Sun Min also laughed, "Sister, what are you doing? I'm living a good life now."
Although she didn't know what Sun Xiu wanted to say, she was sure that Sun Xiu had never let her down.
Upon hearing this, Sun Xiu exerted more force on his hands and fell silent.
After a long time, he let go of my hand and said, "Wait for me for a moment."
After saying that, he left the main room and came back after a while.
Then he walked in with a stack of big black tens.
Sun Min immediately understood and quickly refused, "Sister, I can't take this money from you."
Tang Yuan also refused.
They were already embarrassed enough when Sun Xiu offered to give them food, but they really couldn't refuse.
But now I can't ask for money anymore.
Sun Xiu waved his hand. "Alright, this is what I discussed with your brother-in-law and the others. It's not a lot of money, just 200 yuan, which is almost enough for you to buy a house. You should hurry up and look for one tomorrow. It's not a good idea to live in the same place all the time."
Li Jiakang also agreed, "Yes, just take it."
Sun Min still wanted to refuse, "We can hold on."
Sun Xiu narrowed her eyes. "You guys can hold on, but can the children? They don't get much to eat every day. What if they get sick from the cold?"
Upon hearing this, the two hesitated.
Yes, they can hold on, but what about the children?
Seeing this, Sun Xiu said again, "Okay, stop talking nonsense and take it quickly. If it weren't for the wrong season and not having enough straw, it would actually be best to build the house yourself."
Nowadays, common straw houses are generally made of two materials, one is wheat straw and the other is rice straw.
In Tang County, rice is grown, so the straw houses are all made of straw.
Building a straw house requires a lot of straw. If you don’t collect it after the rice harvest, you may not be able to find that much straw now.
Hearing this, Sun Min and the other man looked at each other and lowered their heads.
Sun Xiu felt something was wrong when he saw this scene, and asked, "What do you mean?"
Sun Min raised her head and said awkwardly, "Sister, I have straw at home."
"Enough to build a house?"
"About the same."
"Huh?" Sun Xiu was also surprised. "Where did you get so much straw at home?"
"When we were assigned that house, the roof was almost gone, and it was past the time to collect straw. Later, we went to the brigade to borrow some. They knew our situation, so many people gave us some. In the end, we found that we still had quite a lot of straw. Some of that straw was spread on the roof, and some was used as mattresses."
Straw is an excellent ignition material and can also be used to keep warm. Not only that, it also has a special function in rural areas - wiping buttocks.
Although people in cities nowadays generally use straw paper, it is very different from the toilet paper of later generations.
But even this thing is basically not seen in rural areas.
So people in rural areas would collect straw. It can even be said that every household has a bundle of dry straw in the toilet. After going to the toilet, they would pull a handful of straw, rub it with their hands, and then use it to wipe their buttocks.
If you are in the wild, it will be even more convenient. You can just reach out and grab a handful of grass or leaves.
And experienced people will also tell you that not all hairy leaves can be used...
Li Jiakang et al: ...
Sun Xiu was even more furious. "You didn't even bother to come to me when you were in this state? If you had come earlier, you would have suffered so much. You would have moved into the new house by now."
Sun Min smiled bitterly and said, "Sister, we just don't want to trouble you."
In fact, everyone present understood that Sun Min did not want to trouble Sun Xiu.
But they are afraid that they will not be able to pay back the money they borrow.
So the family would rather live in that shabby house than come and ask for a loan.
Sun Xiu was silent for a moment. "Maybe I can't help you with other things, but I can still give you some money. You don't have to pay it back, just take it. It's enough for you to build three thatched houses. Now everyone is short of food, so don't treat them to a meal, just give them some more money."
Building a house in the countryside is a hard job nowadays. Generally, you don’t get paid when you ask people to help you, just provide two meals.
But now that food is so scarce, it will definitely cost more money to hire someone for help.
Sun Min also waved his hands repeatedly, "No, that won't work. Consider this money as a loan. I'll pay you back when I have money in the future."
"Do whatever you want." Sun Xiu didn't want to say any more nonsense and stuffed the money into her hand.
Sun Min didn't say anything more now. She just put the money away and said softly, "Thank you, sister and brother-in-law."
Tang Yuan also expressed his gratitude.
Li Jiakang waved his hand and said you’re welcome.
Sun Xiu said to Tang Yuan, "I only have this one sister. You must treat her well in the future."
Tang Yuan glanced at Sun Min, then smiled, "Don't worry, big sister."
Then we chatted for a while and then started dinner.
The sumptuous dinner also made Sun Min and the others mouths wide open.
Seeing that she wanted to talk more, Sun Xiu waved his hand and said, "Stop talking nonsense and eat quickly."
Then everyone stopped talking and started eating.
After dinner, Sun Min and his family will go home.
Sun Xiu went to get some more food and handed it over.
Then Li Jiakang and Li Ping would ride their bicycles to take them back.
Although they kept refusing, Li Jiakang and others were very persistent.
In the end, Sun Min and the others had no choice but to agree.
The two older children sat on the big bar, and then the two adults each held a younger child and sat in the back.
You know what, the quality of cars these days is really good, and there is no problem with a few people sitting in them.
Seeing everyone leave, Li Xu and others also returned to the house.
As soon as he returned to the house, Sun Xiu sat on the stool and sighed.
Li Xu and the others looked at each other.
Finally, Li Mei stepped forward to persuade her, "Mom, please stop sighing. We have helped you as much as we can."
"I'm just upset. At that time, Xiaoxu got two places, and I was afraid that they would eventually fall into the hands of Tang Yuan's family, so I didn't agree to give them to your aunt. But I didn't expect such a thing to happen now."
They all knew that Tang Yuan had an older brother above him and younger brothers below him, and that they were the type of person who was not loved by either their father or mother.
The only advantage is that his family has a lot of strong laborers, so they lived a good life in the past.
But with the ongoing disaster, they are the first family to be abandoned.
You should know that Brother Tang Yuan also had a girl.
Hu Guilan also walked over to persuade, "Mom, it's a good thing that my aunt and her family have separated now. Now that we have our help, they can live a better life. Otherwise, even if we helped, they would not fall into the hands of my aunt and her family."
Hearing this, Sun Xiu cheered up a bit. "That's true. It's better to stay away from that kind of family. Your aunt's house is not far from here. We can talk about it after your father and his family come back."
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