"Oh my, just thinking about it makes my mouth water. By the way, the Reunion Festival is in a couple of days. How about you all come to my house for dinner?"
Sister-in-law Xiuhua suggested, "(The reunion festival is the Mid-Autumn Festival.)"
"I heard that there are lanterns to see and fireworks to watch during the Reunion Festival in town. Why don't we go sell meat pies?"
Brother Lifu recalled the last Dragon Boat Festival when sales were booming. He figured the town would be especially lively this year for the reunion festival, no less so than the Dragon Boat Festival.
"Oh, right, I forgot about that. Sister-in-law, the children should have a day off for the Reunion Festival, right?"
Let's go to town together and let the two men sell meat pies while we explore the town.
Sister-in-law Xiuhua has a good idea.
"Okay, only three more days. We've been really busy lately. We must move in tomorrow to save time."
Wei Yuyan suddenly felt full of energy, probably because she had a goal in mind and was preparing for the new house.
After lunch, Wei Yuyan and her two companions did not rest but continued cleaning the house.
"Xiuhua, Yuyan, we're here."
Sister-in-law Zhang's voice came from inside. The door was ajar, and Brother Licai pushed it open.
"Welcome, welcome!"
Wei Yuyan responded with a smile, "That's great, everyone's come to help, we can get it sorted out today."
In the late afternoon, Li Cai and Li Fu took the ladder and climbed onto the roof.
They started by fixing the crooked tiles, not by removing all of them, but by aligning the ones that looked misaligned.
"Sister-in-law, let's leave it like this for now. When it rains, see where it's leaking and call us to fix it."
After all, it's a rented house, and it's not cost-effective to renovate it all.
Li Fu thought to himself, "This is someone else's house. Why do you need to renovate it so well? If you renovate the whole thing, you'll have to buy new tiles."
"Okay, sure. If you need more tiles, just use the tiles from the woodshed. Anyway, if there's nowhere else to put the firewood, you can put it in the kitchen."
Wei Yuyan nodded. She would only live in this house for two or three months, so she would just make do.
"Sister-in-law~".
"Sister-in-law, we're here!"
Qianqian and Xiaolei's voices came over.
"Hey, you actually found it! Come in and take a look. The cleaning is almost done, we'll move in tomorrow."
Wei Yuyan invited the two of them in to take a look and see what they thought of the house.
"This house is really nice, sister-in-law, but it only has two rooms."
Qianqian looked at the two rooms.
"Yes, how about Qianqian and sister-in-law sharing a room?"
Wei Yuyan thought it would be nice to sleep with Qianqian.
"Okay~".
Qianqian was quite happy, as she was usually a little scared to sleep alone.
"Alright, let's go back now. It's all done, sister-in-law."
Li Cai and Li Fu started climbing down.
"Sister-in-law Zhang, could you bring me back a pound of pork belly and a pound of pig's trotters tomorrow?"
Wei Yuyan was thinking that since she was moving in tomorrow, she would invite everyone over for dinner tomorrow night.
Recently, it's been Mrs. Zhang and her husband who sell steamed buns. They come back after they've sold them all by noon.
"Okay~".
The entire group emerged from the house in a grand procession.
Aunt Guihua from next door seemed to have been disturbed by everyone's noise and came out of her house.
"Xiuhua, what are you doing here~~".
Aunt Guihua found it a bit strange.
"Aunt Guihua, we're coming to keep you company. Little Black and Little Flower can come to see their mother every day now."
Wei Yuyan took the initiative to step forward and greet her.
"Really? That's great! This old woman can join in the fun too."
Aunt Guihua didn't ask why, she was just a little happy.
See you tomorrow, Grandma Osmanthus.
Qianqian obediently said goodbye to Grandma Guihua.
"Okay~".
Aunt Guihua watched them walk away before going home.
"Sister-in-law, you just said you wanted my sister-in-law to buy meat. Are you planning to have us come over for dinner tomorrow again?"
Xiuhua's sister-in-law realized what was happening.
"Hey, you've gotten smarter, Sister-in-law Xiuhua, nothing can be hidden from you anymore."
Wei Yuyan joked.
"Stop being so glib. Your family has suffered a lot this time, why are you spending money on this?"
Sister-in-law Xiuhua was thinking that if she went out for dinner tomorrow, she should bring ten eggs with her.
"It's not like I've spent any money. The move to the new place went so smoothly, all thanks to your help."
Wei Yuyan ate heartily. She was tired and hungry after a whole day of work, and there was still another busy day ahead.
"Let's eat this rice tomorrow. It was soaked in water. Although it's dried, we should still eat it as soon as possible, otherwise it might get moldy."
Sister-in-law Xiuhua pointed to the dried rice.
"Okay, the market is the day after tomorrow, so you all need to go there early tomorrow afternoon to get things done."
Let's have lunch together tomorrow. We're moving tomorrow morning, so we'll all have lunch together at noon.
Wei Yuyan realized that she had to go to the market the day after tomorrow, so she could only have lunch tomorrow at noon.
"You don't seem to have much to move, just clothes and food, right?"
Xiuhua's sister-in-law felt that the rented courtyard had everything.
"Yeah, pretty much. Anyway, we'll bring the food and clothes, lock up the furniture, and move it in when the new house is finished. It should be fine, right? Will anyone steal it?"
Wei Yuyan was a little worried.
"No, there are no thieves in our village. Just go and check on the old house every now and then."
Li Fu continued.
"Um………".
Wei Yuyan nodded. That's all we can do for now. We'll just have to go visit often.
It's just some pots and pans, a bed, and a cabinet; there aren't any valuables.
The next day, the children had a day off. After having breakfast, they went with Lifu to move house in an oxcart.
The oxcart had to make two trips because it carried several quilts and several hundred kilograms of grain.
Wei Yuyan started packing up some odds and ends, taking chopsticks, a dog food plate, and a clay pot to bring along.
It took about half an hour to move everything. Next, we put everything away, including the kitchen utensils and food.
"Wu Chen's wife, is there anything I can do to help?"
Aunt Guihua came over.
"Auntie, you don't need to help. The house has already been cleaned. Today we're just moving some things over and officially moving in."
Aunt Guihua, let's have lunch here. Brother Lifu and his brother are also coming, let's have some fun together.
Wei Yuyan invited Aunt Guihua to dinner. She was an old woman who lived alone, so she must have liked having a lot of people around.
"I can't help you with that, I didn't do anything to help."
Aunt Guihua just shook her head.
"How could I not be of any help? Look, I live here and haven't even planted any vegetables. I'll be coming to your house to pick vegetables to eat a lot in the future. So, will you let me pick some vegetables?"
Wei Yuyan thought that sometimes when she was short of vegetables and too lazy to walk, she would go to Aunt Guihua's vegetable garden to pick some, and Aunt Guihua would probably agree.
"Here you go, we have so many vegetables that we can't even finish eating them all, and we can't give them away either. Other people have already planted them. Well then, it's a deal, you have to come and pick them!"
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