Chapter 163
They shouted to Jiang Ning and the others, "Big Daddy, your family is moving to a new house. Do you see that big villa-like house down there? It's the big house that your eldest son built for your youngest son!"
The Jiang family's house is located in the lowest farmland in the village, with a yard outside. Although it is located in a low-lying area, the house is not even half an inch shorter than their houses built on high ground with platforms. On the contrary, it is different from all the buildings in the village. The walls covered with small red tiles look particularly exquisite.
When we were helping Jiang's parents move furniture today, they came to visit. Wow, everyone else's floor was cement, but the floor of the big guy's house, from upstairs to downstairs, from the ground to the wall, was all covered with big white tiles. It was bright~
Although they think building such a big house is useless, it does not stop them from being envious.
At noon, the old carpenter from the next village had already pulled over three brand new large wooden beds on a tractor, along with a square table, four benches and two bamboo chairs.
The old carpenter's home is in the mountains, and the most indispensable thing is wood. Not only he is a carpenter, but his two sons are also carpenters. His daughter married in the countryside and opened a furniture shop in the countryside. However, there are always many finished furniture in their house in the mountains all year round. Young people from all over the country who build new houses or get married come to him to buy the furniture they need, because it is cheaper than buying it in the countryside, because they are all fellow villagers and they all ask for the actual price.
Because they live next to a river, there is heavy moisture and humid air, so they all have loft beds. The headboards are polished and smooth, and coated with waterproof varnish. New wooden beds are placed in the three rooms. The sun has been shining these two days, and it has rarely rained, so Jiang's mother has hung out all the quilts from her hometown to dry in the sun.
The quilts were all old cotton quilts. When Jiang's father took them out, he said, "These are all old quilts. We'll just use them for one year. Next year, we'll ask my sister-in-law to help us keep an eye on them and collect some cotton so that we can make new quilts and bedding."
Now that their lives were better and they had more money, Jiang's mother was not as stingy as before and agreed with Jiang's father's suggestion to make a new quilt.
This time they went to the wholesale market in Shenzhen and bought five new sheets and several pieces of clothes. Their children have grown up and will be able to get married in two years. If they continue to wear shabby clothes like in the past, people will look down on them.
Especially for girls, if they dress too poorly, people will give them less dowry.
Moreover, her daughter has now been admitted to Beijing University, and will be a member of the government's support system in the future. Even though Jiang's mother is tough in words, she is soft in actions. This time when she went to the wholesale market, she bought a new cotton-padded jacket and a new sweater for her daughter, as well as Jiang Bai. Jiang Bai also bought a pair of new shoes compared to Jiang Ning.
Now the family has an enviable big house. When the villagers see them, they praise the couple for their abilities. They said that they had such a difficult time back then, but they managed to get through it and built such a magnificent house. Who wouldn't say that they are so capable and amazing?
She had bad luck in her early years, but now there are two college students in the family, who are even more promising. Mother Jiang is praised by them, and she smiles more often. She is also willing to interact with the villagers and relatives.
A few days before returning to her hometown, Jiang's mother was in Shenzhen. She had her thick black hair curled, and wore a brown coat and thick-heeled leather shoes, as if she had returned to her youth, when a family with a daughter was sought after by hundreds of families.
However, she cherished her new clothes and leather shoes very much. Except when she wore them when going out, she kept them neatly folded and placed them in the closet. She also polished her leather shoes with a shoe brush and shoe polish until they were shiny. When she worked at home, she still wore a worn-out coat and apron.
Hearing the villagers' noisy shouts, Mother Jiang wiped her hands on her apron, walked out, and saw her youngest son and daughter. She was dazed for a moment. Not to mention that the villagers didn't dare to recognize them, even she, if she hadn't seen Grandpa Jiang being supported by them, how could she dare to recognize them?
She walked down the steps from the corridor with a smile on her face, took the bags from Jiang Bai and Jiang Ning, and said repeatedly: "Come in, come in, it's so cold, come in and warm yourself by the fire."
Jiang Ning didn't let Jiang Ma carry the bag, and Jiang Bai didn't either. It wasn't because he was on guard against Jiang Ma, but because he was already so old, and he had seen how hard Jiang Ma had worked in the past few years. How could he not feel sorry for Jiang Ma? He smiled and said to Jiang Ma's curly hair, "Mom, you've become fashionable."
Mother Jiang stroked her curly hair with a smile, her mood getting better and better, and she led the three people into the house.
A group of people followed behind and came to the Jiang family to visit the big house. As they visited, they exclaimed in admiration, praising Jiang's mother and husband for their capabilities and their promising children.
The Jiang family's house has changed a lot now. It was empty last night. In the morning, the old carpenter sent new tables, chairs and benches and put them in place. Now when guests come, they have places to sit.
Mother Jiang eagerly led the three people in, first leading them into Grandpa Jiang's room, and said, "This is your grandfather's room. There is also your room upstairs. I will take you upstairs."
