"Don't ask so much, it's all used at home anyway."

"Xingwei, I came to pay a New Year's greeting to you, but you turned around like this, how embarrassed I am!" Zhou Jianping had the heart to refuse.

"Take it quickly, don't be polite to me, I wish the whole family a happy Spring Festival in advance!" Ma Xingwei said.

......

During the Spring Festival, Zhou Jianping's family was happy on the surface, but in fact, there was an undercurrent, and there was also a difficult scripture.

A total of three days of vacation passed in a flash, and Zhou Jianping planned to return to the unit on the fourth day of the new year.

On the afternoon of the third day of junior high school, Chang Yuling asked him: "Have you ever thought about whether we will continue to participate with everyone this day, or will we live separately?" ”

"I haven't really thought about this ----,." Zhou Jianping said.

"We've been married for two or three years, and when you're not at home, you don't want to think about it, are our parents willing to be with them like this?"

"Okay, I'll ask them."

Zhou Jianping and his father never spoke much, he found his mother Chen Xiuhua, "Mom, I will return to the unit tomorrow, I want to ask you something." ”

"What's the matter? You say. ”

"I've been married to Yuling for two or three years, and I've been living with you, do you and my dad have any ideas?"

"What, Yuling wanted to be separated?"

"Yuling didn't say that, she was afraid that you would not be able to say anything if you had ideas."

"Jianping, you're not usually at home, and we can't talk to Yuling about this. When you asked about it today, your dad and I mentioned it once or twice. ”

"My dad would like to let us divide it?"

"He didn't let you break up, don't you have brothers and sisters below, we are afraid of affecting you."

The attitudes of the two sides are ambiguous, Yuling is afraid that her parents will not want to say anything, and her parents are afraid that the underage brothers and sisters will affect the eldest and the eldest family, Zhou Jianping is caught in the middle and feels very helpless.

In the vast majority of rural families, after their children get married, they will go out to live alone sooner or later, Zhou Jianping is not afraid of being involved, he feels that his parents are also very tired of maintaining a big family, but the reality is that if they are separated to live alone, he and Yuling will not even have a place to live.

After working for two or three years, Zhou Jianping saved some money, and if he took it all out, it would be enough to repair three houses, so he discussed with Yuling: "If we want to divide it, we must first repair the house." ”

"Repair the house, yes! Rich? ”

"I have saved enough money to build three houses."

"When we get married, your parents will give this house as a new house, if we divide it out, we have to vacate this house for them, won't they help us repair the house?" Yuling usually doesn't speak, and at this time she has to take out the old accounts and rummage through them.

"My parents----, I don't think they have much money, besides, I have a brother and two sisters under me, and I don't think I can count on my parents to repair the house."

"From beginning to end, your parents didn't spend any money for you for such a major life event as marriage, the maintenance of the entire old house, as well as the decoration of this new house, are all your own money, and I didn't ask them for much dowry, your parents basically didn't spend money, so they married me into the family as a good laborer, and didn't help you repair the house, don't you want to fulfill the responsibility of being a parent?" It's just that she doesn't say it, Yuling actually still has some opinions about her in-laws in her heart.

"It's useless for you to say anything, eighty percent can't count on them to repair the house, just rely on planting this little land, how much money can they make a year? Didn't I save enough money to build three rooms? What do you expect them to do? ”

"You can pull it down, don't cultivate if you don't have the ability, if you don't understand, just ask your uncle and second brother Zhou Jianliang, what kind of conditions are there to build three rooms? Unless there is a disaster in the home, there is no place to live, and there is really no way to repair it, only three rooms will be repaired. Yuling glanced at Zhou Jianping.

"What do you say?"

"If you want to repair it, you should repair five rooms, otherwise don't repair it. We have saved enough money to repair three rooms, you go and talk to your parents, see what their attitude is, can you help a little more? If they don't pull out the iron, I'll go back to my mother's house and find a way for my mother. ”

After dinner, Zhou Jianping wanted to discuss the repair of the house with his parents, "Mom, you asked Yuling to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, I want to discuss something with you and my father." ”

Chen Xiuhua had already stood up, and when she heard that she was going to discuss things, she sat back on the stool again, "Okay, let's talk, what do you want to discuss with us?" ”

"The brothers and sisters in the family are getting older and older year by year, I have been married to Yuling for two or three years, and I still live with you, we feel more and more inconvenient, besides, it is only a matter of time before we live alone, so I want to repair the house." Zhou Jianping said.

"Repair the house----? Yes, Jianwen and your two younger sisters are getting bigger and bigger, and you will have to separate sooner or later, and you should repair the house. Why don't you let your dad look for the village and ask for the homestead first? Chen Xiuhua said.

"Homesteads are easy to manage, the key is that it costs money to repair a house!" Zhou Xuecheng said the crux of the matter in one sentence.

"Yes, I will find the second brother Jianliang in the homestead, and it is easier for him to come forward, the key is money." Zhou Jianping whispered.

"Jianping, you have been doing business and going to work for more than five years outside, haven't you saved any money over the years?" Chen Xiuhua asked.

