Chapter 143
What surprise?
Wen Wan looked at Mulanzhi with some surprise.
Mulanzhi hadn't planned to say it now, but the words were on the tip of her tongue, so she finally said it: "Your uncle Mu and I bought you a house near where you used to live. I originally planned to tell you after Jinheng came over, but it doesn't matter if I tell you now."
Wen Wan really didn't expect that Mulanzhi and Mu Pingjiang would actually buy a house for her and Liang Jinheng.
"Aunt Mu, this is too valuable. We can't accept it!"
When Wen Wan heard this, the first thing she felt was not surprise, but panic.
Although she and Liang Jinheng had mentioned before that his comrade's house was quite comfortable to live in, they never mentioned that they wanted to buy it.
Besides, they both work in the county, so even if they buy a house here, they can't live in it. It would be a waste to leave it empty.
But Mulanzhi said, "The house has been bought. This is some compensation that Old Mu and I owe to Jinheng and you over the years. Just consider it as the fulfillment of our wish."
When she said this, Wen Wan didn't know how to respond.
After all, she is not Mulanzhi and Mu Pingjiang themselves, and she cannot empathize with their guilt and feelings.
But the only thing she could be sure of was that they must really want to compensate Liang Jinheng.
"Well, let's talk about this after Liang Jinheng arrives."
Although Mulanzhi said that this was compensation for their family, everyone could hear that it was compensation for Liang Jinheng, her son, and she and the two children were probably incidental.
Mulanzhi didn't say anything after hearing this, and both of them waited patiently for Liang Jinheng's arrival.
......
Liang Jinheng and Mu Pingjiang set out in the morning and arrived in the afternoon.
When we arrived at the Mu family, Wen Wan and Mulanzhi had just prepared the meal.
It was a coincidence that the two of them came back just in time for dinner.
At the dinner table, Mu Pingjiang was rarely so happy. Before he even left, he asked Mulanzhi to take out his treasured wine. He wanted to have a good drink tonight!
Mulanzhi knew that he seemed to have accepted some mission this time, but she didn't know what it was.
But seeing how excited Mu Pingjiang was, I guess the mission was completed successfully.
Mu Pingjiang couldn't elaborate on what he did in Anju County, but the only thing he could say was—
"Jinheng, this kid, helped me complete the task this time, and he did a great job. He really helped me a lot!"
Mu Qingsong couldn't help but raise his eyebrows as he looked at his elder brother Liang Jinheng who was eating calmly beside him.
"Dad, I've told you my eldest brother is very skilled. Did you see it this time?"
"Yes!" Mu Pingjiang nodded with a smile, then suddenly frowned and said to Mu Qingsong, "Since you know how powerful your elder brother is, why don't you learn from him and try to catch up with him as soon as possible!"
"Forget it, don't catch up with Jinheng. It would be great if you could be half as sensible as Jinheng." Mulanzhi shook her head in disgust.
Mu Qingping chuckled beside him.
Even Doudou followed his mother and looked at Mu Qingsong with disdain.
"My uncle is not sensible at all!"
Mu Qingsong was now facing the disgust of his entire family, and he felt so aggrieved.
But after taking a look at Liang Jinheng and Wen Wan, he was suddenly moved.
Who said that the whole family dislikes him?
Don’t we have our elder brother, his wife, and two children, Da Wa and Er Niu?
This family is his real family!
Mu Qingsong looked at Liang Jinheng and Wen Wan with a touched expression. Just when he was about to say, "Brother and sister-in-law, I'm so lucky to have you," he saw Wen Wan's shoulders shrugged, and it was obvious that she was trying to suppress a smile.
As for Liang Jinheng, oh, although he was not smiling, the look he gave Mu Qingsong was clearly filled with disdain.
Mu Qingsong: “…”
"I don't want to live anymore. My whole family despises me. I must not be their biological child!"
In anger, Mu Qingsong decided not to leave any good food for them and started to grab the food with his arms wide open.
Doudou's eyes widened: "Uncle, that's my favorite food!"
“I love to eat too!”
"I want to eat, I'm a child!"
"I'm a big kid, I want to eat too!"
