Chapter Sixteen: Four Household Plots?
Yuan Qionghua waved her hand dismissively.
To be honest, she should be the one who feels more ashamed.
A few days ago, she did have some thoughts about the third brother's family suddenly starting to build a house on such a large scale.
After all, there were days before that.
The third sister even called to ask her son, Jianguo, to inquire about the transfer of the homestead land!
At the time, the older brothers and sisters-in-law also kept this matter in mind.
I didn't even have breakfast before going to the village to help inquire.
After much difficulty, they finally managed to find out some information.
The third son called again, saying that he wasn't going to sell the homestead!
This put the couple in an awkward position, pleasing neither side.
But later, her son Jianguo not only didn't mind at all, but was also very happy to help with the arrangements.
Yuan Qionghua was somewhat puzzled.
But An Jianguo has always been exceptionally clear about this over the years.
Compared to other families in the village.
Their family has never really had a bad life.
The third and youngest sons deserve a lot of credit for this.
Not to mention how much profit the third brother made when he first entered the city.
Even in recent years, so many orchards in the village have been left uncultivated, and no one is willing to take them over.
Isn't it because the fruit vendors who come to the village to buy fruit are driving the prices down lower and lower?
Their family has always relied on their youngest son's fruit shop, so they've never had to worry about selling their orchard's fruit.
And wasn't the youngest brother's family's initial capital and courage for opening a fruit shop also related to the third brother's family?
In short, this is based on a clear understanding of one's own capabilities.
Having capable relatives and friends around to lend a helping hand is truly better than many other things.
For this reason, Yuan Qionghua listened to An Jianguo's nagging for several days.
Although I also recalled all the things I had experienced over the years.
I also felt that her idea was indeed somewhat wrong.
But it's really getting a bit annoying.
Perfect timing, since the third brother's family has been coming over frequently lately.
She quickly tried to get closer to them.
This also lets An Jianguo know that she has long since put those bad thoughts behind her.
An Songyu had no idea about any of this.
She learned from her aunt that their family had built a house on four plots of land in the village, not just one or two!
“So…” An Songyu looked at her aunt with some confusion.
For a moment, I really don't know how to describe my feelings.
Seeing her niece's reaction, Yuan Qionghua was puzzled:
"What, Ayu, didn't your dad tell you that this time, in order to go back to the village to contract mulberry fields and fish ponds, your dad secured a plot of land for both you and your sister to live on?"
An Songyu pursed her lips slightly and subconsciously shook her head.
Yuan Qionghua was stunned and couldn't help but mutter, "Your parents really dote on you!"
She wasn't exaggerating at all.
In their entire Jiangcun village, very few people have ever specifically applied for a homestead for their daughter.
Even though family planning was implemented in this place in the southern province.
Most families that truly have only one child are those in the city where both parents work.
People like them in rural areas often have two or more children.
The phenomenon of valuing sons over daughters is unavoidable, not only in small villages like Jiangcun, but also in cities like Rongdi.
Yuan Qionghua does not consider herself a mother who would be harsh on her children.
But to expect her to be like the third son's family, treating her son and daughter with basic fairness is unrealistic.
Yuan Qionghua believes that this is still difficult for her to do.
After all, applying for a plot of land for homesteading is not difficult.
However, according to the village's regulations, if the owner of the homestead moves out, the ownership of the homestead will become a problem.
Some can still be preserved.
However, to this day, only a handful of households in the entire village have been able to enjoy this treatment.
These households have all made significant contributions to the village.
In most other cases, the homestead land is returned to the village after the household registration is moved out.
Of course, those families who still live in this situation today are those who moved to the city to settle down after achieving success in the village.
The house that was originally left in the village wasn't very good to begin with.
And as time went by, it became even more dilapidated.
As for those families in the village who applied for homesteads for their daughters.
They are mostly from families with special circumstances.
For example, some parents dote on their daughters and find them suitable husbands in the village well in advance.
Some families don't have sons and have made up their minds to keep their daughters at home to find a husband!
There are some families like this that Yuan Qionghua cannot emulate, and others that she would rather not learn from.
An Songyu was no longer able to think about these things.
She originally thought her father had moved her and her sister's household registration back to the village.
That's already treating the two sisters fairly.
After all, there are two residential plots in the village.
One of the pieces had already been identified; it belonged exclusively to An Songlin.
Knowing that there is a high probability of demolition, houses will definitely be built on these two plots of land.
Even though the family has already discussed it and will take out a loan to buy them a new house.
An Songyu didn't think this fact would change.
Therefore, An Songyu originally thought that the two sisters would definitely settle down with their parents on another homestead.
If the land is indeed demolished, perhaps the parents will share some of the compensation money from the demolition of the other homestead with them.
But An Songyu had no idea.
Without them knowing anything about it, their father actually applied for another plot of land for them to live on.
An Songyu followed behind her aunt.
Looking at the four plots of land for building houses that have already begun construction and are lined up side by side.
The complexity in my heart was truly beyond words.
It was as if, after more than twenty years of effort, he had finally been able to calmly deal with his mother's obvious favoritism, and at this moment, he had finally found relief.
“That plot over there belongs to your uncle.” Yuan Qionghua pointed to the smaller of the four plots of land with an even more complicated expression.
An Songyu was a little confused. If she remembered correctly, her uncle's family had already approved the land for her cousin's house.
Moreover, in order to take care of the fishponds nearby, his family's homestead was located on a plot of land near the fishponds they had contracted.
The fishponds that An Jianmin contracted were not the kind of fishponds of varying sizes that were built after the implementation of the mulberry-dike-fishpond system in the village.
It is one of the earliest and largest fishponds in Jiangcun.
In the past two years, in addition to raising fish, his family has also started letting people go fishing.
It's okay if there aren't many guests in the early stages and there's no place to stay.
But nowadays, the entire Jiangcun agritainment industry is becoming more and more successful.
Besides the regular customers who simply enjoy fishing, people come to their fishpond to fish.
There were also more guests who originally came to Jiangcun just to pick fruit and have fun.
This will greatly increase the demand for accommodation.
Therefore, An Jianmin had already begun planning to apply for a homestead in his son's name.
And construction is scheduled to begin this year.
An Songyu's expression was far too obvious, so Yuan Qionghua pursed her lips slightly before speaking:
“Those don’t belong to your cousin. They belong to your uncle. He saw that your family had contracted a lot of mulberry fields and fish ponds, so he contracted some too.”
"So he took the opportunity to apply for a plot of land for your cousin to live on."
"I heard that your family's several houses were all built by your father to be left to you."
"And your uncle also started learning from him."
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