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Chapter 214
Time flew by, and it was the end of the year. Wei Shi'an's job didn't offer Lunar New Year holidays, so upon hearing about it, he resigned early. Without waiting for Wei Lan and Wei Lei's families to get off the train, the couple arrived in Shouyun City.
Before the Lunar New Year, many customers were making and buying clothes. However, her son and daughter only came home for a few days throughout the year. Therefore, Zhou Ruixue's clothing store posted a notice of closure early on, and then, as Weisheng had suggested, included a promotional offer on the notice.
The shop will be closed on the 28th day of the 12th lunar month and will officially open on the 18th day of the 1st lunar month.
From now until the 25th day of the 12th lunar month, the store offers a 20% discount.
On the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month, there is a 30% discount; on the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month, there is a 40% discount on all items.
Once this notice is posted, even a fool would know that the cheapest day is the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month.
However, there were still old customers coming to the store to buy things on the 25th and 26th. In order to win over old customers, Zhou Ruixue gritted her teeth and gave a 40% discount.
On the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month, the clothing store experienced a small peak and was busy until eight or nine o'clock in the evening before closing.
Early in the morning on the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, the couple obeyed the advice and took the train to Shouyun City.
There are not only trains from Qingwa Town to Shouyun City, but also buses from the bus station and a number of unlicensed illegal taxis. While buses are more convenient than trains, they are prone to heavy snow and wind in Zhongzhou during winter, making traffic accidents common.
For this reason, Weisheng has repeatedly reminded his family to take the train when traveling, because there is really no urgent matter in our family that requires immediate attention.
Wei Shi'an and Zhou Ruixue also listened to the advice, and since train tickets were indeed slightly cheaper than bus tickets, they took the train. This time, they brought a lot of New Year's goods with them. Fortunately, Wei Sheng had anticipated this and had already driven a van to pick them up.
Weisheng passed the driving test, and then found Pang Jiang, who dealt in used cars, and bought a used van from him.
The 12-seater van is just the right length to be parked in the yard.
And including Wei Lan and Wei Lei's two small families, there are eleven people in their family in total, so a 12-seater van is just right.
After the car returned, Weisheng took advantage of the night when no one was around to store the van in his space. He then carried out a more detailed renovation of the van in the space, and when he was done, he replaced the seats with more comfortable and clean ones.
First, drive to pick up Wei Shi'an and Zhou Ruixue, and when Wei Lan and Wei Lei arrive, drive to pick them up too. The utilization rate during this New Year holiday alone is not low.
It was freezing cold outside, but it was warm as spring at home. As soon as they got home, Wei Shi'an and Zhou Ruixue took off their coats and hurriedly sorted the frozen food they brought.
There was no heater installed in the small building, but the whole house was heated by floor heating. However, when installing the floor heating, Weisheng added many more switches.
For example, there are usually not many people living on the third floor and in the basement, so the valves are always closed. They are opened when people move in, which can also save some fuel.
On the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, Wei Lan and Wei Lei returned to Shouyun City with their lovers and children.
Wei Lan's parents-in-law had both passed away in the catastrophe, and her husband had a brother, but they had long lost contact. Therefore, this brother-in-law and Wei Lan didn't need to worry about anything when they returned to Shouyun City for the holidays.
Wei Lei's in-laws were quite prosperous and didn't really care if their daughter could come home for the New Year. Furthermore, at that time, people still had some old-fashioned ideas, believing that a married daughter should spend the New Year with her husband's family.
The conditions in the village are limited, and the houses in the town are not much better. In previous years, when they came back to celebrate the New Year, they all lived in Shouyun City.
I had heard that Weisheng had renovated his house, but after I came back I realized that it was a huge project, and that Weisheng had left separate houses for each of their families. I was so upset.
The staircase was not built in the center, but on the side of the house. Wei Lan's family was the first to come back, and Wei Sheng led them to the innermost suite. As he pushed the door open for them to enter, he said to Wei Lan:
"Not many people usually come to our house, but I still have two guest rooms in the basement. They both have large tatami mats, so if you have guests, they can stay there. When you leave, I'll lock the third floor and won't let anyone come up."
