Zhao Jinju also talked to Hu Qiuguo once before returning to Leping, but unlike Hu Dongmei, he just said that he wanted to go back to his hometown to build a house for his grandmother. Hu Qiuguo said: "You can take as much as you want, you don't need to tell your son." ”

Zhao Jinju said: "You are the chairman, and the company's money is for you to sign, who will you tell if you don't tell you?" ”

Hu Qiuguo said: "Okay, I know. ”

Zhao Jinju said: "What do you know? Last time, I asked you to discuss marriage with Xue Fen, why didn't you report it to me. You know, at home, I'm a parent, and you have to report to me! ”

Hu Qiuguo said: "Report to my mother, we are already married!" "Hu Qiuguo makes her mother happy!

Zhao Jinju understood: It's cohabitation, not marriage! "Son, pay attention to a little influence, always be vigilant about yourself, and I will give you a marriage when I come back from Leping!"

Hu Qiuguo said: "Okay, you can go with confidence, I will pay attention." ”

Don't worry about it, she has to go, she invited someone.

In order to build a house, Zhao Jinju invited an architectural designer surnamed Hao Mingren in Shanghai, called Hao Gong (Cheng Shi), and spent a lot of money to invite it! As long as the design is good, it is nothing to spend some money, Hao Gong's drawings are complete, but Hao Gong said that it would be better to modify them in combination with the environment. Therefore, I also invited Hao Gong to go to Leping together. Of course, it was Jiang Xiayu who accompanied Hao Gong. Hao Gong was temporarily arranged in the Jiang family, and the Jiang family also had a place to live.

When Jiang Xiayu told her grandmother (Jiang Zhongliu's mother) that she had invited an engineer to build a house for her grandmother, Grandma Jiang said, "Ahhh Please ask the Shanghai master, what kind of high-end house to build? ”

Jiang Xiayu said: "Grandma, it's not an ordinary house, it's a villa, do you know the villa?" ”

"I don't understand, I haven't seen it!" Grandma Jiang is now old and rarely goes out, and has only seen buildings in Zhangjiaqiao Town, but has never heard of any villas.

Jiang Xiayu said: "Grandma, if you build it, you will know, and you will have to live in it when the time comes!" ”

Grandma Jiang said, "What? You want me to live in it, who said that? ”

Jiang Xiayu said: "Grandma, it's my mother who said it, you just wait to enjoy the blessings!" ”

Grandma Jiang, she only knew that Zhao Jinju was her daughter-in-law. As for whether Jiang Xiayu is her grandson, she doesn't know. Jiang Zhongliu is dead, and the secret is known, but no one who knows the secret will have enough to eat, and he will talk nonsense in front of her. Grandma Jiang felt that she had grandchildren.

Jiang Xiayu told her grandmother again that he had found a partner, and her mother was Cheng Fengjiao, the ex-wife of Zhang Ping'an in the town. She had been to his Jiang family and asked her grandmother if she remembered? Grandma Jiang shook her head, she was old and forgot a lot of things. She is very happy that her grandson has a partner, and the Jiang family will be prosperous. The object of her offer to see her grandson.

"Grandma, she has a job, she didn't come this time, I will definitely bring her to see you in the future!" Jiang Xiayu still had a lot to say to his grandmother, but he wanted to accompany Hao Gong, chatted a few words and left.

Zhao Jinju and Sun Erniang returned home, and Zhao's father was of course very happy. Now Zhao Jinju is a rich Mrs. Kuo, and she is no longer a little girl in the mountains. In addition to buying a lot of clothes for Zhao's father (Sun Erniang's opinion), he stuffed a lot of tickets. Zhao's father said: "The clothes are too expensive and good, I can't wear them, and the money is useless, I have food and clothing, I don't need money!" ”

Sun Erniang said: "Dead old man! That's to put on a façade for you, to show your daughter's face, you have to wear it if you don't wear it, you may not wear it well, will you have a stomachache? Look at your poor appearance, shabby! From this day on, you will throw away those old and torn clothes for me, or you will give them away. If you have money, you can also have a treat, buy things, and spend whatever you want, isn't that good? ”

Zhao's father felt that his wife was right, his daughter was a person with face, and if her father was still so poor and sour, people would talk about her. For his daughter's sake, he wants to dress better. Don't embarrass your daughter!

