Chu Min's wife, Zhang Ping, watched the money in the cash box gradually dwindle, and then she looked at Chu Min who was eating with worry and said, "Dad Dazhu, the cost of building this house is much higher than we estimated before..."
Chu Min put down his bowl of porridge, nodded, and slowly explained to her, "It's a lot more, but Dazhu's mother, you have to think differently. This house we built was completed in one go! Not to mention living in it for decades, at least for the next ten years, we don't have to move anymore..."
Zhang Ping looked at Chu Min steadily. Seeing his determined eyes, she sighed, "Well, I don't know if I won't have to touch it for more than ten years. I only know that after we finish building the house, there won't be much left of the money we saved so hard over the past ten years."
Chu Min laughed heartily and said confidently, "The money is gone once it's used up! I'll find another way to earn more after it's gone! Anyway, I've been able to earn that amount of money under my mother's watchful eye over the past ten years. Even when we separate and live separately in the future, I can still earn more!"
Yes, in the entire Chu family, Chu Min was the most secretive. He knew clearly that his mother favored the third child, and that the third child would definitely receive the most when the family was divided in the future. So after he got married, he started to think about making money on his own. When he was in his hometown, he resold grain, making a few cents per kilogram. Later, when he came to Xinjiang, he knew that there were many herdsmen living near the mountainous areas in Xinjiang, so he waited until the winter when the farmers were idle to go to the mountains to buy dairy products, and then sold them on the black market...
Although every time I earned money, I could save one or two hundred every winter. In the past ten years, together with the money I saved before, I have saved nearly two thousand. On top of that, I got more than six hundred from the family division, which is more than two thousand six hundred. Even if I spend half of it on building the house, I still have half left. So, the family is not really out of money as Zhang Ping said...
"Brother Tian, are you going out so early tomorrow?"
Yao Xiujuan served Chu Tian a bowl of dumpling soup and sat opposite him to watch him eat.
Chu Tian stirred the lumps in the bowl with chopsticks and said casually, "No need to go out so early, but I still have to get busy. I agreed with my second brother today to dig the foundation before the busy farming season, and then build the house bit by bit when the farm work is not too busy, and try to move in before June..."
Yao Xiujuan frowned and asked worriedly, "But, can you bear this? Can you wait until the busy farming season starts?"
"Actually, we can live here until after the autumn harvest and then build a house..."
Chu Tian drank a few mouthfuls of the dumpling soup and chuckled, "What's so unbearable? Isn't it like this every year? It's just that this year's busy farming season is a little more complicated than in previous years..."
"But···"
Seeing Yao Xiujuan was about to say something, Chu Tian interrupted her and said, "Okay, let's not talk about these things. I know my limits. If I'm tired, I'll take a leave to rest. I won't work myself to death..."
"By the way, how's your stomach? Has the baby been moving frequently these past two days?"
As expected, Yao Xiujuan's attention was diverted. Hearing Chu Tian's question, she answered gently, "It's more frequent than before. Last night, when I was getting ready for bed, I felt him turning over in my stomach. The amplitude of his movements was the largest during my pregnancy. I cried out, and I don't know if he understood that I was uncomfortable, but he immediately stopped moving..."
Chu Tian was surprised, "So obedient?"
Yao Xiujuan nodded. "Yeah, very well behaved. If it weren't for my belly getting bigger day by day and the occasional fetal movement, I would have suspected that I wasn't pregnant and was just gaining weight."
Chu Tian smiled, "Being good is good, it's better than when you were pregnant with Wu Ya and you were so noisy that you couldn't sleep, right?"
Yao Xiujuan also covered her mouth and laughed, "Yes, Brother Tian is right."
Chu Tian finished the remaining dumpling soup in the bowl in a few mouthfuls, took the bowl and chopsticks to the outer room, washed them quickly, shook off the water droplets on his hands, and said to Yao Xiujuan in the inner room.
"It's not dark yet. I'll go find some teammates I know and ask them to help me dig the foundation tomorrow..."
Yao Xiujuan hurriedly shouted, "Brother Tian is back. Let's go to the captain's house to see when Xiuli and Wuya will come back..."
Chu Tian, "I understand..."
He found a dozen or so team members he was on good terms with, and told them to get up early the next morning to dig the foundation at the property beside the west road, and then he headed towards Captain Sun's house.
"Weiguo, I'm here to pick up Wuya and the others..."
Sun Weiguo had just returned from outside and had not yet entered the house. He did not know that Yao Xiuli and Wu Ya had come to play with his wife, nor did he know whether they had left or not, so he immediately shouted to his wife in the house.
"Meiling, tell Xiuli and Wuya to come out. Brother Tian is here to pick them up..."
Li Meiling walked out of the house and asked with a puzzled look on her face, "Xiu Li and Wu Ya have already left? About ten minutes ago, right? Didn't Brother Tian meet them?"
Chu Tian was stunned for a moment, "I left home and went to look for teammates of the same age as us..."
Upon hearing this, Sun Weiguo scratched his head and said, "Then I guess it just happened that I missed you, Brother Tian?"
Chu Tian nodded, "It's okay, if they go back, I'll go back too..."
Not long after he walked out of the yard, Sun Weiguo caught up with him.
"Brother Tian, Brother Tian, wait a minute..."
Chu Tian stopped and looked back in confusion, "What's wrong?"
Sun Weiguo looked around and found that there was no one around, so he leaned over to Chu Tian and whispered, "I finished delivering the goods this morning and forgot to tell you."
"Brother Li Gang said that the price of grain on the black market has dropped. Before, the purchase price of one jin could reach two yuan, but now the selling price is not that high..."
"He said that next time the purchase price can't be the same as before. A pound of rice or flour will only cost about one dollar and twenty or three yuan..."
"Food prices are unstable. They're expensive in the winter and cheap in the summer. I know that, so I'll just do as they say..."
Although Chu Tian said it was good, he still planned to go to other black markets to get information. He couldn't just follow Li Gang's words. After all, in the 21st century, many sellers liked to take advantage of their customers...
After Sun Weiguo said "OK", he looked at Chu Tian with a conflicted expression, which made Chu Tian very annoyed.
"Weiguo, we have been friends for many years, and I have always told you that if you have anything to say, just tell me directly, don't be shy, you are a man, not a girl!"
Sun Weiguo blushed, "I, I want to trouble Brother Tian to see if you can help me buy some cloth like the one you gave to Xiu Li? Meiling's birthday is coming soon, and I want to give it to Meiling so that she can make a new dress..."
"Okay, when the delivery arrives tomorrow, I'll tell them to bring it over next time they deliver it!"
Chu Tian thought it was a big deal! He looked so confused! He waved his hand and agreed generously.
Sun Weiguo's face lit up with joy. "Thank you, Brother Tian! After my brother and I deliver the goods tomorrow morning, I'll go help you dig the foundation!"
"Then thank you and Brother Baoguo..."
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