Xu Yin was lying on the bed, thinking of the pile of "betrothal gifts" pressed under the pillow, and felt sweet in her heart.
This guy! I thought he was a bronze weakling who needed to be rescued from the fire and water, but he didn't expect that he was a king. He could make enough money with his pen that other people would not be able to make back even if they worked in the dark for a year. He was so well hidden!
However, seeing as how frankly he handed over his wealth to her, be nice to him in the future!
In my ears, I heard the little girl grinding her teeth and mumbling in her sleep: "Meat...meat..."
Xu Yin was so surprised that she didn't laugh out loud.
This girl really dreams about eating meat.
Then tomorrow she will cut a pound of meat and come back to celebrate the addition of a king to her family.
By the way, if you get married, how will the rooms be allocated?
Her house has a total of three rooms, excluding the main room and her parents' bedroom, leaving only the boudoir for their three sisters.
After the eldest sister got married, she and her younger sister lived in this room. If it was to be used as a wedding room, the younger sister would have to go to the back half of her parents' room to build a bunk.
Thinking of the couple having enough to eat, they want to do something. They can hear it through the wall with the door closed. If they set up a shop in the same room... Xu Yin rubbed her arm and felt that before getting married, she must settle the matter in the room.
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"What are you talking about? You want to build a house by yourself by building the foundation?"
When having breakfast the next day, hearing Xu Yin talk about this idea, Xu Laosan's eyes widened, thinking that the second daughter was drifting away? After earning full work points for a few months, she wanted to build a new house?
"My dear, you don't have a fever, do you? Do you know how much it costs to build a house? Not to mention that bricks and tiles have to be stamped, approved and queued up. You can't afford them when it's your turn. It's so expensive! Otherwise, everyone would have built a new house.
Who is willing to live in one or two huts with a big family? Don’t think that if you work hard every day and get a lot of money at the end of the year, you can borrow some from others first and then pay them back at the end of the year...
Don’t think about it, the money you get at the end of the year will be good for you to live a prosperous year, but it won’t be enough for you to get the foundation and build a house... You and I could afford to build a house back then. It was my father’s father-your grandfather’s money.
, but your grandfather had a job and a salary at that time, but I didn’t, so where can I raise money for you?"
Xu Laosan quite understands that he was able to afford a new house back then because of his father. Now that his daughter wants to build a new house, he is empty-handed and unable to support her.
Xu Yin and Xu Chengjin looked at each other and said with a smile: "Dad, your son-in-law gave me a betrothal gift. It's not much, but it's enough for our family to build two new houses."
What?
Xu Laosan's eyes went straight: "Daughter, my son-in-law gave you a betrothal gift? But our family is recruiting a son-in-law, why should he give you a betrothal gift? Don't you want to go back on your word and don't want to come to the door? No, no, no! What's the deal with what you said?
Can I regret it?"
"No regrets."
Xu Chengjin gave Xu Laosan a piece of porridge and side dishes, and said with a smile:
"If you feel that the betrothal gift is inappropriate, then it does not count as the betrothal gift, but the food expenses I paid to my family. Since I fractured my bones, I have been living and eating at our house. You don't dislike me and let me eat well.
I am touched in my heart. Currently, my legs and feet are inconvenient, so the only amount of money I can give as a thank you gift. Yin Yin wants to build two more rooms at home, so that this money can have a chance to shine, and I am not happy enough."
"real?"
After hearing this, Xu Laosan's eyes sparkled, and he rated this son-in-law much higher in his mind.
When he came to be his son-in-law, he even gave money to his in-laws.
He's so good! This kid is so good!
"Let's go! Dad will accompany you to the brigade headquarters right now."
Xu Laosan took a few bites of rice and couldn't wait to urge his daughter to approve the homestead site.
Xu Yin couldn't laugh or cry.
But homestead land does need to be approved early. It takes time to select the land, and it also takes time to get approval.
Then I would approve notes, buy bricks and tiles, and hire people to build a house before the autumn harvest. Time was really tight.
…
When the villagers heard that Xu Laosan was going to build a new house as a wedding room for his second daughter, they all wondered where he would get the money.
But when they thought about Old Man Xu, they all felt relieved. Most likely, Old Man Xu had borrowed it from his former co-workers.
"Hey! Caifen, it's rare to see you back. I heard that your Yuanyuan's marriage has been decided? Is it the first day of August?"
Zou Caifen took the time to go back to her parents' house and stopped by the old house to see if she had collected the cotton she asked her mother-in-law to look for last month.
When I met a familiar woman, I slowed down my pace and chatted a few words while walking.
Ever since my daughter found the son of the director of an agricultural machinery factory as a partner and settled on this marriage, she really likes chatting with people.
"Yes! You will all come to have a wedding banquet then. We plan to hold it on both sides, a few tables in the factory and a few tables in our hometown."
"Oh! It seems that you two are very satisfied with this marriage! Speaking of which, you Yuanyuan are indeed well settled! You will not have to worry about food and clothing when you marry, and you can also promote your mother's family."
Zou Caifen felt extremely relieved after hearing this, and said modestly: "She has had a good life as a child, so we parents can rest assured and don't expect her to promote her parents' family."
In fact, how can I not hope? I am already making plans now. I hope that after my daughter gets married, I can talk to her parents-in-law and find a formal job for my eldest son.
"Speaking of which, like Yin Yin from your third family, it would be good to have a live-in son-in-law. And after building a new house, it would be quite comfortable to live separately from the third family."
Zou Caifen didn't know about this yet, and her eyes widened when she heard this: "What? Yinyin found a son-in-law who came to her? Who is it? Is he from our brigade?"
"You don't know yet? The wedding date has been set. It's the fifth day of September, a few months later than your Yuanyuan. That young man is an educated youth. He has been with our brigade for two years. He broke his leg while going up the mountain. It's Yin Yin.
I carried him to the health center and the two of them got along well."
Zou Caifen: "..."
What kind of shitty luck did the third family have? This is all right?
"The third son's house is being built this time with the money borrowed by your parents-in-law, right? Speaking of which, it's great to have a worker at home earning wages! No wonder you are a little fatter than before, you have a lighter heart and a fatter body!"
Zou Caifen didn't bother to listen to the other party's joke. She was so angry that "the second elder came forward to lend money to the third elder's family to build a new house" and she went straight to the old house with murderous intent.
"Father! Mother! How can you do things like this! When the three sons were separated, you two helped the third to help him build a new house. Now that it is the turn of the grandchildren, why are you still helping the third family? His family is Yin Yin.
Your granddaughter, isn’t my Yuanyuan the same?"
The second elder was stunned: "What did you say?"
"I said, it's not fair for you to lend money to the third family's Yinyin to build a new house!"
"What do you mean we came forward to borrow money? We didn't borrow money! You're talking about the money for the third family to build a new house? Didn't that come from his filthy son-in-law?"
"..."
What?
After understanding the situation, Zou Caifen only felt that her face hurt.
He muttered in confusion: "I heard he is an educated youth? He is so rich, why can't he think of becoming the son-in-law of the third family? The third family has no money and no power. What are you doing?"