Chapter 170: Building a New House
As soon as she stepped into the yard, Jiang Xin was really a little nervous and didn't know what to do.
In her mind, she had no impression of her cheap husband at all.
After entering the house, how should she talk to Fu Yu about divorce?
Jiang Xin simply entered the house with her head held high. Inside the house, Fu Yu's family of three were chatting with each other.
My son hasn’t been home for nearly half a month. The time for this voyage was originally scheduled to be about a month before he came back.
Unexpectedly, Fu Yu arrived much earlier than the agreed time.
Jiang Xin was also a little surprised. She didn't expect that he could come back so early.
As soon as I stepped into the house, I heard voices coming from inside the house. I heard Fu's mother there, pulling Fu Yu's arm, asking about his well-being, showing how concerned she was.
But to be honest, this is understandable. After all, every mother would be nervous if her son went on a long journey for a long time.
Besides, going out to sea is also a dangerous thing in this era.
If you encounter any danger at sea, there will be no way to save yourself.
So, even though their son made a lot of money, both Fu's mother and father never approved of his job. They wanted him to change to a safer job, where he would only make money.
They are not a wealthy family that needs to spend lavishly. It is enough for them to earn a little money to support their family. There is no need to take the risk in order to make big money.
However, no matter how they persuaded him, Fu Yu would not listen. After all, in his heart, he felt that as a young person, he should try his luck.
While you are still young, make more money for your future and save up some savings to provide security.
Moreover, he felt that going out to sea was not as dangerous as his parents described.
Besides, their house hasn't been built yet, and he has just gotten married. There will be a lot of things that need money in the future.
Not only does their big family need money, but in the future, his and Jiang Xin's small family will also require a lot of money and effort.
After all, living is a long process, and many things have to be adjusted from scratch.
It has been a while since Fu Yu came back. As usual, whenever he was about to go home, he would send a telegram to his family in advance.
However, this incident happened suddenly and there was a small accident. Fortunately, the harvest from this voyage was quite a lot, so we did not lose money.
It can be considered a small profit.
So he followed his master and returned home early without telling his family in advance.
The purpose is to give my family a surprise.
When Mr. and Mrs. Fu saw him coming back, the joy on their faces was almost overflowing.
It’s such a joy to have the family reunited.
I just didn’t see his young wife, who he had just married a few days ago.
Seeing this, Fu Yu naturally had to ask about it, and then he learned from Fu's mother that Jiang Xin went to the town to do something.
So, he didn't ask any more questions. After all, this man went to the town to do some business and would come back eventually.
Moreover, when he asked his parents at home, he asked Fu's mother what Jiang Xin was doing in the town, and Fu's mother was vague in her explanation.
Fu Yu knew that his parents probably didn't know what Jiang Xin was doing at the market. He wouldn't get any information if he continued asking. So he simply waited for the people to come back. It would still be in time to ask them.
After all, he really hasn't figured out how to face his wife.
After all, the two people were not familiar with each other at all, and they got married together under duress.
It would probably be very awkward for two people to get along like this.
It gives me a headache just thinking about it.
Fu Yu had no idea what kind of person Jiang Xin was, so he couldn't help but ask his parents how they got along with Jiang Xin during the time he was away from home.
As a result, I saw his parents with extremely unnatural expressions.
Fu Yu was also a smart guy. He understood what was going on at once. He guessed that his parents and his wife, who had only been married for a few days, had not been getting along very well these days. Otherwise, why would his parents' faces be so ugly when he asked about what had happened at home during the time he was not at home?
I guess something must have happened in this.
When he came back and passed by the village entrance, there were quite a few villagers there. From their discussions, he could vaguely hear that something must have happened at home in the past few days.
Otherwise, the villagers wouldn't have looked at him in such strange ways.
But when he asked. When I saw his parents hesitating and not wanting to say more, I knew that I would probably not be able to get anything out of them.
Therefore, Fu Yu could only wait for Jiang Xin to come back. If there were any misunderstandings, they could be clarified as soon as possible.
Moreover, he knew in his heart that because the bride at the wedding had been replaced, his parents would definitely be dissatisfied with Jiang Xin. After all, when they got married, Fu's mother's attitude was already there.
Especially when comparing the two daughters-in-law together, Jiang Wan is far superior to Jiang Xin in every aspect.
Their family was almost going to have a daughter-in-law who was a college student and was about to marry into their family. However, Jiang Xin ruined the plan with just one move.
How could Mother Fu not feel resentment in her heart?
Especially this time he went to sea in a hurry, and he left directly on the day after the wedding. There is absolutely no time to get involved in the conflict between the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law, nor is there time to clarify the misunderstanding.
Judging from his father's personality, he must have made things difficult for Jiang Xin during the time he was away from home.
Fu Yu suddenly felt a little worried. He didn't know how he would resolve the conflicts among his family members if Jiang Xin came home.
This is indeed a difficult problem.
Although he can go out to sea to make money, he is really helpless when it comes to family conflicts. After all, he has not solved this problem for so many years, and this is the first time he has encountered such a problem.
