The next day, the village chief selected strong young men from the village to help Lin Xue build her house.
The task of buying materials and building the house was left to Zhang the bricklayer.
Lin Xue and Ge Xiaoyu temporarily stayed in the shack built by the Wang family. With the timber from the village chief's house, the shack was built very sturdily and was right next to Lin Xue's house.
Because when the village chief was drawing the foundation for Lin Xue, Old Man Wang asked the village chief for the land next to it.
It was the two daughters-in-law who took out their own savings and bought the land.
Old Wang also promised that he would return the money to his two daughters-in-law when his family was better off in the future.
"Grandma Su, a group of people have arrived at the village entrance. They say they're looking for you and Liu Enze!"
Just as Lin Xue was sitting on a small stool at the entrance of the shack, watching the people working not far away, she heard a child run up from the side and shout at her.
"Is someone looking for me and Enze?"
"It seems that Xiao Enze's parents have come looking for us. Go to the construction site and call Xiao Yu and Enze back quickly!"
The three children of the Wang family, especially Wang Xiaohu, have shown to have social skills since they were young. Even though they had only arrived in Kaoshantun yesterday, the children had already become familiar with the other children in the village today.
As a result, Liu Enze also became familiar with the village children, so when someone came looking for Lin Xue and the others, the children playing at the village entrance were willing to run over here to tell them.
"Grandma Su, are my parents here?"
Upon hearing the news, Liu Enze quickly came to Lin Xue's side.
However, his eyes kept glancing towards the village entrance.
The place they chose was at the end of the village, near the mountains, some distance from the main road.
However, Lin Xue plans to build a small road at the end of the village that will connect directly to the main road.
It will be more convenient for me to come and go in the future.
In addition, since I am a very good eater, living too close to the villagers and eating big meals every day would make them envious.
The plot of land she chose was some distance from the villagers, but very close to the back mountain.
It wouldn't be a problem if we brought back a tiger to eat later.
Just as Liu Enze was looking on expectantly, a procession of carriages arrived at the end of the village and stopped in front of Lin Xue and the others.
"Enze, Mother's Enze, you're finally back!"
As soon as the carriage stopped, Liu Enze's mother jumped off and pulled Liu Enze, who was standing beside her, into her arms.
"mother!"
After being separated for so long, Liu Enze missed his mother very much. Now that the mother and son were finally reunited, he couldn't help but hug his mother's neck.
As the middle-aged woman got off the plane, a middle-aged man followed her off as well.
"Embroiderer, now that the child is back, we can talk about everything later. Right now, we must first thank our son's benefactor!"
The news that Liu Enze and his men encountered bandits on the road and all their servants died, and that Lin Xue brought their son back along the way, had already reached their ears through the steward.
While they felt a lingering fear, they were also filled with gratitude towards Lin Xue.
The arrival of so many carriages indicates that they have brought ample gifts of gratitude.
Originally, Mr. Liu wanted to take Lin Xue to live in his home, since he had heard that she was a lonely old woman with no children or family.
However, Lin Xue has now settled in Kaoshantun and cannot easily leave the village in the short term, so Master Liu prepared gifts again in Yulin County to bring her over.
On his way into the village, he had already asked the village children and learned that Lin Xue had started building a house in the village.
They were able to use all the things they bought.
"You must be Grandma Su?"
Master Liu walked up to Lin Xue, carefully examined the old man in front of him, and then respectfully clasped his hands in a salute.
"Mr. Liu, you're too kind. It was just a small favor!"
The shack was quite crowded, so Lin Xue asked Xiao Yu to bring out a few stools and put them in the yard.
They sat in the courtyard talking.
"Grandma, you're mistaken. If it weren't for your rescue, my son wouldn't have been able to come back alive!"
"My husband and I originally wanted to bring Grandma to live with us, but now that she has settled in the village, she is not allowed to go out for extended periods of time!"
"Our plan to bring Grandma to live with us will have to be postponed. We hope Grandma won't be upset!"
In this day and age, living to 70 is considered a very long and venerable life.
Lin Xue is now 60 years old, and at most she can live another ten years.
Mr. Liu has already decided to take care of Lin Xue in her old age, to repay her for saving his son.
"Mr. Liu, you're too kind. There's nothing unusual about it. I'm used to living alone anyway, and I feel uncomfortable going to other people's homes!"
"Besides, Steward Liu paid me, otherwise I wouldn't have had the money to build such a big courtyard!"
Lin Xue pointed to the construction site next to her, where the foundation had already been dug out.
Judging from the appearance, there are three main rooms, two kitchen rooms, and two storage rooms next to them.
This layout is more than enough to accommodate Lin Xue and Ge Xiaoyu, and it can also accommodate guests in the future.
Lin Xue was thinking that since she had developed feelings for Liu Enze, if the child came to visit in the future, her family would have a place to stay.
That's why the courtyard was built so big; otherwise, two rooms would have been enough for her and Ge Xiaoyu. A bigger one would only attract attention.
However, with Master Liu now in charge, even if the villagers are envious, they probably won't dare to do anything to that old woman.
In the future, we'll find Xiaoyu a partner, either marry her off or have her find a son-in-law to help her take care of him in his old age.
In short, wouldn't such a life be carefree? She didn't want to go to a wealthy family's house; as the saying goes, there's no place like home.
Given the opportunity, Lin Xue would never compromise herself.
Hearing her say that, Master Liu guessed that the steward must have given all the money on him to this old woman, Su, so that she could take care of Enze and send him back to Yulin County safely.
However, even if they gave money, it must have taken a lot of hardship for Granny Su to actually bring her son back safe and sound on the famine-stricken road full of refugees.
You should know that even if you have money on the road to escape famine, you can't buy food; instead, it will only bring trouble upon yourself.
Now, looking at her son who has grown stronger, Grandma Su with her rosy complexion, and Ge Xiaoyu with her bright eyes...
Master Liu knew that although they had suffered some hardships along the way, they certainly hadn't gone hungry.
People who can feed themselves are capable people.
Mr. Liu became even more humble towards Lin Xue; a businessman's insight is unmatched by ordinary people.
This 60-year-old woman is definitely not simple.
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