Reborn with a Space: Building a Fortune Amidst Famine-Chapter 1185: Tidying Up

Feng Shanshan waved her hand. "You go ahead, I’ll tidy up slowly by myself. Is there any chore I haven’t done before?"

Hu Zi left with a smile, and as he walked down the road, he realized that ever since he started being with Feng Shanshan, he smiled a lot more. He didn’t know why, but he just felt like smiling from the bottom of his heart.

This time, he drove back, and when Zhang Chunsheng heard he was getting his place ready, he immediately sent over two logistics people to help out.

When Feng Shanshan opened the door and saw two strangers, they explained themselves, and she realized they came to help.

Hu Zi went to buy coal balls, honeycomb briquettes, kindling, fire starters, and had them delivered over.

Then he bought two tin stoves, basins, and received two cloth scraps as gifts. He bought two brooms, a dustpan, an iron shovel, stove pipe, iron dustpan, and two kettles—anything he could think of.

When he got home, he saw two teammates shoveling snow, piling it up in the garden. They even cleared the snow off the roof.

When they saw their leader come in, the two of them looked at him with mischievous smiles.

Hu Zi gave them a glare, but they just kept grinning cheekily at him.

"Do you two know how to manage a well? If not, find someone who does. There’s no way we can do without water."

"Alright, we’ll get right on it. There should be someone who specializes in wells."

One of them followed Hu Zi to set up the stove, "Brother Hu Zi, aren’t you buying a chimney?"

Hu Zi was momentarily stunned, "I really did forget. I’ll go get it now."

Feng Shanshan had already cleaned the roofs and floors of all the rooms. She was just waiting for water to wipe down all the furniture. Of course, the floors would need mopping too.

Hearing Hu Zi plan to go out again, she stopped him, "Find a shovel handle, some more fabric scraps, plenty of them. Also, iron wire, scissors, and pliers."

After Hu Zi agreed, he went out and soon found someone who worked with wells.

The person looked at it and said, "The well’s fine. It’s just frozen. Once there’s hot water, you can thaw it open." Then they left.

The two people helped the coal deliverer put all the coal into the woodshed.

After Hu Zi returned, the three started setting up the stove, and it quickly lit up.

Without water, they had to knock on the neighbor’s door to get two buckets of water.

The two helpers were about to leave, but Hu Zi stopped them. There was still some heavy lifting to do, and since they came to help, he’d treat them to a meal later.

The water was already heating up, and Feng Shanshan told Hu Zi how to make a mop for herself.

It was actually very simple, and soon a mop was ready.

The water was hot, and Feng Shanshan started wiping the furniture.

An hour later, the home’s well was finally able to supply water.

By then, all the furniture was cleaned.

Now, they could mop the floors. Feng Shanshan didn’t feel tired at all, since it was her own home. Of course, she wanted it spotless.

It was already noon by now, so Hu Zi called out for the three of them to go out for lunch.

Feng Shanshan looked at the unfinished floor.

"I can finish it when we get back."

The two laughed at Hu Zi’s words.

The four of them ate at a nearby restaurant, with ordinary dishes.

In this era, people weren’t picky. "In a few days, I’ll treat you to something better."

"Brother Hu Zi, you said it."

"Of course, when have I ever slacked off?"

Feng Shanshan didn’t mind. It was already much better than what she ate years ago.

After eating, the four of them went back to work. By this time, the room temperature had already risen a bit.

"Brother Hu Zi, I guess this amount of coal won’t last long."

"No worries. I’ll go again tomorrow. I have plenty of coal tickets in hand. Luckily, you needed more then, but there weren’t enough to go around, so I didn’t give them out, or it’d be troublesome now."

Hu Zi mopped the floors while Feng Shanshan supervised beside him, seeming satisfied.

She went to clean the windows. It was quite cold. The wet cloth would freeze on the glass right away, but it was still cleaned, which made it feel more pleasant.

The other two were helping tidy the kitchen and tea room.

They were men, not great with delicate tasks, but definitely stronger than women.

Once everything was tidied up, Feng Shanshan stood in the middle of the courtyard and burst out laughing. This was her home, and it had to be arranged to her liking.

Hu Zi stood beside her, "How is it?"

"Satisfied, very satisfied."

"Haha, as long as you’re happy. What’s next?"

"Curtains, bedding, sheets, door curtains. Do you know any places that make these? My sewing skills aren’t great." 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

"I do. Just have them custom-made, but we’ll have to buy the fabric ourselves. Not sure how much fabric we’ll need."

Hu Zi started looking for the fabric tickets he had.

"Brother Hu Zi, I’ll take you to a store. It’ll cost a bit more, but they sell fabric there."

Hu Zi couldn’t believe it. With their identity, was it really that simple?

"Brother Hu Zi, what’s with that look? This is my relative. Otherwise, even if you paid more, they wouldn’t serve you. Besides, with the holiday season, they might not even be open."

Hu Zi laughed, "Hurry and lead the way. We’ll order everything from there. Make more bedding. Besides, we can’t measure sizes, can you drive and pick someone up? Have them come measure, so they know what we need."

"Alright, I’ll drive to pick them up."

The two left, leaving only Hu Zi and his group at home.

They went straight into the living room. Feng Shanshan sat down. "We’ll need to make a few cushions. Otherwise, these solid wood furniture are too cold to sit on."

Hu Zi nodded with a smile, "No problem, you handle it. I’ll listen to you."

Feng Shanshan smiled at Hu Zi, "You’ll always listen to me?"

"Yes, as long as you don’t do anything horrible, I’ll follow your lead."

"I wouldn’t dream of doing anything horrible." She shot Hu Zi a playful glare.

"By the way, you must have seen Su Yuanyuan, right? I’d like to meet her. She’s a friend I acknowledge, and since I’m getting married, I have to let her know."

"Alright, I’ll go find the sister-in-law later, let’s have dinner outside tonight."

"Actually, if your cooking is good, we could make dinner at home. It’s really not convenient for the elder brother and sister-in-law to eat out."

"Sure, but not this time. We have nothing ready, and it’s too late to prepare now."

Hu Zi was pleased, "When Qi Yan and the others return, let’s invite their family over for dinner."

"By the way, once these are settled, we’ll need to shop for supplies, right?"

"Sure, I’ve brought all my tickets. I heard from Daqing that they all bought sewing machines, bicycles, radios."

"I have two bike tickets, one for each of us. It’ll be convenient for me to get to work, and you can ride to school, too."

"Sounds good. I also want a radio."

Feng Shanshan wanted to hear the news since newspapers weren’t enough.

"Think about what else you need, and we’ll buy them all together."