After all the large items were moved, everyone was exhausted and covered in sweat.
Seeing that there was nothing else that required several people to lift, Lin Jianguo silently turned around, intending to leave.
"Uncle, wait a moment." Lu Wanqing called out to him.
She pulled two packs of Double Happiness cigarettes from her pocket and handed them to him, saying, "Here, take these and smoke them!"
Lin Jianguo always used a pipe. He could buy a bag of tobacco leaves for a dime, and he would never spend money to buy a pack of cigarettes.
This was the first time he had ever owned two packs of cigarettes, which cost two cents a pack. His cloudy eyes immediately crinkled with laughter.
Lu Wanqing didn't pack him anything else to eat because she knew that if she did, it would just end up in someone else's stomach, so she simply gave him cigarettes.
Soon, the tractor-trailer was loaded with furniture. Lin Ye followed the truck to unload the goods, while Lu Wanqing took out the packed sacks one by one.
The once-crowded house suddenly became empty, with trash and dust covering the floor.
Lu Wanqing is a clean person, and even though no one will be living here in the future, she still picked up a broom and started cleaning. If the neighbors really want it, it's not impossible to give it to them.
After cleaning the room, she was troubled when she saw a tank full of crabs.
"Lin Ye probably didn't count these crabs," Lu Wanqing thought to herself.
The water tank was too heavy to hold so many crabs, so she simply put more than half of the crabs into her storage space.
Let's keep those crabs in the space for now, until they can have babies next year. Then she can sell crabs continuously.
The tractor made two more trips before it was finally able to move all the things in the house, including the water tank and the chicks that had grown to more than two pounds.
Lu Wanqing remembered that she couldn't dig away the fertilizer she had piled up, so she covered it with a layer of yellow soil to prevent anyone from stealing it.
Actually, she was completely overthinking it. Apart from Lin Ye, no one realized how powerful her fertilizer was.
After everything was moved, Lu Wanqing went to the new house with the tractor.
When they arrived at the new house, they found the yard surrounded by layers of people who had come to watch the spectacle.
"You told everyone about it?" Lu Wanqing tugged at Lin Ye's clothes.
We agreed to keep the move low-key, so why are there so many people gathered here?
Lin Ye was also puzzled, as there was no one there just now.
The two walked through the crowd that had automatically parted to create a path, only to find that someone had already occupied one of the rooms in the house.
That room was intended to be used as a studio, and it contained a huanghuali wood bed that had been purchased from a consignment shop.
Zhou Ling and Lin Gou Dan probably took that room because it had a bed.
Not only did they occupy the space, but they also set off a string of firecrackers in the yard, moved a bedding set, and swaggered onto the bed.
The same group of people who went to the Lin family's house to watch the commotion were puzzled. There was an agreement at the time stating that the house belonged to Lin Ye, and Lin Jianguo had nothing to do with it, let alone Lin Gou Dan.
After settling Zhao Xiaolan in a room, Lin Ye picked up a carrying pole and headed towards the house occupied by Lin Gou Dan.
Seeing that something was wrong, Lin Gou Dan quickly slammed the door shut.
"Lin Ye, this house is the Lin family's ancestral home. Why can't I live here? I'm going to stay here today, let's see what you can do to me."
Whether instigated by Zhou Ling or figured it out on his own, Lin Gou Dan was holding a box of matches and shouting that if they pushed him too far, he would set the rosewood bed on fire.
Lin Ye was furious, but he couldn't reach him through the door, otherwise he would have wanted to tear him apart!
This couple is truly shameless; there's no way to deal with them.
Lu Wanqing had never seen such a scoundrel in either of her two lives, and for a moment she couldn't come up with a good solution!
Just then, Lin Chunhua arrived, her face pale and her whole demeanor panicked.
Originally, she went to the house by the river, but upon hearing that Lin Ye was moving, she rushed over and, without even having time to see what the new house was like, dragged Lin Ye away.
Her husband, Wang Tiegang, encountered a landslide while repairing a dam, and his fate was unknown. She was terrified and didn't know who to turn to, so she came to Lin Ye.
Upon hearing this, Lu Wanqing naturally prioritized saving lives, so she quickly instructed Xueqiu to stay with Lin Ye and accompany Lin Chunhua to search for the missing person.
After Lin Ye and Xueqiu left, Zhou Ling and Lin Gou Dan became even more arrogant, declaring that they would stay here forever and that this would be their wedding room.
They even decided to send Zhou Ling out to her parents' house for a meal, since Lin Gou Dan would be like a piece of chewing gum once he was attached to her.
At the height of her anger, Lu Wanqing stopped being angry and started washing the pots and pans and cooking.
With a new kitchen and a new stove, Luo Hao and Luo Chunlei even helped put the pots and pans on the stove. No matter how bad other people were, it wouldn't stop her from making a good meal.
Many people were still watching the spectacle and pointing, when Luo Hao yelled at them, "What are you looking at? Don't you need to eat lunch? Go away!" But they still refused to leave.
Just then, the aroma of scrambled eggs wafted from the kitchen. Lu Wanqing had deliberately added two extra drops of sesame oil, and the smell made Da Huo's mouth water.
Sesame oil was a rare commodity in those days, and people would never dare to use it. With such a strong aroma, Lu Wanqing must have used a lot.
The onlookers' stomachs were rumbling from watching the spectacle, and they couldn't stay any longer, so they all left to go home for lunch.
Luo Hao and Luo Chunlei didn't stay long either. "We'll come back to help this afternoon."
Lin Ye wasn't there, and it wouldn't be appropriate for the two grown men to stay.
Lu Wanqing didn't force her, but instead took the opportunity to enter the space, cooked a pot of rice, and stewed a tomato and beef brisket dish.
When the beef brisket was served, the aroma of beef drew Zhao Xiaolan directly from the house into the kitchen.
"Qingqing, what smells so good?" Zhao Xiaolan sat down at the dining table and waited patiently for the meal to be served.
"Mom, we're having stewed beef brisket today." Lu Wanqing deliberately emphasized the word "beef brisket."
Lin Gou Dan had been peering over the doorway ever since the aroma of scrambled eggs wafted out. Now, hearing about eating beef brisket, his drool was already soaking his clothes.
"Damn it, Lu Wanqing is such a jerk. As soon as Lin Ye left, she started cooking delicious food."
Lin Gou Dan had never eaten beef brisket before, but when he heard Zhao Xiao Lan eating with satisfaction, he kept swallowing his saliva, hoping that Zhou Ling would bring him food soon.
After enduring more than half an hour of torment, Zhou Ling finally arrived carrying an aluminum lunchbox.
Lin Gou Dan eagerly opened the lunchbox and found only a few green vegetable dumplings and some pickled vegetables inside, nothing else.
"Lingling, what's going on? Is this all your parents feed you? Even a dog wouldn't eat this!" Lin Gou Dan threw the lunchbox aside.
Zhou Ling was also getting impatient. When she went back to her parents' home, she could only get a hot meal if she could see her sister-in-law's bad temper. It was already a blessing if she could get a takeout meal, and she was still complaining about everything.
"Fine, don't eat then. I'm not going home to beg for food from them tonight; that would be too embarrassing!"
Upon hearing that there would be no dinner, Lin Gou Dan quickly picked up his lunchbox, grabbed a vegetable dumpling, and started eating.
Sigh, I don't know what he's complaining about. This is what we eat all the time!
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