Although Su Xiaotian only left for three days, to Grandma Su, it was almost three years.
In fact, Grandma Su not only misses Su Xiaotian.
There was usually a lively family, but now only two old people were left. It would be strange if they were not lonely.
Grandma Su misses her granddaughter and her grandchildren.
I have been talking about it a lot these days, wondering if the children are doing well in the city.
Liang Xiu probably understood the loss in the two old men's hearts.
She is a smart woman. She smiled quickly and stepped forward to hold Grandma Su's hand.
"Mom, I know you are worried about Xiaotian and their children. Don't worry, I, Manxiu and Second Sister-in-law are here in the city. We will take good care of the children."
"Mom, Third Brother and I are afraid that you are worried about the babies, so we came here to tell you so that you and my father can rest assured!"
"For such a small thing, is it worth a special trip?" Grandma Su said arrogantly: "I didn't think about them, they just knew they would make me angry!"
"Yes, yes, mother, you didn't think about them, why didn't I think too much about them?" Liang Xiu said with a smile.
Listening to her daughter-in-law's ironing, Grandma Su's expression became much prettier.
The daughter-in-law can still talk.
"Third daughter-in-law, what do you think you are doing here? Your father and I are fine at home. You two just come back like this, what will the kids do?" Grandma Su said disgusting words, but,
But still worried.
The kids have never been in the city, so why are they so comfortable staying?
"Second sister-in-law and Manxiu are at home, so it's okay." Liang Xiu explained hurriedly.
If there weren't adults at home looking after the children, they wouldn't be able to rest assured.
Grandma Su felt a lot more at ease now, but she was still not at ease at the end.
How can we not worry about such a young child going to the county town to study?
Grandma Su invited her son and daughter-in-law to come into the house and cook for them.
While eating, Grandma Su asked: "Our house is only such a big place, and the children are all gone. How can we live here?"
I heard that in schools in the county, you can live on campus and attend school, but that is certainly different from home.
The third child's family is small and there will definitely not be room for so many children.
"I came today to discuss this matter with my parents." Liang Xiu looked at Su Laosan and said, "In the past two days, Lian Xiaocao and Xiaomei have been living in our house and Manxiu's house."
Su Laosan didn't say anything. He knew that his wife was better at talking, so it was better to leave these words to her.
"What are we discussing? My third daughter-in-law, don't you think of letting Xiaowu, Xiaoba and Xiaotian live at home, while the other children live in school?" Grandma Su asked hurriedly.
Grandma Su was worried that if the third son and his wife really had such thoughts, the family would break up in the future.
Although the family is separated now, it is not much different from the same family.
In their hearts, Grandma Su and Grandpa Su did not want their sons to turn against each other.
But the current situation is exactly like this.
Xiao Wu, Xiao Ba and Xiao Tian are the children of the third family, so there is nothing wrong with these children first.
"That's not possible, mother, I'm not that kind of person!" Liang Xiu explained hurriedly.
Grandma Su felt relieved.
"But we can't always live in Manxiu's house, right?" Grandma Su added, "After all, it's a relative's house!"
"What your mother said is that although Xiu'er's house is spacious, it doesn't make sense for our children to live in our aunt's house. If our son-in-law doesn't mind, we should also be conscious of it!" Grandpa Su said while smashing the old dry cigarette.
"Who says it's not the case!" Su Laosan also sighed.
It's okay to bother him for a day or two, but he hasn't had this face for months and years.
"Mom, Manxiu said that the owner of the house next door to their house is going to the provincial capital and wants to rent out the yard. We will discuss renting it." When Liang Xiu spoke, she looked at Grandpa Su and Grandma Su carefully.
Grandma Su looked much better when her daughter-in-law said this.
At least, the couple didn't think about leaving other children alone.
If we rent the yard next to Manxiu's house, several children can live there.
"What's the price?"
Grandma Su knows that renting a house is quite expensive for city people.
