Chapter 137137For

the homestead issue, Jiang's father brought a pot of rice wine and a large bag of bacon made by Jiang's mother.

Jiang's mother brought back several dozen kilograms of bacon. She sent a large bowl to this family and a large bowl to that family, but she couldn't finish it. On the second day of the New Year, she planned to send some to her brother, younger brother, and younger sister, and leave some for Jiang Bai and Jiang Xiao to take to school.

Thinking that Jiang Bai and Jiang Xiao didn't come back this year, Jiang's mother thought bitterly, "I still give them meat to eat, I won't even feed them pigs!"

Of course, this was just an angry remark.

When Jiang Bai and Jiang Xiao hadn't come back, she was full of thoughts of getting mad and sending them flying. Now, like Jiang Song, she was only worried. Now there were no letters and no phone calls. Even if she ignored Jiang Xiao, she didn't think that her children would not come home and have no news.

The impression of Jiang Xiao being obedient and sensible for more than ten years was not erased overnight. Even if Jiang Xiao was rebellious before, she only thought it was because she was unwilling to pay for her tuition. In Jiang Xiao's character, even if she said that she couldn't rely on her to support her in her old age, she still knew in her heart that if her daughter-in-law didn't take care of her in the future, she could still rely on Jiang Xiao.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, every household will welcome their daughters and daughters back home. Those living near the village usually come to the house on the first day of the Lunar New Year to eat and do things.

When Jiang's father came to the house with a white wine pot, he stood outside the yard and shouted: "Second brother! Second brother!"

Jiang's father called the brigade secretary the second brother and called the Jiang Town Chief behind the house the fourth brother. It does not mean that the brigade secretary is older than Jiang Town Chief, but it is based on their respective rankings in the family. The brigade secretary is the second child in the family, and Jiang Town Chief is the fourth child in his own family. Jiang's father is younger than both of them, so he calls them both brother.

He called them many times, so many times that Jiang's father thought that the brigade secretary was not at home and had gone to visit relatives and friends. Then someone inside opened the yard door.

It was the brigade secretary's son Jiang Shengzhi.

Jiang Shengzhi is one year older than Jiang Song, and one grade higher than Jiang Song. He is now a sophomore.

It has to be said that the genes of the brigade secretary are strong. Both of his sons and daughters look like copies of the brigade secretary. They are not tall, with round heads and round faces, but perhaps because they are scholars, they look very gentle.

He opened the door to the yard without a smile on his face, but asked coldly: "Is there something wrong?"

Jiang's father smiled and asked: "Is the second brother at home? I came to ask the second brother something."

Jiang Shengzhi had a blank expression: "If you have anything, wait until after the fifth day of the New Year."

Jiang's father noticed something was wrong, and still smiled and said: "I will be gone after the fifth day of the New Year. It's too late. I just have something to do. Is your dad at home?"

Jiang Shengzhi shouted into the house: "Dad! Jiang Song's dad is here to see you!"

Then a voice came from the house. Everyone said in a faint voice: "Come in."

After Jiang's father came in, the brigade secretary was not in the main room, but lying on the bed in the room. He looked a little unwell due to a cold. He was wearing a thick cotton-padded jacket, sat up from the bed, and looked at Jiang's father indifferently: "Are you here for something?"

Jiang's father was shocked to see the brigade secretary. He hadn't seen him for a year, but the brigade secretary in front of him seemed to have aged ten years. Originally, there were only a few white hairs scattered here and there, but now, most of them were white, and Jiang's father almost didn't recognize him.

Jiang's father quickly put the things on the table, sat in front of the brigade secretary and said worriedly: "Second brother, what's wrong with you? Why are your hair all white?" He looked around: "Where is my sister-in-law?"

The brigade secretary raised his eyelids, glanced at Jiang's father lightly, pulled the corner of his mouth, sneered and said: "Your sister-in-law is in Wucheng with Hehua."

The brigade secretary suppressed the fact that Jiang Hehua was in prison, and the couple did not reveal it at all.

It's not that there are no other students in the village who go to school in Wucheng, but the only ones who go to the two good schools, Wuzhong and No. 1 Middle School, are Jiang Liu, Jiang Hehua, and a boy from the eldest room.

The boy from the eldest room is also in Wuzhong like Jiang Hehua, but in a different class, and also in a key class. His father is a plumber in the village, and he himself also studies science.

