Chapter 111: Pang Kegang was speechless; how could these three people be like a family?

The next day, early morning.

Lu Yuan woke up naturally.

Today Chen Taohua didn't come to call Lu Yuan.

He probably also knows that his wife is at home today, so he naturally should stay with his wife.

Besides, today is the last weekend before the New Year, and every household is now starting to do a big cleaning.

Especially since there are some big items at home that need to be moved, or taken out, or brought in.

It's just right to take advantage of the men being at home and get it done quickly.

By New Year's Eve, there will be no need to busy ourselves cleaning the house.

By then, each family just needs to buy meat, chop filling, make dumplings, put up spring couplets, and that's it.

Lu Yuan's home is no different.

As for the New Year arrangements, Lu Yuan has already made his plans.

Here the New Year holiday is three days.

New Year's Eve, the first day, and the second day — these three days.

On the third day, work resumes.

On New Year's Eve, Lu Yuan and Su Liyan do not return to Qiu Qiu Village; they spend the holiday in the city.

Besides, there's no tradition of going to the wife's parents' home on New Year's Eve.

When New Year's Day arrives and the clock strikes midnight, after Lu Yuan and Su Liyan finish eating dumplings, they start going out to make New Year calls.

They pay respects to the three elders in the courtyard, and to some senior relatives.

Then Lu Yuan leads Su Liyan out to make New Year calls, visiting Wang Ping, Lin Fusheng, and Director Xu's home.

By rights, Lu Yuan should also go to Director Liu of the Qingcang Guard.

But Lu Yuan doesn't know Director Liu's address, so he doesn't go.

He can just say hello next time he goes to the Qingcang Guard to collect his pay.

After wandering around for a while, they spend some time at each household.

It's about five or six o'clock by then, and he then takes Su Liyan back to Qiu Qiu Village.

Then they stay until the third day; they come back in the early morning of the third day, and the next day Su Liyan continues going to work.

That's about it for the year.

As for building a house for his father-in-law, when the third day arrives, Liu Shoucai and his group will go straight to Qiu Qiu Village.

Anyway, Liu Shoucai also knows where Qiu Qiu Village is, so Lu Yuan doesn't need to bother with anything.

After Lu Yuan got up, Su Liyan smiled and looked at him, saying:

"Brother~"

Su Liyan today is a bit shy; I don't know what happened last night, but she suddenly became like that, constantly clinging to her man.

Thinking about last night's events after waking up this morning, Su Liyan almost died of embarrassment.

Lu Yuan looked at his gorgeous wife and then gave a mischievous laugh, saying:

"Huh?"

"What's wrong? Do you want more?"

That remark from Lu Yuan made Su Liyan blush furiously, and she immediately began to act coquettish and unwilling, saying:

"Brother~~Don't say that~~"

Lu Yuan knew his wife was thin-skinned, so he also burst out laughing, saying:

"All right~~I won't say it~~"

Su Liyan came up to Lu Yuan with a shy smile and helped her man put on his clothes.

Meanwhile, Lu Yuan looked at his wife and felt curious in his heart.

Does his wife have any changes at all?

That is, the Blood Awakening Liquid.

As far as can be seen, it seems there is no change.

Well… one can't say there's absolutely no change, after all last night was quite wild.

As for other things, that's for Su Liyan to feel herself; Lu Yuan didn't feel anything else.

However, last night Lu Yuan also felt that he himself was a bit different.

He just felt as if he vaguely sensed something, but couldn't quite grasp it.

It was hazy.

It looks like the Blood Awakening Liquid isn't completely useless.

But the dosage is too small, so it's not very obvious.

However, the Blood Vessel Awakening Liquid also says that this substance can be used only one drop per person per year.

So, if that's the case, perhaps next year when we use it again, we'll be able to feel it fully?

Lu Yuan isn't really sure either.

Anyway, any change is good; no change is fine too.

It doesn't matter.

Under his wife's service, Lu Yuan finished dressing, walked to the window, opened it, and lit a cigarette.

Meanwhile, Su Liyan went to the kitchen to fetch the prepared breakfast.

Su Liyan knows her man gets up late, so she had the breakfast ready just about when he was about to wake up.

Now it's steaming hot.

Lu Yuan took two puffs of his cigarette, then sat down with his wife to have breakfast.

As they were about to finish, Lu Yuan looked at Su Liyan and said:

"In the morning we'll tidy up at home, this afternoon we'll go to the department store for a stroll, and then we'll eat out in the evening."

"You hardly get a day off, so don't busy yourself in the evening."

Su Liyan didn't really want to go to the department store; instead, she looked at Lu Yuan and said:

"Brother, how about we go to the big residence this afternoon instead? The big residence also needs tidying up."

