Chapter 482
At the end of 1985, Ye Fuyue began to think about moving out of the slum.
In fact, when Shen Yao just graduated from college, she and Shen Yao wanted to move out of the slum.
At that time, Shen Yao had already decided not to return to work at the First Factory. The house they were living in would be taken back by the First Factory sooner or later. Instead of waiting for the First Factory to take back the house, it would be better for them to move on their own initiative. After all, they had other houses.
But Haohaoranran and Qiqi didn't want to move because their friends all lived in the slum. Ye Fuyue and Shen Yao thought they would wait until the factory took back the house and then move.
So it was delayed from 1982 to the end of 1985.
Factory One had already subtly indicated they were reclaiming the house. Although Shen Yao's current unit had allocated him a house, it was quite small, with only three rooms at most. Ye Fuyue already had three children, and she also wanted to bring Chen Guifeng with her, which would make the room even smaller.
Moreover, if they moved to the house assigned by Shen Yao's work unit, what would happen to Chen Guifeng and Shen Shun? They would have to rent a house outside. Moreover, if Chen Guifeng followed Ye Fuyue, Shen Shun would have to rent a house outside by himself. Chen Guifeng was worried, but she was also worried that Ye Fuyue would be too busy to take care of three children alone.
After comprehensive consideration, Ye Fuyue and Shen Yao finally decided to move to the small Western-style building, and Chen Guifeng and Shen Shun followed them.
Shen Shun was a little embarrassed: "Will I move to the small western-style building with you?"
"Don't you want to move with us?" Shen Yao asked him.
"No," Shen Shun said, "it's just that I'm already this old, and I'm still living with you guys for free. I feel embarrassed. How about I give you rent and living expenses every month?"
"Okay, I'll give it to you if you want," Shen Yao said, "but if you get married, you have to move out."
"Of course!" Shen Shun said, "I can't stay at your house with my wife!"
Chen Guifeng was very pleased to see that Shen Shun thought so clearly.
There are many rooms in the small western-style building. Ye Fuyue, Chen Yao and their three children live on the second floor, while Chen Guifeng and Shen Shun live on the first floor. There is also a guest room on the first floor so that if Chen Kang and Li Hanwei come back during the Chinese New Year, they will also have a place to stay.
After deciding to move to the small Western-style building, Ye Fuyue also explained it clearly to her three children.
Now the three children are all in elementary school. After listening to Ye Fuyue’s explanation of why they wanted to move, the three children were reluctant but accepted it.
"The small western-style building is not far from the slum. If you miss your friends in the slum, you can go back to the slum to play with them. You can also make new friends in the small western-style building." Ye Fuyue said.
Qiqi sighed, "It's the only way. Sister Zao'er, Sister Huandi, and Brother Laibao are all gone, so we have to move out of the compound."
Ye Fuyue was amused by her little adult look.
After deciding to move, Ye Fuyue renovated the small villa.
After Cui Li and Zhong Lan moved out of the small western-style house, Ye Fuyue rented it out for a while. Later, she felt that the tenants were not maintaining it well, so she took it back. It was difficult to find new tenants for such a large house, and Ye Fuyue didn't want to rent it out to several families, so she simply left it vacant.
She had the house cleaned up inside and out, discarding all the furniture and replacing it with new ones. She also discarded the wallpaper and flooring and replaced them with new ones. She even bought the lights in the house after a special trip to Guangzhou and brought them back. She also visited Zhong Lan and Cui Li while she was there.
Although the renovation cost several thousand yuan, Ye Fuyue felt it was worth it. She planned to live in the small western-style building for a long time. If the decoration was better, she would live more comfortably.
Chen Guifeng had already tidied up the courtyard of the small western-style building and planted a variety of vegetables. Ye Fuyue also planted a circle of flowers along the wall of the small western-style building and cleared out a place for afternoon tea.
After the Spring Festival in 1986, when the weather was getting warmer, Ye Fuyue picked a day off and moved her family into the small Western-style building.
