After walking for a while, Gu Qi pointed to the long white wall in front of him and explained: "It's done."
Ying and Gu Miao were stunned.
Gu Xuan raised his eyebrows, apparently also very surprised.
Ying stuttered: "Why is it so spacious? Aren't they two small houses? Why does it look like a garden?"
Gu Qi told the truth: "This house is quite long, with a depth of 14 meters, and the entrance is 8 meters from the road. When my uncle bought it, it had six rooms, and we only chose the two small rooms in the middle. The remaining space plus the yard in front of the door were fenced off, so it is so wide."
"Six rooms are so wide?!" Ying asked in surprise, "Why not build them all? After they are built, we can all move back in. With Ayi and his wife, there will definitely be plenty of room!"
Forehead?
Gu Qi frowned slightly and explained: "It's too expensive to build six rooms."
"What are you afraid of?" Ying said, "Isn't her fourth brother very rich? He gave her land and money to build a house. Why not build it together? Rich people are not short of money, you know? There are so many brothers in her family. If each family can contribute 100 yuan, plus the two elderly people, that's several hundred yuan! Anyway, they are rich now, why not let them pay for it together and help finish it?"
Gu Qi said coldly, "Mom, please keep your voice down. You are not afraid of being embarrassed, but I am. My uncle is rich because he gave me money. They gave me land and money out of consideration for family affection. That is their good intention, not their obligation. Xing'er is a married daughter, and she always goes back to her parents' home to take advantage of her - isn't this embarrassing for her?"
Ying curled her lips and hummed: "My family is rich, so what if they are just trying to marry off their daughter? You are in much better conditions than hers, with a good company, a good job title, and a good future. She has taken advantage of me and is still trying to be nice! Just think of it as a little more dowry..."
Gu Qi couldn't continue chatting with her, so he opened the door and pulled his bicycle inside.
Ying hurriedly followed, and her two daughters also followed.
The next moment, they were all stunned!
White walls and black tiles, bright wooden windows, shady green trees, verdant dwarf bamboos, lush grass and fragrant flowers.
Gu Miao was dumbfounded: "Brother...what kind of house is this? It's so beautiful!"
"It's a little bit like a garden." Gu Qi simply replied: "Let's go in and take a look."
Chen Xingling and Zhao Xiaoxing were packing clothes in the master bedroom on the second floor.
After several brothers helped to move the things upstairs, they explained that they would bring their parents and children over at the weekend, because the next day a relative in the village was going to marry his daughter-in-law and host a banquet for the whole village, so they had to go back to show their support. Then they hurriedly drove away on the tractor.
Southerners have a very strong sense of clan, and everything is based on the collective interests of the clan.
No matter whether it is a wedding or a funeral, it is a big event for the entire clan, and relatives will try their best to be present unless there is an extremely unavoidable situation.
If there are not many clan members present at a big party, then this person must be disliked by clan members, or even be a person with serious problems.
If you often fail to participate in clan activities, your clan members may abandon you when something happens to you in the future.
But such situations are very rare. Usually, the elders or people of status in the clan have the final say and will not allow clan members to engage in such "betrayal" behavior.
This is the clan culture in most places in Chongqing. When there is trouble, everyone will shoulder it together. When there is a wedding or a funeral, the clan members will help to handle it together.
Several brothers came early in the morning to help their sister move, then went to the grocery store to help buy wedding wine and cigarettes, and then rushed back to the village to attend the wedding banquet.
When Gu Qi and the others were busy, several of his uncles had already left on their tractors, and Xiao Huzi was the only one playing with pinyin words in the study.
After touring the first floor, Ying's eyes lit up and she laughed happily.
"It's so beautiful! It's so beautifully made! Look at that window! Oh! What kind of wood is this sofa made of? It feels so smooth! The texture looks beautiful too! Oh my! What is this? Is it for displaying things?"
Gu Qi introduced: "This is an antique shelf, made of mahogany. There is also a similar one in the study, which is mainly used for storing books and writing brushes, inkstones, and paper."
