296、The Road to Counterattack for the Dependents 8

"Brother Yan, you have experienced all kinds of hardships in your life."

In the courtyard of the Yan family, a group of villagers surrounded Yan Yuanjiang and Gu Aihong, with envy in their eyes and a hint of jealousy and resentment.

At this time, the Yan family's old house had long since changed its appearance. Most of the original bungalow had been demolished. A group of construction workers carried the scrap wood and stone bricks to the truck, and then transported an endless stream of building materials. Look at the appearance. I knew it was time to rebuild a big house.

The village still doesn’t know about the earning power of the Yan family couple? I'm afraid it's true as the old couple said, their son has made a lot of money.

Of course, the wealthy families in the village would not be jealous of the Yan family's current life, but those whose lives were similar to the Yan family, or better than the Yan family, looked at the families who were originally behind them catching up with rocket speed, This makes me feel better.

"No, our Ah Chu has always been successful. He has stayed at home these years, but it's not like you said he has done nothing. He is creating. You see those writers on TV who publish every year Of course, you need to study hard and then fly into the sky.”

Before Yan Yuanjiang could speak, a middle-aged woman next to him spoke up for him. This woman was Yan Yuanjiang's niece. When the original person was not born, Yan Yuanjiang and his wife had intended to adopt each other's brother. , but then the original person was born, so this matter naturally stopped.

Over the years, the relationship between the two families has not been good. Now that the other party can use such an affectionate tone to relieve the old couple, it is obvious that they have seen Yan Chu's potential and want to get a share of the pie.

Even with the development of the times, the clan consciousness in such small villages is still very strong. The self-employed business owners in the village are more willing to seek help from villagers who are related to them because they feel that blood ties are more reliable.

That's what the woman who spoke now was thinking. She saw that her uncle's family was spending money to build ancestral graves and renovate the house. It was obvious that her cousin earned a lot of money, and even that money was not cheap. It was her fault, but the relationship was finally settled, and when it came time to spend money in the future, I had one more person to talk to.

Regarding the sudden closeness to their niece, Yan Yuanjiang and Gu Aihong had extremely complicated thoughts. However, it must be said that it was precisely because of the admiration of the people in the village these days that the old couple who already loved their son felt that their son could not be loved no matter how much they loved them. Not too much.

"I think the foundation is quite good. Brother Yan, how many floors do you plan to build?"

The homestead of the Yan family was left by the old man in front of him. Together with the homestead that originally belonged to Yan Yuanjiang and his wife, the combined area covers an area of ​​more than 400 square meters. This does not include the private land. The village is empty. Estimating with the naked eye, the foundation of this new house is not too small. After the construction is completed, the first floor will be at least two to three hundred square meters. It will be so grand. It will soon catch up with those children who have become big bosses. People are gone.

"To build a three-story building, my wife and I have discussed it with our son. We will build a living room, kitchen, bathroom and bedroom for our husband and wife on the first floor. Our A Chu will live on the second floor, and we will prepare a guest room and a child." If there is enough room, you can also get a study room. As for the third floor, fitness is not popular among young people nowadays, so you can get a place for exercise and an open-air balcony, which is exactly the same as a small villa in the city. "

Yan Yuanjiang is a good old man, but that doesn't mean he has no vanity.

The old man, who had been suppressed for many years, wanted to tell the world how capable his son was after his son became successful.

"That will cost a lot of money, right?"

The villagers were shocked to hear that, just building a second floor in such a large area, not to mention decoration, would probably cost 500,000 to 600,000 yuan. Building a third floor, and wanting better decoration, would cost 1.8 million yuan. I'm afraid I can't take it off.

"It's okay. Our Ah Chu is promising. The book he wrote has been spotted by a big director. Maybe one day you will see a TV series filmed by my son."

Yan Yuanjiang chuckled. Speaking of it, his life could be considered to have experienced great storms.

When he participated in the Vietnam War, he injured the sole of his foot and recovered from the injury. At that time, everyone admired military heroes. Even if he became disabled, no one looked down on him. This is because he was able to marry someone like Gu Aihong after he was disabled and retired. You can see that in a wife who is upright and comes from a good family.

But soon, the spring breeze of reform and opening up spread across every inch of the land, and people's hearts began to fluctuate with money. Knowing that you are a veteran does not make people think highly of you. Most people can only see your disabled body. , and your empty wallet.

In the years before his son was born, Yan Yuanjiang not only endured more and more strange and disdainful looks, but also endured the humiliation of being laughed at and incompetent because he had no son.

