Chapter 330 What exactly is it that you won't let your brother-in-law say?
After Jian Ziyue had been coaxed into completely calming down, Jian Ziyu suddenly asked:
"So, sister, what exactly is it that you're preventing your husband from saying?"
Jian Ziyue, who had just been laughing non-stop because Jian Ziyu was talking about the project, suddenly froze with a smile.
She felt somewhat helpless!
I feel even more powerless!
She thought she had hidden it very well, but she still couldn't escape her brother's eyes.
"Sister, we are siblings, we are family!" Jian Ziyu said with utmost seriousness:
"The meaning of family is to help each other, not to hide from each other."
Jian Ziyue sighed helplessly.
She also knew that, given Jian Ziyu's personality, this matter could not be kept secret any longer.
So she began to explain simply:
"This actually has little to do with us."
"It's just that your brother-in-law's land and houses are all in his hometown."
“Over the years, his family’s house and land have been taken care of by his uncles and aunts.”
"It turns out that before we got married, your brother-in-law and his family were planning to save enough money to go back to their hometown and build a house."
"It just so happens that their family finally managed to save up some money after your brother-in-law graduated."
Chien Tzu-yu actually knew some of what happened after that.
This is because Jian Ziyue was born, educated, and worked in the city.
After they started dating, the two decided to settle down in the city.
It turns out that the young couple hadn't planned to involve their parents in this matter.
They all have formal jobs and receive a monthly salary, even though they don't have much money right now.
But as long as they work hard to save money, they will eventually be able to afford their own house.
But at that time, their family had not yet returned to their hometown to build a house.
After much deliberation, the elderly couple decided to buy a house in the city.
After all, they had long since gotten used to city life for the sake of their son.
The old houses in my hometown are almost uninhabitable, and the fields have not been cultivated for many years and have been given to others to cultivate.
Compared to the money one can earn in the city, the difference seems too great.
After making this decision, the family quickly found a house suitable for the young couple.
The couple didn't mind; they both worked at the shoe factory.
They live in a dormitory for couples, and it's fine whether they live with their son and daughter-in-law or not.
But they only had one son.
The relationship between the three daughters had already soured considerably after the couple moved to the city with their youngest son, and after they had asked several times not to come along.
So after discussing it with the young couple and receiving several invitations, the whole family simply moved into the new home.
The son is filial, and the daughter-in-law is sensible.
This made the couple's lives exceptionally comfortable.
So much so that they all forgot that they had promised their brothers that they would build a house on top of their old house in their hometown.
To be honest, their house in their hometown is also an old house.
Back then, the brothers got married one after another, but the older generation simply had limited resources.
Aside from being able to spare a room in their house to use as their new home, they could hardly afford anything else.
Later, with the reform and opening up, the village began to distribute land and homesteads.
The brothers simply divided the family property and then each applied for a new homestead.
Among his brothers, he was the youngest in his hometown, so he naturally inherited the family's old house site.
My elderly father is still living inside!
Originally, their family had always said they wanted to save money to build a house back home.
Not only are the elderly happy, but the brothers are also relieved.
But after buying this new house...
They not only spent all their own money, but also incurred external debts.
There's no chance of rebuilding that dilapidated house back home anytime soon.
Because of this matter, Jian Ziyue's first trip back to her hometown after getting married was not very harmonious.
Jian Ziyue, who had just gotten married, did not hide these things from her family.
Now that Jian Ziyue brought up the matter again, Jian Ziyu had already anticipated it.
Sure enough, Jian Ziyue continued:
“After all the money in the family was used to buy a house and it still wasn’t enough, my uncles and aunts started to have a lot of complaints.”
"Over the years, in order to pay off the debts from buying the house, your brother-in-law and his family have been sending less money back to their hometown."
“Now, every time I go back, they always find an opportunity to bring up these things.”
“That was last night; they brought up the grain tax and the orchard issue again.”
“After we moved away, my uncles and aunts used our family’s fields to grow plums.”
“In the past, they would use the proceeds from selling the plums to pay their grain tax.”
"It's not that the price of plums is bad this year; we don't know if anyone will come to buy the plums that ripen later."
"They then indirectly asked your brother-in-law and his family for money."
"So they're asking for money directly, not about sales channels?" Jian Ziyu asked, puzzled.
He, a city kid, didn't really know the exact amount of the grain tax.
But I imagine this amount of money isn't that much.
Jian Ziyue shook her head slightly on the phone before saying:
"It's not that simple."
"If it were just a matter of grain tax, your brother-in-law wouldn't be so worried!"
"They're just using the fact that plum orchards can't fetch a good price and can't be sold as an excuse."
"They want more than just grain tax; they also want the money to manage the orchard!"
"The cost of caring for the elderly, and the cost of replacing the orchard!"
"Even the time they themselves wasted can be counted!"
"In short, we've never seen a penny from Mingming Orchard except for the fruit we eat each time we come back."
"But now they act like we're the owners of the orchard."
"Change the orchard?" Jian Ziyu asked, frowning in confusion.
“If plums don’t fetch a good price, they just want to follow the rest of the village, cut down the plum trees, and replant cantaloupes and other fruits,” Jian Ziyue sighed softly.
She didn't understand anything about farming, nor did she know whether her uncles' suggestions were reasonable.
But her in-laws didn't want her to worry about it.
All she knew were these superficial things.
Of course, Jian Ziyue was aware of this as well. She guessed that her in-laws probably didn't want her to see those really unsightly things that her relatives were doing.
After all, although she was a new bride, she had never lived on this land before.
Sometimes we can't help but be too rational when looking at things.
This is not a bad thing.
But for those who don't have the courage to completely abandon this place, it might not necessarily be a good thing.
"It's not that plums can't fetch a good price!" Jian Ziyu had never paid much attention to the price of Sanhua plums before.
But after dropping An Songyu off today, he still made a point of going to see her.
In general, the price of plums in the city is more than ten times higher than the price paid in the countryside.
Jian Ziyue was well aware of this principle.
But she said rather helplessly:
"Isn't it because Licun doesn't have distribution channels?"
"Even if they know the fruit vendors are trying to drive down prices, what can they do?"
If we don't sell them, we can't just let those plums that are almost ripe on the trees rot on the ground, can we?
Just as she was thinking, Jian Ziyue suddenly realized something.
She frowned slightly and emphasized again earnestly:
"Ayu, this matter may be far-fetched, but in the end, our family will only lose some money."
"You really don't need to worry about it!"
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