Crossing the famine, I am a poor fish, and my descendants have to work hard

Qian Xiaohui thought about the suffering her parents had endured and started crying again.

"Okay, stop crying. Mom agreed. Being filial to parents and taking care of them in their old age is what children should do. Even if you didn't come today, I would still ask for your opinions on whether your in-laws are going to live with us or move out and build a new house.

No matter if you are a boy or a girl, you are all raised by your parents with great effort. Just because you are married, I can’t stop you from raising your parents!

Since you want to move out, I will go to the village chief and discuss it with him. We should buy a piece of land on the east side of the street in front of our house and build their house there. It will be close to you and convenient for you to take care of it. Do you think it’s okay?

There is also the farmland. The village hasn't started selling farmland yet. When they do, we can buy some more. To prevent the villagers from gossiping, let Xin Bai go buy the farmland, and then let your parents plant it."

Qian Xiaohui was deeply moved when she heard that her mother had thought of everything.

"Wow, mom, you are so kind. Thank you on behalf of my parents. I don't know what to say! Wow"

"Okay, okay, stop crying. I'll go find the village chief to discuss buying land. We'll build a house tomorrow. Go back and apply ointment to your parents."

He started to get his fur coat and put it on, then his hat and boots, and left.

Qian Xiaohui was so moved that she went back crying.

"Xiaohui, you're back, why are you still crying? It's okay if your mother-in-law doesn't agree. A married girl shouldn't be like this. What your mother-in-law did is right. You can't blame her in your heart. I think your mother-in-law is a good person and treats you very well. We are the same wherever we are."

"Mom, no, my mother-in-law agreed. She has already gone to the village chief's house to buy land and said she will build a house tomorrow. I was just so moved that I cried."

"Does your mother-in-law really agree?"

Qian Wenjing was a little excited. Who wouldn’t want to be with his daughter?

"Yes, I agree. I've already gone to the village chief's house. We'll choose the street in front of us, on the eastern side, to build the house. This way we'll be close. When the village sells land, I'll ask Xin Bai to buy it and give it to you to farm."

"Did your mother-in-law say all this?"

"Yes, she said, Dad, Mom, this ointment was also given by grandma, it's for treating frostbite, and she asked you two to apply it quickly. You two apply it first, I'll go out first."

Then he handed the ointment to his parents and went out to wait.

"Xiaohui is lucky. She met a good mother-in-law."

"Yes, my mother-in-law is a good person! We should work hard in the future and save more money for Xiaohui so that she won't have a hard time and won't lose face in her husband's family."

"Well, let's both do a good job."

Zhao Yuanzhen found the village chief and told him the purpose of his visit.

"Second Grandfather, Xin Nian went to the capital today and met Xiao Hui's parents. They were wearing thin and ragged clothes, waiting for porridge at the city gate. They were extremely thin. Their village was also robbed, and their cotton clothes were given away in order to cross the river. They were just standing at the city gate with nothing.

"Xin Nian brought them back after seeing them. I was thinking of buying them a piece of land in our village, building a house, and letting them settle down in our village. Do you think it's okay?"

The village chief listened and sighed for a moment. Two villages in their Yanshan Prefecture had been robbed. If it weren't for Zhao Yuanzhen, their village would have been robbed too!

"Okay, we all remember your kindness to our village. I can make the decision on this matter. Which piece of land do you want to buy?"

"Just buy the piece of land on the street in front of my house, the one on the eastern side. This way our two homes will be close to each other and it will be convenient for Xiaohui to take care of her."

"Okay, then that piece. How big do you want?"

"Just buy a 3-mother one."

"Okay, then I'll go measure the land for you later, and go to the government office to transfer the land to you this afternoon. It's this household registration. Our village's household registration was handled directly by Lord Wu. I wonder if this in-law's household registration can be registered."

"I'll handle the household registration, and you can help me with it."

"Well, that's fine too. Let's go and find someone to measure the land."

Then he took his things and asked someone to measure the land.

Measure the land and mark it.

Qian Xiaohui went to pay the money.

Zhao Yuanzhen didn't care about this matter. It's not that she was reluctant to spend the money, but mainly because there was Li Zhijuan. So she let Xiaohui pay herself.

Hearing that Zhao Yuanzhen was going to transfer the property in the afternoon, Qian Xiaohui hurried to find Zhang Xinbai, who was helping to build the ancestral hall and didn't know about his father-in-law and mother-in-law.

Qian Xiaohui told him all about her plans to buy land and build a house for her parents.

Zhang Xinbai expressed his support, saying that his father-in-law and mother-in-law only have one child, his daughter-in-law, so it is their responsibility to provide for them in their old age.

He then said that he would go to order materials to build the house in the afternoon.

The two of them planned to go back and discuss with their father-in-law and mother-in-law what kind of house to build.

"Dad, Mom, you're here! I was just building an ancestral hall in the village when I heard the news that you were here. You, the second brother, have suffered."

Zhang Xinbai hurried to meet his father-in-law and mother-in-law.

"Hey, Xin Bai is back. I heard from Xiao Hui that it's okay."

The two elders quickly responded.

This son-in-law is a good person, filial and sensible, not a petty person.

"Dad, Mom and I will go buy materials this afternoon. Mom has already made arrangements with the village. Xiaohui has bought three acres of land. We will start renovating it tomorrow. What style should we build it in?"

"You bought three acres? Isn't that too much? A few acres of land is enough for the two of us. This is too expensive."

