The Zhou family, the Tie Hammer family, and the Old Lin family were all in good spirits because they had received benefits.
Yan Bu Gui’s face did not look so good.
“This Luo Xiao Qing is really idle. What does it matter to him that the Old Lin family is poor?
Now the Old Lin family has an extra dozen dollars. If they can find work by the spring, won't our house be lost?”
Yan Jie Cheng panicked at the mention of losing their house: “Dad, why don’t I go beat up that Luo Xiao Qing?”
“Beat up who? Six or seven policemen couldn’t do anything to Luo Xiao Qing today. What can you do?
Do you want to die young?”
Yan Jie Cheng disagreed: “Hmph, Dad, you’re just bragging. Luo Xiao Qing could be blown down by a gust of wind back in the courtyard.
He’s the reason I don’t have a house, I will settle this score with him sooner or later!”
The Third Aunt: “Child’s father, is that Luo Xiao Qing really that strong?”
“I saw it with my own eyes, how can it be fake? Anyway, we can’t afford to offend Luo Xiao Qing.
Old Lin may not be so lucky to find a job, maybe by next spring, he will have spent all his money.
He’ll have to go back to his hometown.”
That evening, Luo Xiao Qing went back to his room early and entered his space to continue his cultivation.
Jia Zhang Shi was shouting and crying in the middle courtyard all night.
She was so angry that she had lost the more than sixty dollars she almost got.
With the sewing machine, Luo Hui Zhen began working on making cotton coats and pants for Luo Xiao Qing, Duo Duo, and Guo Guo.
By the next morning, Luo Hui Zhen had finished making Luo Xiao Qing’s padded jacket and pants: “Xiao Qing, come and try them on!”
Luo Xiao Qing touched the soft cotton pants: “Mom, thank you!”
“Silly child, what is there to thank between family members. Do they fit well?”
“They’re perfect, no discomfort!”
Luo Xiao Qing put on his padded jacket and was about to go hunting. He had just earned two thousand yuan, but he hadn’t accumulated many supplies yet.
Luo Xiao Qing also wanted to buy some seeds and plant them in his space.
However, when they saw Luo Xiao Qing packing his things, Duo Duo and Guo Guo’s eyes turned red.
“Big brother, we don’t want you to go!”
“Big brother, if you go hunting, Guo Guo won’t see you all day, Guo Guo’s heart hurts.”
Luo Xiao Qing picked up Guo Guo: “Silly girl, do you know what it means to have a heart ache?”
Duo Duo: “It means you miss big brother and it hurts!”
Luo Xiao Qing hugged Duo Duo and Guo Guo: “Alright, big brother won’t go hunting today, how about we go catch fish?”
While fish aren’t as valuable as hunting prey, they still make a decent amount.
Besides, he has the space spirit spring, this heaven-defying cheat, he can get as many fish as he wants, isn’t it just a drop of water?
“Great, we can go catch fish with big brother!”
Luo Hui Zhen: “You’re spoiling them. If you keep spoiling them, they’ll never get married!”
Duo Duo: “I can marry big brother!”
Guo Guo: “I can marry big brother too!”
Luo Hui Zhen: “Nonsense, go wash your hands and faces and eat breakfast!”
“Breakfast time!”
The two little girls ran happily in the courtyard, Luo Xiao Qing’s heart felt warm.
Luo Hui Zhen pondered: “Xiao Qing, you’ve earned a lot of money from hunting, I think we should renovate your room.
Your room is actually quite good, the same size as Sha Zhu’s, just a bit old.
We can find a construction team, clean it up, and get some new furniture, it’ll be easier to find a wife.”
Luo Xiao Qing’s room is located in the main room between Deaf Old Lady and Xu Da Mao’s house, about sixty square meters.
The side room next to the main room is where Luo Hui Zhen, Duo Duo, and Guo Guo live, about thirty square meters.
There is also a storage room between Luo Xiao Qing’s room and Deaf Old Lady’s, it’s about to collapse, but it’s also about thirty square meters.
If we combine all three rooms, it would be one hundred and twenty square meters.
If we tidy it up and plan well, we can make a three-bedroom-one-living-room layout:
“Mom, if we’re going to fix it, let’s fix it all, yours and Duo Duo and Guo Guo’s room, and the storage room next to it, let’s buy them all together.
Then let’s build a toilet, we won’t have to go outside in the winter to use the bathroom.”
Luo Hui Zhen: “That’s too expensive, just fix yours.”
“No, if a girl comes for a blind date and sees I live in a nice house but you’re living in an old one, she’ll think I’m not filial.”
Luo Hui Zhen: “Who said you’re not filial? My Xiao Qing is the most filial, let’s fix them all.
If we buy the storage room separately, the renovation costs will be high, it’s not worth it, but if we fix them together, it’s definitely worth it.
Once the house is renovated and your job is settled, Mom will set you up with blind dates every day.
I’ll find you a satisfactory one!”
Luo Xiao Qing gave Luo Hui Zhen five hundred yuan: “Mom, go and buy the storage room first.
And ask Director Wang about the construction team.”
“Alright! I’ll go to the street office right now!”
Luo Hui Zhen changed her clothes and went to the street office in a hurry. Now she has hope for the future.
She also seemed to have a lot more energy.
At the street office, Luo Hui Zhen found Director Wang: “Director Wang.”
“Oh, Hui Zhen, you’re here! I was just about to go to your courtyard to look for Xiao Qing.
It’s almost the New Year, according to the rules, we need to distribute meat to the comrades in the street office, and to the martyrs and the poor and needy households in the street.
But now the supply of materials is tight, so I was thinking, could Xiao Qing go into the mountains to hunt some game these days, so that everyone can have a good New Year.”
Luo Hui Zhen: “I need to ask Xiao Qing about that! Director Wang, I’m here to ask you about the storage room next to Xiao Qing’s house, is it for sale?”
Director Wang took out the blueprint and looked at it: “For sale, but that storage room is about to collapse, it’s too expensive for the street office to repair.
It’s just been left there, we were thinking if anyone was willing to fix it up, we would just sell it cheap.
If Xiao Qing wants it, I’ll make the decision, sixty yuan will do.”
“How can that be?”
It’s almost like giving it away for free.
Luo Hui Zhen was a bit hesitant: “Isn’t that taking advantage of the public?”