Chapter 102： look at the house

Chapter 102 Looking at the house

In the hearts of most rural people, eating dumplings on New Year’s Eve is the beginning of a new year.

The significance of New Year's Eve is far greater than that of the Gregorian calendar year. It should be said that the Gregorian calendar year is simply incomparable.

After eating the dumplings, when the twelve o'clock bell rang, Xu Shi took the lead and led the crowd to pay New Year's greetings to the two elders.

Xu Haibo waited for the little baby to get even worse, and knelt down and kowtowed. Xu Haibo was young, but he also followed suit.

Everything that children do is interesting, and it makes everyone laugh.

Xu Chenghou quickly took out a few red envelopes from his pocket and distributed them to the children.

There is not much money in it, two cents per person, for the Chinese New Year, it is a waist for the child.

Zhou Guilan also took out two red envelopes from her pocket and handed them to Su Anying and Wu Qiuyan.

"Our family's rules, the new daughter-in-law is given a red envelope for the first year.

Don’t be too small, you two, this is a little wish from your father and me, and it was also there when your eldest sister-in-law and second sister-in-law came in. "

In the red envelope are two brand-new one-dollar bills. Good things come in pairs, which means auspiciousness.

Originally, neither Su Anying nor Wu Qiuyan wanted to receive red envelopes. How old are they, can they still be like Xiaowa?

But when the mother-in-law said that it was a family rule, and the sisters-in-law had it, the two of them took it as a matter of course.

"Thank you, Mom."

Ordinarily, one should stay awake all night on New Year’s Eve, but most people can’t bear it.

The first few children had slept before, but now they all nodded their heads.

Not to mention Su Anying and Wu Qiuyan, they were already sleepy and yawning, so Zhou Guilan asked the daughters-in-law to coax the children to sleep, so they don't have to watch over them.

It was the men, who were eating melon seeds and chatting together. They were so sleepy that they couldn't stand it, so they found a place to sleep on their side.

The old rule is that you can’t sleep with bedding on New Year’s Eve, otherwise the chickens at home love to cuddle.

So everyone didn't take off their clothes, just fell asleep all night.

What is Chinese New Year? During the Chinese New Year, all the delicious food that has been saved for a year is gathered in those few days to eat.

Chinese New Year is when people who have been busy for a year can finally take a rest, and then eat, drink, visit relatives and friends all day long to chat.

From the first day to the fifteenth day of junior high school, there is almost no work to do, just eating, drinking and having fun.

According to the local rules, on the first and second day of junior high school, visit relatives and friends to pay New Year's greetings, only the daughters who go out can return to their natal home after the evening of the second day or the morning of the third day.

So on the third day of junior high school, the married sons of the Xu family all accompanied their daughter-in-law back to their natal home.

Even Xu Chenghou accompanied Zhou Guilan back to Zhou's house in Daying.

Originally, Xu Shiyan didn't want Su Anying to go out again. After all, Su Anying is now a month old, and there are many people going out during the Chinese New Year. In case of any accidents.

Later it was Zhou Guilan who said that they would also go back to Daying together, and that they would have someone to take care of them when they went together, so Xu Shiyan agreed.

So Xu Shixiang, who was preparing for the exam and reading books, was left to look after the house, and all the family members went out.

Xu Shiyan accompanied his daughter-in-law back to her natal home. Qin Meiling, who happened to be married to Hunjiang, and her husband Sui Hongzhi, and their daughter Sui Xiaoling, who had been in their arms for several months, also came back.

Invite Su Anzhen's date with whom she just dated years ago, and the whole family is quite lively.

Living in Daying until the sixth day, Xu Shiyan was thinking about buying a house, so he couldn't live anymore.

Su Weizhong and his wife repeatedly tried to persuade him to stay, but Xu Shiyan only said that he would come back when he had time, so he led his wife back to the big house.

On the seventh day of the first lunar month, Xu Shiyan went out with some things on his back. He first went to Songjiang River to send some frozen slender fish to Guo Shouye, and then went to Donggang to find Zhou Changhe.

