Chapter 414 Let's Build a House

Chapter 414 Let's Build a House

Since Yao Shula and the others returned, they have been visiting relatives and eating at various homes every day.

No matter whose family it was, they prepared the dishes that Yao Shula and her siblings loved, laid out a table full of food, and then happily watched Yao Shula and her siblings eat happily.

On New Year's Eve, Yao Shula took her younger brother and sister and Lei Jingwu to the Yao family's old house early in the morning. They had a sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner there and set off beautiful fireworks.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, we arrived at the old house early, ate dumplings and glutinous rice balls, received lucky money from our grandmothers and elders, and wished them a Happy New Year.

I went to my uncle's house early on the second day of the Lunar New Year and had a happy day there.

On the third day of the Lunar New Year, it was Zhong Xiaochun's family who invited them again...

By the time the fifth day of the Lunar New Year had passed, and it was already the sixth day, Yao Shula was already planning her return to Shanghai.

Before Yao Shula could decide when to return to Shanghai, Grandma Yao and Uncle Shu came to find her.

...

It was still in the main room of Yao Shula's house, and both Yao Shula and Lei Jingwu were there.

Grandma Yao brought Zhong Xiaochun, and Uncle Shu brought his wife.

Yao Shula knew something big was going to happen as soon as she saw the situation.

"Grandma, Uncle, this whole scene... I'm a little scared! Has something serious happened?" Yao Shula said with a smile as she poured water for Grandma Yao and her uncle.

Upon seeing the commotion, Lei Jingwu hurriedly got up to go to Zhou Ping'an's house next door. They were probably going to talk about something big happening at the Yao family's house. Although he was currently Shura's girlfriend, he hadn't officially become her boyfriend yet!

You still need to have a sense of boundaries!

"Xiao Lei, don't leave! Listen here too!" Grandma Yao quickly called out to Lei Jingwu, who was about to leave the main room.

“Yes! Xiao Lei, you don’t need to leave. We’re all family. It would be good if you could listen to what we have to say. If you could also help give Shula some advice, wouldn’t that be great?” Uncle Shu quickly added.

Lei Jingwu quickly sat down next to Yao Shula.

See, being sweet-talking has its advantages. Since I always call Grandma and Uncle "elder brother," they treat me like family!

Yao Shula ignored Lei Jingwu's suddenly straightened back; she only cared about what her grandmother and uncle wanted to say.

"Grandma, Uncle, just tell me what's going on! We're all family, no need to overthink it." Yao Shula looked at Grandma Yao and Uncle Shu.

Grandma Yao and Uncle Shu exchanged glances and ultimately decided that Grandma Yao would speak first.

"Shura, you've only come back once every few years. Grandma thought there were some things I should tell you!"

The first thing is the house in our area.

As I mentioned on the phone before, the houses in our old neighborhood have been demolished and replaced with multi-story buildings. You saw it too. Didn't your grandfather say he would leave a room for Shuli when he passed away?

There's also a room in one of the newly built buildings that belongs to Shuli; it's all written down in black and white.

That room is empty now, just some odds and ends inside. Grandma said it all, that room belongs to Shuli. "Grandma Yao brought this up first."

Yao Shula nodded.

She knew about the construction of the old house; Grandma Yao had specifically mentioned it when she called her.

Originally, Yao Shula and Yao Shuli meant that they would give up the old house and let Grandma Yao handle it herself.

But Grandma Yao insisted on reserving a room for Yao Shuli.

Now, besides the courtyard, there is only a three-story building in the old house. Of the four brothers in Uncle Yao's family, only the youngest, Yao Qingnian, moved out after his work unit allocated him a house and he received some money from his family. The other three brothers still live in the building.

"Grandma, actually..." Yao Shula wanted to mention the room that the old house had reserved for Yao Shuli.

Grandma Yao waved her hand.

"Shura, let Grandma finish speaking first."

It was agreed that the room was for Shuli, so it belongs to Shuli.

What I need to do is keep that room for Shuli. As for whether you will come back in the future, or what you want to do with that room, that's a matter for your generation.

Grandma doesn't get involved in this.

"Grandma brought your eldest uncle here today because she wanted to tell you something else." Grandma Yao gently patted Yao Shula's hand.

Yao Shula was even more puzzled. What could possibly make her grandmother and her eldest uncle talk about this together...?

house!

The house belonging to Yao Shula's family! This house was part of Shu Man's dowry from the Shu family. Only something related to the house could make Grandma and Uncle so serious.

really……

"Shura, since you came back this time, have you noticed any changes in the neighborhood families?" Grandma Yao asked.

Yao Shula understood after thinking about it for a moment.

After returning this time, almost every neighbor in the area has built a multi-story house. The old brick and tile houses with red bricks and black tiles are gone; almost every family has built a multi-story house.

Even Zhou Ping'an's family next door built a two-story house, with mosaic tiles on the outside, making it look much more stylish than their old brick house.

However, Yao Shula's two courtyards, located at the front of the alley and facing the street, became the two shortest courtyards in the area.

“Everyone is building houses now, Grandma, are you saying that we should build houses in our two courtyards too?” Yao Shula asked with a smile.

Grandma Yao nodded as she took something wrapped in a handkerchief out of her pocket.

“After you went to Shanghai, the rent for the storefronts in front of the store increased a lot. Although you took some of it with you when you left, you told me to keep the rest of the money. Xiaochun and Chunian also promptly put the rent money with me.”

Look, I've saved it all. Xiaochun and Chunian are paying rent at market price now.

"This is a passbook. Look, I've had them deposit all the money for me." Grandma Yao said, showing Yao Shula the passbook.

Yao Shula sighed inwardly.

When Zhong Xiaochun and Yao Chunian wanted to transfer money to her, she refused, as she didn't need the money and let them give it to Grandma Yao instead.

Yao Shula's original intention was for her grandmother to hold the money, since she and her siblings were no longer here, and they wanted their grandmother to have more money.

Who knew that Grandma had saved all that money?

"Grandma, what's wrong with you..." Yao Shula didn't know what to say.

Yao Shuxin and Yao Shuli were also at a loss for words; they opened their mouths but couldn't utter a single sentence.

Lei Jingwu, an outsider, simply sat quietly without saying a word.

"Shura, this is what Grandma is thinking: since everyone else is building houses, we should too. This is a lot of money; it should be enough to build a small two-story house."

Later, your eldest uncle and I discussed it and decided to build your mother's courtyard as well!

Although they said they didn't have enough money, Xiaochun and Chunian said they would take the rest as payment for the rent they had paid in advance.

I think building a house is a big deal. Even though you've returned to Shanghai, Yun County is still your home! So, this house still needs to be built.

"Your uncle is a carpenter, and he's doing carpentry work on construction sites now. We'd feel more at ease having him oversee things, wouldn't we?" Grandma Yao shared her thoughts.

Yao Shula...

Build houses!