Chapter 258

This country villa was designed by a building designer to be very beautiful and livable.

Different from Jiang Ning’s villa in Shanghai.

Land prices in Shanghai are extremely high. Even though Jiang Ning bought the house early, when housing prices were not that high, the yard was only about 100 square meters, and it came with a large terrace of more than 100 square meters. However, Jiang Ning's yard occupies a full six mu of land, more than 1,500 square meters, divided into a front yard and a back yard.

The building designer did not design any rockery or water in the yard, but instead built a flower bed more than one meter wide against the wall. Next to the gate of the courtyard wall, he planted many pink roses that Jiang Guotai specially found.

Now is the season for flowers to bloom, and the pink roses as bright as the morning glow are in full bloom.

The effect the designer wants to create is that one day, the pink rose vines will climb all over the iron fence and form a natural protection for the courtyard. However, because these flowers were newly planted this year and are still small, the rose vines are only tied to the iron fence railings with thin straw ropes, so that if they grow in the future, they will grow along the iron fence.

In order to prevent thieves and wild wolves in the mountains, the courtyard wall was built very high, with stone bricks at the bottom and iron railings at the top. It can not only block the wild wolves in the mountains, but also does not block the sunlight and view.

When you push open the gate, you will see a winding cobblestone road, about one meter and two meters wide. The cobblestone road is also paved along the edge of the flower bed, making it convenient to water the flowers.

The flowers in the flower bed, except for the pink rose which was specially found by Jiang Guotai, are all common local species such as bamboo plum, sunflower, and poppy. They are easy to grow and grow fast. They do not require much trouble to take care of them and will grow into a large patch by themselves next year.

There is a very open lawn on both sides of the cobblestone road. The grass on the lawn is not the green grass bought specially from the city, but the local sedge that is everywhere and cows love to eat.

When Linhe Primary School was first built in Jiangjia Village, the principal took all the teachers and students in the school to shovel such turf to pave the football field. Each person had to shovel back a piece of turf the size of a square table. These turf embankments were everywhere on the slopes and at the foot of the mountain. It only took a lot of effort and no money was spent.

The building designer also hung a swing on a branch of a huge sycamore tree that was not drowned in the flood and therefore not cut down. This was the only shade from the tree in the yard.

Because when designing, Jiang Guotai said that the barren mountains have too much yin energy, so try not to plant trees in the courtyard. There are plenty of trees in the barren mountains, and they need more sunlight, good light, good lighting, and more yang energy.

Jiang Ning pointed to the spot under the shade of the tree and said to Grandpa Jiang: "Grandpa, I'll set up a reclining chair and a table for you there. Last time Uncle Guotai went to Guangzhou to attend the Tea Expo, he said he brought back an authentic purple clay teapot for you. You can lie down there and drink tea holding the purple clay teapot."

Whenever Grandpa Jiang thought of that scene, he was so happy that he smiled and said, "Why do I need the purple clay teapot he gave me? The one you bought for me is the best!"

The old people in the village all love to drink tea. Grandpa Jiang especially envied the purple clay teapot of Grandpa Lao Zhonghua, Jiang Guotai's father. After Jiang Ning got the scholarship, he bought a teapot for Grandpa Jiang as soon as possible. It cost more than 30 yuan. It was said to be a purple clay teapot, but Jiang Ning didn't know whether it was purple clay or not. So he bought it for Grandpa Jiang. The handle of the teapot was designed to look like a plum blossom branch, and a few plum blossoms were carved on the body of the teapot. Just a few strokes outlined the graceful and tough beauty of the plum blossom. The handle of the lid of the teapot is also a plum branch.

This purple clay teapot, which costs only a few dozen yuan and is not sure whether it is made of real or fake purple clay, has always been Grandpa Jiang's treasure. After the popularization of televisions, it has successfully replaced the radio that Jiang's father bought for him in the 1980s and has become his treasure. He carries it with him wherever he goes. When he chats and brags with others, he always holds the teapot in his hand and takes a sip from time to time.

If anyone asked, Grandpa Jiang would say with a smile: "My eldest granddaughter is filial. When she got the first scholarship from the exam, she didn't think about buying herself new clothes or shoes. Instead, she bought me this purple clay teapot for me to drink tea. This purple clay teapot has been used for brewing tea for a long time. Now I don't need to put tea leaves in it. I just pour boiling water into it and it will have a tea fragrance. Isn't it amazing?"

