After dinner, Ziqing was thinking about going back to her parents' house to see, Zeng Ruixiang and Shen entered the door, Ziqing brought people into the inner courtyard hall, Zeng Ruixiang looked at Ziqing and Lin Kangping, and said with some embarrassment: "Qing'er, do you know about your father's house to build?" Your grandfather and grandmother don't want to go back to the village to live, they think the place is too cramped, and they don't want to come to me, so they don't feel comfortable [Qing'er's Pastoral Life Chapter 227]. ”

"Where will it be cramped, I'm afraid that I'm used to living in the town, and I'm not happy to go back to the village, right?" Ziqing said.

"They want you to let them live in the orange orchard and eat it themselves, and you can hire someone to clean it for them, or build a few rooms in the corner of the school, you say, are there any old people who do this?" Shen said angrily.

"Moving to Orange Garden, the current house in Orange Garden is not enough to live in? Besides, the income of my garden alone from raising chickens is 100 taels of silver a year, and this year's orange trees have also bloomed. How may I destroy my garden? It's beautiful, and I definitely don't agree. Ziqing said.

"I didn't agree, but your grandma fell in love with you, I just broke with her for a long time, according to me, the village is pretty good, she can't listen, and your grandfather can't help her. The school is the school, and your grandma always says that she has never lived in a new house, so I will fulfill her wishes. Zeng Ruixiang said.

"She'll pick a place. Doesn't Daddy plan to let Grandma and them move back after building the house? Ziqing asked.

"Even if your eldest father agrees, your grandma will not agree, in the future, your aunt and they will go back to their parents' house, and it is okay to stay with your eldest father for a day or two, and it is not the same thing after a long time." Shen replied.

"What do you say about the ownership of the old house?" Ziqing asked.

"What else can I say? Your father said that he couldn't get the money now, and promised that in five years. They also supported your grandfather and grandmother for five years, and your grandfather and grandmother were unwilling, but your father didn't pay the money, and later, your grandfather agreed. The condition is that we build them a new house to live in. A hundred years later, the house will be ours. However, the support of your grandfather and grandmother will all belong to your father. We just need to give some New Year's gifts every year. Shen said.

"Isn't this nonsense? What a mess, the house we built is lived in by their father-in-law, and the house should belong to us. Needless to say? The key is the ownership of the old house. Big Daddy meant that the house was only worth fifteen taels of silver, or they counted it well. Ziqing said.

"Rao this, your father has not been very happy, as if they have suffered a great loss." Shen said.

Ziqing listened for a moment. The more shrewd is the old man, although he has returned to the big house. There can only be three taels of silver a year, but with Zeng Ruixiang and Ziqing's New Year's gifts, one year is enough for them to live richly, not to mention that they will get married in less than two years, and the New Year's gifts will only be more and more, and they will not worry about living, and they are separated from the Zhou family, they can eat whatever they want, and it is convenient for several daughters to live. It's a pity that this can't be said in front of Zeng Ruixiang.

"Forget it, your dad and they built a house, I'm afraid it won't be much surplus, the son is also bigger, and the cost of going to the county school in the future will be greater, brother, I just asked for an extra ten taels of silver, and it won't be much benefit to us, but it's different for your dad and them, this time, it's your dad who came to our house and took the initiative to put it forward, which is good." Zeng Ruixiang said.

Ziqing thought of what Zeng Ruiqing and Zhou had done before, where was the brotherhood, but if Ziqing said it, Zeng Ruixiang was afraid that it would be even more sad, and everyone would inevitably have a quarrel, and now they took the initiative to support the elderly, and they still saved trouble, and they had to spare people and spare people, this result should be happy for everyone, Ziqing said secretly.

Zeng Ruixiang stood up to leave, and asked Lin Kangping to accompany him to the old house, and the old man was still waiting for a reply.

"Mother, why don't you eat here during the Dragon Boat Festival? Don't do it, it's tiring. ”

"Forget it, your second brother and sister-in-law are also at home, and Xiaoju has a hand, don't make it impossible for you to eat a meal [Qing'er's Pastoral Life Chapter 227]. By the way, the honey you brought me last time was quite useful to your grandmother and me, so if you have it, get me some more. Shen said.

Ziqing listened and agreed to pick it up. The honey was bought by Lin Kangping in the mountains. It's also good to eat by yourself, mainly to moisten the intestines, which greatly shortens the time for Ziqing to go to the toilet, and hurriedly sends it to Shen.

Lin Kangping came back in the evening, Ziqing waited for him to be wide-dressed, Lin Kangping said: "I have already said that I will build a house in the school, and I will pull out a few peach trees. ”

"What? My aunt can even say this? She is not sorry, her eldest son and daughter-in-law do not serve her father, and she actually wants to send her granddaughter's house, where will their family's face go? Ziqing really didn't expect that the Zhou family could make such a stupid suggestion, probably to prevent Zeng Ruixiang from paying for a new house, so that they would not have to bear the two old men all the time in the future.

