There is strength in numbers, and with the help of my mother's family, the three gardens were quickly cleaned up.
Master Mo and Ma Dali worked overtime and finally managed to make a set of small sofas and two desks.
A few days later, Gu Qi and his family of three officially moved into Sanyuan.
On the day of moving, several brothers came early in the morning on tractors. Each of them was tall and strong. They ran up and down the stairs twice and immediately emptied out everything in the master bedroom.
Chen Xingling only moved her personal belongings from the master bedroom, leaving the rest for her mother-in-law and sisters-in-law.
Ying was very stingy and didn't buy anything for Sanyuan. She also kept a close eye on the living room and kitchen, worried that Chen Xingling would move his things away and the three of them would have nothing to use.
When she found out that Chen Xingling only moved the clothes and books from the master bedroom and left all the furniture behind, she was still a little bit incredulous.
Seeing the tractor rumble away, leaving only Gu Qi holding the bicycle behind, Ying hurriedly grabbed her eldest son.
"... Archie, aren't you going to move the bed and wooden cabinet in your room?"
Gu Qi shook his head: "Xing'er bought two beds, and the cabinet made three or four. It's enough for now, so the old ones can be left here without moving."
"A bed?!" Ying was stunned: "There are only several cabinets? How could you let her spend money like this?"
Gu Qi frowned slightly and replied, "It was all arranged by Xing'er herself."
"You didn't pay?" Ying stared at her son suspiciously and asked, "Really? You can't follow her and deceive your mother!"
Gu Qi said in a deep voice: "I don't need to pay a penny. Mom, if you can't even trust your own son, who else can you trust?"
Forehead?
Ying was slightly embarrassed and quickly changed the subject.
"Have you moved all your stuff? Can we live there now? The last time I looked at it from a distance, it was messy and dirty everywhere - can we live there so soon?"
Gu Qi nodded: "My uncles helped to clean up."
Ying suddenly perked up, her chin raised: "Let's go! Mom will go over and take a look!"
Gu Qi didn't object.
Ying shouted upstairs and called her two daughters down, saying that they should go together to see how the house was being built.
Gu Miao was not interested at all. She yawned and asked, "Brother, do you have anything to eat?"
"Yes." Gu Qi replied calmly.
Gu Miao immediately pulled her old mother forward.
Walking out of the north gate of the shipyard, Gu Qi pointed ahead and explained: "This is Shuiyue Road. It only takes a few hundred meters to reach Sanyuan. This road is very long, and Shuiyue Primary School is at the end of the road. Xiaohu will go there to attend primary school next week."
The Human Resources Department will help employees arrange schooling for their children every day, but they are only responsible for elementary and junior high schools, not high schools.
This time, there were a total of eight children from the factory enrolled in school, and Gu Yinmo was the youngest one.
Originally, the Personnel Department did not dare to make the arrangement, but it was not until the kindergarten teacher personally went there twice and explained that Xiaohu had already learned most of the Chinese characters and math problems during elementary school that the Personnel Department agreed to make an exception.
Chen Xingling quietly asked Xiao Huzi to take a bag of hawthorn candies to the Human Resources Department to express his gratitude.
Little Tiger was not afraid of strangers. He introduced himself with a fierce look and said that he brought some candies to thank the uncles and aunts.
Seeing that he was clever and cute, everyone surrounded him and asked if he had really learned a lot of Chinese characters and math problems, and even deliberately gave him a lot of questions to test him.
The little guy answered every question and even solved more than a dozen math problems in one breath, which shocked all the colleagues in the personnel department.
Afterwards, they took Xiao Huzi to see the principal of Shuiyue Primary School. After a brief interview with questions and answers, Xiao Huzi was arranged to be a transfer student in the third grade.
Originally, the little guy could solve many level 6 problems, but he was too young. The principal was afraid that he would not be able to sit still and affect other students, so he temporarily arranged for him to try level 3.
School is about to start next week, and Chen Xingling has already prepared a cute schoolbag for Xiaohuzi.
Ying couldn't help but ask, "When does Hu Zi start school? Xuan has been in class for quite a while."
