Luocheng Xinghua Village, my hometown in Northeast China
During the winter, there was heavy snow outside and a biting cold wind. In the house, there was a big pot of steaming sauerkraut, potatoes, tofu and big slices of meat stewed in it.
On the kang in the inner room, the children were doing their homework.
Hua Youwei, Hua Youde and Hua Youzhi drank tea, ate melon seeds and chatted.
Just now the children read to them the letter from the capital.
"Brother, let's write back and tell them to buy tickets early and go to the train station early so as not to miss the train."
"It was such a torture on that train during the New Year."
"It's OK for them to buy sleeper berths, but the tickets are too expensive, and the ticket scalpers have to pay extra."
"My third brother won't come back, and even if we build a big tile house there, we won't live there."
"Xiao Fang's family has a baby now. Winter Melon and Watermelon are still small, and their father doesn't have a holiday during the Chinese New Year."
"Hehe, being an official isn't easy, you have to be on duty every year."
Last year's Spring Festival, Hua Youwei took everyone to Beijing to celebrate the New Year.
This big family, three generations, celebrated the New Year with great joy.
In the past few years, Hua Qingguo has been working in the capital with the young people, while Hua Youwei and his two younger brothers stayed in their hometown, cultivating the family's land and taking care of the children.
The third brother also mentioned that we can just go ahead and do it.
Hua Youwei thought about it and felt that he still couldn’t put down the mess at home.
During the summer vacation, the children will go to Beijing to live with their parents.
I go home during the Chinese New Year and also come back once every two months.
It is hard to leave one's hometown, the house and the land in one's hometown. Even though the third brother said he wanted to leave, he also missed home.
But the children are there, there is nothing we can do.
In the summer, the third brother came back and stayed for a while. The houses of the four brothers of the Hua family were all newly built this year and replaced with large tiled houses.
Since there was no renovation of the house in the past few years, the villagers have noticed that the Hua family is living a better life.
The Hua family is used to eating here in Beijing, so it’s okay for the adults to make do with the food, but the children cannot be left wanting.
The Hua family’s food standards were raised all of a sudden.
We eat boiled eggs in the morning and put meat in the dishes at noon. If we don’t put meat, we have to fry the eggs. The old chickens we raise at home are all for our own consumption.
The aroma of stewed chicken and fried meat can be smelled by the neighbors.
Whenever we meet, we always say, "Aunt Hua, wow, what delicious food did you make? It smells so good!"
"I didn't do anything, just cooked some food."
"Aunt, you are not careful in your life. You were not like this before."
"Oh, there's nothing I can do. The kids are growing up, so greedy!"
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As they were talking, they got to the point about how much they were earning working for the third brother, and whether they were short of people there...
Back home, apart from the three brothers of the Hua family and Jiang Pangpang and Zhang Liang, there is no one else working in the capital.
Hua Yuanyuan has to calculate the labor cost. Hiring local people in Beijing does not require solving the accommodation problem. Except for Li Yi and others, there is really no need to hire people from other places just to do the work. The cost-effectiveness is not high.
Hua Youcai wants to build a big tiled house at home, saying that he wants to return home to live there in his old age.
Hua Yuanyuan felt that it was unnecessary. They were all outside and it was impossible for Dad to come back alone.
In a few years, there will be a policy of giving household registration when buying a house, and my father’s household registration will be transferred there, so their hometown will have nothing to do with them anymore.
But my father was stubborn and would not listen. He refused to change his household registration and kept it in his hometown.
The children were outside and his brothers were still in his hometown. He, an old bachelor, was living in his brothers' homes to make a living.
They also said that he was a rich old man and they didn't dare to treat him badly.
Hua Yuanyuan..., don't say anything else, just pay the money.
Not only did he pay out of his own family's pocket, the fathers of other members of the Hua family also said they would contribute part of the money.
His nephews worked at the Hua family, and he gave them the rewards they asked for.
Okay, Hua Yuanyuan pays for it.
She also knew why her father was like this.
My father felt that she was biased. Even outsiders like Li Yi were building and buying houses, but her own relatives worked hard, but they didn't have a household registration, and her children were in their hometown, and they didn't have a house either.
It means being fair.
Hua Yuanyuan thought her father was quite cute and fair, so how could he be so naive?
There is no comparison with Li Yi and others. Jiang Pangpang and others did not get a household registration and do not have a house.
This is not a differential treatment, the effort and reward are proportional.
There is a part of Li Yi and his colleagues' work that cannot be replaced by others.
This is the value of people.
With the number of years that Jiang Pangpang and his colleagues have worked in the Hua family, it is not enough for Hua Yuanyuan to plan for the future.
Wait, don’t be anxious, their children are still young!
If they continue to work in the Hua family, they will definitely have these things in the future.
If they leave halfway and quit the job, Hua Yuanyuan will just give them some money directly.
She also said that as for the Hua family’s own relatives, she would take care of the children if they came to go to school.
They said they didn't need it, so Hua Yuanyuan thought there was no need to rush. They could just wait until they changed their minds and wanted to come over again.
So Hua Yuanyuan would definitely take care of her relatives, and she was too lazy to argue with her father about his thoughts.
There are still many days to come! Why rush?
Another point is that Hua Youcai knew about Liu Haixia and others buying a house. He went to talk to his nephews and nieces-in-law and asked them to take the opportunity to buy one as well, but they didn't listen to him.
As a result, he found his daughter and asked her to tell Qingguo and the others, but not only did his daughter refuse to tell them, she also argued with him.
She said he didn't like the shabby house, she wasn't even happy about it, so why did he instigate relatives to buy it? Did he have bad intentions?!
In recent years, wages have increased and houses have become more expensive. It is hard not to admire my daughter's vision.
Later, his son kindly explained to him that Brother Qingguo and the others didn't need to worry, as his sister said the property's bonus period had not yet arrived.
When the time comes, ask them if they want to make some money and we will help them.
He also quietly said that this is not a good time to encourage everyone to buy a house.
There are too many people eyeing the Hua family. If the news leaks out and more people come to buy houses, the Hua family will be in a very difficult situation.
My dad didn't know, so my sister gave him a rough idea of the overseas expenses.
It’s just the early preparation stage, the step of determining feasibility, that costs a lot of money.
The lawyer fees my sister was talking about are too expensive. We have to find a big law firm, and more than one. The money spent on this step is enough to buy a house that will be enough for their family to live on for several lifetimes.
Why spend huge amounts of money to do this? The reason my sister gave was very direct, which was to let Pumpkin drink safe and healthy milk powder.
Pumpkin is the nickname Hua Fangfang gave to the baby in his wife's belly.
Hua Yuanyuan did not educate her younger brother about food safety, a concept that did not exist at the time.
Hua Yuanyuan has been intentionally or unintentionally instilling in her younger brother the concept of spending money: money is meaningless if you only earn it but don't spend it.
Spending money on meaningful things is a big issue.
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