"Dad didn't agree, he was angry, saying that how could a son's family live in his granddaughter's house? I don't have to make outsiders laugh, your father also scolded your aunt for being stupid to death, your aunt is also a powerful person, she is calculating, and people don't have the idea of letting grandma and them move into a new house at all. You haven't seen the face of your grandparents and grandma, I wonder, why can't your grandpa and grandma hold your daddy and aunt, I remember that grandma is a set of things for my father? ”

It can be seen that persimmons are always pinched softly. Our father and mother have been much better in the past few years, but it is still my aunt's calculation that I can't do it, and my father and mother have begun to change. ”

"That's right, I also watched our father be a little tough, it was easy to get rid of your aunt, I didn't expect your aunt to be not a fuel-efficient lamp, and the movement of building a house is not small, I'm afraid we will still be in trouble."

"Why do you want to fight our idea every time you have something, if you know this, it's better to live farther away." Ziqing said angrily.

"Nonsense, don't you want to be a mother? In fact, our loss is not the greatest, your grandpa and grandma are more depressed than us, you think, I thought that I would stay up for another three years, and the two families would take turns to support, and my father and mother could give them more silver to relax, and now, it will be completely returned to the big house, at least my father's mother will have much less trouble, I think my father doesn't want silver, what is this ten or two silver enough? Worry-free and effort-saving is the most important thing. Lin Kangping shaved Ziqing's face.

Ziqing thought about it for a while, "This has fulfilled my father's family, and it doesn't hurt us to say it, and my grandfather and grandmother live in the school, and a discerning person can know what's going on at a glance, which is only good for my father's reputation." ”

The couple packed up and went to bed, Ziqing was still a little resentful, Lin Kangping hugged and coaxed for a long time, saying that everything was with him.

After the Dragon Boat Festival, Shen took Zixi to Changzhou, along with Zijun and Zixin, and Lin Kangping sent Lin Fu to send them. Zilu and Zishou also went to the state to study. Lin Kangping went out early and returned late every day to help Zeng Ruixiang deal with the construction of the school, the old house has begun to demolish the wooden house and the back room, Ziqing also took a special look at the place where he lived, more than ten years have passed, the north gate of the original wooden house is directly facing the official road, and now it is crowded in front of a few thatched huts, and there is a feeling of unrecognizable.

Lin Kangping said that it was a pity, otherwise he would have built a few shops directly, and behind the shops was a house, how good.

Zhou clapped his hands and sighed when he heard this: "Why didn't you say it earlier?" It's a pity, everyone has lived in it for several years, and my father is really, I haven't seen such a good place, but it's cheaper for others. ”

"Say it early, say you're at home? I don't want to think about what I can do, I think I have an idea after listening to what others say, have you forgotten what you and Qiu Yu wanted to do that year? If you want to be successful yourself, why don't you occupy the place yourself, even if you rent it to someone else to open a store. You're going to complain, what are you doing? Zhou's face turned red after a few words, and it seems that the resentment in the old man's heart has not yet gone out.

"But my father didn't say that this place was given to us? It's not that your old man didn't make a calculation in his heart, otherwise, why would our family be like this. Zhou said after a turn of thought.

The old man glared at her angrily and left.

Half a month later, the house in the school has been built, Lin Kangping came back and said that he had built three main rooms, two partial rooms, one for the stove room and one for some sundries, and the furniture was still the original.

Coincidentally, Xia Yu came over on the day of the move, her eyes were still red, and Ziqing asked, "Why did the second aunt have time to come, did she come by herself or with her aunt?" ”

"I originally came to grab a few pairs of Chinese medicine, and I was used to Dr. Zhou's pulse, but I didn't want to be like this at home, so I went to you to hide from you." Xia Yu said.

"In this case, the second aunt might as well stay in my house first, and wait for the grandparents and grandma to settle down, you are not in good health, and you can't help."

Xia Yu was overjoyed when she heard this, and said, "Then dare to be kind, I won't be polite to you." That's what I mean, your aunt is messy over there, and it's not pleasing to the eye. When I came, I quarreled again because of an old bed, but I just helped your grandma say a few words, and your aunt counted me down. ”

It turned out that Tian wanted to move the old bed in Xia Yu's house, but Zhou said that the house had been lived in by Ziquan, and the things were naturally all gone, as big as a bed and as small as a few benches, and they didn't want the old man to take it away, saying that Zeng Ruixiang would buy it in the new house.

Ziqing was interested when she heard this, and said, "Why don't we take a look." ”

Ziqing was curious, Su Ri always saw that the Tian family was drinking to and fro, asking for this and that, the nose was not a nose and the face was not a face if she was a little unsatisfactory, and she was always careful with Zeng Ruiqing's family, and now she can see her deflated, and she has to see the excitement with her own eyes if she says anything.

Ziqing dragged Xia Yu and was about to go out, but Zhou came in, Ziqing saw it and had to ask: "Why did the eldest lady have the kung fu to come over today, I heard that Grandma and they moved today, I was also about to see if I could help?" ”

"What's the use of you going, you don't have to stain your good clothes. Your father and Kang Ping are here, everything has been moved, and they are tidying up, don't you just order clothes and beds? I packed up a lot of bits and pieces yesterday. Zhou pouted and said.

Ziqing guessed that the Zhou family must have something to ask for here. (To be continued)