Chapter Thirty-Seven: Moving to the City
After these days of getting along, she already hated Mrs. Xia of the Yang family.
After eating, after playing at her grandmother's house for a while, Qingbao knew that it was impossible for her grandmother's room to sleep with so many children, so she sensibly proposed to go home as soon as possible.
Huang Liuniang naturally knew that it was impossible for so many children to live here, no matter how Huang Grandma kept her, she still let the children go home one by one. Grandma Huang had no choice but to find a car and send the children back.
Back home, Xia Shouping had already prepared dinner.
Seeing that only the children had returned, and his wife had still not returned, the disappointment on Xia Shouping's face was very obvious.
While eating, Qingbao told him that she had already sent the money for worshipping his ancestors, so that he didn't have to worry about it anymore, and he would concentrate on selling sugar in the future.
Seeing that his daughter was talking about things, Xia Shouping, who had always had no opinions, obediently obeyed his six-year-old daughter's arrangement.
From the next day, Qingbao's family began the days of not having Huang Liuniang and Qingbao running the house.
After making sugar every day, Qingbao would count the numbers, and repeatedly instructed Erzhu to keep an eye on Xia Shouping, so as not to let people take advantage of him.
Fortunately, although Xia Shouping is cowardly, he is still honest and reliable, and the amount of money he has every day can match the account. Qing Bao saw that he took the money and didn't let Xia Shouping have a penny in his hand, saving him from filling the bottomless pit of someone else's house.
When there is nothing to do, it is Xia Shouping and Erzhu who go to sell sugar, and Qingbao and Sansiwuzhu are at home. If Xia Shouping has something to do, such as sweeping the grave and going to the grave, it is a few children who go to the city to sell candy together.
Although there is no Huang Liuniang at home, under the care of Qingbao, she is living in an orderly manner.
Seeing that Xia Shouping and his wife were not at home every day, Huang Liuniang had not passed for a long time, and Mrs. Xia also came to Qingbao's house to take a look, Qingbao naturally said that her mother was sick and sent Mrs. Xia away.
More than a month later, Huang Liuniang asked Xia Shouping to carry the letter, saying that she had found a house in the city, and asked Qingbao to start packing up her things at home and preparing to move.
Moving is a big deal, Xia Shouping had to report to Mrs. Xia and Mr. Xia, this kind of thing, Qingbao did not mix, but before Xia Shouping left, he taught Xia Shouping to tell a lie, saying that Huang Liuniang was pregnant with this fetus in an incorrect position, and the doctor said that he should observe the situation at any time, so he had to move to the city.
Xia Shouping went to the middle of the night, and when he came back, his face was depressed, although he didn't say it, Qingbao also guessed that Mrs. Xia must have scolded him.
In this era, we pay attention to "raising children to prevent old age", and Mrs. Xia naturally hopes that her son will live next to her, and she will be filial to her every day, not to mention that this son is so obedient and filial. Now that this obedient son is moving away, Mrs. Xia will definitely not happily congratulate her son on moving to a new house.
Qingbao didn't use Xia Shouping, he commanded the three or four pillars at home to pack up his things, luggage, clothes, food utensils, only those farm tools that were not needed, ready to stay at home.
Before they moved, the eldest aunt Yang and the eldest uncle Xia Shouye came to Qingbao's house one night, and their intention had already made Qingbao guess that they wanted to borrow a house.
Dahu is already fourteen years old, and he can marry next year, the money they built a house was enough, and after losing two taels of Qingbao's family, he couldn't build it, this time he learned that Qingbao's family was going to move to the city, so he hurried to borrow a house, ready to marry Dahu. Of course, this is the reason given by the Yang couple, and Qingbao really doesn't believe it.
According to Qingbao's opinion, this house is lent to no one to lend to the Yang family, Dahu is a long-term residence after marriage, Qingbao's family will definitely come back for the New Year during the Spring Festival, and whether Dahu can let out the house is a problem, don't make it difficult for your family to return.
It's a pity that when he heard the eldest brother and sister-in-law mention the matter of two taels of silver, Xia Shouping agreed.
At this point, Qingbao has no room to refute.
Fortunately, my family is about to move to the city, and I don't look at their bad things.
May 20 is an auspicious day for relocation, early in the morning, Uncle Huang and Second Uncle Huang drove the car and pulled Huang Liuniang back.
After Huang Liuniang came back, accompanied by Uncle Huang and Xia Shouping, she went to Mrs. Xia to talk about the move. In front of Uncle Huang, although Mrs. Xia was unhappy, she didn't say anything excessive.
Things have already been sorted out by Qingbao, Uncle Huang, Second Uncle Huang and Xia Shouping just care about moving up, Huang Liuniang looked at this small home with reluctance, while checking whether there were any things left, when she saw Qingbao digging out a large bag of silver and copper coins from the corner, she nodded Qingbao's little head, and smiled with some surprise: "You girl is really weird!" ”
Qingbao took this as a compliment, and handed the big bag of copper coins to Huang Liuniang with a smile, Huang Liuniang held the copper coins in one hand and pulled her daughter in the other, and got into the car leaving home together.
