Hua Wanchi squatted at the door and asked grandma:
"Granny, why don't you cover it up?"
It is not impossible to build a two-story building in an old house.
Wan Qingliu was very calm: "No reason, I don't have this habit."
This reason was so simple, crude and powerful that Hua Wanchi was speechless.
In short, the house was built like this.
Wan Qingliu was quite satisfied: "In the future, even if there are more people in the family, we can still accommodate them by making the room smaller."
The original layout of the old house was six rooms. The old couple lived in one room, Hua Aihua and his wife lived in one room, Hua Xuguo and his wife lived in one room. Although Hua Xianghong was married, one room was left for her, and Hua Jingmin and Hua Qingping each lived in one room.
(The author is a novice in architecture and has limited knowledge. The layout is made up. Please don't take it seriously if it doesn't match the reality.)
It turned out that when Hua Qingping didn't have a bicycle, he often lived in his uncle's house in the commune, and Hua Xianghong and Hua Aihua rarely went home. Hua Jingmin never came back once when he was in the army.
So when several children from Hua Aihua's family came to live with them, one or two people could live in one room, which was quite spacious.
Now Hua Wanli is married, Hua Qingping is married, and Hua Jingmin is about to get married. It is impossible for one or two people to have a room, so the small family can only squeeze into one room.
Therefore, Wan Qingliu planned to keep the layout of the old house with six rooms unchanged.
One room is given to the old couple, one room is given to the second couple, one room is left for Hua Wanchi, another room is given to Xiao Youzi, one room is left for Xiangxiang, and the remaining room is for the fifth couple.
Hua Xuguo couldn't help but laugh when he heard his mother's plan: "Big brother has fallen out of favor?"
But he soon stopped laughing.
Wan Qingliu said calmly, "Aren't we going to build two more houses? One for your eldest brother, one for your eldest brother and his wife, one for Lili and her husband, and one for each of the remaining three children. That would be exactly one house."
This sentence made Hua Xuguo jealous. His eldest brother was enjoying the new house all by himself. Sure enough, in his mother's heart, the eldest brother was still the favorite.
The remaining house was planned to be smaller, with three rooms. Hua Jingmin and Zhou Baozhen would each have one room, and the remaining room would be left for Hua Xianghong when she got married.
As for the two grandsons of the Chen family, they don’t come often anyway, so when they come, they can squeeze in with the others and there’s still enough space.
With so many rooms added at once, it would take up two whole houses. The furniture needed to be made, and the bedding and quilts needed to be purchased, which would cost a considerable amount of money.
Everyone in the family was once again shocked by Wan Qingliu's lavishness - how much money did it cost? She spent the money without even blinking!
The old man's heart ached as he watched, so he simply stayed in the fields every day, thinking out of sight, out of mind. Although he didn't earn the money and it wasn't his responsibility, he couldn't help but feel distressed when he saw such a huge expenditure at home!
It just so happened that while the house was being built, Wan Qingliu discussed the bride price with the Zhou family.
Wan Qingliu: "Our family will give 200 yuan. We really can't afford a bicycle or a watch, so we can give a radio and a sewing machine. Is that okay?"
To be honest, Mr. and Mrs. Zhou were very excited when they heard this and wanted to agree to it on the spot, but they were unwilling to do so without bargaining.
It seems that they have never seen the world, are short-sighted, and are greedy for money.
But the betrothal gift has already been given at this amount, and it would be a bit ungrateful to bargain further. Both Old Man Zhou and Old Lady Qian felt guilty if they raised the price any further.
After pretending to think about it for a while, Father Zhou cleared his throat and said, "Mother-in-law, these three turn and one ring, how about we get another one, whether it's a watch or a bicycle!"
After much thought, he could only write something about it.
Wan Qingliu said with a smile: "You can add it, you can give it all three turns and one ring, or you can keep it at your house, but in that case, Baozhen must bring back the 200 yuan betrothal gift."
Mr. and Mrs. Zhou thought about it and finally chose three turns and one ring.
The Hua family is generous and will not take back the betrothal gift given to their daughter-in-law. Baozhen will feel a little better with the money in her hands.
The most important thing is that their family also gets the advantage. Two hundred yuan may be a lot, but it can't buy three turns and one ring. It will be easier for their grandson to find a wife when the time comes.
So the two families reached an agreement and agreed to welcome Zhou Baozhen into the family as soon as the old Hua family built a new house.
We asked the villagers for help and provided them with two meals, and the house was built in a grand manner.
Wan Qingliu waved her hand and went straight to find Hua Ziqiang. She provided the ingredients, gave Hua Ziqiang two dollars a day, and asked him to be responsible for cooking.
Hua Ziqiang was just looking to show off his cooking skills, and since there was money to be made, he patted his chest and agreed.
"Don't worry, Auntie! I'm not as good as a chef, but I can definitely make something delicious!"
As their relationship with the Hua family became closer and closer, his aunt was Wan Qingliu's daughter-in-law, so Hua Ziqiang and the others simply called Aunt Wan Qingliu "Grandma".
Wan Qingliu called Fang Zhaozhao over again: "Zhaozhao, are you willing to come and help? Auntie will give you fifty cents a day!"
Fang Zhaozhao's eyes lit up immediately. Fifty cents a day was thirty cents higher than Aunt Wu's house. She agreed immediately.
"Auntie Wan, how many days will it take to build this house?"
"It'll take at least a month or two. Just come every morning at six and help wash the vegetables. Don't worry about being late. Just ask Qingping to ride his bike and take you to school. Is that okay with you?"
Getting up early was certainly no problem for Fang Zhaozhao, so she nodded in agreement without hesitation.
She usually didn't get up much later than this, and even if she was late, she would be late with the teacher, who didn't care about her being late.
This is the current situation. If you want to study, you can study. If you don’t want to study, then forget it. The teacher just teaches the class and doesn’t care about anything else.
She can even ride on the teacher's bicycle!
After Hua Ziqiang knew about this, he fell into deep thought.
He asked his younger brother and sister, "Do you want a bicycle?"
Hua Xiangfan said, "I do want to, but bicycles are too expensive. Not only can we not buy one, but one isn't enough for us to ride. We might as well just walk together."
Hua Ziqiang smiled and said, "The rest is not for you to consider. I'm going to buy two bicycles. Do you want to ride them?"
Hua Zhengliu immediately said, "If we had two, my second brother and I could each take one, which would be much more convenient!"
Hua Ziqiang was not worried about Fang Guier. Widow Wu was rich, so he asked her to buy one for her daughter as well.
When Wu Muxiang heard Hua Ziqiang's plan, she patted her head and said, "Why didn't I think of that? Buy it! From now on, I'll let Guier ride a bicycle to school!"
Hua Ziqiang's brothers and sisters couldn't be allowed to ride, and her daughter was left behind. Although the two of them didn't communicate much, they were still allies after all, and each knew the other's biggest secrets.
Bicycle tickets are not easy to get, but doesn’t Dafang Village have a capable family?
Wan Qingliu had just spent so much money and was eager to get some money back. Wasn't this a blow to her heart?
She didn't say anything final: "I'll write and ask, but I can't guarantee I can get it."
"Thank you for your help!"
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