Back to 1984: Hunting in the Mountains

Mi Yali was sweeping the fallen leaves outside the door early in the morning when she suddenly heard the sound of a motorcycle. An idea immediately popped into her mind: could it be Yu Qiutang coming?

When I looked up, I saw Yu Qiutang's motorcycle speeding towards me on the village road in the distance.

I was suddenly curious and a little happy.

She didn't continue sweeping. Instead, she stood up with the broom, waiting for Yu Qiutang to arrive with a smile.

"squeak!"

The motorcycle screeched to a halt in front of her, kicking up dust.

Yu Qiutang took off his helmet and smiled at her.

Miali was wearing a light green jacket. Since she was at the doorstep of her home, she did not wear a coat over the outside. Through the buttons, she could vaguely see the autumn clothes underneath.

Yu Qiutang suddenly felt an impulse.

It was the primitive desire that a man had for a woman, and his eyes, driven by this desire, suddenly changed, and a bit of greed emerged in his smile.

"Why are you here?"

Miali didn't notice his eyes. When she saw Yu Qiutang coming, she felt happy but a little shy.

Even though it has been confirmed, they still have more than a month before the wedding, but it hasn't happened yet after all.

Besides, even if I did it, I would still be shy.

Women in this era rarely take the initiative to express their love, let alone sexual desire.

Many married women, already having one or two children, still don't dare to change clothes in front of their husbands.

Miali's crisp voice was like a clear mountain spring, extinguishing Yu Qiutang's impulse. He felt regretful for his vulgar behavior just now.

"I miss you, come and see you."

"what."

Miyali didn't expect him to be so direct. She suddenly didn't know what to say. She lowered her head and said, "It's only been a few days since we last met."

"It's been almost half a month, right?"

"No, it's only been nine days."

Miali corrected herself immediately, but then she realized that she actually remembered it very clearly, and became even more shy.

"Are you really okay with me?"

"Really not."

"Then why are you so busy..." Mi Yali suddenly remembered something and looked up at Yu Qiutang, "I heard that you have an uncle..."

"Yes, my fourth uncle is gone."

"So sudden."

Miali wanted to say a few words of comfort, but when she thought about how she had heard about the death, she felt that her question was too rash. This kind of thing should not be brought up in person.

The truth is, she was a little bit clueless in front of Yu Qiutang.

I said it without thinking.

"Well, it's a blessing to die. He was also a miserable man."

Yu Qiutang could now talk calmly about his fourth uncle's affairs, as if the man had been buried in the ground and the story was over. Not only was the man buried, but the emotions placed on him also faded a lot.

"Um."

Miali nodded.

Yu Qiutang looked at her and found that she might have been in a hurry to get up in the morning and had not yet braided her hair, which was hanging messily on her face, so he reached out to help her comb it.

This was an action he often did in his previous life, but it scared Mia Li. She subconsciously wanted to step back, but only took half a step back. She immediately reacted and did not continue, allowing Yu Qiutang to help her fix it.

"I got up late and haven't combed my hair yet."

She felt embarrassed that a man saw her in such a slovenly state before she got married.

Yu Qiutang took his hand back and said lovingly, "It looks good. It looks good no matter what it looks like."

"Oh."

Miyali agreed, then smiled and said, "No, I'm not pretty at all."

"Then you can't judge people well."

Miali had no ability to pick up the gag. It took her a moment to realize that she was being praised again.

"Let's go in?"

"Not going in."

"Ah, you finally ..."

Miyali blurted out, but then she felt like she was being too excited, so she slowed down her voice, "Just come in and sit down, there's no point in standing at the door and talking."

"No, I have a lot of things to do at home. I just suddenly missed you, so I came to see you. Now that I've seen you, it's time to go back."

As Yu Qiutang spoke, he started the motorcycle and prepared to put on his helmet.

"Are you really leaving?"

Miali felt a little lost.

His eyes began to show anxiety.

"Well, wait a month, and you can see me every day."

"OK then."

When Yu Qiutang saw that Mi Yali responded to these words with an honest and cute manner, he suddenly felt itchy in his heart and wanted to hug her and kiss her hard.

But he still held back.

"Let's go."

Putting on the helmet, the motorcycle kicked up a cloud of dust and left the girl with a melancholy look on her face.

