MTL - Seventy Couple’s Daily Routine-Chapter 4 new home

As Zong Shao said, the new home is indeed a two-story brick house, and after so many years of wind and sun, the bricks of the house are dark or light, and the side walls are still cracked and repaired. , looks quite old.

Although it looks a bit old from the outside, the house is quite new. The walls upstairs and downstairs are white, and the window glass is translucent.

The furniture is both old and new. For example, the dining table and drawers in the dining room are all left by the previous owner, and the benches are new. There is also the coffee table in the living room, which looks a bit old, but the wood is good, so Zong Shao didn't throw it away, and put two wooden sofas, one long and one short, next to them.

The furniture in the main house upstairs is all new, and the bed was made by Zong Shao. It was unpainted, but the wood color. The wardrobe and dresser are also of the same color, but they were brought back from the county's supply and marketing cooperative by a trustee.

Hearing Lin Wei ask, "Is the county town big? How far is it from us?"

"It's much smaller than Shicheng, so there's only one way to go, but there's a movie theater in the county, so I'll take you to see it if I can." I'll be there in twenty minutes."

Lin Wei sighed and said, "I sold the bike before I came."

Getting married these days is about three turns and one ring, and you don't need to have all of them. You can get one or two.

The Zong family is very sincere in this regard, and the money and tickets for the three-turn one-shot are ready, but Lin Wei feels that the radio is not very necessary, and she does not listen to it very much. It was a waste of money, so I only bought a Shanghai brand watch and a permanent brand bicycle.

The watch I bought was a ladies watch, and it was worn on Lin Wei's hands after marriage. There was no distinction between men and women on bicycles, but Zong Shao was in the army, and she was basically riding it.

But Lin Wei wants to accompany the army. Whether her job is sold or given to others, she is no longer an employee of the cotton spinning factory. She can no longer live in the house originally assigned to her mother-in-law by the cotton spinning factory. After all, there are so many people waiting to be divided, it is impossible for the unit to leave the house empty for her.

Therefore, before joining the army, Lin Wei sold large pieces of furniture, pots and pans, all that could be sold, and all that could not be sold as gifts. The bicycle was the last one to be sold, and the buyer was none other than her eldest sister-in-law.

But if it's not someone else, the bicycle doesn't belong to her after the money and the goods are gone.

Speaking of this, Lin Wei felt a trace of regret in her heart. After all, it was her marriage, and she spent four years with her.

Zong Shao was silent for a moment and said, "I will accompany you to the county supply and marketing cooperative in a few days, and then buy a bicycle."

Bicycles are more than 100 cheap, choose a bigger brand, such as Feige, Yongle, at least 200. She just came with the army, her job is uncertain, and she probably doesn't go out much, so there is really no need to spend that unjust money.

And if this world is really a novel, and she has not been able to change her fate, maybe the newly bought bicycle will be sold within a year, so she shook her head and said, "It's not in a hurry, I'll talk about it later."

Zong Shao didn't know what Lin Wei was thinking, thinking that it would be a while later, so he hummed and turned to the next room to find the two children.

Lin Wei walked to the window alone and looked out, what caught her eye was a completely different scenery from Shicheng.

Shicheng is a city of heavy industry. The chimneys of steel factories, cement factories and glass factories continuously emit thick black smoke throughout the year, causing the sky to be gray for a long time.

But the sky outside the window is blue washed with water, and white and soft clouds are dotted in it, which makes people feel good.

Under the blue sky, there is only a boundless blue sea. The sea is not calm. The sea breeze brings layers of waves, passing the swaying fishing boats, and coming straight to the golden sandy beach.

When the waves hit the beach, the seawater that had just gathered quickly disintegrated and retreated to the sea, leaving only the crabs that did not keep up with the large army, crawling helplessly on the beach.

A row of palm trees on the beach shook their long leaves, as if mocking the foolishness of crabs.

The corners of Lin Wei's lips twitched, and she looked downstairs.

What comes into your eyes is a not-so-big yard. On the right side of the yard is a newly built kitchen with white walls and a flat roof. The top is surrounded by bricks, and inside is a sun terrace.

From Lin Wei's point of view, she could clearly see Zong Shaola's two clotheslines and the two Y-shaped wooden sticks that were fixed on the low wall to support the clothesline.

Looking at the opposite side of the kitchen, there is a small vegetable field, but the house has been empty for half a year, and there are no vegetables in the field. The weeds are quite lush, but Zong Shao got rid of them long ago, and it will look a little bare.

The toilet was built in the backyard, and a small door was opened from the back door.

When Lin Wei first entered the house, she went in and looked at it. The squat pit is made of tiles, and the toilet window is quite large. It is usually well ventilated. If the toilet is flushed in time after going to the toilet, there should be no smell.

Just looking at this toilet, it's worth the money to repair the house.

Of course, you can't think about it too much, it will still hurt if you think about it too much.

Just thinking about it, Lin Wei listened to Mingming who ran in from the next room and asked cheerfully, "Mom! Do I really have my own room in the future?"

Lin Wei came back to her senses and said, "You and your brother sleep in the same room."

In Mingming's opinion, there is no distinction between him and his younger brother. They share a room, which means he has his own room, and suddenly cheered: "I have my own room! I am an adult!"

Housing in the city is tight, and children live with their parents. After a certain age, the family will find a way to separate the space for them to sleep by themselves.

Therefore, in the hearts of children in the cotton mill's courtyard, having their own room is equivalent to growing up.

