Chapter 10 Moving

The house has been repaired, and Liu Yinyin is planning to move.

She is now four months pregnant. It's hot and she's wearing very little, so her belly is already showing.

Jiang Cuihua was worried about her daughter living there alone because she was pregnant. She said, "Why don't you wait until you give birth to the baby before moving there? You're pregnant and you're alone. What if something happens?"

Liu Yinyin doesn't want to live in the Liu family anymore. She doesn't know why, but Mrs. Liu has been looking at her coldly lately.

Naturally, Liu Yinyin didn't give her a good look, but she really didn't want to live under the same roof with someone she couldn't get along with.

So she insisted, "It's better to move there as soon as possible. There are two plots of land there, and it will be easier for me to take care of them if I move there."

Strangely enough, Liu Yinyin remembered that the famine year would not begin until next year.

However, the weather this year was a bit abnormal. Since the spring plowing, there have been only three or two light rains, and the ground was not even soaked by the rain.

The weather is getting hotter and hotter, but it hasn't rained yet, so the ground is so dry that it's about to crack.

Recently, people in the village have to carry water to irrigate the fields every day, otherwise the harvest this year will definitely be affected.

Come to think of it... this is probably a sign that this year will be a bad year.

The fields at the end of the village also needed to be irrigated. Her third brother had to go there to help her fetch water and irrigate the fields after work every day, which was really a hassle.

Liu Yinyin felt embarrassed to bother him all the time, so she moved there by herself to save them the trouble of going back and forth.

That afternoon, Liu Yinyin packed up her things and prepared to move.

She didn't have much stuff, just a big box and two bundles, which were enough for one trip on the cart at home.

However, apart from these clothes and daily necessities, Liu Yinyin still has no food supply.

Jiang Cuihua packed for her 40 kilograms of cornmeal, 20 kilograms of corn grits, 10 kilograms of black flour and 10 kilograms of millet.

There are still three months left before the autumn harvest. These grains will be Liu Yinyin's food for the time being and are almost enough.

After dinner in the evening, Liu Laifu and his third son Liu Mingyuan loaded the things onto a cart and sent her over.

Two people, one pulling the cart and the other pushing it from behind.

Liu Yinyin followed behind with her bulging belly.

"You said you're pregnant, why are you still so busy? You have to move at this time." Liu Mingyuan complained, "Looking at your current condition, you won't be able to do anything there. You'd better stay at home."

My sister lives there alone and has to do all the laundry and cooking by herself. Isn't this worrying?

Liu Yinyin knew that he was being hard on the outside but soft on the inside, so she teased him, "Third brother, what you said is wrong. In our village, which pregnant woman doesn't have to work?"

Pregnant women at this time do not receive any special treatment. They have to do housework when it is time to do housework and go to the fields when it is time to go to the fields.

Liu Yinyin has been doing relatively well in the past two months. She only works half a day at most, and spends the rest of the time going up the mountain to dig wild vegetables.

Not too tiring, but not easy either.

There's no way, the conditions don't allow her to enjoy herself at home.

However, when she reaches the later stages of her pregnancy, she plans to rest more because she doesn't dare to work too hard due to her weight.

When they reached the end of the village, Liu Laifu and his son helped her move the things in and put them away. They also filled the two large vats in the kitchen with water, and then they pulled the cart back.

Liu Yinyin locked the door, went into the kitchen, boiled water and took a bath.

Although she just moved in today, she has already bought things for the house over time.

The pots, pans, oils, salts, sauces, vinegars, etc. in the kitchen were all bought secretly from the system when she went to the county town.

In addition to the stove, the kitchen also has a new table, a small cabinet and several stools.

There are two large water tanks, nothing else, it is very simple.

The bedroom was simply furnished, with a newly made wooden bed, a small wardrobe, and a large box she brought from home...

Liu Yinyin had already made the bed. Even in the middle of summer, she had laid a cool mat on it and put a thin blanket on it.

The adobe house was full of dust, so Liu Yinyin bought a stack of white paper from the system a few days ago and pasted it on the walls. It looked much better.

After moving to the new place, Liu Yinyin slept soundly that night.

I slept until I woke up naturally the next day. During these days, the main work in the fields was fetching water. As a pregnant woman, Liu Yinyin naturally could not fetch water with her belly bulging.

So, she hasn't been to work for the past few days.

After getting up and washing, Liu Yinyin started to make breakfast.

A bowl of millet porridge, two baskets of wild vegetables, and a handful of water spinach picked from the ground and fried into a dish.

Just after breakfast was ready, Jiang Cuihua came to the door carrying a basket and a chicken coop.

Jiang Cuihua had previously given Liu Yinyin six hens, which had been raised in the Liu family for the past two months.

Now that Liu Yinyin has moved in, Jiang Cuihua brought these little hens here.

After placing the six little hens in the pigpen, Jiang Cuihua carried the basket into the kitchen.

There was still some millet porridge in the pot, and Liu Yinyin served a bowl to Jiang Cuihua.

"Mom, drink something to fill your stomach."

"Don't bother, I've already eaten. Just pour me a glass of water. It's really hot today."

It was only morning yet, and she was sweating profusely as she walked home from work.

Liu Yinyin followed her instructions and poured her a bowl of water, then took a towel to wipe her sweat.

Jiang Cuihua looked at the new bowl and towel in her lady's hand and couldn't help but exclaimed: "You don't have much money on you, right? Don't spend money lavishly, because you will need money to give birth to the baby."

The fifty dollars that I gave her to keep in the bottom of the box was all used to renovate the house. The girl didn't have much private money, so how could she not save it?

Liu Yinyin said with a smile: "It's not as bad as you say. Before, when Gu Cheng returned to the army, he gave me... one hundred yuan. If I spend it sparingly in the future, it will last me a long time."

She said fifty yuan more because she didn't want Jiang Cuihua to worry that she didn't have enough money.

"Really?" Jiang Cuihua didn't know about this.

"Well, he gave it to me privately, and his mother didn't know about it, so I hid it." Liu Yinyin was not lying, as Gu Cheng did give the money to the original owner.

Thinking of her lost son-in-law, Jiang Cuihua sighed: "Gu Cheng... was very good to you. Oh, if only he were still alive."

If Gu Cheng hadn't died, the girl wouldn't have to suffer so much alone.

"Mom, it's all over. Things will get better and better in the future," Liu Yinyin comforted.

Things have come to this point, and not wanting to open up will only cause more trouble.

Jiang Cuihua smiled faintly and said, "Okay, I have something else to do at home so I have to go back. The food in the basket is for you, eat it first, and come back home to get more when there's nothing left."

The vegetables here at Liu Yinyin's place are planted late, so except for water spinach, the other vegetables cannot be eaten now.

Jiang Cuihua brought her some vegetables.