70: Raising a wife, the whole village is inhaling the aroma of stewed meat.

The eldest brother also said, "I'll give Mom my 50 yuan and the 50 yuan ticket together."

The second brother also said, "I'm the same as my eldest brother!"

The whole family was very excited at this moment.

Liu Yue'e immediately said, "Okay, my husband and I will also take out 50 yuan in cash and 50 yuan in bills."

"Let me calculate it this way, the third son, Zhou Qingwen, still has 1800 yuan left;

The eldest son, Zhou Qinghe, still has 450 yuan left;

The second son, Zhou Qingshan, also had 450 yuan;

My husband and I also paid 450 yuan;

Liu Yue'e carefully recorded everything in a small notebook, and put the money she took out into a household bag.

At this moment, Zhou Qingwen said, "Mom, could you please buy me two belts next time you go to the market? I want to use belts."

Liu Yue'e said with a pained expression, "You silly child, that belt cost several yuan!"

Zhou Qingwen then said, "Mom, I just want the belt."

"Okay, okay, I'll buy you one. One will last you a long time."

Zhou Qingwen smiled and said, "That works too."

Zhou Qingwen dreams of a comfortable life where he can use two belts all by himself. Is that still far off?

When he goes to the market, he'll try to get another belt!

The older brother then said, "Mom, let's buy Jinfeng a pencil case; he's always wanted one."

The eldest sister-in-law also said expectantly, "Yes, Mom."

Liu Yue'e nodded and said, "Okay, I've got this in mind."

My second sister-in-law said nervously, "Mom, I want to go back to my parents' home to see them."

Liu Yue'e said, "If you're going to visit your parents' home, how much money are you planning to spend each time?"

The second brother said, "Mom, let's discuss it tonight, and I'll tell you later."

Second Sister-in-law smiled and said, "Yes, I'll listen to Qingshan."

Afterwards, everyone took a rare break, and they all exceeded their work points for the day well in advance.

So, I asked for leave half an hour early to come back, and the team leader agreed.

At this time, people who had finished work started returning to the village in waves.

In Zhou Qingwen's family, several men would sit down and discuss matters.

Zhou Feitian's idea was to demolish the old house and rebuild it.

This house was built ten years ago and has weathered countless storms.

This old house isn't meant to be fancy, but it's a place where the family can come back and discuss things together when something happens.

The children already have some money, but if they wait until they've saved enough to build a house, they might not be able to keep the money.

Why don't we all tighten our belts and build houses?

They also split up the family property while they were at it.

As a tree grows tall, it branches out; as a child grows up, he/she is no longer under the mother's control.

The men all felt a slight pang of reluctance.

However, when the women heard that today's topic was the division of the family property, they also had a faint sense of anticipation.

Which daughter-in-law doesn't want to separate from the family and live alone?

With her mother-in-law and father-in-law constantly watching over her, the daughter-in-law never gets a penny.

If you're not in charge, where do you get the right to speak?

Zhou Qingwen then said, "Dad, let's not build my house yet. I'll wait until I get married before building it. Let's build this old house for you first, and I'll give you a subsidy of three hundred yuan. Is that okay?"

The eldest and second eldest brothers both looked at Qingwen and realized that this younger brother was deliberately not building the house first, so that his two older brothers wouldn't have to spend money to build the old house.

"That way, my eldest and second eldest brothers won't have to spend money to build the old house."

The eldest brother looked at him gratefully and said, "Third brother, I'll dig your well from now on!"

The second brother tensed up slightly: "Third brother, I'll take care of your firewood from now on!"

Zhou Qingwen chuckled: "Hehe, okay, but I've made it clear, you have to pay the market price, otherwise I won't take it!"

The eldest and second eldest brothers sighed helplessly, "You're taking care of us."

The older brother reached out and patted Zhou Qingwen on the shoulder.

The second brother laughed and said, "Okay!"

Zhou Feitian then said, "Alright, let's do it this way. I'll find someone to build the house tomorrow."

The eldest and second eldest brothers went back and told their wives that they wanted to build houses and live separately.

The eldest and second sisters-in-law were overjoyed.

From then on, in her own home, she was the mistress of the house.

Although her mother-in-law and father-in-law didn't mistreat them in the old house, they still longed for their own little family.

Zhou Qingwen took a shower behind the door that night and sat in the room early in the morning, sharpening a dozen or so sharp, dart-like iron darts.

It was polished to a very sharp point.

Zhou Qingwen planned to use these dart-like iron darts to hunt in the mountains.

With Zhou Qingwen's strength, if he threw that dart, it would probably crack open even a tiger's skull!

Zhou Qingwen got the dart from Old Man Zhao; no one else would have it.

Old Zhao's place was left behind a long time ago.

Old Zhao didn't ask Zhou Qingwen for money for this.

However, he said that if there was any good prey, it should all be sent to him.

Zhou Qingwen now knows that Old Zhao has a sales channel, and Old Zhao is probably making a lot of money from it.

However, Zhou Qingwen also knew that selling at the market would easily result in lower prices.

And since they're all individual customers, cutting the meat would take a whole day.

Zhou Qingwen quite enjoyed working with Old Zhao.

Pay in one lump sum, or pay in cash.

It's like if you work as a cleaner, you get cash income every day.

But this money can't be kept in hand; it's spent in no time.

When it's time to pay rent at the end of the month, you'll have to pay it in installments.

Even with this, money can't be accumulated.

When Zhou Qingwen went hunting, Old Man Zhao would pay him for each trip.

Like this time when I went to the county town to sell ginseng to Li Ren, with so much money in my hands, I could do something big!

That means the Zhou family is going to build a house!

Overnight

The news that Zhou Qingwen's family was going to build a house spread like wildfire, and the whole village knew about it.

At this moment, the eldest and second eldest brothers came over again: "Dad, our two families have discussed it and decided not to divide the family property for now."

Zhou Feitian asked, slightly puzzled, "Why?"

The older brother then said, "We asked around, and building a house would cost at least 700 yuan. We only have 450 yuan. This will leave us with a mountain of debt, and we're afraid we won't be able to pay it back!"

Zhou Qingwen generously said, "Big brother, second brother, I can lend it to you, but if you don't want to separate the family, I think that's fine too. The whole family can live together, as long as the eldest sister-in-law and second sister-in-law don't complain about the housework."

The older brother immediately said, "They don't complain. If they dare to complain, I'll discipline my wife and make her obedient."

My second brother chimed in, "Yes, me too!"

Zhou Qingwen then realized that with his elder brothers' abilities, they could save 450 yuan and spend it slowly for several years.

However, if we build a house, we'll owe more than 300 yuan, which means we won't even be able to afford food.

All debts must be repaid.

So it's no wonder that after their brief moment of joy, they returned home.

It's decided that we'll live together in one big family for the time being.

Actually, this is quite good for Zhou Qingwen.

In this way, several women cooked, and the eldest and second eldest brothers chopped firewood.

As for Zhou Qingwen, he was responsible for hunting and making money.

Zhou Feitian was responsible for going up the mountain to help dig ginseng!

The skill of digging ginseng requires a certain amount of dexterity.

Most people can't learn it.

Only those with exceptional talent in this area can truly master it.