Chapter 135 If I don’t help you, who will?
Zhou's mother said angrily: "How much can I eat and use by myself? I don't have a vegetable stall just to supplement you a little when you use money."
"Building a new house is a big deal. It's not easy for your parents to get money. In the past few years when we were in trouble, we relied on their help. Now that your father can't work to make money, who will help you if I don't help you?"
Zhou Ruonan's eyes turned red, "Auntie, we can't ask for your money."
Li Changle also said hurriedly: "Auntie, keep your money for old age..."
"You won't care about me when I get old?" Zhou's mother interrupted him with a smile, took out a handkerchief and handed it to her daughter, and said to the two of them, "I have saved one or two thousand in the past few years, plus the government's supplementary salary.
There are three thousand and eight in total.
I asked the plasterers that it would cost about five thousand to build a two-story building with two rooms over there. If you save more than one thousand, you can approve the foundation and start construction."
Her son-in-law used to be useless, and she didn't dare to give it to him even if she had money. She had to secretly subsidize her daughter and buy them some food and clothing.
The money she saved must be given to her daughter and kept by her grandson. When her grandson is old and has great use, she will give it to them.
Li Changle now clearly understands what more than three thousand means these days, and feels that only parents can do this for their children.
He looked at Zhou's mother and was so moved that he didn't know what to say.
Zhou Ruonan took her hand and said, "Aniang, A Le and I will definitely take care of you when you get old. We really can't ask for this money."
"That's right, that's right, we can't ask for money." Li Changle said sincerely, "Son-in-law and son-in-law, mother-in-law is also mother, we will definitely support you in your old age."
Zhou's mother looked at the two of them with relief, "Aniang knows that you and Anan are both filial children. I have a monthly pension and a vegetable stall to earn pocket money.
Building a new house once in a lifetime is a big deal, and the money won't earn much interest if you put it in the bank. You use it first, and you will pay me back when I need the money later."
Zhou Ruonan thought this would work, "Ah Le, how about we borrow it from Grandma first and then return it to her after we save up the money."
Li Changle nodded and said: "That's okay. You can save the money first. After the typhoon days in July and August, we will get the homestead after it is approved."
Zhou's mother was happy after hearing this, "I see in your village, all the new houses are being built at the entrance of the village. Do you plan to build there as well, or knock down the old houses and rebuild them?"
"The new foundations approved this year are all at the entrance of the village." Zhou Ruonan looked at Li Changle, "Ale, do you have an ideal location?"
Li Changle's homestead in his previous life was at the entrance of the village, but he no longer wants to build it in this life. "I want to build on the land at the intersection at the foot of the south side of Yantou Mountain. From there, it is close to the pier and convenient for fishing."
Zhou Ruonan did not expect that he would choose the homestead at the intersection of Nanshan Road, which is disliked by everyone in the village. "Everyone is building their new houses towards the entrance of the village, but you are moving towards the seaside. It's so humid back in the south!"
Li Changle said: "How wonderful it is there! It only takes a few minutes to go to the pier, and it takes ten minutes to get to the beach if you walk faster to Taohai. You don't have to deal with those talkative women."
"Abba said that the village held a meeting a year ago and said that the villagers who were granted homesteads there could use the three foundations for two rooms. They could also build a wall, which would be convenient for drying fish in the future."
"You've always said that it's not convenient at all to take a bath or a latrine in the old house. The Nanshan area is spacious, so you can build a latrine and a bathroom into your home."
Of course, it is an existence that everyone despises these days. If you wait another thirty years, everyone in the village will not envy the people who built their houses there. The house site covers a wide area, the demolition compensation area is large, and the money is large.
He was confident of persuading Anan and his mother-in-law. Their parents had always wanted to build their new house at the entrance of the village. They knew that if he went to Nanshan, they would definitely object, and he would have to talk a lot when he returned.
Zhou Ruonan was also a little moved after hearing this, but when he thought of returning to Nantian, he was a little reluctant, "When I arrived at the old house, it was wet, and the clothes and quilts were wet. The place in Nanshan is closer to the sea, and it must be better than that in the old house.
The moisture on the side is still heavy.”
Li Changle said with a smile: "The Nanshan side is similar to the old house. The house is also built with its back to the mountain. Also, when we were building the foundation of the new house, we asked the craftsmen to build the elevated floors higher and use glass for all the doors and windows. When we went back to Nantian, we made the doors and windows
If it is closed tightly, the room will not be wet."
Mother Zhou listened for a while and felt that what he said made sense, "A Nan, A Le is right. It would be better if the house is spacious, and it would be convenient to dry the fish if it has a wall."
Zhou Ruonan: "I know, but the housing site in Nanshan is wider than the village entrance, and a wall needs to be built. I'm worried that even with my mother's money, it won't be enough."
Li Changle advised: "There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, and it will be straight when the boat reaches the bridge. We don't start construction right away. Let's decide the location of the foundation first and prepare slowly. It won't be too late to start construction when we return to Nantian after the new year."
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Zhou Ruonan rolled her eyes at him, "I want to build a big house and buy a house in the city. I don't have a money tree at home. Where can you find money?"
Mother Zhou looked at the two of them in surprise, "Why are you buying a house? If you want to sell dry goods, I will free up the front room, and you can dry the fish heads and send them over, and I will help sell them."
