Although his age is real, his height in this era is still enough.
Not to ntion there’s still a chance to shoot up a bit more.
The Gu Brothers are quite confident about this.
Da Dan, on the other hand, doesn’t care—
He stopped growing at 1.7 ters, but... who cares about that?
A man only needs to be able to make money.
Even though he’s not good at literature, his abacus skills are sharp, and he makes a lot of money, which is enough.
...
At this mont, as Da Dan resealed the jar of pickled plums, he suddenly thought of another issue:
"Auntie, should we go to Beijing?"
"Our family now has money, and Uncle can prove to open an introduction letter to rent a house in Beijing. If Uncle happens to have half a day or a day off, there’s a chance to et."
He always rembered that back in the day, there was a betrothal gift given to his aunt and uncle, which no one talked about.
In this world now, if his aunt wants to live this kind of life in the future, it’s better to internally resolve things with Uncle. Otherwise, never getting married in a lifeti will surely make the gossipy aunts around chatter incessantly.
He could see that Uncle wasn’t able to make money and would definitely listen to reason in the future, so Auntie wouldn’t have to work.
It’s just a pity that Da Dan never considered that on their household register now, they are all family!
All because of that unforgettable betrothal gift of 88!
As for whether they have money to go to Beijing...
They’ve been continuously making money these past years, even though their daily expenses are high, they make money fast!
Now, counting it up, Da Dan almost has ten thousand in his hand!
And among everyone, even the kid with the least money, Gu An, has one or two thousand on hand.
They are definitely not short of money!
As for Chu River...
The account in Aunt’s hand that Da Dan is calculating will reach 200,000 by the end of this month.
What’s the concept of 200,000?
In this era, it’s a presence that no one would believe if told!
If not for their low profile and the courtyard being remote enough, how could Aunt conveniently keep shipping big items from the back mountain?
Chu River, however, didn’t think too much:
"Moving is fine, by then no one will desperately introduce to soone, but it’s a pity there won’t be such big mountains in Beijing for to hunt wild boars."
Da Dan also sighed:
"Auntie, the wild boars on the mountain behind us are almost wiped out, even if they can keep having piglets, it can’t withstand our numbers!"
They do get eaten alive.
"Besides, Uncle is now in a confidential unit, and while we’re here, the military district leaders know, but those aunties think too much."
They can’t just say it to everyone they et, can they?
"On my way today, another aunty approached wanting to swap houses with ours! Hah, cheeky as ever!"
This house swapping thing wasn’t the first—it was originally allocated to Shi Suifeng’s hand, a proper three-room small high-rise.
Back then it was highly sought after; you couldn’t easily get such a good house.
But Shi Suifeng thought of Chu River, so he took this most remote, then unrenovated, rundown courtyard.
When taken over, it was overgrown with wild grass, broken stones, and the roof leaked.
Living here, to fetch water, you’d have to walk for half an hour.
Thus, although the area was large, now people didn’t mind the labor, but life was truly inconvenient.
When he took over, many people said he was foolish behind his back!
But once the house was renovated, the well was dug, the front and backyards tidied up neatly, and even the empty space on the outer wall had seeds sown by Da Dan...
People’s hearts beca uneasy.
After all, in today’s ti, places that can grow crops are resources.
So are wells.
Now this courtyard has completely transford, and just by looking at it, you’d know what kind of enjoynt living here provides.
When Shi Suifeng was around, soone suppressed these talks; no one dared bring it up.
At first, the courtyard was just being tidied, and everyone wasn’t so ntally heavy.
Secondly, fewer people visited when they were new.
But now...
Ever since Chu River turned 18, more and more people want to arrange a marriage for her.
Family mbers drop by occasionally, even if just let into the front yard, the sight is so pleasant it can be moving.
See, with Shi Suifeng not returning for 6 years, people began murmuring—saying just one family mber, a few kids living in such a big courtyard, neither safe nor convenient, they might as well demonstrate their high-minded generosity.
For example, swap their second-floor room in a small building for this courtyard.
Da Dan has nothing but disdain for this.
Do they think the kids are fools?
He thought: your little second-floor room can’t even exchange for our cellar!
He’s just a kid, so at first no one approached him.
But... Chu River wasn’t easy to reason with.
She’d just roll her eyes:
"And look at our family’s five kids, all growing up. Swap to a smaller second-floor room, how do we fit? Are we ant to sleep in one big row on a plank bed all year round? Are you deliberately trying to ruin our family’s reputation?"
After saying this, soone got unhappy:
"The small building is nice, we an well, and you’re not appreciative."
"Besides, one room for boys, one for girls, isn’t that convenient?"
Chu River went straight to Sister-in-law Li, repeating those words verbatim:
"They can swap, but I know what kind of situation the small building residents are in. They barely furnished after it was allocated."
"If really pushed to the point where we family mbers have nowhere to go, this broken courtyard looks like what we got initially, and when we leave, it’ll be returned to that state, with that well filled in so no one takes advantage!"
She seed genuinely capable of doing that, causing people’s hearts to beat with apprehension.
Better not to wreck it all truly.
Sister-in-law Li sided with her.
Thinking: Teacher Xiao Chu is getting tougher now that her brother isn’t around. But it’s not a bad thing; where people’s hearts are unaligned, her strength could an less bullying.
So she sternly dismissed the matter.
But such a big courtyard, just vegetable planting annually yields so much; how could people so easily give up?
You see, even though no one dares chatter in front of her, many are whispering around the still immature kids.
Chu River glanced at Da Dan: "Why bother with them? Next ti you encounter such talkers, slap them hard and talk later."
Da Dan chuckled: "I’d love to, but dealing with this after hitting them would cost tens of bucks, why bother?"
After all, he is single-minded about money; nobody better ss with his earning.
Chu River then started thinking seriously: "So, when we leave, should we really fill the well?"
For people wanting cheapened benefits, she said so, but would doing so really go smoothly leaving them like that? How would uncle then face friends and leaders?
Da Dan: ...
He sighed—it might be better if Auntie doesn’t marry after all, relying on them for support seems more plausible.
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