When renovating the basement, Weisheng deliberately left windows for light and ventilation. Although these windows are only 30 centimeters high, they are better than nothing.
Wei Lan looked up and down the building for a while, then asked Wei Sheng with a distressed and worried look how much it cost to build this building, "You must have borrowed a lot of money, right?"
Weisheng nodded. "I did borrow some. But the bulk of it was a mortgage loan from the bank. I can just pay it back monthly."
Upon hearing this, Wei Lan asked Wei Sheng how much he had borrowed and from whom, how much he had borrowed, how much he had to pay back every month, and whether it was too stressful.
Weisheng knew that Weilan cared about her, but she couldn't tell the truth to Weilan, so she continued to fool Weilan with the same words she had used to fool others.
Knowing that Wei Lan would definitely ask for more money given her personality, Wei Sheng also knew that Wei Lan had just bought another house in Shanghai not long ago and didn't have much money on hand, so he smiled and said, "I have a salary and my own business. My parents also have some spare money, so don't worry, sister."
Housing prices have skyrocketed over the past two years, and Weilan and her husband live in housing allocated by their employer, but they also need to prepare a wedding house for their child. Fortunately, the child is still young, so they can rent out the house to earn some rent, but they don't have the same financial security as before buying a house.
After hearing this, Wei Lan once again told her to remember to come to her when she needed money. Even if she didn't have any money at the moment, she could help her borrow some from various sources.
Like Wei Lan, Wei Lei was also worried about Wei Sheng’s stress after he came back.
Although he also bought a wedding house for his child, the housing prices in Xi'an were not as high as those in Shanghai, so he still had some spare money. So regardless of whether Weisheng needed it or not, he gave Weisheng a big red envelope.
It seems that there is no need to worry about using her sister's money, but if she uses her brother's money, she will worry that her sister-in-law will be unhappy. So Weisheng asked her brother: "Does my sister-in-law know?"
She didn't want to cause a rift between the couple over such a small amount of money.
Wei Lei reached out and tapped Wei Sheng's forehead a few times, just like when they were little, and said with a smile, "Your sister-in-law is the commander-in-chief of the three armed forces. I have to apply for a permit even to smoke a pack of cigarettes. Do you think your sister-in-law knows this?"
Weisheng was delighted when he heard this, and then went to thank his sister-in-law with a smile.
If her sister-in-law agrees, it would be inappropriate not to accept the money.
Wei Lei's wife was a straightforward person, and had always gotten along well with Wei Sheng. She was delighted to see that Wei Sheng had remembered to reserve a suite for them when he built a new house, and she wasn't stingy with Wei Lei when it came to money matters.
But this is also how Weisheng behaves.
Weisheng remembers the birthdays of everyone in the family. Every year when Weilei's family celebrates their birthday, Weisheng will prepare birthday gifts in advance and mail them to Xi'an. On the birthday, he will also call to say happy birthday.
Then every time he went back to his hometown during the Spring Festival, even though Weisheng was only a few years older than his nephew, he would still give his nephew a red envelope and help his nephew and niece do their winter vacation homework.
Now, there are still notes in their kitchen about what brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nephews and nieces should eat and what they should not eat.
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In the past, it was just Weisheng and his grandparents living in Shouyun City. After the small building was built, their home grew larger, but also felt more spacious. To keep his grandparents company, Weisheng brought home two stray dogs and two cats. Add to that the chickens in the yard and the various vegetables he grew under the glass door, and the two elderly people had something to do every day.
At this moment, all the family members have come to Shouyun City. It is crowded and lively. There are also two half-grown boys playing with cats and dogs, chasing and playing. The two old people look at the people in the room without blinking, and at the same time they are reluctant to see the holiday end later.
They only come back once a year, so Wei Lan and Wei Lei both asked for long vacations from their units. Including rest days and statutory holidays, they can stay in Shouyun City until the 16th day of the first lunar month.
Normally, there were only three people in the family, or five at most, so Weisheng and his family used a rectangular table that could seat six people for their daily meals. Now that everyone in the family was gathered, Weisheng took out a large round table that he had prepared long ago.
It can be placed directly on the rectangular table without even using legs.
