It is now May, and there are still four months before the enrollment of primary and secondary schools in September. During this time, Yan Chu needs to get those urgently needed goods, and at the same time, he keeps running back and forth between the urban and provincial capitals to find suitable renters. house to live in.
In addition, the temporary residence permit and the materials for enrolling in school after the child goes to the provincial capital must also be completed.
In the past four months, because of the family's previous savings, the profits from the goods that came back from Shencheng last time, and the two hundred yuan that Yan Chu's second cousin's family was reluctant to take out, it was far from being exhausted. when.
At the end of June, one day before July came, Yan Chu finally finished everything. At the same time, the old lady and several granddaughters also prepared almost all the things that needed to be moved at home.
It wasn't until the moving van arrived at the entrance of the alley that the neighbors heard that the Yan family was going to move.
"How did you move so easily?"
An old lady with bound feet also took Lu Aihua's hand and said that she was one of the old lady's few friends in this alley who could talk.
"Ah Chu found a job in another place. The children can't be separated from their father for a long time. The whole family might as well move there and rent a house."
The small courtyard of the Yan family is not too big, but it is more than enough for a small family to live in.
In addition, there was a yard, and there was a well in the yard. A family who wanted to rent a house nearby paid a deposit on the same day they came to see it, and they waited for the Yan family to move out and move in.
Lu Aihua also told her old sister about this matter, don't be treated as a thief when the tenant comes over.
"We will be far away in the future, and I don't know if we can meet again."
The old lady was a little bit reluctant, but people of her generation had experienced wars and had long been used to separation, and now they are feeling a little bit grateful.
"There's always a day to come back."
The old lady thought, when her granddaughter and grandson are grown up, if she is still alive, she must go back to the old yard to see, and there may be a day when they will meet again.
Before we parted, all the old quarrels and quarrels were put aside. The neighbors came to help carry some furniture and luggage onto the truck at the entrance of the alley. Some people were curious about where Yan Chu's new job was, and the whole family moved to Where to go, they were all fooled by Yan Chu in a few words, and they talked a lot, but none of them asked where their new home was. It wasn't until everyone got into the car and saw the shadow of the truck getting smaller and smaller that they realized it. to this point.
"I'm afraid he wants to hide from his relatives."
A sensible person suddenly spoke.
"Probably so."
Everyone then sighed a few words, talking about how kind Yan Chu's family is, how worthless their old relatives are, completely forgetting the joy of watching the show, and the things they said when teasing the girls of the Yan family. If you think it's a joke.
Thousands of mistakes are all the faults of those relatives of the Yan family. I am afraid that for a long time to come, the people on the side of Yan Chu and the second cousin will not be able to hold their heads up in this area.
*****
"Dad, look at the little vest I made."
Only the front of the truck has two seats, one is the driver's seat and the other is the co-pilot's seat. The old lady sat in the front with her two-year-old grandson in her arms, and Yan Chu took five daughters Sitting in the pocket of the car with those furniture and luggage.
The weather is a little muggy now, and sitting on the back of the car with the wind blowing is also a fun thing for the children.
The youngest Jade sisters are tired of their father, showing off their achievements in the past month.
This is a very simple little vest. The white cotton fabric feels soft and comfortable after being soaked in water once. In the center of the vest, a flower is sewn with fabrics of four or five different colors. The sewing skills are not very good, it looks weird, but it also has a childlike taste.
"Which little princess sewed these flowers, they look so beautiful."
Yan Chu is not stingy with his praise, as long as it doesn't cost money, he is not stingy.
Yan Jin and Yan Zhen blushed slightly. The two sisters were not old enough to touch the sewing machine. Now grandma taught them some basic needlework. Now the flowers on the vest that the twins are holding in their hands are what the two sisters sewed on. of.
At first, the two sisters felt that the sewing was a bit ugly, and it was far worse than the clothes that grandma used to make for them with the sewing machine, but now listening to their father's sincere praise, the two sisters felt that their embroidery work was not bad. The mood of my own embroidery level is getting stronger and stronger.
"Dad, Dad, the color of the petals was chosen by me with Si Fei and Wu Cui."
Yan Zhu is the third among the sisters, she is not like the two older sisters who are already old enough to help with some housework, and she is not like the two younger sisters, who are rare for twins.
Being in a position that is not up or down, it is inevitable that people will ignore it.
Over the past few months, Yanzhu has become much more cheerful. She feels that she is as important as other sisters in her father's eyes, and she has also begun to actively show herself in front of her family.
This is a good habit and should be cultivated from an early age.
"Well, the colors of the flowers selected by the three beads, four emeralds and five jadeites are also very beautiful. This little vest looks better than the clothes sold in the mall. Dad can't wait to see what you look like when you wear this dress. "
The genes of the Yan family are good, and every child is exceptionally tall. Even if they are worn with rags, they probably won't look ugly, let alone this little vest, which is really not ugly, and the old lady is watching over it. Woolen cloth.
"I didn't calculate it well this time, otherwise the saved fabric could be used to make a few pee rings for my brother."
The eldest daughter Yan Jin said with a sigh, now in her heart, in order to be able to provide for herself and her younger siblings to study, there are places to save money everywhere in the house. After finishing the small vests and pants of the sisters, there was a pile of scraps of cloth, and when put together, they were not too small.
