Wu Ni said that she would wait until she was sure that the man was someone she could entrust her life to before bringing him home to meet her parents. Before that, they should not cause trouble.
Having a partner is a good thing. Regardless of whether it works out or not, at least the relationship is moving forward.
The Lin family was going to build another house. Ma Dexiang and his wife discussed it with Sanni Qi Jinzhou and decided that they should rebuild their own house as well.
Although there were only three girls, Wu, Liu, and Qi, living in that large bunk room, with Ba Ni going to Shanghai for university and Jiu Ni living on campus in high school, the five of them only had to squeeze in during the winter and summer holidays, so it was generally quite livable.
But after all, the children are all grown up. Fifth and sixth Ni might get married in the next few years, and a new house would be nicer. Besides, the first three Ni, the second and fourth Ni, cannot spend the night at her parents' home with their husbands and children because there is no room at home.
We still have to build a new house.
Ma Dexiang had been in the position of village party secretary for so many years. When he was about to retire, he finally selected a large piece of land for his family to build a new house.
It's quite close to his mother-in-law's house, with only one house in between, so it will be more convenient to move around in the future.
Lin Yulan had saved a lot of money over the years, and if she took it all out, she would have no problem building a three-story villa with three rooms. However, Sanni and her husband didn't let her pay for it.
In order to compensate these children, Lin Yulan has given a lot of dowries and cash to the married children Da Ni, Er Ni and Si Ni in recent years. She has also saved separately for the remaining five children who are yet to be married.
Sanni knew that if she really asked Lin Yulan to pay this money, she would have to save money again when her sisters got married, or make up for it after they got married, which would be very tiring.
It would be better for her and Qi Jinzhou to pay for it. To put it bluntly, the house will belong to them in the future.
Chen Chunhua and Lin Guoqing even hired a designer, saying that since they were going to spend money to build a house, they should do it well. It would be best if it were a large villa like the ones rich people lived in in the city.
Her benchmark was the Western-style buildings built during the Republic of China period that they had seen in the city center when they went to Shanghai before. She was so envious of them at that time.
Ma Dexiang shamelessly came to the door and said, "Since you have already paid for the design, why don't we build the same one as you? The design fee can be shared by both families, and it will be cheaper."
Lin Guoqing said there was no problem, they looked exactly the same and pleasing to the eye.
Some other people who have some money but have not yet renovated their houses also think that a professionally designed house will definitely look better than one they did randomly.
So, Lin Guoqing, who originally thought that the design fee was a bit expensive, no longer felt bad about it. No matter how much money was, it would not be much more when divided by a dozen or so.
Lin Guoqing said his family was going to bury a sewage pipe and install a flush toilet later. The others thought, "Why don't we install one too? It's more cost-effective with more people." It all connected to the village septic tank anyway.
Chen Chunhua said that his family planned to tile the facade. After discussing it with others, they thought it was a bit expensive, so those who had money could join in, while those who didn't had no money could just forget about it.
Sihe Village suddenly became a large construction site, with steel bars, cement pipes and other materials being brought in by truckloads.
Lin Shuchao also took the opportunity to make a lot of money. After all, since his hardware store was opened by people from the same village, everyone would definitely take care of his business. He would also give appropriate discounts, so as to make small profits but quick turnover.
Originally, they wanted to build it slowly. Anyway, the two boys were not in a hurry to get married, and the old house site was far away from them, so it would not affect Lin Shuying's marriage in the fall.
But now it’s no longer possible. The whole village is full of scaffoldings and the roads are full of dust. You have to cover your nose when you walk around, which really affects the appearance of the village.
She felt that they had to build it faster, at least the overall frame of the house had to be built first, and the stones and sand on the roadside had to be cleared away to facilitate the entry and exit of cars.
The villagers also expressed their understanding. After all, they were planning to renovate the new house, so it would be better to move in as soon as it was completed.
For a while, bricklayers in the town, county, and even neighboring Su County became a scarce commodity. All those who could be hired by Sihe Village, big and small, were invited there. Those who still had work to do could make an appointment in advance.
After much hard work, the entire village project was finally completed before National Day. Chen Chunhua also packed up the things to prepare for her daughter's wedding.
Lin Shuying's wedding was at the end of October. She had to hold both the wedding ceremony and the marriage ceremony. Due to the distance, the process that was originally supposed to be completed in one day was divided into two days.
My sister is getting married, and as long as Lin Shugan is not on the battlefield, he will definitely ask for leave to come back, after all, his brothers have to carry the sedan chair.
On the day she got married, the road from the entrance of Sihe Village all the way to the door of Lin Guoqing's house was all red.
The sedan chair was lifted to the side of the car. Huang Xinli, wearing a suit, picked up Lin Shuying, who was wearing a white wedding dress, and put her into the car.
The car will drive directly to Shanghai, stay in a hotel at night, and then Huang Xinli's wedding car team will take them to their new home tomorrow morning to complete this traditional wedding reception activity.
Tonight, Chen Chunhua and Lin Guoqing cannot accompany Lin Shuying to Shanghai. Only the two brothers Lin Shugan and Lin Shuchao are there to see their uncle off, and Lin Shumei and Liu Ni are bridesmaids. The four of them will accompany Lin Shuying.
As the girl's parents, they had to host a banquet for everyone in the village as a wedding banquet for the girl.
Tomorrow morning, the remaining members of the Lin family will set off for Shanghai to attend the formal wedding banquet hosted by the man in the evening.
Marrying far away was a bit complicated. Lin Shumei and Liang Shengdi had been grumbling about this for several days.
Liang Shengdi advised Shumei not to marry so far away. Not only would it be troublesome to come back regularly, but getting married was also so tiring.
Lin Shumei also nodded repeatedly and said that she would definitely not run that far. She felt that the route taken by her elder and second cousins was good enough.
Of course, this is not the focus today.
Through the car window, Lin Shuying tightly held Chen Chunhua's hand, her eyes red, "Mom..."
Chen Chunhua was wearing a dark red festive dress today, but she was also crying. She wiped her tears and patted Lin Shuying's hand, saying,
"...You'll be an adult from now on. Live a good life with Xinli. Call home more often and tell Mom if anything happens..."
Lin Guoqing patted Huang Xinli's shoulder with a choked voice, "...Shuying is our eldest daughter, the most obedient and sensible one, but you can't bully her just because she is honest. If we find out..."
"Even if you run to the capital, my brother and I will rush over to avenge my sister!"
Lin Shuchao waved his fist and finished what his father hadn't finished saying.
Lin Shugan didn't say anything, but he stood by the car like a gun, staring directly at his brother-in-law, his expression self-evident.
Huang Xinli did not feel this was a threat, but nodded seriously and replied,
"I will never let Shuying suffer any injustice. If there is any, you don't have to chase me. I will lie on the ground and let you do whatever you want."
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