"Oh, brother, I hope you are here.

Your sister-in-law found a house for you, and the price is almost the same, why don't you go and have a look? "

When Zhou Changhe saw Xu Shiyan, he mentioned the house first without saying anything else.

Xu Shiyan laughed immediately, "Second Brother, Happy Chinese New Year." No matter what, no matter how anxious you are, you have to pay New Year's greetings first.

"Second sister-in-law, happy new year, thank you second sister-in-law, for taking care of my affairs."

"Happy New Year to the three brothers.

How polite are my brothers? Brother, if you come today, you can't just sit for a while and leave. You must have a meal at home. "

Zhou Changhe's daughter-in-law, Li Shi, is a hearty and generous person, who is considerate and generous in her dealings with others.

Xu Shiyan brought things with him several times when he came here, and she felt very sorry that she had to leave Xu Shiyan to eat at home today.

"Okay, then please trouble sister-in-law, I will eat here today.

By the way, sister-in-law, there are two fine scale fish in the back basket. I made a hole in the ice a few years ago. It was frozen very hard, so I kept it at home to eat. "

Zhou's family sincerely helped, but Xu Shiyan was embarrassed to come to the door empty-handed.

Exactly years ago, he smashed a hole in the ice to get out the fish he had hidden before, and left two for the Zhou family.

When Zhou Chang and his wife heard this, they had to say a few words about Xu Shiyan, thinking that he was too out of touch.

Xu Shiyan only responded with a smile, causing Zhou Zhang and his wife to have no choice but to accept the fish.

"Changhe, you can accompany the three brothers to look at the house, there is a lot of urging.

If you are optimistic about it, quickly settle down. I am looking at that place. "

Ms. Li urged Zhou Changhe to take Xu Shiyan to see the house, while she was busy cooking and entertaining guests at home.

Zhou's family lives opposite the middle school, which is considered to be close to the center of Donggang Commune.

The tomb of the martyrs is on the north side, close to the woods.

Going from Songjiang River to Donggang, there is a crossroad just after entering the area of ​​Donggang, and the tomb of the martyrs is in the northeast of the crossroad.

Donggang used to belong to the fifth district, and the tomb of the martyrs commemorates the district chief at that time.

So most people also call the tomb of the martyrs the tomb of the district chief.

In 1946, the traitor Jiang Yongqing colluded with the Fu gang and killed the district chief.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, a martyr's tomb was built in the local area to commemorate.

Many people say that, in fact, there is no corpse in the tomb of the martyrs, it is just an empty tomb.

Anyway, the big guys are not afraid, and there are many children playing around there.

The house that Zhou Changhe mentioned is the second building to the east of the martyr's tomb, and it should actually be regarded as a small flat hill.

Behind it is the woods, and to the east is a hillside, with a ditch and pond at the bottom.

The open space in the west is quite large, and then there is a small hillside, and there is a small ditch and pond between the house in the west.

There are three adobe houses with thatched roofs, but the houses are fairly upright, and the yard is neatly tidied up.

The vegetable garden is very large, and some fruit trees are planted on the hillsides on both sides. It seems that there is also a garden behind the house.

In such a spacious place, if a few more large tile-roofed houses are built, it will be absolutely comfortable to live in.

Xu Shiyan was quite satisfied with the house, and he also heard from Zhou Changhe on the way that the other party was eager to move away, and finally talked about 400 yuan.

And also brought a warehouse, and a big stack of firewood behind the house.

"Brother, what do you think of this place? If you think it's okay, let's go in and discuss it with him.

If you are not optimistic, then wait and let your sister-in-law help you find out.

Look for the place in the middle, it's still a bit off. "

From Zhou Changhe's point of view, the price of the house is okay, but the location is a bit out of the way.

"Second brother, it's very good here, let's go in and ask." Xu Shiyan was very satisfied with this.

Because he knew that this place was later demolished.

In such a big place, he will build more houses and set up a processing factory. Not to mention, he can pay some money just for demolition.

(end of this chapter)