Lu Guilan felt a little uneasy when she said this. The time she had spent living with her parents' family was the happiest time she had ever had.
But no matter what, she is a married woman, and Zhang Song is not a son-in-law who lives with his wife's family. If she continues to live at her parents' house like this for a long time, it will definitely not be good.
Moreover, she also had to consider her husband's feelings.
She looked at Madam Sun, wondering how Madam Sun viewed the matter.
To everyone's surprise, Mrs. Sun quickly replied, "It is advisable to move out, but not too far. Just buy a piece of land nearby and build a house there."
Sun was not the kind of person who blindly spoiled her child. She knew that her daughter was married out and now lived at home with her husband's whole family. She had no objections, but that didn't mean that her three daughters-in-law had no objections.
There was no other way before, but now that life is better, we still can't get too involved with our maternal family.
Although she knows that all three daughters-in-law are good, the family business is growing bigger and bigger and they are making more and more money, so it's hard to guarantee that none of them won't have their own ideas.
Some people can share hardship, but not happiness.
The closer the relationship, the clearer the distinction should be between interests; only in this way can the relationship be maintained.
It's much better for the Zhang family to move out now than to move out after a falling out.
Sun was very satisfied with Lu Guilan's approach in this regard.
Her daughter has always been sensible.
He Jiuniang didn't try to stop her this time either; she felt it was the right thing to do, as distance makes the heart grow fonder.
Moreover, we're all from the same village now, and our houses are very close together. We work together, but we don't eat or live together anymore.
However, she still kindly reminded her, "Little sister, although you have received some money now, you still need to make an investment after the New Year. You don't have much money on hand, and with building a house and making investments all at once, I'm afraid you won't be able to come up with much money."
He Jiuniang was afraid that they would use all the money in their hands to build houses, and then when it came time to invest, they would have no money left. Wouldn't that be ridiculous?
Actually, He Jiuniang had reservations about the money distribution. She thought it was wrong to distribute all the money earned and to keep some for business. However, she figured that since they wouldn't be working during the Lunar New Year period, they could take out the money again after the New Year, so she didn't bring it up.
Lu Guilan and Shen had thought of this long ago. Lu Guilan said, "Don't worry, Third Sister-in-law. We don't plan to build a fancy house. There are only a few people in the family right now. We'll build one house first, just enough to live in. We'll save the money for investment next year. We can build more houses slowly when we make money later."
Previously, Lu Guilan had planned to build a big house once things developed well, but now that her plans have changed, she won't dwell on it too much.
Her family's kindness to her is a matter of affection, but she cannot take it for granted. She cannot take the kindness of her parents, brothers, and sisters-in-law for granted, otherwise the family will not be harmonious.
He Jiuniang smiled and said, "Well, as long as you have a plan, that's fine. But everyone is busy with the New Year these days, so let's talk about building the house after the New Year."
"Hey! That's what we thought too."
Lu Guilan immediately laughed. She had been worried that her husband's family would be unhappy if she said that, since her husband's family had followed her family all the way. Now that she had received the money, she was worried that her family would misunderstand her as an ungrateful wretch who took the money and didn't care about her family.
I spent a long time discussing this matter with Mr. Shen this morning.
Sun said, "Even so, we still need to tell the rest of the family about this. It can't be just me who knows, or your sisters-in-law will overthink it."
"Mother, I know, I just wanted to tell you first!"
Lu Guilan originally intended to tell only Sun Shi, but since they happened to be in He Jiu Niang's room, she simply told her directly.
During lunch, Lu Guilan brought up the matter at the table, and Lu Laoda asked with some confusion, "Weren't we living here just fine? Why do you suddenly want to move out?"
He was about to ask if they were unhappy living at home, but then he thought that everyone had been busy making money lately and nothing had happened at home, so they probably weren't unhappy.
Besides, didn't we just split the money last night?
“I just feel that since I’m a married daughter, it’s not right for me to keep living at home. Now that we have some money, we’re thinking of building our own house.”
To be honest, Lu Guilan was a little reluctant, but it was a decision that had to be made.
You have to give up something to gain something.
"Yes, our brothers and sisters-in-law have been taking care of us all during this time. Now that we have money, we should move out and not keep bothering them."
Zhang Yong also spoke up in time. In this family, the three of them were considered outsiders, but the Lu family treated them equally and did not look down on them in the slightest.
"What's there to disturb? Living together makes it more lively with more people!"
Lu Lao Er let out a sigh, thinking they were overthinking things.
Next, the Yu and Qin families made their statements. Regardless of their true feelings, they all looked very reluctant to part.
Old Lu didn't speak immediately. Instead, he waited until everyone had exchanged pleasantries before asking, "Since you've made your decision, go ahead and do it. After dinner, go buy the land for the house. It'll be convenient since it's near our house."
"Okay! Thank you, Dad!"
Zhang Song smiled and agreed, then placed a piece of meat on his father-in-law's plate.
They each received 95 taels of silver, and returned 20 taels to He Jiuniang. The two families only had 75 taels of silver left. They needed to build a house, save for food and drink for the next year, and deposit money to invest after the New Year. They knew clearly that life would not be as good as it was now if they moved out, but they did not regret it.
After finishing their meal, the Zhang brothers went to the village chief to buy two plots of land next to the Lu family's house. The two brothers bought them separately.
Since their parents are gone anyway, the two brothers will have to separate their households sooner or later, so they might as well start now to avoid trouble in the future.
Neither Madam Yu nor Madam Qin showed any particular intention. They only said a few words of persuasion at the dinner table, and then did not bring up the matter again.
The main reason is that Lu Guilan is a sensible young lady. She had no choice but to live together before because she was short of money. But now that her situation is better, she doesn't have much money, but she doesn't want to take advantage of her family. So, Madam Yu and Madam Qin naturally have nothing to say.
On the contrary, he grew to like his sister-in-law even more, since everyone likes to be around people who are sensible and intelligent.
The house was peaceful and harmonious. The mood was not affected by the Zhang family's move out. The women went to the market to buy New Year's goods, and the men went to the mountains to chop firewood when they were free. Whether it was during the New Year or after the New Year, a lot of firewood was needed.
That evening, Sun sat cross-legged on the bed, with a pile of silver in front of her—money from the public treasury and their share of the pension.
When Old Man Lu came in, he saw her looking worried in front of a pile of silver. He asked in confusion, "What are you worried about?"
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