“.......”
The two people who were more than 20 years apart in age started arguing. The dinner table was filled with the noise of Mu Qingsong and Doudou, which was very lively.
Dim lights, ordinary home-cooked meals, relatives sitting around, and a lively and leisurely atmosphere.
At that moment, Liang Jinheng suddenly felt that spending more time with the Mu family was not as awkward as he had felt before.
......
After dinner, Mulanzhi pulled Mu Pingjiang, who was drunk and flushed, into the room and told him that she had told Wen Wan about the house.
Although Mu Pingjiang looked drunk, he was actually still sober.
When he learned that Mulanzhi had said this, he had no objection. Although he had originally planned to take advantage of this incident to tell this matter, since Mulanzhi had only said it a few hours earlier, it didn't matter much.
"But I think Wanwan and the others don't seem to want to accept it and are a bit resistant. Sigh, I don't know what to do."
The more Mulanzhi spoke, the more depressed she became.
Mu Pingjiang comforted her: "It's okay, they've already bought it. Just because they don't use it now doesn't mean they won't need it in the future."
After all, Wanwan and Liang Jinheng are still young, and there is a long time in the future. In addition, society is changing so fast nowadays, who knows what the world will be like in a few years.
"Don't hide this from Qingping and Qingsong. Call them over later."
"Um."
In the living room, Wen Wan and Mu Qingping helped to clear the table, and then they sat on the sofa. It was still early and not time to go to bed.
Mulanzhi and Mu Pingjiang came out and saw that their three children and daughters-in-law, as well as their grandchildren and great-grandchildren were all there, and the whole family was together. They couldn't help but smile.
"While everyone is here today, your mother and I are going to talk about something."
When the younger generations saw this, they realized that something big was going to happen.
So they all sat up straight, looked at Mu Pingjiang seriously, and waited for him to speak.
Mu Pingjiang glanced at the children and said, "Your mother and I have thought about this for a long time and feel that the child we have felt the most sorry for over the years is Jinheng, your eldest brother—"
Mu Pingjiang looked at Mu Qingsong and Mu Qingping.
The two had no objection to this.
They had all been to the Liang family and had seen with their own eyes the family situation there. The eldest brother Liang Jinheng grew up in such an environment. Apart from anything else, at least his living conditions were not a bit worse than theirs.
So what father Mu Pingjiang said about how he and his mother felt most sorry for Liang Jinheng was absolutely correct.
"So we both used some of our savings to buy him a yard in the city."
After these words were spoken, Mu Qingsong and Mu Qingping were stunned for a moment, but neither of them said anything.
The money belongs to the parents, and they have no right to say what to do with it.
"You two have lived at home for many years, and you don't have too many expenses. Your mother and I saved the money we gave you before, so you don't have to worry about us not leaving anything for you."
Mu Pingjiang tried his best to treat his children equally. If they enjoyed more when they were young, they would have less when they grew up.
They suffered a lot when they were young, so now they try to make up for it as much as possible.
The two siblings of the Mu family also understood this principle.
"Dad, it's meaningless for you to say that. I'm not greedy for big brother's things."
"Yes, Dad, even if you don't say this, we both can understand it."
Mu Qingsong and Mu Qingping accepted their parents' decision from the bottom of their hearts.
But Liang Jinheng frowned and said, "You guys keep the house. We can find a way to buy one ourselves if we want to."
Liang Jinheng didn't know the exact price of buying a house now, but he thought it wouldn't be very cheap. He might even need to use connections to handle various procedures. It could be said that Mu Pingjiang and Mu Lanzhi must have put a lot of thought into this matter.
"Jinheng..." Mulanzhi suddenly called him, as if she wanted to persuade him.
But Liang Jinheng looked determined: "You bought the house, so it's yours. You don't have to worry about me."
The better the Mu family treated him, the more guilty he felt because he was unable to give them the same affection in return.
After Liang Jinheng finished speaking, he stood up and said, "I'm going to rest first."
They were sleeping at the Mu family's house tonight, in the room that Mulanzhi had reserved for them.
After Liang Jinheng got up and went back to the house, the Mu couple looked at each other, both with helplessness in their eyes.
