Chapter 183

Lu Yuanzheng was obviously frightened.

Logically speaking, it should be a surprise that Xu Wen took the initiative to throw himself into his arms.

But she seldom takes the initiative.

Xu Wen used to often tell him how young people would talk about love in a few decades.

Marriage is no longer a contract that binds two people to live together for life, and the divorce rate is so high that the government has stepped in to increase the cooling-off period.

Xu Wen also said that in the future, young people's love will be simple, passionate and pure... in fact, it will become more and more open.

But, Xu Wen found that he was not as unrestrained as she said.

She is passionate and will give him the proper response. She will not suppress her feelings and will let him know how he makes her feel.

She doesn't just ask for things unilaterally, she will also try to please him.

The premise of all this is that he basically took the initiative first.

Why is Xu Wen so proactive today? And so straightforward?

Lu Yuanzheng groaned and squinted at Xu Wen in the mirror.

Xu Wen was shy and didn't look him in the eye. She hid behind him, her hands moving non-stop.

Lu Yuanzheng gritted his teeth and said, "Wait a minute, I'll finish washing the clothes."

Xu Wen pretended not to hear. Can this kind of thing wait? If I wait a while, I won't have the courage to do it.

I don't know if it's because I just experienced a life-and-death situation, but it seems like this is a particularly inappropriate time.

At the very least, it should be that after Lu Yuanzheng finishes washing the clothes, the two of them lie on the bed and express their longing for each other, and then everything will come naturally.

Xu Wen didn't know what was wrong with him, he suddenly wanted to... really wanted to have the most primitive exercise with him.

Lu Yuanzheng's breathing became heavier, and his pair of black eyes, which had always been clear and resolute, gradually became filled with lust.

The clothes in his hands fell back into the basin.

He wiped his hands with a towel, turned around, lowered his head and kissed Xu Wen's red lips.

The doors of the rooms on this ship are generally not big, and the doors of the bathrooms are even smaller.

Xu Wen only took one step back and his back hit the wall.

Lu Yuanzheng had lifted the clothes on her back down to her collarbone. Her whole body was hot from his fiery fingers, and when she suddenly touched the cold wall, goose bumps appeared all over her body.

Lu Yuanzheng glanced at Xu Wen's arm on his shoulder, moved his fingers, and asked her breathlessly, "It's so hot here, but your arms are covered with goose bumps. Are you cold or hot?"

His voice was hoarse and his words were obviously meant to tease her.

Xu Wen couldn't help but tighten his grip on Lu Yuanzheng's shoulders, his perfectly manicured nails digging into his skin. His face was flushed with embarrassment from his fingertips' movements and words, but he said, "It feels good!"

"Tsk!" Lu Yuanzheng chuckled playfully, "It's only been two or three months since we last met, and Mrs. Lu has become much more affectionate. I'm really flattered! I just like the way you talk tough but act soft!"

Xu asked: "..."

The stubborn Xu Wen could no longer utter a complete sentence.

Even so, Lu Yuanzheng did not let her go, and tapped her red lips with his index finger, "Tsk, the door of this room is even less soundproof than the wooden house on the island!"

Xu asked: "..."

She was wrong. She shouldn't have provoked him.

No matter how good the road trip is, it is just as bad in bed.

Xu Wen opened his mouth and bit his fingers angrily.

Lu Yuanzheng didn't cry out in pain, but chuckled. He exerted force and Xu Wen loosened his teeth with a light cry. The tip of his tongue was pressed by his fingers and could only make vague sounds.

More importantly, Xu Wen's body swayed along with Lu Yuanzheng's movements, so that his fingers went in and out of her mouth back and forth, which made her blush even more.

She used the tip of her tongue to push his index finger out of her mouth, turned her head to the side, and closed her eyes and mouth tightly.

I didn't want to make a sound nor did I want to see his triumphant face.

However, when I close my eyes, my other senses become more acute.

The place where two people are most intimately in contact becomes clearer and clearer.

Natural tears welled up in Xu Wen's eyes, and he couldn't stop making any sounds.