Lu Yuan raised his eyebrows slightly and said:

"What's there to tidy up in the big residence? We won't be able to live there anytime soon."

Su Liyan pursed her lips and smiled, saying:

"Even if we don't live there, we still need to tidy it up—it's our house, and just cleaning it up makes us happy~"

"Bro~ please go~~ won't you~~"

Lu Yuan looked at his wife's coquettish behavior and couldn't help but laugh.

Thinking it over, since we won't be able to spend much time at the department store, I'll go in, buy myself a leather jacket, a pair of leather shoes, and get Su Liyan a new outfit, then be out soon.

The remaining time, I'll take my wife to the big residence.

Lu Yuan also happened to go take a look at the big residence courtyard to properly design the Kang heating ducts.

Besides, the residence is so big; Lu Yuan isn't particularly fond of its architectural style.

What's the point of having so many empty rooms!

It would be better to demolish a few and make a small courtyard, or perhaps something else.

Moreover, Lu Yuan also doesn't like the interior decoration style there.

The windows are small, making the interior a bit dim; besides, apart from the main house in the rear courtyard, the other rooms are just like those in a Siheyuan.

They are all separate rooms, but the area isn't large—each room is about sixty to seventy square meters.

It would be better to simply knock through two rooms, combine them into one, making it look bigger and brighter.

Anyway, this afternoon Lu Yuan will go to the big residence to study it.

Looking at Su Liyan acting coquettish toward him, Lu Yuan reached out, pinched his wife's cheek, and said with a smile:

"All right~"

Upon hearing Lu Yuan's agreement, Su Liyan beamed, rushed over to hug him, and rubbed her fluffy little fox ears against his cheek.

This made Lu Yuan burst into loud laughter.

……

After the meal, Lu Yuan carried a recliner to the middle of the courtyard.

Lying in the recliner, with his legs crossed, he basked in the sun while looking at the newly rewarded book《Civil Engineering》from the system.

The system's rewards are all fun things; taking a look does no harm.

As for why he came out to look instead of staying at home,

it's obviously because the house needs a big cleaning!

Although Su Liyan usually keeps their home very clean,

but this is the year-end big cleaning, so every nook and cranny must be swept.

Under the bed, inside the cabinets against the wall.

These things need to be pulled out, then thoroughly swept, and then put back.

It's not just Lu Yuan's family doing this.

Take a look at the rear courtyard—everyone has moved their household items out into the yard.

There's no helping it, after all not everyone has two rooms like Lu Yuan does.

Most other people only have one room, and they have to fit several people inside.

There's also a lot of stuff inside.

If they're going to clean the nooks and crannies, they first have to move some things out to the yard to make space.

For example, broken cabinets, broken tables, etc. —they have to be carried out to the yard first, then after the cleaning is done, they can be moved back in.

Lu Yuan's family is actually fine; first, they have a large space.

Second, Lu Yuan's family doesn't have so many miscellaneous things.

Su Liyan tidies up the house; she sells anything that should be sold as scrap and doesn't hoard useless items.

Moreover, only two people live in the house, so their clothing and daily necessities aren't many, so there's no need to move them out.

"Wife, you really don't need my help, do you?"

Lu Yuan lay back in the chair, tilted his head up to look at Su Liyan in the window, and asked:

At this moment, Su Liyan had folded a newspaper into a little hat and wore it on her head, looking especially cute.

And Su Liyan turned her head to look out the window at Lu Yuan, pursed her lips, and said:

"Really not needed~ Brother~ you just rest outside~"

Hearing Su Liyan's words, Lu Yuan nodded, picked up the tea his wife had brewed nearby, and took a sip.

With his legs crossed, he swayed his feet while reading the book.

This life is simply wonderful.

Pang Kaige also tidied up his home today; Pang Kaige and Wang Yulan moved out quite a few things.

Not long after, the things had been moved out about the same amount.

Wang Yulan then carried a small stool over to Lu Yuan's side, looked at him, pursed her lips, and said:

"Brother Lu, what book are you reading?"

Wang Yulan also read the book, naturally she was also curious.

Lu Yuan took his own white-covered book, gave it a shake at Wang Yulan, and said perfunctorily:

"Picture book."

After saying that, Lu Yuan looked at the curious Wang Yulan beside him and asked:

"How come you've finished cleaning your house?"

Wang Yulan shook her head, a bit cutely, and said:

"Not yet, I just moved out the stuff, my brother is cleaning inside, so I came out~"

Huh?

Lu Yuan blinked, looked at Wang Yulan curiously, and asked:

"Why aren't you helping?"

