(Oh, I forgot to send it when I fell asleep. I need to send it now.)
After being scared by Yu Shu, when Xia Mingming woke up again, she knew that she had been teased by Yu Shu and cried for a while. Because Yu Shu had scared the little girl until she fainted, it was inevitable that she would admit her mistake due to her guilty conscience. After a series of comforting words, she finally coaxed Xia Mingming with great difficulty. Her forehead was full of sweat.
Strangely enough, Xia Mingming doesn't care much about the fact that her new residence is a haunted house.
The lumber shop delivers the furniture to Huixing Street. Two strong men, under the direction of Yu Shu, put the tables, chairs, and bedside tables in place. She checks to make sure that nothing is missing. Then she pays the remaining money to the assistant manager who comes to deliver the furniture.
Seeing that Xia Mingming doesn't look well, Yu Shu has to take half a day off and send her back to the inn.
The next day, she doesn't dare to take her with her. When Xia Mingming is still sleeping, Yu Shu and Jing Chen and Yu Xiaoxiu go out alone. They buy pots and pans, firewood, rice, oil, salt, and other sundries. They find a donkey cart to take them to Huixing Street and move them into the house one by one. Sweating profusely, they make a pile of firewood in the kitchen and burn it dry.
There is a saying that if an empty house is left empty for a long time, before people move in, they should first light the stove for cooking. On one hand, it is to report to the Kitchen God to ensure prosperity, and on the other hand, it is to drive away the impurities in the house.
The next day, Yu Shu goes to several cloth shops to get the bedding and pillows that she ordered a few days ago. She goes back to make the bed, hang the bed curtain, and tie the door curtain. After tidying up, the house finally looks like a home.
Although it doesn't have richly ornamented beams, it is at least a clean and comfortable house.
Looking at the new house, Yu Shu has a sense of achievement. She locks the door and walks all the way back to the inn. She calls the three people together and announces the good news, "We will move tomorrow. Pack up and check out in the morning. Let's go home!"
Hearing this, Yu Xiaoxiu is the happiest, and Xia Mingming is the most reluctant. Jing Chen sees that Yu Shu is happy, so he is happy with her.
The four people pay the bill at Yunlai Inn. They take Kim Bao and go to Huixing Street with their luggage.
Pushing open the door, Yu Xiaoxiu was the first to rush in. He looked through the rooms one by one and asked Yu Shu, who was in the courtyard, "Which room do I sleep in?"
Yu Shu points to the largest suite on the north side and says, "You and Jing Chen sleep in that room. I asked someone to separate the bedrooms with a screen. There are two beds. You sleep in the inner bed."
Xia Mingming can't help but say, pointing to the room on the west where no one has died. She says, "I don't want to sleep in that room."
Yu Shu nods and points to the room on the east side, "You sleep there."
In this way, there is only one room left for her to live in, which is the "dirty" room on the west side. It is not that she is stupid and bold, but there are only three rooms in the house. They are two men and two women, so they can only allocate it this way. It is not good to ask Xia Mingming or Jing Chen to sleep in the room where no one has died. After all, she bought this haunted house.
Without waiting for Xia Mingming to object, Yu Shu claps her hands and says, "Go back to the room and put down your luggage. There is a cabinet. Pack your clothes."
After saying that, she turns to walk to the room on the west side. However, someone is one step faster than her.
Yu Shu sees Jing Chen push the door open and enters the room. She thinks that he did not hear her allocation, so she hurriedly follows him. "Jing Chen, you and Xiaoxiu share a room. I will sleep in this room."
Jing Chen puts the bag with two sets of clothes on the bed. He turns back and shakes his head at Yu Shu. He sits on the bed. His meaning is obvious: he wants to sleep in this room.
Seeing this, Yu Shu's heart warms. Of course, she will not think that Jing Chen likes to sleep in this room. She still remembers the first day when she brought Jing Chen to look at the house, he said that this room makes him uncomfortable. Even though it is clean now, people always care about it.
For example, if the bed sheet is stained with someone else's feces, even if the dirty thing is removed and the bed sheet is washed, there will be no smell at all. Who would be willing to sleep on the dirty bed sheet again after seeing it with their own eyes? Just thinking about it makes them feel disgusted.
But now, Jing Chen wants to "fight for the bed sheet" with her. It is just because he does not want her to sleep here.
She feels like she is being protected. To be honest, it is not bad.
Yu Shu embarrassedly touches her head. She walks to sit next to Jing Chen. She puts her hands on her knees and leans forward. She turns to look at him and says seriously, "She is a girl. You live opposite her. It will be inconvenient to wake up early and sleep late. You can look up and look down. It is troublesome to open the window. I will sleep here. You can sleep in the same room with Xiaoxiu. Ah?"
Jing Chen picks up Yu Shu's hand on her knees and writes, "I don't look at her." Yu Shu chuckles. Seeing Jing Chen's serious expression, she can't help but want to tease him. She turns her face and says deliberately, "I don't believe you. She is a girl, and she is beautiful. Anyone would want to look at her more. Why don't you like to look at her?"
She pauses and sneaks a glance. She sees Jing Chen lowering his head and seriously writing on her palm, "I only like to look at Xiaoyu." After saying that, he tilted his head to look at her. His clear eyes that were as clear as spring water reflected her clear facial features, as if he was trying to verify the truth of his "words".