Lu Yuanzheng was afraid that after they were done, Xu Wen would wake up and get angry and seek revenge on him, so he generously lent her a hand, kissed her lips, and swallowed her soft cry.

…

From the bathroom door to the bed and then back to the bathroom door.

After being washed clean, Xu Wen lay back on the bed and felt like his legs and waist were borrowed.

Only the heart is full.

A day without seeing you feels like three years.

This time they were separated for another two months.

The bed at the door of the room is not much bigger than a single bed or it is just an ordinary single bed. Two people have to lie very close to each other.

Xu Wen lay in Lu Yuanzheng's arms, and finally he had time to talk to him.

"You said you encountered something on the road, can you tell me?"

Lu Yuanzheng hesitated for a second, "We met pirates again."

"Ah?" Xu Wen opened his eyes and began to feel around Lu Yuanzheng's body. "Are you injured?"

Lu Yuanzheng grabbed Xu Wen's hand and said, "Do you want to do it again? I have no objection, can you?"

Xu Wen was not a man, so he had no idea whether he could do it or not, and he admitted it immediately: "I can't do it!"

Lu Yuanzheng: "..."

"Look at what you have accomplished!"

Xu Wen didn't want to dwell on this topic with him, so he patted him lightly and asked, "I'm asking you a question."

"No injuries. No fight, actually."

"Ah? International pirates are so aware of current affairs now?"

"Maybe because he's not a real pirate, so he should just judge the situation!"

"Fake pirates?" Xu Wen responded quickly, "Those officers and soldiers on the Kaya?"

Lu Yuanzheng shook his head. "They are all unfamiliar faces, but judging from their movements, they don't look like desperate criminals. Instead, they look like well-trained soldiers."

Xu Wen thought for a while, "So this person is from Country F, disguised as a pirate to rob the Yangtze River or to test the Yangtze River?"

"They are not from country F, but they may be from the country behind country F. As for their purpose, who knows?"

Xu Wen's guess was also their guess, but Lu Yuanzheng felt that they wanted to destroy the Chang Jiang more.

The two sides only fought twice tentatively, and then the other side chose to retreat.

Lu Yuanzheng was a little puzzled about this. The other side was more like mercenaries than soldiers. Logically, they should work hard for the money, but they finally retreated.

Do not pursue the suspicious enemy.

In addition, further ahead is a complex gathering place of international forces.

As the saying goes, two fists are no match for four hands.

The Yangtze River is the most powerful battleship for us, but compared with other countries' battleships in the world, it is not much different. If it is surrounded by the enemy and destroyed, it will be a loss.

Their original intention was to carve out a safe line so that our country's cargo ships could only carry out sea transportation safely.

Of course, there are military purposes as well.

There is a strait that is extremely important for maritime transportation, but the country to which it belongs is unable to maintain public security in nearby ports, and ships from various countries have been harassed to varying degrees by pirates.

The country had no choice but to say that the port was open to the international community and that each country could send its own military escort.

However, there is no official news so far.

Sometimes the relationships between countries are similar to those between people. They will gossip with each other occasionally, and when they hear such rumors, they will be eager to make a move and go and test it out.

The journey was long and they knew the results of all the attempts, so they returned early.

Xu Wen didn't care about military affairs, he just asked: "So, will you go again?"

Lu Yuanzheng said nothing.

Xu Wen knew this was the answer.

Xu Wen stopped talking. Not only that, he also turned over in Lu Yuanzheng's arms and faced away from him.

Lu Yuanzheng sighed, "Why are you still angry?"

"You might as well not come back!" Xu Wen was so unreasonable at one of his rare moments. "Every time I get used to your absence, you suddenly show up again. And then you show up and tell me that you're leaving again!"

It is really a torment to be repeatedly torn between reunion and separation.

It was fine before, but today, due to the sudden typhoon, Xu Wen almost embraced death.

No matter how mature she was mentally and even if she lived two more lives, she was still just a girl in her early twenties.

I didn’t live past the age of 25 in my previous life, and I haven’t reached the age of 25 in this life either.