Wang Yulan shook her head and said:

"I don't know how to tidy up, and besides, quite a few things inside belong to my parents-in-law.

Need to sort them out properly, send them over later, I also don't know whose is whose, so I just came out."

Lu Yuan smiled and nodded, then pointed to the melon seeds and peanuts on his small table and said:

"Here, have some."

Wang Yulan wasn't polite either, immediately grabbed a handful with her little hand and said:

"Thanks, Brother Lu~"

Lu Yuan, while looking at the book, smiled and said:

"Don't be so polite."

And Wang Yulan also looked at Lu Yuan curiously and said:

"Then Brother Lu, why don't you help my Sister Su?"

Lu Yuan, while reading the book, said righteously:

"Well, I have a bad stomach, I can't work."

Wang Yulan nodded slightly and said:

"Like that~"

Not long after, Su Liyan came out of the house holding a basin and a rag.

The water in this basin has gone foul.

Su Liyan came out to change the basin's water and then go back to continue wiping.

Upon seeing Wang Yulan also at her own doorstep, Su Liyan couldn't help but smile and say:

"Oh, Little Sister Yulan is here too~"

Wang Yulan, looking lovely, hurriedly greeted Su Liyan and said:

"Sister Su~"

Su Liyan also had a smiling face; she quite liked Wang Yulan.

She is quite warm-hearted toward people, and moreover, she's from the same courtyard.

She is a year younger than me, thus seeming like a little sister.

Arriving at the water pool, Su Liyan threw the dirty rag to wash, and meanwhile changed the water.

At that moment, Pang Kaige also came out of the house, holding a mop and a water bucket.

There's too much stuff in this house; even though Pang Kaige is a man, after finishing he's a bit out of breath.

Arriving at the water pool, he greeted Su Liyan, called her 'Sister Su', and then while washing the mop, he changed the water.

Su Liyan looked up at Pang Kaige and also smiled, saying:

"Busy, Brother Kaige."

Pang Kaige nodded, glanced at Su Liyan before him, then glanced at Lu Yuan in the distance.

Instantly, Pang Kaige felt this anger!!

"What the hell for!!"

"Everyone here is marrying a wife!"

"Lu Yuan takes a wife, I, Pang Kaige, also take a wife."

"How come taking a wife makes you so comfortable, doing nothing all day??"

"But I have to do everything?!"

Pang Kaige is really about to die of anger.

But, this matter, Pang Kaige still can't say.

After all……

My wife is just like that.

Even at home, my wife does nothing at all, and moreover, when we first met, my father-in-law and mother-in-law also said this about my wife.

Ask Pang Kaige if he can accept it.

At that time, Pang Kaige also said he could accept it.

After all……

"Isn't this just hoping my father-in-law, with his blue cuffs, will later promote me?!"

So, doing some work is no big deal.

As for my wife not being able to cook……

It's also fine.

Anyway, I will do it, and my wife also brought a lot of dowry when she married in.

By then, if I don't want to cook, going out for a meal is no big deal.

Moreover, later when my wife returns to her parents' home, she can also bring back quite a bit of money.

My family also has money.

So, at that time, Pang Kaige thought it was really quite good.

But...

This turned out like this today.

Pang Kaige still felt sour in his heart, feeling unsatisfied.

What the hell for!!

Why does Lu Yuan get to enjoy such great fortune?

After Su Liyan finished washing the rag, she then carried the water basin back.

After returning, Su Liyan didn't immediately start working.

Instead, she took out four persimmons from home.

After washing them clean at the pond, Su Liyan handed one to Pang Kaige, who was still washing the mop.

Pang Kaige was stunned, then quickly said with a smile:

Thank you, Su Jie.

Su Liyan then immediately said with a smile:

You're welcome, Kaige Xiong; it's really thanks to you helping Su Jie clean the stables.

Pfft, Pang Kaige felt as if his chest had been stabbed.

After washing the persimmons, Su Liyan returned to her doorstep, gave one to her husband, and also gave one to Wang Yulan beside her.

After Wang Yulan eagerly took a bite, she looked at Su Liyan with a surprised face and said:

Su Jie, your persimmons are so sweet~

Su Liyan also replied with a full smile:

These are from my third uncle's; if you like them, I'll get you two more when you leave.

Wang Yulan then immediately smiled and nodded, saying:

Thank you, Su Jie~

Pang Kaige, standing by the pond, took a hard bite of the persimmon in his hand, looked at the three people in the distance, and felt speechless.

How come these three people are just like a family!!

Thanks, met, Mu Shan, you be a bit faster, Lost Rabbit, Tiger Unlovable, these five old brothers' 100 book coin reward, thank you very much~

mua~

See you at night~

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(End of chapter)