Li Qingmei was not joking. She had actually been packing things for her eldest son's family over the past two days.
Needless to say, there was food and drink, and the bedding and other things were all made thick, and the only thing left was to roll up the things they would take with them before leaving.
The eldest son said that the nest had been dug before he came. He and several workers dug it together. It was big enough for a family of five to live in. A low wall was also built at the door to partially partition it. People slept in the inner room and cooked in the outer room.
All that's left is to roll up the sheets and move in. He has also lined up a number for the dormitory. Except for the New Year holidays, the infrastructure team has not stopped at all. They will be able to move into the site as early as next summer, or at the latest by the end of next year.
There is nothing wrong with the son working hard outside and the daughter-in-law taking care of the grandson here, but they said they wanted to live together. Whether it is bitter or sweet, it is their own choice.
I'm too lazy to be that evil mother-in-law.
The other one also had selfish motives. If his daughter-in-law went there and there wasn't enough manpower, he could get some status. Wouldn't that be better than wasting time here?
She had been whispering a lot with the head of the household in private, and although on the surface it was all up to the children themselves, she actually agreed with it in her heart.
As for my grandchildren, well, what can I do if I can't bear to let them go? It's really hard to fight two people with two fists.
Qiu Yuling didn't hear them talk about these things much. She just knew that they had to leave. She had no idea how they would be settled or what the rules were.
As the conversation was just about here, she asked, "Shall we all go over there?"
"Afterwards, your eldest brother and his wife will go there first with the things, and Dashu will go too. They'll help out and see if there's anything missing. Once they've warmed up the nest, you can ask him to come back with your eldest sister-in-law to pick up the baby."
As soon as Li Qingmei finished speaking, Qiu Yuling took on the job herself.
"Then ask my third brother to stay home and look after the kids. I'll go over and take a look at the cave over there." When she thought of the three little kids also sleeping in the cellar, her rock-hard heart, which had been worn out by the worry, became a little bit unbearable.
"It's freezing cold, tell them to go, and you stay home obediently. If you really want to go, wait until your sister-in-law comes to pick up the baby."
The matter was arranged clearly by Qiu's mother.
Qiu Dashan didn't say anything, and Huang Duoer also agreed, with no objection at all.
Qiu Dashu's opinion is not important, his position as a younger brother has always been stable.
At night, Qiu Yuling accompanied her mother Qiu to clean up the prey in the kitchen while chatting about this and that.
"Mom, can we take it all this time? Don't we have to take some food and other things with us? And we don't have any extra pots and pans at home. If not, take what's in the alley first, and I'll think of a way later."
"No, that pot is too big. Your eldest brother said we could just use a small clay stove. He wanted to find a way, but the kang is inconvenient to burn and the smoke can't be exhausted, which is very frustrating."
"Just take the furnace from their room over there, and then build a stove connected to the kang. Once the fire is lit, the kang will heat up, and the room will be warm too. Then we can just put the furnace all the way outside the cellar."
"What cellar? A dugout? Really? I'll tell your eldest brother tomorrow. If it doesn't work out, ask your father to come over too. He knows how to fix the stove.
This way, the kids will suffer less. Hey, even though I’m getting a headache from their howling all day, I feel even more pain in my heart when I think about not being able to see them anymore, even more pain than you guys feel when you’re away from me.”
"Look at you, you're not partial to me in this way. You're saying this in front of your own daughter, aren't you afraid that I'll be upset? They've only been here a few days, and you're already pushing me and my other brothers out?"
As he said this, he bumped into Qiu's mother's shoulder with ill intention.
"Ouch, girl, you almost knocked me to the ground." Mother Qiu was caught off guard and was almost knocked off balance.
Qiu Yuling bared her teeth in embarrassment, but she couldn't hold it back. "Who told you to be biased first? A teenager is still a teenager."
"Hmph~ Still a baby? This year is over, and you're already a thirteen-year-old girl. In the past, in another year or two, you'd be old enough to be a mother."
"Mom, are you serious? Look at me, I'm still breastfeeding, and you're saying I can be a mother soon?"
"Oh, why are you so startled? You scared me. Didn't I say that you should go there? You are all studying now. I want to keep you for a few more years. Hold your pockets upright, they are all filled outside..."
The kitchen was cold, so after finishing the work that required assistance, Li Qingmei sent her daughter to bed while she continued to clean up bit by bit.
Qiu Yuling couldn't resist, so she had to call out to Qiu's father from outside the window, asking him to come over and help. Two people would always be faster than one.
It's not that she didn't call him "big brother", it's just that the holes in his shoes were still wet. Everyone only had one pair of cotton socks, and if they got wet they had to wear sandals. It was the coldest time of the year, and the kitchen was so cold that they had to lie down after standing for a while.
On the day they left, the three children each held a small wooden bowl and ate egg custard. Qiu Yuling was accompanying them in the house. The three of them ate unconsciously and had no idea that their parents were temporarily absent.
When it was time for lunch, they found that the house was still not as lively as before. Besides, they were not allowed to get off the kang except for going to the toilet, so the three brothers could not find anyone to abuse.
After looking around, he finally started to whimper and make a fuss.
As if by magic, Qiu Yuling gave each of the three brothers a piece of dried mango, then calmly took out her harmonica and performed on stage for the first time.
The three brothers smacked their delicious food in their mouths, their eyes wide open, and their previous worries instantly disappeared.
After the song was over, Qiu Yuling asked them how it went.
I don’t know what the three brothers are chattering about, but from the looks of it, they seem to be able to be coaxed for the time being.
He played another song with great passion.
But no matter how good something is, it can’t withstand constant testing, right?
On the third song, they became restless and started to cuckoo the magic instruments in their hands that could make sounds, as if they were telling you to either change your tricks or let them do it themselves.
But it's not easy to produce three of these things at the same time. Even if Qiu Yuling doesn't mind her nephews' saliva, it's just a drop in the bucket. Handing it over will still cause trouble, so she didn't hand it over.
This was a real bummer, and the three brothers took the opportunity to howl loudly and even competed in howling.
"Mom, mom, wash your hands quickly and come and take care of them." If you don't come, she will drug them.
Li Qingmei dropped the work in her hands, climbed onto the kang in two steps, held the two children in her arms in one hand, put them on her legs, and shook them, humming a strange little tune.
There was a missing sheet on the kang, and she motioned to her daughter to pick it up.
For a moment, the two people were rocking on the kang and walking on the ground, making more noise than the stage.
"Mom, please round them all up. I'll go get something and come back." Qiu Yuling stuffed the third child in her arms into her mother's arms, and trotted all the way to her room to buy good things.
This thing is a magic tool for coaxing babies in later generations, a lollipop!
She tore off the candy wrapper in advance and didn't care about Qiu's mother's curiosity. She stuffed one into the red hole and licked it with her little tongue until it was sweet. Then she fell silent.
"This thing is good. It's smaller than the sugar figurine and won't prick the doll's mouth. Melt a few more candies and make two more for these."
Mother Qiu only took a quick look and even made up a story for Qiu Yuling about how it came about.
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