Chapter 118 Want to Build a House

When Shen Ruoqing returned home, she saw that Old Lady Ji looked very happy.

Shen Ruoqing understood, it seemed that the ginseng was sold for a good price.

"My dear, do you know how much that ginseng sells for?" When Old Mrs. Ji saw Shen Ruoqing coming back, she pulled her into the house to talk.

Old Lady Ji gave the ginseng to Dalong to sell, and under the command of Shen Ruoqing, Dalong sold it to Brother Biao. Naturally, the price would not be low.

Shen Ruoqing was very supportive and pretended to be puzzled and asked: "Mom, how much does this sell for? At least a few hundred, right?"

"My dear, I'm telling you the price! Two thousand dollars!" Old Mrs. Ji said happily, "I'll keep it all for you as a dowry!"

Who can afford 2,000 yuan as a dowry now? A hundred or eighty yuan of betrothal gifts can marry a wife, and with this money, you can marry 20 wives. Her baby has 2,000 yuan to rely on, and when the time comes, I will save some money to buy her a sewing machine or something as a dowry, and she will definitely be able to marry into a well-off family in the city.

"Mom, I don't want this money as a dowry. The mud house at home is in such a mess. Why don't we use this money to build a new house? Shen Hanwen, Shen Hanwu, Shen Yun, and Shen Xue have all grown up. It will not be convenient for them to live in one house. Hanxi and Shen Yin will also grow up in the future. It is better to build a bigger house so that it will be more convenient and comfortable to live in."

Shen Ruoqing didn't take out the ginseng in order to ask Old Lady Ji to save some for her dowry. Besides, how could she be so rich while letting her brothers live in a miserable and leaky mud house?

"Mom, I've thought about it. With this money, we'll build a big brick and tile house with fourteen bedrooms, leaving one for my fourth brother's family so that he can stay there when he comes back. We'll also have a toilet built like the ones in the city, and we'll have to get rid of the dry toilet at home."

Shen Ruoqing had to muster up great courage every time she went to the dry toilet. The toilet at home should have been replaced long ago.

"This will cost a lot of money." Old Mrs. Ji frowned. To build so many rooms, and to make them brick and tile houses, they would not have the two thousand yuan left.

"My dear, this money should be your dowry. We have been renting a house for so long, and we are used to it. It will be in time to renovate the house when we save enough money. We can build two more mud houses by then." Old Mrs. Ji also wanted to live in a big house, but without this money, how could her dear marry a good family? "Mom, just listen to me. I don't need so much dowry. If my husband falls in love with me because I have so much dowry, then he is not sincere to me. We still have to solve the housing problem at home first. And mom, didn't you say that I earned this money? You should listen to me. Since you said it is mine, I can use it however I want. I just want to buy a new house for my family."

"You are just too kind-hearted. You always think about your brothers in everything and never think about yourself. You have to think carefully. This money is used to build a house for the family. When you get married, there will be no share for you." Old Mrs. Ji sighed and said with a deliberately stern face.

Shen Ruoqing got into Old Lady Ji's arms and said, "Mom, I've thought about it. I'll use it to buy a new house for our family. You can't just care about me. If there's no new house at home, how can Shen Hanxi get married when he grows up?"

"That's his business. Can a grown man like him need me, his grandmother, to worry about him? After all, it's his parents who worry about him. If he can't find a wife, it only proves that he is incompetent." Old Mrs. Ji snorted twice, "But my dear, you don't have to build fourteen bedrooms, right? Those girls in the family will get married sooner or later. It's a waste if those rooms are empty in the future..."

Shen Ruoqing also frowned now: "Mom, what are you talking about? When I get married, will you not leave an empty house for me to live in?"

"How could that be? Your room must be kept well."

"That's it, Mom. You can't be partial to one and treat the other as unfair. Besides, if I marry out of our family, others will look down on us if they see that our house is so shabby. If you build a better house, I will have face when I marry in the future, right?"

"It seems to make some sense." Old Mrs. Ji was confused by what Shen Ruoqing said.

"But dear, if you want to build so many blue brick and tile houses, it's hard to get bricks."

To build so many rooms, we need to build a main hall and a toilet. Shen Ruoqing also wants a bathroom, which requires a lot of bricks.

Shen Ruoqing almost forgot that things are not so easy to buy nowadays. According to what Old Lady Ji said, the brick house really cannot be built.

"So what should we do? Where do the bricks in our village come from?"

"In fact, there is a brick kiln in the Hongqi Brigade, but without a belt, we can't pull so many bricks. We have too many materials at home, and even if Captain Tang comes forward, he can't get many bricks." Old Mrs. Ji shook her head, "If it's all wrong, we can build a stone house. We can just move the stones from the quarry, but it will take some time and effort. Most people in our village build stone houses."

In fact, Old Lady Ji had thought about building a stone house before, but she wanted to keep the money for Shen Ruoqing, so she had no money left to build a house.

Compared to a stone house, Shen Ruoqing would rather live in a brick house. If he is going to build one, he might as well build a better one.

"There's no rush for this. There's a brick kiln in Hongqi Brigade, right? I'll go to Hongqi Brigade this week to see if I can get some bricks."

Old Mrs. Ji knew Shen Ruoqing's temper, so she didn't say anything to dissuade him, but just nodded.

"Mom, what about my second sister-in-law?" Shen Ruoqing asked.

Wang moved back to her parents' home, and took Shen Hanxi with her. It is unknown whether Wang will say anything to others.

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When coming to the county town, Shen Ruoqing deliberately put all the extra things in the house into the space, for fear that Wang might cause trouble.

"Hmph, since she wants to go back to her parents' home, let her go back. Our family can save one person's food ration. I don't believe that I can't control her." It was obvious that Old Lady Ji didn't want Shen Xiangnan to call Wang back.

"I'm not even dead yet, but she's already thinking about the family's money. If I'm gone, what kind of evil will she become? It's a good opportunity to let her go home and live for a while, so that our home can be quiet and peaceful."

After the discussion, Old Mrs. Ji came out to cook for Shen Ruoqing.

In fact, Su Jieru had already cooked the meal. When Dalong took back the money, he also took back a few pounds of meat. Shen Ruoqing really liked the braised pork made by Su Jieru.

Of course, braised pork should be eaten with white rice. Anyway, no one in the county would see anything. Shen Ruoqing asked Old Lady Ji to cook fine grains for every meal, and Shen Xiangbei's family also benefited a lot from it.

Of course, Old Lady Ji had warned Shen Xiangbei to keep his mouth shut.

(End of this chapter)