Liu Ying is really a very careful person. This is the conclusion Wei Xuan came to after she had worked at home for three days.
Wei Xuan thought she was a very clean person, especially in this era. Most people who came to her house would praise her. It was not until she met Liu Ying that she realized that hers was nothing. She could clean every corner of her house. After she cleaned it, Wei Xuan felt that her house was much bigger.
Things are arranged in an orderly manner and look clean and refreshing. Looking at such a house in the summer can really make people feel much more relaxed.
And since she knew that Wei Xuan loved to eat strong-flavored food because of her pregnancy, she made a light-flavored soup to go with every meal.
From this we can also see that she is very sensible. She will not blindly persuade Wei Xuan to eat bad things, but will only think of ways to reduce the harm caused by those things.
It's really comfortable to get along with such people. Of course, there are also disadvantages.
The only drawback is that the space on the sixth floor is still a bit small, and it is somewhat inconvenient for Liu Ying, a woman, to live there.
Every night when Jiang Che came back, she would go back to her room and stay there. She usually wouldn't come out unless there was nothing else to do.
Not only did she feel awkward, Jiang Che would also feel uncomfortable, so he was even more impatient than Wei Xuan to repair the courtyard house and move in.
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Every day I put most of my energy into the renovation of the courtyard, and put other things that were not too urgent aside.
However, renovating the courtyard house was not an easy task. Wei Xuan wanted the courtyard house to be warm in winter and cool in summer. In addition to building a flue on the wall to create a fire wall, she also had to spend a lot of time on the design. Jiang Che did not understand these, but when he saw Wang Jin walking around the courtyard house with a ruler for ten days before drawing the blueprint for him, he knew that this must not be a simple task.
Wang Jin is Zhang Qinian's student. He doesn't talk much. After taking over Jiang Che's job, the question he asked most often was what the budget was for renovating the courtyard.
Why was it asked the most? Because Jiang Che had no idea how much it would cost to build a courtyard this big. As a result, his answer was a bit vague, and Wang Jin was also stubborn and insisted on getting a specific number.
There was no other way, so he had to tell Wang Jin to get the best materials possible.
Wang Jin nodded after hearing this. Jiang Che didn't know how he understood it, but he never asked him this question again.
After the drawing was finished, Jiang Che went to find Master Lu to come and do the work. Master Lu was very interested in this job, and when he heard that Jiang Che had found a professional to provide guidance, he immediately agreed without saying a word.
In this way, the construction of the courtyard house finally started nearly a year after Wei Xuan bought it.
Jiang Che thought about the awkward situation at home, so he asked Master Lu and Wang Jin, "Can you fix the front back house within a month and a half?"
Master Lu frowned in confusion: "Why not start from the main courtyard at the back?" He was planning to start from the back first.
Jiang Che explained: "It's probably impossible to repair so many houses in the main courtyard in a short time. I will use it after the front courtyard is repaired."
Wang Jin didn't care where to start. Jiang Che was his employer anyway, so he would take his wishes first and said, "Okay."
Jiang Che was happy and went home to tell Wei Xuan the good news. After she gave birth, she could live directly in the courtyard house. Although it was an upside-down house, the layout of the house was the same, with a high roof, and it was much cooler than the sixth floor.
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At first, Wei Xuan was a little surprised why Jiang Che came up with this idea, but when she thought about how he still wrapped himself tightly every day when he came back, she understood what he was thinking and couldn't help but laugh.
But his suggestion didn't seem to work... Wei Xuan asked him, "There are only three rooms in the back house, where will we cook?"
Jiang Che was stunned by the question. He had never thought about this question before, because the kitchen was originally designed to be located in the wing of the main courtyard, and it would definitely be too late to change it now.
Seeing him like this, Wei Xuan didn't want to embarrass him anymore and said with a smile, "I've already made up my mind. After I give birth to the baby, I will move to the small courtyard house for a while. When the courtyard house here is renovated, we will move there."
She hadn't thought about living in a small courtyard house before because she thought moving here and there would be too much trouble. It's not impossible to live on the sixth floor, and she could turn on the fan when it's hot. But now that she saw that Sister Liu Ying and Jiang Che were so uncomfortable with each other at home, Wei Xuan had this idea.
