Chapter 265 Quick-Acting Heart-Saving Pills
After the father and daughter returned home, they told Gu Xuelan about the situation.
Gu Xuelan was a little disappointed after hearing this.
What Liu Wangxue couldn't bear the most was seeing her parents' disappointed expressions: "I think Tao Huayu's suggestion is very good. Why don't we mark out a part of the vegetable garden and build a two-story building in one go."
She winked at Liu Nanshan as she spoke: "Dad, what do you think?"
Liu Nanshan didn't respond at all and just thought in silence.
Liu Wangxue continued, "The vegetable plot is so big, we can't eat all the vegetables we grow."
The vegetables in the fields began to ripen one after another. Their family of three - four if Xu Qingsong was included - no, Liu Wangxue was not often at home until the end of the year - in short, no matter how much they ate, it seemed like they could never finish it.
In the morning, Gu Xuelan said that she wanted to send it to her aunt and uncle's house. The vegetables grown at home are healthy, green and pollution-free, and they had been thinking about it for a long time.
Even if I send some of it, I won’t be able to finish it. It’s not worth selling it. I’ll just give it away. Every family in the village has it.
So Liu Wangxue thought that it would be possible to set aside a part of the land for building a house.
She said: "There is just three or four meters of space between the wall of the sun room and the edge of the field outside. When the yard was expanded, there was an extra corner on the sun room side. The new house is built next to the current bungalow, which can fill in the corner and make full use of the space."
Gu Xuelan followed her thoughts and thought: "But that won't look good. Our side is connected and symmetrical with Qingsong's side. Once this small building is built, it will be too abrupt and not beautiful."
As soon as Liu Wangxue heard this, she knew her mother didn't understand what she meant. She took a pen and paper and said as she drew, "The new building is not independent. We have enough space in the yard now. The door on the second floor faces the yard. From a distance, it looks like a whole."
(In order to avoid unclear expression, I drew a floor plan, which is crudely made and has problems with proportions. It's probably like this, so just take a look at it~)
Liu Nanshan also moved a little to watch her paint: "But if this is the case, your sun room and grape trellis will be in the way."
"It's not a problem. At most, it will be inconvenient during construction." Liu Wangxue thought for a moment and said, "Let's tear down this wall first. When the foundation is laid and we start building the sunroom, we can just use the wall of the small building and connect it with some materials."
"But what about the window in that room?" Gu Xuelan didn't like the room to be too dark.
"Open the other two sides," Liu Wangxue said, "Our courtyard faces south. If we open the windows on the west wall, there will be sunlight from afternoon to evening."
Gu Xuelan pointed to the location of the grape trellis on the map and said, "The grape trees can continue to be planted here. The trellis may have to be dismantled during the construction, and then re-erected after the house is built. It will be just right as a cool place in front of the door."
Liu Wangxue nodded and said with a smile, "Yes, when the grapes are ripe, we can just reach out and pick them from the second-floor window."
Gu Xuelan said: "I think it's okay. This plan is feasible."
Only Liu Nanshan seemed a little worried, staring at his phone with a frown on his face.
"Dad, what are you looking at?" Liu Wangxue asked.
Seeing the two of them discussing enthusiastically, Liu Nanshan knew that the house would definitely be built. What else could he do? Of course, he would check how much it would cost to build a two-story house in the countryside.
He also knew that prices were skyrocketing due to inflation, but the money spent on building the house was still beyond his expectations.
Liu Nanshan held his phone and asked the mother and daughter in a negotiating tone: "Do we have to build this house? And a two-story one?"
Gu Xuelan asked: "What do you think?"
Liu Nanshan said, "Look, this place is big enough for us to live in now, right? It's just that the storage space may be a little small. How about I ask someone to build a few more cabinets for storage? Why don't we build a second floor over there? Build a first floor, which is equivalent to two side rooms. When her aunt and uncle come over in the future, they will have a place to live."
Liu Wangxue looked at her mother, then at her father, and asked carefully: "Dad, do you have any concerns?"
Liu Nanshan coughed. He didn't want to spoil the fun, but the facts were there. Not to mention that there was a house in his hometown, could his daughter really live in this small town and village for the rest of her life? If she met the right person, got married and had children, even if the man was willing to come, she would have to go back to the city for the children's education and medical care.
There is another most important reason. He said, "Well, it's true. Our family used to be a well-off family. Later, several elderly people passed away one after another. You know, we were lucky to have your 200,000 yuan. Otherwise, we might not have recovered all of a sudden. Later, your mother and I saved some money, but building a house costs 400,000, 500,000, 700,000, or 800,000 yuan. Our family..."
"Dad," Liu Wangxue reached out to him for his phone, "I see you were just looking at this."
She took it and looked at it, and found that it was full of questions and answers about the total price of self-built houses in rural areas. It was just a simple two-story building, but there were people below saying that it would cost one million.
Liu Wangxue complained: "One million is not enough to build a villa."
She handed the phone to Gu Xuelan and said, "No picture, no truth. Dad, why do you believe this? Mom and I want to build the simplest, most plain house without any unnecessary decorations. Two rooms on the first floor and two rooms on the second floor. Just build it up with bricks and it will be livable."
Gu Xuelan returned the phone to Liu Nanshan: "That's right, we won't do anything fancy, it won't cost much."
Liu Nanshan took the phone, touched the screen and swiped down. The lowest price so far appeared. He pointed it and showed it to the mother and daughter: "Hey, this is low enough, it's still two hundred thousand. It's not that our family doesn't have this money at the moment, but if we spend it, it will be all gone, and we will have to live in poverty for a while."
Liu Wangxue blinked: "Mom, you haven't told Dad yet?"
Gu Xuelan took two seconds to react and clapped her hands: "Oops, I forgot!"
"What? Is there anything else you haven't told me?" Liu Nanshan felt uncomfortable when he heard this, as if he was no longer a part of this family.
Gu Xuelan took her phone, opened the bank app, logged in, clicked on "My Assets", and handed it to Liu Nanshan: "Look."
Liu Nanshan lowered his eyes and looked up suddenly: "How much?!"
Gu Xuelan handed him the phone: "Count it yourself."
Liu Nanshan stared at the string of numbers carefully, counted them carefully, and looked up at the mother and daughter with a dazed look: "Could it be that the bank got the decimal point wrong? No, let me count it again..."
He counted to the millionth place, and suddenly fell backwards, holding his chest: "Daughter, come on, bring the quick-acting heart pills to daddy--"
Gu Xuelan took back her phone and patted him: "Stop pretending."
Liu Nanshan sat up straight, then he remembered whether he should ask about the origin of the money: "No, how did you suddenly have so much money? Did you win the lottery?"
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