After Secretary Xu and others left, Zhou Huaian mentioned the matter of going to Ning'an to buy land tomorrow. Zhou Huaishan said that he had told his family about it when he came back, but they didn't have time to tell him yet.
He also said that they had discussed it in the afternoon and decided to go to Ning'an together tomorrow since they were not busy now, and take a look at Zhou Huaian's new house and hotel.
After hearing this, Zhou Huaian agreed without hesitation.
Seeing that the whole family was going, the old man was a little worried about his family. "You guys go, I'll stay at home to watch over them. If the neighbors need anything, they can find someone to get it when I'm at home!"
Zhou Huaijun: "Grandpa, I talked to Master Liu this afternoon. They said there is nothing missing on the construction site. Even if there is anything missing, we will be back before noon."
Yang Chunyan: "Grandpa, we are going to take Mom to buy reading glasses. You and the old man should come with us. Try them on and buy a pair."
Old man: "We don't do needlework, and we can't even recognize a bunch of big characters, so why buy reading glasses?"
Yang Chunyan smiled and said, "It's convenient to buy a thorn remover and cut nails!"
The old man and Zhou's father thought this was right, "Okay, then we'll go together."
Zhou Huaishan smiled and said, "Then let's go to the town entrance together tomorrow morning and pick up Yumei to go with us."
Seeing that they had already discussed it, Li Qiuyue said to Zhou Huaishan, "Now that we have purchased the land, can we start construction?"
Zhou Huaishan: "I heard from Doctor Xiao Wang that tomorrow is the time to pay the money and go through the formalities, and the foundation will be demarcated according to the location of each household in mid-October."
After hearing this, Li Qiuyue looked at Zhou Huaian and said, "Youngest brother, when your family bought the land this time, did Wang Zhen help to look after the construction site?"
"No!" Zhou Huaian glanced at her and said, "I have worked with the contractor who helped us renovate the house twice. I think the people he hired did a good job. I plan to let him renovate the house when the time comes."
As it was just his family's house, of course he shamelessly asked Wang Zhen to help supervise it. Now several families want to build houses in Ning'an, and he is not shameless enough to trouble Wang Zhen again!
Zhou Huairong nodded and said, "You have already cooperated. If you think it is okay, then it must be okay. After paying the money tomorrow, you can tell him that I have asked him to help repair my house as well."
This time, his family plans to buy land for two houses to avoid the two sons quarreling over the houses in the future.
After hearing this, Zhou Huaijun and Zhou Huaishan also said, "Youngest, when the time comes, we'll give him ours as well."
Zhou Huaian hesitated for a moment and said, "How about this, let's not decide yet. When we go to Ning'an tomorrow, the sisters-in-law will go and see the house that my family is still repairing, so that they can have a better idea of what's going on."
After hearing this, Zhou's father said, "Big brother, just listen to the youngest brother and go take a look first."
"Okay!" Zhou Huairong and his three brothers agreed.
Several children listened attentively. After they had discussed it, Zhou Xiaoqian asked happily, "Old man, are you going to Ning'an to buy land and build a house?"
Zhou Huaijun smiled and nodded, "Yes, when you are admitted to Ning'an Junior High School next year, you will have a place to live."
Zhou Xiaoqian was very happy after hearing this, "Don't worry, I will definitely work hard and try to get into Ning'an Junior High School."
Zhou Huairong looked at his two sons and said, "Jia Ming, if you can pass the exam next year, you can live in Ning'an by yourself. The same goes for Jia Liang."
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It's hard for us to even get into the junior high school in town, and you guys still want to go to Ning'an Junior High School. I think my old man is just talking about things that are irrelevant.
The Zhou Jiaming brothers lowered their heads guiltily, not daring to look at their mother's eyes that were about to spit fire.
"You all went to Ning'an, what should we do?" Zhou Jiakang and his children pouted when they heard the adults say that they were going to Ning'an tomorrow.
Zhang Xiuxiang glanced at him and said, "Jia Ming, Jia Liang, Xiao Qian and his sister-in-law, we will be back before noon tomorrow."
"I understand." Zhou Jiaming responded quickly.
After the discussion, Zhou Huairong and the other two went back. Zhou's mother and father also went back to the old house with flashlights to rest.
Zhou Huaian came out of the shower and saw the old man sitting there wrapping tobacco leaves. He went over and sat next to him, picked up the tobacco leaves and helped wrap them.
"Yiding won't go to work anymore?"
"I heard that I can stop working..." Zhou Huaian sighed, "Workers are still the best. They pay a few dollars a month and get dozens of dollars when they get old. Farmers can only eat by themselves."
The old man took two puffs of his cigarette and looked up at the sky. "What can we do? No matter how you look at it, things are much better now than before. It was really difficult before." He patted Zhou Huaian on the shoulder and said, "Work hard while you are young and save more money. Then you won't have to worry when you get old."
"That's right! If you work hard and build a few more houses to rent out, you'll still have money for retirement."
"Go to sleep. You have to get up early tomorrow to go to Ning'an."
"Yeah!" Zhou Huaian put the wrapped tobacco leaves into his pipe, "You should go to bed early too."
The old man put away his pipe and said, "I'll finish this cigarette and then I'll go."
Zhou Huaian returned to the room and saw Yang Chunyan had just given her son a bath and was still getting dressed. He hurriedly helped to pour out the bath water, and then helped to wash a few small clothes in the basin and hung them on the rack in the baking room.
