Chapter 8 Foundation
Since Wang Xiuren and his wife had to go back home tonight to discuss the new house, Zhou Qing and Lin Ping prepared dinner before 4:30.
As for sisters-in-law Zhou Mei and Liu Xiang, of course they had to do it themselves. After all, they had separated. It was okay for them to have a meal together occasionally, but Zhou Qing would not serve them if they came to eat every meal. Of course, festivals and holidays are another matter.
After a quick dinner, Wang Xiuren pushed his bicycle and waited for Lin Qiu to finish harvesting before getting ready to set off.
"Come on, Shanshan, let's go home!"
Just as Lin Qiu was about to pick up Wang Shan, Zhou Qing hit his hand.
"It's so windy, and you didn't even bring a blanket. Are you worried that she won't catch a cold?" Zhou Qing accused, "You're already a mother, but you don't care about anything! You and Xiu Ren go back and do your work. Leave her here for the next two days, and I'll take care of her!"
"Okay then!" Lin Qiu still couldn't bear to let go of her daughter, so she hugged her and kissed her again and again, "Shanshan, be obedient. Mom will come to pick you up when she finishes her business!"
"Alright, alright! If we don't leave now, it will be dark!" Zhou Qing directly hugged Wang Shan and said, "Let's go now while she's not crying! Otherwise, we won't be able to leave!"
"Then I'll go back first and come back when I'm done!" Lin Qiu was reluctant to leave.
"Sister, put on a scarf!" Lin Ping took out his scarf and put it around Lin Qiu's neck.
"Thank you, Pingping!" Lin Qiu adjusted her scarf and got on Wang Xiuren's bicycle. "Mom and Dad, I'm going home!"
"Xiu Ren, it's getting dark, ride slowly and be careful!" Lin Ting instructed.
"Okay!"
After saying that, he kicked his leg and the bicycle moved forward.
Along the way, neither of them spoke, only the sound of the wind whistling in their ears.
A quarter of an hour later, the two men finally got home, almost frozen to death.
When I opened the door, it was also deserted inside.
Lin Qiu wanted to pour some hot water to wash his face, but found that the coal stove had gone out and the thermos was empty.
I haven't been home for a day. There's no warmth in the room and the quilt on the bed is rolled up in a heap.
Lin Qiu wanted to nag a few words, but when he saw Wang Xiuren cowering and holding a new piece of coal with tongs, intending to go to his mother's house to exchange it for another piece of coal, he held back.
After he had made the quilt out again, put the pillow in the right place, picked up the egg shells on the chest of drawers and swept the floor, Wang Xiuren came back with the coal to boil water.
"Lin Qiu, I'm going to the old house now to discuss the house-building with my parents. The water is hot, you can wash your face and feet first and go to bed!" Wang Xiuren put the kettle on the coal stove, "I think I will be back a little later!"
"I'll go with you!"
Lin Qiu knew that his parents-in-law were not easy to deal with, and Wang Xiuren estimated that he could not handle it alone. He might be brainwashed again, and his father's work today would be in vain.
"Don't you like going there?"
Lin Qiu remembered Lin Ting's teachings and decided to listen to his father. When the words came to his lips, he changed his words.
"I should go to the old house when I come back from my mother's house, otherwise my father will scold me if he finds out!"
"Then let's go together!" Wang Xiuren thought that made sense.
The two of them entered the old house together.
Wang Zongsheng, Li Xiuying and Wang Xiuxin were probably sitting by the brazier warming themselves by the fire not long after they had finished their meal.
"father!"
"mother!"
Lin Qiu came in and greeted everyone.
Wang Zongsheng replied: "Lin Qiu is back, where is Sister Shan?"
"She is still at her grandmother's house. She comes back late at night, and I was afraid that she would catch a cold, so I didn't bring her back." Lin Qiu explained.
"I'm afraid he can't bear to leave the good life at his grandmother's house!" Li Xiuying interjected in a sarcastic tone.
"I'm afraid life at my grandma's house isn't as good as life at my grandpa's and grandma's house!" Lin Qiu replied slowly.
Li Xiuying didn't expect Lin Qiu to talk back. She opened her mouth to say something but was interrupted by Wang Zongsheng.
"What are you two doing here at this time? Are you planning to help the eldest brother? Second brother, I know that you are a loyal person, and Lin Qiu is not bad either!" Wang Zongsheng put a compliment directly on Wang Xiuren's head.
Upon hearing this, Li Xiuying and Wang Xiuxin turned their eyes to Wang Xiuren.
"I am also planning to build a new house."
Wang Xiuren's answer was like a bolt of thunder out of the blue, shocking Wang Zongsheng and the other two.
Lin Qiu found it a little funny to see the same look of disbelief on the three of them.
"Why are you building a new house? We're living well here." Li Xiuying came back to her senses and saw Wang Zongsheng's eyes. She spoke first: "If you have the money for building a new house, you might as well lend it to the boss to help him out in an emergency!"
"That's right!" Wang Xiuxin chimed in, "Could it be that you, second brother, don't want to lend money to your eldest brother so you're making up an excuse?"
When Li Xiuying heard her youngest son say this, she became even more dissatisfied: "How can you be a brother like this? Not only do you not lend the money, but you also find excuses! I think you have no brotherhood at all!"
"Second brother, could it be that you saw the eldest brother building a new house and you followed suit?" Wang Zongsheng locked his eyes with Wang Xiuren.
"How could that be!" Wang Xiuren denied it immediately.
