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They shouted to Jiang Xi and the others, "Uncle, your family is moving to a new house. Do you see that house that looks like a big villa down there? It's the one that your eldest son built for your youngest son!"
The Jiang family's house was in the lowest farmland in the village, with a yard outside. Although it was located in a low-lying area, the house was not even a centimeter shorter than their houses that were built on high ground with platforms. On the contrary, it was different from all the buildings in the village, and its walls made of small red ceramic tiles made it look particularly delicate.
Today, when they were helping Jiang's father and mother move furniture, they followed them to see how it was done. They were so surprised that the floors of other people's houses were all cement, but the floor of the big guy's house, from upstairs to downstairs, from the ground to the walls, was all covered with big white tiles, so bright~
Although they thought it was useless to build such a big house, it didn't stop them from being jealous.
At noon, the old carpenter from the next village had already pulled three brand new big wooden beds over with a tractor, along with a square table, four benches, and two bamboo chairs.
The old carpenter's home is in the mountains, and the most indispensable thing is wood. Not only does he do carpentry work, but his two sons are also carpenters. His daughter married in the countryside and opened a furniture shop in the countryside. However, their house in the mountains also has many finished furniture all year round. Young people from all over the country who build new houses or get married come to him to buy the furniture they need. It is cheaper than buying in the countryside. They are all villagers and they ask for the real price.
Because they are near the river, there is heavy moisture and humid air. They all have loft beds. The headrests are polished and smooth, and waterproof varnish is applied. New wooden beds are placed in the three rooms. The sun is good these two days, and it is rare that it did not rain. Jiang's mother exposed all the quilts from her hometown to the sun.
The quilts were all old cotton quilts. When Jiang's father took them out, he said, "These are all old quilts. We can just use them this year. Next year, ask my sister-in-law to help us keep an eye out for them and collect some cotton to make new quilts and bedding."
Life was getting better and they had more money. Jiang's mother was not as stingy as before and agreed with Jiang's father's idea of making new quilts.
They bought five new sheets and several clothes at the wholesale market in Shenzhen. The children in the family had grown up and could get married in two years. If they continued to wear shabby clothes like before, people would look down on them.
Especially for girls, if they wore too poor clothes, people would give them less betrothal gifts.
Moreover, her daughter has been admitted to a university in Beijing. She will be a government employee in the future. Even though Jiang's mother talks tough, she is soft in her actions. This time, she went to the wholesale market and bought a new cotton jacket and a new sweater for her daughter. Jiang Bai also bought a new pair of shoes. Jiang Bai has an extra pair of new shoes than Jiang Qing.
Now the family has a big house that makes people envious. The villagers praise them for their ability. They survived the difficult years and built such a magnificent house. Who would not say that they are amazing and capable? They
were unlucky in their early years, but now there are two college students in the family, which makes them more promising. Jiang's mother is praised by them and smiles more. She is also willing to hang out with the villagers and relatives.
A few days before returning to her hometown, Jiang's mother had her thick black hair curled in Shenzhen. She wore a brown coat and thick-heeled leather shoes, as if she had returned to her youth, when a family with a daughter was sought after by all families.
However, she cherished her new clothes and shoes very much. Except when she went out, she folded them neatly in the cupboard at other times. She also used a shoe brush and shoe polish to make them shiny. When she worked at home, she still wore a worn-out coat and an apron.
Hearing the villagers' noisy shouts, Mother Jiang wiped her hands on her apron, walked out, and saw her youngest son and his daughter. She was dazed for a moment. Not to mention that the villagers didn't dare to recognize them, even she, if she hadn't seen Grandpa Jiang being supported in the middle by them, how could she dare to recognize them?
She walked down the steps from the corridor with a smile on her face, and took the bags from Jiang Bai and Jiang Xi, saying repeatedly: "Come in, come in, it's so cold, come in and warm up by the fire."
Jiang Xi didn't let Jiang Ma carry the bag, and Jiang Bai didn't do it either. It wasn't because he was on guard against Jiang Ma, but he was so old, and he saw how hard Jiang Ma worked in the past few years, so how could he not feel sorry for Jiang Ma? He smiled and said to Jiang Ma's curly hair: "Mom, you have become fashionable."
Jiang Ma smiled and stroked her curly hair, and her mood became better and better. She led the three people into the house.
A group of people followed behind to the Jiang family and visited the big house of the Jiang family. While visiting, they praised Jiang Ma and her husband for their ability and their promising children.
The Jiang family's house has changed a lot now. It was empty last night. In the morning, the old carpenter sent brand new tables, chairs and benches and put them in place. Now there is a place for guests to sit.
Mother Jiang eagerly led the three people in, first leading them to Grandpa Jiang's room, and said, "This is your grandpa's room. There is also your room upstairs. I'll take you upstairs."
After they entered Grandpa Jiang's room, they remembered that they forgot to buy a bed for Grandpa Jiang's room. Mother Jiang said, "We just came back last night, and the house is a mess and we are still cleaning it up. Baizi, you and your grandpa will squeeze in tonight."
