The Orphan's Counterattack in the 1970s

Chapter 114 Building a House

"There are so many people in the family, and the cloth tickets and cotton distributed by the production team cannot be used by themselves."

"Do you think we should go back to Yujiacun and build two houses? Then one room will be for your parents to live in, and the remaining room will be for us to go back to and rest." Chen Xiaolin thought about how she and Yu Youyin will pass the college entrance examination next year. After leaving here, it will be difficult to meet each other. It is better to build a house for the parents-in-law to live in. It won't cost much anyway.

"Thank you Xiaolin, I am blessed to have married you for three lifetimes." Yu Youyin felt that if he did anything disrespectful to his wife in the future, he would really be struck by lightning. Such a caring and filial daughter-in-law. He must not let her down.

When Chen Xiaolin saw Yu Youyin's red eyes, she knew that she had achieved her goal. If you spend a little money, you can impress your husband and keep your kindness in mind, it is quite worth it.

The next day, Yu Youyin took his cotton-padded jacket to Yujia Village. If he wanted to build a house in Yujia Village, he needed to find the captain to grant him the vacant land next to Yujia's home as a homestead.

Because he had already changed his registered residence, the village was unwilling to grant him a homestead, so he could only buy an acre of open land next to Yu's house for fifty yuan.

Originally, he planned to build only two rooms, but the land he bought now is so large that it exceeded their budget.

Chen Xiaolin was shocked when she heard that she bought an acre of land for fifty yuan. Is the land so worthless now?

Since I bought an acre of land, I decided to build a better house. The two of them discussed it and planned to build two rooms for people to live in, a kitchen, a toilet, two utility rooms, and then plant a grape tree in the yard. After the grape trellis is set up, a stone table can be placed underneath, where you can usually drink tea.

After Chen Xiaolin completed the design drawings, she asked Yu Youyin to find someone to start construction. While it hadn't snowed yet, they should start construction as soon as possible and finish the construction as soon as possible.

Chen Xiaolin also entrusted Chen Mu to buy a dozen carts of red bricks and sandstone, a hundred bags of cement, and two thousand tiles for her in the county town.

In order to build the house before it snowed, Chen Xiaolin hired a dozen people to help with the work for one yuan a day.

The ability to make money is still very strong. Within a week, the house was capped.

The next step was to whitewash the walls and pave the floor. In order to facilitate cleaning, Chen Xiaolin had someone put a layer of cement on the floor.

The toilet is built according to the style in the city. A septic tank is dug behind the house. Usually, it is flushed directly after the toilet is done, and the dirty things are flushed into the septic tank.

The septic tank is usually covered with a formwork, and you can just open it when you want to use fertilizer.

The Yu family never knew that the new house being built next door belonged to Yu Youyin.

Yu Youyin wanted to surprise Yu Laowu and He Hongjuan, so he specifically asked the workers not to tell them that he was the owner of the house.

Of course, the village cadres were also warned by him. He did not expect that this matter was concealed so well.

Originally, Yu Youyin thought that everyone would find out on the day of the ceremony. Who knew that the day of the ceremony happened to be the day when Yu Youjin's daughter-in-law gave birth to a child. Yu Laowu and He Hongjuan took Yu Youtie's daughter-in-law to the county seat, and Yu Youtong's daughter-in-law took her with them. After the children returned to their parents' home, Yang Mei was timid and did not dare to come forward to join in the fun, so she took a few children to play at home.

So on the day when the house was built, when Yu Youyin and Yu Laowu and his wife walked into the new house, they were surprised and happy.

"Youyin, did you build this house?"

"Well, it's usually not convenient for us to come back here. When the time comes for us to separate, you can move here and help us look after the house."

"Youyin, did you discuss with Xiaolin when building this house?" He Hongjuan just received the cotton-padded jacket that Chen Xiaolin made for her some time ago. Now that her son has built a new house, she is afraid that it will be his own decision.

"Mom, Xiaolin asked me to build this house with the money. She didn't agree with me where the money came from." Yu Youyin also opened the door of the room and let the two of them go in and take a look.

"This room is great and has plenty of light. This house must have cost a lot of money." He Hongjuan walked around the house again. The house was built with red bricks, so it must have cost a lot of money.

"It's okay. Only the main room and two rooms are built with red bricks, and the kitchen and other rooms are made of mud bricks." In fact, this house cost nearly 500 yuan. Originally, Chen Xiaolin budgeted for around 200 yuan. , but later she felt that the mud brick house was not strong enough, so she changed to red brick.

Seeing that her son didn't tell how much money he spent, He Hongjuan stopped asking. Anyway, as long as you have a house for yourself to live in, young people will be annoying if they meddle in too many things.

Yu Laowu looked at the newly built house and began to think about the possibility of dividing the family. Now there is only one younger son left who is not married. He also has a job in the county and will not come back after getting married. After the family is separated, he and his wife will move in together, and then his wife can do some light work.

When it was time for dinner, everyone in the Yu family came back except Yu Youwu, and Yu Laowu simply proposed to separate the family.

"Dad, will you and your mother still help us take care of the children after we are separated?" Yu Youjin is now afraid that He Hongjuan will not help him take care of the children. His wife just gave birth to a pair of twin girls a few days ago. When I have to go to work, I can only leave my children at home and let the elderly take care of them.

"Originally we didn't plan to help you take care of your children, but since you asked, if you give us ten yuan a month, we will help you take care of them." Yu Laowu sighed deeply, alas, children are all debt.

"For ten yuan, I can hire someone to help. Dad, no matter what you say or say now, it's just money." Yu Youjin was unwilling to pay when he heard that he had to pay. He originally planned to let his mother help for free. I don't know what motivated his father to ask for money to help raise a child.

"Then you can hire someone to take care of her. I'll be more relaxed." He Hongjuan no longer wants to be a free nanny for her sons. She has worked hard all her life and cannot enjoy the blessings.

"Youjin, if we don't ask you for money, what will we eat? Do you want to drink the northwest wind?" Yu Laowu now dislikes his eldest son. He only takes advantage of the family all day long. It seems that he can't expect him to give him anything in the future. Take care of yourself.

"Aren't you working? How can I have money if I have to raise three children?" Yu Youjin was reluctant to hand over five yuan a month before, and ten yuan was enough for him to spend a month.

"Anyway, I don't care. If you give us money, we will help you take care of your children. If you don't have money, you can take care of your children yourself." After Yu Youjin finished speaking, he took a special look at the other sons, and felt a little more comfortable when he saw that they didn't speak.

When Yu Youtie saw his wife had something to say, he shook his head at her. Their children can already walk. When the time comes, they can just take them with them when they go to work. There is no need to help take care of the children at all.