"Go register on the weekend." Gu Qi explained, "Freshmen start school later."
Ying rolled her eyes and whispered, "Aqi, her...her tuition is not low, right?"
"Low." Gu Qi said, "Just after the college entrance examination was resumed, various places have successively introduced favorable policies for college students. The state subsidizes tuition fees, so students don't have to pay much."
"Really?" Ying couldn't help complaining when she thought of it: "I heard that the teaching profession is more favorable and can also provide daily living subsidies - isn't it good to study teaching? But she just doesn't want to do it! She has to study accounting! What kind of woman is good at arithmetic accounting! It's so messed up!"
Gu Qi glanced at his old mother coldly and said, "Xing'er has her own ideals and plans. She has her own reasons for choosing what she wants."
"Principalities cost money!" Ying snorted coldly: "Don't you think about yourself? You work so hard all day long! It's not easy to support such a big family!"
Gu Qi explained: "Xing'er is very capable. Not only does she not have to spend money from the family, but she can also help a lot. The house we moved to this time was all made by my uncle and her own money from selling fried noodles."
"It's a good thing her family is doing well now." Ying grumbled dissatisfiedly: "I really don't see why she is worth marrying. Just like that useless mountain girl——"
"Mom!" Gu Qi interrupted coldly: "Xiao Xing is your daughter-in-law, don't insult her at every turn."
Ying curled her lips and whispered, "With no education or background, she can even lose a temporary job. She also encourages Yi to live outside all day long, which costs money for food and rent. How much money can she save?"
"Xiao Xing's job has already made some progress." Gu Qi said, "Let's wait and see."
Ying rolled her eyes and said disdainfully, "With her looks, how much money can she make? A temporary worker can only make about thirty yuan a month!"
Gu Miao, who was standing by, couldn't help but ask curiously, "Mom, how much does my second brother give you every month? They all get paid on the first day, so my second brother's salary should be more than 40 yuan."
"There was a little last month." Ying said disdainfully, "Not a cent this month!"
Gu Miao immediately became indignant: "Not a cent?! How can that be? Mom, if he doesn't give his money to you, he will definitely give it to that mountain girl."
"It's really infuriating!" Ying said in a deep voice: "I have already told Ayi that after your eldest brother and his family move out, the master bedroom will be empty. It will be so spacious then that they must move back immediately. There are so many people in this family who need to spend money now, so we have to save as much as possible."
Gu Miao asked quickly: "Did Second Brother agree?"
"He didn't answer." Ying said unhappily, "I'm his mother, he can't disobey me. That mountain girl can do some housework no matter how bad she is. Your eldest brother and his family have moved out, and there will be more work to do at home. Why should I support you guys? It's so that someone can take care of me in my old age. I'm already in my 60s, and my children are grown up, and I can't enjoy a peaceful life? I might as well die!"
She raises children so that she will have someone to rely on when she is old. Otherwise, why would she give birth to so many children?
The purpose of getting married is to rely on a man. If the man is gone, you have to rely on your children.
Now that both of her sons can earn money, she is relieved. Before, she had no daughter-in-law and had to work hard, but now that she has a daughter-in-law, there is no reason for the mother-in-law to work!
Gu Qi frowned slightly and said calmly, "Mom, you are still healthy now, don't say such unlucky words. We have to work hard for our careers and studies now, and we can't take care of so many things. We used to raise pigs and chickens in our hometown, and the place was spacious, so there must be a lot of housework. But here there are fewer rooms, so it's not difficult to clean, and there are Xuan and Miao to help with three meals a day--"
"They both need to study!" Ying interrupted him, "Let them study peacefully and don't disturb them. That Zhao girl is married, and she still wants to be lazy and not serve her mother-in-law? They have a place to live at home, why would they waste money on renting a house? I'll let Ayi put all her salary on the table and see if she dares not to work!"
Gu Qi glanced at his old mother and realized that he couldn't persuade this stubborn old woman.
Thinking of how Zhao Xiaoxing always looked terrified every time she saw her old mother, he secretly felt that something was wrong.
No, I have to find a way to help my brother later.
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