Chapter 52 Raising money together
The Ma family was willing to spend money and soon started building a house.
In the end, the three Zhao brothers did not go to help.
"Mom, how about I go to the mountains to get some wild goods to sell."
"Try to raise more money."
Zhao Laoer and Zhao Lao went up the mountain for three days to wander around, picking out wood and so on.
Boss Zhao was busy copying books and finished one copy overnight.
"I just happened to sell this book when I went to the county."
Mrs. Zhao dug out all the silver and counted it again and again.
"If we build it like the original house, the money should be enough."
"Your father said that the extra money he asked for from the Ma family is to build a big room for Lu Ming."
"We have to rebuild the house anyway, so why not build a few more rooms? It was a little too crowded to live in before."
In the past, the Zhao family only had three rooms, and the three sons all married and had children, so there were extra rooms separated.
It was inconvenient and crowded to live in.
Since we are going to build a new house, we might as well arrange one for each family.
Although the two daughters are getting married, they will need to prepare a room when they come back to live there.
If you plan carefully, you will need at least five rooms. If you catch up with your two daughters and come home together, you will need six rooms.
"Mom, how much is left?"
Mrs. Zhao calculated it several times and said, "I will prepare an extra ten taels of silver so that I can have food and survive the winter."
He Sutong was a little worried, "We still need to buy some furniture. These things together cost a lot of money."
Li Xiuxiu thought for a while, then went to dig through her small box, took out a purse, and poured out the fine coins inside.
If you put together one penny per penny, there are still more than three taels.
He Sutong and Li Xiuxiu thought together and dug out their small vaults at the same time.
"Mom, I have four taels of silver here, use it to build a house."
Li Xiuxiu was surprised,
"Sister-in-law, it's amazing that you can save so much."
"Mom, I only have three taels here."
Li Yuebai pursed her lips and smiled. She had already given the four taels of silver she had saved to her parents.
"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, you are still one step behind me."
"Okay!" Li Xiuxiu smiled and said, "You secretly gave me money and you didn't even call me or my sister-in-law."
"You guys went out earlier, and mom and I were the only ones at home. I wanted to tell you when I came back."
"In the end, you took it out before I even said it."
Li Xiuxiu and He Sutong gave all their money to Mrs. Zhao.
Mrs. Zhao was embarrassed, "It's hard for you to save some money."
"Although we haven't divided the family, there are still many things that need to be taken care of, so we have to leave some money."
Boss Zhao sat down next to Mrs. Zhao, "Mom, just keep it."
"In the newly built houses, the whole family lives together, so what is yours and mine?"
"We had to pool our money together as a family."
Mrs. Zhao had previously confiscated Li Yuebai's money, and it was Li Yuebai who forced it into Mrs. Zhao's hands.
When Mrs. Zhao calculated the money before, she did not include what Li Yuebai gave her.
It’s not easy to save some money for each house.
Zhao Laoer has also been a daughter-in-law and knows that saving money is not easy.
That is, the pocket money that Mrs. Zhao gave to each house and the New Year red envelopes were saved bit by bit.
"Mom, if you don't talk to each other, you just keep the money."
"Yes, mother, I'm still waiting to build a house soon. I can't even cook in the shed."
The daughters-in-law were very determined, and the eldest son also followed suit.
Mrs. Zhao thinks about it this way. When building a house, the whole family lives together, so what is yours and mine?
"That's fine, I'll accept it."
"Add the money from your three bedrooms to build a house
That should be enough. "
At the same time, the Ma family was busy building a house and moving lumber, but suddenly Mrs. Ma rushed into the site like crazy.
"Is it you!"
"Stealing things from my house!"
The young men who were working suddenly stopped what they were doing.
"what happened?"
"Who stole?"
Ma Laoer, who was already in good health, was supervising the work at the scene and immediately stepped forward to ask.
"Mom, what did you throw away?"
Madam Ma howled.
"God damn it!"
"My mother's treasures are all gone!"
Ma Laoer was shocked, "Mom, is it the jewelry in your little box?"
Ma Laoer knew that Mrs. Ma had a small box filled with expensive and beautiful jewelry, most of which were bought by young people.
Madam Ma treasures these things. She needs to open them every once in a while to wipe them and take care of them.
The wooden box was locked three times, and the keys were all on Madam Ma.
I paid compensation to the little girl of the Zhao family a while ago, and Mrs. Ma felt distressed for a few days when she came back, crying in front of her son every day.
Madam Ma cried regardless of her image.
"Who gets a thousand cuts!"
"Take my mother's box with you!"
What? Ma Laoer was stunned, and the box was stolen.
"Mom? Did you put it somewhere else?"
Madam Ma immediately retorted, "Impossible!"
"I just took it out to look at it yesterday, and it's gone today."
Ma Laoer glanced at the young men who had stopped working in embarrassment.
"Mom, what does it have to do with these helping brothers?"
"They've been helping us."
Madam Ma pointed at the group of people and said viciously.
"It's them!"
"Yesterday afternoon they came to my house to pay their wages, and someone took advantage of the crowd and stole my things!"
Hearing Madam Ma say this, someone immediately refuted it.
"Aunt Ma, you can't slander us out of thin air."
"That's right, that's right, why do you think we did it?"
"There are so many people in the village, why do you think it's us?"
"Who did you see? Just pointed at us?"
The young men said something to each other, but Madam Ma's face was livid and she shouted: "It's not who you are!"
"Who else has ever been to my house besides you?"
"Then who knows? Why, you've been staying at home?"
The Ma family agreed to [-] cash, but after working for more than ten years, they had no money to lower the price, so they only gave [-] cash a day.
The same goes for lunch. In the past, white rice was enough, and there was also a meat dish.
The rice we don't have now is only enough for one bowl per person, and it doesn't taste meaty at all.
The Ma family has a small population, but its house is spacious.
More than thirty people came to help, and they worked quickly.
The materials purchased were complete, and people from the county were also hired to help make tiles and so on.
The furniture was also made to order.
It has only been more than ten days, and the framework has been built, and the progress is very fast.
At this rate, we will be able to move in in half a month.
All the help was done here, and even if he was dissatisfied with the Ma family's style, he endured it.
Not having enough to eat every day and having to do physical work, the more I thought about it, the more I would lose.
Now Madam Ma is scolding her indiscriminately, who can stand it?
"Your family has gone too far. You agreed to reduce the wages, but now you are still slandering people."
"It's really annoying not being able to eat enough."
“How can we work if we don’t have enough to eat!”
The backlogged conflicts broke out, and the young people accused the Ma family of their behavior.
Ma Lao Er has a big head. He has long said not to save this money, but he can't win over me. This has aroused a conflict. What if he
What if they quit?
Now I have to calm everyone down first and look for things if they are lost. If people run away, there will be no house to live in.
"Don't get angry, don't get angry."
"There must be a misunderstanding here."