Chapter 152 Two pounds of meat for nothing
Liang Xiujuan stared at Liang Xiulan with her big watery eyes and said the words that Liang Xiulan least wanted to hear.
"So, this shabby yard of ours is actually the yard of our family and my second uncle's family. Sister, your dream of building a small Western-style house has been shattered..."
Liang Xiulan rolled her eyes at her in annoyance: "I know, eat your dumplings!"
Because the roads in Xiayao Village are not good and it is poor, and the Liang family is even poorer!
Zhou Caiju didn't want to live in the village. As soon as she got married, she and Liang Jianye moved to the town and never came back unless she had nothing to do.
Therefore, only Liang Jianguo's family has been living in the house.
If the two of them come back with their children one day, they will have to make room for them no matter how many people there are.
In fact, Liu Guizhi had long been fed up with living in this shabby house. Since her daughter also had the same idea, she wanted to have a good chat with Liang Jianguo.
"Or we can talk to Jianye and split up the family business. Then we can apply for another piece of land and leave this old house to him."
"It's convenient for him to come back and stay during the holidays."
Liang Jianguo thought about it and nodded in agreement.
However, since they were building the house, they didn't need the second brother's family to pay for the land. Everything in the family was given to him. He had no reason to disagree, so he didn't plan to discuss it with Liang Jianye.
Just tell the captain and separate the household registration books.
Liang Jianguo said: "After dinner, I will talk to my second uncle."
"Well, let's go together!"
Liang Jianguo's second uncle, Liang Xiulan's second grandfather, is the captain of their team.
Although they lived in the same village, they rarely interacted with each other.
Because they don’t want to bother with poor relatives, for fear of contracting poverty diseases!
Throughout the year, except for the brigade meeting when he would come to notify everyone, he would never even enter Liang Xiulan's house at other times.
After dinner, Liang Jianguo and Liu Guizhi took two kilograms of meat to Liang Youcai's house.
"Are Second Uncle and Second Aunt...home?"
Liu Guizhi stood at the gate and shouted.
Liang Youcai's wife Wang Caifeng walked out of the main room.
When he reached the door, he lifted the curtain and took a look. He saw Liu Guizhi and Liang Jianguo, both of whom looked a little unhappy.
"Why are you two here?"
Liu Guizhi quickly placed the meat in front of her: "Today is the Winter Solstice, and we are here to bring you some meat."
As soon as Wang Caifeng saw the meat, a smile appeared on the corner of her eyes.
"Oh, why send meat? I have everything at home. I just ate it."
As she spoke, she walked over, took the meat from Liu Guizhi's hand, and invited her in.
"Come in, come in, it's cold outside."
She asked the two men to enter the main room, put the meat in the kitchen, and then went back into the main room with a smile on her face.
"Why haven't I seen you guys home lately? I go to chat with you, but the door is always locked. What's going on? Did you two go out to work somewhere?"
She had never been to the Liang family. The couple was not at home, and she heard the story from people gossiping outside.
Gossip is always vague.
In short, the conversation revolved around the fact that Liang Xiulan was being kept by someone.
Since her daughter was being kept by someone, her parents would naturally benefit from it, so she said it so politely.
It's better to say that they are looking for a job than to say that their daughter is being kept by someone while they enjoy themselves.
Unexpectedly, Liu Guizhi actually admitted about the work.
"Yes, we found a job peeling sweet potatoes in town. We're busy all day and only come back once in a while."
Liang Jianguo glanced at her. Why don't you tell the truth? Is it shameful to make money?
Wang Caifeng feigned surprise. "Oh... peeling sweet potatoes? There's such a job? Seeing how busy you two are, you must be making a lot of money, right?"
Liu Guizhi smiled awkwardly and said modestly, "No, it's all physical labor. We're not picky. As long as we don't starve to death, it's better than sitting idle at home."
"It's cold, and there's nothing to do in the fields, so I just go out and do some work."
Upon hearing this, Wang Caifeng felt that the rumors about Liang Xiulan being kept by someone must not be true, otherwise why would the two of them go peeling sweet potatoes?
Maybe Liang Xiulan was also peeling sweet potatoes.
No matter how rich you become, you will still be poor.
The disgust in his heart returned to its previous state, but he did not show it and remained polite and warm.
The three of them chatted for a while, and then Liang Youcai came back from drinking.
When he saw Liang Jianguo and his wife coming over, he immediately frowned.
"Why are you two here?"
The couple quickly stood up.
Liang Jianguo said: "Second Uncle, I have something to ask you."
He really is the type who comes to visit for no reason. He must have some trouble that he wants to solve. Liang Youcai's expression became increasingly grim.
"Let's talk about it another day. I drank a little too much and have a headache. I need to sleep."
He took off his cotton jacket and threw it on the sofa, then pushed the door open and went into the inner room.
Wang Caifeng laughed awkwardly and said, "Ignore him. He must be drunk again. His tone of voice is not very nice. Don't bother with your uncle."
She lowered her voice, as if she was afraid someone would hear her. In fact, Liu Guizhi knew that she was trying to chase someone away.
Everyone is asleep, what else can they talk about? People lower their voices, meaning they don’t want to wake them up. What else can they talk about?
No need to chat, just go home!
Liu Guizhi pulled Liang Jianguo and said to Wang Caifeng, "Aunt, we won't stay any longer. Let my uncle have a good sleep. We're leaving now."
Wang Caifeng was not polite and said directly: "Okay, you two can go first and come back another day!"
After sending the two of them out the door, he immediately closed it and bolted it.
Liu Guizhi stood on the side of the road, stamping her feet angrily, her teeth chattering with anger.
"Tsk! What a bullshit second uncle, you look down on people!"
Liang Jianguo stroked the hundred yuan in his pocket and felt secretly relieved.
"Luckily I didn't take out the money, otherwise I would have lost this hundred dollars too!"
The two men originally wanted to use their connections to see if they could ask Liang Youcai to get them a large piece of land to build a big house, so they took a hundred yuan as a payment.
Now it seems that the hundred dollars was saved.
"Let's go to the village chief tomorrow instead of looking for your second uncle. He's not reliable!"
Liu Guizhi was talking angrily as she walked.
Liang Jianguo nodded obediently. The village chief was more reliable than his second uncle.
When he got home and told Liang Xiulan about the situation, Liang Xiujuan felt very sorry for the two pounds of meat.
A few days later, the two of them took their household registration books directly to the brigade headquarters to find the village chief Cao Xinwang.
Cao Xinwang immediately asked someone to handle it and agreed to separate the household registration, with Liang Jianguo as the head of the household, and to open another household registration book.
"Your family's household registration should have been divided long ago. Your father, you, and your second son can't fit into one household registration book. Have you ever seen three families share one courtyard?"
"You don't come to the brigade headquarters often, so you don't know that in order to occupy land, they divide up all the unmarried sons."
"Of course, I'm not saying this is the right approach. I'm just saying, if the second son really comes back one day and insists on taking the house, how are you going to divide it between the two families?"
"The second son's wife is quite calculating. I'm not being harsh, but you two are the ones who will be swept away!"
"Do you think what Master Cao said is right?"
Cao Xinwang is older than Liang Jianguo. Although he is only three years older than Liang Jianguo, Liang Jianguo has to call him "Grandpa".
Liang Jianguo nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, Mr. Cao is right."
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