But he, like Jiang Hehua, seemed to have a wall with other boys in the village who didn't study. The boys in the village generally wouldn't hang out with people like him and Jiang Hehua who had good grades. When he was in junior high school, some people asked him to borrow homework for winter and summer vacations. When he was in high school, there were very few boys in the village who were still in high school, not to mention that he was in Wuzhong.

The brigade secretary even went to his house after the holiday and talked to the boy in the big room.

When the boy went home, he only told his parents that Jiang Wu won a prize in the competition and was recommended to Beijing University in advance. The boy's father met Jiang's father when he was at the grave and wanted to talk to him, but Jiang's father felt embarrassed because his three children didn't come back. He didn't have the heart to talk at all, and took the shovel and left.

The boy's father turned around and grumbled to his sons, "How come both of his sons and daughters got into college, and such a good college? If you don't have to set up a three-day and three-night buffet, you should at least smile. Why is he still looking so gloomy, as if a relative has died?"

His wife glared at him and said, "If Jiang Song gets admitted to university, do you think they will have a three-day buffet?"

Thinking of the Jiang family's other two inconspicuous children in the village, the plumber touched his head in confusion and muttered, "The big guy is also confused."

As for the other two, one studied in No. 2 Middle School, one studied in No. 3 Middle School, and several studied in the town. Too many of them were arrested in this year's crackdown, and everyone's focus was on the gangsters who were shot, rather than Jiang Hehua who was sentenced to three years. Many people only knew that there was such an incident, but did not know the specific name of this person.

One of the two boys from No. 2 Middle School moved to Wucheng when he was in junior high school. He also lived in a big house and rarely came back for the New Year. No. 3 Middle School was far from No. 1 Middle School and No. 2 Middle School. They knew about this incident, but they didn't know that the person was Jiang Hehua from their village.

Jiang Gangqin had heard about this incident. The normal school she attended was not called Wucheng Normal School. It was located between Wucheng and their city, in the suburbs. It took 30 to 40 minutes to get there by car from Wucheng. It was far away from the main urban area, so she was actually the least informed.

She didn't know that the two were Jiang Xi and Jiang Hehua, and that they wanted to gossip with Jiang Xi after they came back. After all, Jiang Xi also went to school in Wucheng, and was closer to the center of gossip, so maybe she would know more. Who knew that when she came back to look for Jiang Xi, the door of the Jiang family was locked, and the weeds at the door were more than a person high, and there was no one in the Jiang family.

She went home and told her mother about this, and her mother spat, "You deserve it. Don't hang out with these gossipers when you are outside, okay?"

Jiang Gangqin nodded obediently, and then told her mother about her interesting things at school, and how she participated in a singing competition during the summer vacation and made two good friends. Her good friends also asked her to go to her house to play for a few days after the Chinese New Year.

On the other side, Jiang's father, upon hearing that Jiang Hehua and her mother were not at home for the New Year, asked the brigade secretary in confusion: "Hehua hasn't had her holiday yet?"

He thought, is it that No. 1 Middle School and Wu Middle School are competing again? Could it be that the school won't let people go home? No matter what, it's impossible not to let students go home for the New Year. If students don't have a holiday, the teachers will have to take a holiday.

The brigade secretary looked at the clear and stupid expression on Jiang's father's face. Although he was sick, he was the most informed about the news of the entire brigade. In the days before the New Year, although he was not in the brigade headquarters, he knew everything about the brigade headquarters. Naturally, he also knew that Jiang Bo called back and said that he would work part-time and study outside during the New Year and would not take a holiday, and that Grandpa Jiang Jiang Qi would come back to celebrate the New Year.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Song didn't come back either, and didn't call back.

For a moment, he didn't know whether Jiang's father really didn't know or was just pretending to be stupid.

Father Jiang felt a little uncomfortable with the cold eyes of the brigade secretary, "Second brother, even if your work is important, you have to take care of your body. How come your hair is all white?"

He was really worried about the brigade secretary.

The brigade secretary retracted his gaze and said, "Nothing, tell me what's the matter."

Father Jiang smiled and said, "Hey, it's about my homestead. Second brother, you know, my house is the shortest in this area. I owed a lot of debts in the past few years. There is no way. Now Songzi is grown up and will get married in two years. I thought, build a house first, even if it's a bungalow first, Songzi will have a place to live when she gets married!"

