Chapter 157: The New House of the Shen Family

The words spoken by the daughter-in-law of the Du family actually had her own ulterior motives.

She noticed that those people in the Shen family were all capable individuals, even the children were literate and educated.

If they were to marry off their younger sister, surely there would be some benefits and opportunities for them.

Upon hearing his daughter-in-law’s words, Old Man Du was momentarily stunned. He had no idea about this.

The Du family had two sons and one daughter. Both sons were already married and had children, but the daughter was only sixteen years old.

This was also the right time to discuss marriage proposals. If it could be a good choice like what the daughter-in-law said, it would be quite favorable.

However, he remembered that the eligible young men in the Shen family were already nineteen or twenty years old, which was quite a significant age gap compared to his daughter.

Old Man Du didn’t dwell too much on this matter and turned around to continue making a stool.

Meanwhile, the daughter-in-law of the Du family stood at the door, repeatedly glancing in the direction where Grandma Shen and Shen Yu’an had left.

She pondered in her heart, thinking that she should find an opportunity to introduce her younger sister to those young men.

If they happen to have a good impression of each other, then the marriage arrangement would be successful!

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Once the new house of the Shen family was completed, they naturally returned the rented house.

Before leaving, they cleaned the house and the yard thoroughly.

They heard from the villagers that this family would still come back to stay during the Chinese New Year for a few days.

They will not get angry over the issue with the yard when that time comes. Because they cleaned both inside and outside the house.

The courtyard of the new house of the Shen family was mainly divided into two parts.

On one side was their living quarters, with a door separating it from the kitchen, storage room, outhouse, and chicken coop.

They deliberately left a small empty space where they relocated the vegetable seedlings from outside. This way, they could pick vegetables without needing to leave their home.

On the side where they lived, the courtyard resembled a quadrangle shape.

Upon entering from the outside, all that could be seen was a small rectangular space, not too large.

Passing through another door, you would reach their living area.

In the courtyard, there were houses on all four sides, facing east, west, south, and north.

Facing south, there were three rooms, with the central one being the main hall.

Since their family was large, the main hall was spacious, almost the size of two bedrooms combined.

To the east of the main hall was where Grandpa Shen and Grandma Shen lived, while the room to the west was originally intended for Shen Rong and his wife.

However, since Grandpa Shen Xingwang (Grandpa Shens’ older brother) had become a member of their family, that room naturally became his.

Shen Rong took the room facing east to west, and there were three more rooms nearby, one for Shen Dalang, one for Shen Wulang, and one for Shen Yu’an.

Shen Ming’s family lived in the rooms facing west to east.

Next to their rooms were three more rooms. Shen Erlang had a room to himself, while the brothers Shen Sanlang and Shen Silang shared another room. The remaining room was where Ji Xun lived.

The row of houses directly facing the main hall belonged to Shen Yun and his wife. As for Shen Liulang, he was still too young, so he shared a room with Hua Nan.

Hua Ling and Song Xiaoni shared a room, and there was one more room adjacent to Shen Yu’an’s. Currently, nobody occupied that room.

Even if two people shared a room, it wouldn’t be too crowded.

When they were furnishing the house, Shen Yu’an had thought about this situation and suggested that Old Man Du and the others make a few bunk beds.

Upon hearing Shen Yu’an’s description, Shen Sanlang and Shen Silang were clearly quite interested.

While they were making the furniture, Shen Yu’an drew up the blueprints and gave them to Old Man Du, asking them to replicate three identical bunk beds based on the drawings.

With the house arranged and the furniture moved in, everyone happily brought their belongings into the rooms and started tidying up.

Shen Yu’an assisted Xiao ZhangShi as they entered their room, instructing her to sit on the bed.

As the year was coming to an end, if they were to mention what they were most worried about at the moment, it would definitely be the matter concerning Xiao Zhang Shi, which ranked first on their list of concerns.

She was already over nine months pregnant, and the members of the Shen family were secretly waiting for the day when her labor would begin.

When Zhao Shi was pregnant with Shen Sanlang and Shen Silang, she gave birth just after nine months.

However, there had been no movement in Little Zhang Shi’s belly all this time, and everyone was deeply worried, fearing that the baby inside her was growing too big and would be difficult to deliver.

In the midst of this anxious waiting, the Shen family inquired about nearby experienced midwives and made thorough preparations.

Shen Yu’an gently placed her hand on Little Zhang Shi’s belly, using his psychic power to investigate the condition of the two babies inside her.