Lu Yuanzheng couldn't answer this question, nor could he guarantee anything. He could only hug Xu Wen tightly.

Xu Wen fell asleep with his mouth pouting.

After all, expedition is such a profession.

She wasn't really angry with him, but maybe she had experienced too much that day and was a little overwhelmed.

When Xu Wen woke up, Lu Yuanzheng was no longer at the door of the room.

Her clothes were washed and dried by the bathroom door.

She touched her clothes with her hands and didn't know how Lu Yuanzheng did it, but the clothes were dry anyway.

When I opened the curtains, I found that it was already daybreak.

The sky cleared after the rain.

Xu Wen put on his clothes and walked out of the room.

We met some people on a cruise along the way, but not many.

Xu Wen found his way to the deck.

Everyone stood on the deck and chatted.

But it's not a pleasant topic.

The ship was about to reach the port of Rainbow Island. Even from such a distance, one could see that Rainbow Island was in a mess.

Xu Wen's good mood just after waking up suddenly disappeared.

Lu Yuanzheng was holding Xia Chu and talking to Xu Qiushi and Zhu Meizhen.

Xiao Xiachu, the traitor, no longer wants her mother now that she has a father. When she saw Xu Wen coming over, she just gave Xu Wen a look and leaned back on Lu Yuanzheng's shoulder.

Lu Yuanzheng was still very energetic. When he saw Xu Wen coming over, his eyes softened a little, "Awake?"

Xu Wen nodded.

"It happened suddenly yesterday. There is enough water on the boat but no food. We have to find a way to get something to eat after we get to the shore."

Lu Yuanzheng said this to Xu Wen, and also to Xu Qiushi and his wife.

Xu Wen nodded and looked towards Rainbow Island with worry.

The ship finally docked.

As usual, the civilians disembarked first, followed by the officers and soldiers.

Standing on the shore, Xu Wen took a breath.

Although I had prepared myself mentally for Rainbow Island to return to its pre-liberation state, I still felt very sad when I witnessed it with my own eyes.

Xu Wen felt so sad that he wanted to cry.

Ever since she and Lu Yuanzheng arrived on the island, she has always regarded this place as her home.

But now her home is in ruins.

The wooden house that Xu Wen and Lu Yuanzheng had carefully renovated was now only left with a small portion of broken wooden walls.

Not only her home, but also other family quarters, residential areas and even camps were not spared.

This time, no one was needed to give instructions. Everyone tacitly went back to their homes to count the remaining belongings.

In this situation, every bit of rescue we can get is valuable.

Xu's family is large, but there are two houses, so they have to act separately.

Xu Qie, Xu Qiushi and Zhu Meizhen went to search their wooden house.

Xu Wen took Dongsheng to search his home.

Xia Chu was taken away by Lu Yuanzheng.

Lu Yuanzheng is now the deputy head of the group and is still in charge of these affairs on the island.

He had to go to a meeting and conduct on the spot.

Xu Wen couldn't imagine how Lu Yuanzheng could hold a meeting with a one-year-old child, but she couldn't work with Xia Chu, so she had to compromise.

Most of the cleaning in the family area is done by the sisters-in-law.

Xu Wen told Dongsheng: "It doesn't matter whether you get the things back or not, but you must protect your own safety!"

"Okay!" Dongsheng responded happily.

In fact, the house was in such a state of disrepair that there were only a few things that could be found.

For Xu Wen, she had already taken away all the money she could take away, and the only things she could find were very important but definitely inconvenient to carry.

The first thing she looked for was the medals of honor from the long expedition.

Before Xu Wen left the room, he stuffed them under the cabinet.

It was just a wooden house that had been ravaged by a force 17 typhoon, so there was no way anything would be left waiting there.

Xu Wen had no choice but to clean it up bit by bit.

Finally, the iron box was found on the overturned coffee table.

The outside of the iron box was already full of dents and holes. Xu Wen struggled to open the box and saw that all the medals were still intact inside. He then breathed a sigh of relief.

