Seeing her son dressed so elegantly and saying he had made a fortune, Liu Caijuan immediately became alert and frowned as she subconsciously asked:
"You haven't been doing anything bad, have you? You've only been working on the construction site for a few months, and you're just an apprentice. How can you make a fortune other than stealing and robbing?"
"Mom, don't worry, your son will never do such a thing in this life, nor in the next."
Zhou Yuan laughed and went into the house carrying his suitcase.
Then he changed into his suit shoes, put on a jacket, and ordinary military rubber shoes, and took out the gifts he had bought for his parents and sister from the box and said:
"Mom, Dad! My little sister hasn't had her holiday yet?"
"Your dad should be out for a walk and hasn't come back yet. Your sister is already in the third grade of junior high school and lives in the school dormitory.
You said you just came back, why did you buy so many things? It's just a waste of money."
Liu Caijuan said so, but she took the things from her son's hand with satisfaction. They were tangerine peel and persimmon cakes that were very popular at that time.
Tangerine peel has medicinal value and is effective in treating coughs. Zhou Yuan bought tangerine peel for his mother, persimmon cakes for his father, and White Rabbit milk candy for his sister, her favorite.
But it was the standard configuration back then.
Liu Caijuan glanced at her son with something in her hand, and then said as if she remembered something:
"Son, you're back just in time. The two pigs at home have grown fat. I was planning to sell them and then borrow some money to replace our three thatched huts with tiled houses. What do you think?
You see, many people in the village have moved into tiled houses.”
"Okay, changing to a tiled house is certainly a good thing." Zhou Yuan had originally intended this.
After all, a thatched hut is too shabby to live in, and you have to hire someone to repair the toilet every year, otherwise it will leak.
But it is different with tiled houses. If there is a leak, you can go up and fix it yourself. It is much more convenient and comfortable to live in.
"Yeah, son, why are you back?"
Zhou Yuan was talking to his mother when his father Zhou Dashu came back from outside.
Zhou Dashu was an honest man with little education. Apart from farm work, he had not learned any other skills. So before Zhou Yuan went out to study and earn money, his family lived a miserable life.
Fortunately, my mother was relatively educated. After the household contract responsibility system was implemented, she learned to grow and sell vegetables. With the meager income from selling vegetables, she supported Zhou Yuan until he graduated from high school and his younger sister went to elementary and junior high school.
"Dad, I'm back. I'm here to take you and Mom to the city's compound for a thorough checkup. If there's any problem, we should treat it as soon as possible. Don't delay."
Next, Zhou Yuan told his family about his recent situation.
He didn't dare say that he already had more than 20,000 yuan, but just said that he had recently helped others with some things and earned a few thousand yuan, so he had enough money to let his parents go to the city for medical treatment and replace the thatched house at home with a tiled house.
In the 1980s, living in a spacious tiled house with walls painted snow-white was the ultimate dream of people in the countryside.
At that time, rural people never thought about building any buildings, let alone using natural gas, buying cars, and living in small villas.
Of course Zhou Yuan knew that he was a reborn person, but he couldn't say it because others would not believe him at all and might even think he was crazy and talking nonsense.
At that time, the best tiled house in the village was the village chief's house, which had five large tiled houses in a row.
It is spacious and bright, with clean windows and walls painted snow-white with lime. From a distance, the white is dazzling, making people envious and jealous.
This time Zhou Yuan wants to build a few houses like that.
Although he could build a better structure with the money he had, even a brick and wood structure, he didn't want to be so advanced.
Because he suddenly made it so luxurious, it would give people an illusion, even his mother would think that his money was obtained illegally.
Not to mention others.
The social atmosphere in rural areas means that nothing can be too advanced. The social environment at that time was not like it is now.
There is a saying that people are afraid of being famous just as pigs are afraid of being fat.
Nowadays, people prefer to be as famous as possible. Being famous means having people paying attention, traffic, and the ability to monetize.
Being famous back then meant the possibility of being bullied and being the focus of attention from local thugs and low-lifes.
That was an era when the legal system was not very sound. In corners where the sun didn't shine, some things that cannot be talked about now were growing, and they became pests to social progress.
He is also the bad apple that spoils the whole pot of soup. He fights for no reason, steals things, and does other things that cause people a lot of trouble.
Because rural people are not united and these people often have strong backgrounds, ordinary people cannot afford to offend them and can only be angry but not speak out.
This further encouraged the arrogance of these people. In the last century, when I was a child, I personally experienced local thugs running directly to the homes of rich people and asking for money, threatening to burn their houses if they didn't pay.
Rich people are afraid of trouble. Based on the principle of keeping things peaceful and giving away money to avoid disaster, they quickly give some money to the local gangsters and become brothers with them.
It was normal to burn incense to them and invite them to dinner in those days.
Therefore, Zhou Yuan, who had experienced rebirth, understood the ins and outs of it very well. Before his wings were fully grown, keeping a low profile and calm was the only way out.
Don't get too ahead of yourself, avoid getting into trouble, and you'll naturally have fewer problems.
Although he is not afraid of trouble, he believes that it is better to keep a low profile because it is better to do less trouble than more.
Zhou Dashu meant this even more. When he heard that his son had earned several thousand yuan in one go, he said fearfully:
"Son, just say it at home, but don't ever brag about your wealth outside. Don't show off your wealth. Do you understand?"
"I understand, of course I understand. How could I possibly tell you that outside? Besides, this little money is nothing. It's far from the goal we set."
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