"This," the old man was also somewhat tempted, but he still shook his head: "Brick and tile houses are nice, but there aren't many built like that in our surrounding area. And you were sent here for re-education. If you stand out like this, even your Uncle Qingxi won't be able to protect you."
Qin Yuanjiu's lips curled slightly. "Grandpa, you don't need to worry about these things. Since I brought up building a brick house, I've thought about everything."
"Are you sure there's no problem?" Grandma Ke asked, bringing over poached eggs in brown sugar water to confirm.
"Yes," Qin Yuanjiu nodded without elaborating.
“Then let’s build it,” Mr. Ke said, standing up. “Anyway, quite a few people saw you going to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy things yesterday, so there’s no need for us to hide it anymore. If Xiao Qin is capable and not afraid of being investigated, then let’s build a brick house!”
The older brothers in the Ke family also clamored to build a brick house for their sister's wedding.
The matter was settled, and everyone took on their own responsibilities, immediately getting busy.
For example, the old man wanted to personally weave furniture for his beloved grandson, while Mr. Ke searched everywhere to borrow timber for building the house beams, and his five brothers also called on friends and family to work as laborers to clean up the house first.
The old lady made bedding for Ke Meiyu, and Ke's mother made her new clothes.
The people from the first and third wives' families all consciously did what they could to help.
The second wife, on the other hand, remained silent. Ke Lao Er was out all day trying to find a job that was easy and quick to make money, while Ke Er Da Niang was brewing pungent herbal medicine on the stove every day.
Ke Enshu sneered a few times and turned around to go to the back mountain to look for things to exchange for some private money.
Suddenly, the room was empty.
Ke Meiyu peeked out and saw Qin Yuanjiu sitting upright in the chair. She smiled and lingered over.
"Comrade Qin has arrived very early."
Qin Yuanjiu glanced at the sun high in the sky outside and said bluntly, "Hurry up and have lunch, it's getting late."
Ke Meiyu snorted, "Actually, I usually get up quite early, but I had insomnia last night."
"What kind of house do you want to build?" Qin Yuanjiu asked slowly, sipping his tea and looking down.
Mentioning this, Ke Meiyu felt a surge of excitement and began counting on her fingers, saying, "Just like my dad said, we'll build next to our family's foundation, and then the two families will share a wall, and the two courtyards will be connected, which is great."
"First, build a row of houses: a main room, a bedroom, and a study. There should also be a kitchen, an outhouse, and pens for livestock and poultry. The yard should be fenced off, with a row of climbing fruit trees, vegetables, and flowers. There should also be pomegranate trees, grapevines, a swing, and a well. Then we can raise two chickens and a dog. Tsk, isn't life this wonderful?"
Komi Yu was already completely captivated by the thought.
Dolls in the apocalypse are really easy to raise!
“Okay,” Qin Yuanjiu finished the water in his bowl in one gulp and stood up. “Then I’ll go and contact people to build the house. I’ll have to trouble you aunties to feed the workers.”
Ke Meiyu responded, "No problem!"
There are plenty of vegetables in her family's garden, and she can also go to the back mountain to pick some wild vegetables and fruits, and hunt some game, spending almost only on the cost of seasonings and labor.
Little Tuanzi went out to play with the other children in the family. Ever since they unlocked the mouse-catching device, the whole village has been filled with the strong aroma of roasted mouse meat every evening!
Moreover, every household had dried a lot of rat meat in their yards, so the simple and honest villagers were surprised when they heard that Ke Meiyu was engaged to Qin Yuanjiu.
They were initially shocked, but quickly accepted it and came to help.
Qin Yuanjiu left in the morning, and in the afternoon he brought back a tractor full of bricks!
Adults and children alike gathered around the back hill, marveling, "Ke Qimei is so lucky, she got married without a word. I never expected Comrade Qin to be so well-off, turning around and wanting to build a brick house."
The young women and wives looked at Qin Yuanjiu's aloof and tall figure, feeling both regret and bitterness in their hearts.
If they were braver, wouldn't they be the ones living in brick houses?
Ke Yunyue ran to the Ke family home, rushed into the main room, lifted the curtain, and glared angrily at Ke Meiyu with red eyes.
"Ke Meiyu, are you deliberately trying to go against me?"
"You can find any kind of man you want, why do you have to compete with me for Comrade Qin?"
"My dad always takes good care of your family, why are you making trouble for me!"
"Put your hand on your chest, can you face your conscience? I truly like Comrade Qin, but what about you? You've only met Comrade Qin a few times, how much can you possibly like him? Aren't you going to look for someone from the city?"
The little girl was so angry she gritted her teeth.
Ke Meiyu was practicing drawing talismans in her notebook with a pencil when she heard this. She looked up and said, "Didn't you say that Comrade Qin would go back sooner or later? By then, I'll be a city dweller, and a resident of the capital at that."
"You," Ke Yunyue regretted it so much, why couldn't she hold back her words?
With Ke Meiyu's shallow and ignorant mind, she would never have thought of this, but she was enlightened by herself!
"Heh, do you think this is so simple?" Ke Yunyue thought about the turmoil outside. It had been going on for so many years, and it was nationwide. It couldn't possibly end in three to five years.
How many years of prime youth does a person have?
She sneered, "Ke Meiyu really means you have no brains!"
"We don't know when Comrade Qin will return to the city. But I do know that you have cut off his way back to the city in the near future. If he marries me, he can get a spot in this batch of worker-peasant-soldier universities. Although he won't be going back to Beijing, he can go to our Shanxi University of Science and Technology, and his future will be very bright."
"But if he marries you, do you think my father would risk giving up this spot to someone who lives in a cowshed?"
Ke Meiyu showed no change in expression, raising an eyebrow, "So what?"
Ke Yunyue and Ke Meiyu have been antagonistic for over a decade, constantly comparing themselves to each other since they were old enough to understand. Apart from having slightly better grades and more friends than Ke Meiyu, she wasn't particularly outstanding in any other aspect.
The problem is that what she thinks is good, Ke Meiyu doesn't like at all. It's like punching cotton, with a feeling stuck in her throat, unable to vent her anger!
"So what?" Ke Yunyue chuckled softly, then raised her head. "I'm going to get my marriage certificate with Comrade Huang tomorrow, and my father will give him the spot for a worker-peasant-soldier college student."
"Comrade Huang has a clean background and is a student at a key provincial high school. He will definitely have a bright future."
"I want to see how Qin Yuanjiu will bring you back to the city without this worker-peasant-soldier college student quota!"
Ke Meiyu froze, looking Ke Yunyue up and down in disbelief. "Are you stupid? Marriage is a lifelong commitment, not a transaction."
"Aren't you afraid that Comrade Huang will become disloyal after going to university in the provincial capital? There are plenty of Chen Shimei out there. Are you prepared to become Qin Xianglian?"
She had no choice but to submit to the system and marry the villain in order to save her own life.
In both her lives, she had no freedom to fall in love or get married. If she was a sparrow in a golden cage in the last life, she was a kite in the sky being pulled by a string.
She couldn't understand why Ke Yunyue would joke about marriage just out of spite.
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