Fu Yu was daydreaming. Time passed by minute by minute, and he didn't know how much time had passed. He listened to his parents greeting him and asking him what had happened to him since he went to sea, whether he was injured, etc.
He replied one by one, sporadically, and from time to time, he glanced at the clock on the wall.
When he looked at it, he even took a quick glance at the decorations in the house. He felt that this old house was too shabby. There was not even an electric light in their house. Logically speaking, he had earned a lot of money over the years, and he would give some money to his family from time to time. Even if they didn't do anything else, at least it would be enough for them to build a house.
Therefore, Fu Yu started to have some other ideas and wanted to build a new house for his family.
This time, he made a lot of money when he came back from his trip to the sea. Adding what I earned before, the total is probably around 1,800 yuan.
Now, if I build a house, I’ll probably have some left over.
At that time, you can buy some new furniture for your home.
While thinking, Fu Yu looked at the old furniture in the house.
It is indeed too dilapidated. Apart from anything else, the house where their family of three lives is the main room of the house.
On weekdays, it is used to receive guests.
It is more like a modern living room. At this moment, this room is their kitchen and dining room.
The cabinets were in a very shabby state. They had been repaired and maintained countless times over the years, and the handles on the cabinet doors were now broken beyond recognition.
The wood also showed signs of decay, and the wooden table they ate on had been padded numerous times, but it was still not flat.
In the future, they should all be replaced with new ones.
After all, now is not like other times, he is married now. Jiang Xin looks delicate and at first glance, she is the type who has never suffered any hardship at home.
We can’t let a girl marry into their family and suffer.
Moreover, when he was in the village, he also heard that Jiang Xin's family came from the provincial capital. If they were from the provincial capital, then the living conditions must be much better than theirs in this shabby village.
Since he married the girl, he had to be responsible for her. If his mother had not prevented him from building a new house, the house they lived in now would have been three large tiled houses.
Fu Yu frowned. He didn't feel anything at first, but now, looking around the room, he felt more and more dissatisfied.
With this idea in mind, he proposed:
"Mom and Dad, I made a lot of money this time when I came back. Plus our family's savings over the years, we still have enough money to build a house."
"All the neighbors in this village have already built new houses, but we are the only one who still lives in an adobe house. This is really too outrageous,"
"Besides, this house is shabby. Whenever it rains, it rains heavily outside and lightly inside. The furniture has been soaked more than once or twice. It's quite troublesome to clean up."
"You two old people are already so old, it's time to enjoy your life. Don't keep lowering your living standards just to save money."
"Now that I, your son, have the ability to make money, we can build a new house sooner so that you can enjoy more happiness while you are still young. You will definitely feel different when you move into this new house. When the time comes, we can decorate it well, buy some new furniture, install new lights, and live a good life together as a family."
Fu Yu had another thought in his mind, that is, now that he was married, this old house was still decorated in the old style. It would be somewhat inconvenient for the whole family to live under the same roof.
The privacy issue is the most important one. The old house is not soundproof, the bedrooms on both sides are door to door, and the doors of the rooms are also sloppy. In this case, if you live together, it will sometimes be very awkward.
That's why Fu Yu proposed to rebuild the house.
After hearing this, Mr. Fu's eyes lit up instantly. Fu Yu was truly worthy of being his son. He actually thought the same thing as him.
After all, this old house was built too long ago. Every day when he lay on the kang, he could feel dust falling on the walls.
The shortcomings of this old house are now revealed. There is a lot of dust in the house. Not only that, what Fu Yu said is also correct. This old house is leaking and needs to be repaired on the roof.
If we don't use something to cover the roof, the house will really leak badly from the rain.
Besides, he and Fu's mother were old, and their son was often not at home. If there was a leak in the summer, the old couple would have no way to climb up the ladder and go up to the roof to cover it.
This is a big problem.
If someone falls down because of this, it will be a burden to the family in the future. It would be better to just rebuild the house.
Besides. It's not like their family doesn't have the means, so there's no need to save again and again.
Before, in order to prevent them from building a new house, Fu's mother had made some excuses, saying that she wanted to build a big tiled house for the family so that everyone in the family would have a room.
But to be honest, among the people in the family, there are only a few of them who have lived in the village for a long time.
The eldest brother and his family moved to the town a long time ago. They haven't come back for a year or two. In recent years, they don't even come back for the Chinese New Year. They have long broken off ties with their family.
The youngest daughter in the family also studies in the town. She comes back during the holidays and lives with the old couple. There is no need for an extra room, so three tiled houses are enough.
There is no need to save again and again in order to build a bigger house.
He had had enough of this hard life, and when he saw his neighbors' big tiled houses, which were clean and bright, he became envious.
Besides, this summer will soon be over, and when winter comes, the old house will definitely not be as warm as the new one. Who knows how cold they will have to endure by then. If my son takes the time to build the house at home now, by this winter, they will have moved into the new house.
In this way, we can suffer less in winter.
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