Anyway, although that courtyard house is not as big as the current one, it still has several rooms, which should be enough for their family to live in.
Now there is a problem. She has moved away. What should we do with the phone on the sixth floor?
Who would take over the job of answering the phone when she was gone? She could move around a lot, and it was not easy to transfer the phone.
If you move to the small courtyard with her, what will you do when she moves to the big courtyard? Move again? Not to mention whether it is troublesome or not, the people at the telecommunications bureau don't have the time to play with you.
But if I don’t transfer it, someone will have to answer the phone during this time!
Wei Xuan frowned and said, "If that doesn't work, we can only transfer the call to the food store and find someone to answer the phone. From now on, we can just leave it there."
Jiang Che said, "How about I ask my eldest sister to come and stay for a few months and help out?" He didn't really want to leave the phone in the store. If he left the phone at home, he could always contact his wife when he wanted to. If he left it in the store, it wouldn't be so easy.
Wei Xuan knew that mobile phones and pagers would be available soon, but Jiang Che didn't know that. He still felt that it would be more convenient to have a telephone at home.
Wei Xuan asked him: "Isn't it a problem to bring your eldest sister over?" Doesn't she have her own business?
"It's okay. I heard from my mom that my eldest sister's factory hasn't been doing well lately and they can't pay all the wages. You can earn a little more by coming to help me answer the phone."
Wei Xuan still felt that this was not a good idea, but she did not continue the topic. Anyway, Jiang Che would not force her elder sister. If she did not want to, she could refuse. Then he would naturally give up the idea.
She then mentioned her brother-in-law Hao Qing: "My mother called me today and asked me how my brother-in-law was doing here. She also talked about my second cousin's pregnancy, saying that she would be three months pregnant and it would be time for her to show. I wanted to ask my brother-in-law what he was thinking. I don't have a chance to meet him now, so you can ask him when you see him tomorrow." In fact, rural people are now allowed to have a second child, but the prerequisite is that the first child must be a daughter. Wei Yu obviously does not meet this policy.
Jiang Che nodded: "Okay, I'll go ask him tomorrow. By the way, my brother-in-law has been here for a month, right? I have to pay him his salary tomorrow. He needs money to settle his wife and children anyway."
In fact, Hao Qing had been thinking about this matter in his heart even without Jiang Che asking. He had long wanted to bring his wife and children to the city, but because he had only been here for a short time, he had not mentioned it.
His current workplace and residence were provided by Wei Xuan and Jiang Che. He planned to wait until he had worked there for a month before mentioning the matter to Jiang Che, so that he would be in a better position to talk about it by then.
But Jiang Che was really too busy these past two days. Every time he came, he just showed up in a hurry and left, which resulted in him not finding a suitable opportunity to speak.
Today, Jiang Che came to give him his salary, and he finally said what he had been holding back for a long time: "Brother-in-law, I have been out for more than a month. Your second cousin and nephew are still living in her mother's house. I want to bring them here to live. Do you think the house I live in now can be rented to us?"
He can live alone without paying, but if he wants to bring his wife and son over, he still has to pay the rent.
Originally, he was planning to rent a house by himself, but then he thought that this place was empty anyway, and he was used to living here, and it was convenient when he went out by car. It didn't matter where he rented, he might as well rent here, and it would be troublesome to move here and there, so he asked Jiang Che for it.
Jiang Che thought it was no problem. There were enough houses here, so they could accommodate more than one family. However...
"Don't mention the rent, just stay here."
Hao Qing wanted to speak again, but Jiang Che interrupted him, saying, "Alright, just listen to me on this matter and don't mention it again. Otherwise, if my wife finds out, she will scold me."
Hao Qing was amused by his words and skipped the topic and asked him: "Can I take a day off tomorrow?" Since Jiang Che had agreed, the sooner the better, the sooner the better, he wanted to pick up his wife as soon as possible.
Jiang Che thought about it and decided that he could take over the shift tomorrow if he had nothing to do, so he agreed: "Brother-in-law, just drive that old car back to pick up my second sister." The whole family had to move up, so there would definitely be a lot of stuff, and the car was just going to be there anyway, so he might as well let his brother-in-law make the best use of it.