Miali kept staring at the car as it drove away and finally disappeared from her sight.

Then she picked up the broom melancholy and began to sweep the yard slowly. Every few sweeps, she subconsciously looked up into the distance, as if she was hoping that the man was just joking with her and the car would return soon.

But I never waited.

"Humph."

She secretly made a slight complaint.

Then, she remembered his dusty appearance just now and those "unbridled" words he said without any scruples, and the faint complaint quickly disappeared without a trace.

"this person."

Transformed into a whisper like the breeze.
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Yu Qiutang, do you think you are a teenager?

This kind of romance is something that only young people do.

He remembered what his child had told him in his previous life, saying that their classmates in college would stand outside the girls' dormitory with a guitar and sing passionate songs because they liked a girl.

I am the same now.

Yu Qiutang's face was buried in the helmet, but wind still flowed in through the gaps in the helmet. It should have been quite cold, but he could not feel it. Instead, his face felt extremely hot.

The body gradually warms up.

This condition continued until he reached his new home, when he took off his helmet and felt the cold wind pouring into his neck, which finally relieved the condition.

When he left yesterday, there was still some finishing work to be done here. When he came back today, everything had been completely cleaned up.

The whole yard has been cleaned, and only some traces of the stove can be vaguely seen.

These marks are still quite obvious on the brick floor for now, but as time goes by, the original color of the red bricks will soon return.

After a simple breakfast, Yu Qiutang led everyone to start arranging the house to live in. His yard was divided into two parts, the southern part was less than two acres, and was reserved for breeding according to the original plan.

In the middle, a hollow wall is built with bricks and has a curved door.

The north side, about one acre in area, is their real yard.

This design is mostly consistent with the original one, but there are some slight differences. The main reason is that during the later stage of construction, Yu Qiutang felt that it would be better to have more houses in the yard.

If there are too many houses, you don't have to live in them, but if there are too few, it will be difficult to add more. So the number of original houses has almost doubled.

There are now a total of fourteen rooms in the entire yard.

There are five rooms on the north side, the middle one is the big room, which is also the main hall, used to entertain guests, with two side rooms on each side, and the kitchen in the northwest corner.

Five rooms on the west side.

There are three rooms on the east side, one of which is a warehouse, one is a reserved garage, and the last one is what he plans to turn into a bathroom in the future.

The house facing north is, of course, in the best location.

Facing south, you can avoid the northwest wind and enjoy more sunshine every day.

So the houses here are the warmest.

As for the summer, the houses here are all built like cave dwellings, which means they are warm in the winter and cool in the summer. Besides, the temperature in the summer is not that high.

A big house cannot accommodate people.

There are two bedrooms on each side.

Originally, Yu Qiutang planned to let his two sisters choose one room each.

My eldest sister can’t go back for the time being, so she has to stay here for a while. It’s not convenient for her to take care of two children, so she must be taken care of specially.

And my third sister has leg discomfort, and it’s warm here, so it’s not too humid to cause leg pain.

But after talking to my two sisters, they all refused to live in the north and chose to live in the west instead.

The reason is that the house here has not been occupied yet and it cannot affect the bride's joy.

Yu Qiutang did not insist in the end.

I had no choice but to let them arrange it themselves.

The final arrangement is as follows:
My eldest sister and her two children are temporarily living in the first room on the west side, which is almost the same location as the room on the north side and can get a lot of sunlight.

The third sister and Xiaoyun were next to her.

The third room is reserved for Chunju.

Before building the house, he had already thought about it. Before Yu Qiujiang built the house, he would let the brother and sister move in and live together.

There is no need to have so many empty houses here. The two of them live in a lonely little house.

Living together, we can eat together and take care of each other.

Anyway, Chunju has a very good relationship with her third sister and Xiaoyun.

Chunju, this girl, only lived with her brother before and had never met many people, so she seemed introverted. Later, when more people came here, her lively nature was gradually exposed and she became a very fun child.

The room next to Chunju was left for Yu Qiujiang.

The room at the edge closest to the south is Xiaowei's room.

Because Yu Chunxing didn't want to live on the north side, the rest of the people followed suit and wanted to live on the west side.

Finally, Yu Qiutang was the only one left on the north side.

Feeling more lonely.

