After all the furniture was moved into the house, the other four people, except for the man and Jiang Yu, looked surprised. Shen Suisui and Shen Niannian were immersed in the big house, Shen Wan looked at the beautiful furniture with great affection, only Zhao Meiyun felt sorry for the money.
Despite feeling sorry for her, she couldn't interfere with her son and daughter-in-law's decision.
After seeing the workers off, at Jiang Yu's request, they planned to hold a family meeting. The family sat on the soft sofa, waiting for the man to read out the house move-in guidelines.
"Upstairs is Wanwan and Suisui Niannian's bedroom. Grandma is old and has difficulty climbing stairs, so she lives downstairs. In a couple of days, Comrade Jiang Yu and I will go shopping at a general store in the city. If anyone feels that they are missing anything in their room, please report it before Wednesday this week. Late reports will not be accepted."
After Shen Ying finished speaking, he told everyone to go back to their rooms and adjust, while he went out specifically to thank Shen Daniu. Shen Daniu had saved him a lot of money this time by using his connections to buy furniture.
Jiang Yu lay on the large bed, tossing and turning, unable to stop thinking about her concerns. Before, when she lived with her husband in the old house, with two children nearby, she didn't feel anything was wrong. Later, when the whole family squeezed into one house, although it was inconvenient, it wasn't so awkward.
Now that the house is built, sleeping in separate rooms would arouse her mother-in-law's suspicion. But living together would probably be even more awkward. She wants to wait for her husband to come back and ask him properly when he's going back to the army.
Then, he got up and moved some books and fabrics into the room, tidied up a bit, and planned to prepare ingredients for a celebration that evening.
She opened the door and saw her mother-in-law, Zhao Meiyun, standing outside, looking at her with teary eyes and an indescribable sense of complexity in her gaze.
"Mom, what's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"
Jiang Yu quickly stepped forward to support her arm and asked with concern.
“Xiaoyu, our family has wronged you. Since you married into our family, we haven’t been able to give you a single good day, let alone build you a decent house. Now that we have a big house, you are still willing to set aside a room for me. I am both touched and ashamed, and I don’t know what to say.”
Zhao Meiyun's emotions were revealed. She thought it was already good enough that she would have a room in the east wing after the house was built, but she didn't expect that not only would there be a room for her, but also a large and soft bed.
"We're all family, so let's not be formal. Mom, it must be tiring taking care of the kids. You should relax when you need to. In a few years, when the kids are all grown up, you can enjoy your retirement."
Jiang Yu's emotions were influenced by Zhao Meiyun. She didn't know when it happened, but she had actually begun to empathize with the original owner of the body; she didn't know if it was a bad thing or a good omen.
"This is the money I saved from doing handicrafts. It's not much, but you can take it."
Zhao Meiyun pulled a ten-yuan note from her pocket and stuffed it into the woman's hand. She knew the couple were struggling financially, building a house and raising children, and had a mountain of debt. Every little bit helped.
"Mom, what are you doing? If it weren't for you taking care of the children at home, I wouldn't have had the opportunity to go to the city to work and develop my own career. You've already helped us so much, how can we accept your hard-earned money again?"
Jiang Yu declined repeatedly, but couldn't persuade the old lady, so she accepted it and planned to return it at a later time.
A little while later, she went to the cellar in the back room, took out the few remaining ingredients, and planned to show off her culinary skills. She was thinking of getting a larger refrigerator later so she wouldn't have to go to the cellar to get food anymore.
Just as she put the vegetables into the bowl, she heard a familiar voice from outside.
"sister in law."
Bai Chen drove the military vehicle and, familiar with the route, arrived at Shen Ying's house. After parking the vehicle, he shouted at the top of his lungs.
I have to say, this two-story house looks really impressive in the village. If I didn't lack rural residency, I would definitely build one. It won't disturb the neighbors no matter what I do, and it's spacious and comfortable to live in. I'm so happy!
Bai Chen took out the pastries and milk he had bought for the children from the trunk, ignoring the group of middle-aged women gathered at the door, and went around to the passenger side to open the door.
Liu Cui emerged from inside, dressed in a style similar to Shen Wan's, and for a moment found it difficult to adjust to being surrounded by so many people.
Compared to Bai Chen, the meat she brought was all bought after the supply and marketing cooperative opened, so it was fresh and practical.
It was her first time visiting Jiang Yu's house, and she didn't know what the house used to be like, assuming that they had always lived in a two-story building.
Thinking of my own house, which was teetering on the brink of collapse during a summer downpour, I decided to save up some money to repair it.
"Woof woof woof~"
When the little black dog at the door saw someone coming, it broke free of its rope and tried to pounce on Liu Cui, but the man stomped his foot and it ran back to its den in fright.
Hearing the commotion, Jiang Yu hurriedly came out of the house, an apron tied around her neck, her hands still wet. Upon seeing who it was, she greeted them warmly:
"Come inside quickly, come inside quickly."
Then, she called out to Shen Wan from the stairwell. At that moment, Shen Wan was assembling a desk for Shen Sui Sui, but she couldn't get it together no matter what she did. Hearing her sister-in-law calling her, she dropped the materials she was holding and went downstairs.
Not used to climbing stairs, she walked carefully. When she arrived at the living room on the first floor, the two guests were already seated.
She found the tea set, washed it for a while, and then took out the tea that Shen Ying had brought from the army from the cabinet. After brewing it, the two listened with great interest as Bai Chen explained the situation of the night school.
"Ayu, let me help you cook."
After getting a general idea of what was going on, Liu Cui remembered that Jiang Yu was busy cooking for a group of people in the kitchen, so she went over to help.
Seeing this, Shen Wan followed. Bai Chen was left wandering around the house alone. Soon, he saw the crookedly assembled table in front of Shen Sui Sui.
He was extremely handy, and quickly helped the little girl install it. He clapped his hands, turned around, and was about to leave.
"Uncle, can you draw?"
Shen Sui Sui pointed to the paintbrush next to her; it was a new one her mother had bought.
"I don't have that talent."
Bai Chen waved his hand, ending the conversation. As he went downstairs, he suddenly saw a figure flash past the window, and quickened his pace to see who it was.
Unfortunately, after leaving the house, they didn't see a single suspicious person.
"What's wrong? What happened?"
Seeing the man's nervous expression, Liu Cui, who had caught up, anxiously asked what was wrong. Bai Chen waved his hand, saying he had misread it, and didn't continue the conversation.
When Shen Ying returned home, he saw the military vehicle at the door and immediately guessed who it was. He went inside thoughtfully, considering how to tell Zhao Meiyun what he had overheard.
When he returned from Shen Daniu's house, Shen He'an stopped him, saying that news had come from the neighboring town. His elder brother, Shen Ci's, son had been diagnosed with leukemia and urgently needed a bone marrow transplant. However, none of the family members were a match, so they had no choice but to seek help from people in this area.
Thinking about how he hadn't had any contact with his older brother's family for so many years, and hadn't even heard from them, he didn't know how to tell his family about this sudden big incident.
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