After seeing Master Fang off, my younger brother and father also went back. Before leaving, they told him to come back in a few days to install the doors and windows.
Jiang Shuya calculated her bills and found she only had seven thousand yuan left. She wanted to pay her brother's and father's share as well, but what could she do when she was poor?
She spent over five thousand yuan on food over the past twenty days, leaving her with very little of the ten thousand yuan. She still needed to keep some money in reserve. Looking at the house she had single-handedly built, she felt a strange sense of accomplishment.
Seeing Grandpa coming over, picking up the scattered broken bricks around the house, and noticing some pebbles and two half-bags of cement by the outer staircase, he said, "This building site is on high ground, and the slope is slippery when it rains. Use these remaining pebbles, sand, and cement to make a small uphill path on the slope."
Jiang Shuya nodded in agreement. She felt that in the Huang family, only this grandfather was a considerate person. He favored this grandson. In his previous life, he had suffered a lifetime of hardship and never enjoyed a day of happiness. After retiring, he took care of his paralyzed grandmother for more than ten years. He passed away a month before the demolition. He had an operation, but an accident happened, and he never woke up again.
Thinking of this, her eyes flashed. Since she could change the fate of building a house, could she also keep her grandfather alive? In her previous life, although he died not long after she married into the Huang family, he was the kindest person to her among all the elders, the one who truly helped her, and at least never truly looked down on her.
Just then, a white sedan slowly drove up from the direction of Grandpa's house and stopped by the roadside. A man of medium height and a tall woman got out of the car. Upon closer inspection, it was Huang Minghao's aunt, Huang Yuhua, and son-in-law, Han Chaobing. The aunt and son-in-law greeted Grandpa warmly, and Jiang Shuya stepped forward to greet them politely.
Clearly, the two men were astonished as they stared at the two-story building that had already been built in front of them, exclaiming in amazement, "Wow, that's quite a lot of square meters! It must be over four hundred."
Seeing the suspicious looks from the two women, Jiang Shuya remained silent. At this moment, Huang Yuhua asked, "How much did this house cost?"
Jiang Shuya told the truth: "Less than 100,000." "What? Four hundred square meters, and it only cost less than 100,000?"
Huang Yuhua was extremely surprised.
Jiang Shuya paid no attention to her surprise and curiosity, and did not want to explain too much. She silently put on her gloves and put the broken bricks around her in one place. She saw her grandfather telling them about the general situation of the house construction these days.
Jiang Shuya didn't actually have much affection for these two people. When she and Huang Minghao first visited their family after their marriage, it was during the Lunar New Year. They entered the courtyard with smiles on their faces and were amazed by the magnificent villa their aunt had built. At least from the outside, the interior decoration must be quite nice. However, she also experienced their hospitality. On the day of the visit, she was left standing in their courtyard all afternoon. Huang Minghao spent the whole day playing cards with the elders in the kitchen. They said that their aunt was a clean freak and didn't like others touching her things. It wasn't that Jiang Shuya insisted on going into their main house, but the people playing cards in the kitchen were smoking, and she couldn't stand the pungent smell. Also, it was really cold outside in the courtyard.
From then on, she never went to their house again.
Because my aunt's family is in the sand and gravel business, during grape season she would come to buy a lot of grapes to give away. Although she would give money, she would only give some of the cost price, at most the price she would pay the vendor. My mother-in-law would usually sell half to her and give the other half away.
Sometimes I really don't understand how a family like this, which is quite wealthy and whose people are dressed so smartly, would care about such petty gains. They probably look down on Jiang Shuya, who is from out of town.
After finishing the finishing touches and getting ready to go home, Huang Yuhua called her back.
Although Jiang Shuya was impatient, she was, after all, an elder, and still politely asked what was wrong.
Huang Yuhua asked directly, "You know about the 60,000 yuan your family owed before, right?"
Jiang Shuya nodded slightly.
Huang Yuhua continued, "I just heard your grandfather say that the money for building your house came from your parents. I suppose your parents aren't short of money because of their business. I suggest... I mean, I suggest you pay back the money you owed. After all, you're going to spend your life with Haohao. He's wandering around the world, and he has to worry about this debt every month. This really won't do you any good. It's definitely not good for a husband and wife to be separated. Don't you agree?"
These words were repeated anew, and Jiang Shuya was clearly not as passive as she had been in her previous life. In her previous life, her aunt spoke from the perspective of someone who was the debtor, but now she saw through it all but didn't say anything. Although she owed her grandfather, the debt was ultimately caused by her, and there was no way to escape it.
She pursed her lips and said, "Auntie, Huang Minghao should be back soon. I'll talk to him about the debt. Please give me some more time! I just got 100,000 yuan from my parents. If I go back to ask for the money back now, I'll probably get scolded. No matter who I borrowed the money from, I have to pay it back. Don't worry, Huang Minghao and I are so young, we won't have to worry about paying it back. It'll only take a year or two at most, and then we'll pay it back with interest!"
After saying that, he left with an apologetic smile.
She knew that Huang Yuhua didn't have the patience to listen to her explanations and wouldn't argue with her much. It was obvious that Huang Yuhua had come up to give her a heads-up, since her grandfather had spent all his savings on his grandson, which made her uncomfortable. She ran all the way home and saw Tangtang sitting earnestly in the rocking horse, playing with her toys. Her mother-in-law greeted Shuya when she saw her return and then got out of bed.
Looking at the cute little pink dumpling in the car, Shuya quickly washed her hands, checked the time and there was still a while before dinner, so she picked up Tangtang and went to the vineyard to check on the growth of the grapes.
It had been almost ten days since I last took photos and hadn't been to the vineyard. When I entered the vineyard, I found that the grapes on one side, which were getting plenty of sunshine, had turned purple, while the other half were still a bit green. I couldn't resist picking one and tasting it. The first bite was bursting with a rich, sweet aroma. The taste was refreshing and juicy, with plump flesh that was chewy and had a sweet and sour flavor. This was the authentic taste of the newly harvested Kyoho grapes.
The vineyard was a bit stuffy, and Tangtang became restless after a while. Jiang Shuya then carried her along the path and looked through the wire fence at their vineyard, estimating how much the first batch could be harvested.
As I walked to the end of the vineyard, Zhang Xiaohui called out to me, and I realized that her vineyard was right across from her house.
Zhang Xiaohui's smile was slightly shy, her expression somewhat reserved, and the obvious scars on her eyebrows and eyes had scabbed over. Her slender figure made her appear somewhat frail.
Jiang Shuya walked over to her and greeted her, asking about her current situation.
"Thank you so much for last time, I'm doing fine now," Zhang Xiaohui said apologetically.
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