"Oh! If you're touched, be nice to Chen Ou from now on, and don't get your clothes wet."
Tang Mei sniffed and thought that what Zhou Xiang said was right. Chen Ou had been so attentive to her that she should repay him with the rest of her life.
After she changed her clothes, Zhou wanted her to sit in front of the dressing table and put on makeup for her. Because her skin was darker, he didn't apply powder. He just drew her eyebrows, applied eyebrow pencil on her fingers, put on eyeshadow, and then put on lipstick. That was it.
After opening the door, Chen Ou, who was waiting at the door, was stunned when he saw his wife dressed up.
My wife is so beautiful! I'll prepare more beautiful clothes for her and let her dress like this.
The guys outside pushed him in and said, "What are you looking at? You idiot."
Then, there was a bunch of idiots.
"Wow! The bride is so beautiful!"
"Is this the bride from before?"
"Hey! Can you speak?"
The boys' playfulness immediately boosted the atmosphere in the bridal chamber, and everyone started teasing the bride. Before, they were too embarrassed to do so.
"Come, bride, light a cigarette."
"Yes, yes, light a cigarette."
Chen Ou immediately reached into the closet and took out a pack of cigarettes, opened it and handed it to Tang Mei.
Tang Meifa lit a cigarette and let them make a fuss in a good-tempered manner.
Zhong Xiong and Ma Zhao came in with a plate of flour. "Move aside, let's play a game."
The young men had never seen anyone making a fuss in the bridal chamber with a plate of flour, so they quietly stepped aside.
"Come on, the bride and groom stand facing each other, take a breath, and blow hard on the plate."
Chen Ou cooperated, knowing that if the situation got serious now, it would get worse in the future.
Chef Guan didn't even bother cooking. He arranged for three helpers to do some work and then went to watch the fun.
At once, everyone entered the new house.
Zhu Hang also came with Zhou Yu and Zhou Niao. Seeing the two newcomers with flour on their heads, the room was filled with laughter.
Zhong Xiong shouted loudly: "May the bride and groom live together forever."
A chorus of "oh oh oh" sounds accompanied it.
Zhu Hang looked at Zhou Yu and said, "This must have been taught by my sister."
Zhou Yu looked at the two newcomers wiping their faces with towels and asked worriedly, "Will we be like this in the future?"
“They don’t dare!”
"uncertain."
Tang Min was also invited over. When she learned that this courtyard belonged to Chen Ou, she felt even more envious of her cousin. Although her family was very poor, she had now fallen into a blessed nest.
Zhou Xiang told her to keep the secret, "In the future, if you have such a top-notch mother-in-law, don't introduce her to me. I can't stand it."
"I understand! But, my cousin is a good one."
"Who knows? We'll see! If she can't hold on and can't break off ties with her family, her good days will be ruined."
Tang Min secretly relayed this to Tang Mei, "You've got to hold on. Your family is a bloodsucking leech. You can't stand it. Zhou Xiang's words were clearly a warning. If you act recklessly, no matter how much Chen Ou cherishes you, you'll drain him!"
Tang Mei nodded repeatedly.
After the lively wedding, Zhou's father followed Master Guan's tractor back home in the evening.
Zhou Yu and Zhou Xiang shared a bed, Zhou's mother and Zhou Hua slept in one bed, and Zuo Heng and Zhou Niao slept in another bed.
After getting up the next day, they were all exhausted. "There are too few beds. Your dad didn't stay with us, otherwise we would have to sleep on the floor. Tell Zuo Heng to buy another one when he has time."
Zhou wanted to tell Zuo Heng what his mother had said, and Zuo Heng nodded, "Do you want to put the bed in the building as well?"
"Yes! Put a few beds in the rooms of the building as spares."
After breakfast, Zuo Heng and Zhou Hua went to school. Zhou Xiang planned to go home with her mother and second sister, but Wu Haotian asked her to stay, "I have something to tell you."
Zhou Xiang could only leave his mother, second sister and eldest brother to Zhu Hang.
"Speak!"
"I want to go to the capital tomorrow."
"So anxious?"
"Yeah! I'm worried about the price increase. You said before the New Year it was 20,000 or 30,000, but after the New Year it's 32,000."
"Okay! Wait, I'll go into the house and get you something."
He took out a snakeskin bag filled with 100 taels of gold. Wu Haotian immediately caught the bag and asked, "What's that? It's so heavy?"
"gold."
"Ding-dong" the bag fell to the ground, making a sound of metal collision.
Zhou Xiang shook his head, "You're still not calm enough. If this were porcelain, it would be all over."
Wu Haotian bent down and picked up the bag. "I'm sorry, I'm so surprised. There are at least several kilograms here."
"Yes, 10 pounds."
Wu Haotian paused, then continued to pick up the bag.
"Trading gold for houses in Beijing is very popular. Previously, the bank offered it at 54 per gram, but private transactions would lower it to 50. You still need to find out the current price. Anyway, it's up to you.
Also, in the alleys near Qianmen Dashilan, there were many people selling houses with red paper pasted on them. I don’t know if they are still there now.
You can also look around, and you’ll find that siheyuans are more common in Dongcheng and Xicheng.”
Wu Haotian wrote down the locations he wanted to mention on paper, then wrapped the gold in newspapers, put them in a bag, rolled it up, and found a snakeskin bag to put the gold in.
Zhou Xiang nodded, not bad, still very safety-conscious.
I gave him another two thousand yuan and said, "All of this is just start-up capital. Keep a record of it. When you come back, we'll sign an agreement. It's better to make everything official."
"Okay, I understand."
Wu Haotian left, and Zhou Xiang hoped he would succeed. That way, he could be considered starting his own business, right? It would take several more years for Zuo Heng to grow.
In the days that followed, Zhou Xiang would occasionally visit Zhu Hang's construction site and then go home to study the blueprints.
I drew all the house types I have seen in later generations, and there are only a few basic and common ones.
The first floor slab was poured on February 22, the 31st of the month.
Director Song brought a few more masters over to watch and learn.
Zhou Xiang felt relieved because many of the problems encountered during the foundation laying had already been solved and everyone was considered experienced.
Director Song urged Zhou Xiang to get the blueprints, and Zhou Xiang reached out to him for an agreement.
Director Song pulled a paper roll out of his pocket. Zhou Xiang opened it and took a look. Hmm! The writing was standard, without any traps.
"Can I borrow your pen?"
Director Song took out the pen from the upper left pocket of his Zhongshan suit and handed it to her.
Zhou Xiang took it, signed his name, and handed it back to him.
Director Song also signed his name, and each person kept a copy.
Zhou wanted to give him the paper roll in his hand, "You're looking forward to it."
Director Song opened it, glanced at it, and then calmly rolled it up, but he was smiling in his heart, more than he expected.
After the floor slab was poured and vibrated, it was left to dry. Two people were left to watch over it and water it, and everyone rested for three days.
Ma Gua was reluctant to leave; he wanted to watch the floor solidify with his own eyes.
The six of them went to Zhou's house to celebrate together. Zhou Yu had to work the night shift today, so he was at home during the day and went out to buy groceries early. When Tang Mei arrived at Zhou's house, she went to the kitchen to help.
Chen Ou's face was full of smiles, while Ma Zhao said something sour, "Some people value love over friendship, and forget their brothers when they get a wife."
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