My Beloved Super Fierce Wife-Chapter 234 Shall we build a new house?

"Saying it out loud just makes your heart sour and bitter!"

"Lin Family’s Tangtang is truly impressive, helping her sister-in-law and cousin find jobs, and now even influencing the brigade’s boys to get work..."

"I noticed long ago that the Lin Family’s girl was no ordinary person; see for yourself."

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The Lin Family’s second household and the Guo Family became the gossip focal points of Shuangshan Brigade, with Lin Tang suggesting to her family to build a new house.

She faced an immediate defeat.

The family was unwilling!!!

Li Xiuli disagreed, "Build what house? Our courtyard is fine as it is, no need for that."

Lin Lu shared the same opinion.

"Your mother is right, the house we have is fine. Building a new one is just a waste of money."

However, Lin Qingshan and his two brothers thought that the current house, which was crumbling and leaking soil, could be replaced with a new one.

Everyone could chip in, and it wouldn’t be a big problem.

Lin Qingshan guessed that his sister wasn’t making a suggestion without a plan and probably had other considerations.

"Tangtang, do you have some idea in mind?"

Lin Tang thought to herself, my big brother knows me well.

"Isn’t the brigade about to get electricity? Let’s build the new house before that happens."

"Build the kind with brick and tile, and let’s make the paths in the courtyard out of stone, keeping everything neat and clean; it would be more comfortable to live in."

"Sooner or later, the house must be rebuilt. I think it’s better to do it sooner rather than later. Having to tear it down and rebuild after the electricity comes will just be another hassle."

The most important thing was that she wanted to create a better living environment for her parents.

Life in this world is nothing more than eating, drinking, defecating, urinating, and sleeping.

A good dwelling place makes one’s mood joyous.

To everyone’s surprise, they found her words to make a lot of sense.

Li Xiuli thought for a long time, looking at Lin Lu, "Well then, shall we build?"

As soon as she said it, she wanted to slap herself in the face.

Build what? If they built, they would end up empty-handed.

Even the dowry money she had saved for her daughter would have to be touched.

Lin Lu didn’t know that Li Xiuli had regretted her words as soon as she had spoken. After taking a sip of tea his daughter had made, he made the decision.

"...Then let’s build it!"

Tangtang’s considerations weren’t wrong.

With more people in the family earning money, they would save enough soon enough.

As the head of the family, Lin Qingshan took the lead, "How many rooms do our family need to build? What’s the budget?"

Lin Lu put down his cup, thought for a while, and said, "We have a lot of people in the family; let’s build five rooms first.

Goudan and the others are still young, no need to think too much for now.

Whether they will want to stay at home when they grow up is unknown."

He calculated in his mind the expenses needed, "For five rooms of green brick, it would cost at least three hundred, more likely more than less."

When it came to money, it pained him.

While he felt the pinch, he couldn’t help but feel happy at the same time.

A brick and tile house, he had never even dreamed that his family could build one.

Lin Tang felt that the money wasn’t much, and raised her hand, "Dad, since we’re building, let’s get the yard paved with stone too, so it stays clean even on rainy days."

In the countryside roads, with a bit of rain—not to mention your feet—your calves would be covered with mud.

Lin Lu naturally wouldn’t say no to such a request, "Alright, the courtyard will be paved with stone as well."

As for the Vegetable Garden, just a surrounding fence would do.

Lin Tang, thinking of the kitchen still using a bellows, suggested, "Dad, let’s also upgrade our kitchen. Install a draught stove that connects to the kang (bed-stove); this way, when cooking in winter, we can indirectly heat the kang. It’s convenient and saves firewood."

With a draught stove, it would be clean without the need for someone to continuously pump the bellows.

Lin Lu heard a new term and was immediately confused.

Not afraid to be laughed at by his daughter, he simply asked, "What’s a draught stove?"

Lin Tang gesticulated with her hands, but realized it wasn’t very helpful.

She withdrew her hands, struggling to describe.

"It’s similar to the stove we use at home; you don’t need to use a bellows. The fire starts from the draft, it’s not only convenient but also saves wood."

Li Xiuli, hearing this, thought it sounded quite nice.

"Hearing you describe it like that, it seems really good. Daughter, do you know how to make it? I don’t think anyone in our village knows."

She was hearing about draught stoves for the first time; everyone in the village used bellows.

Lin Tang went back to her room and quickly drew out the structure of the draft stove.

