Chapter 321
National Day came again, and Su Miao ran back to Sujia Village to see her beloved papaya tree.
The new variety grew very fast indeed. Compared to the last time Su Miao came, it was visibly taller and stronger. He once again marveled at the power of science and technology and the wisdom of agricultural research experts.
The bumper harvests that were shouted about decades ago through leaps and fraud have now been achieved by scientific researchers with their sweat and wisdom.
This also proves from a practical perspective that the statement made by Comrade Xiaoping at the beginning of the month that "science and technology are the primary productive forces" is completely correct.
With his second uncle and others taking care of him, Su Miao didn't have to worry about the papaya garden. He stayed there for a day, left the dividends from the previous quarter, and returned to Yongcheng.
Uncle Huzi came to pick up papayas, and she happened to get a ride.
The freight volume has now doubled compared to before, and is basically shipped once every three days. If it is busy, additional shipments may be made.
Uncle Huzi no longer does the job of transporting wood because the factory's profits have increased and he has bought two transport trucks.
So now he can exclusively transport goods for Su Ji, earning 300 yuan a month excluding fuel costs. When there is no goods to transport, he takes on some odd jobs on his own, and earns much more than before.
Su Miao and his father were also very confident in him helping to transport the goods. After all, they had known each other for so many years and knew each other well.
The main reason is that Uncle Huzi is also very hardworking. He not only drives, but also helps with loading and unloading goods. It makes me feel more at ease to let him help bring the money back.
With him driving, when Su Yuan was too busy to leave, he would let Su Miao go back with the car by herself. He would not leave until someone came to pick her up at the door of her home and Uncle Hu Zi came to pick her up.
This National Day, Su Miao didn't plan to go anywhere far. She would stay at home and read books. Although she had the knowledge from her previous life, she still felt that pride would lead to failure, so she still had to make the necessary preparations.
During the break, something happened that I don’t know if it was a good thing or not. The neighbor of the yard next to the workshop came to their house and asked if they wanted to buy his yard.
Previously, Su Miao asked Sister Hui to pay attention to the houses on both sides of the courtyard. In the end, he bought the small courtyard on the right and connected it with the original courtyard.
The child of the owner of the house on the left failed the college entrance exam this year and has to repeat the year, so he will not sell the house for the time being.
There are two special repeater classes in No. 1 High School, which are for students who are “just about to be admitted”. The largest age difference between students in the class can be 6 years.
This time, the one who took the initiative to sell her house was the one on the right side of the new yard.
There used to be a room between us, but after the yard expanded, we became neighbors.
Su Miao was a little surprised that they wanted to sell the house, because the yard of this house was different from the two previous ones and the situation was more complicated.
The previous two families had a simple family background, and when they bought the property, the ownership of the entire yard was in one book, but this yard was divided into several books.
Originally, a couple and two colleagues were assigned to one courtyard. Over the past thirty years, as each family had children, the number of people living in the courtyard gradually increased. At the peak, there were a total of 18 people living there.
Then the children gradually grew up, started their own families and careers, the girls basically all got married, and the sons married new wives, and the yard became crowded and lively.
But with the birth of the third generation, life with so many people crowded in a small courtyard gradually became difficult.
The housing area allocated to each small family is very small, and the distance between each house is very close. After the child cries on one side, the child on the other side makes a fuss. People have to queue up to go to the toilet, take a bath, and cook. The elderly are used to the hardship and don’t think it’s a big deal, but they always want to give the children a better environment.
Two families moved out one after another, and the remaining Li family consisted of the elderly couple, two pairs of sons and daughters-in-law, and a grandson and a granddaughter.
After the two families moved out, according to the procedure, the vacant house had to be redistributed.
In order to allow the whole family to live together and make it easier for the elderly to help take care of the children, the two small families bought the vacant house with their own money, and their living conditions improved a lot.
Because they bought the houses separately, the property deeds were naturally separate. At that time, the old couple also transferred the two rooms they originally lived in from public to private ownership. In this way, the entire yard was considered to belong to their family.
But now they want to sell it. If they want to buy the whole yard, it would be equivalent to buying houses from three owners, which is indeed a bit troublesome.
When Old Li came to see Su Yuanzheng, it was lunch time and there were a lot of people there, so he didn't have time to chat with him. He then made an appointment to go to his house in the evening to discuss the matter in detail and take a look at the yard.
So after closing the stall and having dinner in the evening, Su Miao went to Li's house with his father.
The whole family was waiting for them, turned on all the lights and invited them into the living room.
Su Miao secretly looked around the yard. It was full of life. There were two ropes in the yard for drying clothes, and a longan tree was planted.
They would like to eat the fruit and enjoy the shade, but the tree is still relatively small and seems to be not very old.
This is not friendly to her. She bought the yard to build a workshop. What the workshop lacks most now is a drying space. How can she do that with this tree blocking the sun?
If you really want to buy it, you have to move it.
Next, there are chickens in the yard, and they are let out, because Su Miao saw some chicken manure swept up in the corner of the wall.
Ah!! Doesn’t that mean we still need to wash and disinfect the yard?
Su Miao sat down with his father in the living room. The entire Li family was also sitting around in the living room. Old Li said straight to the point, "Xiao Su, I asked you to come here today because I wanted to ask you if you still need to buy another house.
I see your papaya shreds business is so good, maybe your workshop needs to expand. My house is next to yours, so if you want to expand, our yard is quite suitable."
Su Yuanzheng asked, "Uncle Li, why did you suddenly think of selling the house? Isn't your family living here quite well? I heard that the public-to-private transfer was completed a few years ago."
Old Li looked at his sons and daughters-in-law who were silent, sighed, and said, "Alas! Neighbors, we are not afraid of being laughed at by you. After a long time, spoons will hit bowls and chopsticks will knock pots. There will always be conflicts.
My two sons are married and have their own families now, so there are more things to consider.
Now that our grandchildren are grown up, they no longer need our help in raising them. If that's the case, we should separate them as soon as possible. If we separate now, we can still be close blood relatives. If we wait a few years, that won't be the case anymore."
Su Miao heard that there was a conflict between the brothers and the sisters-in-law.
This is quite normal. Think about the second uncle's family. Brother Yu and Sister Hui are still unmarried, and the eldest sister-in-law is a little alienated, not to mention that the two sons of the Li family are married with children.
Living together day after day, whoever takes more will tend to take more, whoever gets more things from the elderly will tend to take more. These little things will slowly grow into a big thing if they are planted in your heart. It is better to separate now before there is a quarrel.
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