Chu Tian pulled Chu Jun along as they walked back to the old house. Chu Min looked calm, but Chu Jun was puzzled. He asked, "Brother, are you confused as to why my second brother and I didn't object to Mom coming over for dinner?"
Chu Jun nodded hesitantly, "Why? Our mother and our grandmother had such a fuss last time..."
Chu Tian chuckled and explained, "After all, our mother is our father's first wife. Even though she hasn't been in contact with our hometown for more than ten years, she didn't take us brothers with her to remarry. So, our mother is still our grandmother's daughter-in-law!"
Chu Jun was stunned for a moment, "Then, then why not call him Third Brother?"
Chu Min explained, "That's our grandma's preference, we can't control it..."
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Chu Jun actually wanted to ask, since Old Madam Chu didn't like the third brother and his wife, and hated his mother the most, why could she invite his mother to dinner but couldn't invite the third brother's family?
However, his subconscious told him that this question was stupid and there was no point in asking it, so he shut his mouth.
Although Liu Zhaodi had already heard from Chu Jun that the other two families from her hometown were coming over, and she also knew that they would arrive today, she didn't feel anything at the time. She just thought, "If they are coming, then why tell her this?" But now that she heard with her own ears that they were really coming, she felt an indescribable feeling.
Chu Jun asked tentatively, "Mom, are you going?"
Liu Zhaodi thought about the twenty years she had lived in her hometown and the interactions she had with the old Chu family. She was silent for a while. When the three Chu brothers thought she was going to refuse, she slowly stood up, walked to the door and looked back at the three brothers who were standing there in a daze.
"What? You're not leaving?"
Chu Tian reacted first, nodded slightly and said, "Let's go."
The whole family gathered together and had a peaceful meal, which was a great pleasure for all the guests.
After the meal, the problem of accommodation had to be solved. Originally, Chu Tian, Chu Min and Chu Jun intended that each of them would vacate two empty rooms to accommodate the old Chu family members, and everyone would eat together. However, neither Chu Ren nor Chu Yi were willing to this proposal.
Chu Ren waved his hand, "Chu Tian, I know you three brothers are good people, but we moved to Xinjiang so that we can live better in the future, not so that you can support us. So, we will just live in the seven houses you helped build."
Chu Tian frowned, "But there are only seven rooms, no, one of them is the kitchen, there are only six rooms, how are you going to live?"
Chu Ren smiled. "Why can't we accommodate you? We've seen that every room has a kang, right? Those kangs look huge, about six or seven meters long and two meters wide. If you sleep sideways, six or seven adults can sleep on one kang, and ten or so children can sleep on one. Let's distribute the space and we'll have enough space."
Chu Yi continued, "Your uncle is right. Besides, I also heard from Chu Jie that in Xinjiang, it gets dark after 10 o'clock, sometimes even until 11 o'clock. Normally, we finish work after 9 o'clock. We can remove the adobe bricks after work. It won't take long before we have enough bricks for building a house. Then we can build a house on my property and it will be easy."
Chu Tian wanted to say something when Old Lady Chu, who was holding Ping Ping, grabbed his arm and said, "My dear grandson, just listen to your two uncles."
Seeing this, Chu Tian stopped trying to persuade him and said, "Then when we get off work, we will help take off the adobe bricks."
Chu Ren smiled and said nothing more, thinking that there were so many people in his and his second brother's families, and it would be extremely easy to build a few adobe houses. He estimated that within a month, they would be able to live separately and settle down completely.
The three Chu Tian brothers sent the families of Chu Ren and Chu Yi back to their houses. Seeing that there was nothing they needed to help with, they went back to their own homes. After running around all day, they had to go to work honestly tomorrow, otherwise when the time came to distribute food and money, their work points would be pitifully small...
The brothers Chu Ren and Chu Yi, as well as their wives and sons, had no intention of continuing to take advantage of the three brothers Chu Tian, but their daughters-in-law had their own thoughts. However, the three brothers Chu Tian did not know this.
Even if they knew, Chu Tian was not the kind of soft persimmon that they could bully at will.
Chu Jie and his wife slept with their six older children. After the children fell asleep, Chu Jie's wife approached Chu Jie and asked in a low voice.
"Aizhu's father, why don't mom and dad let us live with tenth brother, Min brother, and Jun brother? They all have spare rooms anyway... Why do they have to make us squeeze in and sleep together? It's so uncomfortable in the hot summer..."
Chu Jie was originally in a good mood, but when he heard his wife say that, his mood immediately turned bad. He stared at his wife with a very serious expression in the candlelight.
She felt uncomfortable because of the stare, and she avoided looking at Chu Jie directly, "Ai, Aizhu's father, why are you looking at me like that?"
Chu Jie turned his head expressionlessly and said coldly, "Wang Meihua, I'm warning you, don't try to get something that doesn't belong to you. Otherwise, you know the consequences..."
Wang Meihua was seen through by Chu Jie, and she felt guilty and hurriedly replied, "I, I know..."
Chu Jie said "hmm" coldly, propped himself up and blew out the candle on the kang cabinet.
"Go to sleep, you have to start work tomorrow."
Wang Meihua wanted to say that she had just arrived today, so shouldn't she have two days off? However, she had just upset Chu Jie, and she knew that if she had any more opinions at this time, Chu Jie would definitely not be happy, so she closed her eyes reluctantly.
Chu Jie felt that his wife had fallen asleep, so he slowly opened his eyes. He regretted it immensely now. When he chose his wife, he only looked at her appearance, and did not pay attention to her inner qualities. Now, the more he spent time with Wang Meihua, the more he felt that she was petty, selfish, short-sighted, and all kinds of shortcomings were revealed...
The next day, when it was time to gather for work, several members of the Chu family arrived in a large group.
Captain Sun looked at the several strong laborers from Chu Ren's family and Chu Jie's family, and his eyes lit up instantly. He liked strong laborers very much. After thinking about it, he stepped forward and tested them with a smile.
"Brother Chu, you should also know that there is actually not much work to do in the fields right now. It's nothing more than weeding and hoeing the land, and the work points are not very high..."
Chu Ren heard Captain Sun's probing and quickly stated, "We are willing to do the work that pays higher work points..."
Captain Sun's eyes flashed with joy. "Okay, we now have the work of clearing land and digging canals for the team. We'll divide them into areas and do them. As long as we finish them on time, we'll get twelve centimeters a day for digging the canals and ten work points for clearing land."
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