While eating, somehow the topic turned to Weisheng's search for a partner.
Even though Weisheng has already started working, she is only 22 years old after this year, which is still not considered old, but there is a custom here.
That is, if you cannot get married before the current calendar year, you have to wait until after the current calendar year.
Therefore, the women in Weijia started talking about finding a partner, getting married, wedding dowry, etc.
They talked about it during the meal, and continued talking after the meal when they changed positions. Weisheng didn't say anything, just grabbed a handful of sunflower seeds and sat aside, smiling as they talked about various conditions.
The man himself should be like this, his family should be like this, and his brothers and sisters should be like this.
Sister-in-law Wei told her younger sister-in-law that not all sisters-in-law in all families are as reasonable as in our family. Some sisters-in-law are picky and ruin our good life.
Sister Wei also told Sister Wei that not all sisters-in-law are as kind and honest as ours. Some sisters-in-law are evil and very bad.
Grandma Wei also told Weisheng that not all parents-in-law are as easy to get along with as your grandparents. Some parents-in-law do not even treat their daughters-in-law as their own family.
They chatted for a long time, and when they finished, they turned around and saw Weisheng holding a small teapot and pouring water for them one by one, which made them laugh and cry.
Wei Lan gave Wei Sheng a push and asked with a smile, "Don't just listen to the fun. Tell me what you think. What kind of person do you want to find? Do you have any idea in mind?"
Weisheng: "They have to be good-looking. Otherwise, with an ugly man on the left and an ugly child on the right, I'd definitely get a heart attack if I didn't have one."
"You're talking nonsense again!" Zhou Ruixue glared at Weisheng, "Even though it looks good, it can't be eaten."
Weisheng stuck out his tongue at Zhou Ruixue. "If it can't be eaten, then why did you look for my dad in the first place?"
Zhou Ruixue didn't expect Weisheng to tease her. She said angrily and amusedly, "I went there because of your father. Your father has a good temper, a good heart, and he's also a good family man."
Although her appearance also had a bonus, Zhou Zaixue gritted her teeth and refused to tell her daughter and daughter-in-law about this bonus.
Weisheng, who studied psychology, burst into laughter as soon as she finished speaking, looking neither shy nor concerned. "Xiaohui and Yuhang are both so good-looking. If I give birth to an ugly boy, it would be so beautiful to see the three of them standing together in a film."
"You're getting more and more outrageous."
"Shengsheng, phone!"
"Hey! Here I come."
Seeing that Weisheng even brought up such things as a joke, the grandmother scolded her. Just as she was about to continue, she heard her son calling her granddaughter to answer the phone.
Seeing Weisheng get up to answer the phone, grandma started talking about other things with others.
Although there is a set of large sofas in Weisheng's living room, Weisheng still put a 3X2 meter tatami mat next to the window.
Grandma likes to stay here on weekdays, and now she is sitting here with the women in the family to chat.
Grandpa sat on the sofa with Wei Shi'an and his grandson and son-in-law. The news was playing on TV. They were watching the news, concerned about national affairs, and chatting about this and that.
There is nothing they can't talk about, such as sports games, football, overpasses, economic development, and political policies.
Oh, there are also grass carp from the village’s east river and famous people and events in the town.
As they were talking, the phone rang. It was Wei Shian who answered the phone. The person on the other end called him "uncle" as soon as he heard the voice, and also said who he was and wished him a happy new year.
The person on the other end of the phone was none other than Pang Zhou, whose whole family was spending the New Year in the south.
So when he heard it was Pang Zhou, Wei Shi'an picked up the phone and asked the other party Happy New Year and asked about Pang's parents, etc., and other polite words.
The second year after Weisheng moved to Shouyun City, a telephone was installed in his home.
Of course, at that time, the initial installation fee alone was a considerable expense, so Weisheng's family did not install an ordinary telephone. Instead, Weisheng used some tricks to connect to the public telephone in her yard.
It is the kind of public phone on the roadside that requires an IC card to make calls.
There were these phones in the micro-space, as well as various phone lines. She quietly connected a line to her home. Although it was a bit unethical, she didn't take advantage of the public.