Now, Hao Qing smiled even more happily: "Okay, then I'll drive back to pick them up." This saved him from worrying about how to bring the quilts and clothes from home.
When he returned home at noon, Jiang Che told Wei Xuan that Hao Qing was going back to pick up Wei Yu and the children to live in the courtyard.
"When the time comes, let them live in the main house. We won't be living here for more than a few months anyway, and it won't require my brother-in-law to move again. The three rooms in the wing are enough for us."
Wei Xuan had no objection, as it would be more lively with more people.
However, she suddenly thought: "In fact, we can let their family live on the sixth floor, and then let Wei Yu answer the phone. Isn't this a ready-made candidate?" She doesn't have to trouble her elder sister anymore.
Jiang Che also thought this was a good idea, "Then I'll ask my brother-in-law tomorrow."
As a result, when he arrived at the courtyard the next day, Hao Qing had already driven away. Jiang Che had no choice but to go to work first and tell him about this matter when Hao Qing came back.
Hao Qing thought that if he went back earlier to pick up the people, he could settle down earlier. Considering that it would take nearly two hours to drive to his hometown, he got up early and drove away.
The advantage of getting up early is that it is only half past eight when he enters the village.
Many people in the village saw the car and thought it was Jiang Che who had returned, because he had driven this car when he came back before and the villagers still remembered it. But the car did not stop in front of Old Man Wei's house, but instead stopped in front of his third brother's house.
The person who got off the car was not Jiang Che, but the youngest son of the Hao family.
Oh, they are familiar with this young man. It was not long ago that the Hao family split up. Is the car he drives the one that belongs to the son-in-law from the city in the Wei family?
“Looks alike.”
"I haven't seen him for a while. Could he have gone to the city?"
This awakened everyone, and everyone suddenly realized: "Yes, this is possible. Let's go and ask the Wei family when they come back in the evening."
During the busy farming season, only a few old ladies and old men have the leisure to chat here.
Hao Qing didn't know what they were talking about behind his back. He got out of the car and entered the yard without seeing anyone. He went straight to the room where Wei Yu lived.
Wei Yu had been living in bed almost all this month in order to protect the fetus, so when Hao Qing opened the door and came in, she was still sleeping soundly, but she was a light sleeper and woke up in a daze when she heard the noise.
"Hao Qing? You're back!" Wei Yu propped himself up and sat up in surprise.
Hao Qing walked over and replied, "I'm here to take you and the child to Beijing. Get up quickly and pack your things. When your parents come back, tell them and we'll leave."
"I heard from Second Aunt that you are helping Jiang Che drive a truck now?"
"Well, there's no rush. I'll tell you slowly when you get to Jing City. Let's pack up first."
After not coming back for a month, Hao Qing didn't know which things here belonged to them and which belonged to his father-in-law and mother-in-law, so he had to rely on his wife to give orders.
The two of them packed their things together, and Wei Yu suddenly remembered: "The child still needs to go to school. If he goes to Beijing now, will there be a school to accept him?"
Hao Qing really didn't know. He answered hesitantly, "It should be possible, right? If not, we'll talk about it later."
Wei Yu felt that this was not a good idea. Sending children to school was a big deal, so how could she be so careless?
So she thought for a moment and decided: "How about this, we won't take the child with us this time. We'll take him there after we find a school there." Anyway, with her parents around, Wei Yu was relieved that her child would not suffer.
Hao Qing was not very willing. This time he came back and agreed to take his wife and children over. How could the children not make trouble if they were left alone at home? But his wife was right. He had indeed neglected the school. After thinking for a long time and not being able to think of any other solution, Hao Qing finally nodded and agreed.
"Okay, then I'll trouble my parents for a while." When he got back, he would ask Jiang Che to help him inquire about the school and try to take the child there as soon as possible.
When Wei Yu's parents heard the news and rushed back, the couple had already packed their luggage and put it in the car. When Hao Qing met his father-in-law and mother-in-law, he first thanked them for taking care of Wei Yu and the child during this period, and then told them that the child might have to stay at home for a while.
Finally, he promised: "I will come to pick him up as soon as I finish my school affairs."
