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Chapter 121 If you want a house, you have to pay for money
"Siblings, where is the house you're talking about?"

"The second child's house, how big is that house, how many rooms are there?"

"Hey, brother and sister, who lived in that house?"

"Second brother, if the house you mentioned is good, why did the people in that house move away?"

"Hey, brother and sister, you said..."

"Second brother, you..."

"Dangdang!"

Xiuniang threw the wooden spoon of rice into the pot, and turned to look at Wen Shi and Shen Shi who were chattering in front of her. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had been following her chattering, chattering, chattering ever since they finished their dinner. She can't live in peace even if she washes the dishes.

Shen Shi pursed her lips and looked at Xiu Niang, "Old, what are you doing, what are you doing?"

With one hand supporting the stove, Xiu Niang looked at the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, "Mother-in-law, sister-in-law, wait until I finish tidying up the stove, so I can chat with you two."

With a big belly, Wen said with a grin, "Oh, my second brother and sister, you are so busy with your hands, why is my mother-in-law and I chatting with you to relieve boredom? Are you not idle?"

Xiu Niang looked at her, pursed her lips, raised her hand and shook the rag, "I said sister-in-law, if you can't wait any longer, you can come and help me clean the pots and pans. When will our kitchen be cleaned up? Why don't you go back to the main room and talk about it!"

Wen looked at the pots, bowls and chopsticks, then at the rag in Xiu Niang's hand, she touched her stomach with a smile, turned around and went out.

Shen Shi glanced at Xiu Niang, cleared her throat, and followed Wen Shi out...

It took almost half an hour before Xiuniang tidied up the stove. She untied her apron and hung it by the door, picked up the oil lamp on the side and went out. closed.

She deliberately slowed down, Shen and Wen have been waiting for her at the door of the main room, the more anxious the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are, the more smeared she is, anyway, they will move out by then, don't take advantage of this moment to tease her Wouldn't it be a pity to tease them two.

There was a murmur of dissatisfaction from that part of the back room, Xiu Niang smiled secretly, and walked slowly towards the courtyard.

Shen and Wen hurriedly found a place to sit down, and waited for Xiu Niang to come in. Shen couldn't wait to ask, "Hey, the second family, you are done with your work now, hurry up and talk about the house."

Xiu Niang glanced at the room, Father Chu was sitting in the middle smoking a pipe, Chu Fu nestled next to Wen Shi, only Chu Ge was nowhere to be seen.

She asked Father Chu, "Hey, father-in-law, what about Chu Ge?"

Father Chu took a drag on his cigarette, and said with a sullen face, "Chu Geer has gone back to the house."

After hearing this, Xiu Niang didn't say anything. It would be better if Chu Ge wasn't there, so she could handle things better. Anyway, she got angry with Chu Ge last night.

Seeing that Xiuniang had not spoken for a long time, Wen Shi was also a little anxious. She looked at Xiuniang, "I mean the second younger sibling, where is the big house you mentioned just now?"

"Oh, that big house, that's in—"

Xiu Niang spoke for a long time, looking at Wen Shi and Shen Shi with their eyes wide open, their necks raised, waiting for her.

She glanced at them one by one, then turned around and grabbed a chair beside her to sit down, "Oh, I'm exhausted, I'll find a place to sit and rest for a while."

Shen's appetite was already high, but Xiu Niang's sudden change of words bluffed her a bit. She stared at Xiu Niang and cursed secretly, "Oh my mother, this little woman is really good at grinding." Man, this is panting...

Wen's heart sank as well, she opened her mouth angrily, and thought about slapping Chu Fu behind her back, and made him ask him with a wink, at this juncture, she still had to follow the second child's family, Waiting for the big house to be in hand, what should I do?

Chu Fu took a look at Wen Shi, and said to Xiu Niang, "Then what are you brothers and sisters, where is the house you mentioned earlier?"

Xiu Niang looked at Chu Fu and chattered, but in the middle of talking, she turned to Shen Shi again.

"Oh, brother, you said that room... Hey mother-in-law, didn't you ask me how big the room was earlier?"

Shen was taken aback for a moment, she didn't expect Xiu Niang to ask herself, "Oh, yes, yes, I was asking how big the house is, um, the second child's family, tell me quickly."

Xiu Niang responded with a smile, and counted on her fingers while talking, "Grandmother, that big house is not bad, and counting the kitchen and the main room, there are... five rooms in total."

Mrs. Shen took a deep breath and looked at Father Chu, "Here, these five rooms, if we remove the main room and the kitchen, then there will be three empty rooms... Oh, father, we can live in one room by then. son."

Father Chu glared at Shen Shi first, and said in a low voice, telling her to calm down, she was about to hold a grandson, and she was surprised, but in front of the two daughters-in-law, how could she decide? There is no strength.

Can Shen take care of this now? She stretched out three fingers and shook in front of Father Chu, "His father, three rooms, three..."

Father Chu bit his cigarette holder impatiently, cleared his throat, and ignored Shen.

Shen was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth from ear to ear, "Hey, I said that a magpie with a flower tail fell on the front door this morning, and it barked at me, so it's a good thing."

Father Chu gave a "tsk", and said to Shen, "His mother, it's almost done, isn't it just a big house, I am so happy with you, and you are still three, three, what's wrong with you, you used to live in a rat Hole!"

