noffsinger Chapter 401
Chapter 401
But now it was night...A mansion by day, a haunted house by night.
The courtyard was quite large, even bigger than their previous one.
There were also many rooms, but Si Nian didn't have much of a mind to slowly appreciate them right now.
Having not showered for two days, she was covered in the smell of the train, sticky and greasy. Jing City was already hot, and she felt uncomfortable all over.
The beds in the rooms were all new, but completely bare.
Si Nian somewhat regretted not listening to her mother and bringing their quilts.
Where was she supposed to buy bedding in the middle of the night?
The children were also very sleepy; Second Child couldn't even stand steady.
His eyelids were drooping.
Fortunately, she had prepared a new four-piece bedding set when she boarded the train. It was originally meant to be used on the train, but it finally came in handy now.
They would just have to make do with it as a mat for the night.
Zhou Yueshen took Yaoyao from her arms, placed her on the bed, held Si Nian's hand, and said, "It's been hard on you."
Si Nian waved her hand to show it was nothing. After all, they had come in a hurry, and having a place to rest their feet was already good enough.
Eldest Child and Second Child fell asleep as soon as they lay down.
Si Nian managed to hold on and took a quick cold shower.
Good thing it was hot here, otherwise she really wouldn't have been able to stand it.
Sleeping on the hard bedboards at night left Si Nian waking up the next day with a sore back and aching waist.
She really had been living too comfortably lately.
She wasn't used to sleeping on hard beds anymore.
Zhou Yueshen had disappeared to who-knows-where early in the morning. When she got up, the weather outside was exceptionally good, cloudless for miles.
There were two crabapple trees in the courtyard, and nothing else.
The ground was paved with stone, so she couldn't dig it up to plant flowers like she did back home.
But the advantage of this was that it was easy to clean.
Si Nian sized up the layout of the courtyard and thought it was quite nice.
With her hands on her hips, she had already figured out how to lay out her garden.
The children walked out with messy, frizzy hair. Yaoyao's little braids had come undone and were skewed to one side.
Looking at the groggy appearance of the three little ones, Si Nian couldn't help but want to laugh.
"Did you three siblings just flee from a famine?"
Yaoyao tilted her head, "Mommy, what is fleeing from a famine?"
"Haha, Mommy is just joking with you." Si Nian pinched her little cheek.
Second Child was already familiarly picking out his own room.
This time he declared he wanted to be further away from his brother so he wouldn't be seen when secretly working hard.
"Mommy, Mommy, are we going to live here from now on?" he asked Si Nian after making his choice.
Si Nian nodded, "Barring any accidents, yes."
She just didn't know if this place was far from the university.
But since Zhou Yueshen had someone buy a place here, he must have thought about it.
Even though she had just gotten up, Si Nian was already hungry. She pulled the little darlings along, ready to go out and buy food.
By the time Zhou Yueshen returned, the house was empty.
He was carrying packed food in his hands.
Turning a corner outside, he saw Si Nian leading the little munchkins, picking out corn at a small vendor's stall. The children probably hadn't even washed their faces yet; their hair was a mess.
After buying the corn, they turned around, one adult and three kids simultaneously gnawing on ears of corn.
Zhou Yueshen watched them, feeling both a pang of sympathy and amusement.
"Daddy, Mommy look, it's Daddy."
"Daddy is back."
Seeing Zhou Yueshen approach, Second Child said loudly.
"Daddy, look, this corn is so sweet and sticky!"
He ran over to Zhou Yueshen and held up the corn for him to see.
Zhou Yueshen smiled and rubbed his head, then looked at Si Nian, "I bought some food, let's head back first."
Gnawing on her corn, Si Nian asked, "Where did you go so early in the morning?"
The kitchen had absolutely nothing; even the cleverest housewife cannot cook without rice.
She was also helpless. Fortunately, she saw someone selling corn as soon as she walked out.
Zhou Yueshen said, "I went to buy some furniture."
Before he finished speaking, Si Nian already saw several workers moving things into the house.
Sofas, tables, a TV, bedding, and more, they had everything.
Si Nian, "You... did a great job."
Zhou Yueshen was amused by her tone.
After eating breakfast, Si Nian changed clothes and put on an apron, preparing for a thorough deep clean.
The children imitated her by wrapping gauze scarves around their heads and faces. Because the house was too big, there was no telling how long it would take for one person to clean it.
Cleaning together made it go much faster.
Zhou Yueshen moved furniture, while Si Nian and the children wiped tables, mopped the floor, and washed down the large courtyard.
Yaoyao hugged a dustpan to go empty the trash, spilling it as she walked. By the time she reached the trash can, there wasn't much dust left in the dustpan.
In short, with the whole family working together, they finally got a brand-new-looking house.
Zhou Yueshen also changed to new locks.
But this courtyard house had a drawback, the walls were not high at all. Anyone slightly tall could climb up.
Moreover, the tree in the corner of the wall provided a perfect foothold.
So much so that right after Zhou Yueshen brought Da Huang home and tied him under the tree to adapt to the new environment, a foot extended from outside the courtyard and stepped onto the tree.
Da Huang opened his eyes, stood up, and looked upward.
Just then, the thief looked down.
They stared at each other for a moment.
"Ah!" The thief's foot slipped, and he tumbled down from the tree.
He fell right in front of Da Huang.
Da Huang was already a bit carsick and was currently panting heavily.
His large mouth full of sharp teeth was wide open, with drool dripping from them.
When the man opened his eyes, he came face-to-face with the dog's mouth.
Another piercing scream rang out.
By the time Zhou Yueshen, Si Nian, and the children rushed out, the man had already fainted from fright.
It was unclear if he hit his head when he fell, but there was blood on his face. Da Huang was pawing at his limp body.
Then he turned around and looked innocently at Si Nian.
Mommy, Mommy, he really didn't do anything.
Si Nian, "..."
...
The thief was sent to the police station by Zhou Yueshen for education.
Si Nian stroked Da Huang's head with lingering fear, "Da Huang, bringing you along was indeed the best choice."
With thieves showing up in broad daylight, what would happen at night?
This courtyard house really wasn't easy to live in.
Da Huang lay on the ground; after riding in the vehicle for two days, he had lost a pound.
He indicated that he needed to eat meat to recover.
Si Nian immediately went to buy bones to make food for him.
Someone from next door heard the commotion and came over to ask what happened.