"No!" Chen Xingling shook his head like a rattle: "This gift is too expensive. We can't accept it."
It was almost eleven o'clock when Gu Qi and Chen Jixing arrived in the city, so they went to the school to look for Chen Xingling first.
After hearing that her fourth brother wanted to give her a "gift", she said it was too expensive and she couldn't accept it.
Chen Jixing glared at her and whispered, "My three elder brothers and the fifth brother all have them, but you are the only one missing. The money I spent on building houses and buying tractors for them is almost the same as the money I spent on buying land for you."
"Fourth brother, I can buy it myself!" Chen Xingling lowered his voice: "This time you introduced such a big deal to me, I can make a lot of money. One room is 180 yuan, and six rooms are just over 1,000 yuan. I can pay for it myself."
Chen Jixing snorted, "You keep the money to build a house, and I'll buy you the land. Silly girl, you can't just sell the land in the city. Our land was passed down from our ancestors, and our family members fled overseas decades ago. This time I came to my hometown, I plan to renovate the old house and sell the other land. My friend asked around for a long time and finally found it. I've even negotiated the price, how dare you tell me you don't want it? How dare you make me angry?"
"Hehe!" Chen Xingling laughed and declined: "Fourth brother, the brothers needed your help before because they were short of money, but I am not short of money. It's not easy for you to make money, and you travel all the time, you should keep the money--"
"That's enough." Chen Jixing interrupted her and quietly looked at Gu Qi who was discussing ordering dishes with the store owner. He then whispered, "Silly girl, I know you and Aqi are both rich, but my payment and your payment have different meanings. The suite is quite spacious, but your brother-in-law and his wife are living here. What if your mother-in-law comes to stay for a long time, and your two sisters-in-law also come? Will it still be spacious then?"
Chen Xingling understood it all at once, and was deeply moved, with tears in his eyes.
Chen Jixing whispered, "I'll pay for the land, and you can quietly earn money to build it up, and tell your husband's family that it was given to you by your brother from your mother's family. As long as Gu Qi buys the house, they will live there with a sense of justification. But if it's your mother's family who buys it, you can chase them away if you want, and you don't have to show them any mercy. Isn't this - leaving you a way out?"
After a pause, he added, "Of course, we all hope that you can have no way out, but what if? Right? Gu Qi is a good person, but he will never be able to get rid of his mother. You already know how his mother treats you."
Originally, the Gu family lived in a big house in Shangjing City, so her mother-in-law didn't need to come here. But now both of her sons have to stay here to work, and there are two daughters over there, so sooner or later the old lady will come here to join her sons.
If the old lady gets too old, my sister can just move out on her own and not have to live under her control.
After listening to this, Chen Xingling sniffed and smiled happily.
"Okay, then I-I won't be polite to Fourth Brother!"
Chen Jixing smiled with relief and put his arm around her shoulders.
"Stay closer to your parents' home so that we can take care of you. Remember, your parents' home will always be your backer, so there's no need to let yourself suffer."
Chen Xingling whispered gratefully: "Thank you, Fourth Brother. By the way, I have a gift for you too. When you are ready to go out to sea, I will carry it to you on my back."
"Huh? What?" Chen Jixing asked curiously, "Do I need to carry it on my back?"
Chen Xingling blinked his eyes and smiled mischievously and mysteriously.
"I'll keep it for now and tell you when the time comes. Don't worry, you will definitely like it!"
Chen Jixing poked her head lightly and scolded with a smile: "It'd better be that I like you, otherwise I will throw you off the boat into the sea!"
"Yeah!" Chen Xingling nodded: "We really have to throw it into the sea."
Chen Jixing suddenly became very interested and asked what his sister was.
"Eat, eat." Chen Xingling deliberately whetted his appetite: "I'm so hungry, let's eat first."
That afternoon, Chen Xingling asked for leave from his teacher and worked with Chen Jixing and Gu Qi to complete the land acquisition matter.