"Dad, Mom, look, the stove mouth faces east, with a chimney going up through the roof, and the smoke whooshes out. The middle part, where the pot is placed, is where the firewood is fed in. We make a small opening below..."

She drew the overall structure diagram and then a real-life usage diagram.

It indeed looked quite different.

Lin Lu understood, "Tangtang’s drawing is very clear, and it can be used without a bellows, which is really convenient."

"It’s always the same, education really makes a difference," Xiuli sighed. "Building a brick and tile house requires ordering bricks, doesn’t it? Head of the household, what are you thinking of doing?"

Lin Lu thought for a moment and said, "Didn’t the brigade order a batch of bricks before? We can just ask my older brother to help order some."

Doing it themselves would not only be troublesome but also more expensive.

But it was different when using the brigade’s name.

After all, we have to pay for it, and it’s not taking advantage of the brigade, so there is no problem with this approach.

Xiuli hesitated, "What you said does make sense, but... I’m just afraid it might cause trouble for your older brother."

For someone who is an official, even the smallest blemish can be blown out of proportion.

Furthermore, their family has always been watched by people from the brigade.

Lin Tang interjected, "We are paying for the bricks and not taking advantage of the brigade. As long as we get the proper receipts, no one in the brigade can find fault with us."

Seeing how sharp his daughter’s mind was, Lin Lu, whose face had filled out a bit compared to before, was full of smiles.

He glanced at Xiuli and shook his head with a smile, "...You’re getting on in years, yet you’re still not as steady as a young girl. What’s there to be afraid of? We’ll do everything by the book, and there’s absolutely no need to panic."

His wife was just prone to overthinking things.

Xiuli was taken aback, glaring at Lin Lu; this was one of those moments where he could have kept silent.

Once they decided to build a house, the Lin Family immediately sprang into action.

Those in the Lin Family who were supposed to work went to work, and those who were to follow the cart did so.

The homestead would remain the same, but the original adobe house had to be demolished and rebuilt. The Lin Family members moved into an empty house in the village in the meantime.

Lin Lu found some sturdy men in the village to demolish the house, and in just a week, it was nearly all torn down.

They reserved the construction materials that could still be used, and the useless wood was split to be used as firewood.

In mid-June, a truck delivering bricks arrived at the Shuangshan Brigade.

The truck was loaded full of bricks.

The neatly stacked red bricks were truly eye-catching.

It was at this time that the villagers realized that the Lin Family’s second household was going to build... a brick and tile house!!!

A crowd of people even forgot to go to work, standing at the Lin Family’s entrance to watch.

"So many bricks, how many brick and tile rooms is the Lin Family planning to build?"

"The Lin Family will be able to live in a brick and tile house so soon; I’m really envious."

"I wonder if the Lin Family is still looking for workers to help build the house. The Lin Family’s meals are great. I heard even their simple stir-fried dishes have meat in them; I’d really like to help out."

In the village, building a house was a community effort; you help me, and I’ll help you. They’d provide meals and remember the favor, along with some money, but not much.

The meals provided by the Lin Family were slightly richer in oil, and everyone who had them thought they were delicious.

"If I had known the Lin Family’s meals were that good, I would have been here earlier."

It was all because of his short-sighted wife, who said that Lin’s second daughter-in-law was stingy and definitely would not provide good things, firmly stopping him from coming over.

"I heard that Blue Mountain’s family is planning to build five brick and tile rooms!!" the person gasped in shock, "Five rooms! That must cost a fortune."

"Never mind how much they spend, it’s all earned by their children.

I’m not jealous. Everyone should work according to their abilities, and being honest and grounded is what’s most important!"

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[Author’s note:

I’ve been isolated at the company for five days.

In the wee hours of the morning, around 3 a.m., I was transferred to a new talent apartment.

No bed, no wardrobe, no bed curtain... only slightly better than an unfinished building, it’s hard to imagine this is in a big city...

I’ve had the honor of being upgraded to a portable active charcoal, a human respiratory purifier.

Next, I have to continue the isolation for 7 days.

However, at least now I have a quiet environment!!

From today, I will resume updating.

I’ve received all your concerns, which warm my heart.

Yes, like wearing a big cotton coat in winter, holding a hand warmer that kind of warm...

Meeting by chance brings utter joy; when the heart encounters the warm sun, the ice suddenly breaks.

Love you all~~

Everyone, please take good care of yourselves~]