Even if she refused to admit it verbally, the fear deep in her bones was impossible to resist.
Ji Chengxuan had only attacked Zhang Hui once, but it had scared the wits out of him.
If Yun Que'er saw this now, she would probably burst out laughing uncontrollably.
It was a pity that Yun Que'er was busy evading Ji Chengxuan's pursuit and had no time to notice Zhang Hui's situation.
"Hey, slow down!"
Ji Chengxuan rushed after her in a hurry. "The doctor said you have a mild concussion. You should be lying in bed having a good rest. Why are you running around?"
Yun Que'er walked very fast and complained to Ji Chengxuan.
"Why are you being so fussy? I've been lying in bed for a whole morning. Can't I just take a stroll to stretch my bones?"
Yun Que'er felt that every bone in her body was about to go soft. When she got out of bed just now, her legs went weak and she almost fell.
If she didn't get some proper exercise soon, she was afraid she might develop blood clots.
"Why don't you follow the doctor's advice?" Ji Chengxuan said helplessly. "Even if you don't trust me, you should at least listen to what the other doctors say."
Yun Que'er was so annoyed by Ji Chengxuan's nagging that she had a headache. "Please stop nagging, okay? I just want to call my elder brother to tell him I won't be going home for lunch today. I have to let him know, or he'll be worried."
Ji Chengxuan heaved a sigh of relief. "I thought you were being reckless with your life. Then hurry up. I'll go with you."
Yun Que'er had really never seen anyone as clingy as Ji Chengxuan. She rolled her eyes helplessly and then nodded.
Seeing Yun Que'er and Ji Chengxuan getting closer, Zhang Hui quickly hid in a corner. He didn't dare to come out for a while, afraid that if Ji Chengxuan saw him, he would suffer his "vengeance" again.
Yun Que'er borrowed a phone from the hospital and called home.
Strangely enough, the busy tone rang for a long time, but no one answered.
"Hey, isn't my elder brother at home?"
Normally at this time, Yun Fujin should be starting to cook, and business hadn't been very busy lately.
Where was he?
Yun Que'er waited for a while longer. Seeing that no one still answered, she was about to hang up when suddenly there was a response from the other end.
"Hello? Who is this?"
"Brother, it's me. Why did it take you so long to answer the phone?"
"I just got back from outside." Yun Fujin's voice sounded a bit out of breath. He must have run back in a hurry to cook lunch. "Why are you calling at this time? Do you want to order a dish?"
Yun Fujin said with a smile.
Yun Que'er was afraid that Yun Fujin would worry, so she concealed what had happened that morning.
"Oh, I'm a bit busy at school today. I'm afraid I won't have enough time to go home for lunch and then go back to school, so I won't be going home for lunch."
"Okay, okay, okay. Then I'll just make do with something. I've got something to do today anyway."
Hearing Yun Fujin in such a hurry, Yun Que'er couldn't help but feel puzzled.
"Brother, why are you in such a hurry? Is something wrong at home?"
"No, no. It's a great thing." There was joy in Yun Fujin's voice. "I thought that when your second brother brings his girlfriend back, we should have a nice house. But after thinking it over, it wouldn't be good to just find a temporary place. And we're already used to living in this house. It would be too much trouble to move to another place suddenly. So I thought, maybe we could just buy this house. I contacted the owner's son, and he agreed right away. He said he wasn't going back anyway, so selling it to us was just perfect."
Hearing this, Yun Que'er was also extremely delighted.
"That's great. From now on, we can finally settle down in the town. And the house is big enough to accommodate more than a dozen people." Yun Que'er said with a smile. "If the second brother and his wife don't live at home in the future, the west wing can be for you and your future wife. Even if your wife's relatives come to visit, there will be enough room."
Yun Fujin blushed at Yun Que'er's words and stammered a bit.
"What are you talking nonsense about, you little girl?"
Yun Que'er giggled twice and then remembered the important thing.
"By the way, how much does it cost to buy this house?"
"I just asked. They said it would cost 5,000 yuan."
Yun Que'er frowned. 5,000 yuan wasn't a large amount, considering the size of the house. In fact, the price was even quite reasonable.
The Yun family wasn't as poor as before, and they could easily afford 5,000 yuan.
But the problem was that most of their money was in a fixed - term deposit in the bank. If they withdrew it now, they would lose all the interest, which was really a pity.
Most of their liquid funds were also tied up in business. Although their daily life was comfortable, they definitely didn't have that much spare money.
"If it's 5,000 yuan, why don't we borrow some from Uncle Li?" Yun Que'er suggested. "The new batch of woodcarvings we made has just been shipped out. We'll get the money back soon, and it won't be difficult to pay him back."
"But I've already asked him. Unfortunately, he just made a deal with an antique dealer. They both took a fancy to a new batch of calligraphy and paintings from the south and just transferred the money. He really can't raise that much money for the time being."
Yun Que'er frowned. With limited disposable funds and this matter being so urgent, it was really a difficult situation.
Yun Fujin sighed.
"Otherwise, we'll have to withdraw the money from the fixed - term deposit."
They had a considerable amount of money in the bank. Just the annual interest was enough to support the whole family.
It was almost the Mid - Autumn Festival, and the year was almost over. It would be really painful to give up all the interest at this time.
Yun Que'er thought it over and over again and felt that it was really a pity.
Just as she was wracking her brains to come up with a solution, an idea suddenly popped into her head.
"Brother, we don't have to be in such a hurry!" Yun Que'er said. "Have you forgotten? We still have quite a few fruit trees in Yuhe Village."
On the other end of the phone, Yun Fujin slapped his forehead. He had really forgotten about this!
Before they left Yuhe Village, they had planted quite a few fruit trees. After moving to the city, they were busy with other businesses and didn't have time to take care of the land in the village, so they hired a family in the village to help them.
Although this family wasn't very close to the Yun family, they were honest people and never got involved in the village's gossip.
Such people knew where their interests lay, and the Yun family felt at ease hiring them.
Moreover, the family had old and young members, and the daughter - in - law was often ill. The man wanted to go out to work and earn money, but he couldn't leave his family behind.
Although they had their own land to farm, they could only barely make ends meet.
The Yun family's offer of this job was really a timely help.
Working in the village made it convenient for them to take care of their family. The most important thing was that the Yun family was generous with their pay, and their living standards had improved significantly. Therefore, they took great care of the fruit trees.
A few years ago, Yun Fujin and Yun Que'er had gone back to the village to check on the trees, and they could see that they were being well - taken care of.