Ordinary people's rice bowl

Chapter 92 Planning a New House
That afternoon, a guest came to Lao Mu's house. This guest was none other than Lao Mu's father-in-law Yang Qinglin.

When Yang Qinglin came to the gate of Lao Mu's house, the door was locked. Yang Qinglin wanted to go to school to find Lao Mu, but was worried that it would affect his teaching, so he sat by the stream outside the gate, smoking dry cigarettes and enjoying the scenery in the stream. lotus.

Wang Sanyuan, who came back from the field, saw Yang Qinglin sitting by the stream, and hurriedly stepped forward to answer: "Brother, where did this come from?"

Hearing the voice, Yang Qinglin hurriedly stood up and agreed: "I came from home, just sat here, seeing that there is no one in their house, sit here and wait for a while."

"Come here and drink some water, I'll ask someone to call them!" Wang Sanyuan enthusiastically gave way to Yang Qinglin.

Yang Qinglin did not meet Wang Sanyuan's enthusiasm once. After all, Lao Mu only lived with such a neighbor. Everything about Lao Mu's house could not be hidden from Wang Sanyuan's eyes. Yang Qinglin was not polite, and followed Wang Sanyuan directly to his house. cabin.

"You haven't come for a long time?" Wang Sanyuan asked politely.

"Yeah, it's not like there are too many things to do at home. Young people weave bags to earn some pocket money. At our age, we just help take care of the children. We can't do without!" Yang Qinglin spoke very honestly.

"How is the crop this year?" Wang Sanyuan asked casually.

"We used to plant in the team, but now we manage it ourselves. Don't mention it. The most lacking thing is technology. In our rural area, we don't know how to plant. We need to rely on the sky for our food!" Yang Qinglin smiled. , replied.

"Have you started any side business this year?" Wang Sanyuan asked again.

"What are you doing as a sideline business? We don't know anything else. I heard that the breeding farm in your village sells piglets. I bought two piglets here. Now they have raised almost [-] catties. I don't know if I can catch up." A good price?" Yang Qinglin said with a sigh.

"The more you work these days, the more you can earn!" Wang Sanyuan said.

"That's right. My son has been tossing a lot in the past two years. He went to HLJ in the north and Guangzhou in the south to do some small business, which is better than farming at home." Yang Qinglin took out a cigarette and handed it to Wang Sanyuan.

"Look at my brain, I'm just talking to you, but I forgot to let you smoke!" He took out his own cigarette and handed it over at the same time.

The hands of the two handing the cigarettes touched each other, exchanged with each other, and lit each other, and suddenly the hut was filled with smoke.

"Recently, I saw that your daughter-in-law bought a few cars of bricks and took them to the homestead in the south of the village. They are going to build a new house!" Wang Sanyuan brought the matter to Lao Mu's house again.

"Yeah, look at the three shabby thatched houses he lives in. They should have had a new place a long time ago. Last year, I persuaded him to build them, but he said that he didn't get so much money at home. Isn't this year better than last year?" Things are more expensive, and building three tile-roofed houses will cost two to three hundred yuan more than last year, and it will not be worthwhile to wait any longer! If my family hadn’t built the house last year, I would have supported him to build it last year.” Yang Qinglin Choked by the smoke, he coughed a few times, and then continued: "Rural people have some money now, whether they marry wives or build houses, where do you think there is room for big money?"

"Yeah, I think that's the same. In the past, it was just to fill the stomach. In the past two years, as long as you work hard, you can get rich. Look at Tian Cheng in our village. The pig farm he built last year not only has some money for himself this year, but also for the village. It's really both fame and fortune." Wang Sanyuan felt that when Tiancheng was mentioned, the whole village's face would be brightened.

"That's right, I heard that Tian Cheng and my son-in-law are classmates, and they have a good relationship!" Yang Qinglin also echoed.

