Chapter 463: Things About My Cousin-law
"Second aunt, don't bother. We're not drunk." Lu Jingyou poured tea into his own glass. Chen Guilan smiled and said, "Even if you're not drunk, go and rest for a while."
"Aunt is right. I've prepared everything. Brother Lu, you can stay at my place tonight and we can have a good chat." Zhao Shunfa picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp. He gave Lu Jingyou a thumbs up and said, "Your wine is really good. The more you drink, the warmer it gets."
"As long as my brother-in-law likes it." Lu Jingyou also took a sip and wondered why the wine was hot?
"You're really drunk." Su Jiaojiao smiled. He poured the tea into the wine glass, but it wasn't hot...
"I'll go clean up first." Chen Juan also laughed, took the key and left. Su Jiaojiao followed: "Sister, I'll go with you."
When she left, she didn't forget to tell Lu Jingyou: "Don't drink anymore. Let your brother-in-law take you to your new home to rest later."
"I'm fine, you go!" Lu Jingyou felt that he was not drunk, but Zhao Shunfa was drunk.
Chen Juan's new home is separated from Chen Guisheng's home by a north-south street. It is a new housing area approved by Wutong Village a few years ago.
Times are progressing, and the original old houses can no longer meet the needs of young people. In order to keep the village neat, the village committee allocated a new residential land a few years ago for building new houses.
The original owner built an east wing with its door facing the street, saying that he was planning to open a small store. Later, when he made some money, he moved to the city and sold the house to Zhao Shunfa.
This type of collectively owned house does not have a property certificate and needs to be notarized by the village committee, and then the name must be changed uniformly every one or two years.
"His mother has been urging us to get a marriage certificate and transfer his household registration here. When the house is renamed, it will be in Zhao Shunfa's name." Chen Juan started chatting with Su Jiaojiao as soon as she left the house. Even though they were alone, she kept her voice down. "His mother is worried that the house will be in my name."
"Then it depends on who paid for it." Su Jiaojiao understood, "If you paid for it, it will belong to both of you."
"His mother wouldn't let us pay. She said that the son-in-laws who live with the family are different now. They also need to be provided for in old age, so her son must have his own house in our village. Otherwise, she won't be able to come and live with him in the future."
As we were talking, we arrived at our new home.
The house's exterior was repainted pink and the yard was newly paved with cement, making it look like a wedding room.
"What does my second uncle mean?" Su Jiaojiao was amazed as soon as she entered the door. This house was much better than she had imagined.
The five large tiled houses are much more spacious than Chen Guisheng's old house. Together with the east wing, they look very grand.
Otherwise, it wouldn’t be sold for 18,000.
The old house is not worth so much money.
"Your second uncle is honest and agreed without hesitation. He said it's not easy for others to raise a son. As long as we live well, it doesn't matter whose name the house is in." Chen Juan picked up a bundle of corn stalks at the gate. "Before his father died, he built a house for him and his brother in the village. But he didn't have the money to repair his house, so it has been empty ever since. It doesn't even have windows. When he occasionally comes home, he and his mother squeeze in with his brother's house. His sister-in-law is very dissatisfied. He and his brother don't get along well."
"He was originally planning to save some money to renovate his house in the village, and then he met me. After meeting me, he sold his house in the village and added some money to buy this house. His brother didn't pay a penny, and he even said that the two brothers would support each other in their old age."
Su Jiaojiao was about to say something when a big black and white wolfhound suddenly jumped out and barked at her. Su Jiaojiao was so scared that her face turned pale: "If I had known you had a dog at home, I wouldn't have dared to come."
Chen Juan shouted, "Black Tiger, get down."
The black tiger roared and lay down obediently, still looking at Su Jiaojiao vigilantly.
"Don't be afraid, he's on a leash!" Chen Juan knew Su Jiaojiao was afraid of dogs, so she smiled and said, "We've added some furniture to our house, and he doesn't come over often, so we need a dog to guard the house."
Su Jiaojiao was relieved when she saw that there was indeed an iron chain tied around Hei Hu's neck.
