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This country villa was designed by the architect to be very beautiful and livable.

It is different from Jiang Liu’s villa in Shanghai.

The land price in Shanghai is very high. Even if Jiang Liu bought it early when the house price was not so high, the yard was only about 100 square meters, and he also got a large terrace of more than 100 square meters. But Jiang Liu’s yard occupies a full six mu of land, more than 1,500 square meters, divided into the front yard and the back yard.

The architect did not design any rockery or water in the yard, but built a flowerbed more than one meter wide along the wall. Next to the gate of the courtyard wall, he planted a lot of pink roses that Jiang Guotai specially found.

Now is the season for flowers to bloom, and the pink roses that are as bright as the morning glow are in full bloom.

The effect that the designer wants to create is that one day, the pink rose vines will climb all over the iron fence, forming a natural protection for the courtyard. However, because these flowers were newly planted this year and are still small, the rose vines are only tied to the iron art courtyard wall with a thin straw rope, so that it will grow along the iron art courtyard wall when it grows in the future.

In order to prevent thieves and wild wolves in the mountains, the courtyard wall is built very high, with stone bricks below and iron railings above, which can not only block wild wolves in the mountains, but also will not block the sunlight and vision.

Pushing open the courtyard gate, there is a winding cobblestone road, about 1.2 meters wide, and the cobblestone road is paved along the edge of the flower bed, which is convenient for watering the flowers.

The flowers in the flowerbed, except for the pink rose, which was specially found by Jiang Guotai, are all common local bamboo plums, sunflowers, poppies, etc. They are easy to grow and grow fast. They don’t need much care and will grow into a large area next year.

There is a very open lawn on both sides of the cobblestone road. The grass on the lawn is not the green grass bought from the city, but the local turf grass that cows love to eat.

When Linhe Primary School was first built in Jiangjia Village, the principal took all the teachers and students to shovel such turf to lay the football field. Everyone had to shovel a square table-sized turf and bring it back. These turfs are everywhere on the slopes of the embankments and at the foot of the mountain. It only takes effort and no money.

The architect also hung a swing from a huge sycamore tree that was not drowned in the flood and was not cut down. This is the only shade in the yard.

When designing the house, Jiang Guotai said that the barren mountain is too gloomy, so try not to plant trees in the yard. There are plenty of trees in the barren mountain, and you need more sunshine, good light, good lighting, and more positive energy.

Jiang Gui pointed to the spot under the shade of the tree and said to Grandpa Jiang: "Grandpa, I'll set up a reclining chair and a table there for you. Last time Uncle Guotai went to Guangzhou to attend the Tea Expo, he said he brought you an authentic purple clay teapot. You can just lie there and drink tea holding the purple clay teapot."

Grandpa Jiang was so happy whenever he thought of that scene that he smiled and said: "Why do I need the purple clay teapot he gave me? The one you bought for me is the best!"

The old man in the village They all love drinking tea. Grandpa Jiang is particularly envious of the purple clay teapot of Jiang Guotai's father, Grandpa Lao Zhonghua. After Jiang Liu got the scholarship, he immediately bought a teapot for Grandpa Jiang for more than 30 yuan. It was said to be a purple clay teapot, but Jiang Liu didn't know whether it was purple clay or not. So he bought it for Grandpa Jiang. The handle of the teapot was designed to look like a plum tree branch, and a few plum blossoms were carved on the body of the teapot. Just a few strokes outlined the graceful and strong beauty of the plum blossom. The handle of the teapot lid is also a plum branch.

This purple clay teapot, which costs tens of dollars and is not sure whether it is real or fake, has always been Grandpa Jiang's treasure. After the popularization of television, it has successfully replaced the radio that Jiang's father bought for him in the 1980s and has become his treasure. He carries it with him wherever he goes. When chatting and bragging with people, he always holds the teapot in his hand and takes a sip from time to time.

If anyone asked, Grandpa Jiang would say with a smile: "My eldest granddaughter is filial. When she got the first scholarship for the exam, she didn't think about buying herself new clothes or shoes. Instead, she bought me this purple clay pot for tea. This purple clay pot has been used for a long time. Now you don't need to put tea leaves in it. Just pour boiling water into it and you will smell the tea fragrance. Isn't it amazing?"

Her happy smile and proud expression made all the old men jealous. They all went back and wanted their children and grandchildren to buy them a purple clay pot.