The brigade secretary drooped his eyelids, "Oh, you want a homestead." He did not give Father Jiang any choice and said, "The homesteads above have all been distributed. If you want a homestead, you can only go to "The land has been divided below." He raised his eyelids again and leaned on the bed: "I remember there are two acres of land in front of the brigade headquarters, right? Let's

go there." Jiang's father looked at the brigade secretary in surprise: "How can we build a house there? The land is too low, how can we build a house there? Won't it flood every year?"

The problem is that this piece of land is right next to the ditch. Every year, the hydropower station pumps water from the river through this ditch. His family's field ridge is only a little higher than the ditch. It is of course good as a paddy field. There is no need to find a way to get water. Just dig a small ditch and the water from the river canal can flow into the farmland. It can be used as a homestead, which is simply flooding every year.

The brigade secretary raised his eyelids and said, "Why is that piece of land bad? Don't you have two sons? It's just right that each son has one piece of land. You can build on the same piece of land and enclose a large yard to grow some vegetables. It's close to the road. When the road is repaired in the future, you can open a store without worrying about business." The brigade secretary said to Jiang's father earnestly, "I thought of that piece of land for your own good. Think about it yourself. Apart from that piece of land, where else in the village can you find such a large piece of land, unless you want to build on the mountain."

He said in a light voice, "If you want to build on the mountain, you can, there are still a few pieces of land at the foot of the mountain."

Except for those who originally lived on the mountain, how many people wanted to build their houses at the foot of the mountain? There might be mudslides, not to mention the unsafe situation, there are also wolves on the mountain.

Although their village is backed by mountains and faces water, it is not at the foot of the mountain. Instead, it is between the village and the mountain. There are many mountainous areas, most of which are planted with winter wheat, winter rapeseed, sweet potatoes, vegetables, etc. Even if a mudslide or something like that really happens, it will not affect the safety of the village.

Father Jiang wanted to say that there was a large piece of land next to the cinema. The brigade secretary seemed to know what he was going to say and said, "The land next to the cinema has been reserved for the family of the young Patriot and Aihong. Besides, that is where the first and second wives live. Even if you don't give it to Patriot and Aihong, are you going to live there?"

He then advised Father Jiang, "If you think the land is too low, just raise it a little. I'm not forbidding you to raise it."

But it's easy to say that the land should be raised. In fact, it doesn't cost more than 7,000 or 8,000 yuan. How can you just raise the land of two acres?

Jiang's father is not a fool. He has never encountered a flood. When there is a real flood, the terrain where his family lives now is three or four meters higher than the two acres of land below. However, in those years when there was a flood, the water level flooded to the stone steps of his waterproof platform.

The brigade headquarters is indeed parallel to his family's fields, that is, behind them, but there is a road leading to the village between the brigade headquarters and his two acres of land. The actual terrain of the brigade headquarters is more than three meters higher than his fields. Moreover, the brigade headquarters itself is a brick structure, and it is raised from below.

Let's not talk about other things. For example, the land next to the brigade headquarters is originally two or three meters higher than Jiang's father's two acres of land, and the waterproof platform alone is two or three meters high.

Some people may wonder, if they can build a two or three meter waterproof platform, can't you?

But the mountainous terrain is trapezoidal, even though they are separated from the foot of the mountain by a large mountain farmland, it still slopes down shallowly. Walking on the road and looking up, this waterproof platform is indeed two or three meters high, but in fact, the homestead of his house is not raised at all. When the yard was built, stones were used to build the same height as the doorstep of his house, and then filled with soil, which is both a vegetable garden and a waterproof platform.

But if Jiang's father uses these two plots of land as a homestead, it will be different, because this piece of land is no longer a mountain that slopes down, but a beach of more than 20 rivers. If it weren't for Grandpa Jiang's generation, who used their shoulders to build a section of embankment here to connect the hydropower station and Xujia Village to prevent flooding, these two acres of land would have been real river beaches. Although

the hydropower station is still lower, it is located behind the brigade headquarters and has a higher terrain, more than ten or twenty meters higher than the two acres of land owned by Jiang's father. Even if the brigade headquarters was flooded, it would not flood the hydropower station.

