Take Arada back to the past

Chapter 415, The Last Spring Festival

The next morning, when the sky was dark, Yang Xiaole went out early.

In winter, the sun rises relatively late, so I get up before dawn (it gets up around 7:30), and there are already people in the compound.

But this is not a problem for Yang Xiaole.

Entering the space, you were already outside the compound when you came out.

After waiting in the nearby alley for a long time, they saw Qu Ying carefully coming out of the house.

After the other party came over, he patted his chest and said, "How did you get out? They were all up, brushing their teeth and washing their faces! They weren't seen."

"Hey, then you ask them, just say: Hey, Uncle Wang, did you see Xiaole go out of my room?"

"Snapped!"

The joke earned Qu Ying a slap in the face: "What nonsense are you talking about! Can I ask that?"

"Hehe, I'm just kidding! Don't worry, you'll never see it."

Yang Xiaole said with a smile, and then asked, "By the way, have you told Uncle Wang?"

"I told you!"

"Hey, okay! Get in the car!"

After Qu Ying got into the car, the two of them rode towards their new home in the dark.

"Hey, isn't this where we live at the grain station? Is it nearby?"

In the darkness, Qu Ying passed by an alley and asked curiously.

Yang Xiaole smiled when he saw this: "You still remember!"

"Of course I remember! I lost my food book that time, and you helped me find it!"

How could he not remember this place!

In other words, the beginning of her relationship with Yang Xiaole and the change in her concept of him started from here.

Slowly until the back...

Thinking of this, she had some memories.

Yang Xiaole laughed while riding the bike: "I still remember, someone was crying!"

"Oh, why are you so annoying! Humph..."

Qu Ying pouted and snorted dissatisfiedly at him.

She has rarely cried since her mother left.

I was really anxious that time, and there was nothing I could do. If I was fine in normal times, then the food supply started to become tight. This shortage would be enough for one month.

Don't be anxious!

Yang Xiaole chuckled.

He took her around a corner on a bicycle and arrived at his new home.

In fact, when he went back last night, he knew that this place was actually just across the street from their alley.

They just live in it.

"We're here, go in, it will be dawn in a while."

After the car was parked, Yang Xiaole handed her the key and said with a smile.

Then the two of them went over to open the door and went in directly.

After coming in, Qu Ying looked around.

"You go in first, and I'll go to the kitchen to get something. I'll be there in a minute."

It was already getting slightly brighter now. Although Qu Ying was a little hesitant, she still took the key and went straight there.

Yang Xiaole smiled when he saw this, came to the kitchen, and opened the door.

There was no rush to turn on the light.

He quietly placed the coal and firewood he had forgotten in the corner of the kitchen, and then turned on the light.

I didn’t do too much, just enough to last for a while.

After all, the kitchen is so big.

There is a shed made of wooden planks next to the kitchen. Judging from the wood chips and cinders inside, it should be where coal and firewood were stored.

When he came over, he naturally brought a bucket and a rag.

I didn't think of it before, but now I naturally use it as an excuse to put it in the kitchen.

After finishing it, he carried the things to the pool.

After opening it, the water froze again.

He shook his head and ignored it, and came to the main room.

"How about it?"

Looking around at the people inside, he asked with a smile.

Qu Ying nodded vigorously: "Well, the nice furniture is all new, but it's a little dusty."

Yang Xiaole held a flashlight in his hand and shined it into the study, letting her take a look and then came out.

When he came to the bedroom, he smiled and said, "Look, this bed is big enough and strong enough. No matter how loud the noise is, you can't hear it from the next door."

Then he tutted: "But we should still get a heated bed. This bed is too cold to sleep on in the winter. Don't worry, I'll find someone to come over and give you a heated bed. That will make sleeping in the winter more comfortable."

Qu Ying heard what he said before and no longer wanted to talk to him.

After hearing the following words, he continued the topic: "Is the kang comfortable to sleep on?"

She has never slept on a hot bed.

But she knew that Yang Xiaole's house had a special fire kang, so she still asked for his opinion.

"It's comfortable, big and strong."