When they entered Grandpa Jiang's room, they remembered that they had forgotten to buy a bed for Grandpa Jiang's room. Jiang's mother said, "We just came back last night, and the house is a mess. We are still cleaning it up. Baizi, you can squeeze in with your grandpa tonight."
Although it was said to be crowded, it was not crowded at all. For the three children, except for Jiang Ning's bed which was 1.5 meters long, Jiang Bai and Jiang Song both had beds of 1.8 meters long, considering that they would get married and have children in the future.
The room was just big enough that after putting down the 1.8-meter-long bed, there was still plenty of empty space. There were large sliding glass windows on both sides, providing excellent lighting.
Jiang Bai and Grandpa Jiang did not expect that the house in their hometown was so good. Even though Grandpa Jiang's room was empty and there was no bed, there was a look of pride on his face.
House is the confidence of rural people.
Grandpa Jiang was very happy to see that his youngest son's family also had such a grand big house.
He followed Jiang Ma to Jiang Ning's room again.
Jiang Ning's room now only has one bed, because there are two large glass windows on the far right. When you open the door, you will see a corridor where you can dry things, and the light is excellent.
Seeing Jiang Ning's room and the brand new big bed in the room, Grandpa Jiang put his hands behind his back, the smile on his face couldn't be more satisfied.
After seeing Jiang Ning's room, the other people who came to watch the fun also praised her, "The big guy is indeed the one who loves his daughter the most in our village. Not only did he pay for his children to go to college, but he also gave his daughter such a nice room!"
They were sincere in their compliments.
Although many families in the village have built houses, the rooms reserved for daughters are usually the ones with the worst lighting and the worst location in the house, because daughters will get married sooner or later, and the best rooms in the house are all for themselves, with one for each of their sons. Where are the rooms for daughters?
It's Jiang Qinqin. Jiang Qinqin also slept in the same room with her parents. Now that she has grown up, they just put a curtain at the back to separate them.
Pianist Jiang was one of the first few families in the village to build a building. However, the buildings of that era were generally not as big as they are today. There were three rooms on the first floor and the main hall, and two rooms upstairs.
When Jiang Qinqin was a child, she still had her own room, but she was only two or three years older than her nephews and nieces. When she grew up, her nephews and nieces grew up too, so the two rooms upstairs were given to them. She had been used to living with her parents since she was a child, and had lived like this ever since. She had a close relationship with her parents, and didn't think there was anything wrong with living in the same room with them. On the contrary, from childhood to adulthood, her mother liked to lock up any delicious food or drink in the room and feed it quietly to only her.
Jiang Ning's room is definitely the best among all the girls in Jiangjia Village.
Everyone sighed that the big guy's family really loved Jiang Ning, and said to Jiang Ning: "Your parents love you so much, you must be filial to them in the future!"
"Look, is there any family in the village that treats girls as well as your parents do?"
"Big guys really have nothing to say about their daughters."
Jiang's mother was also very proud. She said to Jiang Ning, "This is the new bed your father ordered for you early in the morning. It's the same as your two brothers'. In my opinion, you can just sleep on the old bed in the old house. It doesn't matter whether it's new or old. You will go to school in a few days and you won't sleep on it many times a year. But your father was stubborn and insisted on making the same new bed for you three siblings." She pressed on the bed board and said to Jiang Ning, "Look, your father personally went to the old carpenter's house to pick them all for you."
After hearing what Jiang's mother said, everyone started praising Jiang's father for being so good to Jiang Ning.
Jiang Ning watched as Jiang's mother unconsciously played the good cop and the bad cop role with Jiang's father, and she just smiled quietly and watched them talk without saying a word.
Mother Jiang took them on a tour upstairs again, mainly to show off the size of the Jiang family's home, which was all covered in tiles and was luxurious!
The bathroom in the middle of the upstairs floor has nothing in it and cannot be used at the moment. If you want to use the toilet, you have to run to the public dry toilet at the back of the brigade headquarters.
Dad Jiang said he wanted to buy a solar water heater so that he could just use solar energy for bathing and it would save money.
It wasn't until the excitement died down and Jiang's mother sent away the onlookers that she called out to Jiang Ning from the stairs: "Ning Ning, come down for a moment!"
Jiang Ning was still sitting upstairs, looking at the snow-covered mountains not far away, feeling the rare sunshine in winter.
Jiang's mother called out several times but to no avail. Jiang Bo put down his bag and quickly went downstairs. When Jiang Bo asked Jiang's mother what was wrong, Jiang's mother handed him a broom and a homemade mop made of torn clothes and said, "There are footprints everywhere. Go clean upstairs and downstairs, and then mop it again." She then shouted loudly, "Ning Ning! Ning Ning!"
Jiang Bai took the broom and mop from Jiang Ma and went upstairs quickly: "I'll go."
Jiang Ma said, "Call your sister to help. If your sister doesn't clean, ask her to come down and help me roll the meatballs."
Jiang Bai took the broom and went upstairs in two steps. He quickly cleaned the whole floor, inside and outside, and then mopped the house carefully.
Jiang Ning just looked at her indifferently, as if this home was not her home and she was not a part of this family.
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