Yu Hai was afraid that his mother-in-law would offend people again by speaking recklessly, so he tried his best to get along with the old man's fellow patients. Chen Hong did not have this problem.
She lived a comfortable life, spending her time picking up and dropping off her children, cooking, and farming in her space, being self-sufficient and not having to worry about anyone else.
There are no neighbors in the house in Jinan, and there are no problems with getting along with neighbors.
Actually, Chen Hong didn't know that some things shouldn't be promised. The next morning, after taking her child home, she was in the kitchen preparing ingredients for lunch when she heard a commotion outside.
This floor has two apartments per floor, but only their family lives there now. The other family is not living there yet. Could it be that they have guests coming over?
Aunt Liu, Aunt Wang, and Brother Guoqing all know her address, but didn't we agree to get together at her house this weekend?
Why didn't you call ahead before coming over? Weren't you worried that she might not be home and you'd just find her there?
Full of doubts, Chen Hong quickly tidied up the kitchen, wiped her hands, and went to open the door.
There were five or six people standing in the corridor outside the door, men, women, young and old, who looked like a family.
The door to the opposite room was wide open. Chen Hong glanced inside and saw that the room was bright and clean, furnished with brand-new furniture.
A group of people in the corridor were carrying pots containing tofu and large carp.
Some were carrying scales and buckets of cooking oil, while others were carrying cabbages and bags of rice. Even more interestingly, one old lady was carrying a big red rooster!
Chen Hong immediately understood what was happening: their neighbors across the hall had moved in.
She quickly greeted them, "Hello, you must be our neighbors across the hall?"
Is today an auspicious day for moving? Do you need any help?
A young man in his thirties quickly chimed in, "Yes, we'll be neighbors from now on. Please take care of me in the future."
Chen Hong thought to herself: It seems this is the owner of the house.
"Thank you, everything is arranged. We're just waiting for the auspicious time to enter."
When did you move in? I saw your door was locked when I came to clean the house last week.
Chen Hong smiled and said, "We've only been here for a week, and we're just in time for the kids to start school!"
We didn't have any moving ceremony, but I didn't expect your family to be so particular, even choosing an auspicious time!
The family across the street laughed, "Haha, it's because the elders in our family value this, so they specially consulted a fortune teller to choose an auspicious day and time."
The things we brought all have a story behind them, just for good luck!
"I'll talk to you later, the auspicious time has arrived, let's go inside!"
Chen Hong didn't go back inside either. She hadn't seen this kind of moving custom for many years, and she found it quite interesting, so she stood at the door ready to watch the excitement.
"The auspicious time has arrived, come inside!"
"May you have abundance every year! May your happiness be as vast as the Eastern Sea!" the hostess, carrying the pot, called out first, then headed straight for the kitchen with the fish and tofu in the pot.
"May wealth flow in and may you have plenty of food and clothing!" The young man carrying cabbage and a bag of rice was the second to enter the house and followed into the kitchen.
"May everything go smoothly and prosperously!" Chen Hong was a little puzzled. The scale said "may everything go smoothly and prosperously," but where did the "prosperous and prosperously" come from?
In the blink of an eye, a middle-aged man carrying cooking oil now had a bag of large white steamed buns in his hand.
"May your life be long and prosperous, and may your flowers bring you wealth and fortune!" Someone entered the house carrying a bottle of liquor and a flowerpot.
"May you have a prosperous and peaceful life!" Chen Hong thought it was a boy who had accompanied her, so she took a plastic bag from the adult. Inside were two dragon fruits and two apples.
Chen Hong nodded: This child is good. He's only four or five years old, but he can already work in the atmosphere-building team!
"Good luck and prosperity, may you rise higher and higher!" Finally, the old lady entered the door. Chen Hong was puzzled again. She hadn't seen her bring a ladder. Where did the "rising higher and higher" come from?
Chen Hongzhen never expected that the old lady would find a sesame seed that was more than a meter tall by the wall and follow her inside.
Chen Hong waved to her neighbor across the hall, declining their invitation, and went home to prepare dinner.
Chen Hong smiled as she worked. She moved into a villa last year and into Jinan this year. She never expected to have such a ceremony during either move.
Seeing how they do it, it seems quite interesting! The whole family getting together creates a great atmosphere.
Actually, when she went back to her parents' home that day, her mother had already scolded her, thinking that she had moved too hastily and hadn't even looked at the auspicious date.
The mother and daughter moved into the new house quietly with just a suitcase; that's considered unlucky!
According to local customs in Jinan, at the very least, a housewarming banquet should be held.
Chen Hong neither refuted nor responded to her words, but inwardly she disagreed. In her past life, she had lived by traditional principles in everything she did, yet she hadn't lived a decent life.
According to her mother, Chen Hong must have held at least three to five housewarming banquets last year alone.
She moved into a new house in Rongcheng, a courtyard house in Beijing, and even an old villa in Shanghai, where she lived.
At the speed at which she buys properties, her relatives and friends would be furious if she held a housewarming party. Who buys houses everywhere for no reason and then holds a housewarming party, making relatives and friends spend money as gifts?
Chen Hong thought that since her neighbor next door valued customs and rituals so much, they must be a family that respected rules and traditions, and probably not a difficult or unpleasant neighbor.
Chen Hong lived her life in an orderly fashion, with only one new neighbor in her life, someone she saw all the time.
When she picked up her child from school in the evening, she met her neighbor in the elevator who was also taking her child home. She then learned that the neighbor's house was occupied by just the two of them and their child.
Through chatting, Chen Hong also learned about the other party's general information.
The neighbors' surname is Guan, and they are locals from Jinan. The elderly members of both families are retired employees of a winery and a wool mill, respectively, and both have their own subsidized housing.
The house was bought with money contributed by the elderly and a housing provident fund loan.
The main reason was for the child's schooling, and her husband's workplace was also not far from their new home.
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