Literary Master 1978.

Chapter 132 Okay, okay, let’s play like this

The Tao family seldom holds family meetings. They are usually held when there is a big event at home, such as buying a TV or Tao Yumo's college entrance examination. The conveners are usually Tao's father and mother.

Today, Tao Yushu suddenly gathered all the family members together, and everyone was a little confused.

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

Everyone's expression was the same as Tao Yumo's. They were all curious about why Tao Yushu made such a big fuss.

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

When these words were spoken, everyone in the Tao family looked surprised.

"Why buy a house?" Tao Yumo asked the question on behalf of everyone.

"What else can I do? Just live here." Tao Yushu said.

Tao Yumo was puzzled: "It's not like the company doesn't provide housing."

"Your brother-in-law is a temporary worker at the library, and I'm still in school. How can it be that easy to get a room?"

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

Tao Yucheng advised: "Yushu, it's not cost-effective to buy a house. It's nothing more than waiting a few more years."

His words are actually the thoughts of most people in this era. If the company can allocate housing, why should we buy it? It is nothing more than waiting a little longer.

“We have considered this, mainly from several aspects.

First, at home, Xiwen and Xiwu are getting older, and it is inconvenient for them to share a room with Yumo. If we leave, we can free up a room, and Yumo can live in it by herself..."

Tao Yushu's first reason won the hearts of his sister and sister-in-law. When Tao Yumo thought that she would have a room to herself after her sister and brother-in-law moved out, a smile of disappointment appeared on her face.

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

"Also, Chaoyang and I both write on a regular basis, so we want to have a separate study room."

Everyone could hear that Tao Yushu's subtext was that the house was too noisy, and this was mainly directed at Tao Yumo and the two younger ones, Tao Xiwen and Xiwu. However, because she had just said some nice things in advance, Zhao Li and Tao Yumo did not feel uncomfortable.

"There is one more crucial thing..." Tao Yushu suddenly looked at Lin Chaoyang with affectionate eyes, "Chaoyang and I have been married for two years..."

Tao Yushu didn't say anything else, but everyone understood what she meant.

My eldest brother-in-law asked like a fool: "Are you pregnant?"

Zhao Li immediately pulled him back, and Tao Yushu rolled his eyes at him in anger, "I'm already pregnant, and I'm still going through the trouble of changing houses. Are you afraid that I won't get pregnant?"

After being scolded by his sister, Tao Yucheng looked embarrassed, "Isn't this just because I care about you? If you are not pregnant, then you are preparing for pregnancy, right?"

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

Father Tao asked, "Yushu, from what you said, you have already found a house?"

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

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

Tao's father also frowned and asked, "I remember that place could only be sold to overseas Chinese back then, and it cost more than 100 yuan per square meter. Do you have enough money?"

"Chaoyang has been writing novels in the past two years, and the two of us have saved a lot of money. However, it is still a little short of the house payment. The landlord said that I can pay it in installments and give him the money after a year." Tao Yushu said truthfully.

Hearing this, Father Tao frowned even more tightly.

I have to pay the house price in installments. How much does this house cost?
When Tao's father asked this question, the whole family looked at Tao Yushu with a curious look.

"Ten thousand yuan!" Tao Yushu said the integer.

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

Tao Yucheng shouted, "What kind of house costs ten thousand yuan?"

Tao Yumo was dumbfounded. She only received a dozen yuan in scholarship subsidy every month, and even if she worked, her salary was only a few dozen yuan. If she were asked 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 why her daughter and son-in-law wanted to spend 10,000 yuan to buy a house. Looking at Tao Yushu's determined expression, she couldn't help but curse: "You have money to burn!"

"Mom!" Tao Yushu called out to his mother to express his dissatisfaction.

Tao's mother said confidently: "Am I wrong? You just started to live a good life, and you dare to buy such an expensive house. What else can you do but burn it?"

Tao Yushu knew that his mother was also worried about the two of them, but she was always harsh in her words.

"How much money do you still need?" asked Tao's father.

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

She also included the royalties from Lin Chaoyang's novel for Contemporary Magazine because she didn't want her parents to worry about them.

At this time, Tao Yucheng was surprised and asked: "So you two have more than 7,000 yuan? Oh my goodness! Writing novels really makes money!"

I don't know, I was taken aback.

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

Hearing this number, Tao's father's brows relaxed, while Tao's mother looked at Lin Chaoyang in surprise.

Only sister-in-law Zhao Li looked thoughtful. After thinking for a while, she asked, "Yushu, isn't that right? We all know the novels written by Chaoyang. How could he have so much royalties?"

"It's not just my royalties, it's also Yushu's royalties." Lin Chaoyang reminded everyone of Tao Yushu's contribution in a timely manner.

Tao Yushu smiled and said, "My royalties are only a few dollars, and most of them are indeed earned by Chaoyang."

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

Get out of the way, Teacher Tao is going to show off! "In fact, Chaoyang has always been very hardworking. In addition to writing after get off work at night, he also squeezes out some time to write novels after work in the library.

