Chapter 143 was incredibly satisfying.

Shen Xuewei walked around the room, looking both happy and cautious.

Chen Fangyang flicked her forehead and asked, "Do you like it?"

Shen Xuewei nodded emphatically, "I like it, I like it very much, thank you second uncle, and thank you second aunt."

She couldn't quite describe the emotional turmoil she was experiencing; it was as if she had temporarily found her own haven, a place to settle down.

Chen Fangyang said with a smile, "I'm glad you like it. It wasn't for nothing that your second aunt and I dragged your aunt around the county all morning to pick it out."

Of course, as his closest sister in the family, Chen Fanglan also had some things added to her room.

He pointed to the room opposite Shen Xuewei and said, "This room across the street belongs to your aunt. The two rooms past the living room are for your second aunt and me to live in one room, and for Xiannan to live in the other room when he comes."

“If Xiao De’an comes over at other times, he can stay in Xian’an’s room.”

Aside from the living room, there are only four rooms on the second floor.

With this arrangement, the second floor is now fully prepared.

Shen Xuewei glanced at the layout of the second floor. "Grandma and Grandpa live on the first floor, right?"

"Yes, and your great-grandmother and your uncle also live on the first floor. Anyway, I used to share a room with your uncle, but now that we have a new house, I don't want to live on the same floor as him anymore..."

He complained, "Your uncle is a bad person. He has a bad sleeping posture, and when he drinks, he likes to get drunk and hit people..."

His voice grew louder and louder as he recounted Chen Fangqiu's excessive behavior towards him over the years.

It's clear that she's been putting up with Chen Fangqiu for a long time.

After rattling off a long speech, he asked, still not quite finished, "Little Weiwei, do you think your uncle is the most awful person in the family?"

Shen Xuewei met his gaze and nodded without the slightest hesitation.

“That’s right, that’s exactly the kind of person my uncle is. You’re right, second uncle.”

Chen Fangqiu helped her teach Xue Xiaomei a lesson, and she paid the price with a small gold bracelet.

One thing at a time, but she still had to talk badly about him behind his back.

This was the first time Shen Xuewei had fully examined the house since it was built.

She and Chen Fangyang walked around the house, when they heard Grandma Xi's voice outside, asking them to come out and help.

Tomorrow is the housewarming party for our new house, and we expect to have around twenty tables.

The relatives who were notified have already been notified, so we need to prepare all the ingredients in the next couple of days.

Instead of hiring a local cook, the Chen family invited several households from the village to help with the cooking.

Xiaoli Village now has only four households.

Besides the Chen family, my second maternal grandfather's family, Wu Yuhong's family, there is also my uncle Chen's family.

With the addition of several relatives and friends who will come to help, we have enough people to assist.

Chen Fangli has been staying at the Chen family home for the past two days, and will go home after the Chen family finishes their housewarming celebration.

After Chu Fu took Shen Xuewei back to the Chen family, he talked with Chen Fangli for a while, then rode away on Chen Fangli's bicycle.

The Chu family also had things to do, leaving only an elderly person and a child at home.

He and Chen Fangli both need to have one of them at home.

Grandpa Chu had already arranged for a tractor to haul over the stools, cabinets, and other items he made for the Chen family a few days ago.

Once the Chen family's housewarming banquet is held tomorrow, we can simply drive Grandpa Chu and Chu De'an there for the feast.

It was afternoon when Chen Fanglan, who had taken a special leave of absence, rushed back.

She took off her fashionable clothes and put on the old-fashioned clothes she wore in junior high school, then joined everyone in preparing the dishes.

Shen Xuewei was also busy.

They were hesitant to let Shen Xuewei do the cooking, but she was capable of simple tasks like washing vegetables, plucking feathers, and adding firewood.

She and Chen Fanglan sat on small stools plucking duck feathers.

As Chen Fanglan pulled the seeds, she asked Chen Fangyang, who was leaning against the side eating sunflower seeds and doing nothing.

"Why haven't we seen Fang'er come back? And Xian Nan, isn't he on summer vacation?"

Chen Fangyang casually spat out the sunflower seed shells. "Fang'er is busy with business and doesn't have time to come back. As for Xiannan, he has to attend tutoring classes these few days and won't be able to come for a few more days."

Of course, this meant they didn't leave until after the New Year.

Chen Fanglan plucked the down feathers off the duck, getting so angry that she stopped talking to Chen Fangyang.

Grandma Xi walked past her, and Chen Fanglan held up the duck that hadn't been properly gutted in front of her.

"Mom, these duck feathers are so hard to pluck. Just pluck them like this, why do you have to pluck them so clean?"

Grandma Xi glanced at the duck, which still had a lot of down feathers, and said with displeasure:

"There are still so many hairs on it, how are we supposed to eat it when the relatives come? Clean it up a bit more... Don't glare at me, I'll find someone to help you pluck them..."

She called out to Chen Fangyang, who was about to sneak away, "Ayang, where are you going? Can't you see everyone is working?"

Chen Fangyang turned back helplessly, "Mom, I can't do these chores, so please don't call me anymore. Aren't my second sister, third sister, and Xiao Weiwei doing them?"

Grandma Xi pulled him over, "Stop talking so much. The banquet is tomorrow, and we haven't even finished preparing everything yet."

"What if they come tomorrow and we don't get to eat? How will we save face then? Aren't you going to come and help?"

Chen Fangyang sighed and resignedly let her pull him over.

"Okay, okay, I'll do it, alright?"

He knew that as long as he was at home, he couldn't escape being bossed around.

He took a small stool and moved closer to Shen Xuewei and the other person to help deal with the twenty or so ducks in the large basin in front of them.

Chen Fanglan glanced at him, her eyes sweeping over the ducks in the basin, and deliberately tossed the duck with the most downy feathers to him.

"Okay, you take care of this one first, then we can deal with the others."

Unaware of her sinister intentions, Chen Fangyang picked up the duck and began tearing off its downy feathers.

Shen Xuewei looked at the two of them, her gaze falling on the duck in his hand, and she secretly shook her head.

Besides their stiff feathers, ducks also have many fine downy feathers.

These down feathers are very difficult to handle; the tail ends can get deeply embedded in the duck's skin and flesh, making them very difficult to pull out.

Shen Xuewei had been working on this for almost half an hour, and her temper was starting to rise.

Looking at the duck that was still not cleaned properly in her hand, she pondered for a moment and then remembered a useful tool.

She put down the duck she was holding and turned to walk towards the new house.

She had already moved all her things into the room.

It just takes some effort to find what she's looking for.

After searching through the bag, she found a small iron box inside a bamboo woven bag.

She took the small box and returned to the two of them, at which point a small hair clip appeared in her hand.

With a quick snap of the clip, she pulled out the downy feathers that were only peeking out from the top.

Chen Fanglan's eyes lit up when she saw this.

"Weiwei, do I remember there was another clip?"

Shen Xuewei nodded and handed the small box to her.

"It's in here. Auntie, you can find it yourself."

The contents of this small box were given to her by Chen Fanglan.

Inside were Chen Fanglan's discarded beauty tools.

Eyebrow razors, tweezers, eyebrow scissors, and the like.

She doesn't use the other things much, but she uses the little clips here the most.

Whenever I feel sleepy while reading or doing homework, I use clips to pluck my leg hair.

The taste was indescribably sour and refreshing.