Transmigrated & Triumphant: Defying Destiny's Chosen One-Chapter 583 - 74: The Pride and Bitterness of an Old Mother
The kids, having been well-trained at home, were not lazy at all.
Chu River just strolled around the courtyard a few times, and when he came back, he found that everyone had already packed up the luggage and put everything in place.
There were still some empty spaces which were hard to deal with—after all, moving from afar, they hadn’t brought the big furniture, so they needed to find someone local to custom-make them.
Honestly, this level of efficiency and skill in managing a household might not even be outdone by Shi Suifeng, who had been rigorously trained in the military.
He stood in the courtyard, the scorching sun bearing down on him, but he was lost in confusion—over the past 6 years that he had been away, had Little He truly struggled at home?
...
In the new environment, the kids were highly motivated, bustling about so busily that their feet barely touched the ground.
And Brother Chen, the truck driver, sat in the courtyard for a while. Seeing the house hadn’t been tidied up, he thought it over and decided to take this opportunity to tour Beijing.
Of course, he couldn’t drive back with an empty truck; taking a few things along made perfect sense.
This way, everything would be tidied up before dinner, and after having dinner, he could set off, and be back in Ning City first thing the day after tomorrow, just in time to return the truck.
Chen Changhai pondered and felt that the 200 yuan moving fee shouldn’t go to waste, so he decided to hitch a ride on the truck to Beijing.
He now had a warehouse there, and he had promised to deliver two bicycles. He couldn’t really find a way to ride them over himself tomorrow morning, could he?
He still needed to hitch a ride on this truck.
yuan, just thinking about it made his heart ache.
These days, even good jobs in the city only paid fifty or sixty yuan, so it was only because the transport team was now prosperous and in demand that they could charge such ridiculous prices.
Otherwise...
Thinking about this, Chen Changhai could only take a deep breath and muse over the daily money-making speed of the God of Wealth, and after a good while, he didn’t feel so pained anymore.
He secretly vowed—anyway, this money, he had to earn it back sooner or later!
After all, Comrade Chu River’s new cellar at home was empty!
...
Da Dan went out grocery shopping, Daya and Gu Ping went to the supply and marketing cooperative, Little Xuan and Yun Baoni were going back and forth in the house discussing, and Gu An was holding a notebook, noting things down like a secretary...
The three of them were determined to get every place organized neatly before dinner.
And Chu River looked at the already tidied house and all the luggage in place, now sitting in the corridor with his legs crossed—
"This breeze feels really nice!"
It’s cool and refreshing.
As long as she didn’t move, the sweat couldn’t catch up to her!
This was what summer was about!
The only pity was that no preparatory snacks had been prepared, leaving her mouth empty.
Shi Suifeng rinsed his head and face under the tap, feeling much more comfortable now.
But looking at the big courtyard, he still asked with some concern, "Little He, moving all the way here wasn’t easy. I heard just the moving fees were about 200 yuan... Do we have enough money at home?"
Over the years, he had sent back most of his monthly allowance, which had just recently increased to over 200. He wondered if the family managed to save some.
It should be... possible?
After all, Little He could earn some money herself, and Da Dan was so resourceful...
Chu River widened his eyes and looked at him, "You’re only thinking about this now!"
Shi Suifeng felt a bit embarrassed—he was worried that if the kids heard there was no money, they’d get anxious.
In fact, he was already prepared to borrow money.
But seeing how everyone was pointing and taking money out so smoothly... How was this poor at all?
...
Shi Suifeng’s considerate nature felt like a willow tree encountering Lu Zhishen, quickly knocked down by a single sentence from Chu River—
"Don’t worry, we’ll manage, we’re not expecting you to support the family."
"This house is only 1,100; putting it all together, it’s just about 2,000 yuan... Not something you need to worry over."
Shi Suifeng: ...
—Often because of poverty, conversations couldn’t continue.
Chu River still remembered what Da Dan said while balancing the books!
"Don’t think about your salary!"
"Work hard, the stronger the ability, the better for us."
"Tell me if we run short on money, over 200 a month is indeed tight."
"You’ve had it tough all these years!"
The last sentence, said with a mix of sourness and concern, was like a mother advising her working child, making Shi Suifeng’s expression quite disordered.
"Little He!"
...
And Chu River thought: No wonder it’s me!
Regaining her memory, she now could casually use cultured words like "tight."
With this, Shi Suifeng definitely wouldn’t notice she hadn’t been studying these past years!
