Everyone got up very early the next day. There was a lot to do: cleaning, buying pots and pans, and bedding. The new house had nothing but two beds.

Most importantly, you need to be familiar with the surrounding environment of Dudu Garden Community. If you get lost in front of your home one day, people will laugh at you to death.

I took bus number 27 to Dudu Garden Community. I went to the sales office and asked Xiao Liu where I could buy pots, pans, bedding and other household items. Xiao Liu recommended the nearby farmers' market.

This farmers' market is the largest in the district, with the most complete range of goods and the most favorable prices. Many of the owners in the market are wholesalers.

It is about 3 kilometers from Dudu Garden Community to the farmers' market.

It takes about 40 minutes to walk, about 25 minutes by bike, and there are also direct buses.

This trip was also to familiarize ourselves with the surrounding area, so everyone chose to walk there. With Xia Minmin slowing us down, it took a full hour to get there.

Xia Jianguo said, "Our family still needs to buy two more bicycles! Walking to buy things is too time-consuming. Big cities are much closer and more convenient than small towns."

Li Chunmei said, "That's what I was thinking too. The three of us can only carry so much stuff on one trip. If we're missing something, we have to make another trip. All that time is wasted walking."

Xia Xiaomei said, "While you were talking to Xiao Liu, Xiao Min and I browsed the shops outside the community. Most of them were restaurants, stationery stores, and small shops. The small shops didn't have a wide variety of items; they mostly sold snacks that kids like. Most things still need to be bought at the farmers' market."

"Buy, buy, buy!"

Xia Jianguo bought a 28-inch bicycle and a women's bicycle at a bicycle shop near the farmers' market. The shop owner gave him two bicycle locks as a gift. He left the bicycles with the shop owner first, and they planned to go to the farmers' market to browse around.

Xia Jianguo said, "Chunmei, wait a moment. Let's buy some cleaning tools first, then take Xiaomei and Xiaomin home. Then we'll ride our bikes over to buy other things. It should only take about two trips."

"Um."

As Xiao Liu had said, the farmers' market had a very complete selection of goods, and many items were even cheaper than the wholesale prices in his hometown before the Lunar New Year.

Xia Jianguo compared prices at three different shops and found one with a wide variety of high-quality goods. He bought some cleaning tools first, planning to send Xia Xiaomei and Xia Minmin back home before returning with Li Chunmei to continue shopping.

After arriving at Dudu Garden residential area, Xia Jianguo and Li Chunmei did not enter the residential area, but went directly back to the farmers' market to continue shopping. This time their goal was very clear, saving them a lot of time.

Xia Minmin and Xia Xiaomei entered the residential area using their access cards.

Xia Minmin found everything about her new home pleasing to the eye, especially the outdoor environment, where the greenery was truly exceptional.

There are not only car parking spaces but also bicycle sheds. Although there are not many cars parked in the car parking spaces now, in five or six years these parking spaces will probably be completely full.

"Auntie, we've arrived at Unit 3, Building 5!"

Beep... The building entrance access control is open.

Xia Xiaomei carried the things and walked behind Xia Minmin.

"Are you new residents? I live in apartment 602."

"Hello, Auntie!" Xia Xiaomei said.

Hello, Grandma!

"You bought 302, right?"

"Yes, yes, how did you know?"

“These units are all fully furnished, and there are many people looking at them but few buying them. There are only three units left in Unit 3. I kept the door open all day yesterday but didn’t see anyone go up, so it must be 302.”

"Are you going out?" Xia Minmin stood to the right to make room for the grandmother on the 6th floor to go downstairs.

"Are you going to clean? Then I won't keep you any longer. I'll go for a stroll downstairs."

Xia Minmin dragged her tired body, waiting for Xia Xiaomei to open the door. It seems that she still needs to exercise more in the future; she is still too weak now.

After opening the door, Xia Minmin collapsed onto the sofa, not caring whether there was any dust on it.

Xia Xiaomei had no choice but to use a feather duster to sweep the dust off the sofa before letting Xia Minmin lie down.

When Xia Jianguo and Li Chunmei returned, the house was almost cleaned up.

"Little sister, you're so quick! You've almost finished cleaning." Li Chunmei said with a smile.

"Second sister-in-law, the house wasn't dirty to begin with. There wasn't a speck of dirt when I wiped the table with a rag just now," Xia Xiaomo explained.

Xia Jianguo said, "The sales office must have regularly hired people to clean the place. After all, it's a fully furnished apartment, and it wouldn't look good if it was dirty."

"That makes sense."

Xia Jianguo brought in the pots and pans from outside. "Little sister, tidy these things up a bit. Your second sister-in-law and I will go back again to bring back the quilts and sheets."

"Second brother, I understand."

After a busy morning, it's almost done. This afternoon, I washed the sheets in the washing machine, and tomorrow I'll air out the blankets. The day after tomorrow, I can officially move in.

Li Chunmei said, "Let's find a restaurant outside the community for lunch."

Areas with many schools are never short of restaurants. Whether it's breakfast shops, restaurants, or snack shops, there are plenty of them, and every restaurant is packed with kids at lunchtime.

After a difficult lunch, everyone sat on the sofa in their new home and chatted.

Xia Jianguo said, "Little sister, your second sister-in-law and I have discussed it. We'll give you 100 yuan a month for the next three months, and then increase it once our business is on track. What do you think?"

"Second brother, I have no objection."

Li Chunmei said, "Little sister, you can stay at home for now. If there are better options later, you can go and take a look."

"Second sister-in-law, I understand."

In the afternoon, Xia Jianguo was going to the farmers' market to find someone to change the locks. It would be safer to change the locks at home, since the old key had been kept at the sales office and he didn't know if anyone had copied it.

Actually, we can move in tomorrow after airing out the quilts, but we've already paid for the guesthouse, so we'll let the new place air out for one more day.

Li Chunmei took the freshly washed bed sheets and duvet covers out of the washing machine and hung them out to dry on the balcony.

"Little sister, washing machines are so convenient. It used to be such a hassle to wash bed sheets and duvet covers every time, but washing them in a washing machine is much faster and it can spin-dry them. They're almost half-dry when I take them out of the washing machine."

"Indeed, in the past, we had to ask others for help to wring out bed sheets and duvet covers, and we didn't dare to wash them for a long time when the weather was bad in winter."

"that is."

Xia Jianguo spent a lot of money to replace the lock with a new one.

Today they planned to walk back to the guesthouse. They had taken bus number 27 several times in the past two days, and Li Chunmei was already very familiar with the route.

It's about a 30-minute walk; Dudu Garden isn't far from the guesthouse anyway.

After airing out the quilts tomorrow morning, they plan to ride their bikes around the neighborhood.

"Mom, we didn't bring back the rice cooker we won last time!" Xia Minmin said, pointing to the rice cooker displayed at the entrance of the appliance store.

Xia Xiaomei looked annoyed. "And the bowl and handkerchief."

Sigh, I guess I'll just have to come back tomorrow and buy another rice cooker.