"It's true, your son-in-law is also a good person, he has helped Tian Cheng a lot!" Wang Sanyuan took the opportunity to praise Lao Mu, which made Yang Qinglin happy from the bottom of his heart.

"My two brothers came to talk, I'll find someone to call your daughter who went to the field." Said Wang Sanyuan and walked out of the house.

Just as he stepped out of the door, he happened to meet Mu Yan who was coming home. Wang Sanyuan called out casually, "Mu Yan, your grandpa is here, go and call your mother!"

When Mu Yan heard Wang Sanyuan calling her, she immediately turned around and went into Wang Sanyuan's hut: "Grandpa, go home first, and I'll open the door for you." She pulled her grandfather to stand up.

"Look at this girl, she is close to her grandfather when she sees her!" Wang Sanyuan boasted.

"Then I'm leaving, come and drink some water later." Yang Qinglin said as he went out.

Mu Yan asked her grandfather to drink water and wait at home, and ran out to find Xiuhua by herself.

After a while, Yang Qinglin heard a voice outside the gate: "When did your grandpa come?" Yang Qinglin listened carefully, it was Xiuhua's voice.

"Just a short while after I came here, I ran into Third Grandpa and saw Grandpa drinking water in his room! I opened the door and let him into our house." Mu Yan said softly.

As soon as Mu Yan's voice stopped, Xiuhua had already reached the door of the main room: "Father, you didn't say anything when you came, and made you wait here for so long."

"It's okay, this is not an outsider, my daughter's house, I can talk about everything!" Yang Qinglin looked at Xiuhua and said, "You went to build a house the other day, and you almost had money. After you left, I started to prepare , there is less than [-] yuan left in the family, and the rest is used by your brother to do business. I am worried about how to prepare it for you? Your brother came back yesterday and told him that you are short of money to build a house. Without further ado, my brother asked directly, "How much is the difference?" I said the difference was four hundred yuan, and your brother took five hundred yuan from the bag and gave it to me. He also asked me to say that if it is not enough, he will prepare it for you. The matter should not be delayed any longer. The children are about to enter high school, so they can no longer be squeezed into this dilapidated thatched house. Look at the tile-roofed houses that have been built in your village in the past two years. It is your turn to live in a new house !" Yang Qinglin babbled to Xiuhua and took out a stack of ten-yuan bills, Xiuhua took it and counted it, then turned around and put the money into the fruit basket next to the bed where the clothes were placed.

Turning back to Yang Qinglin, he continued: "Who doesn't say it? Last year, when Tiancheng took out an interest-free loan, I wanted to discuss with Lao Mu whether I could borrow some money to build a house. Your daughter-in-law is fine, not only did he not build a house , directly asked Tiancheng to lend a loan to build a pig farm, you said you were annoying, and this year he proposed to build a house, but he said he had no money, and he told me that the funds were in place, so why worry about not being able to build a house?" Xiuhua Yue Speaking of being angry, he picked up the cold boiled water on the chopping board, drank it in one gulp, "gudong, gudong", and continued: "It's all right now, everything is expensive this year, I asked him to borrow some from his classmate, He said that although he has a little money, there are many places to raise so many pigs. Once he opens his mouth, he will lend it no matter how tight his money is, but if it delays his business, it is a big deal for the whole village. I also think what he said is reasonable, no, I just thought of embezzling some from you, lest the house can't be built this year, and the price of things will increase next year, and I don't know when and what month construction will start on this house!"

"Go get it from me, that's right, I don't have too much or too little, and besides, with your brother running around, you can earn it back quickly! When I came back this time, I heard that he sold a batch of clothes from the south to the north. I made several hundred yuan at once, so I don’t want to stay at home anymore, and I want to do business with him!” Yang Qinglin beamed when he said that he was proud.

"You pull it down! No matter how profitable the business is, you can't talk nonsense, or it won't cause trouble!" Xiuhua said as a reminder.

