marriage is natural

Chapter 311 Happy Events One After Another

"All right, all right, mom doesn't understand, you can make up your mind on this matter, but making money is money making, and you can't leave me behind in your studies. It's only a few months away from the college entrance examination, you can't go on like this, I Look at the papers you spread out on the desk, there are still many unfinished, wash your hands quickly and do your homework!"

Hemu put down the matter of antiques, turned around and grabbed her son's ear and began to read.

"Ouch, mom, just tap it, I'll go right away, and I promise to complete the task before ten o'clock in the evening!"

Only then did He Mu let go, turned around and went back to the kitchen. Seeing that the faucet was not turned off, it was running for at least five or six minutes, and her heart ached because it was all money.

I turned off the faucet and wondered whether to blanch the soaked black fungus first, and put some garlic, rice vinegar, and fresh soy sauce cold salad before the meal, which is also an appetizer.

At this moment, the phone rang at home. Seeing that her son had gone back to his room to do his homework, He Mu lifted up her apron, wiped her hands, and ran over to answer the phone.

It was Aunt He Er who called, and the first sentence she answered was: "Wanfen, I'm here to give you the good news."

It turned out that Lao He's house had officially entered the demolition process in the past few days.

The subsidized resettlement housing has also been marked down, but because the housing resources are scattered in several places in the county and town, for the sake of fairness, we plan to adopt a number lottery method and select them in the order they are drawn. For example, if you get number one, then you are The first person to choose a house, you can choose upstairs and downstairs, with a yard or without a yard. If you get to the last one, you have to wait for all the others to choose, and the rest will be yours.

"The village head took people from door to door to notify, and my father and mother came here and asked me to call you, and asked you and Jianshun to come back in a few days. In addition to lottery, the things in the old house have to be packed. The old house is going to be handed in at the end of the first month... I have inquired, and except for one community that has not been built, all the others are existing houses. So now, I hope that my luck will be better, and I will move to the front No., choose an existing house with a yard, and immediately go through the formalities to move in... The boss and the couple will come to pick up my father and mother tomorrow morning to pick a house in the town. ... Jiankang and I will wait for you to arrive before going together, anyway, it is a lottery, it all depends on luck..."

This is really great news, He Mu beamed with joy.This is all right, when I return to Hejiabu for the New Year in the future, my family will have an independent suite.

"By the way, since my father and mother live with the boss and the others, did you say whether to choose the big one or the small one?"

"What I mean is that the size doesn't matter, but you need a yard. This is the same as what I thought, Wanfen, I also want a set with a yard. I am used to growing vegetables here, and the yard is the yard when I go out. It is easy to get in and out." Convenience, even though I live in a building now, I don’t need to run upstairs every now and then when I go downstairs during the day. If I live like you now, I have to climb stairs to buy groceries, and I have to climb stairs to throw away garbage. If you want to go out, you have to climb the stairs, and once you climb, you are on the fourth floor. The only balcony that you can step out of is still covered, and you can’t even spread out the quilt if you want to dry it. You live here every day, and you can’t suffocate people..."

Aunt He had a lot of miscellaneous chatter, and realized that she was getting off topic, so she quickly brought the topic back: "Sister-in-law means, look at the structure of the house type released, if there is a large house type with a good structure, like the one with a square meter of two hundred One is that they want to get a flat directly, regardless of whether they have a yard or not. If they don’t have a good house type that catches the eye, I will follow the wishes of the elders and let them choose a small apartment with a yard, and the elders can choose another one. It’s a three-bedroom and two-living room, anyway, my father and mother are still doing things right now, so it doesn’t matter if they live separately.”

Mother He nodded secretly when she heard this. She also hoped that the second elder and He's family would live separately, so that they would have a reunion after the Chinese New Year and bring New Year's goods to see the second elder, and there would be no connection with the elders.

"According to the village chief, the number lottery will officially start at 08:30 tomorrow morning, and it will end at 04:30 pm. There will be people on duty at noon, and there will be no rest. The lottery will continue until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Try not to delay those who are going to other places. Demolition households who work part-time. So you and Jianshun should come back as soon as possible, and settle this matter earlier and rest assured."

Aunt He told He Mu a few words according to the wishes of the second elder of the He family, hung up the phone and went to cook.

