After Uncle Ye came back, Grandma Ye began to think about his major life events.
She sent her son to the army very early, and in the blink of an eye, so many years have passed. She is now an adult, but there is no sign of her wife.
Grandma Ye held Uncle Ye's hand with a heartache, "Look, Shuiya is already married, and you are her uncle, but you still don't have a wife."
"I'm sorry for your father..."
His sister-in-law's eyes were also flickering, as if tears were about to fall.
Ye Zhongjian is only 24 years old this year, only seven years older than his niece. When he was a child, Ye's mother acted as both his sister-in-law and his mother, watching him grow up.
Ye Zhongjian is more like Ye Qingshui’s brother than his uncle.
He carried his niece on his back and taught her how to fight crickets and weave katydids when she was young. At that time, the family was poor and it was a difficult time, but Uncle Ye used his own efforts to make Ye Qingshui grow up happily. Although she lacked a father, her personality did not become twisted and dark in the future.
Every year, when Uncle Ye was asked about the most important things in his life, he would be as shy as a young boy with his head covered with bleach. He would just smile and say nothing.
But at this moment, he was afraid that he would not be able to do it in time, and seemed to be running away in fear.
Grandma Ye patted his arm and said, "Okay, mom knows!"
"Just wait for me."
Ye Zhongjian is already 24 years old, which is considered an older young man in the village. Other rural men are 20 years old and their children can go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy soy sauce. Ye Zhongjian was a soldier before, so it is understandable that he is busy. But now that he has retired, it is unreasonable not to talk about marriage.
After Uncle Ye was "urged to get married", he glanced at his niece who was sitting idly by the side and glared at her in anger.
Ye Qingshui looked at him with innocent eyes.
It’s not her fault that she got married before her uncle. It’s just that he was too slow.
A week later, when Ye Qingshui came back from farm work, she heard the old lady's angry voice:
"I think the Du family in Shilitun is just robbing people. They agreed to a 100-yuan betrothal gift at the beginning. When our second son retired and came back, they immediately raised the betrothal gift to 300 yuan, and even asked for a new house. Isn't this obviously looking down on people? Our Ye family can't afford a daughter-in-law like this..."
A-niang sighed and said, "But Erwa likes her."
At this time, my uncle's voice came. He seemed to have thought it over carefully and spoke slowly: "Sister-in-law, it's not a big deal... My legs are useless, I'm a cripple, I won't hinder others."
Even with such a resolute voice, the man couldn't help but reveal a hint of frustration, and his voice was hoarse and unbearable.
A'niang said in embarrassment: "Erwa, please don't say such things. We can still get together three hundred yuan. But this new house..."
After listening for a while, Ye Qingshui's eyes couldn't help but get hot.
"Xiao He", isn't this her aunt's nickname? It turns out they have been discussing marriage so early...
In his previous life, my uncle got married very late. He was in his 30s before he reluctantly got married. By the time he had a child, he was already 40. But my uncle at that time was completely different from now.
In the 1980s, the market economy was fully open. My uncle was smart and traveled all over the country to do business and make money. He became the first millionaire in the village. From then on, his business became more and more prosperous. Although he was old, a group of beautiful girls were willing to marry him. But he later married Aunt Xiaohe, who was married for the second time.
When Ye Qingshui left Yejia Village, Aunt Xiaohe gave her thirty yuan with tears in her eyes. Ye Qingshui thought that Aunt Xiaohe lent her the money out of pity for her misfortune. She never expected that there was a layer of fate between them, that of her uncle.
Ye Qingshui clenched his fists upon hearing this.
In her previous life, when she didn't know, her uncle secretly gave up his beloved.
In this life, she must not let him miss it. Aunt Xiaohe's first marriage was not very happy. Her husband was a violent man who loved to drink and had no future. He only liked to beat his wife. It was not until the man got drunk and walked at night and fell into the river and drowned that Aunt Xiaohe jumped out of the fire pit.
Xie Tingyu came at some point and found Ye Qingshui biting her lips tightly. He grabbed her hand, spread out her thumb, and gently touched the deep crescent mark on the palm of her hand with his fingertips.
"Doesn't it hurt?"
Xie Tingyu asked with a frown, feeling a little distressed.
Grandma Ye's angry curses came out clearly from the room and fell into the ears of the two people: "Which family wants to build a new house when getting a daughter-in-law? The Du family just can't stand the fact that Shui Ya lives at home after getting married, so they deliberately give advice to slander her."
Ye Ma said, "It's not Xiao He's fault. I heard that the Du family might be counting on her to exchange for a large dowry so that the two older brothers can get married. The Du family's mother only wanted to reject our family. This has nothing to do with Shui Ya."
Xie Tingyu took Ye Qingshui's hand and walked into Grandma Ye's room. He looked around and saw different emotions on everyone's face.
Grandma Ye's face was filled with indignation. At such an old age, she was still worrying about her son's dowry. The wrinkles on her face were deep and she looked very embarrassed.
Ye A Niang frowned, looking worried. She obviously knew something about the inside story.
Only Uncle Ye had a calm expression on his face, but as a man, he only understood men. Xie Tingyu could see the suppressed resentment in his calm eyes.
Xie Tingyu couldn't help much with other things, but for problems that could be solved with money, he could still do his best.
