After dinner, Old Mrs. Chu took the children and Hu Liang to visit Uncle Chu's house, leaving Chu Tian and his wife and Yao Youjun and his wife to chat in the main hall.

"Brother-in-law, I heard from Jun today that you bought a house in the city? The house is not far from the city middle school."

Chu Tian drank a sip of tea. He felt very sick of the mutton he had eaten tonight. Suddenly he heard Yao Youjun's question and nodded.

"Yeah."

"Why? Are you going to live there?"

Yao Youjun waved his hand and said, "No, I won't live there. I was thinking about buying a house."

Yao Xiujuan looked at Yao Youjun in surprise, "Youjun, you want to buy a house too?"

Yao Youjun nodded and said, "Let's buy a set. It will be more convenient."

After a pause, he looked at Chu Tian and asked, "By the way, brother-in-law, is the house you bought expensive? Jiali and I have saved some money over the years since we started working, but it's not much, only about a thousand yuan, right?"

"If it's not expensive, we can buy one too. Then when my parents come to the city, they can stay there without having to rush back and forth..."

Liu Jiali interrupted and said, "It's okay. If it's expensive, I can borrow some from my parents..."

Yao Youjun quickly objected, "No, we've been working for several years, how can we ask our parents for a loan? I..."

Before he finished speaking, he heard Chu Tian say, "No need to borrow money, to buy a not-so-big yard, three or four hundred is enough. The big yard I bought was only over five hundred. The most expensive yard my eldest brother and second brother bought today was only four hundred and thirty, and the cheapest one was only three hundred and twenty..."

Yao Youjun was stunned. "What a huge difference! Over a hundred! What's the difference?"

Chu Tianqing chuckled, "Of course there is a difference. The location of a place over 400 is better than one over 300, and the house is also better than one over 300. Just clean it up a bit and add some furniture and you can live there..."

"No matter how good it is, it's just an adobe house. No one wants to sell brick houses. Even if they do, I think they'll cost more than double the price."

Yao Youjun nodded. "Well, it doesn't matter if it's an adobe house. We can buy it first and live in it for now. Then we can save some money in the next few years and then tear it down and rebuild it."

Liu Jiali nodded without objection. "Brother-in-law, please keep an eye out for it. If you find something suitable, please buy it for us. I'll give you the money later."

Chu Tian waved his hand. "We're family, so it's no big deal. Just give me your household registration. There's no need to rush the house payment. You can pay it after we buy the house."

Yao Xiujuan asked curiously, "Can you save your monthly allowance?"

Liu Jiali looked at Yao Xiujuan and smiled, "Sure. The two of us get a combined subsidy of over fifty yuan a month, and the food in the cafeteria isn't expensive. A good lunch for us usually costs around seventy or eighty cents, plus breakfast and dinner, so our daily food expenses are only a dollar and twenty or thirty yuan at most. Even if we eat out thirty days a month, it's only a little over thirty yuan."

"The remaining twenty or so, if nothing else, you can save it..."

Yao Xiujuan frowned, "Don't be too stingy, your parents are still here. If you feel embarrassed to ask them for it, just tell me and your eldest brother-in-law."

Chu Tian nodded, "Yes, if you are out of money, just tell us. Although we don't have much, we can still support you to graduate from college."

Liu Jiali smiled and waved her hands. "No, no, big sister, big brother-in-law, you misunderstood. We are not saving money. If we really want to save money, we will be like those other students from poor families. We only eat a black pancake with some pickles for every meal. That way, we can't even spend 30 cents a day..."

Yao Xiujuan nodded, "Alright, at least don't harm your health. Our family isn't the kind of place where you can mistreat yourselves!"

Yao Youjun and Liu Jiali nodded repeatedly, "Don't worry, sister."

At Chu Jun's house, Daya looked at the property certificate in front of her in disbelief, "Dad, you said this is mine?"

Chu Jun smiled and nodded. "Of course, isn't your name written on it? Your uncle took me to get the property certificate today. This is the best and largest unit among the several. I reserved it specially for you!"

Upon hearing this, Daya lowered her head and remained silent.

Chu Jun saw something was wrong and asked in confusion, "Daya, what's wrong?"

Daya raised her head and looked at Chu Jun, put the property certificate in her hand back into his hand, and twitched the corner of her mouth, "Dad, we still have Qinglai and Qingkang at home, so we should leave this house to Qinglai and Qingkang?"

"Our teacher said that after we graduate from university, we will all be assigned jobs and will have dormitories to live in."

Chu Jun tilted his head and said dissatisfiedly, "Qinglai and Qingkang have it, Xiaoni has it too. This set has your name on it, so it's yours. Daddy gave it to you, so you should accept it. Don't refuse, otherwise Daddy will be unhappy!"

Daya frowned and looked at Chu Tian with worried eyes, "But, will mother be happy? Dad, you finally have a comfortable life now, I don't want to give up just because of a house..."

Before she could finish her words, Chu Jun interrupted her and said soothingly, "Daya, I know what you're worried about, but you can rest assured. Your mother is very happy about it. When I told her about buying a house, she told me to leave all the 3,000 yuan that Wu Dafa paid to me..."

Daya shook her head hurriedly upon hearing this, "No, no, I don't want..."

"Dad, since you have the house, I'll take it, but I don't want the money. You can leave it to Qinglai and Qingkang for their studies and marriages in the future."

Chu Jun smiled and said, "Let's talk about it later."

After a pause, Chu Jun looked at Daya with a guilty look on his face, "Daya, Daddy is sorry for you. I made you suffer a lot in the past, and made you..."

Daya quickly interrupted Chu Jun, "Dad, no, you haven't wronged me, and it's not you who has wronged me, and..."

"Besides, I feel very happy to be my father's daughter..."

Chu Jun looked at his daughter's increasingly beautiful face, which was now filled with a brilliant smile, and he couldn't help but laugh along with her.

"Dad also feels very happy to have such a well-behaved daughter like you."

After thinking for a while, he said, "By the way, Daya, have you met a boy you like at school?"

Daya was stunned for a moment, then blushed, "Dad, what are you talking about?"

"My uncle said that students should behave like students and not think about those messy things..."

Chu Jun didn't react for a moment, but then he realized what was happening and stared at Daya in disbelief. "Tell me, your uncle told you this?"

Daya pursed her lips and chuckled, "Ah, yes, my uncle told me before I went to school in the city."

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Chu Jun thought for a moment and said, "Well, since it's your uncle who said it, then it's right. It's never wrong to listen to your uncle."

Daya nodded, "Dad, I know!"