Zhou Huaian and Wang Zhen accompanied Zhou Huaishan to the Land Management Office again.
When the clerk heard that they wanted to buy two more plots of land, he smiled and said, "Xiao Zhou, there are only three plots left. If you buy two, there will only be one left. Why don't you buy them all together?"
Zhou Huaishan smiled bitterly and said, "I borrowed money to buy these two plots of land. We have given each of the children one plot of land. We have done our best for them."
The clerk looked at Wang Zhen and said, "Doctor Wang, if you believe me, just buy the last piece. I dare say the land over there will increase in value in the future."
Wang Zhenjue knew that the land in the county town would continue to increase in price, but when he thought about renovating his old house, expanding his shop, and building another house, he realized that he would not be able to make ends meet.
He turned his head and looked at Zhou Huaian, "Why don't you just buy it."
After hearing this, Zhou Huaian smiled and said to the clerk: "I just bought one. If I want to buy another one, I will have to borrow money. It would be better if it is cheaper."
The clerk shook his head. "The price set by the higher-ups can't be cheaper. Last time you only paid over 800, and it's already gone up by 100 in just a short while. I think it'll go up even more in the future."
"I'll go out and discuss this with my wife." Zhou Huaian turned around and left the Land Management Office. He called Yang Chunyan and explained the situation to her. "Yan'er, what do you think?"
Yang Chunyan thought that money would become less and less in the future, and the land in the county would become more and more expensive. It would be better to save money to buy a house. She smiled and said, "Then buy it!"
"Hehe, my wife has good vision!" Zhou Huaian squeezed her hand happily, "I'll go in and tell them and go to the bank to withdraw money right away." After saying that, he ran towards the Land Management Office.
Li Qiuyue felt a little uncomfortable looking at the two people who were talking and laughing. She turned her head to look at Zhou's mother, and saw that she was sitting on the tractor with Zhao Huifang and Zhang Xiuxiang, and they didn't even look at her.
In the past, Zhou's mother would have come to persuade her long ago, but this time she didn't even ask. Could it be that she also felt that what she did was wrong?
She thought of Zhou's mother's attitude towards the maids at home, and suddenly felt a little flustered...
Mother Zhou is too lazy to care now. She feels that all her eloquence over the years has worn off, but to no avail. It would be better not to put pressure on the third child in the future and let the two of them fend for themselves.
Zhou Huaian ran into the land management office and ran out again, called them off the truck, and drove away on the tractor.
Upon learning that he planned to buy the remaining piece of land, the old man and Zhou's mother felt that Yang Chunyan was too permissive of Zhou Huaian, saying that they had already bought so many properties and there was no need to be greedy for more.
Mother Zhou looked at the smiling Yang Chunyan, and then at Li Qiuyue, whose face was ashen, not knowing whether to leave or stay, and felt that they were the most troublesome ones.
In order to buy land for their two children, the couple got so busy that they blushed and became angry. One bought a piece of land here and there, but the wife didn't even blush and instead supported him with a smile.
"Yan'er, I'm not criticizing you, but you spent two or three thousand yuan to buy a house in Caishi Street. Even though you rent it out, the monthly rent is only a dozen yuan, which is not as cost-effective as putting it in the bank and earning interest."
Yang Chunyan knew the reason but couldn't explain it, so she could only comfort him: "Mom, don't worry, the comrades at the Land Management Office said that the price of land will go up in the future. We will spend some money to repair it, and we will sell it if the price is right."
"You guys decide for yourself!" Zhou's mother thought that she had already agreed to buy the house, and now even the government said that the price would go up in the future, so she could only wait for the price to go up. If that didn't work out, she could just rent it to someone else.
The sun came out, and a few people found a big tree in the yard, carried straw stools under the tree and sat down, waiting for Zhou Huaian and others to finish the formalities and come out.
Zhou Yumei saw Li Qiuyue standing in the yard holding the child, feeling a little sorry, "Mom, what about Qiuyue? Can I go and persuade her?"
Zhou's mother turned her head and glanced at Li Qiuyue calmly, "Don't waste your breath trying to persuade her. If you persuade her today, she will remember it for half an afternoon at most, and then she will relapse after a nap. They can do whatever they like. We already have three children, and we can't leave each other."
"This..." Seeing that her sisters-in-law were silent, Zhou Yumei had to sit back.
The old man sighed, "She is so young, but she is worse than an old man like me. If she doesn't change her mindset and continues to raise her son the same way as her family, she will definitely raise Xiao Long'er into a useless piece of shit."
After hearing this, Zhou's mother sighed, "Old man, I have said this many times, and every time you promised, you just did whatever you wanted, and you didn't take our words seriously at all."
The old man thought about it and said, "Then let them deal with it on their own. You go back and take care of Xiaolin and Xiaoru."
After Zhou Huaian came back and went in to complete the formalities, the three of them came out of the Land Management Office and walked towards the tractor.
Zhou Huaishan walked to the tractor and saw Li Qiuyue still standing there. He walked over and said to her, "The land has been bought. If you really want to leave, I won't stop you."
Li Qiuyue was a little embarrassed, "Zhou Huaishan, you have no conscience. When we were poor before..."
"Shut up!" Zhou Huaishan interrupted her angrily, "It's not that I don't have a conscience, it's that you are too cruel, even the flesh that falls from your body has to be divided into different levels.
The Zhou family is different from the Li family. If you marry into my family, you must abide by my family rules. If you want Xiaolin and Xiaoru to be Xiaolong's maids and raise my son to be your useless snack, ask me first if I agree or not."