The plots of land are located on Shuiyue Road, very close to the north gate of the shipyard, covering an area of about one acre. Next to them are other residential houses, most of which are two-story or one-story traditional southern buildings.
"There's a main road in front of the door, and it's very convenient to get in and out." Chen Xingling was very satisfied and couldn't help but start planning: "Building three two-story houses will be spacious enough. The first floor is about 200 square meters, and with the second floor, the space can be doubled. The remaining three rooms can be used to build a small garden or vegetable garden, and some fences and low walls can be added outside to plant grape vines or roses..."
Gu Qi looked at her lovingly and whispered, "It's all right. I will work hard to make money, and once I have saved enough, I will build it according to your arrangement."
"Hehe!" Chen Xingling blinked: "Maybe I won't have to wait too long!"
Gu Qi raised his eyebrows and asked, "You...you know?"
"Know what?" Chen Xingling asked suspiciously, "Do you know what I'm talking about?"
Gu Qi asked back: "Don't you already know that I will have special allowances starting next month?"
Forehead?
Chen Xingling smiled in surprise and excitedly held his hand.
"Special allowance? Really? Starting next month?"
Gu Qi laughed softly: "Why? Aren't we talking about the same thing?"
Chen Xingling shook his head. "I mean - I can make a lot of money making fried noodles. What about you? What is the special allowance?"
Gu Qi smiled and whispered, "This business trip went quite smoothly. I helped solve several problems and was later appreciated by my superiors. Before I left, my superior told me that he had applied for a special expert allowance for me and it would be approved next month. Then, an extra allowance will be remitted to me from the post office every month until I retire and die."
"Wow!" Chen Xingling laughed excitedly, "Aqi, you are so awesome!"
Gu Qi saw that she was smiling happily, with affectionate eyes.
"No matter how much it is, put it all into our big shell. When the money is almost enough, we will build a new house according to your preferences."
"Hehe!" Chen Xingling smiled and said without comment, "It's okay, it's okay, I'll save it first."
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The next morning, Chen Jixing drove a tractor into the city with his elder brother. After explaining to the guard, they went straight to the first floor of Linjiang.
Gu Qi, who hadn't started work yet, led them upstairs, and then the four men moved a lot of things up and down, and finally moved all the fried noodles in the house onto the tractor.
After tying it tightly with a thick rope, the four of them set off for the port.
Chen Jixing patted the big snakeskin bag at his feet and said with a smile, "This is something my little sister made for me! The restaurant on the ship bought so much, and she still made so much - I might even throw up!"
Everyone laughed.
When we arrived at the port, we quickly came to the large cargo ship where Chen Jixing worked.
All the fried noodles were unloaded and loaded onto the cargo ship one after another.
After Lao Luo counted the goods, he quickly wrote the invoice and then settled the remaining balance.
Chen Jixing put the money into an envelope and handed it to Gu Qi, asking him to pass it on to his sister.
Gu Qi took it and put it in his pocket without opening it.
"Fourth brother, when are you leaving? Xing'er and I will come and see you off."
Chen Jixing squinted his eyes in the moist sea breeze and replied with a smile: "It should be in two days. You'd better not come. Go to school and work. I may be able to come in a few months. Don't make it seem like it will take several years."
Gu Qi just smiled slightly and didn't say clearly whether he would come or not.
Two days later, in the morning, the whole family did not go to the sea, but squeezed onto the tractor to send Chen Jixing to the port.
"Old Four... come home early."
"Old Four! Bon voyage!"
"Fourth Uncle! Have a safe trip!"
Chen Jixing's eyes swept through the group of close relatives, he smiled and waved, his eyes full of reluctance.
"Come on! Dad, Mom, take care of yourselves! Don't worry, I will be back soon!"
Just as he was about to step onto the inclined board, he heard his little sister's familiar voice!
"Fourth brother! Fourth brother!"
I saw Gu Qi riding a bicycle, with his chubby son in front and his lovely wife behind. The three of them were rushing over here.
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