Zhou's mother didn't allow him to hang Xiao Jiuer's clothes outside, saying that children's clothes should not be left outside overnight and that it was not good for children to wear clothes that were wet with dew.
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The next morning, Yang Chunyan got up early to make breakfast, Zhou Huaian helped feed the pigs. After the family had eaten, Zhou Huairong and Zhou Huaijun and their wife came dressed in new clothes.
After a while, Zhou Huaishan and Li Qiuyue also brought their baby son into the yard, "Youngest, are you not done packing yet? Mom and dad are already waiting at the intersection."
"Here we come!" Zhou Huaian and Zhou Huairong lifted the bamboo baskets containing chickens, ducks and geese onto the truck bed, and Zhao Huifang and Zhang Xiuxiang moved the straw stools onto the truck bed.
After he drove the tractor out of the yard, Yang Chunyan took a thick scarf and covered the still sleeping Xiao Jiuer with it, then climbed up and sat on the straw bench with everyone else.
Zhou Huaian picked up Zhou's father and mother at the intersection, and then went to the town to pick up Zhou Yumei. The whole family chatted and laughed as they headed to Ning'an.
When he arrived in Ning'an, he did not go to Douhuazhuang to deliver the goods as he did before, but instead sent everyone to his new yard behind the hotel.
After arriving there, he said to Yang Chunyan, "Yan'er, take Grandpa and the others in to have a look. I'll be back after I deliver the things to the restaurant."
"Okay!" Yang Chunyan took the lead and walked onto the sidewalk, holding her son, and walked towards the yard under construction. "The building outside is Dr. Wang's, the one in the middle is my eldest brother's, and my house is in the inner one."
Zhao Huifang and her friends found it a little strange that the walls and gates of several houses had been built even though their roofs were not yet completed. "Chunyan, why are the walls being built so early?"
Yang Chunyan smiled and said, "Huaian said that there are too many people in the city and there are too many eyes. If we don't build a good wall first, things on the construction site will easily fall."
Zhou Yumei: "It's almost time to put up the beams. When are you going to hold the wine party?"
Yang Chunyan: "Huaian said that we should wait for mom to find a master to choose a day for putting up the beams, and then he and the old man will come to put up the beams on that day, and invite the craftsmen and the master to Douhua Village to celebrate, and we can just have a meal at home to have fun."
"A lot of good things have happened to our family recently. We rebuilt a new oven and leased a large piece of mountain land. Many people are jealous of us. We better keep a low profile."
After hearing this, the old man also thought it would be better to keep a low profile. "That's fine. Ask your husband to come with him at the beginning of September. Don't tell anyone about buying the foundation today. Just say we went to Yumei's place."
Zhao Huifang and Zhang Xiuxiang thought of the pears that had been destroyed, and they thought that what they were worried about was, "We have already told the children not to tell anyone outside that we went into the city to buy land today."
As they were talking, they arrived in front of Yang Chunyan's yard. Seeing that the gate was ajar, they pushed it open, and the craftsman working in the house looked over.
Everyone saw three carpenters in the house, working on the beams, rafters and purlins.
"Master Lin, you're here so early!" Yang Chunyan greeted the middle-aged man of medium build and square face.
"We just arrived too." Master Lin glanced at the Zhou family and asked, "Are you bringing your family to see the new house?"
Yang Chunyan smiled and nodded, "Yes, bring my grandfather, mother, old man, brother and sister-in-law to come and see and recognize the place."
"Thank you! Thank you!" Zhou's father happily took out the cigarettes Zhou Huaian had given him in advance and gave one to each of the masters. "Thank you for troubling everyone."
"It's my duty!" Master Lin and the other two took the cigarettes with a smile and nodded to the old man and Zhou's father and mother. "The old man is so lucky that his grandson built such a big house in the county town at such a young age."
The fine lines at the corners of the old man's eyes wrinkled together, "No way! He's the most troublesome one since he was a child."
After a few polite words, everyone went to the backyard to take a look.
Zhou's mother was very satisfied when she saw that her family also built a small second floor this time, but it was taller and brighter than the new houses in the village. "Yan'er, how much did you spend on the land here?"
Yang Chunyan: "This piece of land is bigger than the previous one. I bought it for more than 800 yuan."
Zhou's mother felt a little distressed after hearing this, "It's still better to live in the village. If we add a few more people, we can build a three-room tile house with two turns at both ends."
Father Zhou smiled and said, "This is the county town. The land is all public property. I'll give it to you for free!"
The old man was also very happy. "I think it's good. This yard looks much bigger than Dr. Wang's. There's also a vegetable patch in the back. I can grow my own vegetables when I live in the city in the future."
Yang Chunyan smiled and said, "Grandpa, Huai'an said that this piece of land is reserved for you, so that you won't get used to living in the city in the future."
The old man smiled and said, "It's okay to stay here for a few days occasionally, but we don't like it if you stay here every day."
Father Zhou nodded. "That's right. I heard that even a scallion needs to be bought with money. We should just stay at home and plant the land. At least we don't have to spend money to buy food."
After looking around, a few people went out, closed the door, and went to the hotel.
It was the first time that Zhou's mother, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law came to visit the hotel. Yang Chunyan took them for a walk, and then Zhou Huaian came on a bicycle.
Zhou Huairong pulled him and said, "Youngest brother, where is the land you want to sell this time?"
"I'll take you there to have a look." Zhou Huaian pointed ahead, "The open space at the end of the hotel and next to my new house." (End of this chapter)
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