"Building a house? Why the sudden need to build a house?" Yao Chunhua and Old Gu asked, puzzled.
"I want to gradually build you both a small country villa for a more comfortable living," Gu Jia Ning said directly.
She noticed that this house had been around for over twenty years and was getting old.
In fact, the house’s lifespan is at most thirty years.
"Dad, Mom, didn’t you say that this house sotis leaks and needs repairs?"
Not only that, but last night when talking about the repairs, she heard her mother ntion there was a big storm one rainy night this year.
The house leaked, and Dad and the second brother braved the heavy rain to fix the roof.
However, her dad slipped and fell.
If it weren’t for the straw that cushioned the fall...
Her dad fell onto the straw, otherwise, who knows what might have happened if he had fallen to the ground from the roof.
At the ti, Gu Jia Ning’s heart was pounding as she listened.
Their parents hid it very well and didn’t tell her anything.
If it hadn’t been brought up last night, her mother accidentally let it slip, she would never have known.
So, since finding out last night, Gu Jia Ning’s desire to rebuild a house for the family beca even stronger.
She asked Sheng Zexi, who also agreed.
Listening to Gu Jia Ning talk about almost falling from the roof, Old Gu felt a bit guilty.
They had indeed deliberately kept it from their daughter.
Just afraid their daughter would worry.
Actually, whether it’s parents or children who have married afar or live elsewhere, everyone tends to share the good news but not the bad.
"Moreover, there are more kids in our family now."
"You see, the eldest brother and sister-in-law have two kids."
"The second brother and sister-in-law also have two kids."
"By the ti the third brother gets married, he will certainly have kids too."
"I also have Xingxing, Yueyue, and Tuantuan."
"If everyone cos back ho for holidays, how will the current house accommodate everyone?"
"Besides, when the kids grow up, they will definitely want their own rooms."
"So, rebuilding the house is imperative!"
Yao Chunhua and Old Gu, initially not in favor of building a house,
but now, hearing their daughter’s reasoning,
felt it made sense.
Indeed, with more children now, the current house doesn’t have enough space.
"So, do we tear down this house and rebuild?" Yao Chunhua asked.
Gu Jia Ning shook her head and looked at her dad, "Dad, is there any other vacant land available for purchase in our village?"
"If there is, we could buy a large piece of land and build a new house there. As for our current house, let’s keep it as the old ho."
Gu Jia Ning looked around.
Though this house sotis leaks and is old,
it holds all the mories of the Gu Family.
It’s aningful.
Thus, if possible, Gu Jia Ning wants to preserve it.
Moreover, being a reborn person, she knows that in the future rural land will be extrely valuable.
Applying to purchase more land is currently easy and inexpensive.
It will be much harder and expensive in the future.
So, Gu Jia Ning feels now is a good ti.
Being the village chief of Huaihua Village, Old Gu knows if there are any vacant lots for sale in the village.
"There are indeed quite a few vacant lots in the village."
"If we decide to build a house, we can go and pick one."
Gu Jia Ning imdiately nodded, "Alright, as for the money for building the house..."
Before Gu Jia Ning could finish, Old Gu imdiately said, "Since it’s a house for everyone, everyone should contribute."
They shouldn’t let their daughter pay for it alone.
Even if she has a lot of money, it is still hers.
It shouldn’t be used infinitely to support her parents’ house.
Gu Yunan also imdiately agreed, "Yes, let’s all contribute to the money."
"I’ll find ti to call our eldest brother and third brother, they should agree as well."
Yao Chunhua: "Yes, yes, that’s how it should be!"
Gu Jia Ning: Okay, since you’ve all decided, I won’t say more.
Although Gu Jia Ning had initially thought of paying for it all.
However, this plan is also good now.
As her dad said, since it’s a shared house, everyone should contribute to building it.
Therefore, Gu Yunan didn’t delay and called the couple Gu Yunting in Hai City and Gu Yunzhou in Beijing to ask for their opinion.
Very quickly, they agreed.
"Ningning and her family went back to their hotown? That’s great, I haven’t seen Ningning or Xingxing and Yueyue for so long."
They naturally missed Gu Jia Ning.
"Ningning ntioned staying at ho for a while, then going to Hai City and Beijing to see you."
"Really? That would be wonderful."
Both Yang Manman and her husband, and Gu Yunzhou, were very happy to hear that Gu Jia Ning and her family would visit them.
Before hanging up, they also expressed willingness to send money for building the house.
Of course, if they’re financially tight, they can owe it for now and make it up later.
"Since it’s all settled, let’s go buy the land then."
The next day, Gu Jia Ning went to the village committee with her parents and brothers.
"This is a good thing." The village secretary was very pleased and supportive upon learning about this.
Imdiately, he took out a map of Huaihua Village.
"The circled areas are available for selection, take a look."
Gu Jia Ning and the others went forward to see.
At least dozens of areas were circled with a red pen, with various sizes.
"Ningning, why don’t you choose?"
Old Gu and Gu Yunan were sowhat indecisive, unsure of which spot to pick.
"Let choose? Sure."
Thus, Gu Jia Ning stepped forward and browsed through.
Finally, she pointed to an area, "Here."
"That’s a good choice, it’s spacious and well-located," said the village secretary.
The area was indeed large, about five tis the size of the current Gu Family’s place.
Old Gu looked and saw that the location was indeed good, not too remote, not also in a very busy area.
But...
"Ningning, isn’t this too big?" Old Gu hesitated.
"Dad, we want to build a villa, it needs to be big, and besides, a bigger house is always better. Since you let choose, listen to ."
Old Gu: ...Alright, alright then.
And so, the decision was made regarding the land plot.
Buying land wasn’t expensive back then.
Thus, they paid on the spot.
All that’s left is to pick a ti, purchase materials, and start construction.
However, Old Gu felt there was no rush to start construction until after Gu Jia Ning and her family left.
Now that they’re ho, all they want is to spend good quality ti with them and the grandchildren, without getting busy over other things.
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