Chapter 356 New Face

After eating a few biscuits to fill their stomachs, the group started to work on moving.

The men carried the heavy furniture up and down, while Lin Xia and the children did their best to carry the lighter luggage.

Apart from the furniture, everything else was left lying on the floor.

The biscuits that were there to fill the stomach were of no use at all. Lin Xia brought the child, and Lu Yuxiu asked his comrades who were driving to go to the canteen together, as well as Yang Hongmei's family. When the group arrived at the canteen, they just caught the last meal. It wasn't delicious, but it was enough to fill their stomachs.

After dinner, the two families saw off their comrade who was driving, and said goodbye downstairs in the yard, each going back to their own homes to take care of family matters.

Lin Xia packed her luggage while Lu Yuxiu cleaned up the pots and pans in the kitchen. They already knew that a stove would be needed to cook here, so the stove in the family area was moved in as well. It was just the right size now.

The three little ones each put their own toys and school supplies in order, and the family members were busy with their own things without disturbing each other.

It took me two hours to clean up everything, and the house didn't look so messy anymore.

In addition to the household belongings, he also brought two potted plants, one rose and one pepper. The rose had been planted in the pot, but the chili pepper had just been transplanted. Lin Xia thought it would not survive, but unexpectedly, the pepper was still stubbornly holding on. The small green fruits would turn red and she would make chili sauce.

Lin Xia placed two pots of plants on the balcony, planning to go out in a few days to see if there were any flower pots for sale, and then plant some onions and the like.

There were no fresh dishes, but there were some dried seafood at home. Lin Xia fried a plate of salted fish, steamed a plate of sausages and bacon, and cooked a pot of noodles. The whole family enjoyed the meal with gusto.

When Lin Xia got up the next day, Lu Yuxiu was no longer at home. He had also said in advance the night before that he would go to the camp early today.

Lin Xia didn't care. There were two basins on the table. Lin Xia lifted the lid and saw steamed buns and porridge inside. She knew at a glance that they were what the man brought back from the cafeteria in the morning.

"Come and have dinner. Mom is going to buy groceries later. Do you want to go with her?" Lin Xia asked the children for their opinions.

Everything in the family compound was very unfamiliar to the three little ones. When they saw Lin Xia saying that she was going out, they clamored to go together.

Yesterday, I made an appointment with Yang Hongmei to go shopping for groceries together today. When we got downstairs, I remembered that I knew where Han Wei lived when I moved yesterday. So Lin Xia directed a few children to knock on the door and call for help. The children were quick and energetic, so they ran away confidently after receiving the task.

"You are still lazy!" Yang Hongmei admired the way Lin Xia ordered the children around, but the little ones didn't feel they were at a disadvantage at all.

Lin Xia smiled and said, "They are still growing. It's good for their health if they move more."

"My old home was better. It was spacious and had a lot of space." Yang Hongmei said with both nostalgia and sighing.

Lin Xia also felt that the old small courtyard was good because it was large and had many rooms. If it were kept in the current house, there would be no room for Lin's father and mother to stay when they came during the New Year. However, moving was necessary.

But people can’t keep dwelling on the past, they have to look forward. “There are fewer bugs and it’s not as humid living in a building.”

The place where I lived before was too close to the sea. I could often smell the scent of the sea and the air was also quite humid. Every year, Lin Xia would cut a lot of mugwort, dry it, and burn it in the room to produce smoke to disinfect the house.

"That's true." Yang Hongmei nodded, but she still felt uncomfortable. "I don't know where to buy vegetables here. Is it convenient?"

Lin Xia didn't know. The market for buying vegetables was big and close before. Plus, she grew her own vegetables in the yard, so it was very convenient to pick them whenever she wanted. "I'll ask someone later. I wonder if there's a lot of seafood here."

Lin Xia knew that fish and shrimp contain good protein, so she fed them to her children since they were young. Everyone in the family has developed an appetite for seafood and they all love to eat it. In the past, they could eat fresh fish and shrimp every day, but now that they live far away from the beach, they don’t know if they can eat fresh fish and shrimp.

"It should be quite a few." The two of them chatted while complaining about their new home.

After a while, Han Wei came downstairs carrying her son on her back. The group gathered together and walked towards the gate.

"Does Dun Dun like his new home?" Lin Xia reached out to tease the child. Song Yu named his son Dun Dun, and the child was indeed chubby and very cute.

Han Wei asked Lin Xia to make the straps on her body. Her hand felt sore from holding the little fat boy, so she switched to the other hand. "He sleeps soundly, but I'm not used to it."

Then, just like Yang Hongmei, she talked about the same things and missed the small courtyard they used to live in.

"I used to think that buildings were better, but now I would rather live in that shabby yard." Han Wei looked worried. It was really tiring to carry her son up and down the stairs. Unfortunately, the little fat boy couldn't walk yet.

Anyone who has ever thought about living in a spacious single-family house can understand that even though the building looks much more upscale, it is indeed cramped.

Even though Lin Xia thought about it again and again, she couldn't express the advantages of living in an apartment building. She also missed the benefits of living in a small courtyard.

"Let's not talk about it. Things have come to this. We should look on the bright side. Maybe in a few years, we can live back in our small courtyard." Lin Xia thought that after the reform and opening up, when house buying and selling would become much more convenient, she would definitely buy a house with a courtyard.

After hearing Lin Xia's words, Yang Hongmei and Han Wei thought that Lin Xia was talking about the man's future transfer. Although they felt better, it was still an uncertain matter and they couldn't think too much about it.

There were quite a few people in the family compound. Lin Xia and her friends had just arrived and didn't know where the vegetable market was, so they found a friendly-looking sister-in-law and learned that she was also going to the vegetable market, so they went out together.

After they had walked away, the rest of the people began to whisper to each other. Ever since Lin Xia and her group moved in, they had attracted a lot of stares. Just now when they were standing there chatting, everyone's eyes were on them.

The appearance of new faces in the family compound will of course become a new topic of conversation among everyone.