In fact, before this, Ye Fuyue and Chen Guifeng would occasionally move things from the compound to the small western-style building. If there were things they couldn't carry, they would wait for Shen Yao and Shen Shun to come and take them. When the official moving day came, there were actually very few things that needed to be moved to the small western-style building.
Aunt Donghong, Aunt Qian, Aunt Wu, and Aunt Fan wanted to help Chen Guifeng move, but Chen Guifeng politely declined.
"Actually, there's nothing to move. It's just a formality today," said Chen Guifeng.
"I feel really reluctant to let you go now that I can't chat with you anymore," said Aunt Donghong.
"What's wrong with that? The small western-style building is not far from here. You can go to the small western-style building to find me. If I get tired of staying in the small western-style building, I will come back to the slum to find you." Chen Guifeng said.
"Okay," Aunt Qian said, "I'll bring my grandson to the small western-style building to find you when the time comes."
After graduating from university, Qian Qiang married his partner, and now their child is almost three years old.
"Then I will carry my granddaughter to the small western-style building to find you." Aunt Donghong said with a smile.
After graduating from university, Miao Xiaomei was assigned a job by the university. She worked for over a year before she became pregnant and gave birth to a daughter.
At first she was worried that Aunt Donghong would be unhappy that she gave birth to a daughter, but Aunt Donghong was not unhappy at all. Instead, she was extremely happy.
"No matter whether it's a boy or a girl, he's my grandson. Why should I be unhappy?" said Aunt Donghong.
"Family planning is being advocated now, and I have a job, so I definitely can't have children in the future," said Miao Xiaomei.
"If you can't have a child, then don't have one. Let's raise this one child well. It's much better than having several." Aunt Donghong said.
Seeing that her mother-in-law was so open-minded, Miao Xiaomei finally felt relieved.
At this moment, after listening to Aunt Qian and Aunt Donghong, Aunt Wu smiled and said, “Then what about my three grandchildren? I took my three grandchildren to find Guifeng?”
Wu Zhenzhen and Tian Hao's second child was a daughter, who took Tian Hao's surname. In 1984, Wu Zhenzhen gave birth to a son. After the birth of this son, Wu Zhenzhen and Tian Hao decided not to have more children.
Aunt Fan rolled her eyes at the three of them and said, "You three are just showing off here and bullying my Fan Hua because she's not even married yet."
Aunt Donghong, Aunt Qian and Aunt Wu all laughed out loud.
"It's almost time. Your Fan Hua is old enough to get married." Aunt Donghong said with a smile.
"From what I see, he has no intention of getting married at all. I'm too lazy to urge him. If he doesn't want to get married and have children, I can have a few more years of leisure." Aunt Fan said.
She then asked Chen Guifeng, "What does your Chen Shun think?"
Chen Guifeng said, "What else could he think? He and Fan Hua are together every day, so of course he thinks the same thing as Fan Hua."
Aunt Fan sighed, "These two idiots, when they get together, they don't learn anything good, but only learn nonsense."
Aunt Fan just said this. Fan Hua is still young, so she is not too worried about Fan Hua's lifelong affairs for the time being.
"I'll invite you to visit the small Western-style building some other day," said Chen Guifeng.
Aunt Donghong and the others all said, "Okay, we're waiting for you to invite us."
Chen Guifeng smiled and went to the small Western-style building with a bunch of things in her arms.
The reason why Aunt Donghong and the others were not allowed to go to the small western-style building to play today was because Ye Fuyue invited her friends to the small western-style building to warm up the house. Wu Qiaoer and his wife, Yu Tong and his wife, Cai Chunxing and his wife, and Yu Wanying were all there.
They even came a little early to help Ye Fuyue move, but Ye Fuyue and the others had already moved.
Ye Fuyue took out the cookies she had made in advance and the chocolates she had bought to treat them.
"Your little Western-style house is so well-maintained!" Wu Qiao'er exclaimed. "The yard is also well-maintained. When the sun is shining, it's so pleasant to sit in the yard, drink tea and admire the flowers."
In her arms, she held her and Xiang Jialiang's son, who had been born only last fall and was still a few days shy of turning six months old.
Xiang Jialiang took his son from her and said, "If you like it, I will work hard to let you live in a small house like this."
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