"The other party wants a lot, and third brother and I can't afford it, so we can only come to you and my father to discuss it." When Liang Xiu said it, her voice was very low, because she was really worried about scaring the old couple.
She was so ashamed that she was already working in the city. She couldn't even make ends meet with such a small amount of money, and she still had to go home to find the old man!
"What's the price?" Grandma Su was very calm.
"It's expensive, twenty kilograms of food stamps a month plus ten yuan."
I didn’t know it when I didn’t calculate it before, but when I calculated it carefully, it was scary.
Twenty kilograms of food stamps a month means 240 kilograms of food stamps a year, and I still need to give people 120 yuan.
The whole family is living a pretty good life.
If no one works in the factory, they won't be able to save one hundred and twenty yuan throughout the year.
Grandma Su recalled the yard next door to Su Manxiu's house.
She truly loves her grandchildren and granddaughters, and hopes they will be well.
"Mom, I know the price is a bit expensive, but we don't have to rent it for too long. One or two years is enough." Liang Xiu mobilized her mother-in-law.
"Shouwen and the others are in the second year of high school and will graduate in one year, followed by the fourth and fifth years in two years. When they all graduate from high school, only the younger ones will be able to live in their home!" Liang Xiujiang
Speak out your thoughts.
"Besides, the house is more spacious. You and my father can also go to the county town to visit them, right?"
Liang Xiu has thought about this carefully and feels that although it is expensive, it might be possible to negotiate for a cheaper price!
"That's what you said. If you live at home, the food will be more palatable. Our kids may not be used to eating in the school cafeteria!"
It’s not like she’s never had a big pot of rice before. Even if she had food, it wouldn’t be delicious!
"Next door to Xiu'er's house? I remember going in there. The yard is bigger than Xiu'er's house."
The yard next door to Liang Xiu's house was a good place in Grandma Su's memory.
It’s understandable if you want more money.
Liang Xiu nodded.
"This price is a bit expensive. In the early years, buying a yard in the county would not have cost more than a few hundred yuan!" Grandpa Su said, shaking his head.
These words reminded Grandma Su.
"You guys didn't discuss it and our family just bought his yard?"
When Grandma Su said this, Liang Xiu was dumbfounded.
They were just thinking of renting it, but why did the mother-in-law buy it immediately?
What's the situation at home? Can you really afford such a big yard?
"What? Why do you think our family is too poor to afford it?" Grandma Su said with a smile.
Liang Xiu and Su Laosan didn't speak, but they had the same idea in their hearts. Aren't their families poor?
"Mom, it costs a lot of money to rent that house, and I'm afraid it will cost even more to buy it!"
"negotiable."
Anyway, Grandma Su went to the county town with Su Laosan and Liang Xiu that night.
Along the way, Su Laosan was wondering whether my mother was going to buy a house or to see Xiaotian.
Grandma Su was holding a small cloth bag, and the old god was there.
"Mom, does our family have money and food stamps?" Su Laosan asked hesitantly.
When they bought the house, didn't they say that all the family's money was spent? Later, the three brothers each earned and spent their own money. The most they could do was give their parents one, two, two, or three yuan a month.
"You don't have to worry about this!" Grandma Su said.
Early the next morning, when Su Xiaotian and others got up, Su Manxiu had already called the children to come over for breakfast.
After the children washed up and were picking up porridge, they heard a knock on the door.
Chen Zian asked doubtfully: "Who is here so early?"
"Isn't it that Third Brother and the others are here?" Su Manxiu said and went to open the door.
Child Chen Xiuyuan followed Su Manxiu to the door with his short legs.
"Mom, why are you here?" Su Manxiu looked at Grandma Su standing at the door and was startled.
Grandma Su smiled and said: "I came up last night. It was late and I didn't come to your place."
As soon as Grandma Su finished speaking, she heard a milky voice: "Mom, why are you here?"
Everyone was stunned for a moment, then looked down, and sure enough they saw a little kid.
People inside and outside the house laughed at these words.
Grandma Su picked up her little grandson and said, "This child!"
