Shengnan looked behind her and saw that Father Liu and Liu Guanghui had already greeted everyone from the Yang family into the house. Mother Liu was making tea with Qingya and Juhua. Shengnan felt that everything should be fine now, so she shook her head and said, "It's okay now, come with me!"
Shengnan took Yang Wanlin to her room, which was behind the main room. Shengnan did not close the door, so both of them could hear the voices of everyone talking in the main room.
Shengnan pushed a chair out from under the table and asked Yang Wanlin to sit down, and she sat down next to him.
Shengnan cleared her throat and said, "This will be our future wedding room. We bought the bed, chairs, and that new box this morning. Take a look and see if there's anything else you'd like to add. We'll slowly add more later!"
Yang Wanlin looked up at the room and felt a sense of home. This was where he and Shengnan would live from now on. Yang Wanlin said happily, "I think it's pretty good. There's nothing to add."
Yang Wanlin was not lying. The living conditions here were much better than those in the Yang family. Although the Zhang family's house was also a wooden house, it had a thatched roof, a mud floor, and only one floor. The wooden house in Liu Xiu's house had a tiled roof and wooden floors, and it had one and a half floors. He knew that the upper half was used to store grain and various dried goods to prevent moisture.
At the Yang family, the room where Yang Wanlin and Yang Wanmu lived was about the same size as Shengnan's room. It only had a 1.5-meter-wide bed made of wooden boards, which was nothing like the bunk bed in Shengnan's room that was specially made by a carpenter.
This bed is made of solid wood, with its four corners raised high, like a phoenix spreading its wings ready to fly, which represents good wishes for the newlyweds, wishing them good luck and prosperity.
The bed is surrounded by high railings on three sides, and at the upper end, a five-centimeter-high horizontal bar rests on the quilt to prevent the sheets from wrinkling and people from falling out of bed. When you have children, you can put them on the bed and walk around them when they're learning to walk. This is a good way to help them learn to walk, and it also keeps them from getting dirty.
Yang Wanlin's ears turned red with embarrassment when he thought of this. He looked around uncomfortably and then looked at the ceiling of the bed. The ceiling was also blocked by wooden boards, so dust was not easy to fall onto the bed. The bed was about 1.5 meters high from the ceiling, so it was more convenient to move around on the bed.
In his and Yang Wanmu's room, besides a bed, there were two crude wooden boxes that Zhang Wen had nailed together from a few boards. They were only used to store things. Yang Wanlin and Zhang Mu each had one for their clothes and other belongings. Apart from that, there were only two stools in the room.
Now there are two large wooden boxes, a bunk bed, a table and two chairs in Shengnan's room. Except for the square table which is a bit rough, the others can be seen to be made by carpenters and are quite finely made. Zhang Wanlin is already very satisfied.
Seeing that Yang Wanlin didn't look reluctant, Shengnan whispered, "I want to tell you something. My mother and I each paid for half of my sister's high school tuition. My sister is very obedient and doesn't spend money recklessly. The tuition, books, transportation, and living expenses for one semester are very little. As you know, she takes food from home, and we only give her fifty cents a week to improve her life.
All in all, Yanan's expenses for a semester are about fifteen dollars, and she might not even need that much. After we get married, it will only cost about seven dollars a semester. Yanan is in her second semester of high school this semester, and since she can't take the college entrance exam right now, she only has three semesters of school left."
After Shengnan finished speaking, she looked at Yang Wanlin with some trepidation. She hoped in her heart that Yang Wanlin would agree. Although she would do it regardless of whether he agreed or not, she still hoped that Yang Wanlin would be of the same mind as him.
"I have no objection. We should support our sister's education. She is the only child in the family. Besides, I have always admired people who are good at studying. Yanan must be a good student to be able to get into high school!" Yang Wanlin answered seriously.
Seeing Yang Wanlin's sincere expression, Shengnan no longer had any concerns and continued, "Mom and I have discussed this and decided that we will definitely eat and drink together in the future. However, now that we have started a family, it's not good to be without a lot of money. So, we decided that after distributing the grain every year, the remaining money will be distributed among us according to our work. That way, when we want to buy something, we don't need to ask Mom for money!"
Shengnan looked at the people outside who were talking excitedly, then leaned over to Yang Wanlin's ear and whispered, "The money you gave me before will be shared between the two of us from now on. Mother won't get involved."
After hearing this, Yang Wanlin felt even more confident that he had made the right decision to become a son-in-law. Not only could he be with the girl he loved, but he could also get along well with the family of his adopted daughter.
Yang Wanlin said happily: "I think this is great!"
Shengnan felt that she had almost finished explaining everything to Yang Wanlin, so she stood up and said, "Yang Wanlin, stand on the open space to the side. I'll take a tape measure and measure your size!"
Shengnan went to get the tape measure from the wooden box, and Yang Wanlin stood up with a puzzled look on his face and asked, "What do you want the tape measure for?"
"Stand up straight!" Shengnan tapped Yang Wanlin's waist with a tape measure, then explained, "Yesterday, Mom went to buy me ten feet of blue cotton cloth. I planned to make you a coat so you can wear new clothes tomorrow!"
Yang Wanlin felt a little touched. He had not worn new clothes since his grandfather Yang Gong passed away. He only wore Yang Wansen's old clothes or second-hand clothes he exchanged for wild animals. Li Xiaomei usually didn't even mend his clothes. He had to thread the needle and mend the clothes himself.
Yang Wanlin obediently straightened his body, then opened his arms and looked at Shengnan who was measuring the size and writing it down in the notebook with a pen. An unprecedented tenderness appeared on his face.
Shengnan patted Yang Wanlin's arm and said, "What are you daydreaming about? Put your hands down now!"
Yang Wanlin touched his nose uncomfortably, then said, "Oh, I see. But Shengnan, you have to wear it tomorrow. Is there still time to make clothes?"
"There's still time. I'll cut the fabric when you guys go back and borrow my eldest sister's sewing machine next door. It'll be done in just a few strokes!" Shengnan answered while writing in the notebook without raising her head.
"Oh, that's good. It's okay if you're not in time, just don't get too tired!" Yang Wanlin said with a red face and lowered head.
Hearing this, Shengnan looked up at the uneasy Yang Wanlin and said, "We've already measured. It's not good for the two of us to stay in the room all the time. Go out and talk to my second brother and brother-in-law first. I'll pack my things and come out soon!"
Yang Wanlin glanced at Shengnan, then nodded and went out. As soon as he walked out of the main hall, Mingwu put his arm around his shoulder and took him away.
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