When Chen Jianguo came home from get off work in the evening, after dinner, the couple went back to their own room. Su Xia knew that the man had been busy all day.
"I'll go back to the village tomorrow, and we'll talk about it when Lao Gu and Lao San arrive!"
Su Xia nodded and began to listen to the details of the house.
Chen Jianguo didn't hide anything, "There are four places in total, all detached houses with their own yards, but none of them are as big as our house!"
Chen Jianguo was truly satisfied with the current house. Looking at Su Xia, he thought his wife was lucky.
Su Xia considered it in her mind: four houses and two uncles. If she liked them, she might be interested.
Chen Jianguo got up and took out the money box from the cabinet. After looking at it, he felt helpless. His wife had started counting money every now and then again.
Su Xia actually knew how many there were, but she still counted them again, since it was part of the fun.
This man's entire fortune, along with all the income from his family's business, is here.
Chen Jianguo was once again amazed by his wife's ability to save money as he looked at the stacks of cash.
He moved closer and sat down next to his wife.
Why are you suddenly counting money?
Su Xia didn't respond immediately. After she finished counting them, she asked, "Tell me roughly where those four houses are located?"
Chen Jianguo had no choice but to repeat, “Two of them are far from my workplace, another is near my home in Sunan, and the last one is just across an alley from my home.”
Following the man's words, Su Xia clearly visualized the appearance of the county town in her mind.
I've made up my mind.
She then took out 1,500 yuan and handed it to the man.
Chen Jianguo immediately understood what Su Xia meant.
"Wife, what do you want...?"
Su Xia nodded, "These past few months, everyone has seen me spending money lavishly every month, so they must think that we don't have much savings at home!"
Su Xia was truly proud of this; she still had 9,000 yuan in her storage space, a fact that Chen Jianguo also knew.
The total income here is 3000 yuan, plus an additional 123.7 yuan in loose change.
The rest were some receipts, such as grain coupons and meat coupons, though now meat coupons are called "놊껗".
"After the third brother and the fourth brother have finished buying, you can buy the rest!" Su Xia instructed.
Chen Jianguo nodded. His wife had already told him how much money they had, so buying two houses wouldn't have any impact.
"But you're using so much?"
Su Xia waved her hand, "It's alright, better safe than sorry. What if your two younger brothers have enough money?"
Upon hearing this, Chen Jianguo did not refuse; of course, he wanted to help his own brother.
Su Xia took out the package that her male boss had sent her a few days ago. Inside were some nutritional supplements, malted milk powder, brown sugar, and White Rabbit candy.
Its contents consist of a set of clothes to change into, a cotton-padded jacket and trousers, which are newly made.
Su Xia was shocked. It seemed that this old leader was very popular in the past.
Two pairs of socks, one pair of cotton shoes. And some things for the whole family.
The children were given candy, but Su Xia and Chen Jianguo were not.
The envelope contained a letter, 20 jin of grain coupons, 5 jin of meat coupons, and other receipts, including cigarette coupons, alcohol coupons, business coupons, and even a bicycle ticket.
Su Xia took it out, "What should we do with this? We're short of it again?"
Chen Jianguo was also troubled, not to mention the 60 yuan that the couple had kept separately, and the 200 yuan that the former chief had given him.
The Xie couple received 80 yuan there, along with two gold rings.
The Gu family also exchanged 12 yuan through the old man, which was all for cotton clothes and cotton quilts.
Su Xia was secretly delighted. This deal was definitely a loss, as most of the items were scrap cotton and receipts sent by Chen Jianguo, the leader.
All these calculations show that the couple will have at least half left.
"Jianguo, there's still some cured meat at home. I'll make some dried meat tomorrow. When you come back, kill a chicken from home and send these to your leader."
Su Xia felt embarrassed, so she had to give a firm return gift.
Chen Jianguo didn't feel bad about the expensive gift. Instead, he thought about adding something else later. It seemed that he could rest when he returned to the village!
After arranging the household etiquette, the couple went to bed.
Chen Jianguo heated up some steamed buns and cooked some porridge early in the morning, along with some vegetables, to fill his stomach.
He instructed his three children, "Wait until your mother wakes up before you eat!"
Niu Niu nodded, and waited for Chen Jianguo to leave.
괗Bao ran off to the west bedroom, leaving behind a message.
"I'm going to call my mom, I'm hungry!"
Niu Niu was about to stop them, but didn't chase after them. Da Bao grumbled irritably, "Dad's the same. We got up early, but he insists we eat with Mom."
Niu Niu glared at her. "Eating with Mom? How can you be happy about that?"
Da Bao quickly shook his head, "I mean, I want Mom to sleep in!"
Niu Niu let it go and took Da Bao to wash up.
"You haven't even washed your face, and you still want to eat?"
After Su Xia woke up and had breakfast, she gave instructions to her three children.
"Have you finished tidying up your room?"
Before Niu Niu could speak, Gu Bao shouted, "Mom, I've finished sweeping!"
Niu Niu continued, "Mommy, I've put all the dirty clothes in the basket, and the duvet cover too. Do I know how to take it apart?"
Seeing that Niu Niu was being shy, Su Xia patted her hair and said, "You're already doing great, now Mommy will take care of this!"
"Oh, right, Mom's cleaning the kitchen today, so you and the two of them can play in the living room!"
Niu Niu nodded, "Okay, Mom!"
Su Xia put on a smock, mask, and gloves, and took out dish soap from her storage space.
First, we cleaned the walls and the dust on the ceiling, and then swept the roof.
Then I opened all the cabinets, emptied them, washed the floor mats, and put them back.
The innermost granary contained 10 jin of cornmeal, 5 jin of wheat flour, 2 jin of rice, 3 jin of millet, and 30 jin of coarse grains.
Su Xia resisted the urge to take food from her spatial storage, muttering to herself, "One more week... that's enough, more than enough..."
The food on the storage shelf was almost all gone, with half of it left, along with some pickled eggs and goose eggs. "This lousy guy, he even ate all the eggs!"
Su Xia looked at the fresh eggs and vegetables in the space in her mind and touched her chest.
Coming here, I developed this problem, which is really just heartbreaking!
Because of the frequent trips between the county town and the village, the vegetable gardening project at home was never completed.
Su Xia put all the bowls and chopsticks back, and washed the cutting board and spice jars.
I started cleaning the bathroom again.
It's simple here because there are tiles all around, so you can just wipe it once.
At this moment, Niu Niu was in the living room with her two younger brothers, reading and doing homework, and then they started playing.
"Sister, today we..."
"Cough cough..."
"Say it about us!"
Da Bao changed his tune, "Have we never eaten chive and egg dumplings before?"
Upon hearing this, Bao also exclaimed, "Yes, I want to eat chive dumplings!"
Niu Niu also wanted to, but she was too old to be a burden on her parents.
"I'm too busy today, let's eat it in the spring!"
Upon hearing this, Da Bao sighed like an adult.
"It's so boring, it's cold outside and we can't even go out to play, there's not even any green vegetables."
“Yes, yes…” 괗宝 added.
Niu Niu....
"Alright, nobody does that, you two are just being dramatic!"
"Sis, now you know, people strive for higher positions, water flows downhill, I'm pursuing a higher quality of life!" Da Bao explained proudly.
"Yes, yes..." Bao clapped his hands, flattering him.
Niu Niu's brow twitched; did she really want her mother to come and listen?
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