Chapter 21 Xiao Hui
Chapter 21 Xiao Hui
After seeing Master Fang off, my younger brother and father also went back together. Before leaving, they told him to come back in a few days to install the doors and windows.
Jiang Shuya counted the bills in her hand and found that she only had 7,000 yuan left. She wanted to pay her brother and father's share as well, but who told her she was poor?
She had spent more than 5,000 yuan on food in the past 20 days, and there was not much left of the 100,000 yuan. She still had to keep some spare money. Looking at the house she had built, she still felt an inexplicable sense of accomplishment.
I saw Grandpa coming over, picking up the scattered broken bricks around the house. I saw some stones and two half bags of cement beside the outer stairs. He said, "This house site is high and slopes down. It will be slippery on rainy days. Use these remaining stones, sand, and cement to make an uphill path on the slope."
Jiang Shuya nodded in agreement. She felt that in the Huang family, only this grandfather was a very considerate person. He favored this grandson. In his previous life, he had lived in prison all his life and had never enjoyed a single day of happiness. After retirement, he took care of his paralyzed grandmother for more than ten years. He died a month before the demolition. He had an operation, during which an accident occurred and he never woke up again.
Thinking of this, her eyes flashed. Since she could change the fate of building a house, could she also let her grandfather live? In her previous life, although he died not long after she married into the Huang family, it could be said that he was the best person to her among all the elders, the one who truly helped her, and at least never really looked down on her.
At this time, a white car slowly drove towards Grandpa's house and stopped by the road. A man of medium height and a tall woman got out of the car. When they looked closer, they were Huang Minghao's aunt Huang Yuhua and uncle Han Chaobing. The aunt and uncle called Grandpa affectionately, and Jiang Shuya stepped forward and greeted him politely.
Obviously, the two men were looking at the two-story building in front of them in amazement, and exclaimed, "Tsk tsk, this is a lot of square meters! It must be more than 400."
Jiang Shuya saw the two people's suspicious eyes and kept silent. At this time, Huang Yuhua asked, "How much did this house cost?"
Jiang Shuya said truthfully: "Less than 100,000." "What? 400 square meters, less than 100,000."
Huang Yuhua was surprised.
Jiang Shuya had no intention of paying attention to her surprise and curiosity, nor did she want to explain too much. She silently put on her gloves and put the broken bricks around her into one place. She saw her grandfather telling them about the general situation of the house construction these days.
Jiang Shuya actually didn't have much affection for these two people. When she and Huang Minghao visited her aunt's house for the first time after their marriage, it was for the New Year's greetings. She entered the yard with a smile on her face and was amazed by the magnificent villa built by her aunt's family. At least from the outside, the decoration inside must be good. However, she was indeed affected by their way of hospitality. On the day of the visit, she was left hanging in her yard for the whole afternoon. Huang Minghao was playing cards in the kitchen with the elders for the whole day. He said that her aunt was a mysophobe and didn't like others touching her things. It wasn't that Jiang Shuya had to enter the main house of her house, but the people playing cards in the kitchen smoked, and she couldn't stand the choking smell. And it was really cold outside the yard.
From then on, she never came to visit again.
Because my eldest aunt's family is in the sand and gravel business, every grape season, she would come to my house to buy a lot of grapes to give away. Although she would give money, she would only give some of the cost, at most the price she exchanged with the vendors. My mother-in-law would usually sell half to her and give the other half away.
Sometimes I really don’t understand why such a person, who comes from a wealthy family and dresses beautifully, would care about these petty gains. Most likely, he looks down on Jiang Shuya, a person from another place.
She finished the finishing work and was about to go home. Before leaving, Huang Yuhua stopped her.
Although Jiang Shuya was impatient, she was the elder after all, so she politely asked what was the matter.
Huang Yuhua asked directly: "Your family owed 60,000 yuan before, you know about this, right?"
Jiang Shuya nodded slightly.
Huang Yuhua continued, "I just heard from your grandfather that the money you used to build the house came from your parents. I guess your parents don't need that much money from their business. My suggestion is that you can return the money you paid back. After all, you're going to spend your whole life with Haohao. He's wandering around the world alone, and he has to worry about this debt every month. It's really not good for you to continue like this. It's definitely not good for a couple to be separated from each other, don't you think?"
After repeating these words again, Jiang Shuya was obviously not as passive as in her previous life. In her previous life, her aunt spoke as if she was a debtor, but now she sees the truth but does not say it out loud. Although she owes the money to her grandfather, the debt was caused by her after all, and it is impossible for her to escape.
She pursed her lips and said, "Aunt, Huang Minghao should be back soon. I will talk to him about the debt. Please give me some time! I just got 100,000 yuan from my parents. If I go back to ask for the money, I will probably be scolded. No matter who I borrowed the money from, I have to pay it back. Don't worry, Huang Minghao and I are so young, we won't have to worry about paying it back. It will take at most one or two years, and then we will pay it back with interest!"
After saying that, he left with an apologetic smile.
She knew that Huang Yuhua didn't have the patience to listen to her explanations, nor would she argue with her. It was obvious that she came up to remind her. After all, she felt uncomfortable that her grandfather spent all his savings on his grandson. She ran all the way home and saw Tangtang sitting in the rocking car with a serious look on her face, fiddling with the toys in her hands. When the mother-in-law saw Shuya coming back, she quickly greeted her and went downstairs.
Looking at the cute little pink ball in the car, Shuya quickly washed her hands, checked the time and saw that there was still some time before dinner, so she picked up Tangtang and went to the vineyard to see how the grapes were growing.
It has been almost ten days since I last took photos. When I entered the vineyard, I found that half of the grapes that were exposed to the sun had turned purple, but the back half were still a little green. I couldn't help but pick one and taste it. As soon as I put it in my mouth, there was a rich sweet fragrance. The taste was sweet and juicy, the plump flesh was chewy, sweet and sour. This is the authentic Kyoho taste that has just been launched on the market.
The vineyard was a bit stuffy and Tangtang became irritable and impatient after staying there for a while, so Jiang Shuya held her and walked along the path to look at her own vineyard through the wire fence, estimating in her mind how much she could pick in the first batch.
When I reached the end of the vineyard, Zhang Xiaohui called me and I realized that her vineyard was right across from her house.
Zhang Xiaohui's smile was slightly shy, her expression somewhat reserved, the obvious scars on her eyebrows had already healed, and her thin figure looked a little fragile.
Jiang Shuya walked over to her generously, greeted her, and asked about her current situation.
"Thank you so much for last time. I'm fine now." Zhang Xiaohui said apologetically.
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