After all, they also have to buy IC cards to make phone calls, it just makes it more convenient to make and receive calls.
And Weisheng is not the only one who does this. Compared with others, she is willing to pay for the phone bill, which makes her a moral role model.
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Weisheng bought a lot of phone cards and placed them next to the phone. Whenever his grandparents wanted to make a call, they could just put the cards in.
However, this phone didn't receive as many calls as it did calls. Wei Shi'an and Zhou Ruixue often called from town, and Wei Lan and Wei Lei also frequently called from Shanghai and Xi'an. When Wei Sheng was at school, if something happened and he couldn't go home for lunch or dinner, he would call his grandparents in advance.
Of course, Pang Zhou was the one who got beaten the most.
After answering the phone, Weisheng saw that it was Pang Zhou, so he sat down relaxedly in the rocking chair next to the phone, rocking leisurely while talking to him.
Pang Zhou didn't have much to do, so he just wanted to wish Weisheng a happy new year and chat for a while.
In the past two years, Pang's father, Pang's mother and Pang Zhou often went to the south to celebrate the New Year. One reason was that Pang Lao Da and Pang Lao San were both in the south, and the other was that it was warmer in the south than here.
Pang Laoer sometimes goes to the south with his parents and brothers, and sometimes goes to his wife's home to celebrate the New Year with her.
Pang Laoer's wife is an only child. If the couple does not go back home for the New Year, his father-in-law and mother-in-law will have a very lonely New Year.
By the way, Pang Laoer also bought a house in the south, and this year he took his father-in-law and mother-in-law to the south to celebrate the New Year.
Anyway, when Pang Laoer married someone's only daughter, the Pang family knew that he would have to take care of his parents-in-law in their old age, so the Pang family accepted the fact that Pang Laoer brought his parents-in-law to the south to celebrate the New Year.
Another thing is that the old couple lives in their daughter and son-in-law's home, not together, so naturally there is no conflict.
Pang Zhou also has his own house in the south, a large one-story building of over 200 square meters. It was bought for him as a wedding house by his parents and three brothers, but he usually lives in the Pang family's house and rarely goes back to live in his own place.
Boss Pang became rich early and bought his house early, a Nanyang-style villa with its own entrance and courtyard.
The house is very big, with many rooms, and they also hired a nanny and a driver.
Pang Lao Da has his own business and is willing to support his younger brothers. Pang Da's wife is a typical Chaoshan woman, humble and tolerant, caring about her family and siblings, smart and capable. Anyway, beauty is just her most insignificant advantage.
Pang Da's wife had a strong sense of clan ties and was very supportive of her husband helping his brothers. She even offered to let Pang Zhou live with her because he was unmarried and she was afraid he might learn bad habits from people in the south.
Pang's parents loved Pang's wife and lived in Pang's house. However, their living habits differed somewhat from those of their eldest son's family, and they couldn't get used to the food cooked by the nanny. So, the nanny took care of Pang's family, while they took care of their own. Pang Zhou, on the other hand, wasn't picky about food; he could eat as much as he liked from the south as from the north.
However, even though he lived a very comfortable life, he always felt that something was missing in the south.
He knew what it was, so he called Weisheng often.
Pang Zhou: "...I squatted on the ground until my legs were numb, but those two guys didn't even make a move. I was so anxious that I almost rushed over to help them fight. But luckily I didn't rush over, guess what happened?"
Weisheng was listening to Pang Zhou's description of an argument between two men from the south. The two men kept arguing without fighting.
When Weisheng heard Pang Zhou ask this, he smiled and asked what it was.
Pang Zhou first plucked a grape and put it in his mouth. Then, using the most exaggerated language, he recited the following sentence: "These two bastards were actually four or five meters away, jumping up and down and spitting at each other. I walked a mile away, and all I could think of was 'Pah, pah, pah'. It disgusted me to death."
Weisheng: "...So, on New Year's Day, you're going to disgust me too?"
Pang Zhou: "I'm just sharing what I've seen and heard with you."
Weisheng smiled, "It's also about sharing disgust."
Pang Zhou: “…”
After a while, Pang Zhou asked Weisheng if he wanted to come to the south to play.