For a child like Dongsheng, they don't care much about property, and they will be sad if the house collapses. However, searching in the ruins will make them feel happy as if they are searching for treasure.

"Mom, look, I found a pen!"

"Mom, look, I found your bag."

"Mom, I found my sister's little skirt."

"mother……"

Children can always see the bright side of everything.

Even though the pen is broken, the bag is muddy, and the skirt is torn, it does not affect his happiness.

Xu Wen was infected by him and began to put away his grief.

It's just starting over, what's the big deal?!

However, the Rainbow Island, which was swept inch by inch by the Category 17 typhoon, has very limited property that can be recovered.

Not only the wooden house, but also three windmills collapsed.

Fortunately, the computer room was built of stone, so the most valuable things were fine.

As for valuable items like computers, they were also snatched onto the ship.

The private plots, farmlands, and vegetable gardens may be left bare, but what is left is no longer of any value.

The dead bodies of chickens and ducks were scattered all over the ground.

The three cows of Xu Wen's family survived, thanks to Xu Qiushi's half-built stone house.

However, the cows also rescued some of the camp’s pigs and sheep.

The space between the doors of the room is limited, so those that couldn't squeeze in were released.

Some did not survive, some did.

Soldiers are chasing these survivors everywhere.

The originally paved road was severely broken by broken tree branches.

After dividing the work, the officers and soldiers began to clear the big trees.

First cut off the branches that are about to break off, and then clear them out together with the trees on the ground.

The people in the health company are responsible for the casualties.

It is impossible that such a strong typhoon did not cause any casualties.

However, the civilians were all safe and sound, and only the officers and soldiers were injured.

Those who were injured while protecting the people from leaving the island.

Most of the injuries were minor, and one person had a broken bone.

The kitchen staff scrambled for leftover ingredients and pots, bowls, and pans, then cleared a space on the ground and started cooking.

Most of the pots were broken, and only a few of them were still in service.

The sisters-in-law spontaneously brought over all the good pots they could find at home, and helped to light the fire, boil water and cook.

When the typhoon passed, it left behind a mess and took away the cool air.

This time the military and civilians were truly of one mind, eating and living together.

After cleaning the wooden house, Xu Wen went to the factory.

The walls of her factory were printed in one piece, which means the entire workshop door is a whole, large in area and heavy enough, so only the window was broken, but everything else was fine.

The equipment was covered with plastic sheets so no water got in.

Xu Wen breathed a sigh of relief. With these, at least everyone would not starve to death.

Luo Zemin was not as lucky as her. One wall of the factory building collapsed, damaging some of the equipment.

However, the printers here are all newly made, and there are no precious equipment or valuable materials, so they only cost a small amount of money.

In short, no one escaped unscathed on Rainbow Island; there was only a difference between the poor and the poorer.

In fact, fishermen have nothing to begin with, so this typhoon has the least impact on them.

Perhaps the most important property looted was the fishing nets left exposed to the sun.

It was not until the evening that the smell of rice finally wafted from the island.

Everyone was hungry after a whole day's work and was starving.

The children would use whatever bowls and chopsticks they could find, just like when they were on a long expedition, they would use whatever was available.

For example, coconut shells and helmets.

In this case, being able to eat is good enough, and no one cares so much whether it is dirty or not.

Lu Yuanzheng broke off a branch, peeled off the bark, and cut two pieces of similar length to use as chopsticks for Xu Wen.

Xu Wen’s bowl is filled with durian peel.

The durians were blown down.

In fact, durian is very high in calories and makes you feel full.

It’s a pity that these strong laborers would rather go hungry than eat.

Xu Wen shared the food with his sisters-in-law. He had eaten a durian petal in the morning and had been working hard until now, so he was not very hungry.

Everyone scooped out the remaining shells and used them as bowls.

The rice in the bags was soaked by the sewage, and only some careful people who used rice jars or pots to store the rice were lucky enough to keep it intact.

This is how we get the rice porridge we drink.

There were too many people and too little rice. Although it was called rice porridge, there were actually only a few grains of rice in each bowl.

