Chapter 78.1

Translated by Aviana

Just as the couple in the third branch were busy envisioning their future home, Yang Tiezhu’s husband and wife were discussing the same thing.

One after the two people shared a slew of suggestions and opinions. In the end, unable to remember all of the suggestions, Lin Qingwan ordered her man to go and get his’ writing board’.

This was Lin Qingwan’s first home after coming here. Thus she had a lot of things that she wanted to try.

The two had been pondering about it since the day they had thoughts of building a house. Thus they had a rough idea of how it should be. After summing up both of their suggestions, they felt they better build a bigger house.

Although currently, it was only two of them and the one in her belly, in the future, they might have a few more. Since anyhow they are building a house, they better build the best one from the get-go.

Such thoughts were normal for anyone who would be planning to build the house at the time. Thinking everything should be the best of all possible worlds also reflected normal thought patterns.

Many might be unable to fulfill this wish of theirs due to financial constraints or perhaps because of other reasons. However, Lin Qingwan and they weren’t lacking in funds. With the bit of money they had, they could easily afford a house in Luoxia village.

Building a big house is all great, and the silver in their hand was also enough to accomplish it. However, Lin Qingwan inevitably felt that building such a big house would be too eye-catching.

Her worries were also not without any basis. Living in such a small village in the countryside, one cannot help but have many apprehensions. Here, villagers all reside in their hometown for over decades together. In modern times, people tend to live their life behind closed doors. Even if you are wealthy and decorate your house as you wish, apart from your relatives, no one would get to know how it was.

But this is not the case here; people casually dropping in uninvited was normal. It wasn’t an exaggeration to say which family had meat or which family had a guest would all be taken in by the neighbors. And if the neighbors in the vicinity were aware, then that was equivalent to having the entire village known.

There was no privacy to speak of here. Take Yang jia, for example. Even though He-shi gets visitors very seldomly, many people are still aware of Yang jia’s circumstances.

But of course, you also can’t blame others for gossiping, because the culture here was so. The villages were all in this way. Apart from rolling on kang and giving birth to babies, with no other entertainment in their leisure times, they could only gather around and engage in gossiping.

Moreover, they also have a tradition in which whichever family builds a new house would invite all the villagers to show around their house and set up a banquet.

Lin Qingwan couldn’t help but shudder in fear when she imagined inviting a flock of villagers to her newly built beautiful house, and then these villagers spreading around that so-and-so family built such a splendid all across the village. She couldn’t bring herself to imagine what sort of ruckus the Yang jia’s people would make later on if they got wind of this matter…

Subsequently, Lin Qingwan made up her mind to build a house while hiding her wealth. Here in the countryside, every household followed a common layout when building a house. Facing the main gate, they had a three-bay house, with the rooms on either side of the main room, the typical east wing and west wing of a house. But the rural people weren’t so particular about the names and casually addressed them as this room and that room. In some households, these rooms were used as living space, while the others used them as barns, store rooms, or kitchens based on their convenience. As such, which house has how many rooms could be made out from a single glance.

In the event she builds a bigger house with a lot more rooms, wouldn’t that be too eye-catching? After all, they were just mere common people residing in the countryside. Most of the villagers in Luoxia villages weren’t well-off. If a big house suddenly appeared in such a place, wouldn’t it attract attention from all sides? Not to mention, each and every person from Yang jia wasn’t annoying any less….

Furthermore, she had other plans.

Lin Qingwan shared her idea with Yang Tiezhu – She wished to build a quadruple courtyard house similar to a small farmhouse. This way, only the front portion of the house would be visible to the outsiders, with the rear part of the house concealed completely. Then in future, they could use the space in the rear however they wish to, and even when more kids and grandkids arrive, they would have ample living space at their expense.

Initially, Yang Tiezhu was unable to comprehend what Lin Qingwan meant by building a courtyard house. But after Lin Qingwan described to him the details, he soon understood her intentions.

Lin Qingwan felt she had thought too far into the future where even her kids gave birth to their kids. But, Yang Tiezhu didn’t think soLin Qingwan really thought too far and found this idea quite feasible and good, for according to his wife, they will even have space for their grandkids to live comfortably.

Prior to getting married, he didn’t feel anything. Yet now that he was married, he couldn’t help but be overwhelmed with sympathy every time he saw the third branch’s husband and wife.

No wonder his third younger brother and his wife were unable to have children in the past few years. It turns out it was because the two daughters at home were slowly growing up. It turns out that there are two daughters in the family who are slowly growing up. With the four of them sharing the same kang, the couple would inevitably find it inconvenient….

Had the said couple known about his thoughts, they would have certainly clutched his neck and roared, denying that wasn’t the case. The two of them were good at controlling their strengths. Thus it wouldn’t get inconvenient for them….

Yang Tiezhu never wished to have his bliss in the future get buried due to kids. Thus, he truly seconded his wife’s thoughts. With each person having their own room, he and Wanwan can blissfully lead their lives….

Before he was even born, the pitiful baby in Lin Qingwan’s belly was thrown into one room by his old man…

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