Who doesn't have a pot?

Now Grandpa Zhonghua's purple clay pot is finally not the only one in the village. When

tourists from other places come to Jiangjia Village, they see the old men under the locust tree, each holding a simple-looking pot.

Grandpa Jiang stood with his hands behind his back, looked up at this tall, spacious, and exquisite house, and stared at it for a long time.

A few years ago, when the second daughter-in-law beat his granddaughter, he was thinking about taking Xiaoxiao away and living separately from his youngest son's family. He had a small house on the mountain, so at most he could live alone with Xiaoxiao, which was better than

letting his granddaughter get beaten. She didn't feel sorry for the beating, but she broke the old man's heart. When he was around, he could stop and block the little granddaughter from running away. When he was not around, the little girl could only let her beat her, and she couldn't run away as a child.

At that time he thought, what if he had to live in a straw hut with his granddaughter?

After only a few years, his granddaughter finally had a house, and such a big one at that.

Not in Shanghai, but in her hometown, she had her own home.

The house had been ventilated for a while. Jiang Jun's wife was standing upstairs drying clothes. She saw Grandpa Jiang standing in the yard. She hurried downstairs and called her eldest sister-in-law to rush to the barren mountain. She saw Grandpa Jiang standing in the yard, staring at Jiang Xiao's house in a daze. Before the eldest sister-in-law entered the yard, she laughed and said, "Why are you still in a daze in the yard? Come in and take a look at Xiaoxiao's house. Your third sister-in-law and I have just cleaned it. It is clean inside, without a speck of dust." "Oh my god, I have never seen such a beautiful house in my life!"

The floor designer had seen the decoration of Jiang Xing's villa in Shanghai. Jiang Xing's houses in Shanghai were all typical cases of Qian's decoration company. The designers and customers of his company had seen them and knew what style Jiang Xing liked. This villa also referred to Jiang Xing's style in Shanghai. The entire wall was made of cream white and log color, trying to make the light bright and full of sunshine.

After experiencing Jiang Xing's villa in Shanghai, Grandpa Jiang now saw Jiang Xing's large country villa and didn't feel it was so big and scary at all.

He watched Jiang Dasao open the door and walk in happily.

Even though Jiang Wu and the designer had said that the villa was intended to be used as a B&B for tourists, Jiang Guotai still asked the designer to leave the entire first floor open. The second, third, and fourth floors could be used by tourists, but the first floor must be occupied by Jiang Wu, the owner.

The actual construction area of ​​the house is four mu, which means that the first floor alone is more than 260 square meters. Whether Jiang Wu lives here with her grandfather or she lives here with her husband and children after she gets married and has children, this area is spacious enough. There is also a separate large kitchen at the back of the house.

The kitchen is really big, about 50 to 60 square meters, with two kitchen stoves, one large and one small, and a water pipe between two large pots. The dirty water from washing pots and dishes can flow through the thick water pipe buried underground to the field ditch below. The laundry sink and the water tank made of white tiles have taps connected to the tap water from the two large and small dams on the mountain. The water is clear and sweet.

Jiang Xi wanted to help Grandpa Jiang, but Grandpa Jiang pushed him away: "Oh, no need to help."

This is Jiang Xi's house, but it is the first time Jiang Xi has walked in.

Although the house was designed by the architect, the construction was done by Jiang Hongbing and his team. They explained the construction of the house in detail, and Qianzong followed up on the later decoration. Jiang Guotai solved all the hard and soft decoration for her.

Jiang Xi lived downstairs, and all the materials used were good, whether it was the wardrobe, bed, or sofa. The upstairs was for guests, and the materials were strong and durable, and the decoration was warm, beautiful, and comfortable. According to Jiang Xi's requirements, each room was equipped with an independent bathroom.

Mrs. Jiang took Grandpa Jiang to see his room and said with a smile, "This is Grandpa Jiang's room. I heard that they installed the floor heating you mentioned. Grandpa's room will be warm in the winter and he won't be afraid of moisture!"

People who live by the river are not afraid of cold, but they are afraid of moisture. The air is humid all year round. If there is no sun in spring and winter, underwear and socks cannot dry and will get mold in two days. Clothes and quilts at home must be dried frequently all year round. If they are lazy one day, they will get black mold in a few days.

Grandpa Jiang looked at his room.

