Back in the 1980s, hiking in the mountains was also a way of life

Chapter 855 Do it yourself
Wang An smoked without saying anything, and Wang Daliang's family of four in the room also didn't say anything. The whole room fell into silence.

After a long while, the second uncle Wang Daliang frowned and said:

"Her family's dowry is too much. The most expensive dowry in our Gada these years is only 100 yuan, but her family wants 500 yuan. What kind of family is this?"

Wang An was smoking nearby and didn't respond. The main reason was that Wang An didn't want to respond and didn't know how to respond.

As I said before, Wang An spent 600 yuan on the betrothal gift to marry Mu Xueqing!
Second Mother Yao Ping also frowned and said:

"Yeah, why do people feel uneasy when they hear this? If this woman is not able to live a good life, it would be so frustrating to marry her."

Obviously, the 500 yuan betrothal gift really shocked Wang Daliang and his wife.

However, what the couple said does make sense. Asking for 500 yuan right out of the box is indeed unacceptable for normal people.

This also makes people wonder what the purpose of Li Xiu Yu's family is.

But after the couple finished talking, Wang Li said unhappily:
"Li Xiuyu is not that kind of person. Besides, didn't you hear what my fourth brother said? Her family is in trouble."

It has to be admitted that although Wang Li was only 17 years old, he had made a lot of money by following Wang An, so at this time, Wang Li spoke with much more confidence at home.

And from what Wang Li said, it can be heard that Wang Li is attracted to Li Xiu Yu again.

Wang Li didn't care about the 500 yuan betrothal gift.

After hearing Wang Li's words, Wang Daliang and his wife looked at each other and saw helplessness in each other's eyes about their son's attitude.

After a pause, Second Mother Yao Ping said to Wang Li:
"Your father and I don't know what's going on with Li Xiuyu. We have to find out what's going on first."

Wang Daliang also explained:

"Yeah, you and your mother don't care about money, don't you have to take your time with everything?"

Wang Li stiffened his neck and said in a wronged tone:
"Anyway, I'm good with Li Xiuyu. There's no one better than her in these villages."

Wang An knew at a glance that Wang Li would accept the offer no matter how much money it cost, as he was obsessed with Li Xiu Yu.

To be honest, Wang Li was not calm at this moment, and there was no need for him to do this.

Because when there is no emotional foundation between the two people, it is useless to worry about such things, and it will instead make you lose the ability to think normally.

However, if you look at it from Wang Li's perspective, it is not wrong for Wang Li to do so.

When you are seventeen or eighteen years old, you are ignorant about love, but also yearn for beautiful love.

People of this age group focus on “being with the one I love”.

And they will be very confident that as long as they are together, they will definitely be able to make the other person fall in love with them. To be more precise, they will move the other person with their sincerity.

Little do people know that love is actually a very simple thing and has nothing to do with anything else. The so-called feeling of being touched may just move oneself.

Of course, Wang An still didn't say anything. He just watched the three people arguing quietly.

You know what, it's actually quite interesting to just watch the fun.

As a mother, how could she not understand her son? So seeing Wang Li insisting on his own opinion, Second Mother Yao Ping looked at Wang Daliang again. Seeing that Wang Daliang didn't say anything, she said to Wang Li helplessly:
"Anyway, they are choosing a wife for you, so I'll listen to you. We can meet each other someday, and if it's okay, we can discuss with them how to give the gift." The "how to give the gift" that Yao Ping mentioned is a way of giving a betrothal gift in the local area.

To put it simply, either give it all at once, or give half when you get engaged and the other half when you get married.

Wang Daliang opened his mouth when he heard this, wanting to say something but ultimately held back.

But it was obvious that Wang Li was very happy to hear this. His face, which looked like he had been wronged, suddenly became smiling.

Wang An found that there was nothing exciting to watch, so he said with a smile:
"Old Five, if you are in a hurry, go find your brother Mu tomorrow. If you are not in a hurry, find someone to find out the other party's background first, and then go find your brother Mu. That's it. I'm going home. I have to work tomorrow."

After saying this, Wang An left Wang Li's house.

In the next two days, both Wang Dazhu and Wang An became very busy.

Wang An and two carpenters began to cut glass and install it in the windows, and then applied glass putty.

Although this job is simple, cutting glass is a technical job. If you are not careful, the glass will be broken when you use the glass cutter to make the cut and hit the glass.

However, carpenters of that era were not very skilled in cutting glass, and although Wang An had learned many skills in his previous life, he was only a novice in cutting glass.

Fortunately, practice makes perfect no matter what you do, so with the hard work of these three people, not much glass wasted in total.

Wang An and the carpenter were installing glass on the windows, while Wang Dazhu was leading the bricklayers and several laborers to continue building the courtyard wall.

As for building the courtyard wall, this job is even simpler. There is no need to dig the foundation. Just lay a layer of stones and start laying bricks, so the speed is quite fast.

It was not until the third day that the truck sent by Hao Dayou to deliver bricks finally came to Wang An, Mu Xueli, and Wang Lijia's turn.

All three families had helpers, so the speed of unloading bricks was naturally very fast.

In this way, in the busyness, several days passed in the blink of an eye.

During this period, not only were all the windows in Wang An's house replaced with glass, but even the courtyard walls were completed.

After some ventilation and drying for a while, the two new houses can be occupied.

At the same time, Wang Li and Mu Xue had completed the front and rear beams of their new house. After the beams were dried, they could put up the frames, that is, the triangular beams.

But Wang An's family was still busy, and of course, the carpenter was not idle either.

Because the house has been built, but the furniture has not been made yet.

To be honest, Wang An really looked down upon the furniture made by the carpenters in the village.

Whether it's the table or the recliner in the living room, they are all so stupid and clumsy, and have no artistic value at all.

But we can't blame them for this. For a carpenter in the village, it's already good enough if he can make a table or a chair. Why would there be so many requirements?
To put it bluntly, why are there so many troubles?

So Wang An started making furniture himself, and the two carpenters became Wang An's assistants.

(End of this chapter)