New Connection

  "Come on, let's go! We two brothers will give it a try and see if we can win something back. It's not easy to come all the way here, so we can't just return empty-handed, right?"

  Bai Wenli knew that Geng Mei was not interested in playing chess, so he instructed Bai Wenzhi to take good care of the mother and three children before leaving with Lao Er.

  Lao Si Bai Wen Xing pulled Lao Yezi to go and play the ring toss, while Geng Mei took three people to see the riddle, she was not good at other things, but she was quite interested in this riddle.

  Bai Wenji hugged his little nephew and followed his elder sister around, both of them holding some slips of paper. The uncle and aunt took the slips to check the answers with the staff. Yuexi didn't expect that not only her mother was impressive, but this unassuming third uncle also guessed several correctly. "Hehe, it looks like our family has a great harvest this year! Old three, let's go see how your brother is doing!"

  Uncle and aunt took the washing powder, toothpaste, soap and other prizes with their children to Bai Wenli's place. The chess competition was in full swing, with silent killings all on the chessboard. Most of the spectators were quiet, even if they wanted to say something, they would whisper to each other without affecting the players.

  The three daughters didn't understand this. Geng Mei pulled her little uncle's arm and quietly asked by his ear, "Old Three, how are your elder brothers?"

  Bai Wenji's chess skills may not be as good as his older brother's, but the brothers in their family are all decent at it. After taking a few glances, he quietly replied, "Don't worry, sister-in-law, my brothers are quite skilled. You see, they've already made their opponents' children lose badly. I reckon it won't be long before they admit defeat."

  Yu Sai sat in her mother's arms for a long time, she didn't understand, in her previous life she wasn't interested so she hadn't learned it. However, seeing that the other side had a complete set of carriages and cannons, and there were still a few small soldiers stubbornly supporting them, she felt that victory should have already been decided.

  As expected, Bai Wenli and his second brother's opponents all surrendered. In the absence of anyone to welcome them, the two brothers competed against each other. Bai Wenli lost by one move to his second brother and came in second place. However, both first and second places belonged to their family, so naturally the prizes also belonged to them. Bai Wenyi got a towel blanket, while Bai Wenli got a large red quilt cover.

  Geng Mei looked at their prizes and couldn't help but applaud, "Second brother, now you have something for your wedding."

  Being teased by his sister-in-law like that, Bai Wenyi's pale face suddenly had a suspicious flush.

  Bai Wensheng and Lao Yezi only brought back a pack of matches, but fortunately, they were useful at home.

  So today's biggest winners are the Bai brothers, on the way back they were teased with envy, but today the brothers were happy and let them say what they wanted, while the old man who usually didn't speak much also smiled all the way.

  After dinner, the couple sat on the kang and whispered to each other. "Geng Mei, I heard today at the team meeting that a new company is being established, not far from our place. The house will be directly allocated by the team, and there are also various preferential policies. I've been thinking about it, and I want to sign up to move over. Tomorrow, I'll talk to Dad about this and see if he wants to go. If they don't want to go, we can just transfer our house to Erge for his wedding, with his wife taking care of things. In the future, we can also be more at ease."

  Geng Mei didn't have much of an opinion about moving, major decisions were all made by her husband, she would just follow him wherever he went.

  Geng Mei's only concern was that after they passed on, the living facilities would be complete. "Wen Li, after we pass on, it won't be worse than here, will it?"

  "This thing, although Bai Wenhui wasn't very clear about it, he would analyze it. 'It won't work, think about it, Xinlian, if the conditions aren't good, how could anyone possibly go there? Besides, they've been operating for so many years, this time going over is just to transfer population, increase labor and atmosphere, I think the conditions should be better than ours, don't worry, everything will be fine with me here, I wouldn't let our daughter go suffer.'"

  Yu Tong and Bai Haoran were peeling melon seeds on the kang, listening to the conversation between adults. She thought her father's decision was probably right. People move, trees move, die. Maybe in a new environment, their family's conditions could be greatly improved.

  "Dad, I moved into a new home, I like the new home."

  Bai Wen's lovely daughter, who was already two years old, was picked up and laughed, "Little girl, do you still remember moving to a new home? Okay, when we move to the new house, Dad will grow grapes for you to eat. We'll plant more fruit trees in the yard, so we can have fruit to eat in winter."

  There's fruit to eat and Yu Tong is naturally delighted. Grandpa's house has grapes, but not many, just enough for them to satisfy their cravings.

  "Dad, does moving to a new home mean we won't be able to see Grandpa and Uncle anymore?"

  Geng Mei explained the move to her son with a smile, and only when he understood what was going on did the little guy put his mind at ease.

  As Bai Wenyi followed Li Qian, the days flew by quickly. Bai Wenyi told his family about his plans, but several brothers and old grandfather did not want to move over, so they could only leave on their own.

  Before leaving, Bai Wenli settled his second brother's marriage, which will take place in the summer, and he felt relieved after completing this matter.

  The new home is not far from Yueting, but in her feeling it's really far away. They took a tractor to get there, and even so, they walked for a long time. She doesn't know what her dad meant by "not far".

  All the way, except for fields and Gobi Desert, it is rare to see houses. It seems that the new regiment also wants to migrate population due to the small number of people.

  However, the new home did make her feel different. There was a large river flowing from the front door of the house, with canals crisscrossing everywhere. To the east was a vast grassland, and on the grassland stood many white felt houses, which should be the residence of ethnic minorities, but she didn't know which ethnicity they belonged to.

  Moreover, it's not as desolate as she imagined, and there are quite a few people passing by, plus the local residents here. A village was quickly formed, and the living facilities were well thought out, with everything that should be available being readily available.

  Bai Jia's two younger brothers came to help with the move, and Geng Mei formally treated her two younger uncles to a meal in their new home. Although it was simple, it was still quite warm and cozy.

  "Brother, let's tell sister about your moving when we get back home, otherwise she won't know and also doesn't know how she has been these days."

  Lao San is a bit worried about this older sister, when she came back for Chinese New Year, it seemed like the older sister wasn't very happy.

  "Xian Tian Xi Di"