"What, sell the house?"
Can houses built on rural homestead land still be sold?
It's important to know that in later generations, homestead land belonged to the collective and was absolutely not allowed to be bought or sold.
But now that it's the 1980s, Fu Wan really doesn't know the specific regulations.
"According to the village chief, buying and selling is allowed, but the buyer must be one of our own villagers."
It's a perfectly good village where generations have lived together. If outsiders move in because of the sale of homesteads, it will be detrimental to the village's unity.
Fu Wan could understand what Fu Ming was saying after thinking about it.
However, she was also somewhat curious.
"His house is probably still made of mud clods, even if you buy it, you'll have to tear it down and rebuild it. Where is Fu Da Laizi planning to go after selling the house?"
Fu Ming shook his head at these questions.
"I don't know. Everyone's still talking about it. Big Laizi asked for 300 yuan for his house."
As for where she's going, according to Aunt Li, it seems she's planning to go out to work.
Go out to work?
Believe it or not, the South is indeed currently experiencing a money-making boom. As long as you are willing to work hard and take risks, you can really make a lot of money.
However, Fu Da Laizi probably doesn't possess either the qualities of being willing to endure hardship or take risks.
At most, they are willing to take risks.
Thinking about how this person dared to steal from her house after drinking too much horse urine, Fu Wan secretly shook her head.
While the two were talking, Boss Fu and Ye Xiaocui returned.
Seeing that the new house was already built, Old Man Fu went to ask Grandpa Fu and several other elderly people in the village to calculate an auspicious day for the housewarming party.
Ye Xiaocui wasn't idle either; she and Jiang Chunlan repaired the fishing nets from a few days ago.
Both sides were the village's intelligence centers, so both of them had heard about Fu Dalaizi selling his house.
After all, selling one's own house is probably a first, not only in Fujia Village, but also in the surrounding villages!
When Fu Ming saw Boss Fu and the others return, he went over with a gossipy look on his face.
"Dad, is Big Laizi's house really for sale?"
Boss Fu glanced at him. "What, you want to buy it?"
Fu Ming shook his head. "Who would buy that thing? It's not like I don't own a house."
His current house is two stories high and has a large yard. It is on par with Fu Wan's house and is the most envied house in the whole village.
Moreover, it wasn't an ordinary brick and tile house. Fu Wan specially found a plasterer and even asked him to buy some tiles in the city. It looked just like the small villas in the newspapers.
They're about to move into such a big house, how could Fu Ming possibly look down on Da Laizi's mud-brick house?
Seeing Fu Ming's expression, Ye Xiaocui knew perfectly well that this kid was just a gossip.
Since Fu Wan was also looking at them curiously, she told them everything she knew.
"I reckon Xiao Chuan's family will buy that house. They have a lot of kids, and once Xiao Chuan gets married, they won't have enough room for them."
But Xiao Chuan's parents felt the price was too high and wanted to negotiate with Da Laizi.
"Oh dear, it seems Big Laizi isn't planning on coming back!"
Although Big Laizi was a bit of a scoundrel, he was still the child I watched grow up.
Now he doesn't even want the house anymore, and everyone's saying that Big Laizi is planning to leave and never come back.
We should only listen to what other people are doing. The date that Boss Fu and the village elders have chosen is three days from now.
However, the next day, Fu Ming went out for a while and came back with another bombshell.
Fu Da Lai Zi's house was bought by Fu Shi!
However, it didn't cost 300 yuan; with Elder Fu mediating, it only cost 150 yuan!
Xiao Chuan's parents only wanted to spend one hundred, but Fu Da Lai Zi refused no matter what.
In the end, it was Fu Shi who got the bargain.
However, although the sales contract had been signed, Fu Dalaizi had one condition: the contract would only take effect three days after he left.
In his words, he still needs to stay for the next few days.
The gossip ended there, and soon the Fu family had no time to care about it anymore.
Fu Wan and Fu Ming held their housewarming parties at the same time, and many aunts and uncles from the village came to help.
The day before, Fu Laoda had asked Fu Dazhuang for half a pig, and Fu San had also prepared a lot of fish for them.
Some dishes had to be cooked in advance, and the night before the banquet, the villagers of Fujia Village were still dreaming of the taste of braised pork.
The next day, Fu Wan got up very early. She tied up Fu Ling and Qin Mingzhu's hair, and the two little girls looked even more lively against the backdrop of the red hair flowers.
Today, the housewarming feast is scheduled for noon. Early in the morning, the goddesses were busy, some borrowing tables and chairs, others washing and chopping vegetables, each doing their own job.
Ye Lin and Ye Jianguo arrived around 10 o'clock. Ye Jun couldn't come because he had to take care of the chicken farm, but he asked Ye Jianguo to bring a gift of money.
However, Fu Wan had no intention of accepting it at all.
"What? No gifts today?"
Village Chief Fu was quite surprised; he had even asked Accountant Liu to prepare the notebook.
Fu Wan nodded and said, "That's right, we won't accept any gifts today. We just want everyone to enjoy the meal!"
These words startled the old village chief, Fu, who then turned to look at Fu Laoda and Fu Ming.
"Don't look at me, what Awan means is what I mean."
Fu Wan had discussed this matter with her family beforehand, mainly because their banquet was quite good, with meat, vegetables, and white steamed buns.
If they were to accept money as gifts, some of the goddesses' uncles and elders, feeling embarrassed, might have to grit their teeth and take out most of their living expenses for half a month or even half a year.
This goes against the original intention of holding a banquet.
The point of hosting a housewarming party is to make everyone happy!
The fact that the Fu family refused to accept gifts immediately caused an uproar among the guests.
The ones I find most unacceptable are Ye Lin and Ye Jianguo.
Fu Wan gave a generous red envelope when her family held a banquet a while ago.
Just when he thought he had a chance to return it, Fu Wan refused to accept it. What was he going to do?
Li Chunhua thought for a while, then pulled Ye Lin aside.
“Ah Lin, your uncle’s family doesn’t accept gifts. Here’s what you do: when you go to the county, buy a few valuable appliances and send them to Ah Wan and the others.”
There's always a way to overcome difficulties. Ye Lin's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he gave Li Chunhua a thumbs up.
With a burst of firecrackers, the children ran around happily in and out of the yard. Just as the time was up and the village chief was about to call for the feast to begin, two jeeps suddenly drove up to the door.
"Wan, Ming, Gouwa! We have guests!"
Seeing this, Village Chief Fu hurriedly called out to Fu Wan and the others, and in that short time, the people in the car got off.
"Commander Sun, Leader Zhao, what brings you here?"
Sun Shaoping laughed heartily, "Haha, Comrade Xiao Fu is not very kind. He didn't even inform us about such a big event as hosting a banquet."
What, you're not welcoming us?
"Not at all, it's an honor to have Chief Sun and Leader Zhao here."
"Please come in, please come in!"
As Fu Wan greeted Fu Laoda, the village chief Fu Lao immediately cleared out the largest table in the main house.
As the villagers watched Sun Shao-ping and his group enter, many recognized Qin An-ning and Bai Qian-zhou behind them.
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