It wasn't until the original person was born that he helped him wash away the grievances he had suffered later. After the original person showed his extraordinary talent for reading, Yan Yuanjiang gradually regained the envy and respect of others.

So he didn't love this child who brought him so much hope. To him, this son was almost everything to him.

Seeing the envious, jealous, or congratulatory looks of the villagers, Yan Yuanjiang suddenly felt a little calm.

However, he has not forgotten his most important purpose.

"Achu's mother and I are old, how many years can we enjoy his happiness? We don't ask for anything now, we just hope he can find a wife quickly. We don't ask for a beautiful or smart girl, as long as she is a good person, considerate, and can support each other with our Achu."

The top priority of the Yan family now is to find a wife for their son. Yan Yuanjiang is not young anymore, and he wants to have grandchildren in his lifetime.

"We can still work. In the future, our daughter-in-law wants to live in the countryside, and she can live in the big house we are building now. If she wants to live in the city, it's okay. Our Achu still has some money, and can buy a larger house in the city to pay the down payment. When the time comes, we can mortgage it and let the couple pay it back slowly. Write the daughter-in-law's name, so that she can rest assured."

Before, Yan Chu gave Yan Yuanjiang 3.5 million yuan. Yan Yuanjiang first spent 50,000 yuan to repair the ancestral tomb. This is the most important thing for the villagers. Just like building a house in his hometown, it is a way to prove his financial strength. As for the decoration of this country villa, compared with the money spent by the villagers before, Yan Yuanjiang increased the budget a little, which can probably be kept within one million. The remaining money and the savings of the old couple over the years are enough to buy a commercial house of more than 100 square meters in the city.

It’s just that the older generation pays attention to not showing off their wealth. This time, they spent a lot of money to rebuild the ancestral tomb and the house, firstly to make the family live more comfortably, and secondly to wash away the bad reputation of their son that has been circulating in the village for these years. Otherwise, according to the old couple’s intention, the money still has to be saved in case of emergency.

So now they just conservatively tell everyone that the money they have is enough for the down payment of a house in the city. They didn’t say more, but such a hand is enough to attract many families with daughters.

Sure enough, when they heard Yan Yuanjiang say that they could get a down payment for another house in the city after building the luxurious three-story villa in their hometown, they immediately regarded Yan Chu, who was originally the least optimistic about them, as the best son-in-law.

First of all, he looks good.

Secondly, he is smart, otherwise he would not have been admitted to Shanghai Jiaotong University with the second-highest score in the city. With such a father, the child will definitely not go far.

Finally, he has money. Although he did not make money in the first four years, once he made money, he would make up for the gap of those four years. More than one million yuan, many people may not be able to make that much money in 20 or 30 years. He is still young, it is impossible that he will never write books in the future, right?

The more the villagers thought about it, the more they felt that this was the case. Soon, Gu Aihong was surrounded by a group of people, and they implicitly asked her what type of girl Yan Chu liked. If they were suitable, maybe they could really make a good couple.

In such a big drama, the focus of Yan Yuanjiang and Gu Aihong was really just this. The old couple pricked up their ears to listen, wishing to remember the names of all the girls who were suitable for their son. Maybe one of them would be their future daughter-in-law in the future.

******

"Checkup? Why spend that money?"

Because the old house was demolished and rebuilt, the three members of the Yan family plus the dog Yan Aotian are now temporarily renting an idle building in the village. They will move in when their new house is built.

Gu Aihong was eating as usual while feeding the lazy Husky pig waiting for Yan Aotian. She refused her son's proposal without thinking.

She and the old man are in good health, so why should they check it out?

Hospitals nowadays cost so much money. One visit costs one or two hundred yuan. If you check your whole body, you will spend thousands of yuan.

In Gu Aihong's opinion, it is better to save this money to buy milk powder for her future grandchildren.

Yan Yuanjiang also thought so. He believed that his body was still very strong. If his son had not made progress now and refused to let him contract the land again, he could have worked for another ten years.

"Dad, Mom, the physical examination doesn't cost too much. Besides, I earn money for you." Yan Chu knew that the reaction of the old couple was the reaction of many ordinary elderly people. First, they really felt that the examination was expensive, and second, they were worried that if they really found something wrong, they would drag their children down.

In fact, if the problem can be found, early examination and early treatment will cost less money and the chance of cure will be greater. Even if the problem is not found, at least you can buy peace of mind.