"I saved some money, but the money I saved was only enough to repair three rooms, and it is said that the village repairs houses, but generally does not repair three."

"Yes, three rooms, even if they are repaired, they will be laughed at."

"Mom and Dad, do you have any money in your hands? I'm not asking you for it, but I'm borrowing it, and I don't think I'll be able to pay it back to you in less than two years. ”

Zhou Jianping had a big problem for his parents, and both Zhou Xuecheng and Chen Xiuhua lowered their heads. According to common sense, the son gets married and starts a family, and the parents should prepare a house, for this reason, Chen Xiuhua has always felt sorry for Jianping's little family, but Zhou Xuecheng and Chen Xiuhua keep working in those three or four acres of land all year round, except for the family to eat, there is not much economic income in a year, which makes Chen Xiuhua, a mother, feel very guilty.

In the face of Jianping's unexcessive request, Zhou Xuecheng was speechless, Chen Xiuhua was silent for a while, "Jianping, the situation at home is there, you and Yuling can see clearly where the money is paid, your father and I have saved some money over the years, but it's not much!" ”

When Zhou Jianping knew how much money his parents had, he was both disappointed and understood, "This money is not enough to repair a house, forget it, you keep the money, we will find another way." ”

Yuling finished cleaning the dishes, chopsticks and tableware and returned to her room. Zhou Jianping told Yuling about the conversation with his parents, "Their little money is not enough to repair a house, let's not ask for it." ”

Yuling was very disappointed, "I can't imagine that they have saved so much money over the years, it's not much, but it's better than nothing, they agreed?" ”

"Promise what?" Zhou Jianping asked knowingly.

"Promise to use this money to help us repair the house!"

"Yuling, their little money is not enough to repair a house, we have to borrow money from your mother's family anyway, I don't think we need their money."

"Hey! How come you smart man can't settle accounts? In the end, I want to borrow money from my mother's family, but with the help of your parents, can't we borrow less? I didn't drink tonight, you still don't understand such a simple account? Chang Yuling didn't know Zhou Jianping's thoughts.

"Of course I know this account, the key is that it is not easy for my parents to save some money, and there are three brothers and sisters below, and I really don't want to use their money."

"Zhou Jianping, you are good! Since I don't want to involve your parents, and I don't want to go back to my parents' house to borrow money, we won't repair this house! Chang Yuling was clearly angry.

"Yuling, didn't we say okay, why don't you fix it? Are you willing to continue to participate with a large family? ”

"Who wants to continue to be with them? Can't you hear me angry? ”

Of course, Zhou Jianping knew that Chang Yuling was angry, but he pretended not to see it, and now he begged Yuling to go back to her parents' house to borrow money, and he had to coax her to say anything at this time, "Yuling, why are you angry about repairing our house?" After the house is repaired, it is spacious and spacious, and it is convenient and comfortable to live in, how good! ”

"Do you want to say this? I don't know if the new house is comfortable to live in? I'm angry that you don't want to trouble your parents, as if it was a matter of course for me to go back to my parents' house to ask for help, but what was the result? Your dad still has a stomach for you! It's because of you that I don't dare to come out of this house except for work. "Yuling's grievances are usually nowhere to vent.

In the face of Yuling's complaints, Zhou Jianping lowered his head, he especially understood Yuling's situation, otherwise she would not suddenly propose to repair the house. Zhou Jianping knew that the stubborn old father had a deep prejudice against him because he was not at ease with farming, and until now, Zhou Xuecheng was still not interested in what his son Zhou Jianping had done.

With prejudice against his son, Zhou Xuecheng also has no good impression of his daughter-in-law, which is expected by Zhou Jianping. He can leave and no longer face his father, but Chang Yuling has nowhere to go, and he can't go back to his parents' house once in a while, and he can't stay too long, otherwise, he will face a reprimand when he comes back.

"Yuling, you've been wronged in the past few years, so we must repair the house as soon as possible, so we don't have to always get involved with them in the future." Zhou Jianping said with relief.

"You really don't want them to help?"

"Yuling, their little money can't solve the fundamental problem, and they have to rely on their parents, let's face it alone, now I have the ability."

"I understand what you mean, let's bear it alone, it seems very tough. I just think that you are also born to your parents, why can't they do a little bit of parental responsibility for you? Yuling was haunted by this.

"Well, they don't have much power on their own, and besides, I'm an adult, so I shouldn't bother them. Yuling, let's change the topic, tomorrow I will go back to the unit, you take the time to go home, talk to our mother about repairing the house, and ask her old man to help. ”

"As long as I open my mouth, my mother will definitely be able to agree, the key is that my younger brother is not too young, and his parents have to prepare for him to get married and start a family!"

"Yuling, don't worry, let the old people rest assured, in less than two years, it is estimated that in about a year, we will be able to repay the loan, and we will ensure that they will not be delayed."

"Don't say it so absolutely, with your little salary, how much money can you save in a year?"

"I haven't told you yet, I have other income besides my basic salary now."