CH 44

Chapter 44. Open up the wasteland

Each of them put away what little clothes, shoes and socks they own away. You Zhu rolled around on the three's kang with more than enough room and looked at the surrounding environment with great satisfaction: "This will be our home from now on! How wonderful!"

You Yin, who just came back after changing the basin to clean water, saw how overjoyed she was and smilingly remarked, "That's right. And we have our own room and cabinet too!"

The two sisters merrily chatted. They were filled with longing toward their new life. Outside, You Luo and You Ling were playing in the mud in the yard. In the main room, Mrs. Su was coaxing the twins to sleep. In the east wing, You Bao and You Ling were cleaning the tables, chairs and benches. In the kitchen, You Jin was busy preparing for their first meal in the new home. Su Family's new life was beginning.

On the first day of moving into the new home, You Jin stewed a large pot of roast meat with potatoes and steamed a large pot of coarse grain rice. The family heartily enjoyed the flavorful fatty meat juice to their fill. After dinner, they took the hot water from the kitchen to the shower booth and had a refreshing bath. Only then, they went back to their rooms to sleep.

In the east wing, You Ling slept next to You Jin. At the age of five, she followed a large family from Liutun Town to Wuli Bridge. She hadn't gotten accustomed to it: "Third Elder Sister, we really aren't going back home?"

She had called You Jin Third Elder Sister for so many years. For a moment, she wasn't used to changing the addressment.