There are families in the village who use these two plots of land as homesteads. For example, the plot of land owned by Jiang Yueqin in the big house is not big enough, so the house is built downwards. However, the terrain of the big house is much higher than this side, so at most they add half a meter or one meter below the main house as a waterproof layer. Usually, firewood and coal briquettes are piled up below, so small floods will not flood there. Unless there is a super flood that occurs once every ten or twenty years, this waterproof layer will work.

If Jiang's father uses these two acres of land to build a house, at least he must build a three or four meter basement below the main house as a waterproof layer, which means that at least three floors must be built. Although the first floor is on the ground, it still needs to be used as a basement. Only the second and third floors can be used for normal living.

Another problem is that if you build a house here, the foundation will basically be soaked in water every year, so the foundation must be very strong and durable. In addition, the first floor of other people's houses can be used as a warehouse, but the first floor of his house can't even be used as a warehouse. It can only be used as a waterproof layer, and it will

be flooded every year. By the way, if it is built into a yard, it can only be used as a vegetable garden. If you want to plant some trees and flowers, it won't work. It doesn't take much water to drown all these fruit trees and flowers.

Jiang's father said he would think about it again when he returned.

The brigade secretary said indifferently: "Now it's either the head of the village or the end of the village, there are only two plots of land, or you have to tear down your old house and rebuild it. Go back and think about it."

Jiang's father went back and told Jiang's mother what the brigade secretary said, and Jiang's mother was furious: "He's talking nonsense! I think he just doesn't want our family to be well! Bullshit, two brothers must live in the same place! I think your father and uncle-in-law don't live in the same place, and it's okay? Using that piece of land as a homestead will cost more than 10,000 yuan, at least 12,000 yuan, and there is no way to stop all kinds of troubles in the future!"

Jiang's father said helplessly: "Then what do you say we should do? The piece of land in the center of the village that I had my eyes on was allocated to the patriotic and red family!"

Jiang's mother said, "If we had known last year, we wouldn't have rushed to Shenzhen. We could have approved the homestead first, laid the foundation, and then went to Shenzhen to look for Songzi."

Now Songzi has not been found, and the homestead has also disappeared. They were allocated such a place as a homestead, which will cause endless troubles in the future.

But they don't want to tear down the house and rebuild it.

Although this house is a bit old, it is indeed a stone brick and earth brick structure, and the ground is also covered with cement. This is a house that Jiang's mother left for herself as a retreat. Even if she is not happy with her two daughters-in-law in the future, she can still live alone with Jiang's father's class teacher. Next to her is the home of her brother and sister-in-law. The sister-in-law's eldest daughter-in-law is also a kind person. Living with her brother and sister-in-law, they can still take care of each other.

It can be said that Jiang's mother is not stupid at all.

Although she favored Jiang Song and had always said that she would live with Jiang Song and take care of her in her old age with her eldest son, she also vaguely understood in her heart that if she had a conflict with her eldest daughter-in-law and she could not tolerate her, she would still have her youngest son and Jiang Liu as a way out.

But this feeling was not clear, like a beast-like intuition, making her unwilling to tear down the old house and rebuild it.

In the end, there was no choice. The brigade secretary would not give in and only agreed to use that piece of land as a homestead. Jiang's father and mother could not refuse to build a new house, so they had to use this piece of land in the end.

Fortunately, he made a lot of money this year. Otherwise, he would not be able to afford the more than 10,000 yuan for the waterproof layer alone. But he made nearly 100,000 yuan this year. This 10,000 yuan per layer means more than 20,000 yuan for the two sons. With more than 20,000 yuan, you can build a nice building in this era, or even buy a house in Xinjie, Shuibu Town.

But the brigade secretary said something that touched Jiang's father's heart. He hoped that his sons and daughters could live together in the future. He was actually a very lively person.

There were two acres of land on this plot, one acre for each of the two sons, just like the eldest brother's house, with houses built on the same plot, one acre for each son, and a large yard.

However, he planned to build a bigger house like the one in Shenzhen, with more rooms, so that when he and Jiang's mother got old, they could live with their sons, and when they went back to her parents' home, they would have rooms to live in. When they had children and grandchildren in the future, they could each have a room to live in. When

Jiang's father planned the house, he included the room of Grandpa Jiang.