His room was decorated according to the layout of the room that Jiang Xi had given to Grandpa Jiang in Shanghai. It had a half-wall of ultra-white glass, with only two small windows on both sides, a mosquito-proof bed, and very good lighting.

Grandpa Jiang sat down on his bed. The bed board was the hard bed he was used to sleeping on, not the soft and fluffy kind.

He sat for a while, then walked to the sofa in the living room on the first floor, resting his elbows on his thighs, looking around with satisfaction.

Jiang Xi was also very satisfied with the decoration of this house. Even if she would not be back very often in the future, she would always have a place to stay when she came back, and she would no longer have to live in Jiang's father's house.

Jiang Xi looked at the two villas next to him that had been built but not yet occupied. "Is Miaomiao's house next to them? And Yanyan's house, neither of them has been occupied yet?"

Jiang Dasao smiled and said, "Yanyan and Miaomiao are just like you, studying in college outside. How can they have the time to come back and live here? Don't these houses need ventilation after they are built? The windows are open every day and never closed, so that you can have air circulation!" Seeing that Jiang Xi wanted to go to the next door to take a look, Jiang Dasao said, "The houses of the three of you are not empty. "The houses built by the children are all the same, and the decoration inside is almost the same, they are all built according to yours, but the paint colors are different. Miaomiao likes colorful things, and the walls are painted fruit green, light orange, etc. Yanyan likes pink, so her room is decorated in pink!"

Jiang's wife said, "If you ask me, you girls just want those bright and tender colors. Your house is beautiful, but it's too cold."

"That's right, the ones decorated by Miaomiao and Yanyan are so beautiful, you can tell at a glance that it's a girl's house. Your house is big, but it's decorated so simply, it looks like a snow cave." When they visited Jiang Liu's house, Uncle Jiang, Aunt Jiang, and Jiang Jun, who got the news, also rushed over. Uncle Jiang walked in with his little granddaughter on his shoulders and said.

Uncle Jiang and his friends are still working as masons, but the village with the most houses built this year is Jiangjia Village. They can’t finish building houses in Jiangjia Village alone. Since the beginning of spring, they have been busy with Jiang Liu, Jiang Miao, and Jiang Yanyan’s houses. They have been busy until June. In the meantime, Jiang Hongjun and Jiang Hongbing went to Guangzhou for half a month. Only Uncle Jiang, Jiang Jun, and some small workers such as his uncle Wang Dawei are working at home. When the tea picking season comes, Qian always comes to bring tea to Shanghai, and brings a decoration team to complete the decoration of three villas.

Except for the pink roses, the rest of the flowers and plants in the later stage are all flowers and plants that Jiang Jun and a few small workers dug in the mountains.

Uncle Jiang also said to Grandpa Jiang: "Now that Xingxing has become successful, you and Xingxing both have a tea plantation and can earn nearly 10,000 yuan a year, which is enough for you to spend. You don't have to work outside to make fire and cook for others or pick up rags. Don't go out this time when you come back. You are so old, and Xingxing and Baizi have to go to school and can't take care of you. You stay at home, and I and the Red Army are close and can take care of you."

Grandpa Jiang never said in the past few years that he was selling clothes and shoes outside. When he followed Jiang Xing out in the early years, he really planned to pick up rags and beg to earn money to support his granddaughter's education. Who knew that his granddaughter directly opened a clothing store for him and let him run the business.

The old man looked honest, but he actually had his own standards. What if everyone knew that he made money by selling clothes and came to compete with him for business? Or what if they saw that he made money and came to borrow money? He still had grandchildren to support.

Later, he looked at the money earned by his youngest son and daughter-in-law, and didn't give any of it to his youngest granddaughter. He kept all the money he earned for his eldest son, fearing that they would use the money he and his youngest granddaughter worked so hard to earn to support Jiang Song. He never said that he was selling clothes outside, but every time he came back, he was wearing better and better clothes, and his complexion was getting better and better. Besides, the old men didn't believe him when he said he was a beggar picking up rags. He said that he was burning firewood for others, and the good clothes he wore when he came back were all bought for him by his grandsons and granddaughters with scholarships.

The old men who boasted on the high platform also believed him.

The old man was really good at keeping his mouth shut. Until now, no one knows what he does outside.

