Zhou Laoer was used to getting up early. As soon as it was light, he helped his father-in-law and brother-in-law to kill the pig, and then helped his wife to clean the pig's skin.

He didn't go to work at the dock today.

His daughter had made an appointment with him that she would go to clean up the new house during this period, so she would not go to the dock for the time being.

Seeing that it was getting bright, he tiptoed to the window of the east wing and called out in a low voice:

"Daughter?"

"Daughter, are you awake?"

Zhou Lingling, who had just turned over in the room and was about to take another nap: "..."

Just, I woke up even though I wasn’t awake yet.

In fact, she would be woken up by the noise outside every day, and could only fall asleep again after her grandfather and Chen had finished cleaning up.

Hey!

Now that I have a new house, I might as well take a nap!

Zhou Lingling: I just did a somersault.

"hiss……"

A dull pain came from his ribs, and Zhou Lingling held his forehead with his hand.

sloppy.

I forgot that I was a person who had broken ribs and was in the final stage of recovery.

"Daughter?"

Zhou Laoer heard the noise outside and came back when he was about to leave.

"Dad, I'm awake!"

Zhou Lingling shouted towards the window.

Zhou Laoer grinned, "Okay, okay, my girl, get up and wash your face. I'll go call your grandmother for breakfast!"

He rubbed his hands excitedly and prepared to go to the kitchen.

Chen, who had just helped her sister-in-law divide the braised food into bowls, glared at him angrily:

"You're so impatient! You woke my daughter up so early in the morning!"

I have agreed with my sister-in-law that she will not go to the braised food stall today, but will go to the new yard with her daughter.

Even Chen the Butcher didn't plan to go to the meat stall. He just threw the meat to his son. He wanted to go to his daughter's new home with his wife.

Aunt Chen smiled and said, "How dare you talk about your brother-in-law? Didn't you sleep well last night?"

Zhou Laoer immediately pointed at his wife and laughed, "Hahaha, my wife is still talking about me!"

Chen: "..."

She glanced at Zhou Laoer indifferently, successfully silencing him.

Aunt Chen shook her head in amusement and went out with Uncle Chen.

After a while

Zhou Lingling packed up and came out of the room.

Chen Jiakang, who was squatting in the yard, stood up and ran over.

"Cousin, I want to see the new yard too!"

Zhou Lingling held a simple toothbrush made of willow branches in one hand, dipped it in salt, put a mouthful of water in her mouth, and gargled.

She nodded, spit out the water and said, "Go ahead, it's a good opportunity to go and get familiar with the place."

Zhou Lingling brushed her teeth and the Chen family’s breakfast was served.

A basket of steamed corn bread mixed with coarse and fine grains, a large bowl of thick white rice porridge, and a plate of pickles.

With Zhou Lingling's insistence, the Chen family now has a unified standard for three meals a day. There is no longer a situation where Zhou Lingling has one set of meals and others have another.

In order not to mistreat her beloved grandson, Old Mrs. Chen directly raised the Chen family's dietary standards to a higher level.

Even Chen the Butcher sighed: "After living for most of my life, I finally get to enjoy the happiness with my granddaughter!"

This made Old Lady Chen raise her hand and hit him twice, saying, "How badly did I treat you in the past?"

After breakfast,

Zhou Laoer and his wife, Zhou Lingling and her two siblings, the old couple of the Chen family, and Chen Jiakang, all headed towards the east side of the town in a mighty procession.

A neighbor on the street was surprised and asked them, "Master Chen, aren't you setting up your stall today?"

Butcher Chen: "What? How did you know my daughter bought a new yard? I'll invite you to the greenhouse when the time comes!"

Neighbor:"……???"

Walking down the street, I ran into an acquaintance: "Hey, isn't this Master Chen? I didn't see you at the butcher's stall today. Are you out shopping with your family?"

Butcher Chen smiled and said, "Yes, yes, you also know that my daughter bought a yard. We are going to clean it up now."

Acquaintance: “…Huh?”

Zhou Lingling, who was walking nearby, silently quickened her pace, trying not to walk with her grandfather who had read all the papers.

As she walked, she noticed a figure next to her. Turning around, she saw her elder brother also had the same indescribable expression on his face.

The sound of Chen the Butcher greeting someone else was heard again from behind. The brother and sister looked at each other and quickened their pace at the same time.

"Hey, hey, brother and sister, wait for me!"

Zhou Yun pulled Chen Jiakang and caught up.

suddenly,

There was a cry of surprise from the front, and the crowd instantly became chaotic.

Zhou Chi was quick-witted and grabbed his sister's arm, pulling her to the side of the road.

Immediately afterwards, a carriage sped past them, driven by a young man whose face was flushed with anxiety.

"Get out of the way! Get out of the way!"

"People in front get out of the way!"

It was obvious that he wanted to avoid the crowd as much as possible, but this was the crowded West Market, and it was the time when everyone went out to buy things, so the carriage inevitably hit the pedestrians on the roadside.

Some people lay on the ground wailing, and some vendors looked at their overturned stalls and cried without tears.

But Zhou Lingling's attention was attracted by a dazzling bright red on the ground.

It's... blood.

This is where the carriage passes.

Zhou Lingling frowned and saw the carriage stopped at Baohe Hall at the end.

She heard the young man rush in and shout, "Come, doctor, save my wife!"

The anxious voice was full of fear.

"Ling Ling?"

Zhou Lingling came to her senses and realized that it was her elder brother calling her.

She asked: "What's wrong?"

Zhou Chi said helplessly: "We should go."

"it is good……"

Zhou Lingling looked back at the clinic not far away.

How strange, she is not a doctor...

Why did she suddenly have a feeling in her heart that made her want to go and see?

Zhou Lingling shook her head and continued walking towards the new yard with her family.

As expected, everyone was very surprised when they saw the new yard Zhou Lingling bought.

Mrs. Chen said, "Although this yard is a bit old, it's more spacious than our house!"

Butcher Chen knocked on the paint-chipped pillar and nodded, "We'll fix it up later. It's not a big deal."

Chen and Zhou Laoer were so excited that they were speechless. They pushed open the doors of the houses in the yard one by one and looked again and again.

They...have a home.

"Daughter..."

Chen held her daughter's hand, her eyes red, and was about to say something when she heard her nephew's voice.

"Grandma, there's a well here!"

Chen Jiakang lay there, looking down into the well.

Zhou Lingling turned her head and saw this scene, and was shocked.

What a mess...

But she didn't dare to speak suddenly, so she took a deep breath and called out, "Second cousin, come and help me see if this is broken..."

Upon hearing this, Chen Jiakang immediately climbed up from the well and ran towards her.

"what?"

Zhou Lingling pointed to a small black box not far away: "Here, this is it."

It should have been left by the original owner. I don’t know what was installed in it.

Chen Jiakang squatted down, picked up the small box and looked at it.

"Huh? There's no lock..."

"Zhou Xiaoyun, come here!"

Only after Zhou Yun came running over did Zhou Lingling turn around and pat her pounding heart.

I thought that in the future they must make a solid manhole cover like my grandfather's house.

I remember that when I lived in that era, technology was already very advanced, but there were still many children who accidentally fell into wells, and the chances of survival were extremely slim.

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