Chapter 28 is definitely about the house.
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Chapter 28 is definitely about the house.
Yao Shula was just about to bring this up too!
Although she had already guessed that her grandmother and aunt's visit to her was definitely not for anything good, there were still some things she needed to teach her younger siblings.
"Come on, let's analyze this! Let's see what Grandma and Aunt want with us."
First, my third sister-in-law secretly told us that my fourth brother had returned from the army and was about to get married.
"Take their family as an example, what's the biggest problem with Fourth Brother's marriage?" Yao Shula looked at her younger siblings.
"Money!" Yao Shuli said immediately.
"The bride needs to have lots of legs!" Xiao Tiantian immediately said.
"Actually... it should be 'house'!" Yao Shuxin realized.
"Yes, it's a house!" Yao Shuli and Xiao Tiantian also realized.
You definitely need a house after you get married!
There are only so many houses in the old house area. My uncle has four sons, and the three who are married all live in the old house area.
My second uncle's family moved out, and now my grandmother lives with my eldest uncle's family.
At this time, my fourth brother got married. I heard that his fiancée came from a well-off family and her requirements were definitely not low. She would definitely want a proper house.
"They wouldn't be planning to use our house to get married, would they?" Yao Shuxin immediately became nervous.
Yao Shula knew that the people over there definitely weren't after her current house, but she wouldn't say anything now.
"If you really want to borrow our house, what do you think?" Yao Shula asked deliberately.
"No!" Yao Shuxin and Yao Shuli said almost in unison.
Yao Shula nodded.
"Very good! It's right not to lend it. Remember, no matter who says this, you all need to show your attitude."
Don't think that because they are elders, there are certain things you can't say.
You must remember that if they said those things and did those things, then they are no longer our elders.
Say what's on your mind.
"Anyway, you're all just kids, still young! Even if others say you're disrespectful, they're only criticizing Yao Guohua!" Yao Shula stated her stance.
"Sister, can we really say whatever we want?" Yao Shuli asked.
"Yeah! Say whatever you want, it's okay."
"What kind of amazing things can you kids say!" Yao Shula said dismissively.
Children say the truth without thinking!
And so, the three children were given a heads-up, and they all started whispering among themselves about the best thing to say if someone asked...
...
Early the next morning, Zhou Ping'an took the two boys to the public bathhouse to take a bath.
The water was freshly changed in the morning and was the cleanest. Yao Shula quickly packed the bath supplies for the two children and had Zhou Pingan take them away.
She and Yao Shuxin immediately brought out the dough that they had prepared in the middle of the night.
Chop the cabbage for filling, wash and chop the soaked dried green beans, then knead the dough, wrap the buns, and steam them...
By the time the two kids returned, the first batch of steamed buns was already cooked...
To Yao Shula's surprise, the two younger children and Yao Shuxin each only ate one steamed bun and then stopped eating.
"Is it not tasty? Or is the dough not properly risen?" Yao Shula found it a bit strange.
The three siblings shook their heads vigorously.
"No! It's delicious! It's even better than what you buy outside!"
"Then why did you only eat one? Although our buns are bigger than those outside, one definitely won't be enough for you!" Yao Shula asked with a smile.
The three siblings chuckled.
“Tian Tian, you speak!” Yao Shula immediately looked at the youngest child, Tian Tian.
Little Tiantian patted her belly and looked at the steaming buns piled in the bamboo basket...
"Save room in your stomach, eat at other people's houses, and save some for your own family!" Xiao Tiantian laughed.
Yao Shula...
Not bad, this kid is family-oriented...
...
In the afternoon, Yao Shula took Yao Shuxin to take a quick shower.
The main purpose is to wash off the lingering smell of yesterday's fried meat chunks and today's steamed buns, and then I can wash again before the Lunar New Year.
At five o'clock, Yao Shula took the three children to the old house.
As soon as Yao Shula arrived at the old house, she saw that the old house had just steamed buns and mantou.
It's just that the old house has a wider variety of steamed dishes.
Vegetable buns, meat buns, red bean buns, and big steamed buns...
After Yao Shula brought her three children in, she greeted Grandma Yao and her aunt.
There are many people living in the old house, and almost the whole family goes out to prepare for the New Year.
These past two days, it's mostly the men chopping meat and vegetables, while the women are kneading dough and tending the fire...
When Yao Shula and the others arrived, everyone had basically finished their work.
The kitchen in the old house was quite large; it took two tables to fit everyone in.
Yao Shula sat down with her younger siblings, Xiao Tiantian, Grandma Yao, her aunt, her second sister-in-law, and her third sister-in-law.
"It's just porridge and steamed buns, freshly steamed, so delicious!" Grandma Yao said, serving the four siblings porridge while gesturing for them to take some buns.
The four siblings immediately reached for the buns and started eating.
Not bad, although there's not much meat, it's fatty enough, and every bite is basically full of oil!
The four siblings all ate with great relish.
Little Tiantian kept praising Grandma Yao's skills as she ate, saying that the filling was just like the buns in a fancy restaurant.
Grandma Yao was so happy that she immediately said she would be in for a treat later...
After eating for a short while, Auntie glanced at Yao Shula.
"Shura, your fourth brother is getting married!"
"Really? Congratulations! When is it? We'll come over for wedding candy that day!" Yao Shula immediately chimed in.
"After the New Year! Well... Shura, you know, we're living in cramped conditions right now!"
If your fourth brother gets married, could you borrow your family's house to hold the wedding first?
"Don't worry, we'll move out as soon as your fourth brother's workplace allocates an apartment." Auntie got straight to the point.
The kitchen immediately fell silent.
Although everyone was still eating, they were all listening intently.
Yao Shula smiled, put the last bite of the bun in her hand into her mouth, and then took another bun.
"This matter... isn't up to me to decide!"
"We also need to ask Shuxin and Shuli what they think!" Yao Shula said with a smile.
Auntie immediately looked at Yao Shuxin and Yao Shuli.
"Shuxin, Shuli, look at your fourth brother, he usually..."
"No!" Yao Shuxin quickly picked up a steamed bun and said decisively.
“Yes! We won’t lend it out! We’re afraid they’ll stay and never leave!” Yao Shuli added.
Little Tiantian even picked up a red bean bun and took a big bite.
"Yes! It's easy to invite a god, but hard to send him away! It took my older sister a kitchen knife to drive those two people away," Xiao Tiantian chimed in.
The kitchen was quiet, and everyone looked at the four siblings with some surprise.
Are you not going to give me any face at all?
They're all close relatives. Even if they didn't want to lend the money, they would have found some reason, not just said it outright!
The younger ones, however, didn't seem to care.
Anyway, my older sister said she could say whatever she wanted.
That's what they were thinking, so of course they said it.
Auntie looked a little embarrassed.
Grandma Yao, however, seemed to have thought of something.
"It's not about borrowing your current house, but the room your father used to live in."
"It's that little west wing!" Grandma Yao quickly explained.