The Tao family rarely holds family meetings, usually when there are major events in the family, such as buying a TV or Tao Yumo taking college entrance exams, and the conveners are basically Tao's father and Tao's mother.

Today, Tao Yushu suddenly called his family together, and everyone was a little puzzled.

"Sister, what do you want to say?" Tao Yumo asked curiously.

Everyone's expression was the same as Tao Yumo's, they were all curious about the reason for Tao Yushu's so much fanfare.

Tao Yushu and Lin Chaoyang looked at each other and said solemnly: "Chaoyang and I plan to buy a house."

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the Tao family looked surprised.

"Why buy a house?" Tao Yumo asked everyone what was on his mind.

"What else can we do? Just stay here." Tao Yushu said.

Tao Yumo was puzzled: "It's not like the units are divided into houses."

"Your brother-in-law is a temporary worker in the library, and I'm still in school. Where is it so easy to share a house?"

Tao Yumo didn't know how to answer her sister's rhetorical question. She had always been in school, either living at home or in a dormitory, and had never considered the issue of housing.

Tao Yucheng advised: "Yushu, it's not cost-effective to buy a house. It's just a matter of waiting a few more years."

What he said is actually the thinking of most people in this era. If the work unit can allocate houses, why buy one? It's just a matter of waiting a little longer.

“We have also considered this, mainly from several aspects.

One is at home. Now that Xiwen and Xiwu are getting older and older, it is always inconvenient for them to share a room with Yumo. We left and vacated a room, and Yumo could just live in one by himself...

"

Tao Yushu's first reason won the hearts of his sister and sister-in-law. When Tao Yumo thought of his sister and brother-in-law, he could have a room to himself after they moved out, and a smile appeared on his face.

The smile on Zhao Li's face was very vague, but she was very happy in her heart.

"The other thing is that Chaoyang and I usually write, and we want to have a separate study room."

Everyone can tell that Tao Yushu's subtext is that the house is too noisy. This point mainly refers to Tao Yumo, Tao Xiwen and Xiwu. However, she just said something nice to them, so Zhao Li and Tao Yumo did not feel uncomfortable.

.

"There is another most important thing..." Tao Yushu's eyes suddenly looked at Lin Chaoyang, affectionately, "Chaoyang and I have been married for two years..."

Tao Yushu did not continue, but everyone understood what she meant.

My uncle asked like a fool: "Are you pregnant?"

Zhao Li immediately tugged at him, and Tao Yushu rolled her eyes at him angrily, "I'm already pregnant, and I'm still going through the trouble of changing houses. Are you afraid that I won't get pregnant, right?"

After being scolded by his sister, Tao Yucheng looked stern, "Don't I care about you? If you are not pregnant, then you are preparing to become pregnant, right?"

Before Tao Yushu could answer his question, Tao's father said to him: "Okay, stop talking nonsense here."

Tao's father asked: "Yushu, I hear what you want, have you already found a house?"

Tao Yushu nodded, "Well, there is an overseas Chinese in the Overseas Chinese Apartment who plans to sell his house..."

"Overseas Chinese Apartment?" Tao Yushu was interrupted by Tao Yucheng's surprised voice mid-sentence, "The houses there are not cheap!"

Father Tao also frowned and asked: "I remember that place could only be sold to overseas Chinese at that time, and it cost more than 100 yuan per square meter. Do you have enough money?"

"In the past two years, Chaoyang has been writing novels. We have saved a lot of money. However, we are still a little short of the payment for the house. The landlord said that we can pay in installments and give it to him after a year's delay." Tao Yushu said truthfully.

Hearing this, Tao's father frowned even more tightly.

How much does this house cost if you still need to pay in installments?

Tao's father asked this question, and the whole family turned their attention to Tao Yushu, full of inquiry.

"Ten thousand yuan!" Tao Yushu said the round number.

hiss!

The whole room was filled with the sound of gasping for air.

Tao Yucheng shouted: "What kind of house costs 10,000 yuan!"

Tao Yumo was dumbfounded. She only had a scholarship subsidy of more than ten yuan a month, and even after working, her salary was only a few dozen yuan. If she was allowed to buy a house worth ten thousand yuan, wouldn't she have to work until she died?

Tao's mother had seen the world, but she really couldn't understand the idea of ​​her daughter and son-in-law spending 10,000 yuan to buy a house. Looking at Tao Yushu's determined expression, she couldn't help but cursed: "If you have money, you can burn it!"

"Mom!" Tao Yushu called Tao's mother to show his dissatisfaction.

Mother Tao said confidently: "Did I say something wrong? You just have a good life, and you dare to buy such an expensive house. What else is it burning?"

Tao Yushu knew that her mother was also worried about the two of them, but she was always unforgiving.