"Just take care of your own affairs first. You can rest assured that the child is at home. I will definitely take good care of him for you."
The two old people certainly had no objection to this, not to mention that Hao Qing had given them money, so they didn't have to bear the expenses of the children living at home, so they would not refuse.
After entrusting the child to his parents-in-law, Hao Qing and Wei Yu were about to set off. They did not plan to have lunch at home: "Mom and Dad, we still have a long way to drive back, so we won't delay. We will come back to see you when we have time."
"Hey, go slower on the road."
When the car arrived at the gate of the Wei family, Wei's second brother stopped the car, gave him a bag of things, and asked him to take it back to Jiang Che.
Jiang Che had called back before and said that if he saw any rare food, he would take it back regardless of the price.
Second Brother Jiang has been keeping an eye on it for some time, and just a few days ago he happened to discover this newly ripened grape. The family didn't grow many, and it was only after Second Brother Jiang asked for a high price that they were willing to buy some from him. This stuff can't be kept for long, so he originally planned to pick it and send it over with the truck next time the city came to pick up the goods, but today when he saw Feng Jianshe driving back, Second Brother Jiang immediately rode his bike to that family to pick a few bunches and brought them back. Fortunately he made it in time.
Of course, it wasn’t just Brother Wei who came after hearing the news, there were also members of the Hao family!
Today, while working in the fields, Brother Hao heard someone muttering that his younger brother had returned in a car. He immediately became excited. He thought that since he could drive, did it mean that his younger brother was doing well outside and making money? He didn't have time to think about it, so he ran to Hao's father and mother to call for them to ask for some benefits from his younger brother. However, Hao's father refused to go because he wanted to save face.
Finally, the whole family worked together to persuade him. But when they arrived, Hao Qing had already run away, and they could only vaguely see the shadow of the truck.
This made Hao's father even angrier. He said he wouldn't come, so how could it end now? He cursed Hao Qing in his heart, saying that the little bastard didn't even go home to see his parents after he came back. This was extremely unfilial!
But Hao Qing was not here, and he had no place to vent his anger, so he could only go to Brother Hao: "It's all your fault. People don't even recognize us anymore, but you had to rush over to embarrass yourself."
After saying that, he turned around and left, shaking his hand, not caring about Brother Hao's expression.
When the family was divided, Hao Qing had a huge falling out with his family. It's not an exaggeration to say that he was kicked out, because he got nothing, and he still hasn't gotten over it. How could he possibly go home and seek trouble?
From now on, giving some filial piety money during festivals is the limit for him, and it is impossible to go back to the way things were before.
He also didn't expect that after all he had gone through, his eldest brother still had the nerve to look for him. When his wife was pushed to the ground by her eldest and second sisters-in-law and the baby in her belly was almost lost, his eldest brother not only stood up to apologize, but didn't even give him an egg.
He would never recognize such a brother again.
When the couple arrived in Beijing, there was no time to cook, so Hao Qing went to a state-owned restaurant and bought a few steamed buns and a dish to make do with his meal.
Wei Yu walked around the courtyard and said to Hao Qing, "This house is nice. How much is it per month? It shouldn't be cheap."
Hao Qing said, "This is Wei Xuan's house. It's free. We can live here for free."
"Ah? If she gives the house to you to live in, where will they live? They won't live in her mother-in-law's house, will they?" Wei Yu, who had suffered at the hands of her mother-in-law, felt that Wei Xuan was so great for a moment that she was willing to move in with her mother-in-law in order to make room for them.
Hao Qing didn't know what she was thinking, so he explained while making the bed, "They have another house."
Oh, as long as she doesn’t live with her mother-in-law, Wei Yu breathed a sigh of relief. Otherwise, she would have to endure so much.
Wei Yu wanted to continue asking about Hao Qing's experiences in the past month, but Hao Qing interrupted her and said, "Go to sleep for a while. We can talk after you wake up. There will be plenty of time in the future. There is no need to rush."
Well, ever since she fell last time, Wei Yu felt that this pregnancy was not as easy as when she was pregnant with her first child. She always felt tired. In addition, she had just had a bumpy ride in the car, so it was just right for her to lie down and rest now.
