Chapter 3: Room Changing Troubles

Seeing that A'niang was at her wit's end, Jiang Wan turned around and glared at Cai Jia, then shouted loudly into the house.

"Grandpa village head, please come out and give justice. My mother and I are being bullied to death."

As he said this, he pinched himself secretly, tears welled up in his eyes due to the pain, he felt so pitiful.

"snort!"

With a cold snort, the old village chief walked out of the main house with a pipe in hand and a dark face, scaring the Cai family so much that their faces turned pale.

Did they not say anything nonsense just now? ?

"This is a poor village with bad people. It is really unfair for you, the Cai family, to come to our Lianjiagou!"

The old village chief put his hands behind his back and looked at the poor mother and daughter, then looked at the entire Cai family. He really wanted to drive this family out of the village immediately.

"It seems that you didn't take my words seriously. You probably don't think highly of those three rooms. In that case, I will take back those three rooms. You can find a place to live on your own."

"Stop it, Village Chief! We know we are wrong!"

“The three rooms are good and we are very satisfied!”

The Cai family was in a panic. If the three houses were taken away, where would they live? Wouldn’t they become a laughing stock as soon as they entered the village?

"Village Chief, we really know we are wrong!"

"Hurry back and take the bag away. If you're late, I'll take the bag as well."

Upon hearing this, the Cai family members who had originally wanted to stay and beg for mercy didn't dare to say a word. They could only glare at the mother and daughter fiercely and hurried out.

The feud has been settled.

The old villager was about to leave when everyone left, but he saw the sickly little girl tugging at her clothes and looking eagerly as if she wanted to say something.

"What? Is there anything else?"

"Thank you, village chief, for helping my mother and I get rid of the bad guys."

Jiang Wan is now so thin that she looks unrecognizable and can’t act cute, but it is precisely because of her thinness and her big watery eyes that she makes people feel particularly pitiful.

The old village chief liked children, especially those who were well-behaved and could speak. His expression softened and his voice became softer.

"There's nothing to thank me for. There are no bad people in our village. If they come to your house to bully people again, remember to find me. My home is behind the big banyan tree in the village. You will know when you enter the village."

Jiang Wan nodded obediently and asked again tentatively.

"Grandpa Village Chief, the rooms that my mother and I have seized are a bit too big. Can we exchange rooms with Uncle Zhou and his family?"

The old village chief twitched his beard and nodded, "Of course it can be changed. At the beginning I said you were lucky. Do you think it was these rooms?"

The good luck he mentioned was that the girl could trade these big houses for the stone house. The old fisherman knew the benefits of the stone house. If it wasn't too small, I don't know how many people would want to buy it.

Jiang Wan also understood, and with a smile on her face, she sent the old village chief out.

"Mother, mother, let's go find Uncle Zhou and his family and switch rooms!"

Yin Huaixi has not seen the Zhou family’s house yet, but since her daughter likes it, she will change it.

When the mother and daughter found the Zhou family, they were cleaning the floor outside the stone house with worried faces. After all, this was their bed and it had to be cleaned thoroughly.

"Uncle Zhou~"

Jiang Wan called out first, and the Zhou family members, big and small, all looked over at once. Jiang Wan and the others all knew each other. They used to live in the same lane in Kyoto. Although they were not very close, they had some neighborly feelings. Later, they helped each other during their exile, and their relationship became better.

"Xiao Wan, Huai Xi, why are you here? What's the matter?"

Everyone should be busy cleaning up their new house at this moment. Mrs. Zhou Lin Wanrong was a little confused.

Jiang Wan poked A Niang, and Yin Huaixi withdrew her burning gaze.

As soon as she arrived, she saw this small stone house and her heart was filled with joy.

Although it looked like it was only a dozen square meters with nothing around it, it was definitely enough for her and her daughter to live in. Moreover, this stone house was close to her eldest brother's house and could withstand the wind and rain. She grew up by the sea and of course she knew the benefits of this house.

"Brother Zhou, Sister Lin, Wanwan and I came here to ask if you want to switch rooms with us."

The words "change house" hit the Zhou family's hearts like a heavy hammer, and everyone's eyes lit up.

Lin Wanrong was so overjoyed that she almost couldn't control her tears. She had seen that Huaixi and her daughter had captured five large houses, which were more than enough for her family to live in.

This worrying housing problem can be solved immediately!

"Sister Huaixi...you guys, do you really want to exchange houses with my family? You can see that this little stone house is bare and has nothing in it."

Yin Huaixi nodded and replied without joking, "Don't worry, Sister Lin, I really want to exchange this house with you. It's a waste for Wanwan and I to live in five rooms, and that house is not as close to my eldest brother's home as this small stone house. I came to you to tell you that I had already thought about the exchange. Before I came here, Wanwan also asked the village chief, and he also said that it was possible to exchange."

The Zhou family felt relieved when they heard that the village chief agreed.

The heavy burden on my shoulders was instantly lightened.

