Chapter 365: Layout of Lijia Village
Chapter 365: Layout of Lijia Village
The three of them drank a bottle of wine, which to be honest wasn't much. A bottle of wine wasn't even enough for Li Jiayi to drink alone.
But now it's just right, mainly because my father-in-law and mother-in-law just came back. Although I drink every day, I don't drink much, so it takes some time to get used to it.
Li Jiayi still has to drive, so drinking a little is not a big problem, but drinking too much is definitely not good.
After eating and drinking, Li Jiayi went to settle the bill, and then took his father-in-law and mother-in-law to the hotel.
A letter of introduction is also required here, but Li Jiayi has one! And he had written clearly when he opened the door that he was here to pick someone up.
As for where to pick up the phone, it wasn't written, but the name was on it, so the hotel checked and opened the room.
They booked two rooms in total, one for him and one for his father-in-law and mother-in-law, and both rooms had bathrooms, which meant they could take a shower.
Li Jiayi was very tired after driving for more than a day! Although he rested at night, he didn't rest well.
If this were a plain area, there would be no such feeling at all, but this is not the case along the way.
Silent all night.
Early the next morning, Li Jiayi came out of the space refreshed, all his fatigue swept away.
When he came out of the room, his father-in-law and mother-in-law had already gotten up.
"Morning, Mom and Dad."
"morning."
"Let's go have breakfast first!" Li Jiayi said as he closed the door.
"it is good."
Then the three of them walked out together. Li Jiayi checked out of the room first because they were going to set off directly after breakfast.
For breakfast, he had soy milk and fried dough sticks. It was not that he didn't want to eat anything else, but Li Jiayi only had money and national food coupons, and he could not use other coupons.
After dinner, Li Jiayi drove the jeep over, asked his father-in-law and mother-in-law to get in, and then headed for the imperial capital.
The car was driving very fast, mainly because Li Jiayi had already rested and was in a good mood, so he speeded up unknowingly.
Of course, we took a break in the middle and stopped in a county town, but there were no big hotels there.
There were no restaurants that didn't require tickets, so I could only eat something casually, then rest for a night and continue my journey the next day.
By noon, the jeep entered the territory of the imperial capital. This imperial capital did not mean entering the city, but entering the territory of the imperial capital.
And Li Jiayi had no plans to go into the city. Yes, Li Jiayi had already made up his mind to let his father-in-law and mother-in-law go to Lijia Village.
Entering Lijia Village as his father-in-law and mother-in-law is the safest way to ensure that they do not appear in the city, at least not before the reform and opening up.
Li Jiayi had already thought about it. There happened to be a large piece of land on the east side of his grandfather's house that was of no use, so he decided to build a house there.
Of course, it was built in his name. If it was built in someone else's name, people in the village would definitely gossip about it. But if a house was built in the name of Li Jiayi, no one would say anything.
Even if there are one or two noises, they will probably be criticized by others. This is the influence of Li Jiayi in Lijia Village.
Let’s put it this way! It can be said that the current situation of Lijia Village is entirely due to Li Jiayi.
Even if such a person does something out of line in the village, what can others say?
In fact, there is no other way. After all, Li Jiayi’s household registration is not in the village, otherwise no one would say anything.
Not only Li Jiayi's household registration is not here, but their entire family's household registration is not here, even his eldest cousin, second cousin and cousin are the same.
After entering Changping, Li Jiayi drove to Liucun Commune. It took about an hour for the jeep to arrive at Lijia Village.
"Son-in-law, where is this place?" Seeing Li Jiayi driving further and further away, Lin Gucheng asked.
"Dad, the village ahead is Lijia Village, my hometown. It's the safest place right now because everyone in the village is one family."
"Is that so?" Father-in-law nodded.
He knew his current situation better than anyone else, so he did not object.
"One more! Is there anyone else here at your house?" asked my mother-in-law.
Because he had already told his father-in-law and mother-in-law about his family situation, and his family members all had jobs, it was impossible for them to have rural household registration.
"Yes! My grandparents are both in the village, as are my uncle and aunt. Oh! By the way, my uncle is also the team leader."
"Captain?"
"Yes, the Lijia Village Brigade. There is a brigade secretary and a brigade leader, as well as some brigade cadres."
As he was speaking, Li Jiayi drove the jeep to his grandfather's house.
The gate was open. Li Jiayi stopped the car and took his father-in-law and mother-in-law out.
