Chapter 74 Building a New House
The salesperson nodded, "Okay, comrade, I'll get it for you right away!"
The salesperson walked to the merchandise section and quickly brought over what Lu Wan needed.
"Comrade, there are two kinds of pots here. Which one do you want?"
Lu Wan took a look.
There was a large iron pot for the earthen stove and a wok for the coal stove.
Lu Wan thought for a moment and said, "Give me both pots. Oh, and bring me a coal stove as well!"
The coal stove is very convenient to use. Just burn a few coal balls and use it anytime throughout the day.
Lu Wan happened to have a coal stove ticket, and it would be a waste if she didn't use it, so she bought a coal stove.
The salesperson nodded, "Okay, I'll get it for you right away!"
Soon, the salesperson brought a coal stove.
"Comrade, do you need anything else?"
Lu Wan thought about it and felt that there seemed to be a lot of things that needed to be bought for the house.
So he continued to ask, "Give me a casserole for stewing soup, a spatula, a kitchen knife, and a chopping board..."
What Lu Wan reported were basically daily necessities in the kitchen.
There is no need to buy bed sheets, quilts and other large items as they are already included in the dowry given by parents.
The salesperson brought over all the things Lu Wan needed, piling them up in large and small quantities.
Lu Wan asked Su Zhenhua again, "Zhenhua, look, is there anything else we can buy?"
Su Zhenhua looked at it and shook his head. "These are probably enough. Wanwan, is there anything you need to buy for yourself?"
Lu Wan had everything she needed.
Clothes, shoes and other things were given as dowry by parents.
After thinking for a while, Lu Wan said to the salesperson, "Comrade, please give me four more boxes of clam oil!"
Previously, Lu Wan said she would give Su Jinju a bottle of vanishing cream, but Su Jinju was reluctant to accept it because she thought it was too expensive.
Compared with vanishing cream, clam oil is much cheaper, only ten cents a box.
This is not a very valuable item. If I give it to Su Jinju, she will probably accept it.
Of course, for country people, even if it is only one cent a box of clam oil, most people are reluctant to buy it.
Lu Wan bought four boxes, one for Su Jinju, one for Zhu Aihua, and one for Luo Jinfeng.
In fact, she didn't want to give it to her elder sister-in-law who loved to take advantage of others, but after all, they were all family. She gave gifts to everyone else but Zhao Yumei, as she felt embarrassed not to give it to her.
It's just a box of clam oil, not worth much, so just give it away.
"Okay, comrade, I'll get it for you! The store just released a new model two days ago, it's really good to use!"
"good!"
The salesperson said this and immediately went to get the clam oil.
Su Zhenhua said at the side, "Wanwan, you don't need to save money. You used vanishing cream before, so keep using vanishing cream in the future. Clam oil is not as good as vanishing cream!"
Su Zhenhua doesn't want Lu Wan to lower her living standards after marrying him.
Lu Wan smiled and explained, "This is not bought for myself, but as a gift for my mother, my younger sister, and my eldest sister-in-law.
As a newly married daughter-in-law, I should give them some small gifts. At first I wanted to give them some vanishing cream, but it was a little expensive and I was afraid they wouldn’t want to accept it.
Clam oil is not expensive, much cheaper than vanishing cream, so they shouldn’t be polite to me.
I see that my younger sister and mother's skin is dry and flaky. Applying some clam oil is good for the skin! ”
After listening to Lu Wan's explanation, Su Zhenhua nodded. The young wife was really generous, and seeing how thoughtful she was, Su Zhenhua didn't stop her.
All the things I bought added up to a big bag.
Seeing that they bought a lot of things, the salesperson gave them a snakeskin bag.
After packing the things and putting them in, the two men carried the snakeskin bags and went out of the cargo building.
Su Zhenhua said, "When we get back, I'll get some mud and build a stove."
You need a pot and a stove. You can’t cook without a stove.
Hearing Su Zhenhua talking about repairing the stove, Lu Wanyan stopped Su Zhenhua.
"Well, Su Zhenhua, why don't we not repair this stove for now..."
Su Zhenhua was stunned for a moment, and asked in confusion, "Why?"
Lu Wan explained, "I want to build a new house. The house we have now is big enough for us to live in, but if we have more children, it will definitely not be big enough.
The house is small and made of adobe, making it very uncomfortable to live in.
Let’s rebuild the house, a brick and tile house, and build a few more rooms.
This way both adults and children can live comfortably in the future. ”
After hearing this, Su Zhenhua was silent for a moment.
What Lu Wan said is indeed right. Who doesn’t want to live in a big house? Who doesn’t want to live in a good house?
Many families don’t want to build a big or good house, but they cannot afford it.
The country people are so poor that they can’t even afford to build houses made of mud, let alone bricks and tiles.
Most families live together with their entire family.
Their family was not large, and his father was a capable carpenter who had saved some money and built a few more houses. Otherwise, when they moved in, each family could only have one house at most.
Once you have children, adults and children will definitely live in one room.
Su Zhenhua knew that Lu Wan was a city dweller and her family was well-off. It was really unfair for her to marry him and live in a mud house.
As a husband, Su Zhenhua certainly wanted to create better living conditions for Lu Wan.
Especially when they settle down and have children in the future, he doesn't want to let them down.
But building a house is a big deal.
It would cost a lot of money to build a few more adobe houses, let alone brick and tile houses.
Brick and tile houses are not only expensive, but also difficult to make bricks and tiles.
Large quantities of bricks and tiles are very difficult to handle.
Seeing that Su Zhenhua didn't say anything, Lu Wan thought he disagreed, so she asked, "What's wrong? Don't you want to build a new house?"
Su Zhenhua quickly shook his head and said with some embarrassment, "No, of course I want to.
But Wanwan, I don’t have the financial means right now.
Let's build it when I make some money, okay? Give me some time. ”
Seeing that Su Zhenhua was worried about money, Lu Wan said, "Don't worry, I have money here. My parents gave me a dowry of 500 yuan. You don't have to worry about money in the future!"
When Su Zhenhua heard that his father-in-law and mother-in-law gave so much money as a dowry, his breath was choked.
10 yuan, for country people, it is definitely a huge number.
A normal working-class family cannot save so much money in a lifetime.
Although he already knew the generosity of his father-in-law and mother-in-law, when Su Zhenhua learned that Lu Wan's dowry was so large, he was still shocked and gasped.
what to do?
He increasingly felt that he was not worthy of his wife.
It seems that he must work harder in the future.
Not to mention surpassing Lu Wan, but I must not let the gap between the two of us get any bigger.
"Wanwan, this is the dowry your parents gave you, I can't use it..." Su Zhenhua said in a low voice.
It's really unacceptable for him, a grown man, to spend his wife's dowry.
Lu Wan blinked, smiled, and said, "We are already husband and wife, why do you and I have to be so clear? Yours is mine, and mine is yours. Besides, the house is built for us and our children to live together."
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