Everyone still has to go on board to sleep at night.

The next day it was a little better.

The cleanup and post-disaster relief work is still ongoing, but the supply ship from the shore has come and brought daily necessities to everyone.

Grain, oil, rice, noodles, pots, bowls, and pans.

This kind of life continued for a week.

A week later, Rainbow Island looked a bit like when Xu Wen first arrived, desolate.

It was desolate but not chaotic. The weeds and broken trees were cleared away, revealing the clean bluestone road again.

With the help of officers and soldiers who knew electricity, the young men from the two power bureaus worked day and night and have now temporarily restored some power supply.

Many windmills have fallen over and need to be straightened and the damaged parts repaired if they can be repaired. If not, Rainbow Island will have to re-register and wait for new windmills to be sent.

Everyone works during the day and rests on the boat at night.

After cleaning up the aftermath of the typhoon, post-disaster reconstruction will begin.

This is another big project.

The giant map that Lu Yuanzheng originally drew was not preserved, but there are many reduced versions of it.

When Xu Wen first started working on 3D printing, he used that picture to practice and printed out a 3D model.

The copies are purely for backup purposes.

I didn't expect it to come in handy now.

On this day, Lu Yuanzheng called a meeting of all the people on Rainbow Island.

“Whether you are a civilian or a worker, you have all suffered losses to varying degrees in this disaster. However, for Rainbow Island, it can be regarded as a phoenix nirvana, reborn from the ashes!

Previously, soldiers and their families lived in wooden houses on Rainbow Island. As we all know, wooden houses can't last for more than a few years on a humid island. Those who had just arrived on the island were still living in tents, and they hadn't had time to build houses yet.

This is also an opportunity for us to start over together..."

Lu Yuanzheng held the loudspeaker and conveyed his orders as concisely as possible.

It’s actually not that complicated, it’s just building a house collectively.

This time when we build the house, the battalion headquarters and the family area will be combined again.

The factory built its own dormitories to accommodate the workers.

Islanders and fishermen like Xu Qiushi and Li Sao divided the area into administrative villages, allocated residential land to each household, and everyone built their own houses.

The school also had to be rebuilt.

Before building a house, the troops would first invest in building a kiln to make bricks and tiles.

During this process, all the young and strong people are needed to quarry stones and lay the foundation.

While the women looked after the children, they also cooperated with the kitchen team to provide logistical support.

The journey was long and involved coordinating the overall situation, leaving home early and returning late every day.

Xu Wen was busy repairing the factory and building new dormitories while ensuring production.

Once production resumes, it cannot be stopped and all orders have a delivery date.

The walls of the dormitory are still printed by Xu Wen.

Practice makes perfect, and Xu Wen has become quite familiar with the process of printing walls to quickly build a house.

This time her dormitory was built into a two-story building.

Need to debug again on the previous printer.

This technology may still exist.

The second floor is for living, and there are four-person rooms, and each room is equipped with a separate bathroom door.

There is a cafeteria, restaurant, employee canteen, reading room and activity room on the first floor.

It's just a matter of a few words, but when you're busy you can't take care of your family.

So returning from the long expedition was almost the same as not returning at all. The two of them lived in the same gatehouse and basically never saw each other.

That’s not the case. The one who returns to the ship late can see the other one’s sleeping face.

The one who gets up early can do it too.

In the midst of busyness, National Day is here again in a blink of an eye.

Rainbow Island is decorated with lights and colors to celebrate the new life.

The brand new brick and tile houses are arranged neatly, just like someone with obsessive-compulsive disorder.

This is the benefit of building houses in a unified manner.

The new camp headquarters was very large, and like the large compound on shore, it was surrounded by a fenced area.

There are barracks, family areas, training areas and military strongholds in the courtyard.

In order to save space, all the companies were built with two floors.

The family building has not been completed yet. It consists of two buildings with four floors.

This was not built by the officers and soldiers, but by a professional engineering team.

Also coming at the same time were people from the power company and the wind mill.

