The arrival of Captain Li's brother gave the old Lin family a sense of crisis, and Chen Xiuyun's yard suddenly became popular.
Before the fourth day of the Lunar New Year was over, the old man of the Lin family came over and said that his family wanted the yard, but the money would be delayed for two days, so he wanted to borrow it.
Chen Xiuyun said: "Uncle, you have to hurry up. Spring plowing is about to begin, and the team is about to get busy. I'm going to hire people to work while I'm not busy yet. If we move out as soon as possible, you can move in as soon as possible."
Uncle Lin nodded, "I still need to trouble the captain about the homestead matter. I'll take care of it tomorrow."
Uncle Lin left, and Chen Xiuyun breathed a sigh of relief.
But when she thought about how little of her current wealth would be left after building a new house, Chen Xiuyun began to worry.
But it's worth spending some money to stay farther away from Lao Jiang's house.
Chen Xiuyun looked at the more than two hundred soaps hanging under the bed and wondered if they could be exchanged for money.
Applying for homestead land is very fast. After the team leader signs it, it is sent to the commune to be stamped and signed, and the land is approved. It is three-thirds of the land, 200 square meters, which is more than twice the size of the yard where her family lives now.
After old Uncle Lin borrowed enough money, he first gave it to Chen Xiuyun. The two went to Captain Li again and wrote down clearly the issues regarding the homestead. They signed and fingerprinted them respectively, and wrote down clearly the issues that should be discussed in the future. It is clear and leaves no hidden dangers.
After finishing the work, Chen Xiuyun said: "Uncle, it will take seven or eight days to build this house, and it will take a month to dry it before it can be occupied. During this time, we, mother and daughter, will have to live here."
Uncle Lin nodded, "That's what it should be. If you build a new house, I have a lot of family members, so just call me."
Uncle Lin felt that his family had taken advantage of it. Although the homestead was approved for three points, it was useless if he had no money to build it. Besides, if it is too small, he could expand it in the yard in the future. Anyway, this house is on the far west side and there is a lot of space next to it.
Chen Xiuyun has more smiles on her face, and other people in the village treat her family better than her parents-in-law.
When they reached the courtyard gate, Ma Meili greeted them. Zhang Fengmei stood in her courtyard, eating pumpkin seeds and listening with her ears pricked up.
"Sister-in-law, is the house really sold?"
Chen Xiuyun nodded, "I'll go to the brick factory later and start building a house tomorrow."
Ma Meili said: "You want to build a brick house?"
"No way, the brick factory has adobe that has been stripped and dried, so just use this and buy some tiles to build the roof."
After chatting casually with Ma Meili, Chen Xiuyun put the signed paper back at home, spoke to the two sisters who were reading in the room, and prepared to go to town.
After Ma Meili returned to the house, she only said a few words and Mrs. Li became embarrassed.
"I really don't know what she's thinking about. She sells a good yard and then adds money to build a new one. What's the point of fooling around?"
This dissatisfaction was said by Old Man Jiang.
Old Man Jiang wants to use small favors to remind his potentially promising granddaughter of his good deeds. Regarding the adoption and the house, he agrees with Old Mrs. Li. He only cares if Old Mrs. Li brings trouble to Jiang Xinyu's family. He didn't even come forward to help. It was just a dream to ask Jiang Xinyu to remember his love.
Jiang Youfu said: "Sister-in-law just doesn't want to live here. Who can bear it if we have to live here every day for three days without end?"
This is a problem that he can understand, and Ma Meili understands it too. She wanted to mock Old Mrs. Li, but she only dared to say it in her heart, and she did not dare to be like her man.
Mrs. Li was already very angry and had nowhere to vent her anger. When she heard her second son's pointed words, her voice suddenly became louder, "What do you mean? I raised you in vain. I'm going to pay for that bastard."
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Although Jiang Youfu couldn't talk back, he could refuse to listen and go out for a walk.
Chen Xiuyun chose a place to build a house, which was at the east end of the village, far away from Lao Jiang's house, more than a hundred meters away from the row of houses at the entrance of the village, and not in a place where everyone in the team would pass by.
There is not much else in the village, but there is a lot of land. Housing is tight in the city, and each family lives in a house of tens of square meters. But in the village, as long as you have money to repair the house, a house with a yard is more comfortable than a small house in the city.
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The captain and his men cleared the ground, and Chen Xiuyun spent money to pay for gas and borrow the tractor in the brigade. He went to the town to buy beams and tiles, and also bought some red bricks to use as the foundation. As for the adobes, they were also used.
Pulled back.
The tractors in the brigade are precious, but if anyone in the brigade needs to use them for urgent matters, they can still use them after consulting the brigade leader and paying for the gas.
For two days in a row, Chen Xiuyun was so busy that her feet never touched the floor, while Jiang Xinyu and Jiang Yuzhu cooked the rice in a sensible manner.
The more times this happens, the more I realize the importance of having men at home. For manual jobs like these, if you have enough men at home, you don’t have to hire men from the brigade.
When it was time to build a house, Jiang Youfu came to help. Jiang Guisheng went there when he saw him. He didn't want to go and was afraid that others would gossip behind his back, so he went too.
Chen Xiuyun invited four more strong laborers from Uncle Lin's family.
As for Chen Yi, the temporary movie projectionist, he has already started working, but he has been relatively free recently. He is sitting in the "office" drinking tea and reading the newspaper. He will go to the town to show movies in a few days when it is almost 15. These days
He is in a relatively leisurely state every day because the things he needs to learn are too simple for him.
At noon, he still had time to ride his bicycle back to the brigade, and helped Chen Xiuyun bring meat and tofu twice, and even secretly sent back six pig pancakes in a row.
He sometimes helped with the work, and the older men who worked there said that Chen Yi would soon become the son-in-law of the Chen Xiuyun family, praising him for his abilities and so on.
Every time the elders and aunts talked about it, Chen Yi would smile and acquiesce, without refuting. Now the whole team regarded Chen Yi and Jiang Xinyu as being unmarried.
As for Chen Xiuyun, he was busy cooking for the workers. As long as Chen Yi was around, he would definitely not forget to give Chen Yi a portion.
People who work must not only eat well, but also eat well. Chen Xiuyun makes steamed buns made of white flour mixed with cornmeal. The steamed buns are very large and very solid. There must be meat in every meal. What he cooks at noon is
Rice, stir-fried cabbage with a lot of sliced meat, as well as smoked fish, fried eggs with green onions, fried bacon and so on. Chen Yi also secretly sent some big black fish and a pheasant at night, and asked Chen Xiuyun to cook them.
The fish and chicken were sent secretly, so Chen Xiuyun couldn't even say no. After the fish was sent last time, Chen Xiuyun knew it was him without guessing. Chen Xiuyun felt that Chen Yi was a good guy, and now he couldn't thank him even if he wanted to.
I don’t have time, so I thought I’d wait until the house is built before I can have a good time. Thank you.
The old man works hard and eats a lot, so that people can be full and well-fed. Chen Xiuyun's cooking is also good, there is meat in every meal, and he is still full, and he eats it openly. Everyone who works feels that
It was quite comfortable to eat.
The two sisters, who could not do heavy physical work, spent their time reading books. Chen Yi sent pig soap back every day. Within seven or eight days, the two of them made more than 210 pig soap soaps.
No one is paying attention to me when I put it on the shelves. Let me count the votes. ψ(｀)ψ