After a simple rebirth

Fu Yu took out all his new clothes and just took some spare clothes and things prepared for his elderly parents. He would go back to his mother's house on the second day of the New Year.

After Fu Yu finished cleaning up, the two returned to the stove. Fu's mother looked at them strangely, "What are you two sisters doing? Why are you hiding in your room?"

Fu Yu shook her head. Fu Ying didn't want to tell Fu's father and mother, so she didn't say anything either. Seeing that Fu's father had already poured boiling water to cook soup, she took a bowl to serve the rice.

After dinner, Fu Yu wanted to go to the roof to see Gumang Middle School, but the Fu family didn't have a second floor, so there was no staircase. If he wanted to see it, he could only go up to the second floor of Kui Ge's house next door, then turn over and walk along a narrow edge to the roof of his own house. Not only was it dangerous, it was also troublesome.

Fu Yu thought about it and simply called Fu Ying and took the two children for a walk. He threw the third child, who still needed to be carried, to Wang Changjie.

They didn't walk too far before arriving at the path next to their third uncle's house. It was a slope, and after walking up a distance they could see the large cemetery and Gumang Middle School.

The two of them, each holding a child, soon saw the old gray wall of Gumang, but Fu Ying pointed to a piece of land behind it first.

"A small park will be built here in the future. Mom will often come here to dance square dance with the villagers in the evening."

Fu Yu was surprised, "Small park? Dancing? Mom can dance?"

"Yes, after two years, my mother started to dance in the square every night. She danced very enthusiastically. The small park was built because of the requirements from above. It seems that every village should have this kind of entertainment and fitness facilities."

Fu Yu nodded and looked towards Gumang Middle School.

"Why does Gumang want to expand so much? Our cemetery is so long, will there be any compensation?"

Fu Ying answered them one by one.

"Gumang is mainly expanding its high school and dormitories, and the land was acquired in two stages. Don't underestimate it because it just has a high school. In a few years, when Gumang's enrollment rate is known, it will become a key high school and will be ranked among the top five in the city."

Fu Yu opened his mouth wide, "Will Gu Mang be so powerful in the future?"

“Yes, many people want to get into Gumang High School but cannot. Its admission score is as high as that of the No. 1 Middle School in the city. The admission score for the junior high school is a little lower, so many people will go to Gumang Junior High School.

As for the land acquisition for the expansion, there was compensation, but because we used the land for farming, we only received more than 10,000 yuan for the entire land.”

Fu Yu subconsciously replied, "So little!"

Fu Ying nodded.

"When I heard what my father said, I also sighed that it was too little. But no matter how hard we villagers tried to raise the price, it was useless. We also tried to open a back door on this road, but it didn't work. In the end, it was still expropriated."

A fellow villager passing by interrupted the conversation between Fu Ying and the others, "Who are you? Fu Yu from Zhao Feifei's family?"

Fu Yu nodded and called her relative "sister-in-law," and Fu Ying followed suit.

"Is this your sister? Then who are these two little ones?"

Fu Yu replied, "This is my sister Fu Ying, who is currently studying in high school in Gumang. These two are the eldest and second oldest in my family, and the third is at my mother's house. We are back home to celebrate the New Year."

"Oh, you already have three children. It's too fast." The sister-in-law exclaimed.

Fu Yu smiled and nodded, "I got married early, so my children are grown up already."

The man invited Fu Yu to visit him when he was free, and then left. Fu Yu and his friend also went home, taking the child with them.

Wang Changjie was moving things to the door.

"Hurry up, the car should be here soon, we can just get on and go back later."

Fu Yu asked Wang Ruizhong to play with Fu Ying, and then he went in to get the packed things and put the third child on his back. Finally, he spoke to Fu Ying.

"I'll tell you the rest when I get back."

Fu Ying nodded, and Wang Changjie approached Fu Yu with gossip.

"What's so mysterious? I'm waiting for you to come back. Tell me about it."

Fu Yu ruthlessly pushed his face away.

"Don't worry about it if it's none of your business. You'll be responsible for getting the things and holding Wang Ruizhong's hand."

Brother Fu had no choice but to pick up a few things and fold what he could.

"Why is it so light? A lot of things are missing. Aren't you going to take them with you?"

"How much do you want to take? It's hard to sit in a car. Just bring two sets of clothes and some things for your parents. You'll be back on the second day of the Chinese New Year."

Wang Changjie thought about it and realized that Fu Yu was indeed going back to her parents' home on the second day of the Chinese New Year, so he didn't say anything.

After waiting for a while, the van arrived. It was a popular vehicle for carrying people and cargo in rural areas, Hongguang, with seven seats.

At that time, there was no strict inspection on overloading, so when Fu Ying sent them on the bus, it seemed that the passengers had exceeded the limit, not counting the children. Fortunately, it didn't take long, so the children should be able to hold on and arrive in time.

After waving goodbye to Fu Yu's family, Fu Ying came back to prepare to post the couplets.

It is not just talk that the festive atmosphere has become increasingly weak in later generations; people really are not that particular about it anymore.

In the past, couplets were posted on the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month, but some families did not post them until the 30th day of the lunar year, and Fu Ying's family did not post them until the 29th day of the lunar year. The atmosphere was inexplicably less. In addition, couplets were made by boiling glutinous rice into paste and sticking them on the wall, but many families began to use transparent tape to stick them randomly for convenience. Not only did they lack the process of family togetherness, but the finished couplets also looked weird, and always felt like something was missing.

The outside walls of Fu's house are still covered with tiles when the house was renovated, so Fu Ying decided to buy some double-sided tape because she doesn't know how to make the paste.

Fu Ying asked Fu Zhe to buy double-sided tape and asked Fu's father to move the ladder. She first studied the size and put it in place in advance.

"Xiaoying, I'm afraid you can't do it. It's not high enough. Ask your brother to do it."

Fu Ying said directly, "Fu Zhe, go call the young master and see if he is willing to come over."

After a while, Fu Zhe came back and said, "Brother said he would come over later to post it."

Fu Ying sneered, right? You can't count on him at all. When you ask him to do something, he always tells you to wait. You don't know whether he chooses an auspicious time to do things, or he just doesn't want to do it, and deliberately delays it until you get impatient and do it yourself, then he has nothing to do.

Anyway, Fu Ying would rather rely on herself than on a man like this. Forget it, there is nothing she can't do.

When I was working in a coffee shop, I had to do the sewers, change the faucets, dismantle the air conditioners, and clean them myself. There were boys who did it themselves. Instead of asking others to do a lot of things, it would be better to do it by myself.

Fu Ying didn't ask Fu Dad and Fu Zhe to come. She took the double-sided tape and climbed up the ladder. She tore off the old couplets and threw them on the ground to be swept. Then Fu Ying asked Fu Dad to hand her the horizontal couplet. She put the adhesive on the back and asked Fu Dad to check if it was crooked. Once he was sure, he put it on.

When it came time to post the small couplets on the door of the main hall, Fu Zhe also wanted to try, so Fu Ying let him go up. Posting couplets was such a simple thing, Fu Zhe knew how to do it after seeing it, and he completed it quickly.

It didn't take the three of them long to finish pasting the stickers. The eldest young master never came out, and the family members were too lazy to call him since they didn't need him anyway.

Fu Ying took the broom and swept away the remaining garbage, and the task of pasting the couplets was completed.

When I passed by the main hall, I rewarded myself with a small crispy cake.