Mother He rubbed her hands excitedly and wanted to find someone to share the good news with. Father He came back at this time. In order not to disturb his son's homework, he dragged him to the kitchen and told the story under his breath.

Father He was also very happy when he heard that: "It's good to have some clues, it's better than hanging around like this. If this is the case, our family will have to go back tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. Weiwei will report for duty on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, so she has to come back before then. But if the two of us are gone, what will the children do to eat? If Dongzi hasn’t started school yet, the four of us might as well go back.”

"The problem is that Dongzi will start school tomorrow." He Mu glanced at him, washing and chopping the vegetables quickly with her hands, and then waiting for the frying pan to be quickly fried.The chicken soup was almost done, and she could take it out to eat at any time. She looked at the wall clock in the living room and muttered, "Weiwei went to ask Ah Qing to eat, why haven't you come back yet?"

"What's the rush? It's not time for dinner. Call her when you get there." Father He stole a piece of cold black fungus, threw it into his mouth and chewed it crisply, and said, "Then just keep the two brothers and sisters together." Are you okay at home?"

That's the only way to be wrong.To drive a car, you need He Fu, and to clean up the old house, you need He Mu.

But if you take your daughter with you and leave your son at home alone, how will you deal with meals when you come back from school?No one urges that the instant noodles may be a problem.The college entrance examination is coming up in a few months. The parents of other families are trying to strengthen their children's nutrition. Although they didn't make a special effort to give him supplements, they can't let him eat instant noodles.

Thinking of this, He Mu made a decision: "Let Weiwei stay at home, she can cook simple meals. Anyway, it's only two days, we'll come back after one night."

So at dinner time, this matter was brought up on the dinner table.

He Wei and He Qingdong were the last to go home.In fact, it was not four o'clock when she came out of Qinchun Tea House, but a guy with a splint on his arm took her for a walk around the small municipal park near her home.If it wasn't for the darkening sky and the cold wind blowing on people's faces, he would still be reluctant to come back, because there is almost no one else in the park except the two of them at this moment, so it's not too convenient to eat tofu.

After such a delay, it was past five o'clock when the two of them entered the house. He Wei felt a little flustered, worried that her mother would ask questions, but she didn't realize that the house was so lively. Parents, mother and elder brother were all standing in front of each other. The living room was talking loudly about the demolition of the old house, of course, and the preliminary appraisal of the two treasures that my brother just found were genuine.

The double happiness came to the door, and the whole family was so excited that they couldn't sit still. It wasn't until the daughter came home that He Mu realized that it was getting late and it was time for dinner.

He hurriedly greeted He Qingdong to sit down, and the soup casserole and fried side dishes were brought to the table one after another in this room, and a new round of heated discussions had already started on the dining table in the other room.Isn't this my daughter who doesn't know yet? Of course I have to tell her.

He Wei smiled happily when he heard his father and brother finish talking about the two happy events.

"You two brothers and sisters, don't be too happy. My father and I will go back to our hometown. You can do all the things at home."

While serving chicken soup to everyone, the mother poured cold water on her excited son.

He Xidong patted his chest and promised: "Parents, just rest assured, I will take care of the family."

"Just take care of your own studies." He Mu said angrily, "If you didn't start school tomorrow, your sister wouldn't have to stay here to cook for you."

"It's okay, just let my sister go with you, I'm such a big man, I can still starve myself."

"It's not just you."

He Mu thought for a while, considering the current situation in the old house, it is no better than staying at home to spend time. It needs to be tidied up, put in order, and if it is an existing house, it has to be moved. Do it yourself, after all, there are not so many things, so I put a chicken leg for my daughter, and said carefully: "Wei Wei, Mom and Dad are going back this time mainly to shake their numbers and prepare to move. There must be a lot of things, you should stay at home Take a break, school will start in a few days, check your homework carefully to see if there are any missed ones, lest you be like your brother, who has to catch up with homework tomorrow and have to catch up with homework tonight. Besides, if you stay at home, your brother and Ah Qing will always have a place to eat, and there are still a lot of frozen dry goods at home. Before leaving tomorrow, Mom will go to the vegetable market to make some fresh side dishes. In a few days, your dad and I thought about staying for one night and then came back."

