Phi-Fic Chapter 279 Organizing
Chapter 279 Organizing
As they were about to leave, Su Jinru called them back.
"Just a moment."
Su Jinru went inside, took out some candy from her spatial storage, and put it in a bowl.
She ran out and stood in front of the four people.
"Thank you for your blessings. Please have some candy for your housewarming."
They gave everyone a handful of candy.
The four people thanked them happily and left.
Su Jinru closed the door.
She took out all the furniture she had brought from Qiongzhou Island from her spatial storage.
Each and every piece of furniture was painstakingly made by them; it would be a shame not to bring them along.
In particular, the solar water heater was specially made by Yuan Wenjie after Su Jinru explained the principles.
I'm used to solar water heaters; they make showering so convenient. I really wouldn't be used to it without one.
Therefore, it's impossible for this thing not to be moved.
The two of them assembled the solar water heater together.
Then tidy up the room.
Each room has a bed.
Anyway, the house is big enough, with enough rooms, and each of the four children has their own room.
Previously, on the island, I had a carpenter specially made wardrobes and bookshelves, which have now been moved here.
These beds, wardrobes, and desks are all made of solid wood, very sturdy, and exquisitely carved with an antique charm. They were made by the best local carpenter hired by Yuan Wenjie, and the materials used are also of the highest quality.
Other people use whatever materials are cheapest when making furniture, but Yuan Wenjie uses whatever materials are most expensive.
Next came the children's toys, books, clothes, and daily necessities.
The pots, pans, firewood, rice, oil, and salt in the kitchen.
The bedding and sheets on the bed.
I've been busy until noon, and I still haven't finished organizing everything.
Su Jinru washed her hands and took out some pastries and fruits from her spatial storage.
After the two of them finished eating, they continued tidying up.
It wasn't until evening that everything was put in its place, and each child's belongings were placed in their respective rooms.
Su Jinru had to keep all the toys that An Ran and An Xin had played with when they were little safe and put them in their rooms.
After finishing all that, Su Jinru lay down on the bed.
too tired.
Yuan Wenjie lay down next to her.
"Let's go! Let's go to the state-run restaurant for dinner, and then we'll stay here tonight."
"Not calling the children?"
"I reckon they've already eaten at Grandma's by now. We'll stay here for the next few days. After all, if you were to transport all this furniture by train, it would take at least two or three days to arrive! Otherwise, how would we explain it to the children?"
"Yes! When children are young, you can lie to them, but now that they're grown up, you shouldn't lie to them anymore."
"So, let them stay at Grandma's for a few days, and we'll have some time alone here."
"We should at least let them know!"
"I already told our parents."
The two ate at a state-run restaurant and then returned to their courtyard house.
"Aru, I'm going to report to the military region tomorrow morning. It's inconvenient that there's no phone at home. I'll have someone come and install one in a few days."
There's only one week left before school starts, and we should contact Ruochen and Ruoxi's schools.
"Yes, after I report to the military region and get my household registration and other things sorted out, I can then contact the school."
Su Jinru: "By the way, isn't Xingguo a teacher at the military region's affiliated school? I think he's also the office director."
"Yes! We have a teacher in our family, so let him handle this. I'll call him tomorrow."
The next morning, Yuan Wenjie went to the military region to report for duty. In his office, he called the Luo family and asked Luo Xingguo to handle the enrollment of the twins.
The person who answered the phone was Grandpa Luo.
He smiled and said, "Ah Jie, I know you've just been transferred here and are busy. I already had Xingguo take care of this matter, so don't worry! Ruochen and Ruochen will go to the military district's primary school when school starts. They'll be in fourth grade, right?"
"Yes, yes, fourth grade."
……
In the courtyard.
Su Jinru harvested a batch of the medicinal herbs she had planted in her space. As for the others that were not yet ready for harvest, she checked their growth and adjusted the temperature accordingly.
Ever since she learned that she was going to be transferred to the capital, Su Jinru planted two rose bushes in her space.
One is bright red, and the other is peach pink.
These two rose bushes have grown to a meter tall inside the space, and they've already bloomed.
Su Jinru plans to let it rest for another half month before transplanting it to the courtyard of the siheyuan (traditional courtyard house).
Su Jinru plans to make use of all the open space in the courtyard house.
Besides planting two rose bushes, she also plans to plant some vegetables.
In this way, she can legitimately take out plenty of fresh vegetables to eat, and also give them to her mother-in-law's family.
There were originally several flower beds inside the courtyard house.
The roses were planted in the flower bed.
As for planting vegetables, she doesn't need to damage the paving stones in the yard; she can just plant some potted vegetables directly.
Without hesitation, Su Jinru went to the secondhand market after breakfast and bought some old tin buckets, tin basins, and plastic buckets.
These items were all discarded and unusable in normal life. Su Jinru spent three yuan to buy thirty-five of them, five of which were gifts from friends, and one yuan to hire a tricycle to help deliver them to her home.
She could have brought it back from her spatial storage, but in public, with so many buckets and basins, she could only pay one yuan to have someone deliver it for her.
In the afternoon, Yuan Wenjie returned in a Jeep.
Su Jinru prepared one meat dish, one vegetable dish, and a soup.
Su Jinru said, "A-Jie, after we finish eating, we'll drive to the outskirts to collect soil."
Yuan Wenjie smiled and pointed at her with his chopsticks.
"Are you planning to plant vegetables again?"
"If I bring back soil, of course I'll plant vegetables. I don't want to go to work, what else can I do at home if I don't plant vegetables?"
While eating, Yuan Wenjie said, "Yes, of course I will obey Madam's orders."
Su Jinru: "I went to the flea market today and bought thirty-five buckets and pots, which is enough for me to grow vegetables. Now all I need is soil."
"I had already prepared gloves, burlap sacks to fill with soil, ropes to tie the sacks, and a small hoe."
After the two finished their meal, they drove to a hillside in the suburbs.
There are some low bushes here, and beneath these bushes lies humus, a mixture of decaying leaves and soil, which is the most fertile soil.
Su Jinru tossed a pair of gloves to Yuan Wenjie and put a pair on herself.
She used a small hoe to dig out the soil under the bushes.
Then they used their hands to shovel the soil into the sack.
Yuan Wenjie followed Su Jinru's example, digging out the soil from under the bushes and stuffing it into a burlap sack.
Soon, they had filled ten sacks with rotten soil.
"Aru, is this much soil enough?"
"That's enough, that's enough. Actually, we don't need that many. I just thought we should make a lot at once and use them slowly later!"