Chapter 46
"Hey, we're getting off topic. I just want to know if that car belongs to Pei Ze."
"Who knows? Where does his family get the money? Even the Zhong family doesn't seem wealthy. Who has the money to marry their daughter to someone like Pei Ze?"
"Well, it's probably borrowed. Pei Ze is quite capable. There's no one in our village who can drive."
"Knowing how to drive is useless. He even went to college, but he's still hanging out all day."
"Yeah, it would be great if I could drive. I could go to the city and find a job as a driver. It's a skilled job and the salary is pretty good."
"You wish. Hey, is Pei Ze going to be a driver for someone else?"
"Come on, forget it! Anyone who drives a car makes money by driving a truck or dump truck."
"Who told you that? Maybe he's driving for some female boss. Hehehe, that guy doesn't look honest."
"Hahaha, you never mind, it's really possible."
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When Zhong Miao woke up, she found no one in the room.
When I pushed the door open, I found that everyone was busy in the kitchen.
Mother-in-law Pei Ze was busy cooking, and her father was sitting next to her with the child. She slept so well that she didn't even notice her father coming back.
"Miaomiao, did you sleep well?" asked the mother-in-law.
"It's fine. Why did I sleep so long?"
"You haven't slept well these past two days. It's a good thing to catch up on some sleep to relieve your fatigue." Pei Ze answered while washing rice.
"My dear daughter, how did you do in the exam?" Zhong Ming asked casually.
"It's pretty good." The kitchen was quite spacious, and Zhong Miao also took a small stool and sat next to her father.
"It will take some time for the results to be released. When the time comes, let your uncle check your scores for you."
"Yeah, it doesn't matter. Just finish the test. The score can't be low."
Several people laughed when they heard what she said. This child is so honest and not at all modest.
Zhong Miao was still feeling a little lazy after just waking up. She hadn't slept well in the past two days. Pei Ze was not at home recently. She was used to sleeping alone, and she couldn't sleep with other people around.
It was already the end of March, and the heater was still on in the house. Pei Ze's body temperature was also high, and he would feel hot after sleeping. There was no humidifier at this time, and the air was dry and hot, which made his nose uncomfortable.
After dinner, the father-in-law and son-in-law discussed how to clean the house. Zhong Miao also followed them to study the three small rooms thoroughly and made suggestions from time to time.
The final decision was to add toilets to all three houses. The smaller ones would be separated by a smaller space. If there was no place to build a wall, they would be separated by wooden boards, as long as there was enough space for a squat toilet. The larger ones would be more spacious, with a wall built by turning the head and a door installed, and a mop pool could be added inside.
The kitchen sinks were all replaced with new ones, and the worktops were rebuilt with bricks to make them larger.
Remove the floor coverings and re-lay the floor. Throw away the broken furniture and choose a few good new items from the factory. This way, your home will be ready.
After discussing it, the father-in-law and son-in-law decided to find an experienced master from the factory to supervise the work. Zhong Ming stayed in the furniture factory as usual, while Pei Ze went to the furniture city to prepare for the store.
This job will take at least half a month to complete, as it mainly involves the toilet and kitchen. We have to wait until the cement is completely dry and solidified before we can lay small bricks on it.
Clean up three rooms at once and get it done in one go.
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Pei Ze stepped on the brakes and slowed down the car. They were about to enter the village. There were potholes on the left and depressions on the right, and the road conditions would be very bad.
When the sound of the engine reached the gathering place of mahjong lovers behind the village store, everyone who heard the sound ran out to watch the excitement. However, when they ran out to see, only a few who ran fast saw the back of the car.
"Could this car be Pei Ze's? Let's go and take a look and join in the fun." said an older man.
"Is it really a car? Why didn't I see it?"
"With your speed, you're not much faster than a turtle. Look, you can't even catch up with the back of the car."
Li Hongmei also heard recently that Pei Ze drove a car back to the village, but when she went to Pei Ze's house, the door was locked and there was no one there.