That comfortable smile and that proud and boastful expression made all the old men jealous, and they all went back to ask their children and grandchildren to buy them a purple clay teapot.

Who doesn’t have a pot?

Now Grandpa Lao Zhonghua’s purple clay teapot is finally not the only one in the village.

When tourists from other places come to Jiangjia Village, they see old men sitting under the locust trees, each holding a simple-shaped pot.

Grandpa Jiang stood with his hands behind his back, looked up at the tall, wide and exquisite house, and stared at it for a long time.

A few years ago, when his second son's wife beat his granddaughter, he was thinking about taking Ningning away and living separately from his youngest son's family. He had a small house in the mountains, so at worst he and Ningning could live alone, which was better than having his granddaughter beaten.

She didn't feel sorry for beating her, but it made the old man heartbroken. When he was around, he could still stop and block his granddaughter from running away. When he was not around, the little girl had no choice but to let her beat her, and she, a little child, couldn't even run away.

At that time he thought, what if he had to live in a straw hut with his little granddaughter?

After just a few years, my granddaughter finally has a house, and it’s a big one at that.

Not in Shanghai, but in my hometown, I have my own home.

The house had been ventilated for a while. Jiang Jun's wife was standing upstairs drying clothes. She saw Grandpa Jiang standing in the yard, and hurried downstairs to call her eldest sister-in-law to rush to the barren mountain. She saw Grandpa Jiang standing in the yard staring at Jiang Ning's house. Before the eldest sister-in-law entered the yard, she laughed and said, "Why are you still staring in the yard? Come in and take a look at Ningning's house. Your third sister-in-law and I just cleaned it. It's spotless inside, without a speck of dust. Oh my god, I've never seen such a beautiful house in my life!"

The building designer had seen the decoration of Jiang Ning's villa in Shanghai. Jiang Ning's houses in Shanghai are all typical cases of Mr. Qian's decoration company. The designers and clients of his company have seen them and know what kind of style Jiang Ning likes. This villa also refers to Jiang Ning's style in Shanghai. The entire wall is covered with cream white and log color, trying to make the light bright and full of sun energy.

After experiencing Jiang Ning’s villa in Shanghai, Grandpa Jiang no longer felt intimidated at all when he saw Jiang Ning’s large country villa.

He watched happily as Mrs. Jiang opened the door and walked in.

Even though Jiang Ning and the building designer had said that the villa was intended to be used as a B&B for tourists, after Jiang Guotai knew about it, he still asked the building designer to reserve the entire first floor. The second, third, and fourth floors could be used for tourists, but the first floor must be occupied by Jiang Ning, the owner.

The actual construction area of ​​the house is four mu, which means that the first floor alone is more than two hundred and sixty square meters. Whether Jiang Ning lives with Grandpa Jiang or she lives with her husband and children in the future after getting married and having children, this area is spacious enough. There is also a separate large kitchen at the back of the house.

The kitchen is really big, about 50 to 60 square meters, with two stoves of different sizes, and a water pipe connected in the middle of the two large pots. The dirty water used to wash the pots and dishes can flow into the field ditch below through the thick water pipe buried underground. There are faucets on top of the laundry sink and the water tank made of white tiles, which are connected to the tap water from the two large dams and a small dam on the mountain. The water is clear and sweet.

Jiang Ning tried to help Grandpa Jiang, but Grandpa Jiang pulled her away: "Oh, there's no need to help me."

This is Jiang Ning's house, but this is the first time Jiang Ning has walked in.

Although the design of the house was supervised by the building designer, the construction was done by Jiang Hongbing and Jiang Hongjun. They explained the construction of the house in detail and had money to follow up on the later decoration. Jiang Guotai took care of all the hard and soft furnishings for her.

Jiang Ning lives downstairs, and all the wardrobes, beds and sofas are made of high-quality materials. The upstairs is for travelers, and the materials are strong and durable, and the decoration is warm, beautiful and comfortable. According to Jiang Ning's requirements, each room is equipped with an independent bathroom.

Mrs. Jiang took Grandpa Jiang to see his room and said with a smile, "This is Grandpa's room. I heard that they have installed the floor heating you mentioned. Grandpa's room will be warm in winter and won't be afraid of moisture!"

People who live by the river are not afraid of cold, but are afraid of humidity. The air is humid all year round. If there is no sun in spring and winter, underwear and socks cannot dry and will grow mold in two days. Clothes and quilts at home must be dried frequently all year round. If you are lazy and don't dry them one day, black mold spots will grow on them in a few days.