"How much money do you have left?" asked Father Tao.

Tao Yushu glanced at Lin Chaoyang and said, "More than two thousand yuan."

She also included the royalties for the novel that Lin Chaoyang gave to "Contemporary" because she didn't want her parents to worry about them.

At this time, Tao Yucheng asked in surprise: "So you two have more than 7,000 yuan? Oh my goodness! Writing novels is really profitable!"

It’s not that I don’t know, it’s just that I was shocked.

Everyone in the Tao family was surprised by the wealth of Lin Chaoyang and his wife. No wonder they dared to buy a house worth 10,000 yuan.

Upon hearing this number, Tao's father's brows relaxed, while Tao's mother's eyes looked over and over at Lin Chaoyang in surprise.

Only my sister-in-law Zhao Li looked thoughtful and thought about it for a while before asking, "Yushu, right? We all know about Chaoyang's novels. How come he gets so much royalties?"

"Not only my manuscript fee, but also Yushu's manuscript fee." Lin Chaoyang reminded everyone of Tao Yushu's contribution in a timely manner.

Tao Yushu said with a smile: "My manuscript fee is only a few dollars, and most of the manuscript fee is indeed earned by Chaoyang."

Having said this, she glanced at Lin Chaoyang with pride, and Lin Chaoyang immediately understood what his wife meant.

Everyone, get out of the way, Teacher Tao is about to start showing off!

"Actually, Chaoyang has been working very hard. In addition to writing when he gets off work in the evening, he also squeezes out some time to write novels after working in the library.

Because he didn't have much time, his output was not high. He didn't use the pen name Xu Lingjun to submit his novels, but used other pen names. In more than a year, he published two novels."

When Tao Yushu spoke, his face was as smooth as a lake, calm and unhurried, with an air of grandeur.

But in the eyes of the Tao family, they had only one feeling: Here we go again, right?

The scene in front of us happened once a year ago, and everyone still remembers it fresh.

Okay, okay, you and your wife, just have fun like this!

"No, what do you mean? Chaoyang published novels under another pen name?" Tao Yucheng asked eagerly.

Tao Yucheng's question was also the voice of everyone. Everyone was waiting for Tao Yushu's answer. Only Tao's mother had a bad premonition in her heart.

"His other pen name is Wang Qinglai." Tao Yushu said simply.

"Wang Qinglai?" Tao Yumo read the name, and his mind immediately thought of the novel he had read.

"'Qiu Ju's Lawsuit'!" she blurted out.

Tao Yushu nodded, "Yes. "Qiu Ju's Lawsuit" was published in "Shanghai Literature and Art". There is also "Parental Love", which was published in "Harvest"."

After she finished speaking, Tao Yumo exclaimed, "I've been reading this novel for the past two days. No wonder, I just said that the character written by An Jie in this novel is so familiar. Brother-in-law, you don't know

Is it based on my mother?"

Tao Yumo first asked Lin Chaoyang, then turned his attention to his mother.

Not only her, but the eyes of the rest of the Tao family were also focused on Tao's mother.

Tao's mother suddenly felt at a loss. Her face was a little embarrassed and a little shy, and she said angrily: "Why are you looking at me like this?"

"Well..." As soon as Lin Chaoyang spoke, everyone's eyes suddenly returned to him, "The novel "Parental Love" does refer to some of Mom's experiences. Anjie's dare to love and dare to hate, Dehua

The hardworking and kind-hearted people, including An Jie’s sister An Xin, are all inspirations from my mother.”

Master!

After Lin Chaoyang finished speaking these two sentences, the Tao family looked at him with a feeling of looking up at a mountain.

Tao Yucheng believes that flattering his brother-in-law is as good as Tao!

Tao Yumo asked hurriedly: "Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, are there any characters based on me in there?"

As soon as she finished asking, Tao Yushu said, "Why are you joining in the fun?"

After being scolded by her sister, Tao Yumo muttered angrily: "The fox pretends to be the tiger's power!"

"you……"

Seeing that the two sisters were about to quarrel, Tao's father quickly said: "Okay, how old are you?"

He turned to ask Tao Yushu: "It's a good thing that Chaoyang's creative output is so high. It seems that it is not difficult for you two to buy this house, but you are always worried about owing money to others. Let's use the difference first.

Put your family's money in advance, give the money to others, and then return it to your family when you have money."

After hearing what Father Tao said, Lin Chaoyang immediately said: "Dad, how can we use the money at home?"

He glanced at Tao Yushu again and motioned for her to say a few words as well.

Tao Yushu reluctantly said: "Dad, the income from Chaoyang's royalties should be enough to buy a house. It's just a delay for a year and a half. We can buy furniture and other things later. Life is a bit hard.
To be continued...