"Auntie, you guessed right, I am Lin Momo's boyfriend. When Momo and I get married, all you aunties and grandmas must remember to come and have a drink at our wedding..."
“MoMo, we’ve watched her grow up. Don’t worry, I’ll definitely be there for the wedding.”
Lin Momo, who was unlocking the door behind everyone's back, felt as if she had been pricked by a needle. Her hand trembled involuntarily, and the key she had inserted into the lock fell to the ground.
Lin Momo was extremely embarrassed and wished there was a crack in the ground she could crawl into.
I thought to myself, this guy dares to spout any nonsense, isn't he afraid of being proven wrong in the future?
Getting married?
He really dares to think that way!
She quickly bent down to pick up the key from the ground, swiftly unlocked the iron gate, and pushed the gate open.
The courtyard was desolate, with weeds growing sparsely in the long vegetable plots divided by cement posts; a thin layer of fallen leaves covered the cement path in the courtyard, the earliest leaves already rotting...
The quietness inside the courtyard contrasted sharply with the bustling activity outside.
A pang of sadness welled up in Lin Momo's heart. She turned back, forced a faint smile, and said, "Auntie, you're busy. Let's clean the house first, otherwise we won't have anywhere to stay tonight."
He then instructed Shi Guang, "Quickly bring the things from the trunk in."
After saying that, he stepped into the quiet and deserted courtyard without looking back.
"Okay, I'll move it right away!" Shi Guang replied with a smile behind her.
The noise outside finally subsided.
Lin Momo let out a soft sigh and walked towards the gate of the small villa.
She has to unlock a door to get inside.
When Grandma was alive, she could always just push the door open and enter the house, but now she has to unlock two locks before she can get in.
And no one will ever be waiting for her in the house again.
Lin Momo felt a pang of sadness, and her eyes instantly filled with tears.
"Why aren't you coming inside?" Shi Guang entered the yard carrying a bag of flour in one hand and a shopping bag in the other, only to find her standing at the door in a daze. As he got closer, he realized that she was sad.
He couldn't help but tentatively ask, "Do you miss your grandma?"
Lin remained silent, but tears streamed down her face uncontrollably.
Time put down what he was holding, hugged her thin and petite body, bent down to wipe away the tears on her cheeks, and teased her with a smile: "Okay, don't cry. If you keep crying, you'll look like a little kitten. You still have me, don't you? I'll always be with you."
She thought to herself, "Thank goodness he came. Otherwise, how sad would she be if she were alone in this empty house?"
It's really heartbreaking.
*
Life in the countryside can be too dull and boring for people who are used to a lively atmosphere.
But Shi Guang was constantly being directed by Lin Momo. First, he cleaned up the house, then he spent two days weeding in the vegetable garden, leaving him so tired that he couldn't straighten his back.
At night, I fall asleep the moment my head hits the pillow, without even thinking about anything else.
After gradually settling down, Lin Momo busied herself tidying up the space.
There's still one empty room in the small building in the space.
No, it's not exactly empty. There are already quite a few things we bought inside, but we haven't had time to decorate it yet.
Lin Momo plans to keep the room she used to live in as her bedroom.
Since the space has doubled in size, in order to make the best use of every inch of space, Lin Momo plans to partition off a walk-in closet and a small study in the bedroom.
With no worries about dust settling in the space, Lin Momo laid out two layers of those inexpensive photography rugs. Now she just had to wait for the metal clothes rack, bed, desk, and bookcase to arrive before she could start setting up.
In addition, the space is missing a kitchen and a bathroom.
Both of these items were originally inside the house, but Lin Momo now plans to put them in the backyard, and use the house as a storage room.
The house is about six courtyards wide, and the woodshed takes up five of them. A spacious kitchen could be created by partitioning it off with wooden shelves.
The reason for wanting it to be spacious is that Lin Momo wanted a deluxe semi-open-air kitchen.
This thoughtfulness can be glimpsed from the wide variety of kitchen utensils she has already purchased.
The most eye-catching items are various cookware of different sizes, including deep iron pots for cooking rice, shallow iron pots for stir-frying, shallow grill pans for barbecuing, various clay pots for stoves, and various griddles and molds for making pancakes.
Opening a small restaurant wouldn't be a problem.
Secondly, there are hand-cranked machines that can dazzle people, such as hand-cranked noodle presses, sausage stuffers, meat grinders, grinders, juicers, mutton roll slicers, and so on. They even have small stone mills, and they bought more than one of each.
We bought quite a few stoves, including those for heating, cooking, making soup, and stewing meat, some for burning coal briquettes, some for burning charcoal, some for burning firewood, and some for burning solid fuels.
There are even more smaller items.
Since the shelves, cutting boards, workbenches, and other items I ordered haven't arrived yet, they're currently piled up haphazardly in the woodshed, looking quite messy.
Since Lin Momo neither knew how to build a stove nor could she ask for help, and even if she wanted to, there probably weren't many people in the village who knew the skill, she decided to simply use a portable wood-fired stove.
The order has been placed, and now we're just waiting to receive the goods.
After we built a new house, we've been using gas and an induction cooker, but we still got a small wood-fired stove, though we don't use it often.
Lin Momo estimated that she would gradually get used to using a wood-fired stove.
As for the bathroom, it can be set up next to the toilet.
Lin Momo bought a wooden bath tub and also purchased a portable shower machine online. It has a very large capacity, holding 100 liters of water, so she doesn't have to worry about running out of water while showering.
Once the power is turned on, hot water is available, which can be used for both showering and washing.
If there's no phone, you can pour in hot water, add cold water, and wash it.
Lin Momo stumbled upon this bathtub while browsing online, and immediately thought it was incredibly useful, as if it were tailor-made for her, so she bought two right away.
As for how to deal with the wastewater from showering, it's quite simple.
All you need to do is buy a waterproof tray, connect a pipe to the bottom that leads directly to the drain. That way, when you shower while standing in the tray, you won't have to worry about sewage flowing around your feet.
*
After finishing these tasks, Lin Momo immediately started taking stock of the supplies in her space, following the supply list.
It also means to check for omissions and fill gaps.
She currently has over a million yuan in funds, including about 400,000 yuan in cash.
The space isn't fully stocked yet; both living rooms upstairs and downstairs are still empty, the basement is half full, and the rooftop hasn't been used either.
Lin Momo doesn't necessarily have to fill the space completely.
Next, if there are any things you feel you need, then buy some more; otherwise, these are enough.
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