Li Qian thought that the maid was too bold in spending money. She bought so many things, so she had to charge a lot of money!

"It's not a big deal, Mom. You can use the rest to start a small vegetable garden, grow some vegetables, and raise some pigs, chickens, ducks, etc."

Qian Xiaohui felt that 3 acres was enough to build a few houses and a vegetable garden.

"Dad, Mom, think about it, what kind of house should we build?"

"Just build two simple thatched houses. They will be enough for your father and I to live in. One will be used as a bedroom, and the other will be used as a kitchen and living room."

"No, that won't work. It's too few. Build five rooms, three main rooms, two bedrooms, a main room, two side rooms, a kitchen and dining room, a storage room, and a firewood shed."

Zhang Xinbai helped to come up with ideas.

"Well, what Xin Bai said is fine, let's build it according to this!"

"No, no, this is too big, we won't need so many. Just two will do."

Qian Wenjing wondered how much money it would cost to build this!

"Dad, just listen to me. I'm going to find my mom and I'll go order the materials soon. You guys take a rest first."

After saying this, I left quickly for fear that they would refuse.

"Mom, are you going to transfer the property? I'll go too. I'll go and order the materials."

"Well, I'm ready to go."

Qian Xiaohui chased after him, gave Zhang Xinbai money, and gave him a few more instructions.

"I'll give you the money. We can build a house with ordinary tiles and earth bricks, and then we can build the wall with adobe."

"Well, okay, I know what I'm doing, don't worry."

Then he followed and left.

When deciding on the materials, he decided on ordinary tiles, and the ground and other walls were made of earth bricks. He thought about it and decided on blue bricks for the front wall. Villagers who built houses basically used blue bricks for the walls, which looked good. He didn't want his father-in-law and mother-in-law's house to be too bad, so he bought blue bricks for the walls. There were three main rooms and two side rooms. The materials used were ordinary, and he spent less than 2 taels of silver.

The shopkeeper said he would deliver it soon.

Zhao Yuanzhen then took him to register his household registration.

It’s Lord Wu again, isn’t this a coincidence!

Mr. Wu handled it directly. It was just two people’s household registration, very simple.

After getting the new household registration, Zhao Yuanzhen went to buy some vegetables. Since her in-laws were coming, she had to cook some delicious dishes.

When I get home, I start preparing dinner.

All the ingredients were given to Qian Xiaohui, asking her to prepare a few more dishes as a welcome treat for her father-in-law.

Qian Xiaohui took the ingredients and began to prepare dinner.

She needs to prepare a few more things to improve her parents' lives.

Try to make it easy to digest and delicious.

When dinner started in the evening, Zhao Yuanzhen brought out some wine.

Prepare to give it to my father-in-law to drink.

Let Zhang Xinbai and Zhang Xinnian accompany him.

Everyone enjoyed the meal very much. At first, Mr. and Mrs. Qian were still very reserved, but gradually they became much better.

Especially Mr. Qian, who was not so nervous after drinking some wine.

After the meal, Mr. and Mrs. Qian thanked Zhao Yuanzhen again.

If it weren’t for such an open-minded mother-in-law, how could I have a house, land, and a household registration?

Zhao Yuanzhen comforted them.

They followed Qian Xiaohui back to sleep.

Qian Xiaohui's courtyard has 3 bedrooms, which is spacious enough for living.

Little Zijin was also very happy. He liked his grandparents very much. Every time he went to his grandma's house, his grandma would prepare delicious food for him and his grandpa would take him riding a big horse.

The next day, Zhang Xinbai took people there to build a house early.

Unexpectedly, so many people from the village came to help.

Zhao Yuanzhen was afraid that the villagers would not be willing to accept Qian's parents. People of this era were very exclusive, just like their village, where everyone had the surname Zhang.

But everyone thought they were very enthusiastic, so they greeted Mr. and Mrs. Qian and hurried to help with the work.

Sister Qinghe is such a nice person, and Xin Bai is also a great guy. Everyone should help with his father-in-law and mother-in-law's affairs.

They knew Qian's father and mother, who were from the next village. They were honest and hardworking. The old lady was also warm and hospitable, never gossiping, and was a decent person.

Although the village was unwilling to accept outsiders, the two of them had a good relationship with Zhao Yuanzhen, and they were also nice people, so they accepted them.

Even if you become the director of a village in the future, you will not have the mentality of bullying others.

In this way, with everyone's help, and because his family had built fewer houses, the building was completed in a day and a half.

If it weren't for the cold weather making it difficult to lay the foundation, it could have been completed in one day.

The firewood shed has also been built.

After the villagers left, Zhang Xinbai and Qian Xiaohui helped Qian's father and mother pack up.

I'll go to the city to order furniture in the afternoon, let it air out for a few days, and then light the kang to get rid of the moisture. Then the house will be ready for living.

Mr. and Mrs. Qian looked at the house that was built in just two days.

It was still a big tiled house made of blue bricks, although it only had one side, which was very exciting. His house used to have earthen bricks on the front and mud and thatched houses on the other side.

This time, thanks to my in-laws and my daughter, I was able to live in a big house made of blue bricks and tiles.

It was something I didn't even dare to think about before I fled.

Now that their household registration has been completed, they will be residents of Zhangjia Village in Beijing from now on.

Being close to the girl, they both felt that their lives were worth it. Life started to become beautiful again.