All new homes need electricity, so the people from the power company start laying out the wiring and installing the electricity meter as soon as the house is built.

Later, in addition to the two young men who had been guarding the island all year round, there were two more people.

Now that we have normal villagers, we need to collect electricity bills.

The residential village was finally divided into two as required, with a north-south road as the boundary, with Xinri Village on the left and Xinyue Village on the right.

Xinri Village is inhabited by retired soldier Xu Qiushi and his gang, while Xinyue Village is inhabited by the fishermen of the Lou ethnic group.

Everyone has different customs, and forcing everyone to live in one village can easily cause trouble.

What puzzled Xu Wen was that Xu Qiushi was elected as the village chief of Xinri Village.

The key point is that Xu Qiushi agreed.

When Xu Wen first got the news, he teased Xu Qiushi: "Dad, didn't you always say you wanted to go home and farm? How come you're still the village chief here?"

Xu Qiushi snorted and turned his head to sharpen the head of his newly acquired sickle.

Xu asked: "..."

Xu Wen was just asking casually, but Old Xu's attitude immediately made Xu Wen more interested. He turned around and asked Zhu Meizhen, "Why did my father suddenly become the village chief?"

Zhu Meizhen was feeding Nuannuan at the time. Upon hearing this, she chuckled, rolled her eyes, snorted, and then spoke: "I don't know what I'm so stubborn about! I'm trying to compete with the leader of the Lou clan..."

Xu Wen listened for a long time. In fact, during a break when the group was building a room, Lou Hanshan and Xu Qiushi happened to be next to each other.

As they were both co-workers, they offered each other a cigarette and chatted for a while.

Then the two people had different opinions on how to grow a certain crop and neither could convince the other.

In just a short while, they went from being co-workers to rivals, and the debate escalated into a quarrel, and in the end they almost came to blows.

Fortunately, there were many people working at the time and they were able to separate themselves.

After this incident, the people who had finally integrated into one another were divided into two groups again.

Xu Qiushi was fine, after all he was regarded as a hostile element because of the fight with Lou Hanshan.

People like Mrs. Li and their husbands were really wronged, simply because the fishermen stuck together, they hated the fishermen and rejected them as well.

There was quite a commotion at the middle door at one point, almost to the point of a strike.

Chen Chaosheng, the newly transferred company commander, and Shi Lei set up a table to mediate between the two parties but it was of no avail.

In the end there was no choice but to have two administrative villages instead of one.

Xu Wen knew about the fight between the two villages at that time, because the original plan was to let Lu Yuanzheng mediate.

When Shi Lei and others came to call Lu Yuanzheng, Lu Yuanzheng pretended to be sick and refused to go. Xu Wen was puzzled and asked him the reason.

Lu Yuanzheng said, "I was pretending to be sick. If I were to persuade them to stop fighting, I would be really sick. One of the parties in the fight is my father-in-law. If I say anything, the other party will think I am taking sides. Especially those Lou family members, they are very stubborn. They will think I am partial to our father, and they also think that I have saved their lives and cannot refuse to give me face, which will be embarrassing. If they are willing to reconcile, it's fine. If they are not willing to reconcile, I am afraid they will lead the whole family to leave the island. Then won't I have to write a report?"

Xu asked: "..."

It seems to make a lot of sense.

Later, Xu Wen was too busy to ask about this matter. Unexpectedly, the honest and simple Xu Qiushi would be angry with someone for several months.

What else could Xu Wen say? He gave Xu Qiushi a thumbs up and said, "Dad, do your best! I'm rooting for you!"

In return, Xu Qiushi snorted coldly.

She was almost kicked out.

The village chief has been selected, and the next step is to distribute the houses and land.

All the houses are of the same size, standard two-story self-built houses.

The rule for dividing the house in the Lou family is that the clan leader chooses first, and then the relatives are chosen according to the closeness of the relationship.

Xu Qiushi and his family have relatively enough houses for the time being, and the rules for allocating houses are simple and crude. First, they choose voluntarily. If two households choose the same location, they play rock-paper-scissors. If three or more households choose the same location, they draw lots.