Yu Shu is stunned. She only feels that her palm is suddenly scalded. She quickly retracts her hand. Her face is inexplicably hot. Her eyes wander around, not knowing where to look. Anyway, she doesn't dare to look at Jing Chen again. She stands up from the bed and coughs, "If you want to sleep, you can sleep here."
She hurriedly walks out. She didn't look at where she was and tripped on the door sill. She falls to the ground with a loud sound.
Jing Chen is shocked. He quickly gets up to help her. In the other two rooms, Yu Xiaoxiu and Xia Mingming heard the movement. They also poke their heads out. When they see Yu Shu on the ground, they quickly surround her.
"What happened? What happened? Where did you fall?"
"Ah, it's bleeding. Ashu, your nose is bleeding!"
"I will go get a handkerchief! Brother Jing, don't use your sleeves to wipe her nose. The more you wipe, the more it will bleed! "
Yu Shu covers her almost broken nose. Her knees and elbows are burning. Her eyes are filled with tears. Looking at the three people in front of her, she closes her eyes and curses in her heart, "This is so embarrassing!"
Because Yu Shu was accidentally "injured", she can't participate in the cleaning of the new residence. Xia Mingming sweeps the floor, Yu Xiaoxiu wipes the table, and Jing Chen is the tallest … He is assigned to clean the windows. Yu Shu lies on the bed, groaning. When she sees them pass by the window, she will order them with a nasal voice, "Xiaoxiu … Wipe the table legs."
"Mingming, don't just sweep the places you can see. You have to sweep the corners too."
"Jing Chen, you have been using that rag for a long time. Why don't you wash it? Won't it still be dirty if you wipe it?"
"Mingming …"
After half an hour, Xia Mingming can't stand it anymore … He throws the broom on the ground, hands on his waist, and said to Yu Shu who is lying on the bed, "Can you close your eyes and sleep without talking?"
Yu Shu knew that she was nagging, but when she saw them working, she realized that apart from Yu Xiaoxiu, no one else could make her feel at ease. However, it was not very pleasant for her to be directing others while they were working. Yu Shu was about to reply that she was going to sleep when she heard Yu Xiaoxiu say, "What's wrong with her talking? She's not afraid that you won't be able to clean up."
In fact, Yu Xiaoxiu also dislikes his sister. But she is his sister, so there is nothing that she can't say.
Being ridiculed by Yu Xiaoxiu, Xia Mingming immediately gets angry: "If I can't clean it properly, then you do it!"
"Fine, I'll do it. You clean the table!" Yu Xiaoxiu throws the rag away and picks up the broom.
"Hmph, I'll do it." Xia Mingming goes forward to grab the rag, so the two of them take turns … They work much harder than before.
Jing Chen, on the other hand, did not complain at all. He washed the rag and came back, continuing to wipe the windows that were difficult to clean. Yu Shu saw that there was nothing left for her to do. She yawned, closed her eyes, and really fell asleep.
When she wakes up … the room is clean. Yu Xiaoxiu is sitting at the head of her bed, fanning her. Kim Bao is sleeping on his lap. Xia Mingming and Jing Chen are nowhere to be seen.
"No wonder it's so cool." Yu Shu rubs her eyes and sits up. "Where are they?"
"Brother Jing went back to his room to rest. Mingming went out to buy food." In terms of age, Yu Xiaoxiu should call Xia Mingming sister, but he doesn't know why, but he doesn't want to call her sister. After Yu Shu persuades him several times, he calls Xia Mingming "Mingming" like her.
"It's already noon." Yu Shu had a good sleep. Although she was hurting all over from the fall, lying in her own bed at home was different from anywhere else.
Jing Chen insists on sleeping in the west room, so Yu Shu and Xiaoxiu sleep in the same room. Anyway, they have been living in the same room for a long time. Now there is a screen between them, so there is no discomfort.
There is no well in the yard, so Yu Shu bought a big water tank with a bucket and a shoulder pole. Seeing that Yu Shu is awake, Yu Xiaoxiu puts down the fan and brings Kim Bao to Yu Shu to look after. He goes out to pick up the shoulder pole and fetches water from the well at the end of the street. He has done this before in Yiyang, so there is no need for Yu Shu to teach him.
Originally, Yu Shu planned to buy vegetables to cook, but because of the fall, she has to give up. Xia Mingming brought back food, so they make do with it and fill their stomachs.
After a busy day, except for Yu Shu, everyone is tired and sweaty. Because they forgot to buy a bathtub, Yu Xiaoxiu boiled a few pots of hot water. They take turns to wash in the kitchen with the door closed. Even Kim Bao is scrubbed.
In the evening, Yu Shu's muscles and bones had recovered, so she took them out to find a restaurant on Huixing Street. They ordered a table of appetizers and a pot of wine to celebrate their new home.
The home-brewed wine has no alcohol content, so it is not intoxicating. Except for Jing Chen, the four of them share two cups. It is not that Yu Shu does not allow Jing Chen to drink, but Jing Chen frowns when he smells the wine. Obviously, he does not like it, so Yu Shu does not force him to drink.
After eating and drinking to their heart's content, they wander back to their new house. After washing up, they go back to their rooms to sleep.
In the quiet night, Yu Shu lay on her clean new bed. Moonlight shone through the window, shrouding the room in tranquility. She turned over and whispered to Yu Xiaoxiu, "Xiaoxiu, are you asleep?"
In response to her is a light snore.
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