He also said that there are flower markets during the New Year in the south, and many of the flowers there are ones I have never seen before, and they are so beautiful.
Weisheng just chatted with Pangzhou about this and that, while Zhou Ruixue called Wei Shian over and asked mysteriously who the call was from.
Wei Shijia said "Pang Zhou" casually, and said that all the old Pang family members went to the south to celebrate the festival this year.
Speaking of this, a group of women talked about the topic that many people went to the south to buy houses.
Then the women in the family began to fantasize about buying an apartment in the south, and then everyone would go to the south to celebrate the Chinese New Year.
It's warm in the south, there's plenty of seafood, there's a lot of fruit, and people eat green leafy vegetables all year round.
Seriously speaking, including Wei Sheng in this life, out of the eleven members of the Wei family, only Zhou Ruixue and Wei Shi'an had been to the south to deliver goods. None of the others had ever been there.
Then Zhou Ruixue told her family about what she saw and heard when she went to the south.
It's really good everywhere, except that the things are extremely expensive and the weather is extremely hot.
After Weisheng hung up the phone, he happened to hear the female soldiers talking about going to the south to celebrate the New Year. He immediately decided to buy a house in the south and send the four elderly people in his family to the south to avoid the winter.
After half a month of bustling activity, the house suddenly became much quieter after Wei Lan and Wei Lei's families left.
Wei Sheng was afraid that his grandparents would feel upset, so when Wei Shi'an and Zhou Ruixue returned to town on the 17th day of the first lunar month, he took his grandparents back with them.
Although Wei Shi'an often cleans the old houses in the village, the uninhabited houses are less lively and quickly become dilapidated.
Weisheng accompanied his grandparents back to the village for a walk, and then stayed in the town to accompany Zhou Ruixue to run the store.
After staying for three or four days, Weisheng drove her van and took her grandparents back to Shouyun City.
There's nothing I can do, school is about to start.
After school started, Weisheng finally remembered her idea of buying a house in the south during the Spring Festival when she received a call from Pang Zhou one day. She then asked Pang Zhou to help her find out about the house prices in the south.
When Pang Zhou heard that Weisheng was interested in buying a house in the south, he danced with joy and asked Weisheng how big a house he wanted and what his requirements were.
You can see the sea and it's not too far from the beach.
For a larger house, it would be best if it had six bedrooms.
Grandpa and grandma have one room, mom and dad have one room, she has one room, Wei Lan and his wife have one room, Wei Lei and his wife have one room, and the nephews and nieces have to squeeze into one room.
After listening to Weisheng's request, Pang Zhou found that his wedding house fully met all of Weisheng's requirements.
I don’t know how Pang Zhou did it, but the house next door to his was sold at the end of April and the beginning of May.
Pang Zhou called Weisheng immediately. After Weisheng hung up the phone, he changed classes with other teachers, lied to his family, and went to the south alone.
They didn't dare to take a plane, but took a train. Pang Zhou was waiting at the train station early, and the moment he saw Wei Sheng coming out, he shouted and waved at him.
After picking up the person, Pang Zhou led Weisheng to the parking lot. He asked Weisheng a lot about the journey, and then asked Weisheng whether he wanted to go to the property viewing site or take a rest first.
"I have plenty of rooms at home, so you can stay anywhere. But I usually stay at my brother's place, and there's nothing in there except furniture. Why don't you stay in a hotel? There's a five-star hotel near our house with a swimming pool, a gym, a restaurant and a bar. Their morning tea..."
Weisheng glanced at the time and asked Pang Zhou, "To view a house, we need to make an appointment with the landlord, right? How about we go to the hotel first and then go view the house after we make an appointment with the landlord?"
When Pang Zhou heard this, he smiled smugly at Wei Sheng and said, "I have the key. You can look at it anytime you want."
Weisheng nodded: "Okay, then let's go look at the house first, and finish the business first before we talk about other things."
"gogogo~"
Upon hearing this, Pang Zhou immediately sang the theme song of this year's World Cup, and he was as happy as a silly spore.
Weisheng: “…”
We should be happy, after all, the Chinese national football team achieved a good result of 37th place.
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