Chapter 241 Discussing building a house on New Year’s Day
Mengyi took out two more packets of toffee from her pocket and stuffed them into the hands of Huzi and Yatou.
The sister-in-law was about to reach out to stop her.
He was stopped by Zhang Yu.
"Sister-in-law, don't give in to the things you give your children."
"In the past, there were no children at home and nothing to eat. Now we just let the children eat as much as they can."
Meng Yiyou took out a bucket of malted milk and placed it in front of the old man.
The old man did not refuse, it was his grandson-in-law's filial piety to him.
There were five kilograms of pork and two kilograms of mutton left. Zhang Yu picked them up and put them in the kitchen.
Zhang Ma quickly arranged for the big family to sit down and chat.
After chatting for a few words, Zhang Yu led the children out.
After finally returning to the village, it happened to be the Chinese New Year. Zhang Yu planned to go for a walk in the village and visit the third sister.
I often meet young and old men on the road who come to visit.
"Ah, Zhang Yu, you have returned to the village. Are these three dolls yours?"
The person who spoke was the fourth uncle of the Sun family, who was also one of Zhang’s father’s drinking buddies.
Zhang Yu quickly stopped and said hello to his fourth uncle.
"Happy New Year! Fourth uncle."
"Didn't my employer just have a holiday yesterday? I didn't make it back in time. I'll be here early this morning."
"Nuan Nuan Xinxin Goudan, wishing Fourth Grandpa New Year greetings."
The three children were not strangers to each other and greeted the fourth grandfather in unison.
"Hey! Okay, okay, they are all good kids."
Fourth uncle is very fond of children. When he said hello to three children who looked like porcelain dolls, fourth uncle smiled even more.
Although the Sun family can be called a small family in the village, it depends on who they are competing with.
Compared with Zhang Yu's family, the Sun family can be said to be a big family.
In addition to the Li family, the largest family in Lijiazhuang is the Sun family.
The fourth uncle’s family alone has five boys and two girls.
This is still the fourth uncle’s family. The eldest uncle, second uncle, and third uncle’s family all have fewer children than the fourth uncle’s family.
There are four or five boys in each family, and there are also many girls.
The uncle’s family has the most children, seven.
In the next twenty years, the Sun family really blossomed.
In just three generations, hundreds of people can be accumulated, which is a very impressive family tree.
"Uncle Fourth, are you here to visit us?"
"No, I was planning to go to your house. Your father called me there years ago. It was the end of the year and my family was busy, so I didn't go. It happened that there was nothing going on at home. I took a look and your father wanted to come with me.
What to say."
Hearing that it was Zhang's father who called his fourth uncle, Zhang Yu stopped nagging him. Zhang Yu's other story
"Ah! Then you go quickly and I will take the child for a walk."
"Okay, you go!"
Fourth uncle nodded, turned around and rushed to Zhang Yu's house.
Zhang Yu took the children and went to the second brother's house first to pay New Year's greetings to the elders of the second brother's family.
Nuannuan and Xinxin recognized their second brother. Although they didn't meet each other often, they knew that this was their little uncle.
I held the little dog’s egg to him and said hello to the elders in the house.
The second brother simply put one yuan of New Year's money into each of the children's hands.
Zhang Yu still wanted to refuse, but the third sister gave Zhang Yu a slap in the face.
"What are you pushing? Is this for you? This is for my nieces and nephews."
Although the third sister glared at Zhang Yu, she still loved and cared for the three children.
"Nuan Nuan Xinxin, there are also dog eggs. My uncle gives them to you. You can take them and save them to buy stationery later."
If that's the case, Zhang Yu won't do it! What can I say?
But when he looked up, he saw the third sister's two children, and Zhang Yu directly stuffed each of them with a five-yuan card.
Such a big gesture shocked the second brother.
Stop Zhang Yu quickly.
"No, no, no, no, you do this too much. How can I give you ten yuan at a time? Take it back quickly."
"Oh! Brother-in-law, I'm not giving this to you, I'm giving this to my two great nephews."
This is like returning what the third sister said to the second brother.
The third sister is not polite to Zhang Yu either.
"Second brother, Zhang Yu gave it to you, keep it for your child, and use the money to pay for the children's tuition when they go to school."
Hearing what his wife had said, the second brother had no choice but to put it away.
Zhang Yu didn't stay here any longer, and took the children to Xiaoguo's house to sit for a while.
The younger one is now married and has children. The younger one has married the village beauty next door.
The smaller subject is half a head taller than the smaller one. He is tall, strong and has round arms. Looking at the calluses on his hands, you can tell that he is a good worker.
He was very lively in his conversation, and without waiting for the younger one to open his mouth, he gave each of the three children a piece of paper money.
Zhang Yu was too lazy to refuse and gave the smaller child a five-yuan note.
The little guy wanted to give in, but Zhang Yu glared back.
After leaving Xiaoge's house, we went to Sanzi's house, Ergouzi's house, and Qiangzi's house for a walk.
Zhang Yu gave five yuan to each child of each family, although Zhang Yu knew that even if the five yuan was given, it would not reach the child's hands.
But this is an attitude that lets friends know that even though Zhang Yu is a city dweller now, he has not forgotten his brothers at home.
Zhang Yu was too lazy to do the pie-making thing. After the reform and opening up, Zhang Yu tried to find a way for his brothers to find a business in the city.
Not only them, but also their eldest brother, third sister, and second sister all went to live in the city.
Let their children go to the city to study and receive a better education.
After turning around one by one, the whole morning passed, and Zhang Yu led the children back home.
I heard that my fourth uncle was chatting animatedly with his family.
Everyone saw Zhang Yu coming back with his children, and quickly made a place for the four of them to sit down.
"Dad, what are you talking about with your fourth uncle?"
Before Dad Zhang could speak, Fourth Uncle spoke first.
"Xiaoyu, your father wants to build a house for your brother and you."
Building a house? Doesn’t building a house mean dividing the family?
"Ah? Dad, are you planning to separate the family?"
"Why, you don't want to break up?"
"No, Dad, how did you come up with the idea of dividing the family?"
Zhang Yu was a little overwhelmed by this unexpected arrangement.
I haven’t heard of any conflict between my eldest brother and my father. Why are we planning to separate the family on the first day of the new year?
"Actually, your brother should have been separated a long time ago."
"It's not an option to follow us old couple all the time,"
"After all, your brother also has a family. As the old saying goes, when you start a family, you start a family."
"Now that you're married, you have to establish your business. In the future, it will be the other way around. Your mother and I will help your brother earn work points."
In fact, this idea has been pondering in Dad Zhang’s mind for many years.
Originally, the reason why the family was not separated was because only the eldest child in the family was married.
Now the children are all married, and the old couple are getting older and can no longer be the heads of the family.
Dad Zhang feels that it is time to give up the position of the head of the family to his eldest son.
When the time comes, the old couple will help the eldest child take care of the children and earn work points.
"One more thing, when your father came to the village, he left a lot of land deeds, but he never had the money to cover them."
"Although our family's life is not that good now, there is still no problem in building two large tile-roofed houses."
"At the very least, we can't let the land your father left behind be abandoned like this."
Zhang Yu had just finished expressing that he didn't intend to take it, but Zhang's father waved his hand and asked Zhang Yu to listen to him.
"Boy, I don't care how well you do in the city or how much money you make. I don't want to ask or care about these things."
"I'll just tell you one thing. Since we settled in Lijiazhuang, this is the root of our old Zhang family."
"It's the same as your kid. You have to build this house. Even if you don't come back to live in it, I will still build this house."