Chapter 30 Cursing in Person

Sure enough, as soon as Hu Meili mentioned that there were other options, Hu's father's attitude immediately became much firmer.

"I definitely support you building your own house. So, you brothers and sisters can get together later to discuss it. After you have discussed it, send a telegram to the third brother to inform him."

Hu Sanxi was working in another place with the construction team, so his wife and children were at home. His wife could make the decision on matters like this.

Lin Xiangnan had dinner at the Hu family in the evening. There were too many people at home, so Lin Xiangnan was only given one meatball.

Lin Xiangxi had praised these meatballs many times. Lin Xiangnan took a bite with great anticipation, and the smile on his face instantly disappeared.

Why didn't she think of that? Hu Meili's lousy cooking skills must have been learned from her mother. Grandma's cooking skills were only slightly better than Hu Meili's. The saltiness was just right, but other than that, there were no other advantages.

What Lin Xiangxi likes is not just grandma’s meatballs, he likes anything that has meat.

After dinner, the Hu family held a small family meeting to discuss the house.

The money needed to build a house is not fixed. If you build a smaller house with fewer rooms, you can spend thirteen or fourteen thousand yuan. If you build a larger house, it will cost no less than two thousand yuan.

Hu Meili was the first to express her opinion. "I want four rooms. It's not easy to build a house. You have to live in it for at least 20 to 30 years. I have to prepare a house for Xiaodong and Xiaoxi when they get married. Xiaonan's father left her a dowry, so she should have a room too. If the man she's dating in the future can't live in his house, she can live with me."

As soon as she finished speaking, she was stared at by the Hu family.

"Why are you looking at me?" Hu Meili said with some embarrassment: "I don't favor boys over girls. I have two sons and I also have a daughter."

"We know you love Xiaonan. You were planning to buy a job for Xiaonan. We are just wondering where you got so much money."

"That's right. Big sister, you're so tight-lipped. For so many years, I didn't notice it at all."

Old Man Hu tapped his pipe and reminded him, "Let's get down to business. Let's not go off topic. Should we build a house? How many rooms should we build? How much will it cost? Let's discuss this matter quickly."

Once he really made the decision, he would have to go to the Housing Authority to find the director and ask him to make trouble, which would take a lot of time.

Because there are three generations living under one roof, the Hu family lives more crowdedly than the Lin family, and each separated room is very small.

Younger children sleep with adults, older girls can live in the same room, and older boys sleep on door panels. Every morning when they get up, they have to put their quilts in the closet.

The pharmaceutical factory's business is not as good as the steel factory's. It only has two residential buildings for staff, and it doesn't look like they will build more residential buildings in the past two years. Even if they do, it will be difficult to get a share.

Everyone wants to live in a free house, but waiting is really tiring and it also delays your children’s marriage.

When it comes to the need for a house, the Hu family is the most urgent.

They hadn't thought about building their own house before, but now that Hu Meili brought it up, the three families all agreed to build a new house.

The problem is that I don’t have enough money, so I may have to borrow a lot.

"Don't worry, if you really can't borrow money, you can make do with the house first. Build the first floor first, and then build the second floor when things get better."

"That's right. We have a large family, so if we don't hire anyone to help us, we can probably save a lot of money by laying the foundation and building the house ourselves."

Since everyone had made up their minds, Old Man Hu took on another important task. "Tomorrow I will go to the Housing Management Office to find the director. If he doesn't approve the application, I will not leave."

Hu Meili quickly flattered him, "If you take action, this will definitely be accomplished."

The house issue cannot be rushed. Not to mention the formalities of going to the Housing Administration, there are also a lot of things to do in the future to build the house. So today we just discussed it roughly and this family meeting was over. It won’t be too late to discuss other matters after the formalities are completed.

When we returned from the Hu family, it was not yet completely dark. Normally at this time, everyone would have washed up, chatted for a while, and prepared to go to bed.

But today there are half as many people in the courtyard.

Hu Meili asked loudly, "What happened? What happened in the yard?"

"Aunt Hu, you just came back from outside. Did you see Brother Honghe?" A child in the yard said, "Brother Honghe didn't come back tonight. He disappeared. My parents went out to help look for him."

Hu Meili also became anxious after hearing this, "Oh, I hope nothing will happen to him. When I saw him rushing out this afternoon, he was so angry."

After all, this was the child she watched grow up, and even raised with her own hands. Even if Hu Meili didn't like this child, she didn't want him to have an accident at such a young age.

"Come on, let's go and look for it too."

Hu Meili took the initiative to take Lin Xiangnan and others to help find someone.

Lin Xiangxi asked doubtfully, "I saw him by the river at noon. Did he jump into the river?"

"How is that possible? Do you think he is the kind of person who would dare to jump into the river?" Lin Xiangnan kicked the stones at his feet. "I guess he is just making trouble on purpose. Who knows what he can do for his job."

Hu Meili disagreed with this statement. "Honghe is a kid who usually jumps high, but he doesn't have such a mind."

Lin Xiangxi retorted: "No, he threatened to use rat poison today by the river..."

"Hey!" Lin Xiangnan interrupted him, "Why are you talking about this? Find someone quickly."

The three of them walked around near their home and only ran into two ladies in the yard. The two ladies were also looking for someone, but no one saw any trace of Liu Honghe.

Lin Xiangnan suggested: "It's getting dark now, maybe he has already gone home. Let's go back and take a look first."

When he returned to the yard, Liu Honghe had indeed been found, in front of his biological mother's grave.

This situation made everyone feel embarrassed to educate him. Everyone started to educate Liu Laohei, the father.

"The child must have suffered so much that he would go to his dead mother and cry until his eyes were swollen. When I found him, tears immediately fell from my eyes."

Everyone helped to find the child. What else could Liu Laohei say? He could only thank everyone and said, "I'm really sorry for causing you all trouble."

"What's the trouble? We are all from the same courtyard. I'm not saying anything bad to you, but as a father, you should not be so picky with your child. If you have something to say, talk it out. Otherwise, how are you going to explain to the child's biological mother when you get off work?"

"Yes, yes, I will definitely pay attention next time."

Seeing everyone gathered together to attack Liu Laohei, Hu Meili rolled her eyes and cursed in front of everyone.

"Liu Honghe is such a brainless guy. Luckily, Liu Laohei and I divorced, otherwise I would have been a vicious stepmother. I was so worried about him getting into trouble that I spent a lot of time looking for him."

Liu Laohei said quickly: "I know you are a kind-hearted person. It's Honghe who is ignorant."

Anyway, she had already cursed out what was in her mind, and Hu Meili felt relieved. Without even looking at Liu Laohei, she turned around and went back to her room.