Listen to my mother's concerns.
Li Changke laughed instead: "Mom, what's so good about the homestead and house in the village?"
"Can't you just hope that I can achieve something? Hope that I can get into a good university and get a good job in the future?"
"Good companies all provide housing, so we don't have to go back to Linzhuang Village."
"Three years of high school, four years of college, and one year of work, eight years at most."
Li Changke calculated carefully: "Actually, it doesn't need to be eight years. Your son has good grades, so he might be able to work in five or six years."
"When the time comes, I'll settle down wherever I work. Isn't that better than going back to that remote place like Linzhuang?"
"Mom, you are not in good health now. If we can't live together, I will always be worried about your health."
“I can’t concentrate on studying.”
"What if I can't get into a good university or a good job because of this?"
"That's what it means to be poor all your life, isn't it, Mom?"
Tao Xianghong was stunned by her son's words.
I think it makes a lot of sense.
After a moment, she stammered, "So, is there really anyone who wants our dilapidated house and homestead for 1,000 yuan?"
Seeing that his mother was obviously persuaded, Li Changke smiled with relief.
Confident: "Maybe no one wanted it before, but now, someone will definitely want it."
"Mom, have you forgotten what that man promised us when he returned to our village?"
Li Sheng promised to build a kiln factory and give the bricks produced thereto for free to the people of Linzhuang Village for building houses.
This news greatly inspired many families who wanted to build a house.
Especially those with many sons.
In the past, they couldn’t afford bricks and tiles, so they couldn’t even think about building a house.
Now that the main brick problem has been solved, why not take advantage of this opportunity to build the house?
In case you miss it.
When will there be another good opportunity like this in the future?
The most important thing for building a house is a homestead.
Not everyone can get a homestead just because they want it.
Linzhuang Village has less land than other large villages around it.
National policy does not allow the use of arable land.
Correspondingly, there is less residential land available for building houses.
Many new residential plots are located on the edge of villages, with bumpy ground and poor conditions.
Li Changke’s homestead is in the center of the village, a good place passed down from generations of ancestors.
A flat piece of land.
He wanted to sell it, but since it was stuck at this point, there would definitely be many people interested in it, and he might be able to get more money.
After all, this is the place I’ve lived in for many years, and I know my mother will be reluctant to leave.
Li Changke first comforted Tao Xianghong: "Mom, actually many of my classmates are renting houses near the school."
"Renting an apartment is not as expensive as you think, nor as inconvenient as you think."
"You can try renting a house from me for a month."
"If we can't adapt, we'll make other plans."
"Anyway, the homestead can't be transferred in a day or two."
"Anyway—"
Li Changke had already made up his mind and simply threatened his mother with his own future: "That guy is back, he will definitely harass you again and again."
"I'm worried about you living alone in the countryside."
"If you really don't want to, then I can only drop out of school and go home to be with you."
"Don't—" Tao Xianghong became anxious when she heard it: "Mom promised you, Mom promised you everything, isn't that enough?"
"We'll rent a house and won't be living in the village anymore. Mom will stay with you."
"good--"
Li Changke thought about Qu Manman's words and taught Tao Xianghong: "Mom, no matter who asks you in the future, just say that you are a widow and your husband died a long time ago."
"If that person comes again, just call him a liar and accuse him of trying to take advantage of you when you're not looking."
"You're a widower now and have been living alone for a long time. Don't divorce anyone!"
"Neither you nor I have anything to do with that guy."
"Understand, Mom?"
Tao Xianghong actually didn’t understand why her son made such arrangements?
But now that her son had made up his mind, she nodded: "Mom understands - I'll listen to you in everything..."
On the day he left the provincial capital and returned to Huaicheng County, Li Changke took the time to visit the provincial capital library.
I borrowed a lot of information and learned a lot about the history of Huaicheng County. I also went to the Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau...
He then took Tao Xianghong back to the school and rented a small house near the school, paying 10 yuan a month for water and electricity.
The first day that the mother and son stayed there.
Tao Xianghong was still worried, feeling that she had implicated her son.
As a result, the next day, she heard that other tenants in the same yard had taken odd jobs from the factory to paste paper boxes.
When I asked around, I found out that although you can only earn one cent by pasting a large paper box, you have to make three or four small boxes to earn one cent.
But it’s profitable after all!
Tao Xianghong couldn't see clearly, but she was allowed to sit and fumble with the paper box.
Once she got used to it, the job was not difficult at all.
Seeing how pitiful the mother and son were depending on each other, others were willing to help her make paper boxes.
Within a few days, Tao Xianghong went from only being able to paste a few small paper boxes a day.
I became so skilled that I could paste more than 20 large paper boxes a day.
That means I can earn at least 20 cents a day, which is six dollars a month.
The rent is only ten dollars a month. How can a blind man like me earn back most of the rent?
As a result, Tao Xianghong was suddenly very excited and gained confidence in life.
She was determined to work hard to accompany her son and live a good life in the county town.
During this period, Li Sheng rushed to the door several times, but could not find Li Changke and Tao Xianghong.
So I temporarily gave up the plans for the mother and child, and all the activities that were going on.
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