Before leaving, Mrs. Xia actually led the Yang family and the Zhang family to see off Qingbao's family, which was really an accident for Qingbao.
Mrs. Xia held Huang Liuniang and Xia Shouping's hands and cried, Yang and Zhang even squeezed out tears, and asked Huang Liuniang to take care of her body.
Qingbao pouted behind Huang Liuniang, this group of people, all of them are good actors!
After everyone said goodbye, Qingbao's family got into the car.
There weren't many things, and Uncle Huang and Second Uncle Huang also drove two cars, although there were more people, they didn't feel more crowded.
Sitting in the car, Huang Liuniang looked out of the car window at the distant village, and sighed melancholy.
From marrying here at the age of fifteen to leaving at the age of thirty, the best part of her life has been in this dilapidated village.
And now, life has taken a big turn, and after living here for fifteen years, she is going back to the city where she grew up fifteen, and fate is really so strange.
Qingbao and the four pillars have no nostalgia for this broken village, Qingbao has no feelings for this place, and the four pillars are looking forward to a new life in the city, chattering along the way.
The carriage ran very fast, and it didn't take an hour to reach the city. Uncle Huang was in front, and drove the car to a small courtyard with a single family.
Erzhu probably came here and shouted to his younger siblings: "Look, this is our new home, it's spacious!" The four pillars pulled Qingbao out of the car, and ran in a swarm.
Although this yard is not too big, it is much larger than the previous two-room home.
There are three rooms in the front, two rooms in the west wing, the courtyard is still planted with green vegetables, and a few bunches of flowers are planted on the wall, but unfortunately it is not the time to flower, and the flowers have not yet opened.
Huang Liuniang saw that Qingbao's face also showed joy, and couldn't help laughing: "Liuya, don't you always say that you want to sleep in a room by yourself?" This time, the West Wing is for you to live in, okay? ”
At first glance, when he heard that he could live in a room by himself, Qingbao couldn't believe his ears.
Can I finally have my own room?
It's not easy, it's not easy, it's not easy!!
Qing Bao snorted and rushed into the west wing, startling Huang Liuniang next to him.
I wanted to stop my daughter and tell her that girls should be steady, but when she saw her daughter's happy appearance, she didn't stop her daughter, and her heart was filled with joy and sorrow in an instant.
Happily, the youngest daughter got what she wanted, and finally she didn't have to squeeze a room with them.
Sadly, if she had moved to the city earlier, her eldest daughter might not have left her......
Qingbao came to the west wing and found that the west wing was divided into two rooms. There was a small kang in the room, and a kang mat was laid bare on it. The room outside was empty, and there wasn't even a table or chair.
Qingbao ran out excitedly and asked Huang Liuniang: "Mother, mother, do you give me those two wings?" ”
Huang Liuniang originally planned to put some sundries in the room outside, but when she saw her daughter's bright little eyes looking at her expectantly, she couldn't help but nodded: "Well, it's all for you, whatever you want." ”
Qingbao jumped up happily: "Mother, you don't have to care about the two wings, I want to do it myself and arrange it myself." ”
Huang Liuniang saw that such an older girl had such thoughts, and couldn't help but tease her: "I really don't have to care about anything?" I wanted to give you a new bedding, but if you don't want it, then give it to Wuzhu. ”
"Yes, yes!" Finally, there is no need to cover the oily old bedding, how can Qingbao care about whether Huang Liuniang teases her or not.
However, it is a house with a single courtyard and a new bedding, where did Huang Liuniang get so much money.
Qingbao asked tentatively: "Mother, how much does it cost to rent such a big house, and the money that grandma gave you?" "The silver is still in her own hands, Huang Liuniang must not have paid for it.
Huang Liuniang sighed: "It was your six uncles who helped my mother make up a year's rent, and the family gave me a new bedding, and your seventh aunt filled in some pots and pans." Liuya, you have to be kind to your brother and them in the future, and when the time comes, you have to be a mother's parent. ”
"yes, I see." Qingbao promised on his lips, but said in his heart, I understood this truth earlier than you, and I have been uniting them for more than two months......
moved to a new home, and under the command of Huang Liuniang, the family quickly settled down.
There are three rooms in the main house, the leftmost one is the bedroom of Huang Liuniang and Xia Shouping, the rightmost one is the bedroom with four pillars, and the middle is the living room and dining room.
There are two rooms in the west wing, but after looking at the size of the room, Qingbao felt that he didn't need two rooms, so he happily gave up the one in the north and changed that one into a kitchen, where cooking and sugar are boiled. And Qingbao regarded the wing room in the south as his boudoir.
The house was very empty, and the Huang brothers got a lot of old tables, chairs and benches, and after washing and scrubbing them, they looked like they were decent. Huang Liuniang distributed the old and new bedding, she felt sorry for her daughter, gave Qingbao a new set of cotton bedding, and gave Qingbao a light green sheet. This is the most colorful fabric Qingbao has seen since crossing here, which makes Qingbao who loves beauty love it.