After the house was arranged, the next step was to add various furniture and bedding. Since his father Yu Dejin mentioned that all the furniture here was made by him, Yu Qiutang did not refuse.

Now that his father's relationship with him is better than before, he can use it if possible.

If a person has never received sufficient love from his or her father or mother, no matter how much he or she says he or she doesn't want it when he or she grows up, he or she will always feel something is missing deep down.

After all, who would be willing to refuse a warm family relationship?

Yu Qiutang didn't enjoy much in his previous life, so since he could enjoy it in this life, he just let it go.

Apart from the furniture, what remains are bedding, sheets, and some basic daily necessities.

There were some old things that could be used, but Yu Qiutang felt that the new house was a new look, and using the old things gave people an uncomfortable feeling, so he planned to replace them all with new ones.

He had just received a sum of money last night, and after adding the remaining income and expenses from his fourth uncle's funeral, he had less than four thousand yuan left, which was more than enough to buy these things.

He had no other intention.

I just want to let my poor sisters, nephews and nieces enjoy a life they have never imagined before.

He has lived a lifetime and enjoyed many happiness in the world.

What he needs most now, and what he cares about most, is the relationship with his family and friends.

Seeing everyone happy and joyful, he was happy from the bottom of his heart.

It will be even more perfect when the time comes to marry Miali.

After spending most of the day, everyone had chosen their own rooms. Everyone else was fine except Yu Qiujiang, who was still polite. This was mainly because everyone else was Yu Qiutang's close relatives, while he and Chunju were a little distant.

But he could not resist Yu Qiutang's persuasion, and asked him to think not only for himself but also for Chunju. Chunju was such a grown-up girl, and had always lived with his brother. It was not only a problem of loneliness, but gradually some of the inconveniences of life as a girl would arise.

Yu Qiujiang himself has no experience and can't help much.

Now that I live with other sisters, we can talk to each other better.

Only then did Yu Qiujiang completely let go of his worries.

In the afternoon, Yu Qiutang took his elder sister to the street to buy various bedding.

He is not good at this kind of thing, but his eldest sister, as a professional housewife, is quite familiar with it.

It helped him a lot.

When buying things, the eldest sister would also give him some common sense about marriage, and when seeing related items, she would also tell him how to choose in the future, etc.

I also gained a lot of knowledge.

Next, there is the issue of moving.

According to the local moving customs, there are quite a lot of rules.

For example, you cannot enter the house empty-handed. On the moving day, when you walk into the new house for the first time, you should hold something valuable or with good meanings in your hands, such as a wheat bucket, a passbook, a red envelope, etc., which symbolizes that the new home will have a fulfilling future and more and more wealth.

You should choose an auspicious day, refer to the lunar calendar for moving, try to avoid family members' birthdays, and choose an auspicious day to move. Moving time is usually before noon, which is considered to be more in line with home feng shui.

You should bring a new pillow when you move into the new house. Moving represents a transfer of aura, and a new pillow symbolizes starting over. You can hold the new pillow when you open the door and enter the house according to the number of people in the family, and then place it according to individual beds.

On the day of moving, the stove must be lit, not left cold. You can cook something sweet, such as sweet rice balls or sweet tea, which symbolizes family reunion and sweetness.

The air quality and environment of the new home may not be very good, and there may be collisions during the moving process, which is not good for pregnant women. Therefore, before moving, pregnant women should go back to their parents' home to live for a while, and then move back to the new home after moving and cleaning.

Say more auspicious words and phrases, set off firecrackers when entering the house, don't get angry or curse, say more auspicious words to add to the festive atmosphere.

Turn on the lights on the night of moving into the house. After moving is completed, all the lights should be turned on on the first night until the next day to ensure that the energy in the house is strong and continuous.

The housewarming celebration should be held within a week. Within a week after moving, invite relatives, friends, and neighbors to your home to have some fun, chat, dine, and have fun. The more lively the better, as it can help to ward off evil spirits.

Yu Qiutang actually no longer believed in these so-called customs, but seeing that everyone was so excited and enthusiastically discussing the moving ceremony, he did not object.

People of different eras have different cultural beliefs.

These things cannot be measured narrowly by superstition or other means, but should be based on everyone's desire for a happy life.

The moving day is set on the sixth day of the twelfth lunar month.

That day was a good day for moving and breaking ground. (End of this chapter)