Jean Love

I remembered that when I came back, I asked the fellow villager who was digging the hilltop as a foundation, how much the mud he dumped was sold for, and the other two words were harsh and straightforward: "Egg hair!" When we were in Foshan, my eldest brother called to quote the price. My mother, me, and Chen Wu felt that it would not be possible in the countryside, so I refused. Later, he asked for the mud himself and bought it next to my land. A fish pond, five or six points of land, is filled evenly and is higher than the road. Now when he comes back, he also hopes that I can buy it for him, saying: "There are already four or five people who want it, and the price is quoted. The maximum report is 1 yuan. , do you want me to charge you more? Just five or six thousand as the original price." Very brotherly.

Brother Chen Hui shook his head when he heard this. It’s over, and he returned to the topic. He said: “Don’t worry about the mud. you."

"That would be nice." I was overjoyed, wishing I could go up and give him a hug, and asked him how much it would cost to dig this land, and he said it was estimated at [-] to [-].After all, I can’t give all the mud for free. When it comes to the price, he looked at the jet-black yellow beam board above his head: "Is it five five or four six? You open your mouth."

My heart skipped a beat, the joy just now dissipated, I calmed down, and it was difficult to speak. After thinking for a while, looking at his facial expression, I said, "[-], I will pay [-]%."

He frowned slightly, just once.I asked, "Is it okay?" He said, "Okay, no problem, it's very high, and it's about the same as I thought."

I thought about it, lowered my head, and recalled that once, I was discussing with my mother who to build a house, and the grandma sitting on the side heard it and said: "I can call you Brother Chen Hui to build it. I don't need to find someone else. He is a third-year-old man." Ten nights didn’t teach the children to make red envelopes, didn’t you see it?”

I remembered, on the night when I was [-], I saw Brother Chen Hui’s eldest son, so tall and handsome, sitting by the wall in the living room, and called me. I was going to take a shower at that time, and he had already left when I came out. I asked, "Brother Chen Hui's children are all working part-time?"

"Hey, I've been working part-time for several years." Mother replied.

"Will I come to give you a red envelope every New Year?" I looked at my grandma.

"Not before, but this year."

"Oh, it's good, the child has grown up." I looked out the window.I've been told I'm calculating, and I've been told I'm too perfect, and I know I'm detail-oriented, too detail-oriented (these two chapters were hard to write, too).

"What does he know, it must have been taught by his parents." Grandma and mother said in unison.

No.11 in March 20, while my mother was at home, I called Brother Chen Hui over to discuss the house. Everything was easy to talk about: Asked about the main structure of the new house in the countryside, Brother Chen Hui said: The current house is basically 14 meters long ( Including low houses), [-] meters wide (including ditch).

When asked about the etiquette related to building a house, he said: "Entering and exiting, holding the foundation, and opening the door, there are four rituals in total. They are treated differently for large and small workers, and some wealthy owners do not divide them. They give them together.

When asked when it would be more appropriate, he said: "Please ask someone to check the date first, set up a compass, and then set up the foundation. His compass."

No.18 in March [-], at noon, brother, brother, me, big brother also came, brother Chen Hui brought his brothers, in the living room, we sat down with cigarettes, melon seeds, peanuts, bean cakes Let’s talk, I told my intentions, and said to see if I can cover everything, that is, the owner’s family will pay for it, and you will pay for the house. After speaking, I looked at the brothers of Brother Chen Hui, and one of them was older and said : "You can just ask him about this, just talk to him, he is the leader." He pointed at Brother Chen Hui.

I immediately looked at Brother Chen Hui, with a flat expression on his face, and said, "Wait until I go back and make a budget first."

March 20, [-], in the evening, Brother Chen Hui came over. After sitting down in the living room, he took out the shredded tobacco, opened the mouth of the bag containing the shredded tobacco, took a look, put the whole bag back into his pocket, and took it out again after a while , Put it back into the pocket, repeat the action just now, it turns out that there is no cigarette paper.

My name is Murongqian: "Look at where the cigarettes I bought that day are, and take out a pack." I don't smoke, so I don't remember this.Murongqian brought a pack and put it in front of Brother Chen Hui. He smoked a few. When he left, I said loudly, "Brother, just take it."

He said, "Isn't it good?" But he still put it in his pocket, with that gesture, that expression: "I made a rough estimate, about 530 yuan per square, all inclusive, just pay a main frame, aluminum windows are not counted, fill in Mud is not counted.” Seeing that I was silent and showed the same smile as usual, he said, “Oh, I didn’t count lime, I didn’t count cement, and what else I didn’t count.”

