Chapter 391: The fourth year is the fifth year, the fifth year is the fourth year
The next day, not only Lin Wanxia did not return to the village, but even Jiang Sinian did not return.
Lin Wanxia was serious about buying a house.
Even though it was 1986, there were no commercial houses for sale in the town.
The only houses that could be bought were those where the couple had a welfare house and had an extra house.
However, they could only be traded privately, and the government would not recognize it.
Although Jiang Sinian was a "landlord", he had not returned to the village for many years and was not familiar with the town.
After thinking about it, Lin Wanxia went straight to the fourth sister-in-law's house and asked her for help.
After spending a night at her parents' house, the fourth sister-in-law looked much less lifeless and younger.
Whether it was an optical illusion or not, it looked more comfortable.
Jiang Sinian noticed the brand new coat on the fourth sister-in-law, and also noticed the intimacy between the fourth sister-in-law and the fourth brother. He leaned close to Lin Wanxia's ear and whispered, "Thank you!"
Hearing that Lin Wanxia insisted on buying a house, the fourth sister-in-law immediately ignored the matter of going back to her husband's house, and asked Jiang Wunian to go back by himself and go to find a house with Lin Wanxia.
Lin Wanxia asked Jiang Sinian, "How about you go home too?"
Jiang Sinian shook his head and said, "I'll accompany you."
The family has already gotten used to not having him, and these two days are not a big deal.
Jiang Wunian saw that his brother didn't go home, so he followed to find a house.
On the way, Xingxing asked Jiang Sinian curiously, "Dad, why are you the fifth child and called Si Nian, and uncle is the fourth child and called Wu Nian?"
Jiang Sinian touched Xingxing's head and explained, "Because the names are not based on ranking, but on birthdays. My birthday is in April of the lunar calendar, so the middle-aged is Si, and Nian is the generation. Your fourth uncle's birthday is in May of the lunar calendar, and your eldest uncle's birthday is in June."
Xingxing said, "Oh!" with a look of sudden realization.
In fact, the fourth sister-in-law herself didn't know anyone, and she asked relatives and friends to find out.
In the era when information was not well developed, things were done by you asking me, me asking him, and him asking her, until it was done.
I don't know which person they asked, but finally there was a clue.
A pair of retired old teachers planned to sell their house.
Their children were admitted to universities and assigned to other cities.
I hope the old couple will settle down in another city and help take care of their children.
The old couple can't bear to leave their children and the house.
The house is not too old, it was built only seven or eight years ago, and the old couple has a lot of feelings for it, and they don't want it to be abandoned.
After thinking about it, they decided to rent it out or sell it.
The requirement is to take good care of the house.
This is probably the fastest time Lin Wanxia has bought a house.
By noon, it was already a "Qiaoqian" banquet.
The old couple's things had been sent away long ago, and they were just waiting to rent out or sell the house so that they could get on the train and leave.
Lin Wanxia took a look and found that the house was a good house, with two floors on the second floor, which was transparent from north to south and about 60 square meters.
The main reason is that most houses in this era are not big, usually 50 or 60 square meters.
Even smaller ones can still be 30 or 40 square meters, but large ones are rare, and only people who are particularly rich or powerful live in them.
The furniture in the room is all authentic mahogany furniture.
This kind of furniture is generally not outdated.
The walls and other things are generally clean.
Lin Wanxia didn't plan to live here for a long time, so she didn't plan to go through the trouble of decorating. She
just brought her luggage over.
The heating is a teacher's benefit and is provided free of charge.
They didn't dare let the authorities know about this private agreement.
If they knew, the house would probably be taken back.
Lin Wanxia thought, it's not expensive anyway, buying a house for a few thousand yuan, I can just live in a hotel.
Of course, the fact that the house is not expensive is limited to Lin Wanxia's opinion.
The way the fourth sister-in-law and the fourth brother looked at Lin Wanxia was just short of writing "You spendthrift woman!" on their faces.
The fourth brother quietly asked Jiang Sinian, "Do all fishermen make money this way?"
You can buy a house for a thousand yuan? !
Jiang Sinian looked at Lin Wanxia, who looked innocent and smiled, "No, don't we have no place to live yet? I need a place to stay in case I retire. So I have to buy a house even if I lose everything."
The fourth brother looked painful, "You should have said it earlier! Why don't you go to the village to apply for a residential plot and build it yourself? One thousand yuan can build three brick and tile houses, which are big and bright."
Jiang Sinian said perfunctorily, "When I come back, I will build it if I have the chance."
"Now that you have bought a house, when are you going to hold the wedding?" The fourth brother asked.
"Hold a wedding?" Jiang Sinian asked back, "What wedding?"
"You didn't give them a wedding when you married your sister-in-law?"
"I held it in the army. I also held it in their village." Jiang Sinian said.
I can't hold it again after I've held it twice.
"So what? You know the customs of our village. Such a big thing as marrying a wife must be done in the village."
Jiang Sinian waved his hand, "What should we do when our children are so old?"
"Aren't you joining the army? The situation is special. Of course, special matters are handled specially. Besides, if you say you don't want to do this, you won't be able to get past our dad. You know, he's a very face-conscious person."
Jiang Sinian looked at Lin Wanxia.
"Don't look at me. I've been married twice. As the saying goes, good things come in pairs, but not in triplets."
The fourth sister-in-law hesitated and followed suit, "Xia Xia, I think we should still have this wedding. We value this here. Besides, your parents-in-law have given you a lot of gifts on weekdays, waiting to be returned when you get married.
If you don't have a wedding, I'm afraid your mother-in-law will make trouble with you again."
"Let her make trouble! I can't dress up to entertain my parents." Lin Wanxia didn't care whether Jiang's mother made trouble or not.
The fourth sister-in-law sighed and stopped trying to persuade him. Her face clearly showed that she disagreed.
Lin Wanxia simply changed the subject, "Fourth brother, fourth sister-in-law, do we have a lot of land here? How is the harvest?"
The fourth brother let out a long sigh: "What's more? Seven mu of land per person. The eldest brother and the fifth sister are not registered in the village, and the second and third sisters' families have also moved away. There are nine of us left and six and three mu of land."
"Six mu is not enough?" In Lin Wanxia's eyes, six mu is not a small amount of land.
Jiang Sinian began to explain: "The soil here is not very good. The crops in the red mud farmland near the Yellow River are better, but many places are relatively alkaline, and up to half of a piece of land can't produce food."
"Not only that." Fourth sister-in-law said: "Even if the land is so good, the crops grown must be handed over to the public grain. The public grain must be inspected, and it must be the best. People will not accept anything that is slightly inferior. The good grain harvested is handed over to the public grain, and the rest is left as food for a family of nine for a year. There is nothing left."
Nine people need food, clothing, housing and transportation, and no matter how frugal they are, it is still a number.
For Lin Wanxia, one dollar may just be pocket money for the children, but for Fourth sister-in-law, it is the food money for a family of nine for several days.
Lin Wanxia thought for a moment, "Fourth brother, fourth sister-in-law, now that reform and opening up have taken place, it's a good time to be an individual business owner. How about you come with us? I'll help you rent a store in Beijing, and you can try to start a small business?"
Fourth brother and fourth sister-in-law shook their heads and waved their hands.
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