Chapter 169 Difficult

Mother Li greeted people all the way, and when she arrived at Shiqiaotou, she saw Accountant Chen, the squad leader, and the Jin brothers already waiting there. It turned out that the immigrant family was waiting for Li Changle and others to leave, so they hurriedly went to notify them.

The Jin brothers regretted that they had not laid out the foundation earlier. The area they were interested in was occupied by the Li family and the Chen family, so they had no choice but to choose the location of the homestead at the intersection.

When the group arrived at Nanshan, Li Xiaoyang's brother and sister looked at the waist-deep weeds in front of the dilapidated house and the vines climbing all over the wall. They pouted worriedly, "There are so many!"

"You should be happy when the new building is built!" Accountant Chen and the team leader took measuring tapes or bamboo poles and began to measure.

One room in the homestead these days is four meters and three wide. Including the eaves, the courtyard is seventeen or eight meters long. The three rooms are divided into foundations. It looks so wide and big that the Li family's children are all happy.

No longer close.

Mother Li, mother-in-law, and her daughter-in-law looked at the empty area behind the homestead and thought that they would not have to worry about running out of space in the future to dry fish, catfish heads, and feed chickens, ducks, and pigs.

Li Xiaoyang and Li Xiaobo also planned to plant orange trees, bayberry trees, and pear trees in the yard just like Wang Daobiao's family.

Accountant Chen and the team leader measured the homestead site, and Brother Li and Brother Li dug a hole and planted the foundation stone.

After finishing their work, Accountant Chen said to several people: "The homestead site has been marked out for you. You can draw lots to decide which piece belongs to which family."

There are four houses in a row, but the east end and the west end are very particular. The Li brothers and Ah Wei are both tolerant, and he is not worried that a few people will fight over the homestead.

"Okay." Brother Li smiled and lit the cigarettes for the two of them. "Let's cut the weeds first, then draw lots when we get back. I'll treat you to a wedding banquet on the day the construction starts."

"I'm definitely here for the wedding banquet." Accountant Chen said to the team leader, and followed the Jin brothers to the intersection to help them measure the foundation.

Everyone in the Li family started to get busy. Mother Li, her mother-in-law, and her daughter-in-law used bamboo poles to beat up the weeds to prevent insects from hiding in the grass due to the hot weather.

Thinking that they will soon have a new house to live in, Grandma Chen and the Li family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were full of energy. They swung the sickles in their hands very fast, and they could only hear the sound of "swishing" mowing, and the weeds fell in pieces.

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With a few children, the speed is much slower, but if there are many people, a piece of it will be cut down in a short time.

The cut grass is not thrown away casually, but is tied up with straw ropes and taken home to be dried and used as kindling.

Brother Li used hoes to pull down the vines on the wall, revealing a stone wall covered with vines. The entire wall was made of stone and looked very solid.

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The work was in full swing here. Over there, Li Changle and Chen Yongwei left Zhangjia Pier and carried fish and shrimp to Li Changxi's house.

Zhang Dejin went to help others build a house. Sister Li learned that her brother was going to build a new house, and the two brothers also bought a boat together. The smile on her face never stopped.

"How come it's so fast? Didn't my father say that when he gets rich, he will build the foundation at the entrance of the village? I also said that I would wait for two more days and finish the embroidery clothes I have, so I took Xiaoxue, Xiaoxia, and Xiaohui with me.

Go home and see dad."

"Abba originally didn't agree to be approved in Nanshan. Then he asked Uncle A Dong and heard that the Jin brothers also wanted to be approved there. He became anxious, fearing that others would take away the good position, so he went to pay the money today.

, and also laid down the foundation.”

"I don't have to worry about you. You seem to be doing a good job now. Your mother-in-law should help you build a new house for you and Anan. It may be difficult for the eldest brother and the second brother. They have only spent the past two years to help the boat.

Once you have some money, building a house may be a little more stressful.”

"I don't know how much money the eldest brother and the second brother have. My mother-in-law has said that she will give me the money to build a new house. If it is not enough by then, I will have to borrow some from her."

"Your brother-in-law has a good relationship with the owners of several kilns. If it doesn't work out, just ask them to borrow a batch of bricks and tiles on credit. It should be possible to pay them back in half a year."

Li Changle thought for a moment and said, "When my brother-in-law comes back, he goes to Nanshan to have a look, calculate the cost of materials, and see how much is missing. Then we can think of a way. It's really no good, so this is the only way."

"Well! When your brother-in-law comes back, I will take Xiaoxue and the others back together." Li Changxi said and looked at Chen Yongwei, "Awei, your grandma has saved a lot of money over the years, and she is just waiting to build you a new house.

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"My grandma is tight-lipped and has saved some money over the years, but it is still not enough to build a new house. Fortunately, I have made a lot of money with Brother Ale during this period. After paying for the foundation, I still have enough money to build a new house.

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Chen Yongwei said with a smile, "She also saved some wood. I went back to the sea with Brother Ale. She was busy cleaning up the wood she had saved at home. She was so busy that she didn't even cook. She cooked a bowl of rice and noodles and sent me away."

Li Changxi chuckled when he heard this, "Building a house only happens once in a lifetime, how can an old man not be excited!"

As soon as she finished speaking, a tough-looking little boy ran in. Seeing Li Changle, he happily rushed forward and hugged his legs.

"Third uncle, you are here! Where are Xiaohai, Xiaozhou and Brother Xiaoyang?"

"Xiaohai, Xiaozhou went to grandma's house, Xiaoyang and the others are at home!" Li Changle rubbed his head, "Where is sister?"

