Chapter 225
“About twenty-two thousand, I haven’t calculated the exact amount yet.”
Many materials for the decoration of this duplex building were actually purchased from the system mall. The prices in the system mall are automatically adjusted and balanced in reality.
Even materials that are not available in this era are priced according to the prices of this era.
Except for Gu Jiu, everyone in the room took a deep breath. They spent 22,000 yuan just to decorate the house. Now, based on their wages, they may not be able to raise 22,000 yuan in their lifetime.
Sure enough, it is not unreasonable for merchants to be extremely wealthy.
The three brothers of the Gu family have mixed feelings. In the past, they felt that the youngest was not doing his job properly, but in the future, he would be a drag on the whole family.
Nowadays, reality hits them so quickly. They think that the youngest who is holding them back has grown up and is not only the most accomplished one in their family, but at least the richest one.
Lin Shu looked after the men of the Gu family. Although there was a smile on his face, it was a bit forced.
Obviously the blow was not small. She was secretly amused, but it was difficult to explain that most of the money was from selling herbs in her system mall.
Although Gu Jiu's company and trading house, as well as several shops downstairs, are profitable, they are not enough to earn a building and all their current belongings in more than a year.
For example, in the hotel that is currently being renovated, most of the money invested is the balance of the system mall. Only a small part of the money Gu Jiu gave her was used for hotel decoration.
Several grown men were looking around the new house, but Lin Shu didn't mind. After entering the house, she put the child on the sofa and asked Liu Xiao'e to take care of it. She began to boil water in the water dispenser, and the nanny put the candies prepared in advance. Biscuits and various snacks were brought out.
Gu Jiu set up the stove in the kitchen, stewed a pot of big bones that he had prepared earlier, and walked out of the kitchen.
Gu Changsheng happened to come down from the second floor with his three sons. He smiled and joked: "Dad, my new home is well decorated. How about you and my mother come over to stay for a few days and enjoy a winter bath?" The heating is not cold, and the water can be turned on at any time? ”
Gu Changsheng glared at his younger son who was not stable at all. He was right. There was a heater in the bathroom and an electric water heater on the second and first floors.
You don’t have to boil water to wash yourself when you live here. Even if you take off your clothes and take a shower in winter, you don’t have to worry about being cold. For the elderly, these two points alone are very tempting.
"Dad, since the youngest invited you and mom to come and stay for a few days, you should treat it as visiting relatives and come and stay for a few days. It's cold in spring now, and we have all moved away from the old house. It's not popular. It’s colder for you two elders to live there, so why not come here to liven up the excitement?”
What Gu Xiang said was reasonable. Gu Changsheng did not hesitate for long before he said, "We can wait until your mother comes over to discuss this matter."
Gu Jiu nodded, poured tea for everyone, and took advantage of the opportunity. It's still early and breakfast hasn't been made yet, so I'll drink tea and eat some snacks to fill my stomach.
In the kitchen, the nanny Sister Chen and Lin Shu were making meat buns together, and the rice cooker was cooking eight-treasure porridge last night.
The noodles for making buns were also made last night, so I can use them to make steamed buns this morning.
The meat filling is made of half fried meat and half raw meat, plus onion and ginger water. This way the meat will not be tight and the meat will be less fishy and more soupy.
As soon as two baskets of steamed buns were steamed, the voices of Wang Suzhen and several sisters-in-law came from downstairs.
"Gu Jiu, hurry up and open the door. Mom and sister-in-law are here."
"Okay, I'll go right away."
Gu Jiu also heard the sound and hurriedly stood up and opened the door and went downstairs to open the iron door of the corridor.
The stairwell is from the first floor to the second floor. Lin Shu opened it specially for this house, so the stairwell was also decorated. The floor and walls were tiled, and cabinets were installed on the first floor. Put shoes and some sundries.
For the women of the Gu family, the stairwells they usually see are dirty and messy.
Especially for those who moved out of the large and second bedrooms and lived in the dormitories assigned by their work units, they felt the deepest feelings.
Walking in from outside the door, I found that the stairwell was not only equipped with very bright lights, but also decorated cleanly and beautifully. I couldn't help but marvel.
"My dear, is this a stairwell?"
"The stairwell can be made so beautiful and clean?"
Wang Suzhen changed her shoes and didn't need to worry about it for a long time. Lead the way and walk upstairs by yourself, sighing as you go : "Brother Jiu, these cotton slippers of yours are so warm to wear, and the floor is clean."
Li Ling put on the slippers and rubbed the tiles on the floor with her feet, "This tile is so smooth, it's great to walk on. You won’t slip, Mom, please be careful when you walk.”
Gu Jiu stroked his forehead and chuckled: "Second sister-in-law, the ground looks smooth, but it is non-slip, and the slippers also have non-slip rubber soles. As long as there is no water on the ground, you don't have to worry about slipping."
" That's it, that's good. Don't let my mother enter the kitchen later." Li Ling didn't forget to tell him.
He Chunru and Jiang Chaohong, who had changed their shoes, couldn't help but rolled their eyes and gave them to her. They said this as if she was the only one of their sisters-in-law who cared about their mother.
