Li Dawei was a little confused. The house was only built two years ago. Isn't it a good place to live?
Li Dalong pointed to another wealthy family near the village, "They will demolish the old house and build a villa next year. You said that our old Li family is one of the best in the village, so we can't fall behind."
Li Dawei understood, and the desire to compare came out again.
Moreover, the previous request for a car from Manjun was not successful, and if the house is built this time and the money is not given, I am afraid there will be a riot.
In fact, Li Dawei personally doesn't think there is anything wrong with helping his brother at home, and his daughter also has money. To her, these few thousand yuan are just small amounts of money.
But for some reason, he just didn't dare to agree to Li Dalong, nor did he dare to mention it to his daughter.
He was asked to get the money himself, but he couldn't get it out.
It's my granddaughter's birthday. She just bought a gold medal, and her pocket is already empty.
Of course, with his salary, it is impossible to buy an idle card without saving.
But the problem is that the remaining money is in Wang Xiaojuan’s hands and he can’t get it out!
Li Manjun and his wife took their daughter and dug a lot of winter bamboo shoots from the bamboo forest in the back mountain.
Holding a big bamboo shoot in his arms, Nian Nian excitedly ran into the main room and found his grandpa to show off: "Grandpa, look, Nian Nian dug a big winter bamboo shoot!"
Zhao Yong and Li Manjun then walked in, with Li Manjun carrying a hoe and Zhao Yong carrying a sack full of bamboo shoots.
Wang Xiaojuan and Qian Shufen came up to us in surprise and said that this year's sour bamboo shoots were available.
"Where did you go to dig? I went to the back mountain to dig for half a day two days ago and there was nothing this big." Qian Shufen asked curiously.
Li Manjun pointed to the bamboo forest to the west, "Just to the west, the bamboo shoots over there are growing very fast and are already very big. There are still many more. I couldn't carry them anymore, so I came back."
Qian Shufen hurriedly said that she would go dig some more and bring them back, dry them into dried bamboo shoots, stew them or stir-fry them, it would be delicious.
Wang Xiaojuan saw that her daughter and son-in-law were covered in mud, so she took the hoe and urged them to go to the sink at the door to put water in and wash themselves.
Li Manjun and Zhao Yong called their daughter over, handed the bamboo shoots to their grandfather every year, and hurriedly ran over to wash their hands with their parents.
Wang Xiaojuan and Li Dawei both followed. Zhao Yong raised his eyebrows and touched Li Manjun with his elbow, indicating to her to ask if something was wrong.
Li Manjun had already noticed her uncle's loud and powerful voice. As soon as she walked to the door of her house, she heard something about a house and money in the distance.
He signaled Zhao Yong to give his daughter a good wash. The shells of the bamboo shoots were covered with fluff, which made her very itchy.
He walked up to Li Dawei alone, frowned and asked, "What's wrong? What are you doing?"
Li Dawei asked Wang Xiaojuan to tell him. Wang Xiaojuan glared at him before telling Li Manjun about demolishing the old house and building a new brick house.
She actually agreed, which was different from what Li Manjun thought.
"Mom, why do you agree?" Li Manjun asked in surprise.
Wang Xiaojuan pulled her daughter away from the prying ears and whispered to Li Manjun:
"It's really uncomfortable to live in an old house. Your dad has that kind of personality. Your grandparents are getting older and you come back to visit them from time to time. We built a brick house and it's comfortable for us to live here."
"From now on, when you go home for the New Year, you will have a place to sleep."
Li Manjun nodded, this is indeed a benefit.
But she knew her mother hadn't finished speaking yet, so she motioned for her to continue.
Wang Xiaojuan turned back and glanced at the main room. Seeing everyone going to talk to Li Dawei, she continued without looking over:
"You can build a house and you can pay for it, but you have to divide the homestead. Let's pay to build a house on our own homestead!"
Li Manjun looked at her mother up and down and exclaimed: "Mom, I feel more at ease when you are here."