As he spoke, he held Qu Ying in his arms.

Qu Ying nestled in his arms, with a happy smile on her face, and said with a smile: "Okay, you can do it. I have already asked for leave from the factory. It depends on the day when the train can be purchased. Just ask someone to come over and do it.”

Yang Xiaole let go of her and nodded: "Okay! I'll buy a ticket for you later. When do you want it?"

There are only ten days left until the Chinese New Year.

"Everything is fine! Everything is fine for today. Go early and come back early."

Yang Xiaole agreed: "Let's go make a fire and wipe this a little bit. Anyway, the house over there isn't for rent, so there's no rush. After you come back and move in, I'll go talk to my mother. Give us your house."

Qu Ying nodded: "Okay!"

Then the two of them left the room and came to the kitchen.

"Can you use this stove?"

Qu Ying smiled and shook her head: "I've never used it before! I used to use coal stoves."

While talking, he went to the stove and took a look.

"Here, here are the matches! Try not to set the house on fire."

Yang Xiaole smiled and handed her the match.

Qu Ying rolled her eyes at him and lit a fire.

Seeing her clumsy look, Yang Xiaole went over and got some dry corn stalks to light the fire.

Got some more dry firewood.

The firewood was lit.

After finishing it, he came to the water tank, quietly put some water in, and started to boil it.

The water tank is dirty, the pot is dirty.

But it doesn’t matter, it was just there to clean up, just wash it and it’ll be fine.

The two of them were chatting there while they were doing it.

When the water boils, take a ladle and pour the tap water on it.

It's more convenient to do it when no one is around.

The tap water is leaking, but there is still scale in it, but it is much lighter than yesterday.

Qu Ying took the wooden bucket, added some cold water and hot water and went to clean the room.

Fortunately, we didn't move here and didn't leave any garbage behind.

Yang Xiaole watched Qu Ying happily making things in the house, while he half-closed the kitchen door, put the water vat, noodle vat and other things into the space and washed them.

After doing it, put it back in its original place.

I added some water to the pot and boiled it there, and the fire was basically extinguished.

"How about it?"

After Yang Xiaole came in, he saw the other person busy there and asked with a smile.

"It's still early! Is there something wrong?"

"Yes! We made an appointment to go to the housing management office to go through the formalities at 8:30. Let's go."

"Oh!"

Seeing this, Qu Ying rubbed the rag and put it away.

He looked through his household registration book again and said, "Okay, let's go!"

Then the two of them walked outside.

After coming out, he locked the door and rode towards the alley behind.

Arriving at the place, he knocked on the door.

After a while, the uncle opened the door.

Yang Xiaole saw this and smiled and said, "Uncle Feng, can you pass now?"

The other party glanced at the two of them and nodded: "Where's the money?"

Hearing this, Yang Xiaole looked around, walked into the room, and handed him the money he had prepared.

The old man took the money, counted it several times, and checked it carefully.

Finally he nodded: "No problem, let's go!"

He didn't mention anything, so he obviously had it ready.

It wasn't too far from the street office, so the three of them walked over.

When he came to the housing management office of the subdistrict office, Yang Xiaole did not go in. After all, many people at the subdistrict office knew him.

Anyway, the money has been given, so there is nothing to worry about.

Waited outside for nearly an hour.

Qu Ying came out happily. "Are you ready? Where is Uncle Feng?"

Yang Xiaole watched her come out and asked. Then he looked behind him and didn't see the old man asking curiously.

"Uncle Feng said he wants to sell his house to the housing management office, so he's negotiating with them over there!"

Hearing this, Yang Xiaole nodded.

She took Qu Ying's property ownership certificate and looked at it carefully, making sure there was no problem before returning it to her.

"Okay, the formalities have been completed. This will be our new home from now on. Do you go to work now, or should I take you to buy a bus ticket?"

Qu Ying felt sweet in her heart when she heard "our new home".

He looked at his watch and saw that it was only ten o'clock, so he said, "Let's go to the station and have a look! I asked for leave in the morning, so I still have time."

Yang Xiaole naturally didn't care.