The land was distributed according to the household contract responsibility system, that is, per capita.

This is the principle given by Lu Yuanzheng and his team, but the specific division is up to the village chief.

Anyway, there are production tasks every year. As long as the required grain is handed over, the rest belongs to the people.

Therefore, Xu Qiushi divided the land according to the way the village had divided the land before it became a production team.

All the land in Xinri Village was divided into three levels according to the quality of the soil, and each level was divided equally among the people.

In view of the current high population mobility on the island, the rate will be temporarily set at one point per year.

Since Xinyue Village did not divide the land, they decided to cultivate it according to the joint-acre system.

They were not bothered by the long journey, because next year they would only collect public grain according to the amount of land they owned.

When Xu Wen found out, he sighed, "You guys will actually have to collect public grain one day!"

It's so mysterious that the army does this job.

Lu Yuanzheng sighed: "I don't want to do that either. But there is no independent administrative department on the island right now, so we have to do it part-time. We are already busy with training, so why would we want to deal with these trivial matters?"

This year's training mission was temporarily suspended due to the 17-level typhoon, and 1,000 officers and soldiers took out two months to work as construction workers to build the compound.

But the mission must be completed.

The journey is long and one still has to go on a long journey.

Leave after National Day.

National Day is when they move into their new home together on the island, so it’s a good opportunity for them to celebrate together during the holiday.

The battalion headquarters has been built, the village houses have been built, but the family buildings are not yet built.

People like Xu Wen are okay, and can temporarily squeeze in with Xu Qiushi and the others.

The other sisters-in-law temporarily stayed in an empty house in Xinri Village.

Those who could not be accommodated in Xinri Village would stay in Xu Wen’s factory.

The family building is expected to be completed by the end of the year.

On National Day, amid the blast of firecrackers, everyone happily moved into their new homes.

Xu Qiushi's house was renovated with the help of Xu Wen.

Originally Xu Qiushi disagreed. He believed that the house had already been built and people could just live in it after painting the walls.

But Xu Wen was particular about it. He laid floor tiles, made partitions to divide the areas, and even built video walls and other things.

But time was limited and I didn't do it very well, but it looks okay anyway.

The ceramic tiles were sent by Xu Wen from Pengcheng. They are the most popular decorative tiles at the moment, and the size is a square tile that is thirty by thirty.

As Xu Qiushi and Zhu Meizhen were getting older and it was difficult for them to climb the stairs, they cleared a door on the first floor to use as a bedroom. However, they also made a waterproof layer to minimize the humidity inside the door.

The second floor is all bedrooms. Xu Qie has one door, Lu Yuanzheng and Xu Wen will temporarily live in one door, and the other door is reserved for Xu Wen or Xu Wang to stay when they come to visit.

There is a living room on both the first and second floors, the first floor is larger and the second floor is smaller.

There is a small courtyard in the front, with two side rooms built in the courtyard, one of which is used as a storage room and the other as a kitchen.

Life is very nourishing.

Zhu Meizhen was tidying up things in the kitchen while humming a little tune, "I never thought that in this life, I would be able to live in a new house!"

Xu Qiushi was moving his new farm tools into the utility room. "No, have you been sleeping on the street for so many years?"

"Hey! Xu Qiushi, you are the village chief now, so you can't talk properly, right? I'm talking about living in a new house! Is the house that your Xu family has passed down for three generations a new house?"

Xu Qiushi: “…”

Seeing that Zhu Meizhen was really angry, Xu Qiushi didn't dare to talk back, but he still grumbled, "What's wrong with the old house? It is said that a golden nest or a silver nest is not as good as your own doghouse! No matter how shabby it is, it is still your home! Even a dog will not mind a poor home!"

How could Zhu Meizhen bear it? She waved her spoon and went to settle the score with him: "Who are you calling a dog?"

Xu Qiushi probably didn't expect Zhu Meizhen to hear him. He was stunned for a moment, then he immediately straightened his attitude and said, "I'm talking about myself! No, I didn't say who is a dog! What I mean is that no matter how poor it is, it is still my home!"

