An hour later, my uncle Li Hongjiang and cousin Li Yuhe also arrived at Jiang's house.
This time, when Jiang Mengxue heard the sound, she did not go out of the yard, but waited at the door of the main hall, afraid of making another fool of herself.
Even though Li Hongjiang is already in his forties, he is still tall and thin, with a gentle appearance. If it weren't for his dark skin, he wouldn't look like a country farmer at all.
As soon as he entered the door, he asked about his niece's marriage. "How is Xiaoxue? I heard she's a doctor now. Big brother and sister-in-law are so lucky."
"No, just to make a living. I just studied better in school. Hong Jiang, please come in and sit down first. Your eldest brother will be back soon." Jiang's mother led people to the main room and asked people to go find Jiang's father and brothers.
"Uncle, cousin, come to the main room for tea." Jiang Mengxue came forward to greet him.
"Okay, okay, Xiaoxue has really changed a lot since she grew up. She's become more and more beautiful. I haven't seen Dongmei for several years. Didn't Chen Hua come?"
"Uncle, Chen Hua is probably out with my eldest brother and the others. He should be back soon."
"Don't be so polite. I'll take you and He Zi over there later. Don't let my eldest brother and the others go with us, so that no one can see anything."
Li Hongjiang felt a little embarrassed that they were here to take care of other things while taking care of his niece's wedding.
"Aunt, uncle, and cousin, you should go now while it's still light and you can see clearly. Just take a stroll around the village. It won't be too late to get together with my dad and the others when they come back in the evening."
A few people nodded. If it was any later, it would be dark and it would be useless to watch then.
"Then let's go for a walk first, cousins. We'll be back soon. Please tell your uncle and the others when they come back."
As for why Li Hongjiang agreed to come here as soon as his wife asked him to, it was actually very simple. They didn't have any sense of belonging to the Fengshou Brigade.
When his family fled for their lives during a war in his hometown, his parents died on the way. He and his brother could only find a nearby place to settle down. When they could no longer hold on, they arrived at the Harvest Brigade.
They used the money they had sewn into their pants to buy an unoccupied thatched hut, and later, through the efforts of the two of them, they built several mud brick houses.
Li Hongjiangshi met Jiang Damei who was going to the market when he was doing odd jobs in the town, and later they got married.
For so many years, I just wanted to live a stable life, but after so many years, I have seen clearly what the Harvest Brigade is like. The elected team leader does not focus on ability. Everyone elects people who can bring benefits to their own family. Outsiders like them either bribe the team leader or do the most tiring and remote work.
Anyway, for them, moving to Taoyuan Brigade means at least they have several uncles there, and most of the people in the brigade are relatives of the Gu family. These children will also have relatives to help them in the future.
In the past, my family’s financial situation was really bad, and I didn’t dare to abandon my current life and move to another place. At that time, my brothers-in-law’s families were also in financial difficulty, so I was really embarrassed to ask for this.
Now that we have some extra money at home and the children have grown up, we have asked for their opinions and they are all willing to move to my uncle's house.
At least the people here are real blood relatives, and it feels really different.
Jiang Damei was strolling around the team with her husband and son, stopping from time to time to introduce themselves and greet acquaintances. Everyone thought Jiang Damei was just strolling around with her husband and son.
Before they knew it, they had arrived at the house they had talked about before.
The main house consists of four mud brick rooms. The foundation looks quite large, so it would be enough to build a few more rooms on the side. What's more, there are four side rooms on the side, and opposite is a kitchen and two open woodsheds.
The area from the front yard to the gate and the land behind the side house are all vegetable gardens. There is also a large vegetable garden in the backyard near the foot of the mountain. It can be enclosed with a fence when the time comes. There are also two peach trees and a persimmon tree planted on the side.
"Mom and Dad, this house is really nice. It looks much bigger than our current yard. It's close to the foot of the mountain, so it's convenient for us to go up the mountain. My uncles go up the mountain to hunt every year, so my brother and I can go with them then." Li Yuhe was very satisfied. Since this place was close to the mountain, it was convenient for him to chop wood or go up the mountain to dig wild vegetables and catch small prey.
Li Hongjiang also thought it was good: "Not bad, the area around here is quite large, and there are not many people living here. If you brothers split up in the future, you can be closer and take care of each other."
Li Yuhe was about to refute that they would not split up the family, but he also remembered that his father was talking about the future, so he didn't say much.
Jiang Damei is straightforward and always has to give a definite answer whether it is feasible or not: "If you all think it is good, then can we finalize it? If so, let's go back and tell my eldest brother. I'm afraid that someone will come to buy this house in the next few days. We don't have an advantage over others, so the team will definitely give priority to selling to their own people."
"No rush, let's go ahead and see if the house a few dozen meters ahead is empty."
Jiang Damei followed his gaze and nodded, "No one is there. There are no houses in the row at the foot of the mountain. The family that lived at the back was afraid it would be unsafe, so they moved to an empty house in the village. The old house was returned to the team, but it has been there for too long. If you want someone to live there, you have to find it carefully."
What? Do you want my second brother and his family to move there?"
Li Hongjiang nodded and said, "We can't leave them alone in Fengshou Brigade. Let's go back and discuss it. If our current house isn't enough, we can add some more. As for my second brother, his house is too old and the price won't be too high. The money left from selling his house will be enough to renovate this place."
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