After the seven members of Lin Guoqing's family arrived at the new house, they first stood at the door waiting for Lin Yulan to open the door. Then each of them drank a cup of sugar water. The third child gulped down the cup of sugar water and let out a long sigh of relief. The sound was so loud that Lin Guoqing raised his hand and wanted to hit him.
Lin Shuchao quickly squatted down and jumped behind her eldest sister, still yelling in grievance, "Didn't I just tell you! You can talk after drinking the sugar water!"
"I didn't ask you to make any noise!" Lin Shuying swallowed the last of her water and pinched her third brother's nose. "Be quiet. Mom and Dad are very busy today."
They don’t necessarily listen to what their parents say, and what their eldest sister says is like an imperial decree. This is the usual temper of the two youngest children after they grow up and have their own ideas.
How could Chen Chunhua not know what tricks were going on in those little ones' stomachs? Before leaving, she specifically pulled her eldest daughter to tell her to keep an eye on her younger siblings, and now she's here.
After everyone finished drinking the sweet soup, they were given three incense sticks each. Lin Guoqing took the lead and led them into the main hall of the new house to pray to the Bodhisattva.
While everyone was drinking water, Lin Yulan placed the musket in front of the threshold of the new house and lit it. Before entering the house, everyone had to step over the musket.
In order, from the Jade Emperor, Guanyin Bodhisattva, the landlord, the deceased ancestors of the family to the Kitchen God Bodhisattva, they were informed of the address of the Lin family's new house and told that Lin Guoqing and Shen Chunhua had moved in with the elderly and children, and that they could come here to find them if they had any problems in the future.
After burning incense in order of seniority, they would burn silver ingots. The silver ingots in most people's homes were made by the old ladies in the family. Unfortunately, no one in the Lin family knew how to make them, so every time they used them to pray to the Bodhisattva and worship their ancestors, they had to buy them from others.
This thing cannot be given as a gift, you have to pay for it. Even if Lin Yulan had the time to make silver ingots in the past, you still have to pay for it, the only question is how much.
After all the silver ingots have been burned into ashes, everyone will bow three times, and then each person will take turns sweeping the ashes from outside in with a broom. Today is the day to enter the house, and what is swept in is wealth, which must not be swept out.
Finally, everyone had a bowl of dumplings, and the journey into the house was complete.
Not to mention the children, even Lin Guoqing and Shen Chunhua secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Shen Chunhua pulled Lin Yulan back to the kitchen and asked her to have some dumplings for breakfast. There were many things that needed her help today, so she shouldn't go hungry.
Lin Guoqing took the opportunity to bring the black cloth bag into the room and put it under the bed in the new house.
When the new bed was being made, Lin Guoqing specifically asked Sun Defa to install the lower bed board and surround the bottom of the bed. Now, while there was nothing on the bed, he lifted the bed board and placed the black cloth bag in the middle of the head of the bed against the wall.
After finishing breakfast, everyone started to get busy again.
Even if the children are sleepy, they have to make their own beds and quilts before they can go to sleep.
Brand new mattress pads, quilts, pillows, sheets and quilt covers were all neatly folded and placed on the bed in Liang Shengdi's room. At this moment, the four children lined up to receive the bedding from their nanny. The drowsiness they had just felt had been driven away by the fragrance of the quilts in their arms.
These quilts were brought back with money before the New Year. None of the three adults in the family had time to do the cotton fluffing and sew the quilt covers, so they had to pay someone to do it. After they were done, Chen Chunhua would take them out to dry in the sun as soon as the sun came out.
Sunlight is precious in winter, and each quilt weighs several kilograms. She doesn't mind the trouble and spreads them out to dry again and again. Even the sheets and quilt covers have to be washed with soap and dried.
"Tsk tsk tsk, only your parents have the ability to give each child a room, a bed, a quilt and a mattress topper..." Liang Shengdi couldn't help muttering as she handed the quilts to the children one by one.
How come these kids are so lucky? What kind of idyllic life are they living?
Lin Shuying understood grandma the best. She didn't leave immediately while holding the quilt. Instead, she smiled and said, "Daddy and Mom are just grandma's son and daughter-in-law. They are capable, and grandma is also happy~"
"Humph╭(╯^╰)╮That's right!" Liang Shengdi couldn't help but be happy. Her quilts were all new! "Your mother has dried these quilts countless times. They are full of heat. Don't kick the quilts when you cover yourself with them at night, no matter how hot it is. At least cover your belly button..."
After Lin Guoqing and Shen Chunhua cleaned up all the things they had just offered to the Bodhisattvas and ancestors, they hurried back to the old house and loaded all the things that had not been brought over but would definitely be used soon onto the tricycle. It took them two trips back and forth to finish moving everything.
Chen Chunhua brought back four chickens and four ducks from the farm, while Lin Yulan carried a basket of eggs. Tonight was the night for the housewarming banquet, also known as the "beam-raising" banquet, and they had to rush to prepare all the ingredients so they could cook them straight away.
The eggs and poultry that were to be delivered this morning were all handed over to Lin Guoqing. There was no other way, Chen Chunhua could play a greater role at home.
Around 9 a.m., Sanni and Wuni came over carrying a table that Chen Chunhua had borrowed from them the day before. They were followed by a few other girls who didn't have school that day.
"Aunt! We're here to help wash the vegetables!"
"Mom, do you want to pluck the duck feathers?"
"Aunt, do I need to wash the eggs?"
"Mom, where do you put the pumpkin you asked me to bring? Do you want to wash it?"
Lin Yulan and Shen Chunhua didn't know who to reply to for a moment. Except for Da Ni, Er Ni, and S Ni who had to go to work today, the other six girls were all there. They originally thought the kitchen in the new house was really big, but when the six of them arrived, it felt not enough.
It was Sanni who put down the table and stood up to direct the younger ones, "Wu Ni, come back with me later. We still have three table tops to get. Liu Ni and Qi Ni, you two should also come with me. Let's go to Master Jia's house to borrow chairs. We have five tables today, so we need to borrow at least forty or fifty chairs.
Qi Ni, you stay here and help Mom and Auntie pick vegetables. You are the older sister now, so you should keep an eye on Ba Ni and Jiu Ni and don't follow them to cause trouble."
Bani giggled and hugged her third sister's waist, "I didn't cause any trouble! I'm also a sister!"
"Yes, yes, yes, then you and Qi Ni should keep an eye on Jiu Ni!" San Ni reached out and tapped her forehead, then took her three sisters away, pretending not to see Jiu Ni's protest. Jiu Ni squatted beside her mother and muttered unconvincedly,
"Why am I the youngest? Why don't I have a younger sister?... Mom, I want to be a sister too..."
Lin Yulan: ...This damn kid, she's always bringing up the wrong things. Luckily her mom is still inside, cleaning her room, or else she'd definitely get scolded again.
Chen Chunhua didn't have so many thoughts and just laughed out loud, "You need your grandma to teach you a lesson in politics. I'm afraid you're the only one who still wants a younger sister..."
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