At the new house, Ye Erzhu frowned as he looked at Xiang Changlin who said he wanted to help.
"There are enough people here, so I won't bother you anymore. You can go back first."
Xiang Changlin was determined to perform well, so he would not back down just because of his words. He smiled and said, "Uncle, I have nothing to do at home. Wouldn't it be faster to have one more person? You can also move in earlier."
Ye Erzhu felt a little annoyed looking at this stubborn boy. He said that Ye Qing was deceived by his sweet words and he must have pestered his daughter to get her.
"We don't need you, go back quickly. Also, stay away from Qingqing in the future. You two are not suitable."
Xiang Changlin was a little hurt when he heard him speak so bluntly, but he didn't show it on his face. If you want to marry a wife, you have to be thick-skinned. He didn't say anything more to Ye Erzhu, and directly joined the group of people next to him to start working.
Ye Erzhu was speechless when he saw this. Just when he was about to go over and chase him away, a man about his age came over and patted him on the shoulder with a smile.
"Erzhu, isn't this the kid from the Xiang family? Why is he here to help? When did your two families ever have any favors?"
Xiang Changlin was from the second team. For small jobs like repairing houses, people from the same team usually helped each other. Unless the production team had a big project, three teams would work together. So everyone was very curious about this young man from the second team who suddenly appeared.
"How should I know?"
Ye Erzhu played dumb, and the man winked and bumped his arm, "I say, could this guy be interested in your daughter?"
In the countryside, if a boy falls in love with a girl, many people will go to help her with the housework. If the girl's parents accept, then the two of them are almost certain to be together. This is nothing new, so he naturally thought of this aspect.
"Don't talk nonsense. What are you doing here? Get to work!"
Ye Erzhu kicked him in the butt in annoyance, but the man didn't get angry. He patted his butt and said with a smile, "If I didn't say it right, why are you so anxious? When you have a wedding, don't forget to invite me!"
After he said that, he went to work with a smile, leaving Ye Erzhu with a frown on his face.
"Two pillars! Two pillars!"
Ye Erzhu was about to chase Xiang Changlin away again when he heard Zhou Shuimei's shout.
"Mom? Why are you here?"
He walked quickly towards him.
"You bastard! What are you doing? You have a house at home, but you don't live in it properly. Why are you showing off? You come here to buy a shabby house! What? Are you annoyed by me?"
"Mom, what are you talking about? Why would I bother you?"
"Then why did you buy this house?"
Even though she had divided the family property when she got old, she still wanted both of her sons to be around her, otherwise she would feel uneasy. This damn boy was so good, he came so far to live here, it was obvious that he didn't want to take care of her!
"Isn't this house big? There are so many people in my family that we can't live in one room."
Even though Ye Erzhu was quite dissatisfied with his mother in some aspects, she was his biological mother after all, and Zhou Shuimei had a bad temper, so he was usually willing to coax her.
"What's so great about that? I think you just have a lot of money to burn! I shouldn't have given you so much money!"
Zhou Shuimei was so angry that she stretched out her hand and pinched Ye Erzhu. Ye Erzhu did not dodge, but begged for mercy, "Mom, there are so many people here, please give me some face."
"snort!"
Zhou Shuimei glared at him fiercely before letting go.
Ye Erzhu chuckled, "Mom, I've already paid for this house, and I can't return it. How about I take you in to live with me for a few days after it's finished?"
Zhou Shuimei ignored him, walked forward a few steps and began to look around the house.
Sun Erni, who was standing by, came up to Ye Erzhu and asked, "Uncle, if you move here, what will you do with your house?"
She had a beautiful idea. When the second wife's family moved out, the old house would be empty. Wouldn't it become theirs? Anyway, they couldn't live in both places.
“I’m planning to sell it.”
"Sold it?"
Sun Erni never expected that they would sell the house. What could she do? The duck that was about to be in her mouth flew away helplessly!
"Who would buy just one room?"
"After I finish working here, I'll ask the team leader to use the loudspeaker to see if anyone is willing to buy it."
Although Ye Qing said yesterday that he wanted to sell it to the eldest son, he couldn't just say "sell it to you."
Sun Erni pursed her lips and thought for a moment before she said shamelessly, "Second brother, Jianhua is going to get married in two years, why don't you give it to your eldest nephew as a wedding house? You already have a new house, so this one won't make a difference, right?"
Ye Erzhu smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, as Jianhua's second uncle, I should contribute to his wedding, but you know I only spent 20 yuan to buy this house, and I didn't get much after the family division. Qingqing's mother is in the hospital, and every day is a big expense. I really have no power to help. If you want to blame someone, blame me for being incompetent and too poor."
When Sun Erni saw him starting to cry poor, she felt choked up. Why didn’t she realize that this brother-in-law was so shrewd before?
She turned and left with a sullen face. When Zhou Shuimei turned around and didn't see her, she looked at Ye Erzhu and asked, "Where's your sister-in-law?"
Ye Erzhu pointed downwards and said, "Let's go back."
"He was in a hurry to be reincarnated. He followed me here but went back on his own!"
Ye Erzhu smiled and didn't respond.
"Your house is worth the twenty bucks. It's big and worth it. What are you going to do with the other room?"
“Sold.”
"Sold it?"
When Zhou Shuimei heard that he wanted to sell the house, she became unhappy again and slapped him hard in the face. "You heartless thing, that's our old house. If you dare to sell it, just try it!"
"Mom! Isn't it a waste if we don't sell it?"
"Keep it for Jianhua to marry, you can't sell it anyway!"
"If I don't sell it, I won't have money to live on!"
When Ye Erzhu heard her say this, he felt a little sour and uncomfortable.
"If I say you can't sell it, you can't sell it. If you dare to sell it, I will hang myself at your doorstep!"
After Zhou Shuimei finished scolding, she turned around and went home. Ye Erzhu sighed helplessly.
At noon, everyone went home to eat. Xiang Changlin also came to Ye Erzhu to say hello.
"Uncle, I'm going back first. I'll come back after dinner."
Ye Erzhu was just about to say that you don’t need to come, but Xiang Changlin didn’t even give him a chance to refuse and disappeared in a flash.
"Erzhu, your son-in-law is quite capable! He's got a lot of strength!"
"Get lost! What are you talking about!"
Ye Erzhu was so angry that he wanted to hit the man with a shovel, but the man ran away laughing.
For several days in a row, Xiang Changlin came to help with the work every day. Ye Erzhu gradually got used to it from his initial refusal. He couldn't get rid of him anyway, so he didn't bother to say anything. Although he acquiesced to his help with the work, he didn't even smile at him. Xiang Changlin was not in a hurry, thinking that one day he would be able to impress this father-in-law.
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