Chapter 1697: Thriving 3

Two days after the roof was completed, the Lu family’s new house was successfully completed.

The walls inside and outside the bungalow and the ceiling are evenly covered with a layer of cement, polished to be very smooth, and splashed with water to prevent cracking. The east and west side rooms are made of red bricks and green tiles, and the floors are also paved with cement. Everything inside and outside is very neat and clean. Even the courtyard wall, gatehouse, and a small kitchen to the east of the gatehouse are made of bricks, which can be said to be the first in Wanglou Brigade.

Wang Jiao walked around in circles, feeling extremely envious. She turned around and said to Zhang Yuejin, "Zhang Yuejin, hurry up and save some money. We can build a bungalow next year and live in it for seven or eight years. If Goudan gets married, we won't lose out."

Miao Fengqin glared at her. What was she talking about?

If other families had the conditions, they would build a new house for their son when he was about to get married, and live in the old house themselves. But her daughter was different. She built a new house for herself to live in first, and then used the old house to help her son get married.

Zhang Yuejin also envied the Lu family's new house and new yard, so he agreed to his wife's proposal without hesitation. He didn't care about his mother-in-law's angry look at his wife at all, and enthusiastically discussed with his wife: "Let's build a bungalow first, and put the rest off. Thirty thousand bricks cost more than eight hundred yuan. Jiaojiao, I will save money. We can build a new house on the old one, so we don't have to spend money to buy a homestead, which can save a lot of money."

Wang Jiao calculated for a while, "We have more than 400 yuan in our hands. If you save well for a year, you can save at least 200 yuan, which is 600 yuan. I will write to Xiaoxue and ask her to borrow 200 yuan. Your parents can't be so stingy, right? When your brother built a house and married a wife, it was a half-brick and half-adobe tile house, and we paid 200 yuan. If it weren't for your only brother, I would never have paid that 200 yuan! Look at it now, your brothers all live in brick and tile houses, and we are still in a shabby thatched house!"

"Yes, yes, my wife is very understanding. My parents will definitely not stand idly by, and my brothers will not pretend not to know." Zhang Yuejin bowed with both hands, not mentioning that his parents and their four children usually lived in the old house, while he and his wife spent most of their time living in the small house allocated to them in the city.

Miao Fengqin was too lazy to pay attention to them.

Wang Jiao is now the one who has the final say in Zhang Yuejin's family. She has her say and no one can disagree.

Zhang Yuejin's parents worked hard but could not save much money throughout the year. Their younger son Zhang Guangrong grew up smoothly thanks to the subsidy from their older son. However, he was too honest and kind-hearted, and he was not good at speaking. If it weren't for the good reputation of the Wanglou Brigade, he wouldn't even be able to marry.

There are always many bachelors in other brigades, but not in their Wanglou Brigade. Unmarried young men are very popular and well-known far and wide.

Even so, after the wedding date was set seven years ago, the woman put forward several conditions before she was willing to marry him. She wanted a dowry, new clothes, a new house and a new quilt. She also wanted to separate the family after the marriage and could not live together with the old family because it was inconvenient.

Zhang Yuejin's parents wanted to cancel the engagement at that time, but Zhang Guangrong insisted on marrying anyone else, so the old people had no choice but to compromise.

The old couple prepared a new bed, a new quilt and new clothes, but they had limited money. The remaining 200 yuan came from Wang Jiao. Even though she was still too lazy to do much housework, Zhang Yuejin's parents were still very satisfied with their daughter-in-law. They took care of their eldest son's three grandsons and one granddaughter, and Wang Jiao didn't have to worry about anything.

(End of this chapter)