The history of the Hua Family in Blossom Town was long enough. The recent two generations of daughters-in-law of the Hua Family were also among the best in Blossom Town.
It could be said that as long as the Hua Family's daughters-in-law took a fancy to it, it was definitely good.
This included the one mu homestead and two mu of fertile land that the Hua Family now lived in.
The Hua Family's original old house was in the northwest corner of Blossom Town. It was a small courtyard with only two main rooms and one side room.
At that time, the Hua Family's old master, Hua Xiangyin, was the head of the family. He had two sons and two daughters. Hua Xiangyin's wife died of dystocia when she gave birth to his youngest son, Hua Kang.
Hua Xiangyin was both a father and a mother. Relying on his skilled carpentry, he raised his several children and saved a lot of money. He planned to find a wife for his two sons.
His two daughters were only two years apart in age. When his eldest daughter was 15 years old and his youngest daughter was 13 years old, they were married early. At the same time, they married a pair of twin brothers in Luoshui Town. Now, they were living a happy life.
Hua Xiangyin arranged a marriage for his eldest son. It was Liu Laosan's daughter, Liu Shi, who also did carpentry in Luoshui Town.
However, not long after Liu Shi got married, she complained that the house was too small. Taking advantage of her pregnancy, she used the pillow talk to her husband and asked to expand the courtyard and move out.
At first, Hua Xiangyin was unwilling. His second son hadn't married yet. How could they move out?
If word got out, it would only make people laugh. They would think that he, an old man, couldn't tolerate other people's wives.
However, Liu Shi refused and insisted on looking for a place to expand.
Hua Xiangyin had always been honest and didn't argue with the woman. He could only slap his thigh. Fine, I'll give you two taels of silver. You can go out and settle down as you wish.
Liu Shi was shrewd. She took the taels of silver and bought the one mu of vacant land with the best view on the east side of Blossom Town as the homestead of their new house. She also changed the Hua Family's original one mu of dry land to two mu of paddy fields in the east side of Blossom Town.
Sun Youmao, who was in charge of the residence in Blossom Town, had been keeping an eye on the Hua family's wife ever since.
Whenever she came to inquire about the land, he would pretend to be deaf and mute. After she left, he would study it carefully. By the time he understood it thoroughly, this Hua Family woman would come to his door again. He would know in his heart that he would definitely not be like many years ago when she first asked him to buy a land. He would definitely not fall into her trap in a roundabout way like he did many years ago when she first asked him to buy a land.
Sun Youmao had been tormented by Mrs. Hua to the point that he was practically living up to the saying, "Once bitten, twice shy".
Moreover, after Madam Liu and the eldest son of the Hua Family, Hua An, established their own household, their lives had indeed become more prosperous year by year.
Her belly also lived up to her expectations. Every two years, she gave birth to three children in a row. When her youngest uncle, Hua Kang, was an apprentice in Fanluo City, he was chosen by a rich family's young miss and married into her family. Hua Xiangyin was so angry that he fell ill and couldn't recover. In less than half a year, he passed away. During the mourning period, being pregnant was considered unfilial. Therefore, Madam Liu simply tied the knot and put an end to the road of childbirth.
Since the mourning period was over, Madam Liu sold the Hua Family's old house. She said that since Hua Kang had changed his surname to Lu, he naturally didn't have a share of the house's money.
She saved it to find a wife for her three sons.
It wasn't easy for her eldest son to get married. Who would have thought that he would marry someone who was more shrewd and calculative than her. Madam Liu was like a mute eating bitter medicine.
Her eldest daughter-in-law didn't force her eldest son to establish his own household. She was just like her older sister, who was too lively. In the past two years, she followed her older sister and found a house in Fanluo City. She seized the opportunity to persuade the whole family to move to the city.
Her words were very pleasant to hear. She said that her father and mother were old, and sooner or later they wouldn't be able to work in the fields. It would be better to move to the city and enjoy a life of leisure.
Of course, Madam Liu knew her purpose. Her eldest son rented a small stall in Fanluo City to sell groceries.
Every morning, as soon as the rooster crowed, he would go out and wouldn't return home until late at night.