"Ouch!" Ying turned to the study and exclaimed, "Why is there no glass in this window? It's just a mess of wooden bars running all over the place? It looks good, but why is it so messy?"
Gu Qi couldn't explain, so he just replied, "The winter in the south is not as severe as in the north. It's quite hot and stuffy at times, so there's no glass in the windows to allow for ventilation and coolness. I only installed a thin layer of hollow gauze to block some mosquitoes outside."
Little Huzi looked up, greeted, and then buried his head back to playing pinyin.
Ying exclaimed, “Oh my god!” and clapped her hands in amazement: “It looks like the house of a wealthy family in the movies—it has that feel! It really has that feel!”
Then she turned her head and looked at Xiaohuzi.
"Grandson, grandma will move in with you, okay? Aren't there two rooms upstairs? I can sleep in one with you, how about that?"
Gu Miao was also very excited and felt a pang of envy in her heart.
"Mom, I want to live here too. I'll live wherever you live."
Little Tiger tilted his head and looked at Ying, grinning.
"Grandma, this is the place that my fourth uncle bought. Only mom, dad and I can live here. No one else can live here!"
It seemed like a long, long time ago, when Sanyuan only had a few big trees and a lot of grassy areas, his mother told him this.
Mom said that this is the future home for the three of them, and they won’t live with other people anymore.
Little Tiger has an excellent memory and has already memorized his mother's words.
After hearing this, Ying's face turned dark.
"You little brat! Isn't it good for grandma to accompany you? Grandma will take you to sleep together at night so that you, a little brat, won't be scared. Why don't you want it?"
Little Tiger shrank his head, and although he was a little afraid of his grandmother's viciousness, he still insisted on shaking his head gently.
"No, I'm not used to sleeping with grandma. I'm not afraid of the heat at night. I've slept in my crib alone for a long time."
As far as he can remember, his mother would coax him to sleep every night, give him water, change his diaper, and cover him with a blanket.
Occasionally, when his second uncle comes back, he also likes to sleep with him.
But he had never slept with his grandmother, so he instinctively didn't want to.
Although Ying is not the biological grandmother, she has never taken care of a grandson. Because of the relationship of "love the house and love the dog, hate the house and hate the dog", she has never been very fond of Xiaohuzi. So the eldest grandson let herself down at the most critical moment, which made her embarrassed.
Gu Miao was not happy and complained, "Brother, why don't you build a bigger house? You live in such a beautiful place, but my sister and I can only live with mom over by the river."
"The place is not mine." Gu Qi said calmly, "I didn't pay for it, and I didn't build the house. I can't make the decision, and it's not easy for me to make the decision."
Gu Miao was speechless and didn't dare to say anything else.
Gu Xuan remained silent as usual. Seeing a stack of books beside his nephew, he went up to read.
Chen Xingling had too many clothes, so he tidied up two wardrobes before he finally had some free time.
Zhao Xiaoxing helped pack up Xiaohuzi's clothes and cleaned the corridor on the second floor. She wiped her hands and looked around.
"Sister-in-law, it's almost noon, what are our plans for lunch?"
Chen Xingling chuckled, "Let's have a simple lunch. In the evening, Aqi will invite some of his colleagues and apprentices over, so we'll have to prepare a few tables to make it lively. Why don't we just cook noodles for lunch and have a good dinner."
"Hey!" Zhao Xiaoxing answered and asked, "Sister-in-law, if we go to buy meat and vegetables this afternoon...will we be able to buy some?"
Chen Xingling smiled and replied, "I've already bought some and hidden them in a cool place. Also, my brother and his friends brought a lot of fish and shrimp this morning, and they are all in a bucket in the corner of the kitchen. If more people come, I'll buy more."
As soon as Ying climbed up the stairs and heard their conversation, his fat face immediately darkened.
"You invited all the outsiders to the feast, but you didn't even tell me?! Hu Zi's mother, do you still have me, your mother-in-law, in your eyes?!"
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