CHAPTER 199: CHAPTER 199: MOVING INTO THE NEW HOUSE

The chicken farm has been running smoothly, and Lin Xue intentionally or unintentionally handed over tasks to Wang Xuehua because she could see that Wang Xuehua was more suitable for leadership than An Liangliang.

Later, two more women were hired to feed the chicks.

At this time, Grandma Bai didn’t make it in time, but she didn’t dare to cause trouble with Lin Xue.

Everything went exceptionally well.

A few days later, Lin Xue delivered the vegetable seeds, and Wang Jianjun paid the amount according to Lin Xue’s price.

Lin Xue wasn’t unreasonable; she only asked for a symbolic amount.

However, she did not include watermelon seeds and instead asked her mom, Wang Cuihua, to plant the watermelons.

Despite the tiresome daily cooking, Wang Cuihua was still very industrious, tending to the small garden excellently.

The various vegetables were planted particularly neatly, and Lin Xue’s watermelon seeds were planted on a small patch.

When Lin Xue went to settle the accounts on her next visit, Wang Cheng had already bought the bicycle.

When Lin Xue had all the bicycles pushed into the yard, the mouths of the six people could fit a dragon fruit.

This was followed by excitement and screams of joy.

Even the gentle Lin Yun couldn’t help pulling the hands of her two younger sisters, jumping up and spinning around.

"Alright, you all, don’t call the neighbors out!" Lin Xue said, facepalming.

Let alone the little ones, even Lin Daliang was extremely excited.

"Daughter, how much is this bicycle? All my future salary is yours! Though he said this, Lin Xue didn’t believe it; the moment he got his pay, he’d hurry home to give it to his wife.

"Not much! Riding a bike back and forth saves time and effort! Go ahead and learn! Don’t end up unable to ride it!" Lin Xue waved.

"Alright, alright! I’ll have them ride the bikes now! Let’s go learn how to ride!" Lin Daliang was quick to act.

"Dad, it’s almost dark!" Lin Chuan said this, but he was the fastest to push the bike out.

"We should learn when it’s dark! If we line up all our bikes and push them out, won’t that scare people? Let’s go!" Daliang was clever this time.

"But Dad, even if we ride out later, people will still see it!" Lin Xia pointed out, yet obediently pushed the bike to go out.

The three girls’ bikes were ladies’ bicycles, but Lin Shuang was still a bit small, unable to reach the pedals.

Lin Xue didn’t care about them and let them do as they pleased.

Since they moved into this house, she had a place to stay, and would occasionally stay overnight.

Having finished dinner, she simply returned to her room and made her bed, finding a novel in her supermarket space to pass the time.

This is because today there was no power outage, otherwise, she wouldn’t want to read by candlelight.

Lin Xue’s house was finally ready to move into by mid-June.

She shopped for some furniture from the flea market and brought back four large iron pots from the town.

Everything in the house was ready, awaiting the move.

This Saturday, everyone was at home, just right for moving.

On moving day, Bai Dajiang’s family came to help, and Lin Xue didn’t invite anyone else; the family alone was busy enough.

Once everything was moved, the girls stayed in the new house to arrange things, while the men and boys cleaned the yard.

The old house was demolished, as otherwise, it would block the light for the new house.

After Lin Xue led the tidy-up of the house, she began cooking.

Today was the day of moving house, she planned to prepare ten dishes, symbolizing perfection.

Despite the exhaustion, Zhang Yuan led the group of six young men, including Bai Ruyang from the second uncle’s family, working sweatily all morning.

Including Lin Daliang and Bai Dajiang, eight people cleaned the yard by noon.

Lin Xue and her five sisters were cooking, while second aunt Wu Zhaodi and Wang Cuihua continued arranging the house. Lin Xue used the sewing machine voucher acquired by Wang Cheng to buy a new sewing machine and placed it against the wall in the living room.

Grandma Bai Xianglan knew how to use the sewing machine, so the two of them could sew and mend together, keeping themselves entertained.

The two children could already sit up, playing on the mats, very easy to manage.

Lin Xue prepared a big table full of dishes: chicken, duck, fish, pork, beef, lamb, and seafood, ensuring nothing was left out for the ten dishes.

The Lin family had a total of eleven people, along with Zhang Yuan, Li Jianshe, and Bai Dajiang’s family of five, totaling eighteen people.

They split into two tables, everyone ate happily, enjoying the moment.

Though the house here wasn’t as big as the one in town and didn’t have as many rooms, it still had six bedrooms.

They divided the bedrooms similarly to the town arrangement and found a room for Zhang Yuan.

Although he had been staying at the youth point, Lin Xue decided to let him move back home.

There was still Zhao Hongmei at the youth point, always obsessed over her husband, which Lin Xue found annoying.

As everyone was almost finished eating, Bai Dahe brought his wife and kids over.

Entering, he congratulated Lin Daliang and brought gifts.

They couldn’t exactly shun someone bringing smiles and good cheer.

So Wang Cuihua arranged for them all to sit down.

The children sat at the children’s table, while Bai Dahe and his wife sat at the adults’ table.

The family always dined sumptuously, so the feast wasn’t anything unusual to them, although the meal finished, there were still plenty of dishes left in the plates.

Only about a third was eaten.

Bai Dahe’s three children immediately started wolfing down their food once seated.

Bai Dahe and his wife did much the same, consuming quickly without pausing for conversation.

Li Guihua’s eating habits were hard to watch, unpleasant in manner.

The children were almost as bad, leaving Lin Xue no appetite to continue dining.

Zhang Yuan and Li Jianshe joined Lin Xue at the adults’ table, and the three gradually set down their chopsticks, while Lin Daliang, feeling awkward about leaving, continued to keep them company.

It was only when Bai Dahe slowed down his eating, swallowing his food, that he spoke to Lin Daliang.

"Brother, you have no idea, ever since that woman entered the house, it’s been absolute chaos, we can hardly get by, I’m considering moving out and living separately!"

Saying this, he took a few more bites of meat, then sighed contentedly.

Li Guihua nodded too, "That sister-in-law is far too difficult to get along with, does nothing all day, always complaining of ailments."

Bai Xianglan was a bit worried hearing this, knowing Gangzi is inherently good-natured, though a bit playful, now penniless, he doesn’t go causing trouble anymore.

But if the wife isn’t suitable, future days won’t be easy.

"Eat more! We have plenty of food!" Lin Daliang didn’t know what else to say.

Understanding his mom’s favoritism towards the third brother over the years, how come even this brother’s family is struggling now?

"Thanks, brother, today feels like a New Year’s celebration, no, not even New Year’s has such delicious food, what is that? It’s especially tasty, but I can’t identify it?" Bai Dahe asked, pointing his chopsticks at the crab.

Not recognizing it was understandable, since this wasn’t a coastal region, it was uncommon to see or eat.