Without waiting for Yang Wanqiu to continue, he said directly, "Yes, it will cost about eighty yuan for labor and materials. Do you want to build your own house? If so, you should tell the brigade leader as soon as possible. While there is not much work in the fields right now, the team can spare some people to help you build it. If you wait until the autumn harvest in two months, the brigade leader will not approve it even if you want to build it."
Upon hearing that building a house would cost eighty yuan, Yang Wanqiu, even if she had never intended to pay for it herself, would not have been willing to spend so much money.
You see, although she has some money now, she has fallen out with her family and this is all she has left. She has to be careful with her money since she can only spend and not earn.
Thinking that Chen Shuning's parents must have given her a lot of money when she went to the countryside, that's why this girl had the confidence to build a house as soon as she arrived. Moreover, Chen Shuning's family would continue to send her money in the future, so she naturally didn't need to be as calculating about spending money as she was.
Thinking about this, Yang Wanqiu became even more jealous of Chen Shuning. Why is it that, even though they are both girls, Chen Shuning's family treats her like a treasure? Her parents dote on her, her brother protects her, her sister loves her, and even her younger brother always gives in to her.
She was so unlucky. Her loving grandparents and mother left her so early, and her so-called father treated her so badly because of two illegitimate children. The more she thought about it, the angrier she became.
So he pretended not to understand what Chen Shuning meant, and said with a smile, "Shuning, don't you know what my family's situation is like now? I only have a little money, and I dare not spend a single penny wrong. By the way, I bought some brown sugar before I went to the countryside. I'll bring you some to make tea."
Then, with a wronged look on her face, she shook Chen Shuning's hand again: "Shuning, you've seen the situation at the educated youth settlement. So many people sleep on such a small kang (heated brick bed), it's even difficult to turn over. So Shuning, after your house is built, can I move in with you? That way we can keep each other company, so you won't be scared living alone. What do you say?"
Chen Shuning was so angry at Yang Wanqiu's shamelessness that he laughed. He gently withdrew his hand and said, "My mother gave me a lot of brown sugar, so I don't need yours. And Yang Wanqiu, who gave you the confidence to think you can move into the house I built with my own money just because of a few words? If you want to live in a spacious house, then build your own. Didn't you also receive an eighty yuan subsidy from the educated youth office? Besides, your bourgeois exploitative mentality of wanting to gain without working is unacceptable."
"Chen Shuning, you're talking nonsense. You know that's not what I meant. I just wanted to keep you company because I was afraid you'd be scared alone. You're biting the hand that feeds you."
Looking at the furious Yang Wanqiu, Chen Shuning glanced at her contemptuously, then said with a mocking expression, "So I should thank you, but I may have to disappoint you. I'm not afraid to live alone. Besides, although we've known each other since childhood, if I remember correctly, our relationship doesn't seem to be very good right now. Comrade Yang Wanqiu, do you have amnesia?"
After saying that, Chen Shuning ignored Yang Wanqiu, because at this time, he could hear a lot of people talking in the courtyard. It sounded like the villagers who were helping to build the house had come over.
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