After eating, Gu Qi took a quick shower and then brought a large basin of hot water back to the room.
"Xing'er, come and soak your feet."
Chen Xingling slowly put his injured foot in and smiled bitterly: "It's a little hot."
Gu Qi said softly: "Be patient."
Little Tiger came over holding his favorite wooden sailboat and asked with concern: "Mom, does it still hurt?"
"It doesn't hurt much anymore." Chen Xingling reminded: "It's getting late, you should go to bed."
Little Tiger didn’t want to sleep yet, so he chuckled.
"Go to bed later, I have things to do."
Chen Xingling felt a little amused and helpless when he heard him speak in such an adult tone.
"By the way, what do the colleagues in the Personnel Department say? Can the household registration be transferred here?"
Gu Qi rubbed her feet and answered, "It's a bit difficult. They said that Yucheng must agree to accept her, and then we have to move her out from the police station in Shangjingcheng."
"What does it take for you to accept it?" Chen Xingling asked with a frown.
Gu Qi shook his head: "I will ask again. My colleagues in the Personnel Department said that if it was Gu Yinmo's child, it would be easy to move here. My household registration is here, and the child followed his father here, and the reason is very legitimate. As for my mother and the other three... it's a bit difficult."
"Go ask." Chen Xingling said, "If your household registration is not here, it may affect your schooling or registration for the exam. Hurry up and get it done as soon as possible."
Gu Qi nodded and said yes.
Little Tiger fiddled with his toys and asked curiously, "Dad, Mom, is our new house a house or a garden? The book says that a house and a garden are different."
Chen Xingling was stunned for a moment, then he started smiling.
"Our place is considered a garden. Because we not only have a house to live in, but also a small garden, which can be considered a small garden."
Little Tiger said "Oh" twice and asked, "What is the name of the garden?"
"What's it called?" Chen Xingling asked with a smile: "Do you want to know its name? Or its category? Ours is an imitation and modification of the garden, it is a hodgepodge, it is hard to categorize it."
Little Tiger blinked his big eyes and asked curiously: "What's its name?"
Chen Xingling and Gu Qi looked at each other and then started laughing.
"I don't know, it hasn't been decided yet."
Gu Qi glanced at his son lovingly and asked, "What name do you think is good? How about you choose it yourself?"
"Really?!" Little Tiger jumped up in surprise and said excitedly: "Okay, okay! I'll do it, I'll do it!"
Chen Xingling was a little amused.
A three-year-old kid, no matter how smart he is, can't be entrusted like this. Although he knows a lot of words, behind these words is our country's profound cultural heritage, how can a little kid understand it!
Gu Qi, however, had great confidence in his son and asked tentatively, "What do you think we should call it? It is our new garden and also our future home for the three of us."
Little Tiger's eyes sparkled as he shouted, "Then let's call it 'Homeland'. Our home is the garden, and the garden is our home, so let's call it 'Homeland'!"
Chen Xingling raised his eyebrows, a little surprised.
Gu Qi thought for a moment and then smiled slightly.
"It's barely acceptable, but not satisfactory."
Chen Xingling immediately gained great confidence in his son and urged him, "Think of another one. It's best if it's easy to remember and write."
The little tiger tilted his cute round head and began to think hard.
After a moment, he shouted in surprise: "How about calling it 'Sanyuan'? The 'three' in one, two, three, four has very simple strokes and is easy to remember!"
"Three Gardens?" Chen Xingling murmured again: "Three Gardens?"
Little Tiger pointed with three chubby little fingers and explained: "Dad said that the garden is our home. There are three people in our family!"
Gu Qi seemed to be thinking about something and did not comment.
Little Tiger added crisply, "These past few days, my dad has been teaching me to learn idioms that begin with the word 'three'. I've learned so many! Three Sovereigns and Emperors, Unequal Minds, Three Longs and Two Shorts, Midnight, The Three Cardinal Guides, The Three Yangs Bring Good Fortune, A Few Words, All Kinds of People, and Three People Make a Tiger. Dad said that 'three' is not just a number, sometimes it refers to 'Heaven, Earth, and Man', and it represents many, many meanings."
Chen Xingling smiled when he heard that.
"Not bad! Three gardens is fine."
Xiao Huzi stared in surprise and turned to look at Gu Qi.
"Dad! Mom said it's good!"