"Let's talk about it in our own home. What's the use of me talking about it outside? We are not people who show off outside. You know this best. When did we brag when we were outside?" Yang Qinglin said, glaring at Xiu flower.

"You're still thoughtful, okay?" Xiuhua said coquettishly.

Mu Yan, who was tidying straw in the yard, listened to the conversation between the father and daughter in the room, and murmured in her heart: "It seems that my uncle has made a lot of money!"

"Father, I have another matter to discuss with you. Lao Mu relies on school every day, except for Sundays. He is free, but he only counts on his Sundays. I can't prepare all the materials before the autumn harvest. I am a woman. What about preparing materials? You see, these days, you follow the market to prepare materials for my house, and then my new house can be built quickly. If it continues, I don’t know how long it will be! "Xiuhua said in a discussing tone.

"Look, a family doesn't speak two different languages. Who told me to be your father? Your family's affairs are my affairs. I just look after the children at home. Although I can do the work in the field, the children don't like it. A bit of a bump can't help the whole family worry. I asked your mother to take care of the child. I will leave the preparation of the materials here. The money has been collected, and all kinds of materials can be directly grabbed at the market. Last year, our family just built a new house. I set it up, and when it comes to this matter, I still have experience!" Yang Qinglin heard his daughter begging for help, so he couldn't refuse, as his own daughter's affairs were duty-bound.

"Then it's settled like this, you use the money to tell me." Xiuhua was afraid that the money would delay the matter, so she told her father like this.

"You don't understand this. In the current business, there is no one who doesn't trust you. You only need to go to the market to see what you like, order it, and he will deliver it directly to our home. After counting the quantity, you will settle the account. After paying, the delivery is cement and sand. As long as you tell the seller how much you want, he will deliver it to your door on time. After the house is built, the rest will be returned, and then the account will be opened. No one has ever paid before paying. Don’t worry about delivering the goods, when the time comes to build a house, you will have to find someone to build a house, and now there are many houses in the countryside, but there is a shortage of team leaders, so it’s not easy to find a foreman to build a house!" Yang Qinglin Speaking of this, he took a puff of cigarette, paused for a while, and then said: "The foreman has been found, and everything else has been resolved!"

"Look how I forgot about this. You just built a house last year, and you have all the experience. Do you still need to worry about it? Why don't you just use the foreman you used last year? It's easy." There are too many!" Xiuhua reminded.

"The foreman I'm using is currently building a house for others! How about I ask tomorrow to see if he's picking up work again? If he doesn't pick up work, we'll make a deal with him, and we'll start construction at that time It's coming soon!" Yang Qinglin Jingxiuhua reminded her that two people's minds are better than one.

The two of them were discussing about building a house when they heard the school bell rang in the west school yard, and the children cheered louder and louder.

"School is over, and Lao Mu will be back in a while, let me talk to him." Xiuhua said, walked out of the house, stood in the yard and looked outside the gate.

Lao Mu, who came home from school, saw his old father-in-law was there, and hurried in to say hello, "Uncle is here!"

"Here is the money I gave you to build the house. Just now I was discussing with Xiuhua when your house will be built?" Yang Qinglin said to Lao Mu.

"I don't have enough time now, and I can't do without school." Lao Mu just said a few words before being interrupted by Yang Qinglin: "Stop talking, we discussed it just now, and I will help you prepare materials and find someone , you can teach your books at school with peace of mind, and then you only need to live in the house!"

Lao Mu felt happy for a while, his father-in-law took care of all this matter, it was like a pie falling from the sky, for him, it was naturally a great thing.

"Okay, okay, I can't be more relieved to have you worrying about me!" Lao Mu was happy in his heart, so he naturally said it easily.

Yang Qinglin got up and went home, he hummed a ditty all the way, and planned to build a house for his daughter's house, he felt that his daughter's marriage to Lao Mu could be regarded as smoke rising from the grave of Lao Mu's ancestor.

(End of this chapter)