"I have discussed this with your mother and I don't plan to make things difficult for you."
Xu Chenghou sighed, after all, he is his biological son, what can be done? Who told them to have a son like this?
"We told Lao San about this and sold the house to Lao San for 20,000 yuan.
The third child spent money to buy a house and let us live in it temporarily. After we leave, he can do with the house how he likes.
Look, if you can afford this amount of money, I can sell the house to you." Xu Chenghou said this deliberately.
“We don’t have any other intention, we just want to keep some money on hand and use it as cross-river money.
Otherwise, if something happens in the future, you will all be in trouble."
When Xu Shixian and others heard this, what else didn't they understand?
Mom and Dad just wanted to rely on the third child to support themselves in the future, and were afraid that the third child would suffer, so they made arrangements in advance.
Twenty thousand yuan is a huge amount of money for them, but it is just a drop of money for Lao San. Others can't get it out, but Lao San can easily get it.
The brothers were a little hesitant and didn't know how to express their stance on this matter.
Supposedly, this house is only worth a thousand dollars now, but who knows what will happen in the future?
However, no matter how much the house goes up, it probably won’t be sold for 20,000 yuan, right? So, by doing this, the third child will definitely suffer.
"Father, Mom, since you two have discussed it, we don't have any objections.
The third child is very close, and it is the third child who takes care of his parents every day, which is the disadvantage for the third child.
We people live far away and are busy with work, so we can’t come back even a few times throughout the year, so we really can’t take care of him.”
Xu Shixian was the eldest son, so of course he had to speak first.
"I really wish my parents could move to our place. Alas, the place in the county is small and narrow.
I'm afraid that when dad goes over and takes a look, he will feel suffocated." Xu Shixian sighed.
The county has a large population and a small area, and the living conditions are far inferior to those in rural areas.
If the Xu family's house were placed in the county, it would be absolutely amazing.
"Then just do what your parents say?
Anyway, we have to give what we should give in the future, and we can’t just say that my parents have sold the house and have money in their hands, so we won’t care about it, right?”
As long as they don't ask them to pay 20,000 yuan, and don't let the elderly move into their home, just do whatever you want.
The third child is the one who contributes the money, and the third child will also contribute in the future. They just give some living expenses every month and come back several times a year. This is the best and saves everyone's worries.
Xu Shide and Xu Shixiang thought about it and realized that this was also the case. They would definitely not be able to get the money, and it would be inconvenient for them to take their parents over to live there.
What can we do? It's just a house. Let alone selling it for 1,500 yuan. Even if it sells for 15,000 yuan, how much can each of the five brothers get?
Since the third child is willing, then he will pay for it. Who else will rob him?
"Okay, then let's do it as our father said." They both agreed.
Xu Shian has now learned a trick, which is to speak less and don't make random statements no matter what time.
The more you talk, the more mistakes you make. Be honest and keep silent. Talk less and you will make fewer mistakes.
So he didn't say a word just now, and the brothers can talk whatever they like.
But now it was his turn to express his position, and he refused to say a few more words. "It's fine as long as Dad does what he wants. I don't have any objections."
"Okay, Fourth Brother, I'll give you paper and pen, and you can write.
Third child, go and call the neighbors over and ask them to serve as witnesses. We can complete this matter while they are all here."
Xu Chenghou spoke and arranged work for his sons.
Xu Shiyan quickly went out and found the two neighbors on the east side and the south side.
To the north is the Tomb of the Martyrs, and to the west is the road. The Jiancan Market will be demolished at the end of the road in the next year, so there are actually only two houses in the neighborhood.
Don't worry about how many families there are, just have someone bear witness.
Here Xu Shide wrote the house sale contract, and Xu Chenghou and Xu Shiyan, his father and his son, wrote their names on it and took their fingerprints.
Then the neighbors also signed and fingerprinted it, and it was settled.
There are two copies of the house sales contract. Xu Chenghou and Xu Shiyan each take one copy.
After writing the contract and thanking the neighbors, Xu Chenghou told them that he would treat them to a drink some other time to thank them.
Naturally, the other party had to be polite. They troubled the Xu family a lot on weekdays. They also watched TV every night. How could such a small thing be worth thanking?
It was the end of the year and everyone was busy. The neighbors didn't stay at Xu's house for long and left in a hurry.
After the neighbor left, Xu Chenghou asked Xu Shide to write another agreement, still for pension.
Regardless of whether we have this house or not, the brothers must fulfill their obligation to support each other, and the monthly money cannot be less. If food is too troublesome, it can be unnecessary.
In the future, if the old couple has any illness or disaster, these people will have to be at the forefront.
Compared with the last agreement, it only lacks a house and nothing else.
This time, there was no need to find anyone as a witness. The father and son all signed their fingerprints on the agreement, and Xu Chenghou asked Zhou Guilan to put the agreement away.
If you delay like this, it will be too late.
There were no buses back to the county in the afternoon, and the train to Xianrenqiao was also late.
What can we do? Even if Xu Shiyan's family has a car, one thing is that Xu Shiyan hasn't learned it yet, and the other is that the car can't carry so many people, so everyone can only stay here for one more night.
The next morning, Xu Shixian and Xu Shixiang's family were preparing to take the bus from Donggang to Fusong at 7:30 to return to the county.
Xu Shide's family had to catch the 8:40 train.
Xu Chenghou and Zhou Guilan prepared a lot of things for their three sons' homes.
Date steamed buns, sticky fire spoons, pork, etc., filled most of the woven bags, which was more than what they brought back.
Xu Chenghou also packed some cabbage, sauerkraut and the like for Xu Shixian alone.
There is no vegetable garden in the county, so we have to buy everything we eat. Wouldn’t it be easier to save money by taking some back home?
"Let's take these things back and add a few more things for the New Year."
Instead of looking after my son and daughter-in-law, I have to look after my grandchildren. After finally coming back, I can't let them go back empty-handed.
It's rare for the children to live in their grandparents' house for such a long time, and all of them are reluctant to leave.
The three children, Xu Haiyang, Xu Jingyi and Xu Jingwen, cried and shouted that they did not want to leave and wanted to stay with their grandparents.
"Do you want to stay with your grandparents? You obviously want to stay and watch TV.
Go quickly, the Chinese New Year is tomorrow, and my family has not prepared anything."
Wu Qiuyan and Chen Chunling, both with dark faces, dragged their children out.
"Otherwise, we can just let the children live here for a while, since they don't go to school anyway.
Stay here, play with Yuanyuan and the others, and have company."
When Zhou Guilan saw her grandson crying so miserably, she couldn't bear it, so she started to talk about her love.
"During the Chinese New Year, my parents are busy here, so how can I have time to take care of them?
Besides, we may not be able to come back after the New Year, because no one will come to pick them up."
Xu Shixian and the others came back from the 24th of the twelfth lunar month and stayed there until the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, which was a long time.
So I discussed with Xu Chenghou and his wife that we would not go back on the second day of the new year and come back when we have time.