The layout of the new house is still very reasonable. The kitchen is at the edge, followed by the bedroom, living room, bedroom, and bedroom, a total of five rooms.
"Your new home is a three-bedroom apartment in the city with a big yard. It's really nice." Su Jiaojiao visited Chen Juan's new home back and forth. Her home was in an area full of low old houses with only four rooms, and it was not so bright.
"It's good, but I borrowed money to buy it." Chen Juan added water to the pot and sat in front of the stove to light the fire. "His house in the village was only sold for 5,000 yuan. He saved some money over the years and borrowed 9,000 yuan from his aunt and uncle."
"Nine thousand yuan isn't a lot." Su Jiaojiao also moved a stool and sat next to her. "If you want to buy a house in the city now, you still need a loan, and the loan amount is more than nine thousand."
Moreover, considering Chen Juan's income, the nine thousand yuan is not a huge debt.
But her in-laws insisted that Zhao Shunfa pay for the purchase himself, so Zhao Shunfa would have to pay off the debt slowly.
In fact, this kind of debt is easy to deal with before marriage, but after marriage it is difficult to tell who pays it off.
In this way, Zhao Shunfa is not a son-in-law in the traditional sense. He has his own house in Wutong Village and will have to support his mother in the future. It is no different for Chen Juan to marry a local villager.
"His mother was smarter than my parents. At first, she agreed to let Zhao Shunfa become a live-in son-in-law, but later she said his brother disagreed and insisted that the two brothers support each other in their old age. Gradually, they decided to buy a house in our village." Chen Juan made fire sticks with locust branches and drew circles on the ground. "The villagers had a good impression of Zhao Shunfa. He was hardworking and kind to my parents. By the time I figured it out, I had reached this point with him."
The more she thought about it, the more she felt that her fiancé was a stranger, so strange that she couldn't tell him her true feelings. She was worried that he would turn around and tell his mother.
That would be too embarrassing.
"Brother-in-law does this for his mother." Su Jiaojiao comforted her, "It's good that he has his own house. Men have self-respect."
The reason why she said this was entirely because of her impression of Zhao Shunfa in her previous life. At least in her eyes, they lived a very good life.
"It's already like this." Chen Juan continued drawing circles. "Besides him, there's no one more suitable for me."
"Brother-in-law is willing to stay in our village with you to grow old, which shows that he is sincere to you." This matter has become a foregone conclusion, and Su Jiaojiao can't say anything. No one can truly empathize with anyone else, and everyone can only walk their own path.
"Actually, their family is quite complicated." Chen Juan continued to tell Su Jiaojiao about Zhao Shunfa's family. "His brother is three years older than him, but he's not his biological brother. He's his aunt's child. When his aunt passed away, his brother was only three years old. His mother felt sorry for him losing his mother at the age of three, so she took his brother in to live with her. Zhao Shunfa had just been born at that time."
"His older sister is his biological sister, four years older than his brother. She married and moved far away two years ago and rarely comes back. His younger sister is also his biological sister. Because she was born outside the family, she has been fostered by his aunt since she was a child."
"After his sister learned about her life story, she often asked him for money. He always gave it to her, saying that she hadn't grown up with them, and as a brother, it was only natural for him to make up for it."
"..." Su Jiaojiao was overwhelmed after hearing this. She didn't remember Chen Juan telling her these things in her previous life. Could it be that she had forgotten?
The water boiled quickly.
Chen Juan scooped hot water into the washbasin, added some cold water from the water tank, found two towels and placed them on the washbasin rack, and said that when they came, she would let them wash their faces before going to bed.
After preparing these, she asked Su Jiaojiao, "Is Xiao Lu not used to sleeping on the kang? Otherwise, let him sleep on the bed. There is an electric blanket on the bed, so he won't be cold."
"No need, just let him sleep on the kang." There was no heating in the room, and the electric blanket was far less warm than the kang. Su Jiaojiao felt that Lu Jingyou should be able to get used to it.
As the two were chatting, Xiao Sui Sui came in skipping and jumping: "Sister, my two brothers-in-law are singing outside. It sounds great. Come out and see."
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