Ma Dani and Wang Yong have been married for almost three years, but they still don’t have a child. It’s not that they can’t, but that they dare not.
She didn't want her child to live in the same small, coffin-like room with them, so she and Wang Yong worked hard to save money. Their combined monthly income was around 60 or 70 yuan.
Wang Yong gave his half acre of land to his brother for farming. He didn't ask for rent, just to provide him with food. Dani got married after the land was divided, so the land belonged to the Ma family. She had to pay grain money to the Wang family for food.
The couple did not argue much with their family. They paid what they should and saved what they should save. Apart from food and drink, they were reluctant to spend a penny. They could save about 700 to 800 yuan a year. Together with what they had saved before marriage, they had nearly 2,000 yuan in miscellaneous money by this summer. So they went to apply for land in Xiahe Village.
The villagers didn't hesitate and pointed out which plots of land were suitable for building houses, their approximate size, and then gave them a lump sum of 1,000 yuan.
Wang Yong actually wanted to save more. After paying the 1,000 yuan, he would only have 1,000 yuan left, which was not enough to build a house. They bought the land, so were they going to lie down in the open air?
Ma Dani felt that even sleeping in a thatched hut on the ground would be much more comfortable than sleeping in a windowless coffin. At least the air from all directions belonged to them.
As for money, just keep earning and saving it. Anyway, as long as she sleeps in the Wang family's coffin, she won't have a child.
Wang Yong is 27 years old and still has no child, which is definitely old in the village. Although the Wang family would never force him to have children, he still wanted to be a father. He couldn't persuade his wife, so he paid the money and signed a contract for a piece of land.
The couple's only focus now is to make money and build a home for themselves.
Liang Shengdi: "...a sweater that costs 1.5 cents a piece, how long will it take her to save enough to build a house?"
Qi Ni continued scratching her head. "I don't know... It seems like they only signed and paid the money a few days ago. Third sister just mentioned it the night before yesterday. Fifth sister said she'd go see eldest sister after school tonight. We saved the money for looking after the chickens and ducks with her. She said after deducting our tuition, she could at least lend eldest sister and her family 4,000 yuan."
As she spoke, she looked at Liang Shengdi, her eyes full of curiosity, "Grandma, 4,000 should be enough to build a house, right?" That was 4,000 yuan! She felt that it was enough to buy her life.
Liang Shengdi rolled her eyes and said, "Bullshit!"
As she spoke, she had already reached the gate of the village primary school. She returned the grain bags in her hands to the children one by one, and then urged them to go in, "Now that you have paid your tuition, study hard. Don't go back to farming after you finish your studies! Have a good future!"
Then he turned around and left in a hurry.
Lin Shumei stood on tiptoe with the grain bag in her hand and watched her grandmother walk away before she breathed a sigh of relief. Qi Ni beside her felt her heart was about to jump out of her chest. She bit her lip and was still a little worried.
"Is this okay? I'm afraid grandma will go and argue with Daddy and Mommy..."
"We were going there to argue anyway. Otherwise, you could have just told your aunt and uncle no." Lin Shuchao slung the grain bag over his shoulder, like a wandering knight. "I heard my parents say the other day that building a house would cost at least ten thousand yuan. The four thousand you have would probably be enough to build the two rooms we live in now."
Lin Shumei nodded frantically, "That's right, we don't even have enough space right now. My dad is even asking your dad to help find land. He wants to build a bigger one so everyone can have their own room. My eldest cousin hasn't given birth to any nephews or nieces yet, and they'll need rooms when they do. Instead of building a bigger one later, why not build one now?"
Lin Shuchao strongly agreed with this, "Yes, yes, if Grandpa had built a bigger house, my second brother and I wouldn't have to live in a chicken coop now!"
Qi Ni: ...
She was talking about this with Lin Shumei yesterday when she was squatting at the farm, and she said what her third sister said - it is really not easy for them sisters. They rely on each other's help to study, to get married, and to build a house. Their parents are of no use at all.
Lin Shumei was quite puzzled. She asked Qini if they had told their parents about this.
Qi Ni shook her head. "No," she said. "My third sister said, 'A daughter who's married off is like water spilled out.' Her parents won't give her money, or rather, her grandmother won't allow it. This is different from the money for education and marriage. If they asked for money for their eldest sister, it wouldn't make sense to tell anyone about it."
Then don't ask them for money. Let adults handle adult matters. Find someone who can speak with them. Lin Shumei blinked, and today's scene happened.
It wasn't that she was using Liang Shengdi as a tool; it was mainly because the Lin family's children had followed Liang Shengdi around before going to school and were more familiar with their grandmother's fighting ability. Besides, Liang Shengdi was the only one who could speak on this matter, not even Lin Guoqing.
After leaving school, Liang Shengdi walked straight into the fields. When she reached the edge of the fields, she saw her useless daughter and the old woman from the Ma family. She stood there for three seconds, rolled her eyes ten times, then turned around and left.
It's no use looking for Lin Yulan about this matter. If she gets into a fight with old lady Ma in the field, it will have a bad impact. It's better to look for Ma Dexiang directly.
Liang Shengdi walked into the former production brigade office, which is now the village committee office, with a proud and confident look.
Ma Dexiang was talking with several other village cadres about the situation of their village's public grain submission after the summer harvest this year when he saw his mother-in-law standing at the door, staring at him with an unhappy face, her eyes not eyes and her nose not nose.
Ma Dexiang: ...
In a breath, he recalled the time when he was in school and flirted with a female classmate. God knows, he just flirted with her and didn't even touch her clothes. What mistake did he make that made his mother-in-law look like she wanted to eat him?
Could it be that Yulan is pregnant again? Impossible! Absolutely impossible! He's already had a vasectomy!
The other people also saw Liang Shengdi. They were all from the same village and knew each other's relationship well. They knew that Old Lady Liang would never visit without a reason. Plus, the expression on her face...
"Well, Secretary Ma, if everything is alright, we'll leave first."
"Ah? Oh, oh, okay, you guys go ahead and do your work, I've almost finished what I'm saying here..."
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After he sent the people away and turned to look at his mother-in-law, he saw Liang Shengdi sitting on the chair of his village party secretary with a look of anger on her face,
"Do you know that your eldest daughter's family is going to build a house?"
"Ah? Dani? The Wang family is going to build a house? Oh, they have too many people, so they have to rebuild it..."
"It's not the Wang family! It's Dani and Wang Yong!" Liang Shengdi raised her voice. "You're such an awesome father! Your daughter is married in the next village, like she was married off a million miles away. You don't know anything about anything! And you're still acting like a pumpkin village party secretary!"
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It's the end of the month, have you really not sent any money yet? V me for 50 cents, crowdfunding to build a house for Dani~
You can’t scold me after you’ve scolded Ma Dexiang~
Hehe (*^▽^*)
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