Chapter 178: Father Fu's Speculation
Father Fu thought that now that he was old, he really couldn't stand the hardship.
In the past, when winter came, he would get up every morning before dawn to light the stove.
Used to heat the home.
After all, in rural areas of this era, every household relies on this method to keep warm. If they don’t burn the stove, the house will be like an ice cave.
Don’t even mention how cold it is.
Before going to bed at night, I put a bowl of water on my head, thinking that if I wake up in the middle of the night, I don’t have to go downstairs to get water, I can just drink it directly. It’s just for convenience and trouble-free.
But who could have thought that when they got up the next morning, they would find that the bowl of water had already become frozen. The water in the rice bowl was full of ice chips, frozen very solid.
If water can freeze into ice, you can imagine that the room is really cold.
If a new house is built, the new windows will be better sealed and tightly sealed, keeping the cold wind out, making the house much warmer.
In addition, if you add an extra layer of insulation, winter will not be so unbearable.
The more Father Fu thought about it, the more he felt that it would be better to build the house as soon as possible.
So he said in agreement:
"Look at what our son said. Every word touched my heart."
"I've had enough of living in our house. It's covered in dust every day, and it often leaks. In winter, it's drafty. It's so cold in this house that I feel frozen even when wearing two layers of cotton pants."
"Every time I mentioned building a new house, you stopped me. At first, I didn't say anything, but now, our neighbors have already moved into new houses. Some of them are even worse off than us. There is no reason for us to let them outshine us."
"Besides, there are so many benefits to building a new house. When the time comes, we will install electric lights in the house. When it gets dark, once the lights are turned on, the house will be so bright."
"It saves me from lighting the kerosene lamp every day, which not only makes the house dark, but also smells bad."
Mr. Fu is old, and his eyesight has become worse over the years. If there is even a little bit of oil smoke, his eyes will feel very uncomfortable.
After saying these words, he did not forget to add one more sentence:
"You old woman, I don't know what you are worried about. The people in this village live worse than our neighbors. They have already built new houses. There is no need for us to live a hard life here even though we have the conditions."
"It's not me who is jealous when seeing other people building new houses. It's really that we can't live in this old house any more. You know very well how we have been making do with it all these years."
"It's not that I'm competitive. Look at your family. What kind of life they've been living these years. They can even build a new house with their conditions. Why can't we build a new house?"
"If, if no one in the village has built one yet, then we can wait a while. After all, we don't want to be the first to stand out and arouse jealousy."
"Now, we are the only family in the village that has not built a new house. Don't you know what my neighbors say to me every time I go out for a walk?"
Father Fu frowned as he spoke, feeling a little unhappy.
In recent years, villagers in the village have built new houses one after another, and neighbors can't help but compete with each other.
Whenever I arrived at the entrance of the village, the topic of conversation in every household was about the new house.
Compare each other's houses, see whose is built more beautifully, whose is built better, and whose house is decorated better inside.
Whenever this topic came up, Father Fu wanted to find a place to lock himself up secretly. After all, their family conditions were among the best in the village, so it was inevitable that he would be questioned by neighbors. Why haven’t you built a new house yet?
But he couldn't cry poor. After all, everyone in the village knew very well how much money Fu Yu earned every month. Knowing that their family was not poor, if he said that his old wife did not allow them to build a new house, the neighbors would laugh at him and say that he was dominated by his wife.
So, he could only say that his son was not at home and wait for him to come back before rebuilding it.
After saying this, so many years have passed.
If he continued to speak and used this excuse to fool his neighbors, his neighbors might end up laughing at him behind his back.
So, he really wanted to build this new house as soon as possible.
In the past, he couldn't persuade his old wife, but now, their son has spoken.
Although, in this family, it is his old wife who is the head of the family.
However, the person who really earns money to support the family is their son.
The son has already spoken about building a new house. This time, his old wife probably won't come up with any reason to stop him.
After hearing what the father and son said, Mrs. Fu broke out in a cold sweat.
Of course, she also hoped to build a new house as soon as possible, but she simply didn't have the money.
Nowadays, the issue of money is the most critical.
Fu's father and Fu Yu didn't know the situation of their family, nor did they know how much real savings the family had. They also didn't know that she had been secretly supporting her parents' family for so many years.
She had already used the huge amount of savings in the family to buy a house for her nephew from her mother's side.
Mother Fu wanted to slap herself a few times, wondering why she didn't see the true face of her family earlier.
Their lives are better now, but it is actually hard for their family as they have been living in this adobe house year after year.
I want to build a new house, but I don’t have the financial resources.
After all, their family savings had long been used up by her to help others.
Now, she has to bear the pressure alone.
Mother Fu's forehead was covered with cold sweat. She had no idea how to respond to the father and son's request to build a new house.
She has been stubborn for so many years, and now she feels like she can no longer stubborn.
Mother Fu had no choice but to say in a stuttering tone:
"Well, I still have some concerns in my heart, so I stopped you from building a new house."