Yan Jin felt sorry for the wasted cloth. If they hadn't cut the scissors in a hurry and re-drawn the cutting range on the cloth, they might have saved a lot of cloth.
The eldest daughter is now very conscious of a housekeeper, which makes Yan Chu very gratified.
"It doesn't matter, don't you still have a piece of useless cloth at home? Think about it before doing it this time. When you arrive in the provincial capital, Dad will take you to the mall to see what other people's clothes look like. We can still learn. study."
Yan Chu thought that anyway, he didn't go against his original idea if he just looked at it and didn't buy it.
Big shopping mall
The eyes of the five girls were so bright that they almost blinded Yan Chu.
*****
The house that Yan Chu rented took into account the issue of children going to school in the future. Across an alley, there is Shi No. 1. The old lady has to take care of the other children in the family who are not yet at school age, so she must not be able to send her granddaughter to and from school. Come on, the school is closer and safer.
The courtyard is quite large, in the shape of an old-fashioned triple courtyard, with a single family, which is similar to the previous courtyard of the Yan family.
The landlord's son is abroad, and the old couple are intellectuals. They must have suffered a lot of persecution in those years. They must have been afraid of being fought. As soon as they were rehabilitated, they quickly found a relationship and went abroad to find their son.
Their courtyard house is the ancestral house, but the old couple probably don't plan to come back. They entrusted someone to sell it, but the price is too high, 15,000 yuan, which is far beyond the current price of the same type of house. The price is prohibitive for many people.
The old couple urgently needed money, so they changed their words to rent. The monthly rent was thirty-eight, paid for one year, which meant that during this year, Yan Chu didn't have to worry about the house being sold.
There are four bedrooms in the main house, one for Yan Chu, one for the old lady, and two for the children. When they get older and each child needs their own private space, they can Clean up a few empty rooms in the left and right wing rooms.
However, Yan Chu reckoned that at that time, the family might have already bought their own house, and the wing rooms on both sides would not be used for the time being.
Now the third, fourth, fifth, and youngest sons still have to sleep with the old lady, otherwise she will be worried. Nine-year-old Yan Jin and seven-year-old Yan Zhu had a room that belonged to their sisters before starting their primary school career. and Yan Chu allowed them to use those rags to make trinkets to decorate their room, which made the two sisters happy for a whole day.
Until the night when I went out to familiarize myself with the surrounding environment, the raised corners of my mouth did not come down.
The Yan family went out after dinner. In summer, the sun was long, and after dinner after five o'clock, the outside was still very lively.
The whole family is going to the supply and marketing cooperative to purchase some necessities of life. When they move, they bring most of the things with them, but there are always things missing.
Now in the streets and alleys, some hawkers have begun to appear, most of them are selling food or gadgets that are fashionable in the south.
One of them sells sweet-scented osmanthus porridge, and the business is particularly good. The main reason is that the scent of sweet-scented osmanthus is too overbearing. When everyone smells that smell, they can't help but move to the side of the stall.
It's still the end of June, and it's far from the season of sweet-scented osmanthus. The sweet-scented osmanthus that this family uses to cook porridge is probably left over from last year, but they don't know how to preserve it.
Even though they just had dinner, the children couldn't help but get hungry when they smelled the aroma.
The rich scent of sweet-scented osmanthus is mixed with the fragrance of millet porridge. It should be sugared, and the air is sweet.
Yan Fei and Yan Cui held the hands of their sisters, swallowed, and obediently did not speak.
"Let's have an osmanthus porridge. It's not expensive. A bowl costs eight cents."
When Yan Chu passed by, the boss said to him that the price was indeed fair, but Yan Chu looked at it, the bowl was about the size of a rice bowl at home, and it could be drunk in three or two sips. Let's have three bowls.
"Boss, have a bowl of sweet-scented osmanthus porridge."
Yan Chu handed over eight cents, and then took the steaming bowl of sweet-scented osmanthus congee handed over by the boss.
"Mom, you have a taste of this, it smells pretty good to me."
Yan Chu took a spoonful and handed it to the mouth of the old lady who was holding her little grandson.
"I don't drink it, give it to the children."
The old lady shook her head. The old man always wants to leave good things to the children.
"You brought up several children by yourself. You are the most qualified to drink any good things in our family."
Yan Chu didn't want the children to develop the idea that all the good things of their parents and elders should be left to them. Honoring the elders is the most important virtue that children should learn.
"Grandma drink."
The little girls looked at the sweet-scented osmanthus porridge and felt greedy, but none of them felt that what Dad said was wrong.
Both sons and granddaughters are filial, the old lady's eyes were red, and she happily drank the spoonful of porridge her son handed over, feeling that it was extremely sweet. This was the best sweet-scented osmanthus porridge she had ever had.
Yan Chu kept the second mouthful for himself, followed by the five daughters, and the youngest son also had the honor to drink the small spoonful of sweet-scented osmanthus porridge at the bottom of the porridge. There was a small slit.
Everyone took a bite, and the bowl of porridge happened to be gone, so Yan Chu returned the bowl to the boss. Even though he had enough money in his bag to buy all the porridge on the stall, he only chose to buy that one bowl.
The whole family was very happy, and no one felt that each mouthful of porridge was too small.
Yan Chu thought proudly, he is rich but stingy, but he is a good father.