After he left, I thought, at least 18 yuan to build a frame is not a question of whether it is expensive or not, the problem is that I have no money.

A few days later, Brother Chen Hui came to my house wearing a pair of mid-length trousers, and sat on the wooden sofa in the living room that had been used for more than 20 or [-] years. I sat down next to him and clapped my hands from time to time. His thigh: "Actually, I don't have much money. It's not like it's said outside."

"You won't show me your passbook, haha."

"But it's true, whose money won't be put on the table. But I think you should know how much income you can get from working in the past few years, my mother is sick, Chen Quan is studying, rent, food..., For a while, I was sick, and my salary was not enough to make ends meet at that time..." I told Brother Chen Hui in detail, not complaining, but just stating a fact.

He seemed to be listening carefully. After listening, he said, "I know about how much money you have when chatting these days."

"How many?"

"About 16, not less than 15, and not more than 18." Brother Chen Hui had no color on his face.

"You're smart, haha." I patted his thigh again.

After talking back and forth, including the big brother, including Chen Hui, I finally discussed with my mother and decided to buy a suite first. First, simply, and second, the child is studying in the town, which is practical.Thirdly, and most importantly, the clear outline of the house can be seen from the fixed silver dollar in the hand.

On April [-], [-], I went to the town. Xiaojing and the others were making glutinous rice cakes. I asked Lin Zi to come over to eat. By the way, I asked her about the house. Individuals came over, and one of them was a woman whose family was in real estate.The woman said: "Now there is a completed building with nine floors, and there are three sets left. They are on the eighth and ninth floors. If you want, you can go and have a look."

Let's go to see, Xiaojing, mother and I, with two children.It's like when a passionate man meets a woman in Huaichun, he immediately fell in love with the apartment on the ninth floor, with three bedrooms and two living rooms, kitchen and bathroom, master bedroom, a total of 130 square meters, very spacious.

We went up to the top floor. It was a sunny day. Standing on the top of the building, we could see the whole township. To the north, a wide road stretched forward. To the south, there were many tall buildings. The front included the town center, the town government, and the comprehensive market. There are several communities, and an open and flat farmland green space in the east, where the bean seedlings of the farmer are planted, is full of vitality.There are high mountains in the west, the town's electricity towers, signal towers, and waterworks are all there.

Standing on the roof, I imagined building a grape trellis, planting some vines, and then setting up a set of rattan chairs and rattan tables, and brewing a pot of fragrant tea. It is so elegant and comfortable...Most of the time, I am a straightforward person. In this case, I was even a very impulsive person. I paid the money on the third day, first paid a part of the deposit, and then paid the full amount.

When I came back to the countryside, Chen Hui and I chatted together at his home’s sun-drying field, and told him that I will not build a house this year, but have already bought it. In the town, there are two main reasons. The economy is on the one hand, and the convenience of children’s education is the other. on the one hand.

His face turned dark immediately, and after a few seconds, he said, "You didn't discuss it with me in advance, don't buy the top floor, it will leak, it's too hot, it's too high, it's inconvenient, you don't understand."

"Oh! Forget it, I bought everything, so let's do it." I took his hand, and there were obvious grooves on the rough palm, which were wind and frost, and the grooves left by the masonry.Brother Chen Hui has changed, darkened, the environment has changed a person, the handsome and handsome man who used to be like the Hong Kong mistress-level killer Tao Dayu has been tanned, smokes in his hand, and coughs intermittently. I watched A little heartache: "Brother, smoke less and pay attention to your body."

He didn't answer, put the cigarette in his mouth, took a deep breath, threw it away, and continued his work just now.

The houses in the town have started to be decorated. I used to choose tiles. I used eighty times eighty tiles for the hall, and sixty times sixty tiles for the bedroom. They were all off-white polished tiles. My mother thought it was too expensive, but I let it go. .The washbasin I bought was made of ceramics. My mother thought it was too tall and old-fashioned, so I returned it and replaced it with a marble one, which is very beautiful.

She has her own ideas and insights, so later, I was completely left to my mother to take care of. At first she would always call me to ask me this and that, but then I stopped asking, because I told repeatedly: "First, the money is yours. In my hand, I only keep more than 1 points, which will be used to deduct Chen Quan’s insurance money and my travel and living expenses when I go out to work. Second, most of you will live in the future, and the master rooms will be assigned to Xiao Jing and Chen Wu I have two parents-in-law, and I am going out to earn money, so I must be rarely at home. Third, I am very relieved when you do things. "