Before the Lunar New Year, because her parents were at work, Zhao Huanhuan didn't want to trouble them, so she didn't mention that she was going to take the high school entrance exam. She and Lin Yuan were busy with their own things.

When Zhao Huanhuan went to take the exam, Lin Yuan took An'an to her workplace.

Fortunately, he didn't receive any special assignments before the Lunar New Year and stayed in the city.

He strongly supported Huanhuan going to high school, as he himself had completed high school while serving in the military.

But he is already thirty years old and doesn't plan to take the college entrance examination, while Huanhuan is only twenty-six years old and can still go to school.

Fortunately, the current policy doesn't say that married people can't go to school, so Lin Yuan will definitely support Huanhuan in pursuing her dreams.

When the couple revealed their plans, both families realized that Zhao Huanhuan and Lin Yuan had secretly made life plans for the future.

Zhang Jinhua nodded, "That's perfect. While you're at school, An'an can come and live with us."

Zhao Huanhuan nodded and asked An'an.

An'an nodded sensibly and said yes, he likes going to his grandma's house!

His father has already talked to him about it. His mother is going to study, and he needs to learn to support his mother.

Originally, Lin Yuan wanted to rent a house nearby and bring his parents over to take care of An'an. Now that his mother-in-law's retirement was approved, it made things even easier.

"By the way, Xiaolin, didn't you say last time that you wanted to rent a bungalow in our area? I'll find a yard for you at the end of the year. It's a five-year lease, and you have to pay in full upfront. It will cost three hundred yuan for five years."

“The price isn’t too expensive, the courtyard is quite nice, and it’s not far from where we live, just across an alley. I’ve been there, and it’s pretty good. We can move in after a little tidying up. When you’re there the day after tomorrow, I’ll take you to see it. If you like it, we’ll rent it. If they sell it later, we’ll just buy it.” Zhao Fugui said, clinking glasses with Uncle Lin Yuan.

"However, our dormitory is provided by our work unit, so it won't be too expensive to buy. But the property rights are only small property rights, with only 30% ownership."

Lin Yuan nodded, "I know, it's okay. As long as my parents have a place to stay temporarily, we can talk about the future later."

This is something Huanhuan often says to him: "The world is changing too fast. Who knows what it will be like in a few years!"

Lin Yuan had heard it many times and felt that his wife was right. After all, he hadn't expected to be transferred to the Yuancheng military headquarters five years ago.

"Oh, Old Liu's house is alright." As soon as Zhang Jinhua heard that, she knew whose house it was. She didn't expect that Zhao Fugui had already asked around and even looked at it.

Lin Yuan looked at her parents and said, "Mom and Dad, what do you think? Can you make room back home? If so, come and live here for a few years. It'll be closer to us, and Huanhuan and I can take care of you if anything happens."

Uncle Lin looked uncertainly at his wife.

Aunt Chu nodded immediately, "Come on, Huanhuan is going to school, you're going to work, and An'an can't just be busy with his grandma alone. Your dad and I will come over and help you out."

“Okay, if we decide on a place by tomorrow, I’ll rent a car in a few days and we’ll go back to move with you,” Lin Yuan said.

The two elders agreed.

That's how it was decided.

Zhao Huanhuan felt that everything was developing in a better direction.

Tomorrow marks the start of 2008, and from then on, the country's development began to accelerate rapidly.

She's also about to start her own business.

First of all, after her parents-in-law came to Yuancheng, they suddenly had nothing to do, and they would definitely be bored and restless. Zhao Huanhuan decided to apply to open a small shop so that her parents would have something to do.

Small individual shops have now appeared on the streets.

If you want to open a small shop, the first step is to get a business license from the Administration for Industry and Commerce.

She shouldn't be officially using a business license yet; she just needs the other party's consent and permission documents.

This might not be easy for others to apply for, but as a military family member, she should receive preferential treatment. He asked Lin Yuan, who said that as long as it's within the bounds of the law, she can use her status as a military family member to obtain some preferential treatment.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, the family went to the Zhao family to pay their respects. The Lin couple also went along, marking their first visit to their in-laws' home.

Afterwards, they went to see the courtyard. Lin Yuan and his parents both liked it and said it was quite nice. Zhao Fugui took them to another courtyard owned by the Liu family, paid the rent, wrote a simple rental agreement, and waited for the neighborhood committee to open so they could get it stamped. That would be the end of it.

However, the Liu family and Zhao Fugui are acquaintances, so this matter is not a problem and there will be no accidents even if the stamp is not affixed.

On the third day of the Lunar New Year, Lin Yuan and Zhao Huanhuan took An'an and her parents to visit their second uncle's family to offer New Year's greetings.

When they were cleaning the house before the Lunar New Year, the carpenter who sold furniture was introduced to Zhao Huanhuan by her second uncle, who also arranged for a car to bring the furniture back.

On the day of the move, Zhao Huanhuan also invited her second uncle's family to have a meal.

This year, I'm too busy to go back to the village to visit my maternal uncle and paternal uncle for the New Year.

Lin Yuan asked his second uncle if he could rent the van from last time to help his parents move back home. His second uncle agreed and took him to find the worker.

The car belonged to the factory, and he only needed to make this trip. Lin Yuan would pay him for his trouble and the fuel, and the other party was happy to do so. The date was set after the eighth day of the first lunar month.

Lin Yuan agreed, and in the following days, they helped their parents tidy up the small courtyard.

The layout is the same as the house where the Zhao family lives: a main house with two entrances and two rooms, facing the kitchen, with two small rooms on either side of the kitchen, a study and a bathroom.

As for the furniture, Lin Yuan decided to go back and get the new furniture from their house for her parents to use.

They brought pots, pans, and other household items, as well as bedding.

My parents have moved here, and they definitely won't be going back for a while, so all their things need to be brought over as well.

All they need to do now is paint their house white and clean it.

On the seventh day of the first lunar month, when someone from the neighborhood committee came to work, Liu's son took Lin Yuan to get the stamp, and explained the water, electricity, and heating bills. Lin Yuan then extended all the payments until the end of the year, saying he would come back at the end of the year to pay for next year's bills.

The neighborhood committee members knew that this was Zhao's son-in-law, a soldier, and praised Lin Yuan for being filial to his parents, bringing his wife and children, and also bringing his parents.

After they finished taking care of all that, the next day, Lin Yuan took his parents back to Taojia Village to move.

Zhao Huanhuan, on the other hand, was busy getting the paperwork done for the convenience store.

Although the individual economy has not been officially opened up yet, individual shops have already emerged in the private sector, so Zhao Huanhuan's application was processed three days later.

The shop she rented was right at the entrance of the neighborhood where her parents lived, three shops away from Zhang's Tofu Shop.

That storefront had been locked for several years. When Zhao Huanhuan approached the street director and said she wanted to rent the shop, the director readily agreed. If someone was willing to pay rent, why shouldn't they rent it to them?

While Zhao Huanhuan was busy with these things, An'an was taken care of by her mother and mother-in-law.

Just after she rented it, Lin Yuan moved back home.

Knowing that she had already rented the convenience store, Lin Yuan planned to take a few more days off to help her set it up, but Zhao Huanhuan refused.