"Don't tell me, the ground looks slippery, but it's really not slippery when you walk on it." Jiang Chaohong tried taking a few steps and found that it was very stable.
“Wow, Brother Jiu, the light in your house is so bright.”
"My dear, why do you have so many plants in your house? You don't raise this tree for food or drink. You might as well replace the plant in the pot with a cabbage."
Jiang Chaohong pointed at a tree The money tree said: "Did you dig this plant from the mountain? I said it would be more economical to plant a kohlrabi than you put in so much effort."
Lin Shu took a kohlrabi from the kitchen. When the steamed buns were freshly baked out of the pot, she couldn't help but chuckle when she heard Jiang Chaohong's words: "Sister-in-law three, next time you move, I will help you move a pot of kohlrabi."
Jiang Chaohong's mouth twitched. He twitched and said, "Then I thank you."
She gave a gift today, but when it was her turn to move, she just gave it away with a kohlrabi. Didn't she suffer a big loss?
Sister-in-law He Chunru put down the red eggs she brought and said, "Brothers and sisters, do you need my help?"
"No, sister-in-law, please quickly find a seat and sit down. We are having breakfast."
The housewarming dinner was at noon, and in the morning the family just had some breakfast.
For breakfast, Lin Shu prepared eight-treasure porridge and meat buns, as well as braised pork head, as well as a few side dishes and pickles.
Pickles are radish strips, turnips, and mustard.
This breakfast was quite rich for an era when many people still ate whole grains.
When Gu Changsheng saw the braised pork head, he wanted to drink some wine.
Today was a happy day, and Wang Suzhen couldn't restrain him, so she just let him do what he wanted.
Gu Jiu brought the wine glass and took out a bottle of Maotai from the wine cabinet, which aroused the greed of several men in the Gu family.
Lin Shu hurried back to the kitchen and brought out a plate of fried peanuts to drink with them.
After the whole family was settled, she had time to take care of Dabao and Erbao, and asked Comrade Liu Xiao'e to have breakfast.
The housewarming party at noon was arranged in his restaurant downstairs. Gu Jiu invited no outsiders, except for two relatives, his brothers who were good at playing and some employees from the company.
At noon, Lin Shu saw his eldest nephew Gu Youtao coming over with his partner Niu Xiaoqin.
Lin Shu asked her sister-in-law in a low voice: "If you don't agree, are they still having sex?"
He Chunru glanced away from her troubled son, "It's useless if we don't agree. He thinks this woman is the best. No other girl in the world is as good as her. What can we parents do?”
Lin Shu was very curious, "Isn't it true that Niu Xiaoqin's family has always been concerned about the bride price, so they are willing to let Niu Xiaoqin continue to tangle with You Tao even if you don't pay the bride price?"
He Chunru had a headache thinking about this eldest son, and said helplessly: "That brat came out of school and hasn't been home since he started working. He paid a cent for food. If I nag too much when he comes home, he will not come home for ten days and a half." He Chunru felt that Gu Youtao's salary might have been spent on Niu Xiaoqin. With their family's love of taking advantage, how could they allow Gu Youtao to get entangled with their daughter.
Lin Shu looked at Niu Xiaoqin, who was wearing a fashionable suit with a hip-hugging skirt, a pair of pointed leather shoes, and her long exposed legs must have been wearing a pair of stockings.
Hiss!
In this cold spring weather, I don’t have to worry about getting cold even if I wear such thin stockings.
Silk stockings in this era were not available in velvet styles, and they were not a common commodity. Most of the stockings seen on the market were obtained from abroad, and the price was naturally not low. This outfit, coupled with the small leather bag on her shoulder, is worth a hundred dollars.
According to the stingy nature of the Niu family, they are really reluctant to pay for Niu Xiaoqin, and the person who will eventually pay is about to be revealed.
Lin Shu shook his head. It seemed that Gu Youtao would probably fall into this Comrade Niu's hands in his life.
"Brother Ninth, I'm here with my brothers. Congratulations to brother and sister-in-law on moving into their new home!"
When you heard this loud voice, you knew it was Chen Fei who was here.
Looking towards the door, he didn't come with a group of brothers.
It’s just that there are two little red flowers among this group of men.
Two lesbians wearing red cotton clothes.
Lin Shu glanced at Liu Xiao'e and the nanny sitting next to the counter, walked over, and took Dabao from Liu Xiao'e's arms.
"Dabao, is one of those two lesbians your father's female secretary? Who is that Siqin?"
Dabao looked at the two women wearing the same red tops. A lesbian, pointing to the one on the left, a tall, good-looking beauty.
"You do have some capital. How far was your relationship with your father in the last life?"
Dabao shrugged helplessly. How could a son pay so much attention to his father's personal affairs?
Lin Shu rubbed his head, "Why are you so careless? You didn't even figure out such a thing."
Dabao was also helpless. He was so busy every day that he had no time to pay attention to an unimportant person. woman.
"Mr. Gu, Mr. Lin, congratulations."
While mother and son were communicating, a group of people from Siqin had already walked up to them, and Siqin smiled at Lin Shu cautiously.