As for people, living in this world is all about food, clothing, shelter and transportation. Once exiled here, they can’t leave again. The weather here is like spring all year round. They don’t have to worry about transportation and clothing, they just have to worry about food and shelter. Jiang Wan and her daughter helped them solve the housing problem right away, which was really a big help.

The Zhou family members all thanked them in unison, even the two three-year-old twins thanked and greeted the mother and daughter in their baby voices.

So the two families exchanged houses.

Grandpa Zhou took his eldest son's family away to clean up the new house, leaving his second son's family and a few kids behind to help Jiang Wan and her daughter clear the weeds around the stone house.

This saved the mother and daughter a lot of trouble. When Yin Huaishan came again, he didn't know where to start.

After all the families were settled (except the Cai family), the old village chief arranged for someone to inform each family of some things.

Lian Jiabao came to the little stone house.

"This room belongs to Grandma Jinhua. You can use the things left in the room, but you must take good care of them, because this room is only lent to you temporarily and does not belong to you. In addition, you must pay a rent of thirty coins per month starting from next month. If you don't have enough money, you can use seafood to pay it off. As for how to pay and what seafood to use as compensation, you can ask the neighbors next door."

Lian Jiabao came and went in a hurry, so the mother and daughter didn't bother to look at the house anymore. They turned around and went to her mother's house to cook. Who told them that they didn't have a stove? The small stone house should have had one before, but it had been uninhabited for a long time and had been soaked into mud by wind and rain. If they wanted a stove, they would have to build a new one.

I can’t care about those things right now, the most important thing is to fill my stomach.

The stove in the house that Yin Huaishan captured was in good condition and had a stove inside. However, the people had moved away and the pots were gone, leaving only two pottery jars that could be washed and used.

"Hui Niang, you and my younger sister clean up the kitchen and the house. I'll go get some water and we'll cook some porridge first."

Yin Huaishan found a bucket, picked up two pottery jars and walked out the door.

When he came, he had carefully observed the roads in the village and found that there was a river ditch surrounding the village. It was not far from their house and it would only take two cups of tea to go back and forth.

By the time he came back with the washed pottery jar and half a bucket of water, his younger sister and his wife had already cleared out the mess in the kitchen and were just waiting for his jar and water to start a fire and cook.

The pottery jar had been washed clean. Yin Huaishan carefully put two handfuls of corn into it, poured water into it, and placed it on the stove.

The flint crackled for more than ten times before finally igniting the firewood. As time passed, the smell of burning firewood in the air began to mix with the faint aroma of grains. Jiang Wan swallowed madly and felt that he could eat a cow at this moment.

The family of five was so hungry that their stomachs were growling. No one had the heart to work anymore. They all stared at the corn (modern millet) porridge that was gradually cooking in the clay pot.

The golden corn grains were very small, and because not enough corn was added, the porridge wasn’t thick enough, but that didn’t matter, as it was much better than the porridge at Exile Road, which was so clear that you could see your reflection in it.

The whole family didn't even bother to boil the porridge. They just took turns using a broken spoon to scoop a mouthful of porridge from the clay pot.

"ah……"

So comfortable!

Because Jiang Wan was in the worst health, she ate the most porridge. The feeling of fullness when the hot corn porridge entered her stomach instantly restored most of her body's strength.

To put it bluntly, it's a disease caused by hunger.

After dinner, the whole family carefully checked the three rooms.

Of the three rooms, the largest one is not the bedroom but the stove room. I don't know why. Since the two bedrooms are the same size, there is no need to worry about who will live in them. Yin Huaishan and his wife will live in one, and Yin Ning will live in the other.

The room was too small to even fit the step-out bed they had slept on. Now there were only a few stones and simple wooden boards on top. It was still slept on, and it was more comfortable than on the floor.

"I don't know how long this board has been there. It's already moldy. I'll wash it in the ditch and dry it in the sun. Then I can go to bed at night. Hui Niang and your younger sister will clean up the houses on both sides and go to the neighbors to ask what we newcomers should pay attention to."

Dealing with people is what his wife is good at, so Yin Huaishan doesn't worry about it at all.

As soon as he left, Song Wenhui took Yin Huaixi to the small stone house to clean up. The two remaining children were supposed to be given a break, but Jiang Wan couldn't stay there.

"Cousin, shall we go out for a walk?"

This is the seaside, with endless seafood!

My mouth is watering just thinking about it.

Jiang Wan is now a live streamer who catches seafood on the beach. That means she takes her live streaming equipment to the beach every day when the tide goes out to broadcast live the catching of various seafood.

That was a skill she had learned from adults since she was young. It is no exaggeration to say that she has sharp eyes. Sometimes, when netizens are still staring at her, she has already quickly caught her prey from under the sand, in puddles, or between rocks.

The house they were staying in was very close to the beach, only about five minutes' walk away.

I don't know if it's low tide now, but it doesn't matter if it's high tide. If you look carefully, you can dig some clams at the beach.

No matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat. Moreover, clam meat is much larger than a mosquito and is more nutritious.