Especially in the original world, Yan's father died of lung cancer. Although it is still a long time since the original Yan's father was diagnosed with lung cancer, Yan Chu can't be sure whether the other party has cancer now.

So this physical examination is imperative. Yan Chu has thought about it. In the future, he will take the old couple to check their bodies every six months, and he will also help his father quit smoking.

Before, the Yan family had no money. In order to save money, Yan Yuanjiang smoked homemade tobacco, which was spicy and choking, and was very harmful to the lungs. It was difficult for an old man who had smoked dry tobacco all his life to quit smoking, but no matter how difficult it was, Yan Chu had to find a way to make him gradually change his bad habits.

"Besides, I'm not young anymore. Maybe I'll have to get married in a few years. If you have children by then, if you have any illnesses, we two older children who have no experience in raising children can take care of it?"

Grandchildren are the trump cards of the two old people. It is said that the older generation is close. They can be so doting and indulgent to the original son, not to mention the grandson who has not been born yet but has appeared in the dreams of the two old people countless times.

After working hard for most of his life, it would be a lie to say that he has no illness. Not to mention the injuries he has contracted over the years due to overwork, and the various problems that people will have when they reach a certain age, Yan Yuanjiang's leg, which was injured and disabled in his early years, is a big problem. It makes him inconvenient to move. In his later years, because he lost half of his left foot, he walked tilted for a long time, causing pain in the pelvis and lumbar spine. This pain has tortured him for more than ten years. As he gets older, the pain becomes more severe.

It's just that the situation at home has been there for many years. No matter how much pain they have, the two old people have endured it. Neither the husband and wife told each other, for fear that the other party would worry. Sometimes when they really couldn't bear it, they went to a small town hospital to get some cheap medicine to fool them, and they were reluctant to spend the money to go to a big hospital.

At this time, the couple hesitated after hearing what their son said.

Money is important, and seeing grandchildren is also important.

Medical care is so advanced now. In the past, if a person could live to 60 or 70, he would be considered long-lived. Now, there are many people who live to 70. Yan Yuanjiang and Gu Aihong also have an ambition, which is to see their grandchildren born and then protect them until they grow up.

According to the age when they gave birth to their son, they would have to wait until ordinary people become great grandfathers and great grandmothers to have that possibility.

"Okay, then I'll listen to you."

Feeling distressed about the money they would have to spend, the old couple gritted their teeth and agreed.

For the sake of their grandchildren, everything is worth it.

Although even their daughter-in-law is out of the question, for the sake of their grandchildren, the old couple has already made plans to take good care of their bodies.

*****

"Nothing is particularly serious."

After the full physical examination, fortunately, Yan's father has not yet been infected with lung cancer, and it is not too late to prevent it from now on.

The doctor mentioned a lot of common diseases among the elderly and asked the two old people to pay attention, and reminded Yan Chu on the side of some precautions.

Yan Chu listened carefully from beginning to end. The doctor seemed to have seen too many people coming for examinations alone or with old couples, and highly praised Yan Chu's behavior.

"Your grandson is really filial."

"Doctor, this is not our grandson, this is our son, born in his forties. At first, we thought we would never have children in this life, but who knew that God was saving blessings for us, and finally gave this filial and sensible child to us."

Yan Yuanjiang smiled. At this time, he had long forgotten the decadence of his son in the previous four years, and also forgot that he was worried day and night in those four years, just worried about the future of this son.

The doctor was also knowledgeable. He looked at Yan Chu with a little surprise, smiled and said nothing more.

There are many couples in the world who have difficulty giving birth. The old couple in front of them can get a child in their forties, and it is also a filial child. It is also a blessing they have saved in their previous lives.

*****

"Ah Chu, do you still remember Landuo who played with you when you were little? She is the girl who lives across from our house. Didn't she go to the city to study with her parents? I heard that she came back after graduating from college two years ago and is now a teacher in a primary school in the city."

In the eyes of the older generation, civil servants, teachers, doctors and nurses are serious jobs. If a girl has a career system, she is definitely a hot commodity in the blind date market.

Similarly, a man with a house and a car is also a plus point when dating. Although Yan Chu has a house but no car now, everyone knows that the money in the Yan family is definitely enough to buy a car.

Therefore, since the Shan family started to build this house in the countryside, he has become a high-quality son-in-law in the eyes of the villagers. There are matchmakers who help Yan Chu and other girls to match up. If they can get together, the red envelopes from the matchmakers are definitely indispensable.

