They counted and found that this year, the salary for running a sports car was about more than 6,000, and they earned more than 3,000 for carrying things. Adding the previous balance, after excluding expenses, the family's savings turned out to be more than 10,000.
I really didn’t expect that they would become the first 10,000-yuan household in the village.
"This money is enough to build a house in the village." Lu Yongguo sighed.
But Que Yaqian clapped her hands.
"Then cover it!
An'an is getting older and older, and she can no longer share the same room with me."
Just do it, Zhou Yaqian and Lu Yongguo discussed the idea with the couple that night.
It can be seen that Lu Wenqi is very excited.
For Chinese people, a house has some special meaning.
Especially in a village, if there is a magnificent house, it is equivalent to a monument, showing the achievements of this life, and it is the most beautiful thing.
Lu Wenqi was over fifty years old, how could he not want such a monument?
What's more, several children have grown up and can still squeeze into one room now, but what about the future?
In the future they will also marry and have children.
"It's just..." Lu Wenqi still hesitated: "Doesn't this cost a lot of money?"
"I'm going to get a rough idea. A red brick costs three cents, or a better one is five cents. Let's build two floors, seven rooms, a main room, and a kitchen. It costs about 40,000 bricks.
Then there is cement. Cement costs 100 yuan per ton, which takes about 40 tons.
These are the bulk of the work. As for the labor, there are many people in the family, so everyone helps out when they have time. It costs about one and a half yuan a day to hire people. It will cost about seven thousand yuan when it is full."
“All red bricks?”
Lu Wenqi was shocked when he heard this. He couldn't find a few houses in the commune that all used red bricks. Most of them were mud houses or even thatched houses.
Just listening to it made his blood boil.
How majestic that is...
Listen to the boss's description, there are seven rooms, a main room and a kitchen...
only……
"This money is too much spent."
"You have to spend the money you should spend." Lu Yongguo said: "If you want to build it, then build it at once."
"Dad, think about it, the Yong family is almost 20 years old, and he is a college student. The conditions of the girlfriend he will have in the future will definitely be good. If he brings her home, what if she dislikes her?"
Lu Yongguo didn't know why, but when he talked about the Yong family's girlfriend, he would think of the girl named Yang Xiaoxia.
There was another layer of worry in my heart.
Cree Yaqian saw Lu Wen frowning tightly, which was a little funny.
"Dad, building a house is a good thing, why are you so worried?"
"Okay... a good thing, a good thing..." Lu Wenqi murmured and nodded, but took a sip of the white wine at hand, and then... fell silent again.
Early the next morning, Wang Qiaoping found Cree Yaqian and stuffed 700 yuan into her hand.
"This is what your father and I have saved over the years, and if you honor us and don't want to spend it, you can take it."
"Mom, what are you doing?" Cree Yaqian quickly pushed the money back.
"This is what you and dad have saved your whole life, how can I spend it on you?"
"No, Yaqian, listen to me."
Wang Qiaoping hurriedly said: "What you said yesterday is right, building a house is a good thing.
Mom knows that you are rich now and can make money. You have the ability to afford a good house and a big house. Naturally, Mom and your dad can't hold you back.
But for the four boys in the family, your father and I both feel bad that you, the eldest brother, are all paying for it.
If we talk about separation..."
"No separation!"
Cree Yaqian said quickly after hearing this.
When she was an educated youth who went to the countryside with nothing, she came to live in the Lu family. Her father and mother treated her like their own daughter. She had not given birth to a child for several years, and they never said a bad word about her.
How can we break up the family now that we have earned some money?
Besides, her biological parents were not good to her, and she had never felt family affection before. Now that she finally has a family, and she has a family, she doesn't want to be separated.
Wang Qiaoping smiled: "I know you don't want to separate the family."
"I don't want to either. If my parents are still at home and my children are separated, they will be gossiped about. People will say that you and Yongguo have made money and they despise the two old people.
It's your father and I who are useless, so we can't drag you down and get poked in the back in vain.
So Yaqian, please take the money, it will make me feel better.
I know it’s far from enough. From now on, your father and I will contribute every penny we have and contribute every effort we have. No matter what, we will share as much as we can to help you.”
When Que Yaqian heard this, she didn't know why, but her eyes became hot.
She worked hard with her mouth.
"Mom, you..."
"Don't talk about your father and I's lifetime money." Wang Qiaoping grabbed her words.
"Your father and I have worked hard all our lives to earn four children, you as my daughter-in-law, and An An.
You see, my son is promising, my daughter-in-law is so good, and my granddaughter is so obedient, I am rich."
When Cree Yaqian heard this, she couldn't stop crying anymore.
"mom……"
She hugged Wang Qiaoping.
"What virtue and ability can I have to meet such a wonderful mother-in-law like you?"
"You're talking nonsense. It's obvious that you are the daughter-in-law." Wang Qiaoping patted her on the back.
An An stood next to the two people and looked at them with wide eyes.
Wang Qiaoping was probably afraid that the atmosphere would be too sad, so she turned to look at An An: "An An, you will live in a big house soon, are you happy?"
"Happy!" An An answered simply.
A few days later, Lu Yong's family also came back.
Sure enough, he listened to Lu Yongguo's words and bought a lot of meat, grain and oil.
It just so happened that his family was about to build a house, so Lu Wenqi thought of inviting the villagers to have a meal, so that those who could help would help, and those who couldn't would be more considerate.
The rice and oil will also come in handy.
Lu Yong's family also brought back good news. He skipped a grade, studied for a total of five years, and received a full scholarship.
His academic performance is already very good, and with so much hard work, it is surprising but reasonable that he can achieve this result.
When they heard that their family was going to build a house, Lu Yong's family was very happy and gave all the 50 yuan bonus to his brother and sister-in-law.
Everything has been determined.
Wait until the New Year is over and start planning.
The entire village was entertained for the start-of-work banquet, with ten tables in total. The village borrowed many pots, bowls and benches, and familiar women came to help. Not to mention how lively it was.
The Lu family's banquet is not like other families' banquets.
There are eight large bowls, with few meat dishes and many ingredients. Sometimes pickles and porridge can also be combined into one dish.
This time, Lu Yong's family bought twenty kilograms of meat.
Each table has braised pork with pickled vegetables, a pig's trotter soup, and the salted fish An An caught last time. The staple food is a large dish, which can satisfy everyone in the village.
Everyone can see that life in the Lu family is really different from other families.
But eaters are soft-mouthed, and after finishing such a good meal, everyone's resentment became much calmer.
Once everything is ready, work can begin in full swing.
It happened that the four boys at home were at home, plus Lu Wenqi, and five strong laborers, so there was no need to hire anyone at all.
Lu Yongguo drove a large truck, loading bricks and cement into Sala's home.
For members of the family, two people carry it and two people build it.