The mother and daughter discussed in secret for a while and then walked towards the main room.
Wang Xiaojuan was embarrassed to speak, but Li Manjun didn't mind being the villain himself and made her request for the homestead divided.
I thought I would encounter obstacles, but unexpectedly, Old Man Li actually agreed.
"Dad?" Li Dawei looked at the old man in shock, unable to believe it.
Old Man Li didn't look at his shocked expression and continued to tell everyone: "You are all here today. I have discussed some things with your mother, so I will tell you today."
"Your mother and I are getting worse every day and need someone to take care of us."
"The two of us discussed that we would let the second child support us in our old age. You two brothers will share half of the homestead in the old house. Dalong and your family will live there. Your mother and I live over there from the second child. You are usually close to each other. Give us some gifts.
Just order some rice and vegetables."
"Boss, you have to go to work. Your mother and I can still move now, so we can come back and have a look. But if your mother and I can't move anymore, you have to come and look after us."
Old Man Li also said that his family's land was also divided, with each person having half.
This seems like a fair decision, but it's actually not that fair.
Each person gets half of the homestead, Li Dalong gets the one on the roadside, and Li Dawei gets the one on the inside.
Each person has half the field, Li Dalong takes the fatter ones, and Li Dawei takes the far and thin ones.
Of course, it is impossible for Li Dawei to farm the land. In fact, Li Dalong's family continues to farm these lands. The two brothers and Li Dawei will not ask for rent.
Moreover, these days, more people are going out to work, and there is also a lot of land that is left uncultivated. In order to prevent their own land from going uncultivated, people who go out to work have to ask people in the village to help with planting. Not to mention paying rent, it is enough if they can help with planting.
good.
There is also the issue of elderly care. Those who live with the elderly will always suffer some disadvantages.
But this is a matter between parents. If parents agree, Li Manjun can’t say anything.
And, there seems to be no better solution.
If we insist on being fair to the smallest detail, this family will not be able to live in peace.
Li Dalong was happy. Although there was less homestead land, his younger brother's family no longer lived in the village. After the house was built and the second elder moved to the second elder's house, their own family was enough to live there.
The most important thing is that in the future, if the second elder gets sick or something, the second elder's family will pay for it. He will just give him some food and drink. The rice and vegetables will be taken from his own land without spending any money.
What Li Manjun could do was to immediately call the village chief and the elders in the village to get a notarization, so that the homestead would not be regarded as belonging to the uncle in the end.
Wang Xiaojuan felt much more comfortable after paying to build a house on her own homestead.
Li Dawei was also very happy. The old man was willing to live with him, which showed that they knew in their hearts that the son was really filial.
Li Manjun feels a little sorry for her father. This fifty-four-year-old man has always been looking forward to being recognized by his parents.
Now, this can be considered as my wish.
After the homestead was divided, Li Manjun privately gave his parents 20,000 yuan to get rid of all the troubles in his hometown and let them clean up on their own. The family of three left Hongxing Village to pay New Year's greetings.
I went to Shirley Zhong’s house on the third day of junior high school. She recognizes her godmother and godfather every year. It would be rude not to visit during the Chinese New Year.
Shirley Zhong’s son can already walk a few steps. It is rare to see children younger than her every year. There used to be a little brother from Li Daniu’s family in her hometown, but he was too young and couldn’t talk yet. He would sleep when he was full.
Can't play.
Now I see that Shirley Zhong’s son can walk and understand what she says, which is very novel.
She and her little brother went crazy playing at Lu's house. Even after dark, they couldn't bear to go home and said they wanted to sleep with him.
In the end, she was coaxed away by Li Manjun, saying that she would go to Aunt Zhou's house to see the piglets tomorrow, so she was willing to leave.
Sister Zhou's home is in a village next to Rongcheng, which is a bit far away, so the family of three set out very early.
I arrived in the middle of the morning, had lunch, looked at the "little piglets" that had grown up, and fed the real little piglets, and then I left Aunt Zhou's house satisfied.