"This is also true," Aunt Hua thought and also broke out in a cold sweat, "Yes, it must be built. Since the house is leaking, why wouldn’t we fix it?"
"Let’s build it together," Uncle Hua thought for a moment and discussed with Aunt Hua, "Now that our two sons are grown up and need to marry, we still have two plots for houses in our family property. Let’s build on both, one for each son, and not be biased towards either one. That way, later on, there will be no dissatisfaction among the daughters-in-law. The eldest and the second son will both have their places, and no one will have more than the other."
"That would work," Aunt Hua felt this was very good. Since everyone is hiring people to build houses, we might as well build them all together. Who doesn’t want to build a house anyway? It’s just because of money issues. Now, money is not an issue in their family, so why not build?
"Auntie, we want to build in Shenjia Village," Qin Xiangyang mentioned after Uncle Hua and Aunt Hua had finished their discussion.
"You want to build a house in Shenjia Village? This..."
Aunt Hua hesitated, "Your household registration is here, how can you build a house in someone else’s village?"
"So we are asking Aunt Hua for help," Qin Xiangyang was determined, "There, it’s closer to the middle school, and we will be starting middle school soon. Nuannuan’s ears are not good, and I don’t want us to be travelling before dawn and after dusk, spending all our time on the road, which is not even easy to travel. Even if we ride bicycles, it would still take nearly an hour each way. In windy and rainy weather, it’s even harder."
Qin Xiangnuan gently tugged at Qin Xiangyang’s hand and then gave a slight nod, speaking softly in a very well-behaved and pitiable manner, making it hard to refuse.
"Aunt Hua, we want to build in Shenjia Village."
"I will think about it..." Aunt Hua needed to ponder this well, "Let me talk to my sister about this, see if she can find a way to resolve it." Aunt Hua’s sister happened to be a part of Shenjia Village, which is why Qin Xiangnuan came to Aunt Hua for help in the first place.
Actually, she knew that if Aunt Hua agreed, there would be no issues.
In the village, there are always some who lack money for building houses, or who urgently need money, and they secretly sell their house plots. This is not allowed in the village, and if someone finds out, it could lead to severe consequences. However, there are always those desperate enough, those who can’t make ends meet otherwise.
Contracts are signed in secret, transactions are made in secret, and nobody knows.
Not long after, Aunt Hua indeed brought good news, saying there was someone named Shen Ergou in Shenjia Village, his family had only him and they said they wanted to go out and do business, needing the whole family’s support, and they might not live in Shenjia Village anymore. They currently owned two plots, one where they lived and one belonging to Shen Ergou. Now they were secretly wanting to sell Chen Ergou’s plot to gather some capital for the business. They are now looking for a buyer, and once they have the money, they plan to move away. They said they might as well sell it as if not sold, it would eventually end up someone else’s property anyway.
Aunt Hua then came to inquire from the Qin Family siblings if they truly wanted that Shen Family plot.
Both Qin siblings were set on it. With Aunt Hua’s sister being a local, it was easier to facilitate the deal. They agreed on a fixed price, 500 yuan, and it was sold.
The plot was three rooms wide, impossible to imagine anyone selling their own space essential for a peaceful life unless in urgent need of money.
Qin Xiangyang handed 500 yuan to Aunt Hua, asking her to help purchase that plot for them.