Rebirth Counterattack with Space
Chapter 142 - 137: Preparation for Hardship

Chapter 142: Chapter 137: Preparation for Hardship

Xie Jiang, Lu Aijiao, Wu Tan, Lin Weisheng, and Zhang Ming were already amazed after taking a tour around the house, and then they discovered another door in the room that led to a balcony with a security mesh and a small bathroom attached.

The bathroom wasn’t big; it only took up a small part of the balcony, and it was equipped with all kinds of washing facilities. It used a squat toilet, and the space was just enough for a person to turn around. Yet, everyone was very excited and quickly learned how to use the flush valve.

The smiles on Xie Jiang and Lu Aijiao’s faces were hardly containable, while the other three looked on with envious eyes.

"Your individual rooms are pretty much the same as this one. It’s just a little bit smaller, with the only difference being a single bed."

This time, Lu Aiguo quickly picked up on the mood shift of everyone and immediately gave them a word of reassurance. At the same time, he was internally praising his daughter for insisting on the idea of having en suite bathrooms in the rooms.

"Are you saying that our rooms are also like this, with the same kind of bathroom?" Lin Weisheng, Wu Tan, and Zhang Ming were simply overwhelmed with joy, their voices trembling with excitement.

No wonder they were so happy; before coming, no one could have imagined that the rooms Lu Aiguo had arranged for each of them would be so nice, several times better than the best family home in the village.

Any young man in the village, if he had such a house, would probably have all the prettiest girls crying and begging to be married to him, wouldn’t they?

Before their arrival, Xie Jiang and Lu Aijiao had discussed privately that even if they found the conditions at Lu Aiguo’s to be subpar, they couldn’t just drop their load and leave.

Lu Aiguo had helped them so much before that even if this meant working for nothing, as long as he needed help, even if everyone else left, the two of them would grit their teeth, bear it, and help him through any tough times.

The situation was pretty similar for Lin Weisheng, Wu Tan, and Zhang Ming back home. Their families had all speculated in various ways, and honestly, they didn’t have high expectations for their move to Haicheng.

After all, Lu Aiguo and Shitou themselves hadn’t been there long, and nobody believed they could make anything significant happen in such a short time.

But Lu Hongzhen personally asked Lin Weisheng, who had enough workers at home and a heart set on adventure, unwilling to be content with just facing the yellow earth and the sky. He wanted to try his luck in the city, and since it was following Lu Aiguo, his family couldn’t really object and only specifically instructed him to work hard and not be afraid of suffering upon arrival.

Wu Tan was particularly eager to come on his own accord. He got along with Lu Aiguo so well that they could have shared trousers, and the person he most respected in his life was him. Coupled with his family’s situation, Wu Tan also had a burning desire for change. So, when Lu Hongzhen asked him, he immediately agreed and even entrusted the family’s land to others.

Zhang Ming was there because Zhang Cai insisted on going back to her parents’ home and firmly persuaded them to agree to send him. Her parents couldn’t argue with a daughter who had married well and could still take care of her parents’ household from time to time. So, even with reluctance, they allowed their son to come.

So, in reality, they all prepared themselves for hardship from the start, only to find upon arrival that they were set to enjoy good fortune?

The things they saw with their own eyes couldn’t be false, and everyone immediately felt fortunate for having made the right decision to come.

No wonder Lu Aiguo had specifically instructed them not to bring their own bedding from home. People wondered, who has spare bedding these days? Who doesn’t travel with their own bedding?

"Of course, how could I possibly favor some over others?" Lu Aiguo said carelessly.

"Hehe."

Everyone laughed.

"Is this the kind of house people in the city live in?" Lu Aijiao asked with barely suppressed excitement.

"Yeah, no wonder the young people from our village, once the policy allowed, ran off faster than rabbits. Some even left their own children behind..."

The others also looked at Lu Aiguo expectantly, seeking answers to their own questions. Is the city really that much better?

"How could that be possible? My sister-in-law’s eldest sister’s family of four is still living in a room of just over twenty square meters, which is not even as big as this one, not to mention without counting the balcony and bathroom."

Shitou laughed and said with intent, "Houses in the city are much scarcer than in our village. Many are overcrowded with several generations of a family living in a small room, with girls of age even having to share a bed with their parents."

"Shitou is talking about the inner city. We’re in the suburbs here; in the eyes of the locals of Haicheng, this place still counts as rural. The housing here isn’t as tight. It’s also like in our village; if villagers don’t have a place to live, they can apply to be allotted land to build houses. Getting the land here also took us a lot of effort to negotiate with the villagers to build our own place."

Lu Aiguo had been working with Shitou for many years, so upon hearing this, how could he not understand the message Shitou was conveying? Shitou was letting everyone know not to be under the illusion that living conditions like these were common or unremarkable in Haicheng.

"Everyone builds their own house here, so people’s ideas are certainly different, and thus the houses they build are naturally different. Most families might have just one bathroom per floor at best. The way we’ve set things up here was actually Xiaoyun’s idea, the same as the place where we currently live."

Lu Aiguo explained while not forgetting to give his daughter credit.

"Xiaoyun said you’re all family, and she couldn’t let you live in worse conditions. Actually, not every room in this house comes with a balcony. You’re all staying on the second floor precisely because there are enough balcony rooms here for all of you."

"I never thought that Xiaoyun would be so capable and thoughtful by now, thinking so thoroughly about all of us," Lu Aijiao said with a laugh, which was met with agreement from everyone.

"Our Xiaoyun is ten times, no, a hundred times better than other families’ sons; she scores a perfect hundred on every test at school." Speaking of his daughter, Lu Aiguo was so proud that compliments about her excited him more than ones about himself. Everyone saw his high spirits and couldn’t help but join in with more praise for Lu Yun.

Afterwards, everyone looked through their rooms one by one and put away their luggage. Lu Aiguo gave each person a set of keys for the main door and their own rooms, and then casually unlocked a few of the locked empty rooms for them to see. They found that indeed some rooms only had windows without balconies, and comparing them to their own, they could see that their rooms were the best, which showed that Lu Aiguo and the others had put their hearts into it.

"The kitchen is downstairs, stocked with rice and flour, game meat, and some preserved dried vegetables, prepared in case you get hungry in the middle of the night and want to fix something to eat. Normally, meals will be had together over at my place, and during the day, Big Sister will come over there to help out," Lu Aiguo said, contentedly giving them the rundown.