She said squeezing in, but in fact there was no crowding at all. The beds of the three children, except for Jiang Xi's bed which was 1.5 meters long, Jiang Bai and Jiang Song considered that they would get married and have children in the future, so both of them had beds of 1.8 meters.
The room was big. After putting down the 1.8-meter-tall bed, there was still a lot of space in the room. There were large sliding glass windows on both sides, which provided excellent lighting.
Jiang Bai and Grandpa Jiang had never thought that the house in their hometown was so good. Even though Grandpa Jiang's room was still empty and had no bed, he still showed a proud look on his face.
A house is the confidence of rural people.
Grandpa Jiang was very happy to see that his youngest son's family also had such a grand house.
He followed Jiang's mother to Jiang Xi's room.
Jiang Xi's room now only had one bed, because on the far right, there were two large glass windows. When the door was opened, it was a corridor where you could go out to the sun, and the lighting was also excellent.
Seeing Jiang Xi's room and the brand new big bed in it, Grandpa Jiang put his hands behind his back and smiled with satisfaction.
Other people who came to see the excitement also praised Jiang Xi's room after seeing it: "The big guy is indeed the one who loves his daughter the most in our village. Not only does he send his sons and daughters to college, but he also gives his daughter such a good room!"
They really meant what they said.
Although many people in the village have built houses, the rooms reserved for their daughters are usually the ones with the worst lighting and the worst location in the house, because their daughters will get married sooner or later. The best rooms in the house are all for them, and each of their sons has a room. Where is there a room for their daughters?
It was Jiang Gangqin's family. Jiang Gangqin also slept in a room with her parents. Now that she is older, they put a curtain at the back to separate it.
Jiang Gangqin's family was one of the first few families in the village to build a building, but the buildings of that era were generally not as big as they are now. There were three rooms on the first floor plus the main hall, and two rooms upstairs.
When Jiang Gangqin was young, she was still able to live in a separate room, but she was only two or three years older than her nephews and nieces. When she grew up, her nephews and nieces also grew up, so the two rooms upstairs were given to them. She was used to living with her parents since she was a child, and she has lived like this ever since. She has a close relationship with her parents, and she doesn't think it's a big deal to live in the same room with them. On the contrary, from childhood to adulthood, her mother liked to lock up any delicious food and drink in the room and quietly give it to her alone.
Jiang Gui's room is definitely the first among all the girls in Jiangjia Village.
Everyone was impressed. The big guy's family really loved Jiang Xi. They also said to Jiang Xi: "Your parents love you so much, you must be filial to them in the future!"
"Look, is there any family in the village that treats a girl as well as your parents do!"
"Big guys really have nothing to say about young ladies."
Jiang's mother was also very proud, and said to Jiang Xi, "This is the new bed your father ordered for you early in the morning, just like your two brothers. If you ask me, you can just sleep on the old bed in the old house. New or old, it doesn't matter. You will go out to school in a few days, and you will not sleep on it many times a year. But your father is stubborn and insisted on making the same new bed for you three siblings." She pressed on the bed board and said to Jiang Xi, "Look, your father personally went to the old carpenter's house to pick it for you."
After hearing what Jiang's mother said, everyone praised Jiang's father for being good to Jiang Xi.
Jiang Xi saw that Jiang's mother unconsciously played the good cop and the bad cop with Jiang's father, and he smiled quietly while watching them talk, without saying a word.
Mother Jiang took them on a tour upstairs again, mainly to show how big the Jiang family was, all of it was luxurious with ceramic tiles!
There was nothing in the bathroom in the middle of the upstairs, and it couldn't be used at the moment
. To use the restroom, one had to run to the public dry toilet in the brigade headquarters at the back. Father Jiang said he wanted to buy a solar water heater, so that in the future, they would only need solar energy to take a shower, which would save money. It wasn't
until the excitement died down that Mother Jiang sent away the people who were watching the excitement, and then she called Jiang Xiao from the stairs: "Xing Xiao, come down!"
Jiang Xiao was still sitting upstairs, looking at the snow-covered mountains not far away, feeling the rare sunshine in winter.
Jiang's mother called out to him several times but to no avail. Jiang Bo finally put down his bag and quickly went downstairs. Jiang Bo asked Jiang's mother what was going on. Jiang's mother handed Jiang Bo a broom and a homemade mop made of torn clothes and said, "There are footprints everywhere from where people stepped on the floor. Go sweep the floors and then mop the floor again." She then shouted loudly, "Boom! Boom!" Jiang Bo
took over the mop and mopped it. Mother took the broom and mop in her hands and went upstairs quickly: "I'll go."
Jiang's mother said: "Call your sister to help. If your sister doesn't clean, ask her to come down and help me roll the balls."
Jiang Bai took the broom and went upstairs in two steps. He quickly swept the upstairs and downstairs, inside and outside, and then used the mop to carefully clean the house.
Jiang Xi just looked at it indifferently, as if this home was not her home and she was not a part of this family.