Chapter 446 Hosting a Moving Party
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While Meng Zihuan was hospitalized, Qiao Changdong's new house was being decorated in full swing.
The furniture in the new house was not the same as the furniture in the existing tenement building, but all of it was high-end goods that were transported back from places like Kyoto, Tsushi, and Miyako.
Some of them were brought back by Fu Yu, but most of them were personally selected by Yan Liti when she was in those cities, and were just waiting to be delivered back after the new house was built.
Unlike Qiaojia Village, which lacked electricity, this town has had electricity for a long time.
All the appliances that were inconvenient in the tenement building were provided here, from televisions to washing machines to refrigerators. These were appliances that ordinary families couldn't afford, but they were all provided here.
There's also the Pei family's heating stove; the new house also has plenty of space for it, and they're just waiting for autumn to invite professionals from Kyoto to install it.
When it came to buying appliances, Grandpa Wang almost got into an argument with Yan Liti.
Grandpa Wang really wanted to spend money on the Qiao family, but he found that he just couldn't spend the money.
He gave the savings to Grandma Qiao, who said, "I don't need money. My children give me money every month, so I don't need it."
He wanted to be tough and just throw it at her, but Grandma Qiao was even tougher than him. She immediately took it and started a fire, which almost scared Grandpa Wang to death.
He thought that if Grandma Qiao didn't want it, then how about giving it to his nephews and nieces? But the siblings were all smiles at him one second, and the next second, when they heard that he was going to give them money, they would scatter like birds and beasts.
"???" Old Master Wang.
This family treats money like dirt!
Grandpa Wang was extremely worried.
Finally, he managed to find a suitable place to furnish Qiao Changdong's new house, but when he called to make the arrangements, Yan Liti hung up on him.
He even said to him, "Brother-in-law, you're so old, how can you still be so immature!"
"???" Old Master Wang was a little confused.
What inconsiderate thing did he do? He just wanted to spend some money on his younger sister, nephews, and nieces. What's wrong with that?!
"This is my granddaughter's house, of course I'll furnish it myself, why would I need you? Can you please stop making things worse? You're just talking nonsense." After saying this, Yan Liti turned and left, looking quite angry.
"..." Old Master Wang.
Grandpa Wang looked at Yan Xiaoqing, who was reading a book on the other side, and exaggeratedly clutched his chest, shouting, "Wife, wife, quick, get me some nitroglycerin! I can't take it anymore!"
He's going to be furious with this family!
On the third day after the house was completed, all the cleaning was finished, and the new furniture was all delivered to the yard of the new house by several large trucks.
According to the custom in Hongfeng Town, a housewarming banquet is held when people move into a new house.
The last time they moved from the village to a tenement building, they didn't go through the formalities, and Qiao Changdong hadn't planned to do it this time either.
However, thinking of the elderly couple from the Wang family who were still here, and wanting them to experience the local customs and culture, Qiao Changdong held a party at his new home.
Hearing that Qiao Changdong was going to hold a housewarming party, Old Master Wang's eyes, which had lost their sparkle because he had repeatedly failed to spend money, suddenly lit up again.
Thinking to myself, "The opportunity has finally come!"
This time, spending the money is definitely the right thing to do!
result--
"Don't be so ungrateful!"
Old Master Wang tried to give money to him again and again, but to no avail, and finally he got angry.
They even said that buying groceries is free!
Is this how perfunctory you are when you reject him?
Couldn't you have come up with a better excuse?
What vegetables can you buy for free?!
Seeing the angry old man Wang, Qiao Changdong felt helpless.
I had no choice but to patiently explain.
“Uncle, I’m telling the truth. I don’t plan to buy any vegetables. We have plenty at home. You saw it yourself when you were in the countryside. There are plenty in the vegetable garden. There’s no need to buy any more.”
"We'll also source meat and vegetables from the mountains. The animals here are very easy to catch; we can catch a whole bunch as soon as we go in, so there's no need to buy them separately."
He wasn't lying; once his daughter went inside, she could indeed catch a whole bunch of animals and bring them home.
"Fish are readily available; you can just go to the lake and catch them."
He wasn't lying about this; the giant tortoise goes out to hunt for food on its own and can bring back a bluefish weighing over 100 pounds in one go.
The interview is over, and the giant tortoise has started hunting for food on its own again.
Every time he goes out, he brings gifts for his daughter. He started hunting wild animals again last night, and now he has two grass carp and carp weighing over 100 pounds each, which is enough for a banquet.
"As for alcohol, my third brother brewed a lot of rice wine during the Spring Festival this year, which is enough. Didn't you try it before? You said it was quite delicious, so there's no need to go out and buy more."
"Is it particularly easy for you to get mountain products here?" Old Master Wang asked with suspicion.
He could understand what Qiao Changdong had said earlier, but the animals in the mountains weren't stupid, so why were they so easy to catch?
"Yes, all those wild game and mountain delicacies you've been eating these days were hunted by those boys," Qiao Changdong said with a smile.
"Really? They're so young, and they can already hunt?"
Grandpa Wang, who had never been to the countryside and had no common sense about life, was completely fooled by Qiao Changdong's words.
"Could they take me with them? I'd like to see the world," Grandpa Wang said, his face full of anticipation.
"How resilient are you?" Qiao Changdong asked after thinking for a few seconds.
"It's...it's alright?" Old Master Wang replied somewhat uncertainly.
"Never mind then." Qiao Changdong.
"!!!" Old Master Wang.
Grandpa Wang was furious, his beard bristling and eyes wide with anger.
This time, the last few sons of the Qiao family did not go into the mountains. Pei Yuanfan, who had been waiting for a long time hoping that the Chicken God would also bless him, did not get the chance to go into the mountains.
Qiao Changdong was thinking that he had already attracted a lot of attention during his last interview.
If they were to go to the mountains to buy goods while still under the noses of the villagers, it would be too conspicuous.
So this time, it was Big Turtle and Little Huanhuan who went in to hunt the whole time, and Qiao Qiao didn't even show her face.
Huanhuan the tortoise's cultivation level was far higher than Qiao Qiao's, so it only took a few minutes to pack up a bunch of mountain goods and throw them in the yard of the new house.
At that time, urged by Yan Xiaoqing, Grandpa Wang went into the bathroom to wash his feet. Five minutes later, after rinsing his feet, he came out and stared at a bunch of wild game in the yard.
"???" Old Master Wang.
Grandpa Wang thought the world was truly crazy.
Otherwise, how could so many animals have run out of the yard while he was washing his feet?
He was wearing slippers, one trouser leg rolled up and the other dangling, with a towel hanging over his shoulder, and his eyes were practically wide open.
"What, what, did I just wash my brain instead of my feet?" He scratched his head, which was not very thick and even a little sparse.