She has been keeping her ears perked up these past two days, wondering when Zhong Miao would come back so she could ask what was going on.
Just then, she heard the sound of a car and ran out quickly. Pei Ze just drove to her door. Fortunately, Pei Ze was prepared, otherwise he would have been hit.
"Li Hongmei, she didn't even check the car before coming out. What if she gets hit?" Pei Ze slammed on the brakes and Zhong Miao almost hit her head. She frowned and complained, shaking her hand to roll down the car window.
"Li Hongmei, don't you look out for cars when you go out? What if they hit you?" Zhong Miao got angry and stuck his head out to yell at Li Hongmei.
Li Hongmei was a little frightened when she saw it was Zhong Miao. "You can't blame me. I didn't do it on purpose. Who would want to look at cars when they go out? Where can you usually look at cars?"
"Wife, don't be afraid, it's okay, we're still some distance away." Pei Ze patted Zhong Miao's hand to comfort her. In fact, he had been very careful since entering the village. Normally, no one had the habit of dodging cars. They would just walk sideways in the middle of the road after leaving the house. Since it was like this, he could only be careful.
Zhong Miao calmed down. Of course, no one in this village drives a car. This is normal. "Where are you going?"
"I want to go to your house." Li Hongmei was not polite at all.
"Go sit in the back." Zhong Miao waved her hand, indicating that she should sit in the back seat.
Zhong Ming didn't come back this time. My mother-in-law was sitting in the back seat with An An, and there was room for her to sit.
"Okay." Li Hongmei was excited, but when she got to the back, she was confused again. "How do I get in?"
Zhong Miao had no choice but to get out of the car and open the door for her.
The car was back on the road. Li Hongmei chattered all the way, and everything she saw was new and interesting. She was even more excited than An An's first time riding in a car, which made Zhong Miao laugh and cry.
On the way to pick up Li Hongmei, he stopped for a while, and some people who were following to watch the fun also caught up with him. Pei Ze saw it in the rearview mirror and frowned.
Zhong Miao also saw it, "Pei Ze, what are those people doing?" Usually there aren't so many people gathered together, it looks quite lively.
"They're all here to watch the fun. I guess they'll all be at our house soon."
"Our house? Why are you coming to our house to watch the fun?"
"The first car in the village is what they want to see," Pei Ze explained.
"You have to deal with these people later, and don't let them come to harass me and my mother-in-law. It's so annoying."
"Well, don't worry."
"Don't worry, Miaomiao. With mom here, no one can bother you."
"Uh-huh."
"What about me? By the way, where did this car come from?" Li Hongmei also joined in. She and Zhong Miao were friends, and this was just caring and gossiping between friends, not gossiping.
“I bought it.”
"Ah? I bought it. How much did it cost?"
"A few thousand, I don't know the exact amount." Zhong Miao had never done the math. She bought the car together with the house, so she had never researched how much the car was worth.
"Oh my god, your family is really rich."
When he got home, Pei Ze didn't close the door. He asked his mother and daughter-in-law to bring the things they brought back into the house. He stood at the door waiting to send away the group of onlookers.
Actually, I didn’t bring many things back with me. I left most of them there and I can use them next time I go there.
Zhong Miao pulled Li Hongmei back to the new house. Alas, she still had feelings for this house and felt more at ease when she came back.
The house hadn't been occupied for a few days and was cold and gloomy.
Li Hongmei swiftly helped Zhong Miao light a fire. Her hands were busy, but her mouth was also busy. "When I finish my work, you have to explain to me what you have been doing recently."
"Nothing, I went to take the school exam."
"Huh? Why didn't you tell me?"
"Didn't I tell you this?"
"You damn girl, you're always talking nonsense. How did you do on the exam?"
Zhong Miao made a gesture of finishing the job, "Perfect."
"Haha, look how proud you are. Just do well in the exam. Your family will have a car, and Brother Ze will have a big business. If you can get into college, you'll piss off those idiots who look down on others."
