Chapter 320 Reconsider Moving to Beijing
"Juanjuan, please reconsider transferring your household registration to Beijing.
Third Brother also knows that you are used to the freedom in the countryside, and you may not be able to adapt to the life in Beijing at first. But you will adapt slowly, and it will be fine later.
You don't have to worry about housing. Although our courtyard house is not habitable now, my third brother recently asked someone to ask if there is a suitable house. It just so happens that there is a three-story house near Shichahai. It is close to home and quite spacious. I have already asked around and it seems to be vacant, but I don't know if they are willing to rent it out. Once I find out more,
When the time comes, you can bring Uncle Xia, Aunt Ru, and the kids over here, and we can all live together as a family and have fun together. How nice!
Even if Third Brother didn't tell you, you should have known that when you said you were going back the other day, Dad and Grandpa's faces changed immediately. But they still put on a smile and prepared various things for you to take back.
Now that you're gone, the house will be without the sounds of the little kids quarreling and crying. I'm afraid it will be so quiet that I won't be used to it!
Besides, Dad and Grandpa are getting older. Dad is fine, but Grandpa can still enjoy the family happiness this year? The old man didn't say it, but he couldn't close his mouth when he saw the triplets these days. I have never seen this old man so happy since I was a child.
Besides, Lizhan belongs to the military district in Beijing after all. Although he is on missions all over the country, he returns to Beijing most of the time after the missions are over. After you move here, it will be convenient for you to see Lizhan, don’t you think?
"Third brother said these words, but I don't have to force you. I just want you to think about it again?"
Fu Nanzheng moved people with emotion and enlightened them with reason.
After hearing what he said about the Siheyuan near Shichahai Lake, Xia Juanjuan asked, "Where is the Siheyuan near Shichahai Lake you are talking about?"
When Fu Nanzheng heard that his sister seemed to be a little relieved, he smiled and said, "It's near Houhai Park, and next to a royal palace! I'm sure you will like it!"
Xia Juanjuan almost couldn't hold her breath.
The flood washed away the Dragon King Temple. Family members no longer recognize each other as family.
Isn’t the courtyard house that Fu Nanzheng was talking about the first courtyard house she bought in Beijing?
This time, Xia Juanjuan was really persuaded.
Beijing will come sooner or later.
Putting aside other things, in two years, when the college entrance examination is resumed, she will definitely take it in the first year, and after passing it, she will definitely come to university.
So it was a matter of two years earlier or two years later.
It is better to come here earlier and settle down, so as to avoid having to move again after being admitted to university, and the kids will have to adapt to something, which will cause chaos.
However, she couldn't say anything too final at once, so she nodded and said with a smile: "Third brother, I will think about it carefully again."
Fu Nanzheng smiled and said, "That's fine. Just don't lie to Third Brother. Everyone at home is waiting for the good news that you agree."
As we were talking, we had already arrived at the train station.
Fu Nanzheng saw a state-owned store nearby and went in to buy some dough for the kids. He then bought platform tickets, went into the station and sent them safely on the train. He waited until the train started before heading home.
When the train arrived at the county seat, Xia Juanjuan made a decision in her heart and decided to move to Beijing as Fu Nanzheng wished.
However, as for the house, she did not plan to ask Fu Nanzheng to help her 'rent' a house - at that time, private rental of houses was prohibited, so she told others that they were distant relatives from the countryside who were staying there for the night.
Xia Juanjuan has already bought two courtyard houses in Beijing. After the purchase, both were left empty. How could she "borrow" someone else's house?
Xia Shuangshan still drove the ox cart over to pick up Xia Juanjuan, and the wolf cub followed.
After not seeing each other for more than half a month, the wolf cub had grown a lot stronger. When he saw Xia Juanjuan and the cubs, he was extremely excited. He barked happily and wagged his tail while circling around them, making the triplets giggle.
On the way, Xia Juanjuan told her that she wanted to move to Beijing.
