Indeed, as expected, it wasn’t long before Luo Cuilan stord out of Luo Zhiming’s room, saying, "My mom doesn’t have any money on hand now, and the redemption slip hasn’t been cashed yet."
Fang Pingying had foreseen this, and she smiled, "Then let’s wait until mom withdraws the money and then discuss."
Luo Cuilan nodded, "Right."
However, after a while, she suddenly changed her mind saying, "It’s still not right. The market day is the day after tomorrow. I’ll go to the market with her and make sure she withdraws the money, otherwise, it will be hard to ask for it later."
Fang Pingying guessed everyone in the family was thinking the sa way. It seed like there would be a good show at the market, and it was necessary for Zhou Yuni to feel a pinch.
The next day, Luo Zhiyong and Fang Pingying went to inquire if Luo Dashan’s family still had any land available.
Once Luo Dashan learned what Fang Pingying needed the land for, he was very supportive, saying it would be good for Fang Pingying to have her own place to do business in peace and without having to listen to the nonsense from Zhou Yuni and others.
However, the Luo family’s land was all located in distant places. Considering it was hard for them to walk daily, Luo Dashan rembered that Zhiyong’s second uncle had a piece of land only less than half a mile away from ho, not too big or too small, and quite suitable.
Moreover, Zhiyong’s second uncle had just built a new house not long ago, so that land was probably not needed recently. Luo Dashan thought borrowing that piece of land for a year and a half shouldn’t be a problem.
So, he took Luo Zhiyong and Fang Pingying to the neighboring second uncle’s house.
When they arrived at Luo Dalin’s house, Luo Dalin’s family was just about to have breakfast.
Seeing them arrive, Luo Dalin and Qiu Xiu hurriedly added a few stools and invited them to sit down and eat together.
Fang Pingying saw that Qiu Xiu’s family was just eating cornal mush for breakfast, and after filling a bowl for each, there wasn’t much left, so she smiled and said, "Second auntie, we’ve already eaten before coming over. You guys go ahead and eat; after you finish, dad will discuss so matters with you."
Luo Dalin, straightforward as he was, seeing that his house indeed had nothing fancy to offer and that they were not strangers, didn’t stand on ceremony and directly asked Luo Dashan, "What’s up?"
Luo Zhiyong smiled at Luo Dalin and explained the purpose of their visit, "Second uncle, recently Pingying is busy running a small business, and the space at ho near the stove is not enough, so we want to build a new house."
"But our land is a bit far. We’d like to borrow that vacant lot of your family to build a house, and when you need it, we will clear it out for you."
Upon hearing that it was just to borrow the vacant land, Luo Dalin quickly agreed, "That vacant lot, well, we won’t be using it for the ti being, you can use it. It’s just sitting empty anyway."
"Yes, it’s just sitting empty, we can discuss when we need it," Qiu Xiu also said smilingly.
Qiu Xiu, although shrewd, knew the big picture and was quite generous to her relatives.
Seeing that both the second uncle and his wife agreed, Luo Zhiyong cheerfully accepted, "Alright, then tomorrow I’ll arrange to get so adobe bricks and start building there."
"No need to go arrange for that, we have adobe bricks. We had plenty left when we built our house, just piled up over there, just take and use them," Luo Dalin said, and then as if he rembered sothing, he added, "Oh right, Zhiyong, there are also so scattered red bricks that we don’t need anymore, you can take them too."
"No need for the red bricks, I’ll stack them up for you, just move them to one side, they won’t be needed," Luo Zhiyong replied with a smile.
At that ti, the red bricks were sowhat expensive, although they were broken pieces, but there were still many uses for them.
For example, they could be used to build pig pens, toilets, and such.
Thinking of his relatives, Luo Dalin deliberately said those were useless, but in fact, he had them piled up there, ready to be used sooner or later.
At this ti, no family was rich, and Luo Zhiyong felt embarrassed to accept them.
Luo Dalin seriously told Luo Zhiyong, "They are needed, if you plan to use your house for a long ti, it’s better to use so red bricks for the foundation and middle, it will be sturdier, but I don’t have many red bricks, you’ll still have to buy so if you need them."
"Then I’ll see, if I use the red bricks, I’ll just take them and pay you later according to the brick factory’s price," Luo Zhiyong said with a smile as he could no longer decline.
"What’s there to calculate..."
Luo Dalin frowned slightly, just about to speak when his daughter-in-law Yu Fen, who was eating at the side, suddenly interrupted with a laugh, "Dad, uncle’s family is living much better than ours, they don’t care about that money, you shouldn’t push it back and forth, it just makes us look petty."
Luo Dalin couldn’t stand his daughter-in-law’s sharp and petty nature, especially towards his own relatives.
His face darkened, and he shouted at her, "Eat your food, I’m not dead yet, it’s not your place to call the shots in this house."
Yu Fen didn’t dare to confront Luo Dashan and couldn’t help but talk back, so she murmured, "It may not be my place to call the shots, but I am also part of this family, I have the right to speak."
Upon hearing this, Luo Dalin slamd his bowl on the table with a bang, and yelled at her, "You have the right to speak when you contribute to this family, otherwise just shut up."
It was clear that Luo Dalin and Luo Dashan had different temperants.
Luo Dashan was mild-mannered, but Luo Dalin was extrely dominant, and since he was an enterprising man, the household was sowhat more comfortable financially than the average family in this rural area, earning him so respect in the village and the family.
His daughter-in-law Chen Yufen was no pushover either, but in the end, she didn’t dare to speak up after he scolded her, her tears swirling in her eyes.
Luo Dalin also glared at her fiercely, and said to Cheng Fei sitting next to her, "Take your wife inside, don’t embarrass out here, all she knows is money."
With such a dominant father in the house, Luo Chengfei’s temperant was comparatively much softer, he glanced at his father and nudged his wife towards the room, "Go inside, stop talking recklessly."
Of course, Chen Yufen felt indignant, but as Luo Dalin said, all the household expenses were currently borne by Luo Dalin, she had no right to speak, and finally twisted her body to go back to the room.
This made the atmosphere sowhat awkward, as it seed inappropriate not to talk about money since the subject had already been brought up.
So Luo Zhiyong laughed and said to Luo Dalin, "Uncle, I’ll still pay you for the red bricks, after all, I still have to spend quite a bit at the brick factory, just give a discount."
Luo Dalin glared at him, laughed, and said, "You’ve been an officer in the army for so many years, why be so fussy, I said no need for money, just take and use them, no one will dare to speak more."
Luo Zhiyong laughed, not wanting to appear stingy, and simply nodded in agreent.
Seeing that the matter was settled, Fang Pingying also smiled and said, "That’s fine, then when you and aunt have ti, just co over more often, help taste so food too, I’m currently learning to cook, afraid I won’t do well." (To be continued. If you like this work, please vote for it at Qidian (qidian) with your recomndation and monthly ticket, your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please go to m.qidian to read.)
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