Grandpa Jiang looked around his room.

His room was decorated according to the layout of the room that Jiang Ning gave to Grandpa Jiang in Shanghai. It had a half-wall of ultra-white glass, with only two small windows on both sides. There was a mosquito-proof bed, and the lighting was very good.

Grandpa Jiang sat down on his bed. The bed was the hard bed he was used to sleeping on, not the soft kind.

He sat for a while, then walked to the sofa in the living room on the first floor, rested his elbows on his thighs, and looked around with satisfaction.

Jiang Ning was also very satisfied with the decoration of the house. Even though she would not be back very often in the future, she would always have a place to stay when she came back and would no longer have to live in Jiang's father's house.

Jiang Ning looked at the two villas next to him that had also been built but not yet occupied. "Isn't that Miaomiao's house next to him? And Yanyan's house, haven't been occupied yet?"

Sister-in-law Jiang said with a smile: "Yanyan and Miaomiao are just like you, studying in college outside, how can they have time to come back and live here? Doesn't this house need to be ventilated after it's built? The windows are open every day, never closed, so that you can have air flowing in!" Seeing that Jiang Ning wanted to visit the next door, Sister-in-law Jiang said: "The houses you three built are the same, and the decoration inside is almost the same, all built according to yours, but the paint color is different. Miaomiao likes colorful ones, and the walls are painted fruit green, light orange, etc. Yanyan likes pink, so her room is decorated in pink!"

Mrs. Jiang said, "If you ask me, you girls should like those bright and fresh colors. Your house is beautiful, but it's too cold."

"That's right. Miaomiao and Yanyan's houses are decorated so beautifully that you can tell at first glance that they are little girls' houses. Your house is big, and it is decorated so simply. It looks like a snow cave." When they were visiting Jiang Ning's house, Uncle Jiang, Aunt Jiang, and Jiang Jun, who had received the news, also rushed over. Uncle Jiang walked in with his little granddaughter riding on his shoulders and said.

Uncle Jiang and his colleagues are still working as bricklayers, but the village with the most houses being built this year is Jiangjia Village. They cannot even finish building all the houses in Jiangjia Village alone. Since the beginning of spring, they have been busy with the houses for Jiang Ning, Jiang Miao and Jiang Yanyan, and they were busy until June. In the meantime, Jiang Hongjun and Jiang Hongbing went to Guangzhou for half a month. Only Uncle Jiang, Jiang Jun, their uncle Wang Dawei and some other small workers were working at home. It was the tea picking season, so Mr. Qian came to bring tea to Shanghai, and he also brought a decoration team with him to complete the decoration of the three villas.

Except for the pink roses, the rest of the flowers and plants arranged in the later stage were all flowers and plants that Jiang Jun and a few workers dug from the mountains.

Uncle Jiang said to Grandpa Jiang: "Ningning is successful now. You and Ningning both have tea fields. You can earn nearly 10,000 yuan a year, which is enough for you to spend. You don't have to work outside to cook for others or pick up scraps. Don't go out this time when you come back. You are so old. Ningning and Baizi have to go to school and can't take care of you. You stay at home. Hongjun and I are close and can take care of you."

In recent years, Grandpa Jiang has never said that he was selling clothes and shoes outside. When he followed Jiang Ning out in the early years, he really planned to pick up rags and beg to earn money for his granddaughter's education. Who knew that his granddaughter directly opened a clothing store for him and let him run the sales.

Although the old man looks honest, he actually has his own standards in his heart. What if everyone knew that he makes money by selling clothes and came to steal his business? Or what if he makes money and comes to borrow money? He himself has to raise a granddaughter.

Later, he looked at the money earned by his youngest son and daughter-in-law, and did not give a penny to his granddaughter. He saved all the money he earned for his eldest son, for fear that they would use the money he and his granddaughter earned with great difficulty to subsidize Jiang Song. So he never said that he was selling clothes outside, but every time he came back, he was dressed better and better, and his complexion was getting better and better. Besides, the old men didn't believe that he was a beggar picking up rags, so he said that he was making firewood for others, and the good clothes he wore when he came back were all bought for him by his grandchildren with their scholarships.

Even the old men who were bragging on the platform believed it.

The old man is really tight-lipped. Until now, no one knows what he is doing outside.

