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Chapter 101 – Strawberries and Flower Pots
Su Jindang immediately said, “We don’t need that much.”
In the end, she was a married woman. He couldn’t make things more difficult for her. Moreover, his sister had offended her two sisters-in-law by giving him this shop to run.
“This money is only a loan, I’m not just giving it to you. It doesn’t matter how much you borrow. Besides, your business is pretty good, so do you really think I would be worried about you paying it back? Moreover, second brother, if you want to buy this house, then you have to buy it early before the price goes up again in the future,” Su Danhong explained.
Seeing that the visit was almost over, Su Danhong asked her second brother to send them back. It was really quick using a rickshaw.
When Su Jindang came back home, he told second Su sister-in-law about buying the house.
“That requires a lot of money.” Upon hearing this, second Su sister-in-law started to think about it. To tell the truth, after living the way she was living now, she really didn’t want to go back to the village. She wanted to settle down in the town!
If they wanted to live in town forever, then they must have their own house, otherwise they wouldn’t be able to live here for that long.
“Danhong said that if we wanted to buy it, then she could lend us 1,500 yuan,” Su Jindang said.
Second Su sister-in-law heard this and she was overjoyed. She said, “There’s no one else who treats us as well as sister-in-law. Jindang, I’m done thinking about it. We will listen to sister-in-law. Let’s find a way to buy this house!”
“How much money do we have at home now?” Su Jindang asked.
“More than two hundred yuan!” Second Su sister-in-law exclaimed. She was very motivated by the thought that she would be able to live the rest of her life in town after buying a house. She continued, “I know it’s not much now, but we are making money pretty quickly. Jindang, the next time you go to collect vegetables, you should talk to the people in the surrounding village to see if they have gone fishing at the river. You can also take that all back here, since today they were asking why we don’t have any fish to sell!”
“Okay,” Su Jindang agreed.
The couple was really motivated to buy a house and settle down in the town.
Su Danhong went home and told Ji Jianyun about it. Ji Jianyun agreed with her and said, “It is better to buy that house as soon as possible.”
When he was searching for a shop, he was short on money. Otherwise, he would have bought it back then.
In the future, if Su Jindang wanted it, then he would just sell it to him. It’s fine to temporarily rent a place for a while, but it is definitely not possible to rent a house for the rest of their lives.
“By the end of the year, we should give your second brother a bit more to borrow to buy the house first. We can let him pay it back slowly later,” Ji Jianyun said.
Su Danhong smiled at him and said, “Then you can’t tell your mother yet.”
“How can I tell her about that?” Ji Jianyun glanced at her.
Su Danhong giggled and said, “Keep an eye on our son. I’m going to cook.”
She went to the kitchen first to cook. Since she was helping out with her maternal family’s situation, it was fine as long as they knew about it. Her mother-in-law would be very open to it, but she would definitely find how much money was borrowed at once an issue. She might even end up being fixated on it .
After all, Su Danhong gave the shop to her second brother but not to Jianyun’s two brothers. This certainly did not sit well with Mother Ji.
No matter what the explanation was, those two were her sons, even if there were no doubts about her second brother’s work and character. With her father-in-law holding her mother-in-law back, she didn’t say anything. If she knew about the borrowing, then she would definitely have a fit of anger.
She had a very good relationship with her mother-in-law, but she didn’t want it to be affected by these things.
There was definitely no need to worry about whether her second brother and sister-in-law would disclose this information. The two of them would hide it more tightly than she would.
After making the food, Ji Jianyun sent it to Father Ji and Mother Ji. When he came back, they ate their meal.
They discussed the orchard. Ji Jianyun said with a smile, “Mother has planted so many watermelons and strawberries. She can sell them at a good price when it is ready.”
“Mother said she wanted to split it evenly with me. It’s not related to you men,” Su Danhong said with a smile.
Earlier, her mother-in-law told her to go fifty-fifty when it came to it. However, Su Danhong just wanted to give it to her and Mother Ji was not happy about that. Su Danhong could only promise her that they would share it equally, and it was only then that Mother Ji calmed down.
Additionally, Mother Ji devoted herself to those strawberries and watermelons and it grew well under her care.
Besides the watermelons, Mother Ji didn’t expect the strawberries to bear fruit so soon. She grew the seedlings this year so that they would have fruits next year.
Mother Ji was surprised that the strawberries actually grew so well. Its growth was similar to seedlings that were two-year-old and were about to bear fruit. Mother Ji was very happy and took care of them even more attentively.
The seedlings in the Su Danhong yard grew better than those on the mountain. These strawberries had begun to grow small strawberries. At that rate, they could probably be picked in another half a month.
The watermelons were growing fast, too, but not to the degree of the strawberries.
It was all grown in their yard, so if the growth was fast, then only their family knew about it. And none of them would say anything about it.
“Honey, why do I think these pots of chrysanthemums will look better in our yard?” Ji Jianyun said as he moved the chrysanthemum out to be in the sun that day.
Su Danhong said, “There is nothing in our yard. It would definitely be beautiful if we decorate it with some flowers and plants.”
Ji Jianyun asked, “Should I go to Lao Hu’s house to get some seeds?”
“Well, if you ask Aunt Hu to come over, wouldn’t she think that I am ruining the chrysanthemums when she takes a look?” Su Danhong wondered.
Ji Jianyun wanted to make his yard look better. If anyone in the village had a nice one, then it would really only be the Lao Hu family. Thus, he went over.
As soon as Aunt Hu heard that Su Danhong had invited her to look at how the chrysanthemums were growing, she became interested. She had a good impression of Su Danhong.
She went over and had a look. Several pots of chrysanthemums seemed to be a little better than her family’s chrysanthemums. She was shocked.
“Danhong, how did you take care of it?” Aunt Hu could not think of anything else besides the flowers. Her family made a living by growing flowers. Naturally, she attached more importance to this business than anything else, and immediately wanted to learn how it had grown.
The few pots of chrysanthemums had grown wonderfully. Her family’s flowers were typical and nothing out of the ordinary. But these had grown well, and her family’s flowers did not have as much vibrancy as these pots of chrysanthemums grown by Jianyun’s wife. In other words, it was vivid and full of life!
Most people might not see it yet, but Aunt Hu could see it with one look.
“Aunt, my yard is a bit empty. I’d like to raise some more flowers. Why don’t you give me some seeds?” Su Danhong asked.
“Okay.” Aunt Hu did not hesitate this time. She could see that Jianyun’s wife was really capable. She took out a handful of seeds and said, “You can grow these seeds first. I will have to go and get you some good ones. When it’s time to sell off the chrysanthemums that you are growing now, we don’t have to split it fifty-fifty. Let’s do you seventh and me thirty.”
Su Danhong shook her head. “We made an agreement. Fifty-fifty is fifty-fifty. Aunt, don’t be polite with me in this matter, we will be working together for a long time.”