"Mom, are you confused? These are all bought by the old man. My eldest brother and third brother are his grandsons. He must be very happy to write his grandson's name on them. I don't care about these. Don't I have enough houses? As long as I have the right to live in it, it's fine."
Mother Zhou rubbed her head and said, "Mom is too selfish. You spent so much time and effort to build this."
"Okay, don't think too much. I gave it to you willingly. Otherwise, you can't force me. We have to take care of our eldest brother. Third sister-in-law has already decided. If it works out, there will be fewer family conflicts. If it changes, we can just live in the north building with our eldest brother."
Mother Zhou nodded and said, "I just feel sorry for you."
"Oh! I realize you've become pretentious, Mom. Don't we still have the land at the north end? We can build it in a few years. When I go out to school and the supply and marketing cooperative starts selling stores, you can buy as many as you can from the sugar, tobacco, and alcohol store at the south end. I'll build a few buildings, and each of us can have one. Besides, the building materials will be better in the future, and the buildings we build will be even more beautiful."
Zhou's mother was comforted. Her little girl was right. Although the building looked beautiful now, it might not be so beautiful in a few years.
"Okay! Mom won't think about it anymore."
"Then give me the certificate for that piece of land and I'll keep it."
Mother Zhou took out the iron box and gave it to her. "Here, keep it all."
Zhou Xiang was relieved at this moment. His mother would not care about the things after they were put away, and would definitely forget about them after a long time.
"Well, I'm going to the county town."
"Go ahead!" Zhou's mother waved her hand and let him go.
Zhou Xiang pretended to put the iron box into his backpack, and it instantly entered the bookshelf in the space.
At this moment, she suddenly felt that the bookshelf should be renamed as a treasure shelf.
Back at the East Lane in the north of the city, Da Huang, who hadn't seen Zhou Xiang for two or three months, stood up excitedly and threw himself onto her shoulders.
Zhou wanted to slap it down, "Humph! You're almost catching up with me when you stand up. You're already a mother, why are you still growing taller?"
Dahuang looked at her ignorantly with his watery little eyes.
The three little yellow cats came over, and Zhou Xiang comforted each of them with an egg before going into the house.
"Dad! I've been playing with Da Huang and the others for a long time, and you didn't even go out to check. Aren't you afraid that thieves will come in?"
Father Zhou walked out of the room and said, "What are you afraid of? Strangers don't dare to enter. Besides, Da Huang and the others won't react like this when strangers enter. Only when you come will they get excited and imitate the squeaking of mice. Are you done with your housework?"
"No! I have to go back tomorrow. Director Song and his son will come for dinner tomorrow morning."
"Okay! I'll make two more."
"Dad, you move back to the east room. I used to live in the second bedroom. Brother Chao and Auntie Blind were here at the time, so I moved to the east room just to have more space."
"Then you change. I've aired the bedding, but the sheets haven't been washed yet, so you can just change them."
Zhou Xiang began to tidy up the two rooms and exchanged his and his father's things.
Fold the dirty sheets, stuff them into your backpack, and take them back to the town to wash them in the washing machine.
When Zhou Niao returned home and saw her sister, she excitedly told her, "Sister, the teacher said my painting is getting better and better, and he started teaching me oil painting."
"Okay! Then who bought the materials for your studies?"
"The teacher gave it to me."
"Look! This is a big expense. Tomorrow, bring 200 yuan to Teacher Mao and ask him to help buy materials."
"Okay! Listen to my sister."
Zhou Hua thought his sister had returned to school and was quite happy, but was a little disappointed when he heard that she was going back the next day.
Zhou wanted to know why his third brother was not in a good mood to go to Xiao Chunmei, so he comforted her: "Wait a few more days, after the National Day holiday, I will go back to class."
Zhou Hua nodded. This was the only way.
The next day, before breakfast, the Song family father and son came to Zhou's house with two bottles of wine and two packs of cigarettes. They thanked Zhou's father repeatedly and said they were sorry for the trouble.
Father Zhou's face was wrinkled with laughter.
Zhou Xiang rolled his eyes. If you think you're causing trouble, can't you guys come back after breakfast? It was just a false courtesy.
After dinner, the Song family father and son carried the water pump box, and Zhou Xiang carried a backpack, and they went to the market town together.
"Where are the workers you brought with you?"
"They went directly to the market town."
"Where are the materials?"
"They've pulled it out. The water pipes and electrical wires are all there. Don't worry! They're all veterans at this."
When they returned to the town, the Song father and son were stunned when they saw the three-story building facing each other.
"Zhou Xiang, you're really capable of building such a large house in one go. It seems that not only can the work not be completed in one day, but we also don't have enough materials."
"Haha! You didn't ask me and just made your own decision, didn't you? Look at my aluminum alloy doors and windows. What do you think? You at least want aluminum alloy windows, right?"
“Is this your business?”
"I invested in this. How about I make it for you for 30 per square meter? Take a look at the material."
The Song family father and son brought the workers upstairs. Zhou wanted to say something about the wiring layout: "I'd rather waste more wires than make the lines look good."
The electricians nodded and said, "Don't worry, we'll hide everything with white wire."
Without the visible wire troughs of later generations, we can only use white wire to hide it as much as possible.
When the Song family father and son saw the second and third floors, they immediately asked what the plan was.
"A building within a building, also known as a duplex, what's the concept? A vertical concept! We'll talk about that later, let's look at the aluminum alloy windows first."
Manager Song looked at the French windows and the entire expanse of aluminum alloy windows and exclaimed, "This will give you excellent lighting."
"The capital cost is high, so it's not suitable for you now. You can gradually increase it in the future. Now, if you install aluminum alloy windows, the building will be taller and more elegant."
"You're talking about aluminum windows, don't worry! Using wooden windows for a building is ridiculous! I'm still considering whether to hire someone else! Now that the county has a private enterprise, let's increase income for the county residents!"
"Okay! I'll bring someone to talk to you tomorrow."
"Yeah! So can we talk about the vertical idea of this duplex?"
"Well, the target audience is small. Chinese people still prefer the feeling of large horizontal areas. Wait until you plan to launch a property targeting cadres-level consumers, then consider this."
"Okay! Huh? What's in that glass house down there?"
"The playroom is for children. You can also add this kind of public recreational facilities to your building in the future to attract young people like Song Sui to buy it. This generation is particularly concerned about their children's education."
Song Shuai saw that the note-taker was very busy, and he was stunned for a moment when he heard his name mentioned.
Manager Song looked around the Zhou family compound and left after being amazed enough, intending to keep Song Sui to help.
Zhou wanted to drive Song Sui away as well, but that would only make things more tedious than helpful. She didn't want to deal with a bunch of problems.
After the Song family father and son left, Zhou wanted the electricians and plumbers to focus on their work while he brought them lunch.
The plumber patted his chest and said that he would speed up and complete the work with guaranteed quality and quantity.
Zhou Xiang returned to the new building and asked his mother, "Is my second sister's vacation over? When will she go back to work?"
Zhou's mother was also worried, "Going to work? Do I have to send these two children to be fed every day?"
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