Chapter 10: The Head of the Family

The group quickly returned to the village.

After paying the bill to the old patriarch, he started to divide the money and gave Tang Qingshan's share first.

Tang Qingshan put away the silver and went into the house, saying to the old clan leader: "Uncle, this is a lucky opportunity. I want to buy a piece of land and build a house, which can be regarded as a proper family residence. When the time comes, I will return this house to the clan."

"The clan already has some idle housing land, so why do we need to buy it now?" The old clan leader waved his hand generously, "I'll take you to measure a piece tomorrow! After the measurement, I'll tell the head of the village, and we'll go directly to the government to register your name, and I'll also get your household registration done, so don't worry!"

Tang Qingshan thanked him repeatedly.

As soon as he got home, his little girl immediately opened her arms to him with a cute look on her face.

Tang Qingshan's lips curled slightly. He handed the silver he got to his wife with one hand and hugged his daughter with the other.

The milk ball held his face with both hands.

Seeing that his sons were all around, the patriarch Tang Qingshan hid himself seriously for a moment.

Naituanzi became anxious and hugged him more seriously... She was really worried, afraid that her father was secretly eating the Tai Sui meat outside!

No, I must check it carefully! She opened her dark grape eyes wide and leaned forward to take a serious look.

The dignified head of the family couldn't resist the enthusiasm of the little girl, so he easily compromised and kissed his daughter.

The little girl who was suddenly kissed: "...Huh?"

All right.

Daddy is so handsome, he definitely wouldn't cheat on me, right? So the little boy smiled at him confidently, his eyes curved and his little white teeth showing.

This silly smile melted the old father's heart. The old father was extremely serious... and kissed his daughter again, with a helpless look on his face, but secretly happy in his heart.

Oh! What should I do if my daughter loves me too much! The next moment, his third son stood up, grabbed his sister, and said considerately: "Dad, you just came back, you must be tired, let me hold my sister."

The old father looked at his son and pursed his lips.

But he didn't say anything. He just sat down and talked to Madam Lin about business: "I asked the old clan leader for a piece of land for housing. Let's go and have a look tomorrow and pick a suitable piece. The old clan leader said he doesn't want money, but we don't need to take advantage of this. We can just buy it according to the clan's price. I remember that my third uncle bought it last year, so I took a little bit of it as a token of my appreciation. Two taels of silver per mu, we can't buy two or three mu of land in total."

"That's good!" Madam Lin said, "Having a place of my own will make me feel at ease!"

Brother Tang was very calm and continued, "As long as the deed is approved, we can build the house... We can't afford to make bricks now, but luckily we have money now, so let's just buy some bricks and build it right away, right?"

Brother Tang said, "I'm just afraid of attracting attention."

"It doesn't matter if it attracts attention," said Brother Tang. "Once this place is built, we can definitely live in it for many years. It will be our old house in the future."

"Yes," Madam Lin also said, "Fan'er is right. We should build it well even if it attracts attention! We should live in it for decades! Besides, with this excuse, everyone will know that we have made money, so it will be less troublesome if we spend it quickly."

She turned around and asked, "Boss, don't you think so?"

Naituanzi was very conscious of being the head of the family, and nodded seriously: "Yes!"

Mrs. Lin was amused by her and reached out to hug her, but Brother Tang San was reluctant to let go and ran away with his sister in his arms like flying.

Madam Lin glared at her son but didn't try to grab him. She said, "If we really want to build it, it will cost a lot of money. Fan'er and the others are growing up, and each of them needs a room. Xinbao is a girl, so she needs a boudoir, too. We have to think carefully about it."

Tang Qingshan thought for a moment and said, "Let's find a bricklayer team to build it! Ask them to draw us a blueprint."

Madam Lin asked, "Why don't we ask the villagers to help us build it?"

"We'll find one," Tang Qingshan said, "but we'll also find a bricklayer team! After all, we don't have a proper place to go right now. Even if we find someone from the village, it'll be troublesome to get food. It's better to find a bricklayer team directly, good or bad, it doesn't matter, it'll save us some trouble. Don't you think so?"

Milk ball picked up another word: "Yes!"

The whole family laughed for a long time, and the whole house was filled with a joyful atmosphere.

