Fortunate Life of the Rural Beauty

Mrs. Hu was not satisfied with the yard at all, and said in an open voice, "It's not good here. After all, we are also landlords now, we still have a shop, and we are still relatives of the General's Mansion. We live here among the poor, don't say I have lost the face of the master, and also lost the face of Mr. Chu.”

It was already noon, and Chen Shi invited them to have dinner in a small restaurant and then went to see Chen Ming's house.

This house is relatively close to Houbei Street. It is only more than a quarter of an hour's walk to Chen Shi's home and more than a quarter of an hour's walk to Wang Cheng's home. It is located between the two families. If you buy it, Wang will also be happy.

The house is relatively new, with a total of three entrances, the inverted seat, the screen wall, the main courtyard, the side room, the back room, and there are rockery stones in the yard...

The price is not low either, it costs five hundred and eighty taels of silver. After talking about the sky-high price for a long time, the lowest price was five hundred and thirty taels.

Chen Ming likes it very much, but the price is a bit expensive.

When he was hesitating, Mrs. Hu covered her face with a handkerchief and started crying. He said, "Look at the head of the family, you worked so hard to provide for your brothers, and now they are all prosperous and live in such a good house. But what about us? We can't even afford to live in that slum... Don't you say that good people have it?" Is it a good reward? Why don't God open his eyes..." He cried to Chen Ming and Chen Shi again, "Second uncle, third uncle, why don't you touch your chest and think about it, how did you live such a good life? If If I were not the head of the family to go home and farm for you to study, would you have such a good life? Now that you are better off, it’s time for you to support your brother. Ah Fu bought his uncle a big yard on a good road, and he has to Buy us one…”

Mrs. Chen also felt sorry for her eldest son, but felt that Mrs. Hu should not bring Chen Afu out to make a case. The old lady is now wiser and knows that Ah Fu is not a blood relative of hers, so it will not be easy to coax him over if she offends him. Unlike Chen Ming and Chen Shi, no matter what, the bones are broken and the tendons are connected.

She scolded, "What are you talking about? Why don't good people get rewarded? The second and third sons have been working hard on you, and Ah Fu has helped us enough. You bought so much land, and now you are If you want to buy a house in Fucheng, aren't they all the help?" Chen Ye also scolded Mrs. Hu, "You bitch, if you keep acting so careless, go back to the countryside. We now have more than 100 acres of farmland, and the town There is also a shop and shares in the restaurant. My second brother, third brother, and Ah Fu all helped with these businesses."

Then he said to Chen Ming and Chen Shi, "Don't listen to your sister-in-law, I will remember your kindness."

Chen Ming didn't dare to buy this house anymore and said, "This house is good, but I don't have that much money on hand. Forget it, I can't afford it. Let's go and save more money to buy it later."

Chen Ye didn't even want to buy a house after seeing Chen Ming, so he didn't need to be a city dweller. He said, "Then I'll wait a little longer and save more money before buying it again."

On the way home, the old lady thought to herself that the second child must be able to afford this house. He was just frightened by Hu's crying and didn't dare to buy it.

The old lady felt that it was not easy for the second brother to save the one hundred taels of money for his private house, and the second bedroom was really given to the older one, so it was not easy for the second son to spend more. After returning home, I have to let the third child come out with more.

The third child's life is really easy now. He has shares in the restaurant and Lu Chuan shares. He is the top shopkeeper and gets monthly silver, and Ayu is the second shopkeeper of a big restaurant in Beijing and gets monthly money. They are so wealthy that if they support their elder brother with four or fifty taels of silver, the eldest brother can buy a house in a better location. Only the second oldest can buy if the eldest brother buys it.

By then, all three sons will have properties in Fucheng. Not to mention Xiangluo Village, even the entire town will not be able to find one.

The palms and backs of her hands are full of flesh. She hopes that her three sons will live happily together and have a good life. Especially since the second and third children were doing well, she felt even more sorry for the eldest brother who had done the most for the family.

After returning home, she called Chen Shi into the room where she lived and told her about Chen Ming secretly giving her boss a hundred taels of private money. Then he said, "If your life is better, give your elder brother another forty or fifty taels of silver and let them buy a better yard in Fucheng."

Chen Shi didn't expect that my mother would allow him to give so much money, and said, "Mom, I earn more than my eldest brother, but I have more places to spend my money. Now I have tight money, let alone taking money behind Mrs. Zhang's back. Even all the family’s savings are not that much.”

The old lady didn’t believe it and said unhappily, “The richer you get, the stingier you become. In the past, you were so poor that you still repaired the house for your elder brother’s family, but now that you are a big shopkeeper, you can’t even part with forty or fifty taels of silver. I don’t just care about your brother and not you, I think it was not easy for your eldest brother to raise you, and you should support them when your life is better."

Chen Shi became a little angry and said, "Don't I give my eldest brother's family enough money? I lent them a loan to build the yard, and last year I gave them another seventy taels of silver. My family's life is no better than that of my second brother's family. Second brother and his family don't have much money." A lot of money is spent, and Ah Fu often helps me. But I can't do it. My son is older, I have to marry my daughter this year, and I haven't repaid the debt I borrowed from my father-in-law's family. Ah Man's dowry has already spent all my savings. , Now I don’t even have any money to press the box, so I’m still thinking of borrowing some from Ah Fu. I’ll pay her back when the restaurant pays dividends.”

Old Mrs. Chen was startled and cursed, "What? You emptied all your money and gave it to Aman to take to your in-laws' house? You are stupid. The old Yang family has a lot of money, and they still need you to throw money into it? How big is that? Hand, how big of a bowl are you holding? How could you empty your house to buy a dowry for Aman? No, I don’t agree. It must be Ms. Zhang who instigated you to do this, and I want to talk to her about it. "

Chen Shi said angrily, "You old man also said how big your hands are and how big a bowl you carry, so why do you keep helping the eldest brother to ask for money from the brothers? My second brother and I have given a lot, not to mention the eldest brother is also not lacking. Money has bought so much land this year. You feel sorry for your son, and I feel sorry for my daughter. I can borrow money to build a house for my eldest brother and let them be landowners, but why can’t I borrow money to marry my daughter? "

Speaking of which, the old lady also knew that if she continued to beg, it would definitely affect the feelings of the brothers. It really made the second and third children angry, but it was the boss who suffered the loss.

Then he calmed down and said, "Okay, Mom, don't say anything anymore, and don't be angry. You did help your eldest brother a lot in the past. Mom just wanted her sons to become city dwellers, so she said this. Mom said this , your eldest brother doesn’t know either. Forget it, there’s no need to give it to me, my mother didn’t say anything.”

Then, he kept wiping his tears with a handkerchief.

Chen Shi saw his crying mother, and Hu's loud voice came from the yard again. He thought for a while, gritted his teeth and said, "Mom, I will give my eldest brother another twenty taels of silver. My family really has no money, so I have to Borrow 20 taels of silver from the restaurant first, and then pay it back when the dividends are distributed at the end of the year. You talk to your eldest brother and sister-in-law, and you buy a house on Houxi Street. The money is enough to repair the yard and buy furniture, and they don't need to pay a penny. You can become a city dweller. It is convenient to get in and out of the city, and things are much cheaper..."