"This is my home too! I think Rainbow Island is great! The land is mine, and I can decide what to plant and how to plant it. There are few people on the island, and it's quiet! My children are here too, and I can see them whenever I want. What's wrong with that?"

Xu Qiushi stopped talking, sighed for a long time, and squeezed out from beside Zhu Meizhen.

Xu Wen, who was hiding in the corner, finally showed his head and asked, "Who will keep you warm for a while after you chased my dad away?"

Zhu Meizhen rolled her eyes, "Who chased him away? He was just homesick!"

Xu asked: "..."

"Your father is nostalgic. Everything here is new, and he is not used to it. Besides, he grew up with the people in the production team, so how can he not have feelings for them? Although your grandparents are gone, your second uncle is here. But aren't your aunts still in Wei Zhuang? Your grandmother's family is still in Wei Zhuang, too!"

Xu Wen understood that not only Xu Qiushi, but Zhu Meizhen was also worried about Wei Zhuang.

She quickly expressed her opinion: "Mom, don't worry! We will go back during the holidays! Transportation will become more and more convenient in the future, and we can go back whenever we want.

If you and my dad really don’t want to come next year, you can stay in your hometown, and my brother, sister and I will go home to see you on time.”

Xiao Xiachu is already one and a half years old, Xu Wen said he could hire a nanny.

Now with reform and opening up, policies are becoming clearer and clearer.

As a factory manager, it's no problem for her to hire a personal secretary.

"Let's talk about it after the Chinese New Year!" Zhu Meizhen was also confused and was too lazy to continue talking about this topic. "Have you cleaned the door of your room? If you have, we can warm up the pot and eat later!"

Warming the pot is a small ritual performed during the relocation of people to a new home in Wei Zhuang Commune.

The new pot on the stove is particularly exquisite.

When cooking the dish cold, put tofu, choy and some food used to please people during the Chinese New Year first.

Wishing for happiness and peace, wealth and good fortune, continuous promotion, surplus every year, and smart descendants etc.

Then take out all these ingredients, bake another cake, and flip it back and forth. This is called a flipping cake.

In short, they are just some small customs.

Xu Qiushi was also busy distributing money and food in the courtyard.

It means burning paper money, placing offerings, and praying to the ancestors and gods to bless the family with peace and safety, make a fortune, have good luck, and have good weather and full granaries in the coming year.

In short, it is full of ceremonial feeling.

When the expedition arrived, the meal was not ready yet.

He washed his hands and held his daughter for a while.

Xu Qieyuanbao and Dongsheng were exploring their new home, running up and down and making all sorts of noise.

There is a stone table in the yard, and there are several stone benches.

Xu Wen sat on a stone bench, propping up his chin with his arm and raising his other hand above his eyes to shade himself from the sun.

Lu Yuanzheng suddenly laughed.

"Why are you laughing?"

"happiness."

"Hmm?" Xu asked, but couldn't keep up with his pace. Why was he being so sentimental for no reason?

"I never thought I would have a day like this. With a beloved wife, children around my knees, and meals prepared by my parents when I walk into the house. The whole family is so lively and cheerful!"

It's especially lively and happy.

Xu Wen raised his neck proudly, "That's because you married a good wife! Without me, you wouldn't be as happy as you are today!"

Lu Yuanzheng put his daughter on the ground, walked to the stone table and sat down. He took the teapot and poured a cup of tea for Xu Wen. "My wife is right! I will offer you a cup of tea instead of wine!"

Xu Wen was amused by him, took the teacup and took a sip, "This is pretty good!"

Lu Yuanzheng saw her blushing face and frowned, "Tomorrow, I'll get a sun umbrella and set it up here."

Xu Wen waved his hands, "Don't bother! I'm leaving for Beijing the day after tomorrow. I'll be there for a while. My parents don't care about these things, so they don't need to worry about them."

Lu Yuanzheng suddenly stopped smiling and said with a bit of resentment: "Why are you leaving again?"