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Tang Shengkai and Lin Cuicui followed behind, carrying baskets on their backs, and entered the yard. The weeds along the path from the yard gate to the house door had been pulled up briefly, but the rest of the yard was overgrown with weeds.
They didn't realize that the house had probably been uninhabited for a long time, and that the village chief had already done them a great favor by clearing a passageway for them.
They and Old Li didn't rush into the house; they wanted to move their belongings from outside the yard in first.
Tang Yue wasn't that curious, and since her senses had already scanned the room, she didn't pay much attention to Tang Nan's "ah" sound.
However, Tang Shengkai and Lin Cuicui were a little anxious, and the two of them quickly took Tang Yue's small hand and went into the house.
The outer room was normal enough, but when I went to the east room, I saw several children looking up at the roof, their expressions indescribable.
The two of them involuntarily looked up, and what they saw made them gasp in shock.
Is this... still a roof?
It's the best time of day in the afternoon, and looking up, you see tiny, pebble-sized glimmers of light on the rooftops—not just one or two, but almost the entire roof. They're distributed very evenly.
When Tang Bei and Tang Nan saw their parents come in, they pouted as if they wanted to say something, but they didn't know how to say it.
Tang Yue also saw it. She hadn't noticed these details when she scanned the area with her consciousness earlier, but now seeing the roof like this made her teeth ache.
How can anyone live in a house like this? The beams in the middle are also extremely haphazardly made, clearly done carelessly.
Old Li also went into the house, looked at the condition of the roof and sighed, "I'll go out and take a look later, ask someone where we can get some straw, and we'll fix it ourselves."
We're newcomers, they have no obligation to fix our things.
Tang Shengkai nodded. Tang Yue narrowed her eyes, sensing that since Chang Yin had brought them here, it must have been pre-arranged. The military probably wouldn't assign them housing like this.
"Oh dear, judging by these things, someone must have arrived. Is anyone home?"
Although he spoke with an accent, it was clear that he was trying his best to speak slowly and pronounce each word clearly.
Hearing this, Lin Cuicui hurriedly went out, saying, "Oh, I'm coming."
As soon as she stepped outside, she saw a woman standing at the door with a basket on her shoulder. When she saw Lin Cuicui, she quickly smiled.
"I just heard from the kids that you were here, so I came to see if there's anything I can help with?"
Lin Cuicui only half understood what she was saying, but she quickly replied, "Thank you, thank you. We just arrived and are unfamiliar with the area, so we really wanted to ask you for some information."
Miao Yujiao didn't stand on ceremony. She walked into the courtyard, frowned when she saw the weeds all over it, but didn't say anything.
"I'm from the Li family, everyone calls me Sister Miao. Little sister, you look younger than me, right? If you need anything, just tell me."
To be honest, Lin Cuicui didn't look as young as this Sister Miao before, but recently, with better food, she has obviously regained some weight.
"Hey, Sister Miao. My name is Lin Cuicui, and my husband's surname is Tang. You can call me Cuicui or Old Tang's wife from now on."
"Okay, okay."
Lin Cuicui was just looking for someone to ask about the situation, and now that she had someone, she quickly inquired.
"Sister-in-law, I don't know where we can find straw for roofing around here. I'd like to get some."
Sister Miao was a little puzzled. "Oh, what do you need those for? Are they for firewood? It would be better to go up the mountain and get some wood or branches to burn."
Lin Cuicui quickly waved her hand, "No, no, it's just that the roof is a bit leaky. I thought I'd fix it while my husband is home."
"How could that be? It wasn't just repaired..."
Sister Miao stopped there and went inside.
Tang Shengkai and Old Li didn't know them and were too embarrassed to go out. Sister Miao came in and happened to see the two of them.
Lin Cuicui followed closely behind, "Sister Miao, this is my husband, Tang Shengkai, and this is my father. You can call him Uncle Li. These are my children. Please call them Auntie."
"aunt!"
"aunt!"
"aunt!"
"aunt!"
The four children called out to her in unison, and Sister Miao forgot the important reason for coming into the house. She was attracted by the four children in front of her. These children were really good-looking, and they were dressed well. Their clothes were brand new and had few wrinkles. They looked very energetic.
"Wow, these little kids are really good-looking, so cute."
"Sister-in-law, don't praise them too much, or they'll lose their bearings later."
"Oh, no, they're really good-looking. Much better-looking than those naughty kids in my family."
Lin Cuicui didn't know what to say. After the others greeted each other, Sister Miao remembered why she had come into the house. She looked up and her face immediately filled with anger. "That Li Qingzhu is a real scoundrel."
"ah?"
"Oh, it's nothing, it's nothing."
Sister Miao quickly put on a smile, "Well, brother and sister, don't worry, we have straw at home. When your brother finishes work, I'll have him come over to help you. Let's pull the weeds in the yard first."
The Tang family wasn't stupid. Although Sister Miao didn't reveal the truth, they knew that the house must have been cleaned up by someone, but those people hadn't put in the effort.
Tang Yue felt that it was important to know who did it so that she would know how to deal with them in the future.
Sister Miao was a skilled worker; she put the basket aside and got right to work. She pulled weeds incredibly fast.
Seeing that the outsiders had already started working, Tang Shengkai and his group had no reason not to join in. Adults and children alike pitched in, and when they had pulled more than half of the weeds in the yard, Village Chief Li entered the yard with a man pushing a cart.
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