Xie Tingyu pondered for a moment and said to the three elders: "Originally, Shuiya and I should have built a new house when we got married. If we have a baby, the old house will not be big enough. How about this... We can pay some money and build a new house with my uncle. The house can be built in one winter."
Ye Qingshui was surprised when he heard this.
Building a house is not a trivial matter; it is something that a generation dreams of.
The old house of the Ye family was built with the salary earned by her grandfather. At that time, building a house was free, and wood from the mountains could be cut at will. Grandpa used to be a brick and tile craftsman, with skills and able to burn bricks by himself. Building a house cost nothing except some effort. Now, cutting wood in the mountains is considered cutting off the tail of socialism, and burning kilns without a license to make bricks and tiles is considered speculation.
Who dares to do it?
She quickly did the math in her head. Just buying bricks, tiles and wood would cost at least five hundred yuan, which was a lot of money.
Although Ye Qingshui knew that Xie Tingyu's family was rich, he couldn't stand him wasting money like this.
They are getting divorced next year, and he has always wanted to leave this mountain valley. He may not live here for long. This money is like throwing it into the water.
Ye Qingshui grabbed his hand and winked at him vigorously.
Xie Tingyu gently held Ye Qingshui's hand as if to comfort her, "It's settled. I'll have someone come tomorrow to see where to lay the foundation. Once the housing site application is approved, we can build the house."
Uncle Ye was shocked by the nephew's husband's decisive tone.
He couldn't help but look at this tall northern man. Today, his niece's husband changed into a cotton shirt, and he looked quite decent, gentle and elegant, just like a young man in the city.
Although he is young, he has a big voice.
Uncle Ye thought for a moment and said, "Don't worry about this matter, young couple."
Grandma Ye and Mother Ye were also quite surprised. Grandma shook her head and said nothing, but Mother Ye's face couldn't help but turn red again.
Ye Ma thought: It’s okay for them to rely on their son-in-law for food and clothing, but he even has to build the house for them. If this gets out, their spines will probably be broken by the villagers.
Ye Qingshui took the opportunity to pull Xie Tingyu back into the house, and she counted out four hundred and fifty yuan from her cabinet.
"Don't say that again. It scared my mother. This is the money I got from the government as a reward for water-finding. I didn't spend a cent of it. I used it to build a house. Here you go..."
Xie Tingyu couldn't help but put his palm on her head. The soft and smooth touch was so comfortable.
He shook his head and said with a smile: "It would be meaningful if you save this money. You can't spend it carelessly like this."
Xie Tingyu paused for a moment and said with a smile: "Shui Ya, have you forgotten that our Xie family owed you a betrothal gift when you got married?"
"This money is enough to build a big house."
Xie Tingyu took out a remittance notice and held it in front of Ye Qingshui. The blue capital letters on it made people dizzy.
Eight hundred yuan.
Xie Tingyu said: "In our capital, the price for marrying a wife is about the same. You should keep the money and spend it."
He seemed to remember Ye Qingshui's previous rejections, and said coldly: "Don't refuse this time."
"If you refuse, I'll go talk to Grandma about your idea."
Ye Qingshui choked, and finally the two people agreed to each contribute half of the money to build the house.
Building a house is not just for his uncle's wedding, Ye Qingshui also needs to build a new house.
The room they were living in now originally belonged to her younger uncle. The room her younger uncle was living in now was her old room, which was small and shabby, and was not suitable for marrying a new daughter-in-law.
Ye Qingshui wanted to build a large and bright woodshed. After the new house was built, he would not have to cook in secret in the middle of the night.
"When the time comes, we'll build a bigger room and get a bed for you to sleep on." Ye Qingshui said.
Xie Tingyu couldn't help but sneer. What he needed was a bed?
He pinched Ye Qingshui's face without saying anything.
…
When Mother Ye, Grandma Ye, and Uncle Ye found out that Xie Tingyu and his wife were really planning to spend money to build a house, they were so shocked that they couldn't sit still.
Especially Uncle Ye.
In his impression, the Ye family was so poor that they could barely make ends meet, and he was the only breadwinner in the family. After retiring from the army, he no longer had a generous salary every month, so he had to be more frugal in the future.
This house worth five or six hundred dollars was an astronomical figure for him, enough to make him give up what he loved.
Unexpectedly, it was my niece's husband who generously contributed half of the money without blinking an eye. My niece also contributed her own bonus.
Uncle Ye, a mature man in his twenties, was so moved for the first time that his eyes reddened and he was speechless when he saw the pile of banknotes on the table that was as thick as a mountain.
He paused for a moment before saying, "Xiao Xie, Shui Ya, consider this money as a loan from you."
Five hundred yuan is not a sum that can be easily spent these days. Uncle Ye did not expect that this lazy nephew-in-law at home was actually quite rich.
Xie Tingyu was bathed in Uncle Ye's surprised gaze and couldn't help but look away.
The next day, Xie Tingyu applied to the brigade’s Party Committee secretary for a residential plot, which was located right next to the Ye family’s old house. The application was quickly approved.
He spent money to order bricks, tiles, and sand from a nearby brick factory, purchased wood, and recruited laborers with whom he had good relations to build the house.
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Pingshengjun: I was wrong, tyrant
Do you have any leg pendants for me?
Brother Yu: No
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