GBP Chapter 126 Anxin Home in Qinghe Town
Chapter 126 Anxin Home in Qinghe Town
If you were to ask the couple to open their mouths and talk, they could probably get the broker to lower the price by seven or eight ounces at most.
Because Lin Qingchuan genuinely wanted to buy the house, he was overjoyed when the broker agreed to lower the price by twenty taels.
"Alright, let's make a deal then. You go get the deed, we'll go home and get the money, and we'll sign the agreement today."
"Oh... I'm buying a house!"
When Xiaoyu heard that she could buy the house, she clapped her hands and jumped for joy.
The broker's face was stiff, he wanted to laugh and cry at the same time, and the twenty taels of commission that was about to be in his hands flew away in a flash.
Originally, the owner of this small house was only selling it for 158 taels of silver. After working so hard for so long, his legs were practically worn out, and he only earned 2 taels of silver.
Too little!
However, if this deal doesn't go through today, he won't earn a single copper coin, let alone two taels of silver.
The young girl has a sharp eye; she immediately lowered the price to the bottom, and the couple listened to their eldest daughter.
Having lived for decades, this was the first time he had ever seen a family like this.
His heart was bleeding as he said, "Alright, wait for me to go back and get the property deed. We'll meet up when I get back and we'll sign the deed today."
Finally, Lin Qingchuan led his wife and daughter back to the Su residence to retrieve the silver and hand it over to the broker. After obtaining the house deed, his daughter reviewed it and found no problems, so he pressed his fingerprint on the transaction document.
After the broker finished counting the silver, he said a few words of blessing to them before taking his leave, and happily left with the silver in his pocket.
Looking at such a nice house, located in town and very close to the street, just a few steps away after turning a corner in an alley, Liu felt like she was in a dream, it was so unreal.
"Dad, am I really not dreaming this time? We can actually settle down in town. Before, when we were able to separate from the family and live our own lives behind closed doors, I felt like I was dreaming. This time, it feels even more like a daydream. I'm afraid that if I accidentally wake up, everything will be gone."
Lin Qingchuan hugged his wife, a happy smile on his face.
“Fengniang, all of this is true, it’s definitely not a dream. Our lives are getting better and better. If we save more money in the future, we can do even more things.”
When her husband hugged her in front of her two daughters, Liu blushed instantly and felt extremely uncomfortable.
"Dad, if we weren't dreaming, we weren't dreaming. Why are you still hugging me? There are two kids here, what kind of behavior is this?"
Lin Qingchuan grinned, "They're only a few years old, so young, what do they know? You're just too thin-skinned."
Lin Xiaotang covered her mouth and chuckled. Her parents didn't know that she actually knew a lot.
In the past, my parents worked like oxen and horses for that big family, doing the dirtiest and most tiring work. They were never well-fed or clothed, spinning like tops. My mother even worked while pregnant, which was how she managed to give birth to the two sisters.
Things are different now. We have both busy and leisure time, and money. Life is comfortable, and my parents can consider having another child in the family.
Not for any other reason than to ensure the Lin family's lineage continues and to prevent the grandfather, stepmother, and outsiders from looking down on them.
She would never allow the fruits of her hard work to be squandered by others!
In ancient times, it was extremely terrible for a wealthy family to be wiped out of their fortune. If a man was to take over the family property and his wife was not assertive or died young, the man could then take multiple wives and concubines, and the woman's family would be completely ruined. It was as if he was doing all the work for someone else's benefit!
Actually, if the master hadn't taken a second wife and had instead raised her father properly, or left the Lin family's assets to her father, and had supported his second wife and her children through his own efforts, she wouldn't have brainwashed her father and made him cut off all contact with him.
If the master is an upright person and not so biased, she and her parents would be willing to support her father to give the master ten or eight taels of silver a year when they earn money. Needless to say, they would give him plenty of things, big and small, and even buy him new clothes.
It's a pity that I've chosen the wrong path!
She's not a saint; she wouldn't support her parents repaying evil with good.
I snapped out of my thoughts and heard my mother planning the layout of the three rooms.
"Dad, let's live in the biggest room here, and the two kids can live in the big middle room facing the sun. As for the smallest room, let's just use it to store our things for now, okay?"
"Okay, whatever plan you say, I'll follow your advice."
Lin Xiaotang smiled, her eyes crinkling, perfectly showcasing her innocence.
"Dad, Mom, why don't you two hurry up and make a plan to give me and Xiaoyu a little brother? Don't keep the little house as a storage room anymore. You can leave it for the little brother to live in in the future. You can build a simple shed under the west wall of the yard to store odds and ends, and you can also put the mule and mule cart there."
She looked around and saw that although the house was small, it had everything she needed. There was a stove in the kitchen, and a well under the window outside the kitchen. The yard was sunny and breezy, making it convenient to braise pig's trotters and grow vegetables and water them.
Perhaps we could listen to the broker and plant two fruit trees so we can eat fruit grown by ourselves in the future.
When Liu heard that her daughter wanted a younger brother, she blushed instantly, being quite shy.
"Tang'er, this is not something we can just have whenever we want. I'm afraid I don't have the blessing to give you a younger brother. Two daughters are good too. It's because of you that your father and I can live such a good life with Yu'er. Besides, we're quite busy right now. After the New Year, when the weather gets warmer, we still have to go back to the village to weed the fields."
"Mom, don't overthink it. You and Dad should just let things take their course. Next year, when we stop planting sweet potatoes, you and Xiaoyu won't have to sell roasted sweet potatoes anymore. When things calm down, there might be good news."
Her parents are still young, so having another child wouldn't be a problem. It would be even better if it were a younger brother, but it wouldn't matter if it were a younger sister either. In any case, they are all her family, and she will definitely be able to help her parents protect her younger brother and sister.
Liu punched her husband lightly and scolded, "I've told you not to do this in front of the children. You know Tang'er is more mature than other children, don't you?"
This was the first time he had ever known that his daughter understood these things. Lin Qingchuan coughed lightly, his face unconsciously turning red.
"Oh, Tang'er is right. If you don't want it, then we don't want it. If you do want it, then we'll let nature take its course. Anyway, we're living a good life now, and I'm already content."
Liu blushed and changed the subject, "Let's stop talking about those irrelevant things, when are we going to start moving?"
Lin Qingchuan thought for a moment and said, "We have mule carts, so we can start moving things slowly from today. We can make one trip a day, and it won't take more than three to five days to move them all."
Liu was filled with excitement and anticipation at being able to settle down in a new home in Qinghe Town, and immediately urged her husband to move quickly.
"Although the Su residence is big and beautiful, it's not our home. I don't feel at ease living there. How about we move here as a family?"
Since separating from his family and starting a better life, Lin Qingchuan gradually changed his habit of blindly obeying his parents, his emotional intelligence improved, and he became more and more affectionate towards his wife and daughters. He immediately went along with his wife's wishes and agreed to move out as soon as possible.
"Alright, let's move the main things over today, tidy them up a bit and settle in. I'll bring the rest back tomorrow by mule cart."
Fortunately, they didn't get much when they separated from the family, and they didn't buy much during their stay at the Su residence. If they had moved quickly, they could have finished moving everything in two and a half days.