Zhou Ruonan smiled and said: "What A Le means is that when we have spare money in the future, if there is a house with a good reputation for sale near the old street, we will buy it and sell dry goods."
After hearing this, Zhou's mother looked at Li Changle with some worry, "Ah Le, you have to eat one bite at a time and do everything one by one. The most important thing for you right now is to build a house. Don't be in a hurry about buying a house.
There is no rush."
"There's no rush. When I go back and get the oysters out and dry the oyster meat, I'll send it to the city to sell it to you. Then we'll pay the rent and give you the commission."
After hearing this, Zhou's mother said happily: "That's a good relationship. You can send many of them. I will save all the money I earn to buy a house for Xiaohai and Xiaozhou in the city."
The three of them chatted for a while, then went back to their rooms to rest. Every time they came back, the two children would stay in the same room as Zhou's mother, and Li Changle and Li Changle would live in the same room that Zhou Ruonan lived in when he was at home.
The bed is still the bunk bed she slept on when she was a girl, a double-door wooden wardrobe, and a writing desk by the window with a round mirror with a red metal frame on it.
When I opened the door, I saw that it was clean inside, with no dust at all.
It was a rare moment for two people to spend time together. When Li Changle entered the room, he closed the door behind him, hugged her and walked towards the bed, but Zhou Ruonan grabbed her waist and twisted her around.
"It's broad daylight and I don't know what to think."
"Hiss~" Li Changle grimaced in pain and grabbed her arrogant little hand, "My dear wife, it hurts!"
Zhou Ruonan let go of his hand and slapped him, "Sleep quietly, and if you dare to do anything wrong again, how will I deal with you?"
Li Changle rubbed his waist and lay down on the bed, muttering, "Hedong Lion is still as good as when he was at home. He talks softly and softly. Every time he goes back to his parents' house, he shows his true colors!"
"I'm too lazy to care about you!"
Zhou Ruonan lay down at his feet, and Li Changle also began to feel sleepy. After a while, he made a slight sound of sleeping soundly. When he woke up, it was already past three o'clock in the afternoon.
It was a rare day of leisure, so I lay there with my eyes closed and didn't want to move.
Li Xiaohai and his two brothers ran into the room, "Abba, get up quickly. Grandma said there are opera singers at the Octagonal Pavilion. You can take us to watch the opera."
Li Xiaozhou held his hand and said, "Abba, please get up quickly."
"Okay, okay, let's go to the theater with our son." Li Changle put on his shoes, led the two children out, said hello to Zhou Ruonan, and walked out towards the Octagonal Pavilion at the end of the alley.
Before the three of them arrived, bursts of beautiful and mellow Yue opera singing came from the room.
"Let's go! I met the eldest sister on the road and got the news. I visited Lanying in Jiuli Mulberry Garden. I walked through Sanli Peach Blossom Ferry, passed Liuli Xinghua Village, and passed through Qibao Pavilion. Jiuli Mulberry Garden was in front of me, but I saw only one mulberry garden. How lush
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Li Xiaohai held his hand and said, "Abba, the song is He Wenxiu. Grandma likes it the most." He started humming as he spoke.
Li Changle smiled and nodded, "It sounds good, and dad likes it too."
The village invites opera troupes to perform every year, and both adults and children can sing a few classic songs.
Li Xiaozhou ran back in a hurry, "Abba, I can sing that there is only one sister Lin in the world."
"My son is really capable."
Li Changle led one by one to the Octagonal Pavilion. He saw that the three floors inside and outside were crowded with people. Only when he heard the discussion did he realize that it was several opera lovers gathering for exchange activities.
He felt that these opera lovers could sing better than the opera troupe hired by the village.
When Axiangpo saw the two men, she smiled and waved to them, "Come here, stand on the bench at Grandma's house and you can see them."
"Thank you, Axiangpo." Li Xiaozhou led his brother over and thanked him sweetly.
Axiangpo touched his head and said, "Be good!"
Li Changle carried the two brothers to a bench and stood there. After watching them for a while, they lost interest and got off the bench to play with some children.
At this time, several children shouted in panic, "Grandma, Yan Abao can't move, Grandma He..."
"Ah~ What's wrong with you, Po? Don't scare grandma!" The old lady who was talking to Axiang Po ran towards him in panic.
The children who were playing together hurriedly excused themselves, "We didn't hit him. He ran on his own and stopped moving."
"He was eating longan just now!"
Li Changle turned around and looked over, only to see a four or five-year-old boy touching his throat with a purple complexion and breathing rapidly, "What's wrong, something is stuck in his throat."
As he spoke, he rushed towards the child, grabbed the child and picked him up, put his hand on the two fingers above the belly button, and pressed the tiger's mouth against his abdomen.
Then he held the wrist of his left hand from the front with his right hand, and hit his abdomen with both hands at the same time. Repeated twice, a longan spit out from his mouth.
The onlookers breathed a sigh of relief, "I'm really stuck on something. Fortunately, this little boy helped me, otherwise I would have been in trouble today."
Li Changle returned the child to Grandma He, "Okay, the things are out. He will be fine after he takes a breath. If you are worried, send him to the clinic for a check."
"Thank you, thank you!" Grandma He hugged her child gratefully and kept thanking her. She couldn't even say anything else.
Chapter completed!