"Mom, why are you here?" Child Chen Xiuyuan saw everyone laughing and thought it was a good thing, so he asked happily again.
Grandma Su laughed so happily that she kissed Chen Xiuyuan and asked, "Who is here?"
"Mom is here!" Chen Xiuyuan said seriously.
"Whose mother is here?" Liang Xiu couldn't help teasing the children.
"Hey, my little grandson is really smart and he knows this."
Grandma Su was very proud. She pointed at Su Manxiu and asked, "Whose mother is this?"
Child Chen Xiuyuan looked at it and said, "Your mother!"
This time, the laughter became even louder.
Su Xiaotian ran over and explained it carefully to Chen Xiuyuan, but it was okay when she didn't explain it. After the explanation, the child Chen Xiuyuan became even more confused and couldn't figure out who was whose mother!
After laughing, Su Manxiu called Grandma Su and Mr. Su to the house.
"Mom, third brother, third sister-in-law, breakfast has just been prepared, let's eat together!"
Grandma Su waved her hand: "I've eaten."
At this time, Su Xiaotian was already acting coquettishly in front of Grandma Su.
Grandma Su held little boy Chen Xiuyuan in one hand and Su Xiaotian in the other, with a smile on her face.
"Third brother, third sister-in-law, why did you pick up my aunt at this time?" Chen Zian asked with a smile: "I didn't say anything before.
Su Laosan then told the whole story.
"My mother said that instead of renting a house, it is better to buy the house directly!"
Unexpectedly, Chen Zian agreed very much.
"That's true. The rent charged by Lao Liu's family is indeed a bit high. It's cheaper to buy it."
Su Laosan looked at his mother and then his brother-in-law. Could it be that they were all thinking about buying a house?
Grandma Su glared at her son and said, "What's wrong? I'm still not happy. Think about it. Do you think I'm really old and confused?"
Su Laosan didn't dare to say that, that's what he really thought.
Last night, Su Laosan thought about it all night, but he still couldn't figure out where his family would get the money to buy a house.
Grandma Su and the others had already had breakfast. Su Manxiu urged the children to eat quickly. After eating, they went to school and poured water for Grandma Su and others.
Regarding the matter of buying a house, Su Manxiu found it unbelievable.
"Mom, do you really plan to buy the house next door?" Su Manxiu said in surprise.
"It's good to buy a house!" Su Xiaotian heard this and spoke hurriedly.
She didn't expect that Nai was also a person who was ahead of the times. At this age, she thought of buying a house in the county.
"Look, I, Xiaotian, also said it would be good to buy a house!" Grandma Su hugged her granddaughter and said even more proudly.
The little granddaughter who is favored by the Dragon King all agrees, so this must be really good.
In fact, Grandma Su had completely forgotten that the main reason why Su Xiaotian said this was because she knew that Grandma Su had money.
Su Xiaotian's money and tickets were all given to Grandma Su. She also had a rough estimate of the money and tickets in Grandma Su's hands, which was almost enough to buy a house.
"A house like this in the county costs about 400 yuan." Chen Zian thought for a while and said.
Four hundred dollars!
When Grandma Su heard this number, she couldn't help but have a toothache.
"If you want food stamps, it will be cheaper." Chen Zian continued: "If you are cruel, you can open a yard like this for 450."
After Su Manxiu heard this, he was very surprised.
The annual rent is 120 yuan, and the sale is only 400 yuan, which is really hard to explain.
She felt that the person next door had deceived her into not knowing the market, so she felt a little embarrassed on her face.
Chen Zian probably saw what she was thinking and said with a smile: "The price of selling the house is low because the selling price is too high and no one can afford it."
"My son-in-law is right. It will take four or five years for our child to go to school. It would be better to buy the yard for the money. It will always be our own."
It was with this in mind that Grandma Su decided to buy a house.
"When we buy it, it becomes our own. Living in our own home is more comfortable than living in someone else's home." Su Xiaotian finished the last bite of porridge and said with a smile.