At this time, grandma came out from the yard because she heard the sound of a car engine.
"Hey, grandson, why are you here today?" asked grandma.
"Grandma, I came here for something."
"Oh! I see! Who are these two?"
"Grandma, they are my father-in-law and mother-in-law."
"Ah! Kid, why didn't you tell me earlier? Please come in."
"Hello, old aunt!" the father-in-law said hurriedly.
"Good good."
A group of people came to the yard. Because the weather was hot, grandpa was not sitting in the yard. Needless to say, he must be in the house.
At this time, the houses in the countryside were all built with adobe, so they were warm in winter and cool in summer, and it was much cooler inside than outside.
There was no way. There was no electricity in the village, so even if Li Jiayi brought an electric fan, it would be useless.
"Come in quickly, it's hot outside," said grandma.
The temperature at the foot of the mountain was already several degrees lower than in the city, and once I entered the adobe house, I instantly felt a lot cooler.
Seeing someone coming in, Li Shugen, who was drinking tea, stood up quickly.
"Master, these two are our eldest grandson's father-in-law and mother-in-law." The old lady said hurriedly to Li Laogen.
"Oh! Please take a seat."
"Okay uncle, you sit down too."
"Come, have some tea." Li Laogen quickly took two cups and was about to pour tea.
Lin Gucheng quickly stopped him and said, "Uncle, how can I let you pour tea for me? I'll do it myself."
"It's okay, it's all the same." Li Laogen said indifferently.
"That won't do. Etiquette cannot be abandoned."
"Okay then!" Li Laogen handed the teapot to Lin Gucheng.
Lin Gucheng took the teapot and filled the old man's cup with tea first, and then poured some for himself and his wife.
"What's the matter with you coming here this time?" Li Laogen asked.
"Grandpa, it's like this, my father-in-law and mother-in-law..."
Without waiting for Lin Gucheng to speak, Li Jiayi told him about the situation of his father-in-law and mother-in-law.
After knowing what was going on, Li Laogen waved his hand and said, "You guys will live here from now on. I'll see who dares to say anything."
“Grandpa, it’s best not to let the villagers know about my father-in-law and mother-in-law. They will live in the village from now on, so just treat them as ordinary people.”
Hearing what Li Jiayi said, the old man thought for a moment and said, "Well, let's do this! I'll ask your uncle to find a few people to vacate the west room and let your father-in-law and mother-in-law live there first."
"Sure, but Grandpa, I plan to build a house in the village, and I want it to be bigger, because in the future, I will also bring Ling'er's older brother, second brother and sister over here." "Sure, isn't there a piece of vacant land to the east? Just build it here, and they can just be neighbors with me and your grandma."
"Grandpa, I thought so too. Please take care of it later. It's best to build it as soon as possible."
It's hot now, so the house can be built quickly because the materials used are all natural and there is no methanol or anything. You can say that you can move in as soon as it's dry.
"Okay, I'll ask your uncle to find someone and start building right away."
It is very simple to build houses in rural areas. Basically, mud is used. You can even use thatch instead of tiles if you want.
Of course, Li Jiayi would not use thatch as the roof, but planned to use tiles like his grandfather's house.
But this doesn't cost much. It can be said that the most expensive part is labor, because not only does it have to be built, but it also has to support the bricks.
"Yeah!" Li Jiayi nodded, opened his schoolbag, and took out two bundles of big unity cards from it.
"Grandpa, here's two thousand dollars. Take it first and tell me when you've used it."
"You are such a spendthrift kid. How could you possibly spend so much money to build a house in the countryside?"
"It's okay, Grandpa. You can keep the money if you don't use it all. When the house is built, use the remaining money to buy some chickens, ducks, pigs, cows, etc. for my father-in-law and mother-in-law."
"That's fine."
Nowadays, every household in the village raises pigs, cows, chickens, ducks and so on. If you don’t, you will seem a bit out of place.
If you want to integrate into the village as quickly as possible, you have to become similar to the villagers.
Not to mention the father-in-law and mother-in-law, even the teachers sent by Li Jiayi are the same.
Now many people have left the village, so there is no shortage of houses, and those teachers now live alone.
In fact, even if Li Jiayi did not build a house, his father-in-law and his family would not be without a house to live in. But it was a bit unreasonable to let his father-in-law and his family live in someone else's house.
Not long after, my uncle came over. He must have heard from others that he was coming.