After Wei Yu fell asleep, Hao Qing took the freshly changed bed sheets to the yard to wash and dry them, then went out to buy vegetables with a basket. His wife was not feeling well and needed something good to nourish herself.
In short, when Jiang Che came back from work, he saw Hao Qing cooking in the kitchen, and Wei Yu was sitting under the eaves fanning herself with a palm-leaf fan.
Well, it seems that they have settled down, what else can he say.
Jiang Che got out of the car and greeted Wei Yu: "Second cousin is here."
Wei Yu was still wondering whose car this was and why it drove to her house. Should she chase it away? Unexpectedly, it was Jiang Che. She stood up in surprise, pointed at the car and asked, "Is this your car too?"
"Yeah, I just bought it. How is it? Not bad, right?"
"Not bad," Wei Yu gave him a thumbs up: "Great, now you have two cars."
Jiang Che said modestly: "The truck is not worth much. By the way, why don't you see my nephew?"
Wei Yu was about to speak when Hao Qing came out of the kitchen: "I was going to tell you something. My child is in the fourth grade now and transferred here to study. I don't know if the school will accept him."
This really stumped Jiang Che. He and Wei Xuan both had Beijing hukou, so Yuanyuan didn't encounter these problems when she went to school. At the moment, he could only say, "I'll go back to school and ask for you."
"Thank you so much, brother-in-law. If it weren't for you, we would have no one to ask." The couple have now come to Beijing, leaving their child alone in their hometown. They feel bad no matter how they think about it.
Jiang Che waved his hand: "It's not a big deal." He said goodbye and left: "The child is still waiting for me to pick him up, so I won't stay any longer. Brother-in-law can bring my cousin to our house to play when he has time."
"Of course," Wei Yu answered, and then she suddenly remembered what Brother Jiang asked her to bring, and quickly stopped Jiang Che and said, "Wait a minute, Brother Jiang brought you something, it's in the car."
"Yes, look at my brain, I forgot about this." Hao Qing took the things in the truck bed and gave them to Jiang Che: "It should be fruit or something, my second brother said you asked him for it."
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"I called him and asked for it." Jiang Che took the bag and weighed it in his hand. He felt it was quite heavy and would probably be enough for his wife to eat for a few days. Thinking of her reaction when she found out that he had given the watermelon away last time, it was really funny. Taking this bag back could be considered as atonement for what happened last time.
Jiang Che hurried and finally arrived at school before Yuanyuan finished school.
Yuanyuan came out and saw the bag in his hand and asked, "What is this?"
Jiang Che smiled and said, "Your second uncle brought food for you and your mother."
Yuanyuan has never been short of food since she was a child. She is not very interested in food, but is more interested in her second uncle's house: "Dad is going back to the countryside today?"
"No, your uncle Hao brought it back with him."
"Oh." Yuanyuan stopped talking. She also wanted to go back to play with her brothers and sisters at her uncle's house.
Jiang Che saw what she was thinking, ruffled her hair with amusement, and coaxed her: "When you have a holiday, I will send you back to play for a few days." When his wife gives birth, the daughter will have no one to take care of her, so she can be sent back to the countryside to be taken care of by the father-in-law and mother-in-law for a few days.
Yuanyuan had no idea what a father was thinking, and she was very happy when she heard it.
When the father and daughter returned home, the smiles on their faces had not yet disappeared. Wei Xuan saw them and asked, "What are you so happy about?"
"Mom, Dad said he would send me back to my uncle's house to play." Yuanyuan dropped her schoolbag, ran to her mother and touched her belly.
"That'll have to wait until you have your day off."
Jiang Che also walked over here: "Yes, let's talk about it during the summer vacation."
Since the child was around, the two of them didn't talk about what happened outside.
When they were taking a walk in the evening, Jiang Che told them what happened during the day: "When I came back, they had already packed up. Didn't mom say before that my second cousin was pregnant? I thought it would be a bad idea to ask them to move around at this time, so I didn't say anything. Let me go ask my eldest sister."
Wei Xuan said, "Forget it, let's just go to the food store!"
Why did his wife suddenly make such a decision? Jiang Che looked at her in confusion.
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