Sister Jiang also advised Grandpa Jiang: "Yes, Grandpa is so old now. If you go out with Ningning and the others, they will have to take care of you. It would be better for you to stay at home. You can go to the high platform to bask in the sun and play mahjong when you have nothing to do. Don't go out and busy yourself at such an old age!"

Jiang Ning was reluctant to leave Grandpa Jiang in his hometown. Jiang Bai became busy after he passed the postgraduate entrance examination and had little time to take care of Grandpa Jiang. Jiang Ning smiled and said, "It's just right. After the summer vacation, I want to take Grandpa to Beijing to live for two years." She asked Grandpa Jiang, "Grandpa, would you like to live with me in Beijing for two years?"

Grandpa Jiang sat on the sofa and listened to them talking with a smile, but did not say anything.

Uncle Jiang held his granddaughter in his lap and said, "Ningning, this house has not been cooked since it was built. Ask Jiang Jun to bring some rice and grain over. We can eat here tonight. It will be lively." He then asked Jiang Ning, "Are you going to hold the beam-raising wine party? Why not hold it while you are at home during the summer vacation?"

Jiang Ning didn't want to bother, so he refused and said, "Forget it..."

"How can we just let it go? How can we not have a wine ceremony to celebrate the new year's eve and warm up the house? Listen to me, we have to do it!"

Everyone agreed that Uncle Jiang's proposal should be carried out, and even Grandpa Jiang said, "We have to hold a wine ceremony to celebrate the beams!"

The purpose of the Liangjiu wine ceremony is not only to let relatives and friends know the specific location of Jiang Ning's home in the future, making it convenient for relatives to visit, but also to collect gift money.

You gave gifts to others when they built their house. If you don't take the gifts back when you build your own house, wouldn't that be stupid?

Uncle Jiang said: "If you are afraid of trouble, leave it to us!"

Uncle Jiang has realized that his eldest niece is lazy. Ever since she was admitted to university, he has never seen her wash dishes once, and now she is getting lazier and lazier.

Uncle Jiang said: "It's a good thing that you have your own house. In the future, you can live in your own house and no one will complain. Otherwise, if you are so lazy..."

Before she could finish her words, Aunt Jiang interrupted her unhappily, saying, "What do you mean by lazy? Our Ningning is so lucky! She was born to be a public-funded child, and doesn't have to wash dishes or cook!" She hugged her little granddaughter to her lap, and smiled and taught her, "In the future, you have to be like your aunt, go to college, and eat public-funded food, do you know?"

Sister Jiang smiled happily, holding her daughter's hand and said, "Yes, yes, yes, learn from your aunt and go to college!"

Uncle Jiang was speechless after being scolded by Aunt Jiang. He mumbled, "That's all I said..." After being glared at by Aunt Jiang, he quickly said, "Okay, okay, I won't say anything."

Ever since Uncle Jiang's mother-in-law has been earning more and more money, she has become more and more confident in speaking at home. Uncle Jiang is now afraid of her, and his status at home is getting lower and lower. He is afraid that one day she will get angry and don't want to cook, and he will have to eat the food cooked by his mother.

After eating the food cooked by Aunt Jiang, eating the food cooked by Grandma Jiang is simply pig food.

In this respect, Uncle Jiang is not at all like Father Jiang. The food he cooks is exactly the same as Grandma Jiang's, also pig food.

Uncle Jiang had no choice but to ask Jiang Jun to go with him to move food and firewood for Jiang Ning.

The oil they used was rapeseed oil that they bought from the neighboring Xujia Village with their grain and oil books.

Mrs. Jiang stood up and walked towards the kitchen, saying, "This designer from Shanghai is really different. Who wouldn't be jealous of the kitchen Ningning built? I've never seen such a well-built kitchen. There are two flower beds in the backyard. I planted some peppers, loofahs, and vegetables in these flower beds when I have nothing to do. They are all ripe now. I'll pick two and cook for me later!"

Aunt Jiang is almost 50 years old. Since May 1st, there has been a constant stream of tourists in the village. She is a little tired from cooking for the tourists every day, but she still smiled and said, "Let me cook. Ningning likes the food I cook."

Sister Jiang didn't fight with her mother-in-law for it, she smiled and said, "Then I'll wash and cut the vegetables!"

Jiang Ning also went to help, but was pushed out of the kitchen by Uncle Jiang and his sisters-in-law. Aunt Jiang said with a smile, "How can you let a little girl cook? When is a girl's life the most precious? That's when she's at her parents' home. With so many sisters-in-law around, how can they let you into the kitchen? If you tell others about it, they'll laugh at you!"