Mrs. Jiang also advised Grandpa Jiang: "Yes, Grandpa is so old now. If you go out with Liu Liu and the others, they will have to take care of you. It would be better for you to stay in your hometown. It will be so comfortable. You can go to the high platform to bask in the sun and play mahjong when you have nothing to do. Don't go out to be busy at such an old age!"

Jiang Liu was reluctant to leave Grandpa Jiang in his hometown. It happened that Jiang Bo became busy after being admitted to graduate school and did not have much time to take care of Grandpa Jiang. Jiang Liu smiled and said, "It's just right. After the summer vacation, I want to take Grandpa to Beijing to live for two years." She asked Grandpa Jiang: "Grandpa, would you like to go to Beijing with me to live for two years?"

Grandpa Jiang smiled and sat on the sofa listening to them talk without saying a word.

Uncle Jiang took his granddaughter and sat her on his lap and said, "Xingxi, this house has not been cooked since it was built. Ask Jiang Jun to bring some rice and grain over later, and we'll eat here tonight to keep it warm." He then asked Jiang Xing, "Are you going to hold the beam-raising wine party? Why not hold it while you're at home during the summer vacation?"

Jiang Xing didn't want to bother and refused, saying, "Forget it..."

"How can we forget it? How can we not hold the beam-raising wine party and warm the house? Listen to me, we still have to hold it!"

Everyone agreed that the party should be held in response to Uncle Jiang's suggestion, even Grandpa Jiang said, "We have to hold the beam-raising wine party!"

The beam-raising wine party not only lets relatives and friends know the specific location of Jiang Xing's home in the future, making it convenient for relatives to visit, but also serves the purpose of collecting gifts.

You gave them a gift money when they built their house. If you don't take it back when you build your house, wouldn't that be stupid?

Uncle Jiang said, "If you are afraid of trouble, just leave it to us!"

Uncle Jiang saw that his niece was lazy. She had never washed the dishes since she was admitted to university. Now she is getting lazier and lazier.

Uncle Jiang said, "It's a good thing that you have your own house. You can live in your own house in the future and no one will say anything. Otherwise, being so lazy like you..."

Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Uncle Jiang's wife unhappily, saying, "What do you mean by lazy? We are so lucky! We are born to eat public food and don't have to wash dishes or cook!" She hugged her granddaughter to her lap and smiled and taught her, "In the future, you have to be like your aunt, go to college, and eat public food, do you know?"

Sister Jiang smiled and pulled Holding her daughter's hand, she smiled and said, "Yes, yes, learn from your aunt and go to college!"

Uncle Jiang was speechless after being confronted by Aunt Jiang. He whispered, "That's what I said..." After being glared at by Aunt Jiang, he hurriedly said, "Okay, okay, I won't say anything."

Since Aunt Jiang made more and more money, she has become more and more confident in her words at home. Uncle Jiang is now afraid of her and his status at home is getting lower and lower. He is afraid that she will get angry one day and don't want to cook, and he will have to eat the food cooked by her.

After eating the food cooked by Aunt Jiang, eating the food cooked by Grandma Jiang is simply pig food.

In this respect, Uncle Jiang is not like Father Jiang at all. The food he cooks is exactly the same as Grandma Jiang's, which is also pig food.

Uncle Jiang was so annoyed by Aunt Jiang that he asked Jiang Jun to go with him to carry food and firewood for Jiang Xing.

They used the food and oil book to buy rapeseed oil from the neighboring Xujia Village.

Aunt Jiang got up and walked towards the kitchen, saying, "This designer from Shanghai is different. The kitchen designed by Xingxing makes us jealous. We have never seen such a well-built kitchen. There are two flower beds in the backyard. I planted some peppers, loofahs and vegetables in them. They are all ripe now. I will pick two to cook for me later!"

Aunt Jiang is almost fifty years old. Since May 1st, there has been a constant stream of tourists in the village. She is indeed tired from cooking for the tourists every day, but she still does it. She smiled and said, "Let me cook. Xiaoxiao likes the food I cook."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Dasao did not compete with her mother-in-law, and said with a smile, "Then I'll wash and cut the vegetables!" Jiang

Xiao also went to help, but was pushed out of the kitchen by Jiang Dasao's wife and sisters-in-law. Jiang Dasao said with a smile, "How can you let a little girl cook? When is a girl's home most precious? That is when she is at her parents' home. With so many sisters-in-law around, how can you be allowed into the kitchen? Don't let others laugh at you if you tell them about it!"

