After the things were moved, Su Yan, Lu Ting and Hua Min stood in the truck bed and watched, while Lu Fengnian sat in the passenger seat.
"Comrade Xiao Wu, thank you for your hard work tonight."
"It's not hard, Commander, we can set off now!"
"Okay, let's go."
As soon as the car started, Lu Ting quickly lit the firecrackers in his hand. Su Yan used her body to block the TV to prevent the firecrackers from blowing up the TV screen, while Hua Min looked at the fire.
A resident who was lying in bed sleeping suddenly heard the sound of firecrackers in the middle of the night. He thought an old man had passed away and was shocked. When he asked the next morning, he found out that it was Captain Lu's family who were moving to a new home.
The car set off on time at 11 o'clock and arrived at the courtyard at exactly 11:58. Everyone unloaded the things in the car one by one.
At 12:18, Lu Yiming opened the door on time. Jiang Lingling and Su Qingshan were standing at the door to greet him. One set off firecrackers while the other said auspicious words to receive the things.
After the things were put away, the driver drank a cup of tea and prepared to drive the car back. Before leaving, Lu Ting gave the driver two packs of cigarettes, a bag of apples, a bag of oranges and a pound of candy.
Looking at the newly renovated courtyard house, Lu Fengnian couldn't help but exclaim that it was beautifully decorated. The pavilions, rockery, and glass greenhouse were all newly built, and even the corridor handrails were repainted red. His son must have spent a lot of money on decorating the house this time, right?
It seems that this guy really is making extra money outside and has been hiding it from his father.
Su Yan arranged her bed for her parents to sleep in, and her parents-in-law lived in the small suite on the right. She took Lu Ting to live in Lu Yining's room, and let Lu Yining sleep with his brother Lu Yian.
In order to have a good omen, Jiang Lingling started preparing breakfast for her daughter as soon as she woke up. She steamed a basket of brown sugar steamed cakes, and Hua Min helped to cook eight-treasure porridge.
Su Yan and Lu Ting were still lying in bed, while Lu Yiming took his grandfather and grandfather to tour all the courtyards.
At half past twelve in the afternoon, Su Ze and Su Lang came with their wives and children, and Lu Jin also came with Chen Yuhe's family.
Chen Yuhe looked at this large courtyard with four entrances, feeling both envious and jealous. Her sister-in-law was so lucky to live in such a big and beautiful house. If only she could switch places, even if she gave birth to ten or eight children, there would still be room for them to live in.
Su Lang asked Lu Ting, "Brother-in-law, how much did you spend on this yard?"
Jiang Lingling glared at her silly son. Could she ask him this in person?
"You don't need to ask your brother-in-law. I'll tell you when we get back."
Su Lang understood that this topic couldn't be asked right now, as his brother-in-law's family was also there. Lu Fengnian was fine; he knew how much such a large courtyard house would cost. If his eldest son hadn't gone out to earn extra money, he must have sold his grandmother's antique dowry.
He bought this house many years ago. At that time, he had only saved more than 3,000 yuan. Even with Xiaoyan's 7,000 or 8,000 yuan in royalties, it was impossible for him to buy this four-courtyard house.
Lu Jin was wondering if his grandfather had given his eldest brother a box of gold before he officially returned to the Lu family. Otherwise, how would they have had so much money to buy a house?
After the newborn dinner, Lu Ting took his parents back to the military compound. When they got home, Lu Fengnian asked Lu Ting, "Is your house legitimate?"
"Why not? Dad, let me tell you the truth. When I went to bury grandma's dowry boxes, I found a large jar of silver dollars and a small jar of gold in the mountains."
"You kid, why didn't you tell me about such a big thing?"
"Tell Dad, do you want me to donate it? I'm not stupid. It just so happens that the people who are selling the house are going to Hong Kong City. They want gold and silver dollars. If it's not enough, give them some more money."
"How much did your yard cost in total?"
"More than 30,000, Dad. My third and fourth brothers will come to my house for the New Year this year. Before the New Year, I will ship the box of grandma's things to my house. The campaign is over, and Dad can give New Year's gifts to my brothers."
"Okay, when we go to your house for the New Year this year, your brothers and sisters will definitely talk about the ancestral home. This time I will tell them that the title deed has been given to you and that your grandmother's dowry has been divided up. If they have something to share, they won't complain anymore."
Lu Ting felt that his father was too idealistic. Although his family's courtyard house was not bought with his father's money, his sister-in-law definitely did not believe that their family had so much money.
Fortunately, he and Su Yan made up a lie about finding gold, and at least his father believed it.
As for how his father would tell his younger brothers, with his quick mind, he would definitely say that Yanyan's grandfather left a jar of gold for Yanyan.
Where Su Yan's grandfather got the gold was not a question they wanted to think about, so Lu Fengnian let them speculate.
I heard that there was a super landlord in Grandpa Su's hometown. In the 1950s, that person was put on the list of landlords, and the people who searched his house found a room full of gold. Some villagers who got the news in advance stole one or two jars of gold from his house and hid them.
At 4:30 p.m. on the 29th day of the lunar year (February 16, 1977), Lu Ting drove Lu Jin and Lu Fengnian to the city.
Chen Yuhe took her mother-in-law and children back to the city by bus two days in advance, and Lu Chen and Lu Yu came with their wives and children on the afternoon of the 29th day of the lunar year.
Because the Lu family courtyard was far away from theirs, Su Yan simply asked them all to live at her house.
There was no furniture in the houses in the east and west yards, but she specially asked a master to build a large kang (kang) six meters long and two meters wide in the front yard, so that all the children could sleep on it. If the kang was not warm at night, Lu Yilan would be responsible for adding corn cobs into the kang hole.
The three rooms for the triplets were given to the three brothers Lu Jin, Lu Chen and Lu Yu and their wives. Lu Yiming slept in his own room, Su Yan and Lu Ting slept in the master bedroom suite, and the remaining suites were given to Lu Fengnian and Hua Min.
There are six people in Lu Ting's family, six people in Lu Jin's family, four people in Lu Chen and Lu Yu's families each, plus Lu Fengnian and Hua Min, the entire Lu family has a total of twenty-two people.
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