If there was a rainy or snowy day, he would have to spend dozens of copper coins to stay in an inn for the night.
Thus, her eldest son and eldest daughter-in-law had long been secretly planning to move the family to Fanluo City.
When the time came, they might as well buy a small shop. Henceforth, they could break away from their farm status and become true city dwellers.
Who wouldn't be moved to settle down in the city?
But they needed money.
Her eldest son and his wife refused to let go of the money they had on hand. They said that they were saving it to buy a shop in the future.
Knowing that Madam Liu had the money from selling the old house, she still urged her two younger brothers to go live in the city all day long.
Madam Liu was in a difficult position.
She did have a lot of money on hand, but compared to Fanluo City, it was far from enough to buy a house in Fanluo City.
Thus, her eldest son foolishly listened to his daughter-in-law's words and proposed to sell the house.
My mother, he really is a prodigal son. At such a young age, he doesn't know how to bury himself in work like his father and only thinks about enjoying life.
Madam Liu cursed her eldest son and daughter-in-law in her heart, but she still couldn't dissuade the two younger ones from nagging all day long.
In the end, it was because Madam Liu had money on hand. So, as she listened, she gradually had the same idea.
Now that her eldest daughter-in-law had asked someone to give them the money within two months, the house would still be theirs.
After two months, they would have to find another buyer.
Two months, that's fifty-six taels!
My mother!
She, Madam Liu, had to dig up money in the western province for half her life to save up thirty-six taels with great difficulty. This included the twelve taels from selling the old house and the two mu of dry land.
She was complacent and thought that she was the richest person in Blossom Town.
Who would have thought that once they arrived in the city, they wouldn't be able to afford a small house with only one courtyard!
Although the house they lived in now was a bit old, it still had three main rooms, two side rooms, and two side rooms. The front and back of the house were very spacious and orthodox.
Madam Liu gritted her teeth and set a high price — forty taels.
She calculated that after selling the house, not only would it be enough to buy the house in the city, but it would also be enough to save some money for the two younger ones.
In the future, they would be people in the city. Naturally, the daughter-in-law they married would also be a young lady in the city.
However, every villager in Fanhua Town had their own courtyard. Even if their son wanted to marry a daughter-in-law and wanted to expand and buy a house, they wouldn't be willing to spend so much money to buy the old house of the Hua family.
Outside of Fanhua Town, even if there were a few rich people who wanted to buy property, because of the lack of information, they didn't know about this matter at all.
Therefore, when the Lao Family's wife inquired about this matter, Madam Liu understood that someone in the Lao Family wanted to buy her house.
Therefore, she seized this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and boasted that her house was the only one in the world. Of course, she firmly held on to the price of forty taels.
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"So, the Hua family really wants to sell it?"
When Su Shuiche heard the situation from Aunt Lao, the corners of her mouth rose happily. Finally, she could have a home of her own. She must succeed.
"I heard the tone of the Hua family's wife. Forty taels, not one copper coin less."
Aunt Lao sighed. Forty taels ah. She thought that her family had been busy all year long and had only saved five or six taels. That Hua family's wife was really ruthless. Such an old house, but she firmly held on to the price of forty taels. It was no different from robbing money ah.
Even if the location of the house was good and it was close to the fertile fields and convenient, it wasn't worth that much!
For a moment, Aunt Lao wanted to say to Su Shuiche, "Why don't we sell our house to you at a 50% discount?"
But then she thought, if she sold it for twenty taels, where would her family live?
They would have to find a house to live in.
Therefore, she automatically stifled this unreliable idea.
"Aunt Lao, I'll have to trouble you to take us there. As for the specifics, we'll talk about it after we see the house."
Su Shuiche also felt that the price was expensive. After all, the cheapest house in Fanluo Town was only fifty to sixty taels. However, there were still two acres of fertile fields. If the house was really as good as what Aunt Lao said, she really did want to buy it.
Therefore, she pulled Aunt Lao to the Hua family's house to confirm it.
Lin Siyao didn't say a word as he followed Su Shuiche out of the Lao Family's courtyard. The two wolf cubs, who were bored squatting at the entrance of the courtyard, saw their master come out and quickly followed. They arrogantly walked towards their future territory.