In the past, girls returned to their parents' home to work.

But ever since Jiang Ning was admitted to Peking University, and she and Jiang Guotai led the elders of their hometown to become rich, they distributed tea fields and homesteads to the girls. Now the girls in the village are becoming more and more precious, and their status is getting higher and higher. The generation who are a few years younger than Jiang Ning now has no worse status than the boys at home. Anyway, if they don't want to marry out, there are homesteads in the village, and the income from the tea fields means they don't have to worry about not being able to build a house. With a house and a tea field, those parents who are unhappy living with their sons in the future will still have their daughters. Who would be willing to treat their daughters badly?

In the evening, the whole family had a lively dinner. When other people in the village heard that Jiang Ning had returned, they also came to visit Jiang Ning's home. Everyone who came to visit praised Jiang Ning's house for being well-built and beautiful, and said that they would build the same house in the future.

Some also regretted not having a good relationship with Jiang Guotai earlier, otherwise he might have even built their house together.

Alas, Jiang Guotai is really something. He made a fortune outside, but only built houses for Ningning from the big guy's family and Yanyan from Mayor Jiang's family. If he had the money, couldn't he have built all the houses in the village?

When Jiang Qinqin heard the news that Jiang Ning had returned, she also ran to play with Jiang Ning and asked Jiang Ning to be her bridesmaid.

Jiang Qinqin looked at Jiang Ning's house and said happily: "My mother also planted two acres of wolfberry this year. The tea is selling well this year. My mother said that by the end of the year, she will also build a big house with me." She looked at Jiang Ning's magnificent house with eyes full of longing: "Let's build a house like yours!"

What Jiang Qinqin didn't say was that her sister-in-law had quarreled with her mother about this matter. The reason was that the building where Jiang Qinqin's family lived was one of the earliest buildings built in the village. It was now a bit old. Seeing that the village was starting to build new buildings one after another, Jiang Qinqin's sister-in-law also wanted to build a big one, just like Jiang's father's house, and use it as a hotel for tourists during the summer vacation so that she could sit at home and make some money.

Jiang Qinqin's eldest brother drives a tractor and helps people haul goods, earning several thousand yuan a year. Together with the tea land their family has divided, she, her brother Qin and their two children have a total of four acres of tea land, making more than 10,000 yuan this year. Jiang Qinqin's parents and Jiang Qinqin have three acres of tea land, making more than 10,000 yuan in total. The tea land of a family of seven adds up to at least 30,000 yuan. She has a good idea. With more than 30,000 yuan plus the family savings, even if she can't build a house as big as Jiang's father's in one go, she can build it over two years.

Who would have known that Piano's mother would not build a house for her son, but would use the income from their tea garden this year to build a house for her sister-in-law. How could she be happy about that?

It's just that Jiang Qinqin's mother is used to being the boss at home. When they didn't have the tea land before, she doted on her youngest daughter the most and saved all the food for Jiang Qinqin. Now that she and her husband have the tea land and don't have to rely on their son and daughter-in-law for support, she has the final say and doesn't have to look at her daughter-in-law's face anymore. She even doesn't want to live with her son and daughter-in-law and plans to live with her younger daughter in the future.

Jiang Qinqin is very sincere towards her parents. She asks them to live with her every day. She really intends to do so. Psychologically, she feels that she is still a big baby who cannot live without her mother, so it is natural for her mother to live with her.

But her sister-in-law assumed that her parents-in-law would definitely live with them in their old age, so the income from their tea fields should naturally be given to them. How could it be given to her sister-in-law? They had no objection to my sister-in-law using the income from her tea plantation to build a house.

But her sister-in-law was not used to being the head of the household, and she was not a tough person. She was unhappy and said a few words. She did not dare to argue with her mother-in-law, so she closed the door and had a quarrel with her husband. Although the door was closed, the noise of the quarrel was still heard by the whole family.

Jiang Qinqi naturally heard it clearly.

Jiang Qinqin now envies Jiang Ning for having her own house.

If her own house is built, she can move out with her parents and no longer have to live in her brother and sister-in-law's house.

That house was clearly built by her parents and was the home where she grew up, but now she inexplicably felt that it was her brother and sister-in-law's home, not her home, and that she was living under someone else's roof.

She sighed to Jiang Ning and said in distress: "I just want to get married and move out right now."