As Huo Junshan listened to his uncle's heartfelt words, the expression on his face suddenly became somewhat inexplicable.
He looked at Yun Ningyan with suspicion. Was the little girl saying that on purpose? Was she trying to scare his uncle into selling the house to them?
It gave him a big fright.
Yun Ningyan gently scratched his palm, and the weight in his heart finally lifted.
The brigade leader said, "I'll ask the Party Secretary and the accountant tomorrow, and I'll come find you after we've discussed it."
After saying that, he kicked the two of them out. What a useless piece of trash! He even has to put in effort to get a wife.
He had to get this done, otherwise his nephew's wife would run away.
Because Song Pandi served Ma Lao Er at night, Ma Da Niang gave her an egg, a steamed bun made of mixed flour, and some stir-fried potato shreds in the morning.
At least she had something to eat, so her complexion wasn't too bad. After breakfast, Aunt Ma took her to work in the fields. Aunt Ma warned her, "I lost an egg this morning. If you can't get pregnant, I'll never forgive you! Take good care of my son from now on, or I'll starve you to death!"
Song Pandi nodded obediently, but in his heart he was cursing her: Old woman, if you piss me off, I'll make your whole family die!
She was thinking to herself, but she kept smiling. When the two walked into the field, Li Xiangyun was the first to see them.
Aunt Ma held her head high and puffed out her chest, as if having a daughter-in-law was something to be very proud of. Li Xiangyun immediately mocked, "Aunt Ma, whose new daughter-in-law is working in the fields?"
"Are you tormenting your daughter-in-law? She's usually a good-tempered person."
"So obedient to you? If it were someone else, they wouldn't have bothered with you at all."
When Ma Daniu heard that Li Xiangyun was encouraging her daughter-in-law not to work in the fields, she thought, "How can that be? My family is small, and we can't let her not work!" She glared at Song Pandi and said, "Hurry up and get going! Stop dawdling here!"
"Your wife from the Huo family doesn't do any work, but have you stopped complaining? Your son is always giving good things to others, does your daughter-in-law think you're so smug?"
She dared not say Yun Ningyan's name and could only use someone else as a substitute, but those who understand will understand.
Huo Junshan walked over from a distance, accompanied by Zhang Qiang and Yun Ningyan. Aunt Ma ran away as fast as she could; she was terrified of Yun Ningyan.
Aunt Ma wiggled her hips and ran away, and the others burst into laughter.
Huo Junshan took Yun Ningyan to the place where he was cutting pig feed, and then went back to work. He walked past his mother.
Several aunties and older women asked his mother, "Xiangyun, when are your son and Yun, the educated youth, getting married? We're all waiting to eat wedding candy!"
Li Xiangyun shook her head. "Sigh, we can't interfere with the third son's affairs. Ningning is still young, so we're not in a hurry."
Aunt Niu Er laughed and teased, "Aren't you in a hurry? Look at how your eyes were glued to Yun Zhiqing just now. If you ask me, hurry up and marry her, so that some people won't keep thinking about her all the time."
Li Xiangyun laughed and scolded, "You have a sharp eye. Our second son isn't even married yet, how can the third son surpass the second? After we're done with this busy period, we'll go to the next brigade and talk to them to settle the second son's marriage. The house is already built."
"I'm just envious. If my Yan Hua could find a girlfriend from the city, I'd be laughing in my sleep..."
Li Xiangyun laughed heartily and said smugly, "Then you must be envious!"
As she spoke, she showed off the new clothes Yun Ningyan had bought for her, "You don't know, Ningning is so filial. Last time, when Lao San took her to the city to buy things, she came back and bought a piece of clothing for each of us old folks. I was so happy..."
Wang Cuihong curled her lip behind her back. It's just two pieces of clothing, look how smug her mother-in-law is.
The brigade leader went to work early in the morning to discuss Huo Junshan's house purchase with the old Party Secretary and the accountant.
The old Party Secretary originally said that the house belonged to the landlord, and it would be unlucky for anyone else to buy it, so no one ever wanted the house.
The brigade leader was afraid that Huo Junshan's wife would run away, so he tried his best to sell the house. "Secretary, they bought the house to get married. They said they could have built their own house, but it was a bit troublesome."
Yun said she wanted to buy it, tidy it up, and move in anytime. That way, we could have some income for you too. Aren't we still saving up to buy a tractor?
This is several hundred dollars at once, which is much better than the little we save up every year..."
The brigade leader puffed on his pipe, while the old Party Secretary hesitated, mainly because the house was unusual.
The captain glanced at the accountant. Why wasn't this old man saying a word?
He coughed discreetly twice, and the old accountant finally spoke up, "Why don't we just sell it to them? Otherwise, who knows when we'll be able to buy our tractors!"
The old Party Secretary finally nodded and said, "Alright, if someone causes trouble, we'll put in a good word for them. Things have been much easier these past two years, so there shouldn't be any problems."
The three of them agreed that the four main rooms and two kitchens would cost a total of five hundred dollars.
The two kitchens were a bit small, and the house was in many dilapidated places.
It needs to be properly renovated before it's habitable, so it costs 500 yuan.
The team leader was satisfied with the answer and excitedly went to the field to find Huo Junshan. In his opinion, there was probably no problem with the third brother's wife!
I wonder when the two of them plan to get married!
Huo Junshan's job today was still pulling cattle. While everyone was resting and drinking water, the team leader pulled him aside and said, "Third brother, let me tell you, you have to buy that house for five hundred yuan. Do you have that much money?"
Huo Junshan lowered his head in thought. "I didn't!"
Captain...
Even the captain wanted to give him a beating.
"What am I supposed to ask if you have no money! I've already asked for you. What are you going to do about the house if you don't have money? Don't you want your wife anymore?"
The captain thought for a moment and said, "Your aunt has a few hundred yuan saved up. If it doesn't work, I'll go get it for you to use first."
The captain genuinely cared for Huo Junshan; of all his nephews, Huo Junshan was the one he liked and valued the most.
So when Huo Junshan said he had no money, he didn't hesitate to go home and get some.
Huo Junshan called out to him and whispered, "I don't have any money, but Ningning does. Ningning said she'll pay for it."
"What the hell?" The captain thought he was deaf and something was wrong, so he asked again.
“Ningning said she has the money to buy a house, so I don’t need to contribute any money.”
Once the captain was sure he hadn't misheard, he immediately tapped Huo Junshan twice with his pipe.
"You're spineless! Who moves into a house bought by the woman after marriage? You want to be a live-in son-in-law? I'll beat you to death, you spineless brat! Humph! I shouldn't have asked."
Helpless, Huo Junshan stretched out a finger and pinched out a tiny bit of the length. "I'll only contribute a tiny bit, but I'll tell everyone that Ningning bought the house. Please don't tell anyone, or the family will be in an uproar..."
"Why!"
The captain sighed heavily. It was indeed the case. If the eldest son's family found out that the third son had a secret stash of money and had bought such a big house, it would really cause a huge uproar.
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