At night, the old couple still slept together, but they didn't do that. Readers have known this for a long time. Sun Erniang told her husband that her daughter came back this time to build a house, and she wanted to build a big house for them to live in. Of course Zhao's father is happy! He doesn't have a son, it's his daughter who fights for him, and he shows his face, and he laughs in his dreams.

The next day, Jiang Xiayu took the Shanghai master Hao Gong to Zhaozhuang. Omit the polite part, and let Hao Gong go to see where it is appropriate to build a house. Accompanied by Zhao Jinju and Jiang Xiayu, Hao Gong walked around Zhao's house and said five words: This place is so beautiful! This beauty, of course, refers to the topography. Needless to say, Hao Gong has long admired it. Can you not be happy to be able to build a house for a beautiful woman in this beautiful environment?

Building a house is not an easy task and requires a lot of work.

First of all, it is not difficult to solve the foundation, the original house is surrounded by the Zhao family, there is less arable land in the mountains (refers to a large area), and there are many foundations that can be built on the house, as long as you say hello to the village committee. Zhao's father came forward to set up a sumptuous banquet for the village cadres, and the dinner table was finalized.

The second is to solve the problem of water and electricity. The problem of electricity has been in the village for a few years. If you want to use it alone and add a transformer, it doesn't cost a few dollars, and it's easy to do. The water is a bit troublesome, there is no running water, but there is mountain stream water, Hao Gong asked if the water source is sufficient, Zhao's father said: It has been enough for many years. Hao Gong said, build a big pool! You can store a lot of water, install a pump in the pool, pump the water to the big tank on the top of the house, and you will have running water. If the pool is built a little higher, the pump can be dispensed with. The Zhao family (including the rest of the village) uses a water tank. Changing the water tank to a pool is more hygienic and better managed, but the pool has to be moved up and higher. This is the method adopted by Hao Gong. Because it was impossible to achieve "running water" before the house was built, a large amount of water was needed to build the house, so this was the first project to start construction immediately.

Then there is the implementation of the infrastructure team. Jiang Xiayu worked, he went to Leping County to run and investigate. I actually invited a better infrastructure team. The captain or the contractor is surnamed Wu Niu, everyone calls him Boss Wu, and Jiang Xiayu also calls him Boss Wu. He has an architect named Zheng Fenhe, Zheng Fenhe graduated from Nanchang Institute of Technology, studied architecture, and his major is very appropriate. Jiang Xiayu invited Boss Wu and Zheng Gong to discuss with Hao Gong, and the two sides studied the drawings in detail and then made an estimate, the three-story building was completed, excluding the decoration is about 600,000 yuan, if the decoration is about 800,000 yuan. Hao Gong said that all the contractors and materials were only about 600,000, which was enough, and then Zhao Jinju made the decision. Zhao Jinju told Hao Gong that 600,000 or 800,000 yuan is not a problem, the problem is to ensure the quality. If the substandard house is not easy to dismantle and rebuild, then it will be difficult to do. It must be said in advance, and a clause must be made: if there is a quality problem that cannot be changed, it will be punished heavily. The builders will not get a penny.

Zhao Jinju's monthly salary for Hao Ren was 20,000 yuan, and in 1996, there were very few people who received such a high salary. However, Zhao Jinju only gave the contract for one year, only one year, and if he couldn't build a house in a year, he could only get 3,000 yuan a month. If it is built ahead of schedule, there will be a prize. There is no rule for more prizes than prizes. Hao Ren believes that if it is built ahead of schedule, Zhao Meiren will not make a short shot. As for the quality, the issue is clear. In the final acceptance, another master will be invited, and Hao Ren will be responsible for major quality problems or accidents. Hao Ren talked with the construction party, of course, he pushed the problem to the construction side, and the construction party had no way to push it, and the contractor and materials were all themselves, and it was unreasonable to push it to the main party. Therefore, the estimated cost of the construction party is going in a higher direction.

The contract between the main party (Hao Ren) and the construction party (Wu Niu) is to complete (including decoration) with a total cost of 800,000 yuan (allowed by Zhao Jinju), and the first 200,000 yuan will be received immediately. The builder went to buy materials and started to build the house.

There is no time on the contract, but there is time in the contract between Zhao Jinju and Hao Ren. After a year, the salary will be reduced to 3,000 yuan, 20,000 to 3,000 This is the time, Hao Ren will hurry up. Since the construction party has invested manpower, it is certain to seize the time. Building a small three-story house, in less than a year, will be completed in no time.