Wen Wan probably had anticipated this result a long time ago, so she didn't react at all.
Now no one was in the mood to continue chatting, and soon everyone returned to their rooms to rest.
When Wen Wan returned with her two children, she saw Liang Jinheng standing by the window, looking at the dark night outside, wondering what he was thinking.
Hearing the sound of the door opening, he turned and looked at Wen Wan with a guilty expression, as if he wanted to say something, but Wen Wan ignored him and instead called out to him: "Come over and help clean up, the child should go to bed."
"Oh, okay."
Liang Jinheng was stunned and quickly went over to help.
After putting the children to sleep, it was now time for Wen Wan and Liang Jinheng to spend time together.
Wen Wan had also finished washing up. Before going to bed, Liang Jinheng suddenly looked at her dejectedly and whispered, "Shouldn't I be doing this..."
Although he didn't finish his words, Wen Wan knew that he was talking about the fact that he had just refused the house that Mulanzhi and the others offered him.
"Wanwan, tell me the truth, do you also want to have a home in the provincial capital?"
to be honest?
Then Wen Wan nodded honestly.
"Yes, why not?"
People go to high places, and water flows to low places.
The provincial capital is so big and much more prosperous than her hometown. Of course she wants to have a home here and a place to settle down.
After all, if this is the case, then I won’t have to stay at the Mu family next time I come.
really.
Seeing Wen Wan nod, Liang Jinheng looked even more defeated.
At this moment, he felt useless. He couldn't even fulfill Wen Wan's wish. Just now, because he couldn't get over it, Wen Wan missed the opportunity to get a house.
Seeing Liang Jinheng's self-blaming expression, Wen Wan burst out laughing.
"Silly! I want to settle down in the city, but I didn't say when. Now we are both still young and work in the county. If we come to the provincial capital to buy a house at this time, not to mention the money, there will be no one to live in it after we buy it."
"Besides, I prefer the house I earned through hard work to the house given by others!"
In fact, Liang Jinheng has a lot of money.
She had several thousand dollars in savings before, so if she wanted to buy a house, she could do it if she gritted her teeth.
But neither of them had thought about it in this way.
After all, these days, everyone’s consensus is that the house allocated by the unit is their house, and that is their home.
Since you already have a home, why buy another house and leave it empty?
"Do you really think so?"
Liang Jinheng came closer to her and asked her again.
Wen Wan pushed him away impatiently: "What else do you want me to think? Do I have to force you to take over this house?"
If Liang Jinheng dared to accept it, she would scold him to death!
Although they may be sincere, they feel unworthy of it.
Even though they did not take on the responsibility of raising Liang Jinheng when he was young, it seems now that Liang Jinheng and she have not fulfilled their responsibility to be filial to them.
So in fact, they don't need to spend so much money to compensate Liang Jinheng.
As a result, she always felt that it would be awkward to treat the Mu family in the future.
And if others knew about it, they would probably say that the two of them recognized each other just for the Mu family's property.
Wen Wan admitted that she did care about what others thought of her, so she would not be criticized for such things.
"Okay, as long as you don't regret it, then I won't regret it either!"
Liang Jinheng was naturally relieved when he received Wenwan's feedback.
The couple then lay down, but before falling asleep, Liang Jinheng suddenly had a big goal, which was -
With his own efforts, he will strive to buy a house in the provincial capital as soon as possible so that Wen Wan can live the life she dreams of!
The next day, Wen Wan and Liang Jinheng prepared to go home in the afternoon. In the morning, she had to go to the provincial newspaper to inquire about the current status of the manuscript she had submitted before.
She wanted an answer whether it was life or death.
Liang Jinheng went with her, and the two children stayed at the Mu family temporarily.
Wen Wan had been to the provincial newspaper before and knew the route.
After she and Liang Jinheng arrived at the provincial newspaper office, they asked a comrade at the door directly. When the comrade learned that she was there to ask for the results, he didn't think much about it and pointed her in the direction.
By this time, all the results should have been released. Since the authors have come to ask about the results themselves, they don’t have to go to the post office to send a letter!
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