"You, why are you happier than me?"
"Of course I'm happy. Seeing you guys living well makes me happier than anyone else." At this point, Li Hongmei's face turned colder. "Alas, I also hope I can have a good life like you, but I still can't leave."
"What's wrong? Didn't we understand?"
"My mom is a little relenting, but my dad and brother won't agree no matter what. Now your family has a car, so I have to go back and talk to them. Only by going out can we have a chance."
"It's not just cars. We also bought houses, four bungalows and a factory. I'm telling you this first, I'm not hiding it."
Li Hongmei stopped burning the fire and was stunned for two minutes. Zhong Miao waited for her to come back to her senses. Seeing that her hand was about to be burned, he hurriedly pulled her back.
"Don't be stunned. The cheapest bungalow in the city is only 500 yuan, and the most expensive ones are less than 1,000 yuan. When you earn money in the future, it won't be a big deal to buy one if you want."
"Tell me, will I have such an opportunity again?" Li Hongmei wiped her tears. She really didn't want to cry, but she couldn't help it.
"Of course, your mother has already relented, so there's hope. If you really want to get out, don't give up. Even if you don't come to Pei Ze's factory, it's good to go to the city and see the world. But people's hearts are unpredictable, so you must be more careful when you are out there."
Zhong Miao originally thought that her journey into the book would be difficult, but before things got difficult, she benefited from Pei Ze and her mother-in-law. She really had never suffered any hardship.
Li Hongmei's current situation is much more difficult than hers. There are three paths in front of Li Hongmei. One is to get married, have children, and live on the land in the countryside. The second is not to get married and live as an old maid, just like in the original text. The third is for her to work hard to go out and live a life that is completely different from before.
But she didn't want the first two paths, and there were obstacles at home in the last path, so neither was easy.
Zhong Miao saw her little face covered in tears, her hands still stained with ashes from the stove, becoming dirtier and dirtier. She wet a towel and wiped her face, "Don't cry. You have to rely on yourself for this."
"Um."
The two best friends had already started a fire, and Pei Ze sent away the onlookers, but he also brought back someone, Li Guodong.
Li Guodong had been hearing his sister nagging about Pei Ze's car these past few days. As soon as Li Hongmei ran away, he didn't have to think about it, as he knew it must be Pei Ze and Zhong Miao coming back. He was also curious, so he came to take a look.
He actually guessed right, the girl is right here.
The fire was lit and the room became a little warmer. Pei Ze invited his wife and the brother and sister to come in and sit down.
Li Guodong saw his sister crying again and understood what was going on, but he couldn't let his sister go to the city alone.
"Brother Ze, you are really great. How much is your car?" Li Guodong chatted happily with Pei Ze, pretending not to see his sister's tears.
"Ten thousand five hundred, a car, a factory, and four bungalows, all bought together. My father-in-law also has one."
Pei Ze disagreed. Li Guodong should open his eyes and stop being so confined to his own little world, otherwise he would not be able to keep up with the times.
Otherwise, how could they be called brother and sister? Li Guodong was also stunned for two minutes. "Oh my god, brother, you are really amazing. Over ten thousand yuan, and you spent it just like that? Is that how much money your furniture factory makes?"
Li Guodong is not poor, but he has only saved more than 200 yuan in a year, and his daily expenses are not small.
"Of course, why would I do it if I don't make money? It's not like I'm idle." Pei Ze took a sip of water and asked, "Have you been busy recently?"
"What can I be busy with? I'm almost getting sick from staying at home all day."
Li Guodong has no bad habits. He is not interested in smoking, drinking or playing cards. He only cares about his family's daily life. There are many girls in the village who want to marry him, so he will definitely not suffer any loss. However, Li Guodong's parents don't like anyone and think that no one is worthy of their son.
This is why sons can take their time to find a partner and choose carefully. Pei Ze got married at the age of 27. But it is not the same for daughters. It is difficult to arrange marriage for daughters when they are older.
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