Chapter 496: Chapter 496: Moved House Chapter 496: Chapter 496: Moved House Today was moving day, and early in the morning, Su Yunjin and Gu Ya were up, and the couple formed by Gu Jianghai and Mrs. Chu also came to help. Uncle Hu from the village had promised Gu Ya to come over to the home of Su Yunjin and her husband right after breakfast.
Uncle Hu only had one ox cart, and with the move today, Su Yunjin and others needed to transport not only grains but also various other items from the house.
With so many items, they certainly couldn’t be moved in one trip. Su Yunjin calculated that they would need at least two cartloads to move everything.
For the first trip, Su Yunjin let Uncle Hu help them transport the grains. During the last division of the family property, Su Yunjin and her husband Gu Ya had received some grain.
There was also the flour Su Yunjin had bought at the market that was in the kitchen.
The grain they had received was around seventy to eighty pounds per bag, with some larger bags weighing nearly a hundred pounds.
Such heavy items were impossible for Su Yunjin to move, so naturally, it fell to her husband Gu Ya and his brother Gu Jianghai to handle it, with Uncle Hu pulling the ox cart.
Out of kindness, he also helped them move some of the items.
The heavy objects were moved by Gu Ya and the others, while the lighter ones were handled by Su Yunjin and Mrs. Chu, such as the small things in the kitchen.
Pots, pans, ladles, and the like. These items were also taken along with the grains, as transporting only the grains would leave half of the cart empty.
Adding the kitchenware, along with the jars and pots used by Su Yunjin for making Pickled Fish Sauce and stinky tofu, filled the cart completely.
A full cart meant no space was wasted.
Mrs. Zhang and her husband Gu Baofu had been coveting the rooms currently occupied by Su Yunjin and her husband. When they saw them moving out in the morning, the couple was secretly pleased.
They didn’t cause a fuss for the moment, simply waiting for Su Yunjin and her husband to move out. Once the couple had taken away all their belongings, they planned to move forward and claim the houses.
Whether or not Su Yunjin and her husband agreed, they were determined to take those rooms. To ensure they could secure the houses, Gu Baofu and Mrs. Zhang had even instigated their younger brother Gu Tiezhu by promising to split the seized property equally between them.
They urged Gu Tiezhu to join them in claiming the house.
Gu Tiezhu was lazy and fond of keeping lousy company. Normally he would have already gone out to drink and waste time with his friends at this hour.
But today, after being instigated by Gu Baofu and Mrs. Zhang,
Gu Tiezhu also wanted the house belonging to Su Yunjin and her husband. Upon learning that they were moving today, he didn’t leave.
He waited at home for Su Yunjin and her husband to finish moving.
Once everything was moved, he would join his elder brother and his wife in fighting for the house. Su Yunjin and her husband were unaware of the scheme plotted by their sister-in-law Mrs. Zhang and big brother Gu Baofu.
They also didn’t know about the despicable intentions of some, who were planning to fight for the house once they had moved out their belongings. With the move imminent, Su Yunjin was particularly excited and full of anticipation.
Uncle Zhang had just transported the grains and kitchenware to their new house. Upon Uncle Zhang’s return, he could help them take away the clothes and other things they had packed from the house.
She and Gu Ya could then head over to the new house as well.
Finally, it was time to move!
Uncontainable joy surged through Su Yunjin!
She felt utterly carefree.