Wencai sighed helplessly, not knowing how to respond.
Now, no one can get any favor from Li Yushu, and there is no other way but to obey.
"Uncle Li, it's really hard to find a place to live in our village. I can barely make do for a day or two, but if I want to stay for a long time, I'm afraid..." Shumei helped persuade Li Yushu.
"It's okay, just stay here first. Wencai, go back later and pack all the clothes and other things for me. If you really can't find a place to live permanently, buy some land and build me a house. Don't worry, I'll ask your brother to pay for it too. I won't let you bear the burden alone."
What was Li Yushu up to? He actually asked Wencai to build him a house right in the village. This was truly a case of saying the wind would bring rain, and it was a torrential downpour.
"Dad, stop joking. We can just stay here for a few days. Why come here to build a house? Isn't this an unnecessary waste?" How could Wencai agree with his ridiculous behavior? No matter how well-off he was, he couldn't waste it like this!
Li Yushu had a sudden whim to build a house. If he visited another village one day and decided he liked the new one better, would he have to build another? Wencai couldn't agree to his childish idea.
Wencai thought that this kind of place only looked comfortable, but it might not be comfortable to live in. Transportation was inconvenient, and it took several hours to get into the city.
The roads here are all dirt. If it rains, you can't even go out. The roads aren't as smooth as in the city, so bumping into things is common. If you get sick, there's no hospital.
Even worse, buying groceries and cooking was a formidable problem. Villagers who grew their own fruits and vegetables could handle this. But what about Li Yushu? He couldn't drive for hours every day to get them from the county town, could he?
The more Wencai thought about it, the more horrified he felt.
He was full of disgust towards this small mountain village. He himself couldn't get used to living there, let alone the elderly Li Yushu.
"I just want to live here. It's okay if you don't want to build it. Then I will use this as my blanket for the day and the green grass as my bed." Li Yushu said firmly, and then he actually lay down on the grass by the river.
"Okay, I'll call my brother and sister-in-law right now and ask them to persuade you." Wencai said, took out the phone from the briefcase under his shoulder and dialed Li Wenxue.
Li Yushu looked at him proudly, not wavering at all because Wencai called Li Wenxue.
While Wencai was on the phone, Shumei helped Li Yushu up from the grass.
The dam is soaked by river water all day long and the humidity is too high. Shumei was afraid that if Li Yushu lay there for too long, his old arms and legs would not be able to bear it.
After the call, Wencai was dejected and kept silent.
Li Yushu, on the other hand, had a smug smile on his face.
Wencai's reaction was what he expected. Wencai and Shumei had no idea that all of this was arranged in advance by Li Yushu. Of course, including Li Wenxue and his wife's outing was also part of the plan.
"Wencai, how are you? What did your elder brother say?" Shumei couldn't help asking when she saw Wencai like this.
Wencai shook his head helplessly. "They've all gone crazy, including my sensible sister-in-law. I don't know what's wrong with her this time, she actually agreed with my father's approach. My eldest brother also said that I don't need to worry about it. He will find someone to buy bricks and stones right now, and he will also help me contact the craftsmen. He told me to buy the land for the house and call him, and he will immediately send the workers to start work. He also specifically promised me that it will be completed before the New Year."
Wencai said this with a somewhat angry tone. He couldn't understand why his elder brother and sister-in-law agreed to Li Yushu's actions, which were obviously difficult to accept?
And he kept convincing himself that he should obey his father, saying that the elderly were like children who had returned to youth and needed to be coaxed. This was the responsibility and filial piety that children should fulfill.
"So what are you going to do?"
"What can I do? Even if he wants the stars in the sky, I have to find a way to pick them. After all, he is my father and I am his son."
Wencai was filled with helplessness and spoke to Shumei with emotion.
Shumei didn't dare to say anything more. She could only think about helping Li Yushu solve the current problem and find a place for him to live.
Li Yushu looked at the sad-looking Shumei and Wencai with pride, as if all this was within his expectations, without any expression of surprise on his face.
"Wencai, now you understand how to respect your elders, right?" Li Yushu said, raised his head, took leisurely steps, and walked back the way he came.
Wencai and Shumei followed closely behind.
"Shumei, I have to trouble you again to see if I can buy suitable land in your village to build a house." Wencai had to start arranging the purchase of land.
"Wencai, this is simply impossible. This land belongs to the country and cannot be bought or sold. Besides, you are not a villager and your household registration is not in the village. The village will definitely not agree to outsiders building houses in the village."
Wencai didn't understand these rules, but Shumei did understand them to some extent. She still remembered that a relative of a family once wanted to build a house in the village, but was strongly opposed by the entire village and the village, and ultimately failed.
When Wencai heard this, he was so excited, "With such a good reason, why didn't you tell me earlier?"
Shumei frowned and looked at him with a puzzled look.
Wencai quickly quickened his pace to catch up with Li Yushu, walking side by side with him. "Dad, Shumei said that the land in this village cannot be bought or sold, and outsiders are not allowed to build houses in the village."
Li Yushu paused, a thoughtful expression on his face. After a moment, his frown softened, and he beamed. "How difficult is that? Shumei's family has the land, and I'll take care of it with her mother-in-law. As for village household registration, you can get it with money. If money really can't solve the problem, isn't Shumei a villager? Doesn't that mean she still has the right to build a house? Just prepare some cash for me."
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