When Xuemei's family arrived at the old house, Liu Xiu had already been there for a while.
Mingzheng and Xinyan also came back this afternoon, bringing back a pound of meat from the county town in the morning.
Wang Shuihua brought her son and daughter-in-law to steam two bowls of sweet potato rice tonight, and also fried a lot of dishes, including stir-fried pork with peppers, eggplant with minced meat, stir-fried beans, and leek and egg. In addition, there were two large bowls of tofu soup brought by Shengnan and chopped pepper fish from Xuemei's family. This meal was not bad compared to the New Year's Eve dinner.
After Xuemei finished her meal, she went to Xinyan's room with Xinyan and Shengnan to talk privately. After getting Xuemei's consent, Han Chen, along with the brothers Mingzheng and Mingwen, accompanied Liu's father and the others for a drink.
Grandma Liu, Mother Liu, Wang Shuihua, and Liu Xiu said that after Bai Mingwu finished his meal, he went to Liu's house with Ruirui and the others to learn how to play basketball, and Juhua also went to join in the fun.
After Xuemei entered the room and waited for everyone to sit down, she said to Xinyan, "Second sister-in-law, are you pregnant? I see you haven't eaten any fish today! Don't you usually like eating fish?"
He Wanting nodded shyly, "I just found out a few days ago. It's been almost two months. Mom said to wait three months before telling anyone. You guys better remember that!"
Everyone nodded to show that they understood.
Xuemei continued, "Sister-in-law, don't go to the fields during the autumn harvest. Just rub the corn kernels in the threshing ground!"
"That's what I'm planning on doing too. I'll have to tell my uncle when the time comes." He Wanting looked at Xinyan and after thinking for a moment, she asked, "Sister-in-law, when do you and brother plan to have children? Then they can play together!"
"Your elder brother and I plan to have a baby after I become a regular employee of the textile factory. If things go well, I should be able to get a regular job in the first half of next year. Besides, your elder brother and I have just moved into the house allocated by his factory, and we haven't had time to separate yet. We have to finish the interior of the house this year." Xinyan replied.
He Wanting looked at Xinyan again, but in the end she didn't say anything and quietly pushed Xuemei's hand away.
Xuemei understood what He Wanting meant. It must be that her second mother had mentioned at home that her cousin and eldest brother didn't want children yet.
"Cousin, if you and your eldest brother are not in a hurry to have a baby, you should ask your eldest brother to tell the family about your plan. Otherwise, my mother and uncle will be worried!" Xuemei advised.
"Yes, sister-in-law, it's hard to find a job nowadays. You can ask your brother to explain it to our parents. They will definitely understand you two!" He Wenting said quickly.
"Okay, I'll talk to your eldest brother about this tonight. Let him tell our parents that this time we come back we plan to buy some saved wooden boards from home and divide the house into several rooms. After the autumn harvest, let Mingwu drive a tractor to deliver them to the county town!" Xinyan understood what Xuemei and the others meant. While He Wanting was here, she took the opportunity to tell Mingwen that she and Mingwen were going to buy wood from home.
"That's great! Sister-in-law, while you don't have any children yet, decorate the house. When you have children in the future, they will have rooms to live in, and my parents can also stay for a night when they go to the county town!" He Wenting said sincerely.
He Wenting thought of her uncle's house. He Wenting's uncle's house was left by her grandparents. It was a small courtyard of 100 square meters with a bungalow covering an area of 80 square meters. In addition to the toilet, utility room and kitchen, there were three main rooms and a small living room.
After He Wenting and her younger brother He Jialiang returned to live with their uncle, her uncle and aunt moved out of the largest room in the house and now live in a room of about 15 square meters.
The largest room was divided into two rooms of ten square meters each. The two cousins lived in one room, and her brother lived alone in another room. The two sisters He Wenting and He Jing have always lived together.
Now that He Wanting and He Jing have moved to the countryside, their uncle's house has become a little more spacious. However, many people still envy He Wanting's uncle's house, because many families in the city have six or seven people squeezed into a space of 30 or 40 square meters.
After going to the countryside to work at the educated youth center, He Wenting was most happy because she had a small room of her own. After marrying Mingwen, the room she lived in was also 20 square meters, and He Wenting was very satisfied.
"We thought so too. The apartment your eldest brother was assigned to by his unit was a small building, with toilets and washbasins on both sides of the corridor. Ours was on the third floor, with only a six-square-meter balcony and a large room of about thirty square meters.
We plan to enclose the two sides of the balcony facing the neighbors, and then divide it into two parts by using bamboo curtains. The two-square-meter side will usually be used to store miscellaneous items, hang clothes, and push coal balls; we plan to use the four-square-meter side as a kitchen, and we can also put a small dining table there for eating.
Normally, cooking in the hallway is quite convenient, but if we have guests or occasionally want to improve our meals, we wouldn't dare cook a good meal there. The 30-square-meter room is 6.5 meters by 4.6 meters. The good thing is that the 6.5-meter side faces the balcony.
"We plan to use wooden planks to divide the room into a room 4.6 meters long by 3 meters, and another room 4.6 meters long by 2 meters. That's about 13 square meters and one about 9 square meters, leaving a small living room 1.5 meters wide in the middle. This will provide access to the kitchen and a place to entertain guests," Xinyan envisioned.
"That sounds good. You and your eldest brother will live in the bigger house, and your second uncle can make bunk beds in the small room for your children to sleep in." After Xuemei heard this, the final appearance of the house appeared in her mind.
Xinyan smiled and said, "There's no rush yet. Your brother and I need to ask the elders in our family for their opinions. After all, they have more experience."
After Xinyan finished speaking, she looked at the silent Shengnan and asked, "Shengnan, why aren't you talking tonight?"
"Sister-in-law, I listened to what you said and I think you are all right! I have no other opinion." Shengnan replied.
"By the way, why haven't you been looking for a date recently? Is there no suitable one? Next time I go back to my parents' home, ask my parents to help you find out if there are any suitable young men in our village!" Xinyan asked with concern.
After Xinyan asked, the room fell silent. After waiting for a while, Shengnan wiped her nose awkwardly and said, "Sister-in-law, no need. I don't want to see you recently. I want to talk about it next year!"
Xinyan also knew that she had asked at the wrong time. It seemed that something had happened at home during this period that she didn't know about. She quickly replied, "That's right. You're still young, there's no need to rush. I just said it casually, haha!"
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