, and used it to excuse himself. He had said that he would forget it and would not touch the truth.
Unexpectedly, this guy actually came to sign the contract with money.
What's even more outrageous is that he signed a contract just for the sake of signing it. He also mentioned that he was afraid of trouble, so the rent had to be paid annually and he signed a long-term rental contract with Ning's father.
Nie Guang didn't even have dinner that night, so he said he had other things to do and found an excuse to leave early instead of continuing to talk in front of his parents-in-law.
After he left, Ning's father did not sign a contract with Huo Yan. Instead, he said there was no rush and he would wait until the upstairs was cleaned up and he could move in. It would be the same if he signed it then. He also emphasized that it was not true. Long term lease and annual payment required.
Huo Yan just nodded without saying much.
Almost every day after get off work, Huo Yan would follow Ning Shuyi back to her house after work. It was not Ning Shuyi who invited her, but Ning's father and Huo Yan who had agreed that the two of them would clean up the upstairs apartment together every day after Huo Yan got off work. a mess.
Ning Shuyi felt that it was not necessary, but Ning's father gave her a reason that she could not refute.
"This little Huo is tall and has a good physique. If he has to climb up or down for something, wouldn't it save a lot of energy for me to have him here? Don't you think that your father is so old that he still needs to climb up and down?" Climbing up and down?" Ning's father said confidently.
Ning Shuyi was speechless. She and her sister were both of average height, and her brother-in-law Nie Guang was not a tall man. Ning's father was indeed at risk for climbing heights at his age.
But when Ning's father made such a request, Huo Yan, who had never been close to others, was able to readily accept it. This was what surprised her the most.
"You're not embarrassed to refuse my dad because he's older, so you respond to his request, right?" After holding it in for three or five days, Ning Shuyi finally couldn't help but be curious and asked Huo Yan.
"No." Huo Yan answered simply, "Because your food is delicious."
Ning Shuyi had never heard such a ridiculous answer before, but the expression on the face of the person who said this was extremely calm and sincere, as if every word was spoken from the heart, leaving her speechless.
In this way, Huo Yan and Ning's father worked together for half a month, and finally cleaned up the original mess upstairs.
Huo Yan didn't have high requirements for living, so he didn't let Ning's father spend any time and energy on decoration. He just re-laid the wooden floor and added simple basic furniture, which was considered complete.
On the day Huo Yan officially moved in, he signed the rental contract and still insisted on paying the rent every year. He paid the rent for a year in one go, which made Nie Guang's face darken again.
Father Ning and Mother Ning were too embarrassed to refuse in front of their eldest son-in-law, so they had no choice but to accept the money.
Ning Shuyi knew what his parents were worried about, so after dinner, when Huo Yan took the initiative to help clean up the dishes and chopsticks in the kitchen, he also went to help and asked the elders for some information.
"You pay rent for a year at a time. Although this amount of money is not a huge sum, it is not a small amount at all!" She asked Huo Yan in a low voice, "You don't have to work so hard if you want to help my parents!"
"It doesn't matter, I have enough savings on hand." Huo Yan quickly rinsed the clean bowl and replied calmly. .q.
Ning Shuyi thought for a moment: "I've heard before that your salary is good, and you save all the money you have, but you don't have anywhere to spend it. I don't know if it's true or not.
Now looking at what you mean, 80% of it is really like this? "
Huo Yan did not answer Ning directly.
For this question about calligraphy, just say: "I have a stack of honorary certificates."
"Huh?" Ning Shuyi was slightly stunned, not understanding what Huo Yan meant.
"Participate in operations, participate in competitions, and daily assessments. I accumulated one first-class merit, three second-class merits, three third-class merits... too many to remember." Huo Yan put the rinsed plate into the drain. In the basket, "No one gets it for free, there are prizes at the national and local levels."
Ning Shuyi knew that there were bonuses for meritorious service, and their bureau was no exception, but meritorious service required not only opportunity, but also strength.
She had seen people who had received bonuses for meritorious service, but Huo Yan was the first person she knew who could save money with such bonuses.
In this way, Huo Yan quietly moved out of the work dormitory and moved upstairs to Ning Shuyi's house, becoming a special neighbor.
The two of them worked together during the day, and at night, as long as Ning's father said hello, Huo Yan would go downstairs to have dinner without saying a word, and it was very natural.
However, in the workplace, Huo Yan was still the same as before. He was indifferent to everyone, not distant and indifferent, but he was not very close to anyone.
Neither he nor Ning Shuyi mentioned the move, and no one in the team knew about it.
During the time when Ning Shuyi worked with Huo Yan, he had mastered the knack of dealing with him. Getting along with him was very easy and quite pleasant, so he didn't care about the fact that Huo Yan became an upstairs neighbor and never stopped coming to his house for dinner every day. There is no uncomfortable feeling.
Huo Yan's good habits developed in the army also made Ning's father and Ning's mother very satisfied. Since he moved upstairs, the two elders no longer have to worry about being disturbed by sudden noises.
The only thing that made Ning Shuyi a little dissatisfied was that the two of them lived so close to each other. Huo Yan caught her going out for a run to practice physical fitness, and she couldn't even find an excuse to hide or be lazy.
Just like this, another month passed, and the temperature increased day by day. From the initial warm to cold, to the warm spring breeze, it continued to rise all the way, and in the blink of an eye it was early summer.
The early summer in the city is not too hot, and it is even a little cool in the morning and night. It can be regarded as the most beautiful and comfortable period of the year.
During this period, the bureau was not busy. Most of the time, Ning Shuyi and the others were able to go to and from work normally. Except for being on duty, they could eat peacefully at home every night.
As a result, on an ordinary evening, Ning Shuyi and Huo Yan returned to Ning's father's house after get off work. As soon as they sat down, before even taking a sip of soup, they received a call saying that a murder had occurred in a certain park. , need to rush over immediately to deal with it.
Not daring to delay, the two people quickly put down their bowls and chopsticks and hurried towards the scene of the crime.