Lin Shu smiled like a spring breeze, and she received all the guests who came to the banquet very warmly.
When the guests arrived, not long after the banquet started, a guest left, and they had to see them off. After a busy morning, they really didn't have much time to rest.
Many guests who came to the banquet knew that this building was built by Gu Jiu, and they visited several shops next door.
If you don’t know it without shopping, you will be a bit overwhelmed after this visit.
“Wow, there are more varieties of fruits in this fruit shop than in our wholesale store. Mr. Chen, come here quickly. What do you think this kind of fruit is called? Our wholesale fruit store doesn’t have this kind of fruit. There is also another kind of purple fruit.”
“Staff, what are these two fruits called?”
"The prickly fruit is called durian, and the other is mangosteen. There are labels on the shelves with the fruit varieties and prices," the clerk reminded.
“Oh, there are really labels here.”
After being reminded, a few people paid attention to the labels on the shelves.
“Isn’t this a sweet potato? Why is it called Tianshan yacon?”
“There are also blood oranges here, does it mean that the flesh of these blood oranges is red?”
Siqin and Xiaofen were shocked. Chen Fei suddenly lost his composure when he saw that there were so many fruits that his wholesale store did not have.
“Brother Jiu is unreasonable. He has so many fruits in his fruit shop, but he doesn’t share the purchase channel. If our fruit wholesale store has more categories, the business will be even better!”< br>
Not only did Chen Fei find that the fruit shop had a wide variety of products and cheap prices, but other customers also saw it.
For a while, the business of the fruit shop became booming.
In addition to fruits, customers are also more concerned about what good things are in the small supermarket.
As a result, once you get in, your daily necessities, food, housing, and transportation are all involved.
Rice, flour and oil were snapped up by guests from far and wide, as well as kitchen and daily utensils.
When Gu Jiu and Lin Shu finished their work in the restaurant, they found that the customers who had already left were still visiting her other two stores.
We are all relatives, what else can Lin Shu do? A 10% discount for everyone. As long as they are guests coming to the banquet, they will get a 10% discount on their purchases in small supermarkets and fruit shops, no matter how much they spend.
Finally, I saw guests with large bags and small bags waiting for the bus on the roadside. More people were carrying rice bags and oil drums in their hands.
The Lin family and the Gu family both couldn't laugh or cry.
“Little sister, your fruit shop and small supermarket seem to be famous. In the past, residents nearby came to patronize it, but in the future, residents from further afield may come to buy it.”
It is undeniable that Lin Shu thinks this possibility is very high.
The customers on the roadside carrying rice bags, oil drums, large bags and small bags all live far away from here.
This time they went back in such a high profile, many neighbors would definitely ask them where they bought the supplies.
After returning home and drinking tea, several brothers and sisters-in-law of the Gu family were going back. Lin Shu took out the big bones stewed in sauce in the morning and asked them to take some back.
Originally I wanted to let them have dinner at home in the evening, but they skipped work in the morning and had to go back to work in the afternoon.
Gu Nuan visited the new house one last time before saying goodbye and leaving.
On the way back, her husband Hu Renyou sighed: "Brother Jiu's new house is so well decorated. Seeing how spacious his residence is, I have the urge to buy a house and move out."
Nowadays, Gu Nuan’s family of five still lives with her parents-in-law. It’s easy to imagine that the living conditions are not much better for a large family living together.
In the past, the Gu family lived together and could barely live in a three-story villa. The conditions of the Hu family were not as good as those of the Gu family, so housing was even more tight.
Gu Nuan and her husband were assigned a room. As the children grew up, they divided the room into two single rooms. The couple and their four-year-old daughter lived in one room. My older daughter lives in one room.
"What's the use of being impulsive? Do you think buying a house is just a matter of talking? Do you have any savings?"
Over the years, as more and more children were born, they left them to the second elder. The food expenses will naturally be more.
Excluding food expenses, there is not much left in the monthly salary. A family of five has to save money to survive.
When it comes to buying a house, it's not something he can afford just thinking about it.
Hu Renyou was so shocked that he felt guilty. He pinched his shriveled wallet and had no idea at all.
However, men like to be stubborn, "Don't I give my salary to you as soon as it is paid every month?"
Gu Nuan raised his eyebrows and glared at him: "Hu Renyou, What do you mean? The salary was given to me. Is it my responsibility if I didn’t deposit the money?”
Hu Renyou pushed up his glasses frame and frowned: “I didn’t mean to hurry up. Did you ask me for the deposit first? ?”
"You don't know what your family's monthly expenses are? You can't even afford your family's monthly expenses with your small salary. You have the nerve to ask for a deposit from me. You want to do something worth three thousand yuan if you give me a salary of thirty yuan. , why don’t you go to heaven!”
Gu Nuan’s chest heaved with anger. The monthly food expenses paid to her parents-in-law were more expensive than those paid by her natal brother and sister-in-law.
It’s five yuan a month more expensive, but the food is far worse than my parents’ family.
She now seriously doubted that her family was the only one who paid the food expenses honestly, and his brother's family might have just done some superficial tricks to fool them.
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