It's a holiday now anyway.

I rode my bike to the train station. One bus was tomorrow morning, and another one was seven days later.

Qu Ying hesitated for a moment, but finally decided to buy the car for tomorrow morning.

Because it takes time to get there, if we leave after seven days, we may arrive very late.

Yang Xiaole naturally didn't care anymore.

I bought a ticket and sent Qu Ying back to the factory.

She still had to talk to her work unit.

Watching Qu Ying walking towards his work unit, he rode back to his new home.

But in the meantime, he still rode his bicycle to nearby department stores and hardware stores and bought everything he needed to buy.

In addition to quilts and clothes, you can just bring your bags and move in.

By the way, I bought a thin mattress for the fire bed.

Otherwise the heat transfer will be too slow.

After coming back, I fixed the stove, washbasin, etc., and wiped everything in the house before I left.

But he didn't leave in a hurry. Instead, he went through the nearby neighbors and found someone who was making a fire bed.

After making an agreement, he went home.

Qu Ying left early the next morning.

Naturally, he didn't sleep at home at night and "comforted" the other party.

Early the next morning, Qu Ying was put on the train to the northwest with a smoke ring and resentment.

As for what you need to bring, there aren’t really many things.

What Yang Xiaole means is that if you bring enough money and national food stamps, you can buy everything there.

However, there are only a few cities in the country where meat tickets are open to supply.

But with national food stamps, these are not problems.

After being put on the train, Qu Ying was reluctant to leave, and then he returned home after the train left.

The Chinese New Year is only about ten days away.

When she got home, Wang Qiuju was busy there. When she saw him coming back, she glanced at him and stopped looking.

"Mom, am I no longer your biological child? When I come back, you won't even say hello!"

Hearing this, Wang Qiuju rolled her eyes and didn't bother to pay attention to him.

From time to time, he would yell at the naughty Xia Tian and Xiao Qiu next to him.

Yang Xiaole chuckled upon seeing this.

Didn't care either.

He looked around the room and asked, "Where are Xizi, Xiaoli and the others?"

After hearing this, Wang Qiuju spoke: "If you don't stay home all the time, you can live outside. Xizi went to go skating with Xiaobao and the others, and took Xiaoli and the others with him."

Hearing this, Yang Xiaole nodded.

He picked up Xiaoqiu who was sticking out his butt and making trouble: "Little guy, my second uncle didn't even say hello when he came back!"

By the way, I carried her to the wash basin and got some warm water to wipe her dirty little face.

The little guy was giggling right there.

Xia Tian curled her lips and said: "Grandma said, you are not from our family. You have become a wild child. Oops..."

Halfway through speaking, my head hurt and my mouth became deflated.

"No matter how big or small! I am your second uncle!"

The little guy was still arguing: "That's what grandma said, hit her!!!"

Yang Xiaole rolled his eyes and said to Wang Qiuju: "Mom, Qu Ying is moving away, do you know?"

"Huh? Who did you listen to? I didn't hear that!"

Wang Qiuju's picking movements were slower.

"Oh, she told me that! The money her mother gave her, plus the money saved during this period, bought a house, and she asked us if we wanted it? One hundred and fifty, I told him yes."

"Huh? Really or not? This girl is quite up to date! She doesn't even tell anyone about such a big news!"

Wang Qiuju was surprised for a while.

Then he hurriedly asked: "You told her that you wanted a house? Why do you want a house? You are going to be old soon and you can all get a house in the future, so why buy him?"

Hearing this, Yang Xiaole smiled: "Mom, you can do the math yourself. This house is 16 square meters, which costs 3 yuan and 3 cents a month. It costs 6 yuan a year. It costs 40 yuan in four years. Can I graduate from college in four years?”

This is not unknown.

Wang Qiuju was furious when she did the calculation: "I told them not to let Xiaoli and the others rent a house. If they insist on renting, they will have to pay 40 yuan a year, which is enough to buy a house after living there for several years."

Yang Xiaole rolled his eyes when he heard this.