These days, Gu Aihong has collected information about a lot of unmarried girls who are of the right age for her son. One of them, a girl named Lin Landuo, is her favorite.

"That was so long ago, how can I remember it?"

Yan Chu gently kicked the stupid dog lying on the table, waiting for grandma to feed him, and told him to eat by himself, otherwise he would take him to the country road for a "walk" after dinner to feel the natural scenery of the countryside.

Yan Aotian received his father's threatening eyes, whimpered a few times in grievance, and ate by himself.

If it could make money, it would hire a nanny to feed itself, a nanny to smooth its fur, a nanny to scratch it, and another nanny to help it with daily walks.

Such a dog life is really desirable.

Yan Aotian's eyes were confused, thinking about the kind of happy life that was so happy that he couldn't help but be too happy for a while, rolling on the ground, and then accidentally knocked over the dog food, and the meat sauce mixed with rice was scattered all over the ground.

"Awoo--"

Yan Aotian vigilantly tucked his tail between his legs and hid behind his grandparents at the first time.

With this cross, Gu Aihong was busy cleaning up the mess and put the topic she had just talked about behind her.

"By the way, Mom and Dad, I have to attend a class reunion in a few days."

Yan Chu knew that in this world he still had to honestly find a partner to have children and accompany him for life, but now he was not ready for intensive blind dates.

"Class reunion? That's an important matter."

Yan Yuanjiang nodded repeatedly. Qiu Huo, who came to the house before, was a very nice young man. If his son could have more friends like this and go out more often, he would be able to feel more at ease when the two of them are no longer around.

At the son's age, most are only children, and their family's situation is special. Anyone of the same generation as the son can be his father based on his age. In addition to the previous events, the Yan family does not have much contact with those relatives. Now, because of money, those relatives have begun to come to visit relatives one after another. Yan Yuanjiang is really worried that his son will associate with such relatives for the rest of his life.

He would rather his son make a few more trustworthy friends. If he really wanted to get along well, they would be real relatives.

"If you have enough money on hand, you can't dress casually when you go to the class reunion. Your mother and I don't have good taste, and we don't know what kind of clothes are popular among you young people. When the time comes, I will give you the money, and you can do it yourself. Go buy it.”

Now that he has money, Yan Yuanjiang's life has begun to become richer. He can watch TV when he has nothing to do, or go out and play mahjong or chess with his peers to kill time, and he has gained new knowledge that he had no time to understand before.

He also learned a few buzzwords, such as generation gap, which is said to be once every three years. He and his son are separated by nine twists and turns. In the past, he always thought about arranging everything for his son with his wife, but now it seems that his son He has grown up and has his own ideas, so he should let him do some things by himself.

"That's right, don't go to the street stores in our town to buy clothes, just go to the city. The clothes in other big shopping malls are plentiful and fashionable."

Gu Aihong took a big broom tied with thin dead branches and swept up the dog rice scattered on the ground. Then she mixed a new meal for the dog grandson, and put the previous one in an old basin, ready to feed it when the time came. Chicken to eat.

At this time, Gu Aihong and her husband had the same idea. In the past, the two old people were just making money, and they really didn't think much about it. Now that they are free, they have more contact with the people in the village. They look at the children in the village who are about the same age as their son. Young people have boxes of clothes, and the dressing may not be the type that they can appreciate, but among their peers, it is fashionable.

In this way, Gu Aihong felt that she had treated her son badly by choosing clothes according to her own vision over the years.

"By the way, do you still remember Xiang Ling, who went to a primary school in the town with you when you were a child? The girl was two years younger than you. When you were in the third grade, she was in the first grade. She is now in the city. As a small leader in a shopping mall here, she can earn more than 8,000 yuan a month at such a young age. The most important thing is that this girl is filial to her parents. As long as she is a filial child, she will not be a bad child. "

Gu Aihong clapped her hands in praise, then looked at her son expectantly: "Aren't you going to buy clothes? Why don't you take the opportunity to meet this little girl? You are about the same age, and maybe they can give you some advice on buying clothes. "

Yan Chu:......

Mom, do you still remember the little girl Landuo who you just talked to about my childhood sweetheart?

She really used every opportunity to introduce someone to him, and Yan Chu was a little skeptical. If he said he wanted to buy a car now, would his mother conjure up someone who worked in a 4S store for him, who would be particularly suitable for him and look like him when he was a child? For a girl with some "connections", even those connections have long since disappeared.