He felt that what the youngest brother said when he was at the Land Management Office was right. If his family continued to live the same as before, they would only be able to build one house in their entire lives. After they passed away, the house should be left to their sons. After all, they were relying on their sons to take care of them in their old age.
But now we have the conditions to buy some property for Xiaolin and the others. Even if they meet trash like He Jianjun when they grow up, they will have the confidence to face them.
Li Qiuyue looked at him aggrievedly, "He's my own son. I feel sorry for him, but how could I raise him to be like Li Lao Er..."
"Come on! Ever since Xiaolong was born, you have been holding the child in your arms as long as you open your eyes. Go and see which woman in the village takes care of a child like you do."
The more Zhou Huaishan thought about it, the angrier he got. "I've tolerated you for a long time. If you want to leave, then leave quickly. If I say anything to keep you here today, I'll be a nobody."
After he said that, without caring about Li Qiuyue's reaction, he turned and walked towards Zhou's mother and the others.
Li Qiuyue saw the old man, Zhou's mother, Zhou's father, and Yang Chunyan standing there watching, and they didn't even have the intention to come over to persuade her. When she saw the tractor started, she subconsciously took a few steps towards the tractor, but she couldn't bring herself to go over.
Seeing this, Zhou's mother patted Zhou Huaishan. He turned his head and looked at Li Qiuyue, "Are you leaving or not? If not, don't come back in the future."
"..." Li Qiuyue hesitated for a moment, then walked over holding Xiao Long'er, and Zhang Xiuxiang pulled her onto the tractor.
Li Qiuyue glanced at the old men guiltily, then sat down and said nothing.
The family returned to Deshengtang from the Land Management Office and saw that Yang Dongmei and Doctor Wang were both busy. They went over to say hello and then took the three elderly people to the hospital for an eye check-up.
After checking, he went to the street to find a stall selling glasses and bought reading glasses for the three elderly people according to the prescription given by the doctor.
The velvet metal box with a dark brown semi-metal frame costs five dollars a pair, while the one with a black and red plastic frame costs only two dollars and fifty cents.
Zhou Huaian picked the one with a half metal frame and rushed to pay for it. "One for each person. You don't have to ask others for help when you need to thread a needle or remove thorns in the future."
Zhou's mother patted him on the shoulder and said, "Ha'er, we gave you the money without even looking at it. I don't know why you're so nervous."
Zhou Huairong smiled and said, "Mom, the youngest one is afraid that we will rush to give him money."
The stall owner smiled and took out the glasses according to the list Zhou Huaian handed him. "Two pairs of 250 degrees, and one pair of 350 degrees. You can try them first. If they don't work, I'll change the degree for you."
After hearing this, Zhou's mother frowned and said, "Boss, 250 doesn't sound good. How about changing to 230?"
The stall owner laughed and said, "Ma'am, we don't have 230, either 200 or 250!"
"Let me try mine first." The old man took his pair of reading glasses and found that he could really see his fingernails and fine lines on his hands clearly after putting them on.
He said happily to Zhou's father, "I don't need to ask you to cut my nails anymore. I'm always afraid that he'll cut off a piece of my flesh."
After hearing this, Zhou's father smiled naively and said, "Old man, I'm scared too, mainly because I can't see clearly either."
"Put them on quickly and see for yourself. The lines on your palms can be clearly seen." The old man said as he took out a pair of glasses and handed them to him.
Father Zhou took it and put it on, looked at his palm, raised his head to look at the old man, and quickly took off his glasses. "I can see clearly when I look at my hands, but I feel a little dizzy when I look far away."
"Uncle, this is normal..." After explaining, the stall owner taught the three people how to use it.
Zhou Huaian and the others were all delighted when they saw the three old men with their glasses on the tip of their noses.
After buying the glasses, Zhou's mother thought that since it was a rare trip, she went to the department store to have a look. Zhou Huaian's brother and Zhou's father didn't want to go shopping, so they went to buy farm tools. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law went to the department store to buy things.
The mountains were getting colder day by day, so she planned to buy some thicker materials and take the leather that Zhou Huaian brought back to the town to make leather jackets for Zhou's father, mother, and her parents.
A few of them went to a department store and saw the cloths neatly stacked on the shelves. Zhao Huifang and Zhang Xiuxiang both took a fancy to a piece of black and red woolen cloth with large square plaids.
"Chunyan, what do you think of that piece of material?"
Yang Chunyan also thought it was good, "Not bad, it's just right for wearing when the weather gets cold."
He said to the salesman who was leaning against the counter and eating sunflower seeds, "Comrade, bring me that piece of material."
The salesperson took one look at her and said, "That's the new woolen material. It's 9 yuan per meter with a ticket, and 12 yuan per meter without a ticket."
Zhao Huifang smiled and said, "Please bring it to me."
The salesperson then came over, took the cloth down and placed it on the counter, while reminding the customers, "Your hands are all calloused, so don't touch it with your hands, or you'll scratch the fabric, and it will be hard for us to sell it."
After hearing this, Zhou's mother pushed them away and said, "No, we're not going to buy anything. We're spending money to buy things, not to get into trouble."
Yang Chunyan nodded and said, "Sister-in-law, let's go to the cloth stalls outside to buy them. Their service attitude is good and the price is cheaper than here."
The mother-in-law, daughter-in-law and Zhou Yumei left without looking back. The salesperson rolled his eyes at them and took the cloth back to the shelf. (End of this chapter)
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