The little guy is the same age as Li Xiaozhou, but he is taller than him. He has a tiger-like head and a pair of big eyes. He is smart at first glance.

"My sister is watching TV at my aunt's house and doesn't want to play with me."

"Oh, I will go home with my third uncle later to see grandpa and grandma."

Zhang Xiaohui turned to look at Li Changxi and said, "Mom, my third uncle and I are going to my grandma's house. I want to go to the beach to catch crabs."

Li Changxi smiled and said: "You want to catch crabs again, but you forgot about the time when the crabs pinched you and made you scream?"

Zhang Xiaohui looked at his thumb that had been pinched by the crab, and shook his head decisively, "Don't be afraid, we will break off its big pincers, so it can't pinch me anymore."

Li Changle looked at his sturdy little nephew, smiled and stroked him, "If you're not afraid, come with me. Uncle Ah Hui will go to Zhang's house to get his bicycle, so you won't have to walk there for a while."

"Oh! I'm going to get two changes of clothes. I want to stay at grandma's house for a few more days." Zhang Xiaohui said and let him go and ran towards the house.

Li Changxi thought that she would go back to her parents' home when Zhang Dejin finished work, so she followed him into the house and packed two clothes for him and asked Li Changle to take them away. They would go back later.

Li Changle and Chen Yongwei took their nephew out and went to Zhang's house to get their bicycles.

Chen Yongwei looked at the bicycles, which were at least 80% new. He was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth. He thought it was worthwhile to spend dozens of dollars to buy a second-hand one.

After checking it once and trying a few laps in the yard, after checking the brakes, I carried the little guy to the big bar and sat down, then drove Li Changle's nephew back.

When the three of them returned to the village, they first went to Ge Changfa to give him the money for his snow eels. The snow eels weighing thirteen pounds and six taels were sold for more than eighty yuan.

Ge Changfa happily took out two packs of big red eagles with mouths from his pocket and gave them to the two of them.

"Thank you, thank you!" He smiled so hard that he couldn't even see his eyes. "I knew it would be a good deal to sell it to you, at least twice as much."

"Go away~" Li Changle stuffed the cigarettes back into his hand, "You just want to send us away with a pack of cigarettes. If you want to give them away, just give us two."

"I don't have two, I'll make them up later."

"It counts interest!"

"Okay!" Ge Changfa smiled and stepped forward to pat the bicycle, "Good boy, if you build a new house and buy a bicycle, your family will have a lot of money!"

Chen Yongwei patted the brand new seat cushion, "It's not new, it's second-hand. It only cost dozens of yuan."

Ge Changfa didn't expect that he only spent dozens of yuan, and said in surprise: "Not bad, not bad, I will buy one when I save up the money."

"I won't brag to you anymore. My family is working on the new foundation, so we also want to take a look."

"When my wife comes back, I will also go and help."

"No, I'll just mow the grass today. There's no heavy work. You can help me when the hard work is done."

After that, Li Changle got into the back seat and took his nephew home. The little guy got out of the car and ran towards the house, threw himself into Father Li's arms, and made small talk.

"Grandpa, I'm here to see you. My grandma and the others will be here later."

"Okay, okay!" Father Li hugged his grandson and happily went to get the malted milk and give it to his grandson for him to eat.

Li Changle put away his cigarettes and wine and went to Nanshan with Chen Yongwei. When he arrived, he found that the grass had been cut, several children had gone to the foot of the mountain to pick wild fruits to eat, and Li's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were baling grass.

Brother Li and Brother Li used their hoes to dig out the small paper trees and Ailanthus altissima growing in the foundation.

"Brother, are the slates in that row of houses still there?"

Brother Li smiled and nodded, "Here, they are all made of stone walls. When they were built before, the cracks in the walls were hooked. If the doors and roofs are still there, you can spend some money to repair them and you can still live in them."

Li Changle walked to the stone wall and kicked it hard. Sure enough, it was solid. He looked around one room after another and suddenly found that there were stoves in two rooms.

"Ale, this is a good location. This is where the village used to dry squid shreds, fish fillets, catfish heads, and seaweed."

Grandma Chen said in a low voice, "I caught fish myself, dried it and sold it. After working for several years, I didn't make any money, and I even lost a lot of money."

"It's normal for the public to lose money in business, but it would be strange not to lose money." Li Changle stepped back and stood in front of the house, looked at a row of about ten rooms, and after thinking for a while, he called Brother Li and the three of them.

"Brother, let's wait for my brother-in-law to come and take a look at these stone walls. If they are still usable, we won't tear them down. We will keep them for the backyard in the future, and we won't have to build a fence."

Grandma Chen nodded after hearing this and said, "It's okay. The back is against the mountain. If we don't fence it, there will be wild animals coming down the mountain at night."

After hearing this, Li Changan said worriedly: "Ale, if we keep this place as a backyard, the roofs, doors and windows of the three rooms will cost another sum of money.

The money my family has saved, if calculated based on the cost of materials used for the foundations of the two houses at the entrance of the village, is still nearly a thousand yuan short.

That’s all after taking into account the money you spent on beads. This is three rooms for two, so the difference will definitely be more.”

"Your second sister-in-law's mother-in-law just bought a tin boat with others as a joint stock. The money to build a house for Ah Xi's family has not been repaid, and now they don't even have a place to borrow money. Your second sister-in-law plans to sell the few pieces of silver she received from her dowry and pay back the money."

Don’t know how much difference there is?”
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