"It's settled now. If there's nothing else, let's just go our separate ways." Hu Chunsheng said as he was about to stand up.
"Master, I have something else to tell you."
Hu Chunsheng looked at Hu Lin.
"My mother's dowry will be taken away when we move."
They will not live in the Hu family anymore, so they might take these things away if they are kept in the Hu family for too long and get lost or damaged when the family is divided.
"Take it."
Unexpectedly, Hu Chunsheng agreed without asking any questions.
Hu Lin was slightly surprised.
Seeing that Cao Zhaodi and the others had no objection, Hu Lin was puzzled.
Although none of the Li family members are good people, the dowry they give cannot be worthless.
And the Hu family will not do business at a loss.
Hu Zhu spent so much money on marrying a wife, so the woman's dowry must have been very generous. What's more, the Zhang family is better off than the Hu family.
So why is this happening?
After watching Cao Zhaodi give two dollars to Hu Xiaoyi, Hu Lin went to the kitchen to find Li Aihua.
"What is your trousseau?"
Surprisingly, the greedy Hu family had no intention of occupying it at all.
"A wardrobe, a water scoop, a hoe, a shovel, a sickle, and two quilts." Li Aihua scooped water to clean the bowl.
Hu Lin: "..."
No wonder they are not tempted.
"Then take them with you when you leave. They will all be useful to you."
Even some scrap copper and iron would not be left to the Hu family.
"knew."
The next day they continued to clean the house, and Hu Xiaoyi went to the county to buy things.
In the afternoon, Hu Xiaoyi carefully replaced the broken tiles on the roof, and went home to get the straw that he usually used for lighting the fire.
The kitchen and toilet were not big, so Hu Xiaoyi first laid a thin layer of straw, covered it with oilcloth, and then laid more straw.
Since there wasn't enough straw, it couldn't be built like a straw house, so after laying it out there was still a corner left for the kitchen.
Hu Xiaoyi found some stones of suitable weight and put them on the straw to prevent it from being blown away by the wind.
"Dad, we need to get more straw to cover the house thicker after the autumn harvest, otherwise it will leak when it rains heavily." Hu Lin saw it and asked.
"We'll talk about it when the time comes."
Before Hu Xiaoyi finished building the house, Hu Lin and Li Aihua went back to cook.
In the next few days, Hu Xiaoyi repaired the walls, made a stove, and went up the mountain to chop firewood. She and Li Aihua pasted window paper and cleaned the house inside and outside.
The day before Hu Zhu pulled the wardrobe back, everything was finally packed up.
They will move there tomorrow, and after dinner, the family will divide the food rations among the three of them.
It is calculated based on Hu Xiaoyi’s work points last year.
Excluding what they had used in the past few months, they received a total of 30 kilograms of coarse grains and 20 kilograms of flour made from various coarse grains.
There was also a jar of pickled cabbage, a small jar of bean paste, a small jar of oil and some other seasonings.
Hu Lin didn't know how the calculation was done exactly, nor did he know how much the three of them had eaten in the past few months.
She didn't pin her hopes on improving her quality of life on these things, so she had no objection to this.
Anyway, it sounds like it’s not enough to eat.
The pots, pans, and utensils were also divided among them.
Three sets of bowls and chopsticks, two vegetable bowls, a rag, an iron bucket and an iron basin.
The farm tools included an axe.
Cao Zhaodi didn't give any other things, and she looked reluctant when these were given to her.
Li Aihua's dowry was also cleared out and placed under the eaves, for fear that they would take away something extra tomorrow.
Now, apart from the things in their house, they are not allowed to take anything from the Hu family.
"Dad, we don't have a kitchen knife or a spatula. How are we supposed to cook?"
Hu Lin asked Hu Xiaoyi loudly, but he was actually speaking to the old couple.
"There is only a kitchen knife and a spatula at home. If I give them to you, what will we use?" Cao Zhaodi roared fiercely.
Hu Xiaoyi looked at Cao Zhaodi, who was unhappy, with a complicated expression.
"Isn't Hu Zhu going to the county to buy a wardrobe tomorrow? Let him buy it. You don't even give us money to buy it, do you want to starve us to death?"
"Didn't I give you money last time?" Cao Zhaodi frowned and looked at the family of three.
His face drooped again and again.
"Dad, do we still have money?" Hu Lin asked deliberately.
Hu Xiaoyi met Cao Zhaodi's eyes and said with difficulty, "No more."
He always chooses the cheapest things when buying them.
Two dollars is barely enough.
Hu Xiaoyi's words left Cao Zhaodi speechless.
She didn't expect that Hu Xiaoyi would humiliate her in front of everyone. She looked at Hu Xiaoyi with disappointment and reproach.
Hu Xiaoyi lowered his head when he was looked at.
"Life still has to go on. Give Hu Zhu some more money and ask him to help bring it back." Seeing that there was no way to end the situation, Hu Chunsheng came out to act as a peacemaker.
Cao Zhaodi reluctantly went back to the house to get money for Hu Zhu, and during this time her sharp eyes were always fixed on the three of them.
Seeing that this matter was settled, Sun Fangfen talked about another matter, "Mom, my eldest sister-in-law is gone now, who will take care of the house in the future?
Everyone has to go to work, only my sister-in-law is idle, why not let her come over to cook and clean the house every day."
"Did you hear me? Come early every day." Cao Zhaodi glared at Li Aihua who was dodging.
At the last minute, these people still wanted Li Aihua to continue serving them.
"It's so inconvenient for my mother to get up early every day to come and cook for you. How about you, Uncle and Aunt, just move out.
There are three of you, so it would be most appropriate for you to move out to make room for your daughter-in-law. Hu Zhu can also continue to live in the original house so that he won't feel uncomfortable.
Your actions will be known as a model of loving mother and filial son, and it will sound much better than if we just moved out."
If it wasn't for the purpose of preventing the Hu family from continuing to enslave and exploit Li Aihua, why would she go through so much trouble to move out?
No matter how shabby the Hu family’s house was, it was much sturdier than the place they were going to live in next.
The couple from the second room didn't dare to respond and could only look to the old couple for help.
"There are still many things to do before and after the wedding, it would be inconvenient for them to move out." Cao Zhaodi refused.
"That's not convenient for us. If we have to come here to clean up every day, who will clean up the place where we live?
What about winter?
At that time, every household stayed at home, and the snow was so thick. If something happened to my mother on the road, who would have discovered it?
I think my uncle and aunt are so used to being served that their hands and feet have degenerated to the point where they can’t do anything by themselves.”
"Hey, girl, listen, are you talking human language?"
Sun Fangfen pointed at Hu Lin angrily.
"I am also thinking about my family. If more people work, the family will have more work points. At the end of the year, we can get more."
“But the extra grain at home was not distributed to us. When they distributed the grain just now, didn’t they only count my father’s work points from last year?
Is it my mother's duty to make selfless contributions to this family, but get nothing in return? Why?
If you want us to continue to come back and clean up the house, I have no objection to giving us work points."
"That won't work. She didn't go to work, so why should she be given work points?" Hu Guangjie was the first to disagree.
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