rebirth of cataclysm

The house of Hu Mingchen's family was built after it was destroyed by heavy rain that year. During that rain, Hu Mingchen's family was almost buried. There was no tile to cover it, so they still lived in Hu Mingyi's house and stayed there for a long time before building the current house.

Although this house is not that old, due to the limited funds at hand and the rush of time, this house can only be said to be a decent place to live in.

In recent years, as the number of people going out to work has increased, the country's economy has become more prosperous. Even in the remote Duge Township, more and more new houses are being built, and they are all square meters of masonry and cement, and even

There is no shortage of those with two floors.

Compared with these newly built houses, whether it is Hu Mingchen's house or the house where Hu Jianqiang and Zhong Ying live below them, they seem ordinary.

Not to mention the house of Chen Qiang mentioned by Hu Jianqiang. As a local coal boss and a rich man, Chen Qiang's house is quite luxurious. Compared with other people's houses, the house of Hu Mingchen's house is almost like a doghouse.

The house of Chen Qiang's family is located on a small piece of land not far from Duge Primary School, covering an area of ​​nearly 1,000 square meters. In addition to building a three-story villa, the family also has a small garden, fish pond, and rockery surrounded by walls.

Pavilion, everything you need. Far away

From a distance, you can see that there is a greenhouse built with glass on the roof of the house. Not only are there many beautiful flowers and plants planted in it, but there are also tea sets and lounge chairs. At night, you can watch the moon and count the stars without suffering from mosquito bites. It’s pretty cool.

Leisurely and elegant.

After the Chen Qiang family's large villa was built, it basically became the most prosperous house in Duge, and became the object of discussion among the villagers after dinner. Of course, the Chen Qiang family's house was not enough to become a landmark in Duge.

The landmark is Minzu Street, which belongs to the property of Hu Mingchen's family.

The general public just talks about Chen Qiang's house, but for Hu Jianqiang, it is a bit exciting. In terms of financial resources, Hu Jianqiang thinks that he is no worse than Chen Qiang, but he still feels uncomfortable living in such a simple house, especially in the city.

After getting used to staying in big hotels.

Therefore, Hu Jianqiang thought about it again and again, and simply proposed to Hu Mingchen that his family's house should be demolished and rebuilt. Not only the house where Hu Mingchen's grandma Zhong Ying lived, but also the house of Hu Mingchen's family, Hu Jianqiang also felt that it needed to be renovated.

Ichiban must at least be worthy of their identity and status.

"Third uncle, are you stimulated by the big villa of Chen Qiang's family?" Hu Mingchen asked.

Naturally, Hu Mingchen had heard of the rumors that were being discussed. People around him came to Hu Mingchen's house to chat during the Chinese New Year, and this topic would come up from time to time in the chat.

"More or less, you don't want to tell me the story of Xiang Yu walking at night without brocade clothes, do you?"

"Haha, walking in brocade clothes at night? How could you think so far ahead?" Hu Mingchen said with a smile.

"You like to be low-key, but what is the point of being low-key? Why do we make money? It is to live a good life. Now that we have money, of course we must vigorously improve our living environment. Back then, Xiang Yu insisted on leaving Xianyang, and he did not want Jin Yi

Ye Xing, we are different from him, I am afraid that you will say something about me."

"Third uncle, you are overthinking. What are you doing? I'm not that pedantic. I just want to live in a big and good house. It's reasonable. It's just that we either don't build it. If we want to build a new one, the last

It's nice to be able to get over it once and for all, but I don't want to have to do it again in a few years." Hu Mingchen stood up and paced back and forth in the room twice before saying.

"Xiaochen, have you agreed to build a house? Once and for all, is it better to build it?" Hu Jianqiang was very excited when Hu Mingchen agreed.

"Why don't I agree? It's a good thing. Speaking of which, you should have a new house of your own. Otherwise, it will be difficult to get married, haha." Hu Mingchen said half-jokingly, "Well, you

When I go back to Zhennan, I will talk to Luo Haocai about this matter by the way. They are professionals, so I entrust it to him. The money is mine, and I want him to find a good team and build two houses for us."

"It's not like we don't have a good construction team here, so why are we looking for him?"

"That's why I said we should do it once and for all. We have a construction team here, but we don't have a professional team, and we can't have good designers. Let him find someone to come and combine our topography to build two high-quality buildings.

The house is available. Chen Qiang’s house is nice, but it’s too tacky, too rustic, and just smells like the nouveau riche.”

"That's what you said, okay, then I'll go talk to him this time."

After talking about business with Hu Jianqiang, he left. When Hu Mingchen returned to the computer, he saw that Song Qian was already offline, but before going offline, he sent several displeased and angry expressions.

Hu Mingchen smiled bitterly and shook his head. It seemed that he had offended Song Qian again this time.

But Hu Mingchen doesn't care too much. When he goes back to Zhennan next time, he can chat with her and it should be fine.

Hu Mingchen went home to celebrate the New Year. He spent the first few days at home with his family. On the tenth day of the lunar month, which was the day Hu Jianqiang left Duge for Zhennan, Hu Yandie asked Hu Mingchen to go see his aunt, and he went out.