He Wei nodded: "Understood, Mom, I will take care of the family. You and Dad just go back to your hometown with peace of mind. I will buy the food tomorrow. Dad is not very skilled in driving. I would rather start early and drive slowly on the road. Just catch up with lunch over there, and the lottery will go in the afternoon. It’s not too late. If you rest well, you might be lucky. By the way, Mom, if there are many choices of houses, our family and grandma will choose. A residential area, if there is one unit. It would be even better if the upstairs and downstairs, anyway, our family will only go back during the Chinese New Year, and it is not convenient to be far away."

"Yes! Your dad and I also mean the same thing. Your grandma likes to have a yard, so it can only be on the first floor. We usually don't live in our house, and it's useless to have a yard. The low floors are prone to return to humidity during the rainy season. , so you can choose your grandma and them to go upstairs. I heard from your second aunt that the houses that have been marked down are all without elevators. It’s big bags and small bags, and the fourth floor is too high. It’s best to get to the third floor. If it’s not possible, the second floor is just so-so..."

"Then what if grandma can't pick a house with a yard? The order of the numbers drawn is very low, and it's not impossible for them to be leftover top floors or corner houses."

He Xidong interjected smoothly.He felt that lottery selection was also a test of one's luck, and from the perspective of their family, the younger sister had the best luck, followed by him. For the sake of the house in his hometown, should he ask the teacher for a leave of absence to go back?

In the end, before he could say that, He Mu said, "No, your second aunt said that the village has listed all the elderly people over 70 years old, and these people don't need to participate in the lottery to be the head of the household. The priority is to choose the house. This is why your uncle didn't urge your grandma to make changes before the house was taken down. They want to rely on your grandma to give priority to choosing a good one. So when it's our turn, Your grandma's house must have been chosen. Oh, anyway, you two don't need to worry about this matter. Your dad and I will take care of it. Let's have dinner first. The whole meal is about the house. There is no need to let Ah Qing saw the joke. Ah Qing, you should eat more, this chicken soup is good, authentic free-range chicken, with some medicinal herbs added, it is helpful for bone injuries."

Seeing that He Qingdong's soup bowl was almost bottomed out, Mother He added a bowl of chicken soup for him, and then said to her daughter: "When you go to the vegetable market tomorrow, remember to ask at the pork stall on the farthest east, the boss promised to give it to you." I left a hoof, do you know how to stew it?"

He Wei tilted her head and thought for a while, then asked He Qingdong: "Do you like braised in soy sauce or clear stew?"

He Qingdong glanced at her with a smile, and said, "It's all fine."

He Xidong buried his head in gnawing on the chicken feet, and said casually, "Let's braise it in soy sauce, it tastes so good, what's so good about stewed pig's feet, of course the braised one is chewy."

He Wei glanced at He Qingdong, not because he was worried about his pickiness, but because he was worried about whether his injury would be covered with soy sauce.

He Qingdong raised his eyebrows and said, "I can do it, it's up to you to decide. Anyway, I'm just a freelancer, and I'm content with what I eat."

One sentence made the four members of the He family laugh.

A meal was eaten happily, and everyone had a happy smile on their faces.

For the He family, today is a good day for double happiness. The snuff bottle was preliminarily identified as an antique by Master He Xidong; the old house will be demolished, and their family will have a second commercial house.

Especially Father He and Mother He, who were so happy that their teeth could not see their eyes. If it wasn't for He Qingdong's arm injury, Father He would definitely drag him to get drunk.

He Qingdong was also happy. In the future, the mother-in-law and father-in-law will be away for two days, and the brother-in-law will go to school in the future, so there will be only him and Xiao Nizi left at home. What a chance to be alone, no happiness.

And at this time, no one doubted that he was happy on his face. The He family thought that he was happy for their family, so don't be too enthusiastic about persuading him to eat this or that.

He ate a meal from around six o'clock to early eight o'clock. Because he was happy, Father He drank himself too high by drinking alone. In the end, he was helped into the bedroom by the mother He who couldn't laugh or cry.I still have to drive the next day, so hurry up, wash up and sleep, don't worry about it.

Because He Xidong had to get up early to go to school the next day, He Mu drove him back to his room early.

So, when He Wei sent He Qingdong out, the latter put his arms around her and kissed her openly.In the future, the mother-in-law is washing the dishes in the kitchen, and the other two are drunk and busy with homework, how can they have time to come out.The right time, place and people, I am sorry for not seizing such a good opportunity.

(End of this chapter)