Chapter 18 Jiang Family Builds a House
After Jiang Hongyu returned home, he showed all the things he bought to Aunt Jiang. The first thing Aunt Jiang saw was the bright red wedding dress.
"There's actually a wedding dress like this in town?" Aunt Jiang touched the embroidery on it. "Embroidery like this would be considered quite good even in the capital."
If it were the Jiang family of the past, they would definitely look down on such fabrics. However, given their current situation, even such a wedding dress would be a bit too ostentatious.
It's just that the Jiang family is marrying a legitimate daughter-in-law, and Aunt Jiang is unwilling to make do: "Let's just take this wedding dress, what about yours?"
"Mingzhu said she would do it for me." Jiang Hongyu's ears turned red.
Aunt Jiang was a little surprised, but she smiled and nodded: "No matter what her level is, as long as she has this intention, it's fine."
"Are the beddings made directly in town? In fact, you can bring them back and find a few lucky people in the house to make them." As soon as Aunt Jiang finished speaking, Jiang Hongyu was stunned.
"bedding"
He was only thinking about clothes, snacks and other gifts for the two of them, and forgot to prepare new bedding.
Aunt Jiang was speechless: "You didn't do it? Could it be that Mingzhu did it?"
Logically speaking, the woman could prepare the new bedding, but Jiang Hongyu shook his head. They bought things together at the cloth shop, but he didn't hear Ye Mingzhu mention the bedding.
Aunt Jiang glared and blamed herself. She knew that the Ye family only had two siblings, so why didn't she go with them? Even a few suggestions would have been enough.
"How about asking Aunt Ye? I think Mingzhu has a good relationship with her family." Jiang Hongyu said after thinking for a while.
What can Aunt Jiang say? Just agree.
Jiang Hongyu talked about the house again. He said they would go to survey it tomorrow and start building the house the day after tomorrow. The village chief would help find someone in the village. Since it was not convenient for his family to provide meals, he would give them an extra five cents a day.
Aunt Jiang nodded: "You should give more money, and don't build a house too small. Even if Mingzhu can't have children in the next two years, you will always have children in the future."
Jiang Hongyu nodded and talked about the dishes for the wedding.
"Sister-in-law, are you home?" A sharp female voice came from outside.
Jiang Hongyu frowned: "Why is she here again?"
"She's your aunt after all." Aunt Jiang stood up and said, "If you don't want to see her, go back to the house first. We'll have dinner later."
Jiang Hongyu put away everything on the table and returned to his room with a frown.
Aunt Qing had already entered the house and looked around: "I heard that Brother Yu is back, why haven't you eaten yet?"
This means that I plan to have dinner at Ye's house.
Aunt Jiang asked her to sit on the stool: "I'm not hungry today, so I'm not going to eat. What's the matter with your sister-in-law?"
Aunt Qing curled her lips and said that she was not hungry, but she was just afraid that she would take advantage of her. Her sister-in-law was becoming more and more stingy.
"I heard that Brother Yu is getting married, so I came to see if I can help." Aunt Qing looked around the room and asked, "Has the date been set? Should we start preparing?"
"Sister-in-law, don't blame me. Brother Yu is getting married soon. You should prepare more snacks and tea at home, otherwise it won't look good with too many people coming."
She couldn't stop talking about food, and Aunt Jiang, who was so good-tempered, rolled her eyes. "I'll let you know when the date is set. I have a lot of things to do at home, so I won't keep you here."
Aunt Jiang had already stood up, while Aunt Qing was still sitting steadily on the stool: "I have nothing to do today, so I'll chat with my sister-in-law."
Aunt Jiang glanced in Jiang Hongyu's direction, fearing that her son would not be able to hold back and run out.
They have been sisters-in-law for many years and know each other very well.
Every time Aunt Qing came to the Jiang family, she would take some things away. Aunt Jiang had a good temper and was embarrassed to refuse. Only when Jiang Hongyu was at home would Aunt Qing leave empty-handed.