Children like Mingming's age are eager to become adults, as if they can do whatever they want. But Lin Wei never let the brothers sleep by themselves. First, there was no extra room at home, and secondly, she was afraid that they would catch a cold if they didn't know how to cover the quilt when they slept at night. After all, they were still young.

Now Lin Wei is still worried about letting the two children sleep alone, but Zong Shao has already divided the room, and she is clearly in the mood again, so she doesn't object, and follows out of the master bedroom.

The second floor is an L-shaped structure. The long one is the master bedroom, with windows in the front and back, and the short one is the second bedroom, which is half the size of the master bedroom.

At the door of the room is a corridor that can accommodate two people walking side by side. There is a door at the end of the corridor, and the door opens to a small balcony. There was a rusty washbasin on the balcony. The basin was filled with soil and was supposed to be used for planting flowers. However, after the previous resident moved away, no one took care of it, and the flowers in the basin had already withered and were bare.

Next to the balcony door is the stairs. The stairs have two floors. The back door is under the stairs above, and the toilet door also opens from here. Next to the lower stairs is the kitchen, well, the kitchen has now been converted into a bathroom.

Back on the second floor, the master bedroom and the second bedroom door were almost next to each other. Lin Wei walked out of the master bedroom door and saw the appearance of the second bedroom.

Unlike the master bedroom, which has new furniture, the furniture in the second bedroom is basically left over from the previous owner.

When the house in the family area is first divided, the troops will prepare basic furniture, such as the bed, wardrobe, desk, dining table, etc.

However, furniture is easier to break than the house, so the residents who move in will also replace the furniture one by one. Anyway, when Zong Shao got the key, the furniture originally prepared by the army was no longer in the house.

But even the furniture that the previous owners replaced one after another, not much good.

It's not that the previous owner didn't care about it, but the seaside is humid, and it's better for someone to live at home. The windows are often opened for ventilation, and the furniture can be used for more than ten years with careful maintenance. But the house has been empty for more than half a year, the windows have been closed, the air is not ventilated, and the furniture molds faster.

After Zong Shao got the key, he chopped up all the rotten furniture and piled them into the corner of the kitchen, but repaired the missing arms and legs and put them in the kitchen or bathroom as a table cabinet. Even the best ones, such as the bed and wardrobe in the master bedroom, were cleaned by him and moved to the second bedroom.

The two pieces of furniture are made of good wood. Although it looks a little long, there is no mold or insects. After cleaning, it looks like that.

That is, the bed and wardrobe are bought according to the size of the master bedroom. After moving to the second bedroom, it takes up a bit of space, and it is easy to turn around when there are many people in the room.

But Lin Wei thought about it, whether the brothers will have so many friends who can bring them to the room in the future, it is too early for her to worry about it.

Overall, the second bedroom is not bad, but the curtains are too old, and it is full of dust when you reach out and touch it. The curtains in the master bedroom are similar, and there are two holes on them, because I really want to replace the curtains.

Seeing the ashes on Lin Wei's hands, Zong Shao said, "I'll take down the curtains and wash them later."

Lin Wei said: "Just change the curtains. Before I came, I bought a lot of defective fabrics from the factory. There are a few large pieces in them, which can be used as curtains."

There were several shelves of defective cloth in the cotton mill's warehouse, and they had been thinking about how to deal with it. Lin Wei was willing to spend money to buy it, and the cloth factory was also happy not to give it.

In fact, these fabrics are said to be defective fabrics. In fact, the problem is not big. Basically, the two problems are picking silk and color smudges after being wet.

The former fabric is generally not large, unless it is cut to make shoe uppers, it is not very useful, but if it is not so particular, it is also good for children to wear trousers. The latter problem is basically uneven color, which makes clothes look bad, but it is good for pillowcases, sofa covers and other things used at home. Of course, it can also be used as curtains.

It's just that the curtains are large, and the hand sewing is relatively slow. In addition, they may be busy when they just moved in. It is estimated that changing the curtains will be delayed for a while.

Thinking that the curtains will take a while, Lin Wei changed her mind and said, "You can take off the curtains and wash them first, and then put them back on when the new curtains are ready."

Well, if only the sewing machine didn't sell, at her speed, she could make three curtains in less than an afternoon.

But she also knew that even if she hadn't sold the sewing machine, she probably wouldn't be able to use it now. The journey was too long and the sewing machine was too heavy to carry, so she should sew by hand.

"Okay, then I'll remove the curtains now." Zong Shao said, walking to the window and starting to remove the curtains.

Lin Wei didn't expect him to move so quickly, so she stepped forward and said, "I'll help you."

"No, the curtains are dirty, and I can do it alone."

Zong Shao blocked Lin Wei with his arm, took off the curtain easily and threw it on the outside corridor, and then went into the master bedroom to continue dismantling. Although Lin Wei couldn't help, she was too embarrassed to let him do the work alone, so after thinking about it, she followed.

It's just that as soon as she entered the master bedroom, she heard a woman's voice from outside: "Is anyone home?"

"Have!"

Lin Wei responded and walked to the window. As soon as she lowered her head, she saw three women standing in the yard. She probably heard her voice, and the three also looked up.

Then Lin Wei saw the eyes of the young woman in the floral shirt lit up and said with a smile, "You are the daughter-in-law of the deputy battalion commander Zong, right? We were chatting next door just now, and when we heard the sound of the car, I guessed that you might be here, so come and see."

Although I don't know the three people downstairs, this is the family area of ​​the base officers, and the identities of the three people downstairs are obvious.

Since it is a neighbor, it is difficult for people to stand below. Lin Wei said to Zong Shao, "I'll greet the guests" and went downstairs.

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