My brain is so... strange!
Then he continued: "Mom, do you think it's a good deal? After they get married, won't this house still belong to our family?"

Wang Qiuju heard this, thought about it for a while and then said: "Don't tell me, it's really not a good deal!"

"Yes, so I agreed. It will be more convenient for my little sister and the others to move in next door. Isn't my house considered a rental? When the time comes, we will exchange the property rights with Qu Ying's. The three wing rooms connected together belong to our family, and Qu Ying’s room is ours to rent.”

In fact, the houses in this compound are generally not for sale.

Only points.

After all, Qu Ying's old house collapsed, so she had the right to sell it when she was assigned here.

Other families have no right to buy or sell as long as they are divided by work units.

Otherwise, Uncle Zhao's house was not in bad condition before and he would have bought the property next door, so he wouldn't have had to argue with the street office for so long to no avail.

Wang Qiuju listened for a while and said blankly: "You have confused me."

Hearing this, Yang Xiaole explained again: "What I mean is..."

After listening, Wang Qiuju finally understood: "You mean, of the three rooms we live in, two are allocated by your father's work unit, and the remaining one is rented, and then the rented one is replaced by Qu Ying's. The house will be sold to us, and Qu Ying’s house will be returned to the street, and we will rent it, is this what it means?”

Yang Xiaole smiled and nodded: "Yes! That's what it means."

It's a bit convoluted indeed.

Wang Qiuju nodded after hearing this, but still said: "I have to wait until your father comes back to ask your father, I can't make the decision!"

Yang Xiaole smiled when he heard this: "Okay!"

As long as there is no problem in the mind, everyone will basically agree.

It is to exchange the house where I live with Qu Ying's house. This is more troublesome and I have to contact the street office.

Director Sun may have to come forward.

But we can wait until Qu Ying comes back from there.

While thinking, I heard Wang Qiuju muttering: "How come you know about Qu Ying first?"

"Hey, don't forget, Qu Ying lost her book before, and I found it. Besides, she and I are about the same age, and we have a common language. Besides, you all look at people with strange eyes. , Isn’t it normal for people to have nothing to say to you?”

Hearing this, Wang Qiuju glared at him: "When did I look at people with crooked eyes?"

"Tch, you said no, then what do you mean by telling me not to get involved with Qu Ying if you have nothing to do!!"

After saying that, Wang Qiuju ignored her, put Xiaoqiu down, and went directly back to the house.

Wang Qiuju rolled her eyes for a while.

……

After Qu Ying left, Yang Xiaole went to Suo Ye's place to run around, Lin Junsheng's place to deliver things, and occasionally went to Qiao Yan's place to visit.

By the way, I'll clean up Qu Ying's house and add some if I feel like it's missing.

I usually just go out to skate and have fun.

Time gradually came to New Year's Eve.

This morning, the whole family got up early to welcome the last day of 65 years.

This is what Yang Xiaole calls the last Spring Festival.

"Xiao Le, why did you buy this? I'm thinking about changing it next year!"

Yang Xiaole is hanging paintings in the central hall with her eldest brother.

Wang Qiuju muttered something.

There is something popular at any given time.

In the past, the paintings in the nave were all about heaven and earth, kings, relatives and masters, benevolence, justice, etiquette, wisdom and trust.

Or other couplets, with a cheap printed ink painting in the middle.

Nowadays, many people hang long nave paintings of the elderly.

She plans to change it next year.

Yang Xiaole and his eldest brother were hanging paintings there, and said with a smile: "Everyone else has hung up the paintings, so let's hang them up this year so we don't have to replace them when the time comes."

The two of them worked together to fix the things and jumped down.

Looking at the incense burner on the incense table, Yang Xiaole glanced at it. This is the last time I will use you.

Put the incense burner in its proper position and have the candles ready.

As for the couplet, it was naturally written by him himself: Create great achievements through self-reliance, and develop your ambitions through hard work.

It is also a couplet that closely corresponds to the painting in the nave.

Save yourself the trouble and change it later.

The courtyard is very lively at this time, because today will be the busiest New Year's Eve in the past seven years.

(End of this chapter)