"Oh, my dear baby, you still understand what I'm thinking." Grandma Su hugged Su Xiaotian with flowers on her face.
"My dear, are you going to school soon? It's hard for me to come here, but you can't even accompany me."
Thinking that she would never see her sweet baby, Grandma Su felt empty.
"Are you still used to living in the county town? How about we go home? I don't think there's anything good about this county town!" Grandma Su said a series of words in quick succession.
Su Xiaotian didn't expect that her grandma would have such a plan. She looked at Grandma Su with her clear eyes and felt stupid for a moment.
Didn’t Mr. Nai come to let her go home?
This is not possible. She just arrived in the county town and she still wants to study hard.
"Mom, I'm here to study, and I'll go back during the holidays! Why don't you come to the city before our family buys a house?"
Su Xiaotian thought about it and thought this was very good.
Grandma Su just said it casually. When she heard what Su Xiaotian said, she knew that the little girl took it seriously, so she couldn't help but rub her head hard.
"You kid, you are really stupid! Are you still stupid as a nanny? Don't worry, the nanny won't let you go home!"
Xiaotian, this kid, loves reading so much. It’s not like she doesn’t know it. How could she let Xiaotian give up and go home halfway?
However, it is not impossible to come to the city to take care of the grandchildren, but what should I do if I leave the old man at home?
"Miscellaneous, I knew you were the best!" Su Xiaotian secretly hugged Grandma Su's arm and said.
The other children had also packed up and got ready to go to school. After bidding farewell to Grandma Su one by one, they took Su Xiaotian and went out.
Grandma Su felt very sad when she saw her little granddaughter leaving like this.
She became more and more determined to buy a house in the city and come back to the city to take care of her little granddaughter.
Grandma Su went out to discuss the house issue with the old Liu family next door, and as expected, she found out that the old Liu family also planned to sell the house, and the price was about the same as the market price, just four hundred and five hundred.
But Grandma Su felt that the price was still a bit high.
"Sister, to tell you the truth, this is not our ancestral home, otherwise we would never sell it at this price." Old Mrs. Liu sat opposite Grandma Su and said.
"Sister, we are a banker family. We have worked hard for decades and have only saved so much money. It is really difficult."
Old Mrs. Liu looked at Grandma Su's dress as an old rural lady and speculated whether this family had money or not.
Although Minister Chen's family has good conditions, Minister Chen will never let his wife subsidize all the money to her parents' family, right?
But if the price of this house is low, it is not a good deal.
"Old sister, my family has saved some bills. Look, if I give you food stamps, sugar stamps, oil stamps, etc., can the price be cheaper?" Grandma Su directly said the purpose.
I have a lot of various tickets at home, and I can’t use them all. It would be the most cost-effective if I could use the tickets to deduct some money.
Old Mrs. Liu looked at Grandma Su in surprise. She originally thought that there would be no way to get tickets in the countryside, so she just wanted money. Unexpectedly, the other party actually offered to give tickets.
"What votes can you give? How many?" Mrs. Liu was moved.
When living in the city, money is important, but bills are equally important.
Grandma Su silently took out a lot of receipts, including food stamps, cloth stamps, gas stamps, sugar stamps, and even a sewing ticket!
At this time, Mrs. Liu really couldn't close her mouth.
Where did this old Su family get so many tickets?
However, these tickets look really attractive.
"Old sister, if nothing else, just this sewing ticket will cost a lot of money on the black market."
Grandma Su did not ignore the flash of surprise on Old Mrs. Liu's face. Following her gaze, she also knew that it was the sewing of the ticket.
Mrs. Liu's grandson was about to get a wife, but the other party asked for it three times. The money was almost ready, but the tickets could not be obtained.
After struggling for a long time, I finally got a bicycle ticket, but I still haven't received my watch tickets and sewing tickets.
"Sister, can you get watch tickets at your house? If you can, I'll give you a total discount of 100 yuan, how about 350 yuan for you?"
