The next morning, my brothers and sisters-in-law had breakfast in their own homes, and then came to the old house one after another to wait, all of them laughing happily.
Each son's family would build a house and move out, and each family would live their own life. During festivals or when guests came to the house, they would each bring some food to the old house and eat together.
These days, Chen Xingling has been at home, and his brothers and sisters-in-law have all come here to have dinner together.
She is leaving today, and the sisters-in-law consciously cook in their own rooms.
Soon, the brothers helped Chen Xingling move all her luggage bags and boxes onto the tractor.
She had a lot of luggage before, and she came and went in a hurry, so no one looked closely. But today, when they saw her moving one after another, they couldn't help but ask why there were so many.
Chen Xingling answered ambiguously: "In addition to clothes, there are also some bedding and daily necessities that I bought in advance, which can be used in the new home."
Gu Yi thought that his sister-in-law had just bought it recently, but his brothers and sisters-in-law thought that she bought it from Shangjing City and brought it over. After asking, they got into the car and no one doubted it.
Several brothers squeezed in the front, while parents, sister-in-law and children sat in the back. Fortunately, the back of the tractor was spacious enough, otherwise the whole family of more than 20 people, young and old, would not have been able to fit in at all.
Everyone was chatting happily on the way and didn't feel the journey was long. They arrived at the north gate of the shipyard at around nine o'clock.
Chen Xingling had been here before and was busy giving directions to the man driving a tractor in front.
Soon, the tractor stopped downstairs of "Linjiang First Floor". The whole family got off the vehicle happily, moved their things and luggage, and went up to the third floor in a mighty procession.
The originally deserted suite suddenly became lively, with voices and laughter filling the air!
Gu Yi was amazed and praised: "Sister-in-law, is this really allocated to my brother by his company? This is too good!"
Chen Bingxing on the side chuckled.
"This is the largest factory in the entire city of Yu! Of course, the welfare and funding are also the best. The tallest building in the city is seven and a half stories high. The shipyard built six buildings in one go, each of which is six stories high. Now this is one of the tallest buildings in the entire city. You can tell it's a wealthy unit right away, right?"
Gu Yi seemed to be thinking about something, then nodded suddenly.
This trip has completely broadened his horizons!
Several sisters-in-law were envious and whispered to each other while touring the suite.
"My sister-in-law is so lucky. Her brother-in-law is tall and handsome, and he also has such a good company! Look! The house allocated by the company is so beautiful!"
"It's so high! The window can see very far!"
"Look! You can even see the sea estuary from the balcony!"
The little kids were running in and out of the rooms, playing and laughing.
Chen Xingling boiled water in the kitchen, took out a dozen white ceramic cups from his luggage bag, and asked his father-in-law to wash and dry them first.
Liu Peiyun asked in confusion: "Did you buy it in the capital? Aren't you afraid it might break on the way?"
Forehead?
Chen Xingling pretended to be casual and answered: "Put it in the middle of the quilt. The quilt is very thick, so it won't fall."
At this time, Chen Wuxing poked his head in and winked at his sister.
"Dad asked you to come out. We have something to discuss with you."
Chen Xingling had no choice but to wipe his hands and hurried to the living room.
Several sisters-in-law were cleaning the wooden sofa and coffee table, my brothers were leaning against the wall chatting, and my old father was leaning against a small museum shelf smoking.
The old man's dark, wrinkled face was smiling, and he said softly, "According to our tradition, when a married daughter or son-in-law moves into a new home, her parents have to buy some furniture or give a big red envelope as a blessing for you to move into a new home and live a better life."
"Really?" Chen Xingling laughed, "Is there such a good thing?"
Chen Daxing raised his eyebrows and asked, "When we moved to the new house, your sisters-in-law's families bought furniture for us - what? Have you forgotten all that?"
"No!" Chen Xingling laughed: "I'm just waiting for you to show off!"
Everyone laughed.
Chen Zhongxing smiled dotingly, "After Aqi got the apartment, he didn't have time to tell the villagers. Now that you're here, it's considered officially moving into the new house. What do you say? Should we buy furniture or give you a red envelope so you can buy it yourself?"
"Yes! Tell me about it!"
"You can tell me how much you want for the red envelope!"
Chen Xingling laughed and was worrying about whether he should buy a few wooden beds. After all, the detachable beds in the supermarket were too novel and eye-catching, and it was not easy to move them out and use them directly.
"Do you know where I can buy a wooden bed? How much does an ordinary wooden bed cost?"
Chen Wuxing immediately replied, "I bought the wooden bed for my wedding at a local product store in the east of the city. A good quality large bed costs twenty-five dollars, a smaller one costs twenty dollars, and there are also children's beds for ten dollars."
"Why don't you buy two wooden beds for us?" Chen Xingling pointed to the other two rooms and explained, "Our room already has a bed, but the other two rooms don't. They look empty. One big bed plus a child's bed will be enough."
"That's it? Isn't that too little?"
"How about buying you another dresser? How about that?"
Chen Xingling shook his head: "No, no, we just need two wooden beds, and Aqi and I will arrange the rest. If Ayi doesn't come here to work, it will be just the three of us living here, so there's no need to get too much furniture. If there are too many things and furniture, it will take a lot of effort to clean them. Just spare me and let me be lazy."
The brothers all laughed.
Several sisters-in-law were also present. Although they were busy, they pricked up their ears and listened carefully. They glanced at each other quietly, with happy smiles on their faces, and they were more and more satisfied with this ungreedy sister-in-law.
Chen Sanshui raised his eyebrows and said, "Okay, since Lingling said he only wants a wooden bed, then let's buy one. Since the tractor is downstairs, let's pull it up together, so that his brother-in-law will have a place to sleep at night."
"Okay!" Several brothers responded one after another.
"Wait!" Chen Xingling reminded quickly: "Xiao Huzi and I are not used to the smell of paint. You should buy the unpainted ones. I like furniture made of solid wood."
Chen Daxing nodded and said with a smile: "It might be cheaper if we don't paint it."
Several brothers went downstairs one after another.
Seeing that the children were running around and making too much noise, the two elderly people took the initiative to take them downstairs to play so that the women could concentrate on cleaning.
Gu Yi found that he could not help, so he went downstairs to be the "king of the children".
Several sisters-in-law and Chen Xingling chatted while working, talking and laughing as they were busy.
"Hello! Is Gu Qi's family here?" someone shouted outside the door.
Chen Xingling wiped his hands and walked out quickly. He saw the older lady who had shown him the way yesterday was standing at the door, holding a stack of tickets and looking around. He hurriedly went out to greet her.
The eldest sister smiled and said, "I'm busy packing. These are the overtime meal tickets for Master Gu. I heard that he has been traveling overseas for the factory's business since he was in his twelfth year of college. It's really hard work. Sister-in-law, look at these - the meal tickets for overtime during the holidays are twice as much as usual. Master Gu has a high level and also gets a meat ticket subsidy every day. They are all here."
Chen Xingling thanked her and took it, inviting her into the house to drink some water.
The eldest sister shook her head and said no, explaining, "You said you wanted to move here yesterday, so I sent it to you in advance. There are two canteens in the factory, and you can go there to eat at meal times. Ticket subsidies are managed by our Human Resources Department, and advance allowances or resettlement allowances are collected from the Finance Department, which is not our responsibility."
"Got it. Thank you."
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