When she knew that Jiang's father wanted to build such a big house, she was against it. She thought that the best house in the village was the house of Uncle Jiang's family. Wouldn't it be enough to build a house as big as Uncle Jiang's? Why build such a big house?

Although she also saw the houses in Shenzhen, they were in the city, and they were in the countryside. How could they be the same?

But Jiang's father would give in to her on other matters at home, but he would not give in on such a big matter as building a house. He even thought that Jiang's mother was short-sighted and ignored her quarrels with him. He went to discuss with Jiang's uncle.

Although Jiang's father himself had not systematically learned to be a bricklayer, he was smart and had a high level of understanding. He just followed Jiang's uncle to help him a few times when he was young, so he knew what he should know. Moreover, he was good at science, so he knew everything about plumbing and electricity wiring.

Jiang's uncle also did not agree with him building such a big house.

Jiang's uncle had never been to a big city. The farthest place he had been to was the neighboring city. In his eyes, the best house he had seen so far, except for the house on Xinjie Street in Shuibu Town, was his own house.

In this era, the general shape of his house is that of a main room on the first floor, two main rooms, all facing south, two rooms upstairs, and a large terrace for drying clothes and quilts. The orientation is good and the rooms are enough for living.

But the shape of Jiang's father's house is a bit like the storefront houses in Xinjie. The front can be used as a main room and storefront, the middle is a staircase, the back is a kitchen, bathroom, and an additional room. Because of the orientation of the house, this room is behind the main room, but it also has sunlight. As for the main room next to the main room, it is naturally his and Jiang's mother's room, on the first floor. When he and Jiang's mother get old, they don't need to change rooms. As for the main room on the left, it is Grandpa Jiang's room.

The three rooms on the upper floor facing south, from left to right, are Jiang Song's on the far left, because Jiang Song is the eldest and should live in the main house, Jiang Bo's on the far right, he is the second oldest, the middle room facing south, can be used as the upper floor's living room, and there are three more rooms at the back, the orientation is a little worse, the light is also a little worse, the one with a better orientation and light is Jiang Xu's, the middle one is the bathroom, the one above the kitchen on the left can be given to grandchildren in the future.

Now family planning, even if you secretly have more than one child, there are at most two, two rooms, one upstairs and one downstairs, which is enough, and if not, you can use the upstairs living room as a child's room.

The main room is built large and faces the main road. When they are old and can no longer work, they can open a small shop to sell things.

After hearing his plan, Jiang's mother said nothing.

Jiang's mother actually felt insecure. When Jiang's father said that they could open a small shop when they were old and still make money, she was speechless.

After Jiang Song's house is built, they will go to Shenzhen to sell boxed lunches for two years. By then, Jiang Bai will be graduating from college and will be looking for a partner. Then they will build an identical house for Jiang Bai.

Jiang's father planned very well. After discussing the style of the house and how to lay the foundation with Jiang's uncle, Jiang's father was anxious to go out and make money, so he started the construction.

Grandpa Jiang stayed with Jiang Xi until the second day of the Chinese New Year, and he couldn't stay any longer, so he wanted to go back to Wucheng, his hometown.

Although it was comfortable to live here, he had to open a shop in Wucheng, and staying here all the time would be warm, but he couldn't make any money.

Jiang Xi persuaded Grandpa Jiang, "Last year, my second brother came to the school to register alone, and we haven't accompanied him to register yet. Why don't you go and take a look this time? And I also have my apartment, so you should go and take a look."

Grandpa Jiang hadn't visited Jiang Xi's apartment yet, just because she had this exaggerated villa in front of her. After seeing the apartment with such luxurious decoration, although Grandpa Jiang was still amazed, he didn't think he was dreaming like he did the first time he went to the villa.

Only this time, he clearly felt that his granddaughter had really made it. She bought two big houses in Shanghai alone, without anyone knowing, and helped her second brother buy a house with no down payment. He was pleased

with his granddaughter's success, and he didn't have to worry about her future. But he was also worried about her courage and the large amount of loans she owed.

After that, Jiang Xi took Grandpa Jiang and Jiang Bai to the gate of Jiang Bai's school. She mainly came to see if there were any shops nearby. If there were houses, she could buy them.

Alas, after the publication of "White Snake Cultivation", she received two more royalties. She had too much money to spend, so she could only use it to buy houses and shops.