Early the next morning, Tang Qingshan went to find the old patriarch.

The old patriarch's eldest son, Tang Youzhong, brought his family, including Naituanzi, to choose a place.

There are many ready-made residential plots in the clan, which can be regarded as a kind of unspoken rule. If you buy residential plots from the clan without going through the government, it will be cheaper. One mu is only two taels. If you go through the government, it will cost at least six or seven taels. At that time, it is equivalent to a transfer of ownership, and there will also be a land deed.

After walking around and looking at several pieces, Tang Qingshan turned to look at his family members, asking questions with his eyes.

Mrs. Lin couldn't make up her mind, so she asked Naituanzi, "Which piece of land does Xinbao like?"

The little girl had been thinking seriously for a long time. She raised three fingers without hesitation and said in a baby voice: "Remember two pieces!!"

It made everyone laugh.

The little boy also realized something was wrong, so he used his other hand to press down his extra little finger and raised both of his little hands together: "Remember two!"

Madam Lin couldn't stop laughing. She reached out and took the milk ball over and said, "Xinbao, do you like the second piece?"

"Yes," said Milk Ball seriously, "There is water, so we can raise fish!"

Several people understood immediately.

The place was actually a bit remote, on the edge of a mountain. The only good thing was that there was a small spring... But Yutang Village had plenty of water, including many springs. Even if there were no springs, it would be easy to dig a well, as there would be water in the shallow layer, so no one paid much attention to it.

Since Naituanzi liked it, Madam Lin turned around and looked at Tang Qingshan.

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Tang Qingshan said directly: "Then let's take the second piece."

Tang Youzhong was looking at the little girl with a smile on his face. He was thinking, "She's so smart, why do people in the village say she's stupid because she can't talk? These old ladies just don't know how to talk!"

Hearing this, he scratched his head and said, "You're not going to be picky anymore? I think this one is pretty good too."

"I won't be picky," Tang Qingshan said with a smile, "Xinbao likes it, and the size is perfect."

Tang Youzhong followed them back to measure the land.

He had received his father's instructions and originally wanted to give up more, but this piece of land was just a little more than three acres, so it was the same as not giving up anything, and Tang Qingshan even forced the silver on him.

When Tang Youzhong got home, he was beaten up by his father.

The old patriarch felt bad, so he became more motivated. He went to the county town with the head of the village that day to get the land deed and household registration booklet for him.

Tang Qingshan also followed the ox cart to the city.

He planned to fire Mrs. Lin and Brother Tang's long-term workers after he was done, and buy some straw mats and emergency pots and pans.

It's not that I'm bloated, but I have to build a house soon, which is already a lot of work, and there are not enough people to do it, and someone has to cook at home.

The second brother Tang had been in poor health to begin with. If it weren't for the milk, why would the family have worked so hard? Even the fourth brother Tang, who was lame, had to go to the lantern shop to do odd jobs every day.

Thinking about it this way, it is really a good thing to be able to break away from those people.

The old house of the Tang family was at the entrance of the village. Seeing Tang Qingshan and the clan leader leaving the village on a bullock cart, Granny Liu spat fiercely on the ground, "Bah! The stuffing of a coffin that died early!"

While cursing, she felt somewhat happy in her heart.

She hadn't worked for many years. The sudden death of the eldest wife and the serious illness of Tang Sanshui really exhausted her.

Moreover, she felt ashamed to be fired out of the blue. She didn't go out for two days, but when she thought about Tang Qingshan's family, she didn't take anything and they still asked her to pay her wages. She didn't know how miserable she felt.

Mrs. Liu felt a lot more comfortable.

You deserve it! I wish you would die of poverty!!

As she was mumbling and cursing, her western neighbor, Mrs. Hu, saw her and came over with a smile: "Hey, old sister, you don't know yet, do you?"

Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Hu had never gotten along well, and knowing that Mrs. Liu was there just to make fun of her, she rolled her eyes and was about to go in.

Mrs. Hu raised her voice and shouted, "Your family Qingshan is very prosperous, but it's a pity that you are not from the Tang family, so you can't get involved!!"

Granny Liu turned her head sharply and asked: "What do you mean by rich?"

(End of this chapter)