Chapter 214 Tidying Up the New Home

Chapter 215 Tidying Up the New Home

Every window in the Ye family's house was made of glass, and mosquito nets were also installed inside the rooms. There were many mosquitoes here, and opening the windows easily allowed them in.

Ye Shenge's room was still missing curtains and mosquito nets. All that was needed was to take out some bedding.

Ye Shenge came to the main hall, which was filled with mailed packages. Her mother hadn't opened a single one, mainly because her mother wasn't good at household chores like this.

"Big brother, come help unpack."

Ye Dad and Ye Mu'en came in with a pair of scissors each. Ye Shenge and Ye Mu'en knew best what was inside these packages.

Ye Shenge was responsible for distributing the items, while Mo Lin and Xiao Tiantian were responsible for delivering them to each person's room.

The fabric for making curtains was also taken by Ye Mom to Sister-in-law Bai Er to have the edges serged.

After the quilts, blankets, cool mats, pillows, pillowcases, and clothes for each room were sent out, more than half of the packages were gone.

Ye Shenge placed a roll of toilet paper in each room and also took out some mosquito repellent coils from her space. They would still need to fumigate at night.

Elder Fan saw the mosquito repellent coils and picked one up to smell it, his brow furrowed.

"Where did this come from?"

"My big brother bought it."

Ye Shenge was now experienced at deflecting blame. The men in the Ye family were always used as shields.

Elder Dang also picked one up and smelled it, shaking his head.

"The mosquito repellent effect is very good, but it can harm people as well as kill mosquitoes. It can be used in the courtyard."

"Good idea. Let's go up the mountain another day and see if we can gather some herbs that repel mosquitoes to make mosquito repellent coils and sachets."

Ye Shenge knew that many branded mosquito repellent coils from her previous life contained a lot of chemicals. She didn't use them often back then, usually opting for baby-specific electric mosquito repellent liquid. However, there was no electricity here, so it was useless.

"There's a mountain here?"

Ye Shenge quickly looked towards the outside of the courtyard wall. There was indeed a large mountain.

Elder Fan rolled his eyes. Didn't this girl know how she walked here just now?

"Our house is right by the mountain. The back of the house is a mountain, and the end of this row of houses is also a mountain. There's a river in front of the houses, or rather, it's almost dried up into a stream."

Ye Shenge felt truly wronged. She hadn't seen the road since she got off the ox cart; she was surrounded by a group of people and hadn't noticed anything.

She had also left her maternal grandmother's house in a daze, mainly because she was overwhelmed by money.

"Masters, let's go to the foot of the mountain tomorrow. I've never been into a big mountain before."

Mo Lin also jumped up excitedly beside her. He loved it here so much. Since arriving, no one knew his identity, no one pointed fingers and cursed at them, and no one looked down on him and Xiao Tiantian.

"Sister, I want to go too! Let's ask Big Brother to go into the mountain to catch wild animals."

Xiao Tiantian held onto Ye Shenge's hem, looking as if she wouldn't leave.

"Go where? You still look so listless. Rest at home for a few days before going."

Ye Mom came out with her face covered in a mask, hands on her hips. As soon as she got home, she started trying to save her skin. In Mingcheng, she would have been mocked by many other women.

"Oh, Ye Mom's face is so scary."

Elder Dang looked curiously at the stuff on Ye Mom's face and pulled Elder Fan to research it together. This was exactly what Ye Mom wanted. She wanted the two old gentlemen to create some whitening and skincare ointments.

Ye Shenge shook her head and could only let Mo Lin and Xiao Tiantian continue tidying their own rooms. She and her big brother could take this opportunity to fill in the missing items at home.

Cooking oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, and some dried goods and grains in the kitchen. Anyway, no one entered the kitchen, so she wouldn't be discovered taking anything out of her space.

The shampoo and body wash in the bathroom were in new bottles and could be said to have been bought from an import store. Ye Shenge had indeed bought toiletries from an import store, but she had replaced the contents.

She distributed towels, toothpaste, and toothbrushes to each room again. As for basins, she hadn't brought many. They would go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy the rest tomorrow.

Ye Shenge took out a few more sets of supplies and asked her big brother to carry them together to her boyfriend's place.

However, when they went to the neighboring house, the door was wide open, and no one was there.

Ye Shenge took a general look at Zi Yisheng's house. It was half the size of her own. There were only three main rooms, with two side rooms on each side.

The front courtyard was just as large, but the backyard was much smaller. It was likely that Zi Yisheng wouldn't be planting vegetables or cooking at home.

The two of them placed the supplies on the table in the main hall and left. Ye Shenge wanted to go home and take a bath.

Zi Yisheng, along with A Can and A Sen and A Ting, who had arrived at Bai Rong Brigade in advance, went to the village chief's house.

The village chief, Gong Hua, was also sixty years old this year. He looked much older than Grandpa Bai, and his back was slightly hunched, but his spirit was still very good.

"Is anyone home?"

The village chief came out immediately upon hearing the voice. He knew that Young Master Zi would come.

"Comrade Zi, you've finally arrived."

At this moment, the village chief's wife also came out. Seeing Zi Yisheng, she quickly walked forward.

"Comrade Zi, when will my Wentao return?"

The village chief glared at his wife.

"Comrade Zi, please come in. Let's talk inside."

Zi Yisheng smiled at the village chief's wife.

"Auntie, Uncle Gong will return within a week at the latest. You don't need to worry."

Wang Fengling wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes and felt a little embarrassed.

"That's good. Comrade Zi, hurry and come in. I've made a fool of myself."

Zi Yisheng nodded in acknowledgement and entered the main hall.

"Sit down quickly, please sit down."

"Village Chief Grandpa, no need to be so formal."

Strictly speaking, Zi Yisheng should have called him Village Chief Grandpa out of respect for Uncle Gong's seniority, but since their relationship wasn't that close, he couldn't bring himself to say it. So, they just called each other as they were.

"Comrade Zi, I am truly grateful to you. Thank you for saving my youngest son's life during his most difficult time. Even more, thank you for saving the villagers of Bai Rong Brigade, so they don't have to starve to death and the children can be lively and active."

"You're welcome. It was fate between Uncle Gong and me. Saving the villagers is my duty. However, I have already stepped down, and I won't have any position in the future, so we don't need to mention these things anymore."

The village chief was perceptive; otherwise, he couldn't have managed a village of over a thousand people. He knew that Young Master Zi's "stepping down" was only temporary. How could those at the center of power give up their power?

"I understand. From now on, you can live in the village with peace of mind. If you need anything, just come to me."

At this moment, the village chief's wife brought in sugar water. She was very grateful to the young man in front of her, who was the savior of her youngest son. Although she didn't know this young man's identity, it didn't stop her from being grateful to him.

"Comrade Zi, have some water. And you comrades too."

"Thank you, Auntie."

Zi Yisheng took the cup of water but didn't put it down, nor did he drink it. Years of caution made him never accept drinks or food from others outside. However, to avoid hurting her feelings, he didn't put down the cup.

Of course, A Can and the others also didn't drink. Their duty was to protect Young Master Zi, and they would never touch anything from outside.

"Village Chief Grandpa, I came to ask about our work arrangements. You know that the women in the family are unable to work. My future mother-in-law can't stand it anymore these past few days. Is it possible to exempt them from work? Of course, they also won't take grain from the village."