In the past, girls went back to their parents' home to work.

But ever since Jiang Xi was admitted to Peking University, and he and Jiang Guotai led the villagers to become rich, they distributed tea fields and homesteads to the girls. Now the girls in the village are becoming more and more valuable, and their status is getting higher and higher. The generation who are a few years younger than Jiang Xi now has no worse status than boys at home. Anyway, if they don't want to marry out, there are homesteads in the village, and the income from the tea fields means they don't have to worry about not being able to build a house. With a house and tea fields, those parents will not be happy living with their sons in the future, and with the concubines around, who would be willing to treat their daughters badly?

In the evening, the whole family had a hot and noisy dinner. When other people in the village heard that Jiang Wu had returned, they also came to visit Jiang Wu's house. Everyone who came to visit praised Jiang Wu's house for being well built and beautiful, and said that they would build the same house in the future.

Some people even regretted not getting along with Jiang Guotai earlier, otherwise he might have built their house as well.

Alas, Jiang Guotai is really something. He made a fortune outside, but only built houses for Wu Wu from the big guy's family and Yan Yan from the Jiang town chief's family. If he had the money, couldn't he build all the houses in the village?

Jiang Gangqin heard the news that Jiang Wu had returned, and also ran to Jiang Wu to play, and asked Jiang Wu to be her bridesmaid.

Jiang Gangqin looked at Jiang Liu's house and said happily: "My mother also planted two acres of wolfberry this year. Tea is selling well this year. My mother said that by the end of the year, she would build a big house with me." She looked at Jiang Liu's magnificent house, her eyes full of longing: "Let's build a house like yours!"

What Jiang Gangqin didn't say was that her sister-in-law had a quarrel with her mother about this. The reason was that Jiang Gangqin's current building was one of the earliest buildings built in the village. It is now a bit old. Seeing that the village began to build new buildings one after another, Jiang Gangqin's sister-in-law also wanted to rebuild a big one, just like Jiang's father's house, so that it could be used as a hotel for tourists during the summer vacation. She could sit at home and make some money.

Jiang Gangqin's eldest brother drives a tractor, helping people haul goods, and can earn several thousand yuan a year. Together with the tea land that their family has divided, she, Gangqin's brother, and their two children have four acres of tea land, which makes more than 10,000 yuan this year. Jiang Gangqin's parents and Jiang Gangqin have three acres of tea land, which makes more than 10,000 yuan. The tea land of a family of seven adds up to 30,000 yuan. She thought very well. With more than 30,000 yuan plus the family savings, even if they can't build a house as big as Jiang's father's in one go, they can build it in two years.

Who knew that Gangqin's mother would not build a house for her son, but would use the income from their tea land this year to build a house for her sister-in-law. How could she be happy?

It's just that Jiang Gangqin's mother is used to being the boss at home. Before the tea land, she doted on her little daughter the most and saved all the food for Jiang Gangqin. Now that she and her husband have the tea land and don't have to rely on her son and daughter-in-law for support, she is even more decisive and doesn't have to look at her daughter-in-law's face. She doesn't even want to live with her son and daughter-in-law and plans to live with her daughter-in-law in the future.

Jiang Gangqin is also very sincere to her parents. She asks her parents to live with her every day. She really plans to do so. Psychologically, she feels that she is still a big baby who can't leave her mother, so her mother should live with her.

But her sister-in-law tacitly acknowledged that her parents-in-law would definitely live with them in the future, so the income from their tea farm should naturally be given to them, not to her sister-in-law? They had no objection to her sister-in-law using the income from her own tea farm to build a house.

It was just that her sister-in-law was not used to being the head of the family. She was not a very tough person, so she would say a few words when she was unhappy. She did not dare to quarrel with her mother-in-law, so she closed the door and quarreled with her husband. Although the door was closed, the sound of the quarrel was still heard by the whole family.

Jiang Gangqin naturally heard it clearly.

Jiang Gangqin was now very jealous of Jiang Qing for having his own house.

If her own house was built, she could move out with her parents and no longer have to live in her brother and sister-in-law's house.

The house was clearly built by her parents and was where she grew up, but now she inexplicably felt that it was her brother and sister-in-law's home, not hers, and that she was living under someone else's roof.

She sighed to Jiang Xi and said in a somewhat distressed tone, "I want to get married and move out as soon as possible."