"We haven't visited my aunt in the past few years. I heard that he is not doing well." Hu Yandie said while walking on the path.

"I really don't know about this. I'm often away from home. I haven't moved around much in the past few years. You said that my aunt is not doing well. What's wrong?" Hu Mingchen followed Hu Yandie with two bags of gifts.

Later.

"I heard that the eldest father found a new aunt, and this aunt is not very good-hearted. She often plays outside, and the eldest father doesn't care much about it. This aunt often quarrels with my aunts and uncles, and the three aunts are married

The others are also relatively far away, but there is one who is a little closer and can be visited frequently. Last year, I had a fight with a man and drank dichlorvos to death. Because of this, I suggested that we go visit my aunt and uncle." Hu Yandie said.

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"How do you know these things and I don't?"

"I also heard about it when my eldest and aunties were chatting with my father. Usually when we are in the city, they would not tell us these things."

"Oh, that's right. We should go take a look. I still remember that when I was little, my aunt would buy us one or two candies when she met us on the field."

"Yes, I haven't seen her since I went to the city to study."

Hu Mingchen's aunt's house is in Bantun on the way to Fang'er Town. It takes almost an hour to walk from Hu Mingchen's house. There is a section where you still have to climb a steep slope and the road is not very easy to walk.

"The road on their semi-camp has so many rocks and is so steep that even a carriage cannot get up." Hu Mingchen complained as he crawled along the uneven and broken road.

"The carriage is just fine if it doesn't pull things. If you want to pull things up, you have to have a few people pushing them from behind. Now the only thing that can get up is motorcycles," Hu Yandie responded.

Just as Hu Yandie was talking, a young man happened to be riding a motorcycle down from above. He saw the wheels rising and falling on the road, the faucet twisting back and forth, and it felt like his motorcycle would rush down the road at any time.

Fortunately, there was no danger, and the motorcycle finally descended safely to the road to Fang'er Town.

Climbing up from the road, you have to make three big turns to reach Hu Mingchen's aunt's house.

Hu Mingchen and the others arrived at the door of his aunt's house. It was deserted. There was no trace of the New Year atmosphere in his house. There were not even new couplets and door gods pasted on the door.

The main room door was closed, but the kitchen door was open.

"Aunt...aunt...aunt..." Hu Yandie stood at the door and shouted.

After shouting a few times, an old woman wearing a blue cloth hat poked her head out of the kitchen: "Which one?"

"Auntie, auntie, it's me, Hu Yandie, and my brother Hu Mingchen, let's come to see you." Hu Yandie hurriedly greeted the old man when he saw him.

"Oh, it's Xiaodie and Xiaochen, come on, come on in." My aunt rubbed her eyes, saw Hu Yandie and Hu Mingchen, smiled and waved.

Hu Yandie and Hu Mingchen packed the gifts and entered the kitchen door. It was dark and cold inside, with no lights on or a fire lit.

"Oh, you are all still babies, why did you buy these things? You will give them back to your grandparents later. At my side, your eldest father also sold some for us during the Chinese New Year." Hu Mingchen and Hu Yandie put the gifts on the

Auntie said on a small square table used for eating.

My aunt said so, but Hu Mingchen and the others didn't notice any gifts in the house. Except for a few pieces of bacon hanging on the roof, they didn't find any decent food in the house.

"Auntie, my grandparents have a lot of them. Xiaochen bought some, and my third uncle also bought a lot. They are not lacking." Hu Yandie said.

"Auntie, where is my uncle? Are you going out to play?" Hu Mingchen asked.

"What are you playing for? He's sick, his legs hurt, and he's resting." My aunt asked Hu Mingchen and Hu Yandie to sit down on two small stools.

My uncle in the back room must have heard the noise, put on his clothes and got up.

"Old man, Xiaochen and Xiaodie are here. They bought some things to see us." My aunt stepped forward and helped my uncle and said.

"Oh, okay, Xiaochen and Xiaodie, you're interested. Old lady, it's cold in the house. Hurry up and light a fire for them to roast. You two sisters haven't eaten yet. When I put on my shoes, I'll catch a chicken and kill it.

, Let’s eat here later.” My uncle said.

"Grandpa, don't bother. We've already eaten the food we brought here." Hu Yandie responded. When he saw his aunt going to get the iron frame for the fire, he hurriedly ordered Hu Mingchen: "Xiaochen, hurry up and get the firewood."

Make a fire for my aunt and the others to roast."

In fact, Hu Mingchen had already moved without waiting for Hu Yandie's instructions. However, it had just rained slightly, and the firewood piled at the gate of the courtyard was wet, making it difficult to burn, and the smoke was still thick. Hu Mingchen moved the wet firewood away and found as much as possible.

Some are relatively dry.

"Xiaochen, there's no need to take those. Those are not easy to burn now. I'll go to the corn kernels and use that to burn." Hu Mingchen's aunt stopped Hu Mingchen at the door of the kitchen and said.

When Hu Mingchen followed his aunt into the main room, brought some corn kernels with a dustpan, and lit the fire, the kitchen became brighter and warmer.