During the New Year’s Eve dinner.

Sun Xiu and his wife were deeply moved by the presence of all the members of the Li family, and they made a special speech for this purpose.

Everyone toasted each other and ate happily, ending the last meal of the year in a joyful atmosphere.

After dinner, everyone performed traditional shows and played cards.

The older children went out to greet their neighbors and set off firecrackers, while the younger ones stayed inside and ate snacks.

Although the children rested during the day, they could hardly keep their eyes open at midnight.

Even so, the adults still dragged them through the process of welcoming the Kitchen God before letting them go back to the house to rest.

Like last year.

This year, everyone in the Li family also took leave for the first three days of the New Year.

On the first and second day of the new year, they went to Mr. Li's and Mrs. Sun's homes for reunion dinner respectively. Sun Xiu and his wife took the opportunity to tell others the news that the county was about to approve the construction of a house.

Just as everyone in the Li family expected, Li Qiang and others were so excited that they almost cried when they heard the news.

After working for so many years, they have saved a lot of money and can build seven rooms by themselves without borrowing from others.

Only Sun Bazhu and Sun Jiuzhu, who had just been working for two years, really couldn't afford the money.

They did not borrow from the Li family, but borrowed some from their respective brothers Sun Yizhu and Sun Erzhu.

The third day of the first lunar month.

Li Xu and his wife came to the Du family to pay New Year's greetings. After telling the Du family the news, they were also very happy.

Especially Du Ming and his wife, and brothers Du Feng and Du Sen, they were so happy that their back teeth were almost showing.

God knows what kind of life they have been living in the past few years since Du Lin came back. Now they finally have a chance to get rid of it. How can they not be happy?

So Du Ming and his wife made the same choice as Li Jiakang and his wife, and immediately decided on the retirement plan and clearly divided the ownership of the old house.

Unexpectedly, this incident caused Du Lin's dissatisfaction. "Dad, Mom, I have no objection to giving this old house to the second son. When I was in the army, you planned to let the second son take care of it in his old age, and I had no objection either. But now that I'm back, you still want the second son to take care of it in his old age. If this gets out, how will others view me and us?"

After he came back, Du Ming and his wife talked about this matter, but he didn't take it seriously. He just thought that the old couple was used to it and couldn't change it for a while.

Now that the old couple has made their statement, Du Lin knows that they did not make a slip of the tongue before, but really thought so. As the eldest son of the Du family, Du Lin naturally cannot remain indifferent to this.

Hearing his words, the expressions on Du Ming and his wife's faces froze instantly.

When we talked about this before, you agreed to it, why don’t you agree now?

The two of them thought so in their hearts, but they didn't dare to say it directly, let alone force it. After a moment of silence, Yang Li tried to persuade them from another angle, "Don't be afraid to say something taboo, but if one day I lie in bed and can't get up, Boss, who of you two can take care of me?"

You can see that she is indeed anxious.

In order to get rid of Du Lin, he could even say such words.

If you say something taboo during the Chinese New Year, you need to spit three times to dissolve it.

Du Hong and others quickly asked Yang Li to resolve the situation.

Yang Li listened to the advice and made a "Pooh, Pooh, Pooh" gesture.

Then Du Hong persuaded, "Brother, you and your sister-in-law both have jobs. If something happens, you can only take ten days or half a month off. You can't take six months or a year off, right? You don't have to worry about what others will say to you. In a few days, have Mom spread the word among the neighbors and say that you want to have some free time after retirement, and that's why you want your second brother to take care of you in your old age."

Du Lin looked at the old couple, then at Du Feng and his wife, and Du Hong, and finally heaved a long sigh, "Forget it, I'll do as you say, and the second one will take care of you in your old age."

Hearing this, the old couple's excitement was almost beyond words. Du Ming quickly said, "It's settled then. This house belongs to the second son. As compensation, I'll give the eldest and third sons 200 yuan each. In addition, I'll give each of you three another 1,000 yuan. You can use this money to build a house or do other things. Do you think this plan is feasible?"

Everyone knew that he did this to help Du Sen and his wife.

Du Sen's wife Qi Wen has been working for less than two years. After deducting the money she gave to her family, she only had about 200 yuan left in her own hands.

This amount of money is only enough to build a house.

The situations of the Du and Li families are different. Li Jiakang and his wife are very sure that Li Xu, Li Ping and Li Mei will not be angry because they spent their family's money to build a house for Li Ju, and they will not regret it in the future.

However, the old couple of the Du family could only promise to use their family money to build a house for Du Sen for the time being, and no one would have any objection.

As for the future, they are not sure.

In order to prevent any rift in the relationship between the three Du Lin brothers, Du Ming had no choice but to treat them equally, giving them the same amount of money and letting them spend it however they wanted.

Although Du Lin has only been back for a few years, thanks to his rank in the army, he received a very high salary after his retirement.

It's even a little higher than Li Xu's salary.

Even if he had to hand over a portion of the money every month, the remaining money would be enough to build seven rooms, not to mention that his wife also had a job.

Du Feng understood what Du Ming meant and said slowly, "Dad, just take the money from home to help my eldest brother and his family build a house."

Du Lin shook his head. "No need to build one for me. I have money. I can just build one for the third brother."

Yang Li and his wife were very pleased with the brotherhood they showed, but they still insisted on their original approach, "Let's do as we agreed before, one thousand each."

Seeing that Du Feng and the other man were about to speak, Du Ming continued, "You four are the only children we have now. We hope that you can help and support each other in the future, rather than harboring grudges or being at odds with each other. So, if there is anything that might cause a rift between you, even if there is only the slightest possibility, we will not allow it. Do you understand me?"

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