After Xia Shuangshan heard this, he was silent for a while, then he said: "Dad also thinks that you should move back. You were supposed to live in the city, so it would be better for you to go back. You don't have to worry about our home in the village. Your mother and I will help you look after it. You, Lizhan, and the kids can come back whenever you want to visit..."
When Xia Juanjuan heard this, she knew that Xia Shuangshan had misunderstood, so she smiled and said, "Dad, what are you talking about? There is nothing valuable in our house in the village. What are you and mom looking at here? You must follow us and move to the city!"
Although Xiaowen, Xiaowu and Beibei have grown up and can take care of their younger brothers, they still have to go to school, and I may have to work in the future. Yanyan, Yeye, and Yaoyao are so young and are at their most naughty, and there is no one at home to help them, so what should I do? "
After hearing this, Xia Shuangshan said, "Then let your mother go with you. I won't go. The land in this commune needs to be cultivated and public grain needs to be paid. If you ask me to go to the city, I will have nothing to do all day and I will be bored..."
Xia Juanjuan also knew that this matter could not be decided all at once, so she said, "Dad, I have this idea now. When Li Zhan comes back, I will discuss it with him. Don't rush to say whether you will go or not. Let's talk about it later!"
Let's put this matter aside for now.
This summer, it rained too much in Qingshui Village, making it a bit chilly. During the autumn harvest, the corn and other crops did not produce a good yield.
Fortunately, when it was time to plant winter wheat, the weather was just right, so we were able to plant the winter wheat smoothly and didn’t have to worry about going hungry the following year.
As for this winter, fortunately, the Spring and Summer World of the Commune had prepared for a rainy day and bought some food from the black market and stockpiled it, so we were not afraid of going hungry.
But no one dares to dream of having a bumper harvest year like last year.
However, because the last time the villagers dug up ginseng grown in the mountains, sold it on the black market, and then bought back food, some people in the village began to secretly engage in this kind of transaction since the summer.
The leader was Li Jie. Wu Feng, the youngest son of Aunt Wu, also joined in, and he was still a skeleton. In addition, there were several smart and courageous young people in the village, a total of about seven or eight people.
However, unlike Xia Juanjuan, they had no source of supplies. What they sold were prey such as wild boars and deer hunted in the mountains, as well as some medicinal herbs.
Now, under the guidance of Yang Qiushi, the villagers secretly grow many other kinds of medicinal herbs in addition to ginseng.
Ginseng is valuable only after it has grown for a long time. The price of six-year-old ginseng is more than ten times higher than that of one or two-year-old ginseng!
For example, the trees that were dug up and sold this spring are actually only a little over a year old, less than two years old. If there was no other way, they would not have been dug up and sold!
Therefore, the other medicinal herbs grown all have a short growth period. After they mature and are harvested, Yang Qiushi also instructs on how to prepare them and sell them on the black market, where they are also quite popular.
Xia Juanjuan noticed it shortly after she returned to the village.
She asked Zhou Qiuhe secretly.
Zhou Qiuhe did not hide it either, so she told Xia Juanjuan and instructed her, "Juanjuan, you must not tell anyone about this. Your third brother...he also wanted to make more money so that I and the children could live a better life."
Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "Third sister-in-law, look at what you said. How could I not know the seriousness of the matter and go out and say nonsense?"
After learning about this, Xia Juanjuan released more wild boars, rabbits, pheasants, etc. on the mountain so that they could hunt more prey to sell. On the other hand, it also ensured that when the villagers went up the mountain to hunt, basically every household could bring the prey back home, and they would not return empty-handed because they sold it on the black market.
Otherwise, if someone noticed and held a grudge against them, Li Jie and Wu Feng would be in trouble.
In a blink of an eye, a month has passed and it is September.
Over the past month, Lizhan has been directing disaster relief and post-disaster reconstruction in the flood-stricken areas.
Xia Juanjuan also took out some supplies and asked Luo Cheng to deliver them to the disaster area using the same method as last time.
By September, the disaster relief mission was over, and Lizhan and his men were about to return.