Because he had little time, his output was not high. He did not submit his works under the pen name Xu Lingjun, but used another pen name. In more than a year, he published only two novels. "

When Tao Yushu spoke, his face was as calm as a lake, he was calm and composed, and exuded a sense of grandeur.

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

The scene before us had happened once before a year ago and was still fresh in everyone's memory.

Okay, okay, you two can play like this!
"No, what does it mean? Chaoyang published novels under another pen name?" Tao Yucheng asked anxiously.

Tao Yucheng's question was also what everyone was thinking. Everyone was waiting for Tao Yushu's answer, but only Tao's mother had a bad feeling in her heart.

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

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

"Qiu Ju Goes to Court!" she blurted out.

Tao Yushu nodded, "That's right. Qiu Ju Goes to Court was published in Shanghai Literature and Art. Another one is Parental Love, which was published in Harvest."

After she finished speaking, Tao Yumo exclaimed, "I've been reading this novel these past two days. No wonder I thought the character An Jie in this novel looked so familiar. Brother-in-law, you didn't write this based on my mother, did you?"

Tao Yumo first asked Lin Chaoyang a question, then turned his gaze to his mother.

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

Tao's mother was at a loss for words. Her face was filled with shame and embarrassment. She said unhappily, "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"That..." As soon as Lin Chaoyang spoke, everyone's eyes returned to him. "The novel "Parental Love" was indeed based on some of mom's experiences. Anjie's courage to love and hate, Dehua's diligence and kindness, and Anjie's sister Anxin, these are all inspirations given by mom."

Master!

After Lin Chaoyang finished speaking these two sentences, the Tao family members looked at him with a look of awe.

Tao Yucheng believes that when one flatters his brother-in-law to this level, the skill is almost like Taoism!

Tao Yumo asked hurriedly: "Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, is there a character based on me in it?"

As soon as she finished her question, Tao Yushu interrupted and said, "Why are you joining in the fun?"

After being scolded by her sister, Tao Yumo muttered indignantly: "The fox is taking advantage of the tiger's might!"

"you……"

Seeing that the two sisters were about to quarrel, Father Tao quickly spoke up: "Okay, how old are you?"

He then turned to Tao Yushu and asked, "It's a good thing that Chaoyang has such a high output of creative works. It seems that it is not difficult for the two of you to buy this house, but it is always worrying to owe someone money. How about this, use your family's money to make up for the shortfall first, give the money to the other party, and then pay it back when you have money."

After listening to Tao's father's words, Lin Chaoyang immediately said: "Dad, how can we use the money at home?"

He looked at Tao Yushu again and motioned for her to say something.

Tao Yushu reluctantly said, "Dad, Chaoyang's royalties should be enough to buy a house. It's just a matter of delaying it for a year or two. We can buy furniture and other things later. Life is hard, but we are still young..."

Lin Chaoyang looked at her speechlessly and asked, "Do you dare to be more perfunctory?"

How could this be a refusal to refuse help from the family? Every word he said was clearly asking for money.

In fact, everyone could understand what Tao Yushu said. Apart from the reactions of Tao's father and mother, Tao Yucheng and Tao Yumo did not have any dissatisfaction.

Firstly, although the three siblings quarreled from time to time, their relationship was still good; secondly, the family was borrowing money, not giving it. With Lin Chaoyang's current income level, it would not be difficult to pay back the money within half a year or a year.

Tao's father watched his daughter's performance calmly, but Tao's mother was not happy.

"Alright, alright! Why are you acting so pitiful? I didn't say I won't lend you the money. Who are you saying these things to? You're really a debt collector!" Tao's mother said angrily.

After she said this, she added: "I'll give you three thousand dollars. Is that enough?"

Lin Chaoyang looked surprised. He didn't expect his mother-in-law to be so straightforward.

After being scolded by his mother, Tao Yushu did not feel dissatisfied at all. Instead, a smile bloomed on his face. "That's enough. Thank you, Mom!"

Lin Chaoyang pulled her and said to Tao's mother, "Mom, there's really no need. Buying a house is our business. How can we feel good about using the family's money?"

"Why are you showing off? I'm not stopping you from returning it."

Tao's mother's tone was stiff, but anyone could hear her sincerity.

At this time, Tao's father said, "We are all family. Your mother is right. This money is for your emergency."

"Dad, Mom, thank you for your kindness, but Yushu and I have caused a lot of trouble for our family over the past year. We feel bad about asking them to help us buy a house."

Lin Chaoyang was determined. Seeing his attitude, Tao Yushu had to let go of his worries and said to his parents, "Mom and Dad, forget it."

Seeing that both the couple said so, Tao's mother wanted to say something, but was stopped by Tao's father.

"Okay. You're grown up now and have your own ideas. We won't force you. If you need money in the future, just ask us."

Lin Chaoyang and his wife nodded.

After talking about the money, Tao Yumo enthusiastically asked about the specific situation of Lin Chaoyang and his wife's house, and the family members were also a little curious.

Lin Chaoyang briefly introduced the situation of the house, but no one could tell how good the house was just by listening to him.

"Let's go and take a look together in a couple of days." Lin Chaoyang said.

(End of this chapter)