country bumpkin

Chapter 309 Mu Shuyun Returns Home

Gao Qinglian returned home and sat on a stool, sulking.

Looking at his wife's dark face, Sun Youcai said gloatingly, "See? I told you so! I told you not to make trouble, not to make trouble, but you wouldn't listen."

Look at all the commotion they caused, and it all ended rather acrimoniously. They have no brains at all, just stirring up trouble.

Gao Qinglian glared at her husband and muttered, "It's only because the Women's Federation director came that things have changed. Otherwise, if we had made a fuss a little longer, maybe the eldest son would have given in. There might even have been a chance they would have given the house back to us!"

Oh! Right, I don't know which scoundrel called the neighborhood committee. That's what ruined our plans.

Sun Youcai scoffed, "What are you thinking? Could such a good thing happen? With a shrew like Kong Xiujuan, the eldest son's wife, it's no wonder she'd give in."

I never expected them to return the house to us; I was just thinking of putting them on a tighter grip and getting them to give us some money as a form of filial piety.

Gao Qinglian: "Why didn't you say so earlier? If I had known you only wanted money, I wouldn't have made such a big fuss."

That way, the neighborhood committee won't be alerted, and the head of the women's federation won't come. I can just extort some money and leave; it's an easy thing to do.”

The elderly couple huddled together, continuing to discuss how to deal with their eldest son.

As soon as Sun Zihao from next door returned, his wife Liu Xiuju pulled him into the inner room.

Liu Xiuju recounted to her husband the whole story of her mother-in-law causing trouble at her older brother's house that morning.

The second son, Sun Zihao, wasn't too surprised. His mother disliked his sister-in-law and often went to her house to cause trouble, which was a common occurrence, as ordinary as eating and drinking.

However, this time he also disagreed with his mother's actions. Since it was inevitable that they wouldn't get the house back, why bother with all this crying and fussing? It was completely pointless.

And for no reason at all, they made a fool of themselves in the village once again.

Moreover, this house-building opportunity is crucial. If we cannot successfully rebuild the house this time, we will never have the chance to build a house again.

That's why he agreed to renovate his older brother's house along with his own. Since his brother's family was paying for it, he was just doing them a favor.

Because of the road construction, many savvy people saw the potential for their houses to grow in value and sought connections to rebuild their homes.

Some people even hired construction teams to work secretly at night while they rested during the day. No one reported them, and the house was eventually completed.

Although he and his elder brother didn't get along very well, they had never had a serious argument. Over the years, his parents had always sided with their second branch of the family; the elder brother was the one who suffered, while their family benefited.

He's not stupid, so there's really no need to suppress his older brother to the point of suffocation.

When our parents get old and need help, the two brothers will definitely contribute money and effort together. We can't afford to offend the eldest brother so badly that we never speak to each other again!

He'll need his older brother's help then! He knows his older brother well; he's a blockhead, stubborn, and blindly filial.

When his parents are actually hospitalized and need someone to take care of them, he will definitely not stand idly by.

Sun Zihao was making his own plans, and it has to be said that his 800+ cunning tricks were well worth it.

Years later, Sun Zitao actually did just that.

It wasn't just Sun Zitao's blind filial piety that caused the problem; the most important reason was that he had made a promise to his maternal grandmother.

No matter how his mother treated him, he could not abandon her when she needed someone to take care of her.

This was a promise he made to his grandmother, and he never forgot it.

Later, when their lives improved, Kong Xiujuan didn't stop her grandson, Sun Zitao, from fulfilling his filial duties. Because she was now a mother-in-law herself, she wanted to set a good example for her daughter-in-law.

Back to topic.

Sun Zihao told his wife Liu Xiuju about his plans, and Liu Xiuju strongly agreed with her husband's decision.

It's so easy for two smart people to live together. They have the same opinions and thoughts.

Sun Zihao and his wife talked for a while longer before heading out to the construction site.

He needs to check how fast the work is going. The inspections have been very strict these days, so he needs to demolish the old house as quickly as possible to meet the standards for the renovation of dilapidated houses.

Upon arriving at the construction site, I saw the older brother and sister-in-law sitting on a rock talking. The workers nearby were already demolishing the house.

Sun Zihao stepped forward with a smile, as if he knew nothing about what had happened that morning.

He said, "Brother and sister-in-law, let them work overtime tonight. Let's take yours down first tonight."

"My old house will be demolished tomorrow, and the foundation digging will begin the day after. We need to speed things up, otherwise, if the higher-ups are strict, we might get stopped and construction won't be allowed."

Sun Zitao chuckled sheepishly, "Okay, second brother, I'll listen to you."

Kong Xiujuan asked suspiciously, "Second brother, we have the paperwork to get it approved, so what are we afraid of from the inspectors?"

Sun Zihao smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, even if we have a police officer, we still need to keep a low profile, otherwise we might be the ones who get caught when they make an example of us."

"Didn't you see the Tian family to the east? They had permission to build it too, but they still did it secretly at night. It's better to be careful."

Kong Xiujuan nodded. She had never been to school, so she didn't understand these intricacies.

However, my brother-in-law is educated, knows many people, and is also shrewd, so it's best to listen to him.

After all, the younger brother-in-law had never fought with them; it was all the mother-in-law who took it upon herself to cause trouble for their family, and it had nothing to do with the second son.

The mother-in-law sides with her brother-in-law; there's nothing they can do about it, as long as he's not a bad person.

The construction team they hired didn't provide meals, only water, so it wasn't too troublesome; the foreman of the construction team had to find people to cook for them himself.

It's convenient, but the price of building the house is a bit higher. It's 1000 yuan more than the normal price.

Sun Zitao doesn't know the exact cost of building the house yet. But the contractor has a ledger, the homeowner pays for the materials, and the construction team is only responsible for building the house.

Once the house is built, we can settle the final accounts. Anyway, with the second son, Sun Zihao, watching over things, nothing will go wrong.

Sun Zitao truly trusts his brothers. Sun Zihao also doesn't care about trivial matters and wouldn't betray his elder brother.

He accepted his mother's favoritism without any guilt. But he wouldn't betray his older brother in this matter.

For this house construction, my older brother borrowed money from several families and finally managed to raise enough for the immediate needs.

If they need any more money later, my brother's family will have to borrow more. If he has extra money, he can lend it to my brother first, and he can pay it back slowly when he has the money.

My conscience finally calmed down a bit, and I felt a little better.

While the construction of houses is in full swing, Yunya and Mushuyun are having a happy time at Kong Xiufen's house!

Mu Shuyun stayed at her eldest daughter's house for one day, and then went to her second daughter Kong Xiuzhen's house the next day.

On the fourth day, they went to the home of the third daughter, Kong Xiufen. Their house had many rooms but few people, so Yunya stayed there as well.

Spending every day with my grandma makes me incredibly happy.

Mu Shuyun didn't spend a single day at her youngest daughter's house before preparing to return home. She knew her youngest daughter lived with her mother-in-law, and that her presence would only cause trouble rather than help; it was better to wait until later.

She finished the medicine the doctor prescribed, and her leg pain had mostly subsided, so she was ready to go home.

Before leaving, I asked the doctor to prescribe a smaller amount of medication, saying it was to consolidate the treatment. I didn't go to my eldest daughter's house; I went straight home by car.

She asked Yunya to tell her eldest, second, and youngest daughters that she had been away for several days and was really worried about her family, so she had to go back quickly.

Yunya took her grandmother to the bus station. Her third aunt also bought her grandmother a lot of delicious food and a new set of clothes.

After reluctantly seeing her grandmother off, Yunya returned to her own home.