Chapter 060 Chapter 60 Newspapers on the wall
Zhang Yuandong himself didn't know why he had to stop the person. He was a little flustered, but he quickly thought of an excuse: "I will be very busy these days. I will be moving the day after tomorrow, so I may not be able to come back. You can invite a few more people to join you then."
Lin Yue nodded to show that he understood. He reminded him again: "When you go to work tomorrow, go to Xiaokubo Village and look for the old carpenter. If the furniture can be finished, ask him to deliver it before the day after tomorrow."
Zhang Yuandong nodded in agreement.
The conversation between the two was very routine, just like every time they were together in the short time they had spent together. But maybe it was because the moonlight tonight was too gentle, the two of them stood under the bright moonlight, just looking at each other, and the atmosphere unconsciously became a little ambiguous.
Zhang Yuandong blushed and his heart beat fast. He didn't dare to look into Lin Yue's eyes and hurried out to wash up.
Lin Yue also felt uneasy. He was afraid that his mind was out of control and he would drive recklessly, so he quickly went into the house and lay down.
This happened today. She had a lot to ask Zhang Yuandong, but suddenly she felt very sleepy. She lay on the kang and thought she would have insomnia. Maybe it was because Zhang Yuandong came back, she felt more at ease and slept well.
Zhang Yuandong entered the room and looked at the kang in the dim candlelight. Seeing that the person had fallen asleep, he breathed a sigh of relief and carefully lay down on the outermost side of the kang.
At night, Lin Yue woke up in a daze and wanted to take the child to the bathroom, but he found Zhang Yuandong lying flat on the kang, with his hands behind his head, looking out the window with bright eyes.
The windows were covered with thick paper, so the light was very dim during the day, not to mention at night, when almost no light could get through. Lin Yue subconsciously glanced out the window, but saw nothing.
Zhang Yuandong found that she was awake, and he quickly turned over and sat up, scratched his shaved head twice, and asked: "Do you want to take the children to pee? You go to sleep, I'll take them."
After saying that, he carried Wanli off the kang with his arms, his movements were quick and decisive, not giving Lin Yue any time to react.
Lin Yue scratched his messy hair, then lay down to sleep again in a daze, with only the corners of his mouth twitching uncontrollably.
The next day, Zhang Yuandong was really busy. He was worried that he would not be able to come back at night, so he got up early and sent some large and seldom used items to the new house.
I don't know who told him about the food distribution yesterday, but he went to the old house before going to work.
Lin Yue didn't know how he told the old couple, and Zhang Yuandong didn't tell her either. She only heard from Sister Jin later that Sun Hongmei chased him to the street corner while crying and cursing.
Zhang Yuandong returned home and only told Lin Yue about the final outcome: "From today on, you don't have to give money to your parents, and you don't have to send them gifts during the New Year. Those bags of food are our early tribute to them."
After saying that, he rode his tricycle to work. Lin Yue stood in the early morning autumn breeze and gave his back a thumbs up.
Lin Yue put all the more important things in the house in the space. There were not many things left in the open. She packed up everything quickly in the morning and waited to move the next day.
This small house is too small. The environment that originally felt very cramped now feels a little empty. Lin Yue stood in the small house, looking around, feeling a little reluctant. It was here that she first opened her eyes in this world. She and her two children lived in this small space for more than two years. She had many good and bad memories. Now that she was moving, she still felt empty.
The ground on the new house's side had been dried in the sun for two days and was basically dry today. Lin Yue, holding the paste in one hand and a stack of newspapers in the other, led the two kids to paste the walls of the new house.
When the adults are free, the children are little angels, but when they are busy, they become troublemakers. The two little guys were particularly curious about what the adults were doing. They played with the paste, played with the newspapers, and even wanted to take down the newspapers that Lin Yue had just pasted. Lin Yue was pestered so much that he took out a red and blue pencil from the space, broke it in half, and gave half to each of them.
This pencil costs three cents and is often out of stock. Lin Yue only has this one and has never been willing to give it to his children. The two kids have only used fire sticks to draw before. This is the first time they have seen pencils, and they are colorful. They are so eager to get them that their eyes sparkle when they get them. They almost get angry to fight for the red half.
Lin Yue managed to mediate and let the two of them take turns, and only then did they calm down.
Lin Yue gave each of them a few newspapers and told them to draw well. The good ones could be posted on the wall. Children under three years old didn't know how to draw. They could only draw some lines or dots on the paper. After a short while, the newspapers were torn and punctured by them.
Lin Yue moved the remaining pile of newspapers to a farther place, ignored the two kids, and focused on posting the newspapers.
Pasting the wall was a big project, and she worked on it for a long time but still couldn't finish it. The two kids had enough fun and wanted to go out to play in the yard. There were a lot of materials for building a house in the yard. Lin Yue was afraid that the children would get hurt, so she didn't dare to let them go out to play by themselves. She could only tease them while she worked.
Aunt Zhang's younger daughter-in-law, Sun Yuxiang, came with her two daughters. When she saw the scene in the house, she laughed and sent the two maids to take the children out to play, while she started to help.