Seeing Father Chu grinning, imitating Shen's way of saying "Saner, Saner", Xiuniang couldn't help smiling to herself. In fact, Father Chu can't blame Shen for being so happy. Yue is either nesting in someone else's house, or squeezed together with Chu Fu and his wife. It's no wonder she's not happy to hear that there is a big land for her to live in.

Shen wasn't annoyed when she looked at it, she just smiled, "Oh, or else it's my son who handles things neatly, look at the old Liu's family, she's been entrusted to her for half a month, But in the end there was nothing..."

Wen looked at Xiuniang, "Second brother and sister, is the house you are talking about at the east end of our village, or in the valley at the end of the village?"

Xiu Niang smiled and said, "The house I found for my father-in-law and mother-in-law is in a ravine."

Wen Shi said, "Oh, then where did you say it was? You've been talking about it for a long time, but you can't be sure."

"Didn't I just say that the house is at the west end of our village, that is, by the side of the Han Pond. That's a pretty good area. If you don't believe me, sister-in-law, you can ask your father-in-law."

Wen and Chu Fu didn't live in Xiayang Village for a long time, and they didn't know where the village was, so they looked at Father Chu thoughtfully.

Chu Fu asked, "Father, what do you think?"

Father Chu bit his cigarette holder and pondered for a while, "Well, what the second family said is true. The Hanchi is in the middle of our village. The trail is easy to walk, and it leads to everything. Carry water and firewood. It's also convenient, it's good, it's good."

Wen Shi listened, and smiled with satisfaction, "Yo, the father-in-law said it was good, it must be a good place, second brother and sister, who owns this house, then why will Chu Fu trade with them?"

Xiu Niang smiled, "Hey, sister-in-law, you asked, of course the eldest brother bought and sold houses with others for money."

Wen Shi looked at Xiu Niang and smiled, "I said, second younger brother and sister, you clearly know that I am not asking about this, why are you always so confused." She was asking who Chu Fu would take over and talk about this big business house .

Xiu Niang still smiled, "Why can't I say it right? Even if I let my elder brother meet with him, wouldn't I still have to pay for a house?"

Shen cast a glance at Wen, and complained that she was arguing with Xiuniang at this time, and she said, "Master, please sit while you sit, don't interrupt...The second son's family, you continue to say, the house Whose family is it?"

Xiu Niang looked at Shen Shi and said, "Grandma, who owns this house, you should know, there is a big pagoda tree in front of the house... there is a dry well in the yard..."

One side of Shen's mind passed, the big locust tree...the big yard...the dry well, she was muttering, and suddenly smiled, "Oh, what a dry well, that well has never produced water, then Anyone who dug halfway before stopped digging, and finally found a big vat to pestle in it, and used it as a vegetable cellar..."

Father Chu looked at Shen Shi, "His mother, who are you talking about?"

Shen smiled, "Hey, at the Hanchi, there is a tree with a crooked neck in front of the door, and there is a big hole in the ground in the courtyard. Isn't that the Zhuzi's house?"

Father Chu said "Oh", nodded, and babbled, "It turned out to be the yard of Old Zhangtou's house, hey, that's not bad, not bad!"

Wen Shi cleared his throat, touched Chu Fu again, and asked him to ask more questions. After all, they were not familiar with each other in Xiayang Village. Father Chu and Shi Chen talked happily, but they listened Inexplicable.

Shen looked at Chu Fu and asked, and started talking to him, how nice the big house of Zhuzi's house is, and how spacious the yard is, if they live in it, what should they do.

Xiu Niang sat on the side and didn't talk to each other, she kept watching them chattering, Chu Fu and Wen's couple laughed, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law chattered very happily, and Father Chu smoked a cigarette , and say the last sentence from time to time...

After they had finished their calculations, Father Chu thought of Xiuniang, and he praised her with satisfaction, "Hey, the second son's family, the big house you found here is not bad, it's good."

Xiu Niang just smiled and nodded, but still didn't say anything.

Mrs. Shen sat up straight and asked, "The second child's house, we are going to take down that house. Tell me, what price did they ask for that house?"

Xiu Niang looked at Shen Shi, "20 taels."

"Well, no more, no less, 20 taels, what about the boss, you will give away the money tomorrow... um? What the hell, 20 taels! Just that shabby house costs 20 taels!"

Shen Shi was chatting with Shi at first, suddenly recalled, turned to Xiu Niang and yelled.

Xiu Niang said unhurriedly, "Yes, for that shabby house, they asked for 20 taels."

Chu Fu and his wife, as well as Chu's father, were also stunned. The joy just now was gone, and they all stared at Xiuniang in a daze.

Wen Shi blinked and said to Xiu Niang, "Brother, brother and sister, what you said is, it is 12 taels of silver."

Xiu Niang smiled, "Sister-in-law, you heard me right, I said 20 taels, not 12 taels."

Shen paused, and exhaled, "Mother, why didn't that person go snatch it, it's too cruel, dare to ask my old lady for 20 taels for that crappy house..."

Xiu Niang looked at Shen Shi, smiled and said, "That's right, that's what that person said, and that's the price they set." In other words, if you want a house, you have to pay for it.

(End of this chapter)