"Then why do you want to build a new house?" Wang Zongsheng relaxed his expression, "Let me tell you, building a new house is not an easy thing, don't take it for granted!"
"Xiu Ren, it seems that our parents and Xiu Xin don't want us to build a new house?" Lin Qiu looked at Wang Xiu Ren with a smile, "Isn't building a new house a good thing? Why doesn't everyone in the family want us to build a new house?"
When Wang Xiuren heard this, his expression immediately turned grim.
"Also, Xiuxin, your sister-in-law wants to ask you, how much money do you plan to lend to your eldest brother when he builds a new house?" Lin Qiu couldn't stand Wang Xiuxin's frivolous look of stirring up trouble.
Wang Xiuxin is very stingy and can only write bad checks: "I don't have money! If I had money, I would definitely lend it to you!"
"You don't want to lend money to the boss, do you? According to the brotherhood between you and the eldest brother, shouldn't you go out to borrow money to help him?" Lin Qiu continued, "Anyway, you have already graduated and can earn money, so you don't have to worry about not being able to pay it back!"
After hearing this, Wang Xiuxin blushed and was speechless.
Li Xiuying saw that her beloved was being silenced and immediately said, "Why did you bring Xiu Xin up with you?"
"Didn't he speak first? I thought Xiu Xin said that because he lent money to my brother, but I didn't know he was just writing a check!" Lin Qiu retorted slowly.
Wang Zongsheng saw that Li Xiuying and Wang Xiuxin had been defeated one after another, so he stopped hiding and said, "Second brother, are you sure you want to build a new house?"
"Yes!" Wang Xiuren nodded without hesitation, "I want to finish building the house as soon as possible so that I won't be late for work in Guangzhou."
Wang Zongsheng's face darkened when he heard this. "What about your elder brother? He is still counting on you to help him?"
Wang Xiuren didn't know what to do.
Lin Qiu suddenly burst out laughing.
"From what I hear, it means that if we don't lend money to Big Brother, Big Brother won't be able to build his new house. It seems that I have to ask Big Brother tomorrow if he needs to rely on Xiu Ren to build his new house!"
Li Xiuying really wanted to tear Lin Qiu's mouth apart when she heard this, "Don't talk nonsense! The eldest brother is so capable, why does he need the second brother to build a new house!"
"That's it! Big brother is so capable, building a new house is no small matter. He needs to ask us for help, otherwise it will be embarrassing if it gets out!" Lin Qiu immediately followed up.
Wang Zongsheng couldn't bear to watch Li Xiuying do something stupid, so he could only reply, "If you want to build a new house, then go ahead! Anyway, we won't interfere with your affairs. It's getting late, you should go back and rest!"
"Then I have to ask the two elders for something before I go back!" Lin Qiu didn't want to end it so hastily. The purpose of coming here tonight has not been achieved yet!
"What do you want? We don't have any money!" Li Xiuying asked unhappily.
"Foundation!" Lin Qiu went straight to the point. "Building a new house requires a foundation. Didn't my eldest brother and third brother get a foundation when they built their new houses? Now it's our turn to build a house, so we shouldn't have one, right?"
Wang Zongsheng and Li Xiuying didn't say anything for a long time after hearing this, but they became very proud and said maliciously: "The land has been divided up a long time ago! If you want to build a new house, you can only buy it from others!"
Upon hearing this, Wang Xiuren clenched his fists and stared at Wang Zongsheng and Li Xiuying with sharp eyes, hoping to get an answer from their faces.
"Is what Xiu Xin said true?" Wang Xiuren's throat seemed to be stuck and was hoarse.
Wang Zongsheng came out to fool around: "Second brother, you have to understand us. Our family only has this little land. The new house that the eldest and third brothers built first will be divided first. We will live with Xiuxin in the future, and the old house will be left to Xiuxin. I know I'm sorry for you, but there's really nothing I can do! I don't want this to happen!"
Hearing this, Wang Xiuren’s eyes darkened completely and he stood there in a daze, like a walking corpse.
Seeing Wang Xiuren become autistic after being struck by a bolt from the blue, Lin Qiu said, "Isn't there a piece of land on the upper left side of the old house? I think it would be great for the foundation!"
"That won't do! My tea trees are planted there!" Li Xiuying disagreed.
"Then pay for us to buy one!"
"You wish! We have no money anyway!" Li Xiuying didn't want to use the money to buy a foundation for Lin Qiu. Lao Man wasn't married yet!
"I don't care. Either give us the land, or pay us to buy it! Otherwise, I'll go to the village to publicize your glorious deeds! I want everyone to see how biased people's hearts are!" Lin Qiu answered bluntly.
"You dare?" Li Xiuying looked at Lin Qiu viciously.
"Do you think I dare?" Lin Qiu refused to be outdone.
The Wang Zongsheng and his wife are very concerned about their reputation. They usually appear gentle and enthusiastic to others and greet anyone who passes by politely. Only their family members know their true colors.
"Okay! I'll give it to you if you want it! Let's decide it in front of the eldest and third brothers tomorrow morning!" Wang Zongsheng stared at Lin Qiu unabashedly, and the wrinkles on his face became a little gloomy.
"Thank you, Dad!" Lin Qiu smiled brightly, not hiding his happiness at all. He pulled Wang Xiuren's arm and said, "It's getting late. Let's go back first!"
Wang Zongsheng felt even more upset, "Xiu Xin, close the door!"
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