"You two are right. I know all the advantages of this new house. I am already so old, so naturally I hope to enjoy it sooner."
"The people in this village have already built new houses and moved in. Over the years, when I went to take a walk around my neighbors' houses, I saw their bright, big tiled houses, and I was so envious."
"But in the end, I am doing this for the sake of our family. This money cannot be saved in a day or two."
"While building the house, we also have to look at our family situation and whether we can afford the cost of building the house."
"If, if it is really as you two said, hurry up and build the house while your son is at home these days."
"Can our family afford this expense? Besides, there will be many places to spend money in the future. If we build a house, our life will become tight. What should we do? After all, your sister is still studying in town."
"If, if she goes to college in the future, I will also need to give her living expenses."
These were indeed what Mother Fu was thinking about, so she was thinking of ways to persuade the father and son not to build a new house. After all, she really had no money in her pocket.
However, when she said that Fu Yu's sister was studying in town, she was truly thinking about her daughter.
After all, life at home has become like this now. Although Fu's mother prefers her son more in her heart, she is also good to her daughter. At least she lets her daughter continue to study and does not let her drop out of school and get married early just because she is a little girl.
In this regard, compared to her sister-in-law from her mother's side, Fu's mother treats her daughter much better.
When Fu's father heard Mother Fu mention her daughter, his heart couldn't help but soften.
After all, there was only that little girl in their family, so naturally she felt very sad.
When I think of my daughter studying. It also costs money. After all, there is only this little girl in the family. It is impossible to let her live a hard life.
If building a house will lower my daughter's future living standards, it would be better to hold out for a while. It's not like the old house is uninhabitable.
After hearing what Mother Fu said, Mr. Fu began to hesitate again.
But, in fact, he also felt a little strange in his heart.
Nowadays, the money their son earns is more than enough to support their daughter's education.
After all, studying doesn't cost much money. Giving their daughter a few dozen dollars a month for living expenses is enough for her to live a comfortable life when she is in college.
This deposit. They still have some at home.
Why did Fu's mother make all kinds of excuses when she heard about building a house?
Could it be that there is some hidden story behind this?
After hearing the concerns in Fu's mother's heart, Fu Yu couldn't help but frowned and said:
"Don't worry about that. With the money I earn every month, it's more than enough for my sisters to go to school. It won't affect our building of the house."
"In the future, if my sister is admitted to university, I can provide her with living expenses and various other expenses. I will ensure that she will not suffer any loss, nor will she live worse off than her classmates."
Fu Yu is not bragging about this. He really has the ability to do so now. Even if he takes out 50 yuan a month for his sister's living expenses, he still has some money.
These days, building a house only costs about 600 to 700 yuan. If you include decoration, then at most 1,000 yuan will be enough.
He had been out at sea for so many years, and all the money he earned was given to Fu's mother. So, although Fu Yu was a rough man, he still knew the most basic accounting.
If you do a rough calculation, the total amount of money he has given to Fu's mother over the years is about three to four thousand yuan.
Excluding these years, even if we exaggerate the amount, the household expenses would not exceed one thousand yuan?
In that case, the family’s savings would be at least over two thousand. If a house is built, the family would still have more than one thousand in savings left.
Just as Mr. Fu said, it is more than enough to build a house and it will not affect their current life.
After hearing what her second son said, Fu's mother's face instantly turned ugly. She thought that she could get away with the matter with just a few words, just like before.
But unexpectedly, this time, Fu's father and his son Fu Yu were really determined to build a new house.
She even went so far as to use her daughter as an excuse, but it didn't work.
But the problem is that the total savings in her pocket now is less than fifty yuan.
How can I build a house with just fifty dollars?
Facing the questions from the father and son.
Mother Fu was extremely panicked, and her guilty look immediately made the father and son realize what was going on.
Especially Father Fu. Although he is old, his IQ has not deteriorated. He immediately realized that something was wrong with Mother Fu.
He suddenly realized that what Mrs. Fu said just now about their daughter going to school was probably just a cover-up.
Given their family's current financial situation, supporting a college student is more than enough and they can totally afford it.
How could I take these into consideration?
So how much savings does their family have now, and where does the money go?
Whenever he was at home and mentioned building a house, Fu's mother would always make excuses and find all kinds of reasons. Could it be that the family simply had no money?
When I think about the food at home these days, it is really bad.
Before this, the food at home didn’t seem to be so difficult.
After Father Fu combined all the things that had happened during this period of time, he understood it instantly.
He still remembered that when he went to Fu's mother's house before, because Fu's mother's nephew was getting married, no matter what, as an aunt and uncle, they had to go and join in the fun.
At that time, he heard what people from Fu's mother's family said, that their family had bought a wedding house for their eldest son in the town, and was waiting for their eldest son and his family to move in after the wedding.
He was very puzzled at the time. It was obvious that Fu's brothers and sisters-in-law were so lazy. They had not done any farm work for so many years. Where did the family's income come from?
How could I afford to buy a house for my son in town?
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