Gu Qi also smiled and said softly, "I think it's pretty good too."
Little Tiger was very proud and held the small sailboat high in his hand.
"Wow! Wow! I'm so good! Mom said 'not bad' and Dad said 'not bad' too!"
Gu Qi and Chen Xingling looked at each other and smiled.
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The next morning, Gu Qi took half a day off and took his wife and children to "Sanyuan".
He worked efficiently and quickly assembled the retro wooden bed with Ma Dali and began to install the bamboo curtains.
Chen Xingling's ankle has healed a lot, but he still can't climb the stairs, so he has to stay in the kitchen to clean up the various kitchen utensils that he moved out of the super space yesterday.
Even if you choose the simplest style and the simplest graphics and text, the aesthetic taste will still be more advanced and practical after a few dozen days.
Zhao Xiaoxing was stunned: "Sister-in-law, why are all the things you buy so beautiful!"
Forehead?
Chen Xingling laughed awkwardly and explained, "I bought them all from the shopping mall. The prices are a little high, but the styles are better."
Zhao Xiaoxing washed it carefully and said cautiously, "It's so beautiful! I have to brush it carefully to avoid staining it."
"It's okay, let go." Chen Xingling hopped back and forth while cleaning up: "After you wash them, put them in the yard to dry. I'll put them in the cupboard."
"Mom! Mom!" Little Tiger ran in excitedly, pointing outside and shouting, "Grandpa and grandma are here! Uncle and aunt are here too!"
Chen Xingling smiled in surprise.
I saw the tractor parked outside the gate, and a group of relatives walked in in a mighty procession, each of them holding something in their hands, carrying something on their shoulders or lifting something, and looking around with laughter.
"Wow! This place is so spacious! It's like a garden!"
"It's so beautiful! It looks like a house in a movie!"
Chen Xingling hurried out to greet him.
Chen Sanshui and his wife saw their daughter limping out and hurried forward to support her.
"What happened? Did you fall late last night?"
"Aqi was so worried! He even ran to the fishing village to look for you late at night!"
Several of her brothers and sisters-in-law also asked her what was going on with concern.
Chen Xingling laughed and said he sprained his ankle.
"You can still laugh!" Liu Peiyun scolded with a dark face: "You don't even pay attention to the work! You can't do it yourself, and you have to trouble others to take care of you!"
Chen Xingling laughed apologetically: "I didn't mean it."
Chen Sanshui glared at his wife in disapproval and whispered, "It's not like you're in a hurry to do your own work. If you don't do it, there are others. Who cares if she gets hurt? She's already upset in her heart."
Liu Peiyun secretly felt sorry for her daughter, but she still didn't forgive her.
"It's already like this, why don't you find a place to sit down quickly! The weather is too hot, and the sprain is difficult to heal, so you need to take good care of it!"
"I know, I know." Chen Xingling said perfunctorily.
Gu Qi took Xiao Huzi downstairs and came out to greet everyone.
Liu Peiyun scolded her daughter: "You had to search all over the place in the middle of the night!"
"No, no." Gu Qi apologized shyly and whispered: "Mom, it's my fault. I didn't take good care of Xing'er."
After hearing this, Liu Peiyun laughed with satisfaction.
The eldest sister-in-law put down the big basket in her arms and explained with a smile: "After Master Aqi left last night, everyone was worried that something might have happened. The tide was high early this morning, and everyone was worried about you, sister-in-law, so they didn't have the heart to work. So they simply dug bamboo, brought some dry goods from home, and hurried into the city to see you."
"It's okay, it's okay." Chen Xingling looked at the courtyard full of her family members and was extremely happy. "Since you are here, stay for lunch. I just happened to prepare some good meat and vegetables today, so I'll just treat everyone to a feast."
"Oh! That would be great!"
“Okay, okay!”
Chen Sanshui knocked on the water pipe and shouted, "Don't be idle. Now that you are here, see if anyone needs help and help them quickly."
"Okay, okay!"
"Sister-in-law, where is the broom and dustpan?"
"Little sister! Do you want to get rid of all the sand and dirt in the corner? Let's go clean it up!"
Chen Xingling nodded repeatedly: "There! No no! Clean it all up!"
There were voices of people inside and outside the three gardens, busy figures coming and going, and laughter and chatting one after another.
This is a new beginning again.
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