Although Aunt Zhang often visited her family, Lin Yue was not very familiar with her daughters-in-law. Aunt Zhang's family was large, with nearly 30 adults and children living under the same roof, which caused a lot of conflicts. Aunt Zhang also wanted to avoid being idle, so she would visit whenever there was someone at home.
Lin Yue knew her family's situation very well and didn't want to get involved in other people's family affairs. He was just a nodding acquaintance with these sisters-in-law. But she would move in tomorrow, and they would get along more often in the future. They could no longer be as lukewarm as before. Since they were sincere in helping, Lin Yue refused a few times and then accepted. He quickly took out two pieces of hard candy from his pocket and gave one to each of the two children.
Sun Yuxiang also meant this. She came here to build a good relationship. When she saw Lin Yue distributing candies to the children, she smiled so hard that her teeth were exposed. Her two daughters were eight years old and six years old. None of the children disliked eating candies. The younger one took the candy, tidily opened the candy wrapper and stuffed it into her mouth. When Sun Yuxiang saw this, her face changed immediately. She glared at the little daughter fiercely and whispered, "Second maiden!"
The little girl stood there stubbornly with her mouth tightly shut. Sun Yuxiang gave Lin Yue an awkward smile and winked at her eldest daughter, who immediately received the hint and went over to pry open her sister's mouth, took out the candy with her hands, and carefully wrapped it back into the candy wrapper.
Lin Yue frowned as he watched.
Actually, Aunt Zhang's family was not bad, and the children didn't have to do this even to eat a piece of candy. However, Sun Yuxiang was used to being frugal, and she didn't like the two girls. She didn't want to give them any delicious food, which could be seen from the two children's sallow skin and dry and yellow hair.
There were four main rooms in Aunt Zhang's house, and two couples lived in one room, separated by something in the middle. Their stove room was originally the door, but later it was built outside, and a kang was built in the door. Aunt Zhang and her children squeezed in there. Later, it was still not enough, so two side rooms were built, with large open-plan rooms inside, one for the boys and one for the girls.
The sons and daughters-in-law had had enough of this life and wanted to split up and move out. But building a house was a big deal and they couldn't afford to spend that much money to build a new house for them.
Aunt Zhang also wanted them to move out quickly. When things were going on at home, the sons were really united, but when things were not going on, everyone had a lot of little plans. She thought that the house would be built slowly and each one would be given out one by one, but no one was willing to move out, fearing that they would suffer a loss. So it has been delayed until now, and the children have been born more and more, the house has become more and more crowded, and the conflicts have become more and more serious.
Aunt Zhang talked to Lin Yue about these things many times. Lin Yue felt his scalp tingling after hearing them. Nearly thirty people were squeezed into a small courtyard. How terrifying that must be!
Sun Yuxiang was reluctant to give her two daughters good food because she wanted to save money and move out quickly.
She didn't think she did anything wrong, she was just a little embarrassed. She smiled at Lin Yue and started to work.
Lin Yue's mouth twitched, but that was someone else's child, so she couldn't say anything. She could only pretend that she saw nothing and chatted and laughed with Sun Yuxiang while pasting the newspaper.
Sun Yuxiang worked very efficiently, and the two of them spent more than an hour to finally finish pasting the walls of the two bedrooms. Lin Yue felt bad for her doing so much work for him, and wanted to invite her to dinner. After Sun Yuxiang refused again and again, she stammered, "Forget about dinner, can you give me some of your children's leftover clothes?"
Lin Yue heard her asking about the baby's clothes, and then looked at her expression, and asked in surprise: "Sister-in-law, you are not pregnant, are you?" Seeing her nod, Lin Yue quickly helped her sit down, "You said you were pregnant, why are you still helping me with so much work, and you just climbed up so high!"
Sun Yuxiang waved her hands nonchalantly: "What's the big deal? When I was pregnant, I worked in the fields every day without a day's rest! Can your work be more tiring than working in the fields?"
Since she was pregnant and still came to help him, Lin Yue had the nerve to refuse her request, so he promised to go back and find some of the children's old clothes and bring some to her.
Sun Yuxiang specifically asked for little Wanli's clothes and said, "I already had two girls. This time I want to take advantage of you Wanli and have a boy!"
What could Lin Yue say? He couldn't promote gender equality to her, so he could only smile and express his agreement.
Outside the house, the four children were playing happily together. The two little girls were very caring and always gave in to Wanli and Lingling.
The two kids were still too young, and they started to fight over things while playing. Wanli wanted Lingling's shovel, but Lingling held on to it and refused to let go. They argued for a few seconds. Zhang Daman said sternly, "Lingling, Wanli is a boy, you have to give in to him!"
Lingling tilted her head and asked curiously, "Why?"
Wanli also looked at Zhang Daman curiously, waiting for her answer.
Zhang Daman explained to the two of them seriously: "All girls have to give way to boys. When you get married, you will have to rely on your brothers at home!"
Wanli and Lingling didn't understand. This was different from the information they had received before. However, they were still young, and asking "why" was the limit. They quickly lost interest in the question, forgot about the dispute just now, and continued to dig the soil in the yard.
Lin Yue saw this scene through the window, and his lips tightened unconsciously.