"Jia Yi! Are you here to pick up the goods again today?" The uncle asked directly before he came in.
Li Jiayi quickly stood up, walked to the door and said, "No, uncle, I came here today for something else."
"Anything else?" He said and went into the house.
"Uh, who are these two?"
"Uncle, this is my father-in-law, and this is my mother-in-law."
"Oh! It turns out you are my relatives! Hello, hello." The uncle extended his hand enthusiastically.
The father-in-law and mother-in-law stood up quickly, and the father-in-law Lin Gucheng quickly reached out and shook the uncle's hand and said, "Hello, in-laws."
"Sit down, sit down."
Next, grandpa told my uncle about Li Jiayi’s plan to build a house.
My uncle agreed without hesitation and promised to arrange the person tomorrow.
You know, my uncle is the team leader now! It's very easy to arrange some people. Besides, it's not like they work for free. They have to be paid!
After chatting for a while, my uncle left. Of course, he didn’t go home, but to call someone to clean up the house.
Before the house is built, my father-in-law and mother-in-law will live with my grandfather, so of course they have to clean up the house first.
Around five o'clock in the afternoon, the west room was cleaned up and the food and other things in the west room were put into the cellar.
At this time, my aunt also came in from outside, of course, to help grandma cook.
In the evening, after the family finished their meal at grandmother's house, they continued to drink tea and chat until dark, when Li Jiayi left with his uncle and aunt.
Yes, Li Jiayi will stay at his uncle's house today.
Now that his eldest and second cousins are both in the city, the room they used to live in is empty, which is just right for him to live in.
The next morning, Li Jiayi arranged everything and drove away in his jeep.
However, he did not return to the city. Instead, he wrote a letter of introduction and went directly to Tangshan.
Yes, he wanted to bring his eldest brother-in-law and his family back as well.
My eldest brother-in-law's family is relatively simple, and Li Jiayi has already arranged all the relationships, so he can come back at any time.
The reason why no action was taken before was that the land had not yet been taken over. Now that Li Jiayi has received the acceptance letter issued by the Lijia Village Brigade, he can just take the person away.
Needless to say, the letter of acceptance was issued by the brigade secretary and had the brigade's official seal on it.
It took Li Jiayi more than a day to arrive at where his brother-in-law was.
However, he did not go directly to his brother-in-law, but first found the person in charge of the farm.
This person in charge was the one Li Jiayi had arranged with, so when he saw the acceptance letter, he stamped it directly.
The price is 100 kilograms of pork, 50 kilograms of oil, and 100 yuan.
This is not to say that this is the price paid this time, but that so many things were used in total.
Holding the stamped receipt letter, Li Jiayi came to his brother-in-law's residence.
It’s still the same two rooms as before, but now they are completely different from before.
In the past, these two houses were not drafty at all, but they were also bare-bones.
It’s different now. There are all kinds of furniture in the room, even the bed has been replaced.
"Hey, Jiayi, why are you here at this time?" The brother-in-law asked in surprise when he opened the door and saw that it was Li Jiayi.
"Brother, I'm here to take you and sister-in-law back."
"What?" The brother-in-law suspected that he had heard it wrong.
"I said I was here to pick you, your sister-in-law and the children up." Li Jiayi said with a smile.
"Add one! Are you serious?" asked the brother-in-law excitedly.
"Of course it's true, but I'm not going back to the city. But you don't need to worry. The place I'm going to this time is my hometown, Lijia Village."
"Yeah!" The eldest brother nodded directly.
Because he knew very well that if the place he was going to was not as good as here, his brother-in-law would never go to such great lengths to bring him back.
"Brother-in-law, when are we leaving?"
"You can go now."
"Ah! Then what are you waiting for? Let's go!"
"Wait a minute, big brother."
"What's the matter?" asked the uncle in confusion.
"Brother, you are leaving now. There should be a lot of things in the house. Since you are leaving now, you can share the things with the neighbors."
Hearing what Li Jiayi said, the elder brother-in-law patted his forehead and said, "Yes, yes, I am too excited."
When my eldest brother-in-law followed him away, it can be said that he took nothing with him, including bedding, which he gave away all.
"Uncle, where are we going?" asked the little girl.
This girl is seven years old this year, and in later generations she would have been old enough to go to school.
"Go home, of course!"
"Going home, do you mean going back to the big house in the city?" the little girl asked with a blink.
(End of this chapter)