Aunt Jiang hesitated whether to give her something to coax her away.
Aunt Qing asked about Jiang Hongyu's plans for the next few days. When she learned that they were going to the village to build a house, she could no longer hide the jealous expression on her face.
Everyone has the surname Jiang, so why can they live in the village? They can only live in a thatched hut at the entrance of the village.
Aunt Qing asked a few more questions and then she could no longer sit still and left with a grim look on her face.
Jiang Hongyu came out of the house with a puzzled look on his face: "Why is she asking about my whereabouts?"
"Do you also want to build a house in the village?" Aunt Jiang guessed.
Jiang Hongyu shook his head. The village chief only agreed to let his family build a house in the village because he was going to marry Ye Mingzhu. Otherwise, the village chief would not agree even if he gave him twice as much silver notes.
"Just keep the door closed for the next few days until we move. I asked the village chief, and he said the house can be built in about ten days." Jiang Hongyu felt that Aunt Qing must be planning something, and it was definitely not a good thing.
Aunt Jiang nodded naturally.
The next morning, Jiang Hongyu went to the village chief's house and went with the village chief to measure the land next to Ye Mingzhu's house.
Yuanshan Village is located in a remote area and covers a large area. The exiled people are all at the entrance of the village, so there are still many open spaces in the village.
After the Ye family split up, Ye's father chose the south of the village, where there was a lot of vacant land around.
The village chief directly allocated six rooms and an acre of yard to Jiang Hongyu.
Some of the onlookers were dissatisfied: "Village head, isn't this place too big?"
The village chief glared at the crowd and said, "This is Ye Laoer's son-in-law. Ye Laoer's family has a large homestead and hasn't built that many houses yet. What's wrong with letting his son-in-law build them first?"
Ye Mingzhu gave Ye Yun'an a wink, asking him to go home and bring water to the village chief and several older uncles in the village.
The village chief took a sip of the brown tea, his eyes full of surprise. This tea was no longer tea foam. He nodded to Ye Yun'an with satisfaction.
"When your brother-in-law moves in, he'll live here."
"Thank you, village chief uncle." Ye Yun'an smiled smartly at the village chief, and took the bowl to pour water for the village chief.
Several uncles of the Ye family drank the water poured by Ye Yun'an, and seeing Ye Mingzhu standing there pretty, they were too embarrassed to refute.
The village chief took the opportunity to say that Jiang Hongyu was planning to find someone to build a house in the village and would only pay for it without any meals. Everyone immediately rushed forward to sign up.
At this time, everyone wanted Jiang Hongyu to build a house as big as possible so that they could make more money.
The village chief was quite reliable. He selected a dozen people, all of whom were young and strong and had experience in building houses. Everyone agreed to start work at 3:15 am tomorrow.
After everything was agreed upon, Jiang Hongyu and Aunt Jiang returned home. Just after lunch, Lu Jingya arrived.
Jiang Hongyu hid back in his room directly. Aunt Jiang had no choice but to talk to Lu Jingya.
After just a few words, Lu Jingya said she had a stomachache. Aunt Jiang took her pulse but found nothing wrong. She was in so much pain that she couldn't straighten her back, so Aunt Jiang had to help her to the bed to lie down for a while.
Lu Jingya's eyes were red and she said weakly that she wanted to drink hot water.
Aunt Jiang said she would help her go home, but Lu Jingya just stood up and fell back onto the bed. Aunt Jiang had to go to the kitchen to boil some water for her to drink.
At this time, someone outside called for a doctor. Aunt Jiang went out to take a look and saw Aunt Qing frowning and saying that her daughter had twisted her foot and couldn't walk, so she asked Aunt Jiang to go and take a look.
Aunt Jiang hesitated, and Aunt Qing glared at her: "You are the child's biological mother, are you afraid that we won't give you money?"
Lu Jingya whispered, "Aunt Jiang, go and do your work. I'll go home when I feel better."
Aunt Qing dragged Aunt Jiang away without waiting for her consent.
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