However, Grandma Su took back all the tickets placed on the table in an instant, and even stood up to leave.
Old Mrs. Liu did not expect that Grandma Su would suddenly stand up and leave.
"Sister, why did you leave?"
"Sister, you think I'm an old country lady, why are you trying to fool me?" Grandma Su said with a cold face.
"I didn't mean that, sister, if you think what I said is inappropriate, let's talk slowly." Old Mrs. Liu grabbed Grandma Su.
That means that if you hold on to Grandma Su, you will hold on to the ticket.
Grandma Su looked at Old Mrs. Liu and sneered: "Although I am not in the city, I also know that on the black market, a sewing ticket costs 60 yuan and a watch ticket costs 70 yuan. The total is
One hundred and thirty dollars."
"The normal price of your house is only four hundred yuan. After all, if I give you these bills, you can calculate it to me as two hundred and fifty yuan, but two hundred and fifty doesn't sound good, so you just want me to pay two hundred and sixty yuan."
I can understand it, but this three hundred and fifty..."
Old Mrs. Liu really thought that Grandma Su was an old lady from the country and she must not know so much, so she had the calculation.
Who would have known that Grandma Su is actually a veteran in the world and even knows the prices on the black market.
Of course Mrs. Liu knows that even at this price, it is not easy to find these two types of tickets on the black market.
Otherwise, they would have solved the problem long ago.
"Sister, the price you mentioned is a bit too low." Mrs. Liu felt very distressed thinking about how much money was lost.
"Forget it, our family doesn't need it anyway." Grandma Su said with a smile: "I have sewing tickets and watch tickets at home. Later I will try to sell them on the black market. Maybe they will be better than Yibaisan."
More than ten yuan!”
Seeing Grandma Su's fearless look, Old Mrs. Liu finally had to grit her teeth and said, "Sister, for two hundred and eighty yuan, how about you give me these tickets and a radio ticket?"
Grandma Su measured the price, so she didn't say anything. She pretended to think about it for a while and agreed.
"The price is not unreasonable, but these guys in your family have to stay for us to use."
Mrs. Liu thought they were worthless things, so she agreed.
At this time, buying and selling a house was not as troublesome as it was in later generations. It was just a matter of two families writing a document themselves and then filing a record on the street saying that the house was given to relatives to live in.
By the time Su Xiaotian got out of school in the afternoon, Grandma Su was already cleaning the house.
Su Shouwen asked in disbelief: "Nai, did you really buy such a big yard?"
This is bigger than my aunt's yard.
"Isn't that good? Brat, do you think you don't believe it?" Grandma Su said cheerfully, after poking Su Shouwen's finger.
Su Shouwen hurriedly said: "Believe it, believe it, how can you not believe it!"
Su Ciliang looked around the yard without thinking.
"This house is bigger than our Red Heart team's house."
Grandma Su said with disgust: "It's really a waste of time to study. As an old lady like me, I know that this yard is much smaller than our house!"
Su Ciliang was speechless, that was indeed the case.
It was just because the yards in the city were small that he said this.
"Nai, are we going to live here and study in the future?" Su Sangong asked.
In order for them to study, the family even bought a yard. No matter how much I thought about it, I thought it was impossible.
Su Sangong actually thought before that they might have to live in the school in the future.
He had even visited the school. The accommodation conditions were really not that good. It was so bad. Dozens of people were crowded into one room, and there was no place to turn around.
But they didn't expect that Nai would come to the city and buy a yard for them to live in.
Grandma Su said: "I also thought that after you graduate from high school, if you have the opportunity to recruit workers in the city, having a house can also be considered as a place to stay."
In the past, Grandma Su wouldn't have dared to think about it, but in the past few years, the old Su family's life has been so smooth. Even their son and wife can find jobs in the city, let alone their grandchildren who have graduated from high school.
Su Xiaotian was studying various parts of the yard with great interest.
Of course, you must communicate with the trees in the yard and ask if there is anything good underground.
Su Xiaotian is now very keen on hunting for treasures everywhere.