Reborn before the famine, kicking away the scumbag's family and living a carefree life.

13. Building a house (5)

Second sister: "Then what will you do in the future? I heard you're raising both children."

“Of course I’ll take care of my child myself! Don’t worry, Quan, my child and I will have a better life in the future.”

Su Ke greeted her son-in-law.

"Stop talking, Yunhua, come and eat."

Cao Yunhua: "You guys eat, we ate before we came over."

Su Jinru handed the sweet potato in her hand to her younger sister: "Second sister, have a sweet potato."

Su Jinquan waved his hand.

"I'm not eating, we've already eaten."

Su Jinru stood up and said, "Alright, Second Sister, I'll take you to see my house."

Su Jinquan was surprised.

"your house?"

"Yes! I applied to the team and got a plot of land for building a house. The foundation is already done, and a lot of earthwork has been laid!"

"Could it be that the land next door was approved for you by the team?"

"Yes! It's this plot of land right next to us, you see it?"

"Of course I saw it. When I came here, I was saying that this piece of land was pretty good and I wondered who was going to build a house. It turns out that you are building a house, sister."

Cao Yunhua: "Your team is so kind to approve such a large plot of land for your home."

Su Jinru: "According to the regulations, I am not qualified to have such a large piece of land, but the remaining area of ​​that land is not enough to do with anything! The team leader is understanding and sympathetic to me being divorced and a widow with a child, so he simply gave me the whole piece of land."

Su Jinquan: "Isn't the team leader Brother Jin Gui? He's a really nice guy."

"Yes! This time, I owe it all to him. I told him last night, and he immediately went to discuss it with the other members of the leadership team. After they discussed it, he came to tell me in person that they had approved it. They even lent the team 100 yuan and allowed those commune members who know how to build houses to come and help me."

Su Ke: "We will remember this kindness, and we will definitely repay it when we have the chance."

Su Jinru thought that she would soon be able to repay his deep affection.

Second sister: "Eldest sister, we live far away. Look, it's such a big thing for you to build a house, and we can't help you. We should have taken a few days off to help, but it's not easy to ask for leave in our team."

Su Jinru: "Second sister, it's alright. It's quite a distance between Xiaoben Village and Daben Village, so it's inconvenient to travel back and forth. Besides, you have a lot of work to do at home! I know you mean well, but luckily our team leader here is easy to talk to, and with the help of Mom, Dad, and my younger sister, we have enough manpower here, so you don't need to worry."

Su Jinquan took out forty yuan.

"This is all the money we have. Cao Yunhua and I have discussed it. We can't help much, so this is all the money we have. Please take it! We originally planned to prepare this for you because you would have many expenses after the divorce. Now that you're building a house, you'll need even more money!"

Su Jinru didn't stand on ceremony either.

"I really need money right now, Second Sister. Consider this money a loan from me. I will definitely pay you back when I have it."

Second sister: "Eldest sister, pay it back when you have it, and don't pay it back when you don't. After all, you're raising two children on your own, and there are many expenses. We are, after all, two working people!"

Su Jinru: "I may be in a bit of trouble for now, but I won't be in trouble forever. I'm confident of that. Otherwise, I wouldn't have dared to get a divorce so easily. This money is a lifesaver, and I will definitely pay you back."

Cao Yunhua had already been invited by his parents to sit down next to them, and they asked him about the family situation.

Su Jinquan pulled Su Jinru and her younger sister into the room for a private chat.

"Big sister, why are you in such a hurry to build a house? Other people save up enough money before building a house. It's not like you don't have a place to live here with Mom and the others."

Yes! Back then, people believed that they should have enough money before building a house. But Su Jinru was from a later era. People decades later enjoy life first and pay back later, and mortgages are very common.

Su Jinru just got divorced and has nothing, yet she dares to build a house. The money is all borrowed from the village, her parents, and her second younger sister. Although she has no money, if you have the money to build a house, why don't you build it in advance and enjoy it sooner?

“Second sister, for a divorced woman with two children, having her own place is the only way to feel at peace. So the first thing I did after my divorce was to build a house, a house that is completely her own. A woman’s life is like this: her husband’s family is not her own home, nor is her own family’s home. The house that she builds herself is the only one that truly belongs to her.”

Both younger sisters seemed thoughtful. The second sister said, "Big sister, you've changed a lot. You've become so decisive. I heard you got divorced at noon today, and I was so worried. Now, hearing what you're saying, I feel a little more at ease. You see, I came here to comfort you, but now you're the one comforting me."

"Second sister, Cao Yunhua is an honest and kind man. When he heard that I was divorced, he was willing to give me all the money in the house. There aren't many men like that. You two should live happily together."

Second sister: "I know. Although he's not very capable, he's kind and caring. I'm content."

The second sister then said to the younger sister, "Little sister, Mom said that you're getting engaged to Zeng Jianming in a few days. How are things between you two? Is he good to you? Get to know him better before you get married, so you don't regret it later."

The younger sister lowered her head shyly.

"I don't see him often either."

Second sister: "You live in the same village, even though you're not in the same team, you see each other all the time, so why don't you see each other often?"

Su Jinru: "Just because we live in the same village doesn't mean we can understand each other. Aren't Qi Zhengyang and I from the same village? How much could we possibly know before we got married?"

Su Jinru didn't think highly of Zeng Jianming. In her previous life, because her family had no one left to rely on, and Qi Zhengyang looked down on Su Jinru, Zeng Jianming's family bullied her because she had no family to rely on. Domestic violence was commonplace for them.

In this life, Su Jinru doesn't want her third sister to marry Zeng Jianming again.

But she herself had just gotten divorced, and yet she caused her third sister to break up with her boyfriend as well; that doesn't make sense.

She had to find a way to let her parents and third sister know what kind of person Zeng Jianming was so that they would give up on him.

Su Jinru: "Third sister, you've finished junior high school. In the village, you're considered one of the more educated people. You can't judge a book by its cover. You need to do your research before you marry yourself off."

Second sister: "Yes! A woman's fate is determined by the kind of person she marries. You have to open your eyes wide and take a good look before you get married."

Third sister: "I'm only sixteen, I'm not in a hurry to get married."

Second sister: "I'll keep you for two more years at most. My eldest sister and I both got married at eighteen, and you won't be able to get past eighteen either."