Chapter 319: Face Means Nothing
Taotao blushed with shyness when praised by her mother, burying her little face into her mother’s chest, yet her heart swelled with happiness.
Jian Zhiqin, being somewhat older, was also more shrewd.
He handed over the money to Li Qiuhua, but it was only 200 yuan. He knew this was a significant amount of money that he couldn’t keep for himself, yet he sneakily saved fifty yuan for buying nice things. Li Qiuhua knew exactly how much her son had made, and the fact that he hid fifty yuan was not lost on her. However, since the children had earned the money themselves, as long as it wasn’t spent frivolously, she wouldn’t say anything. As for the 200 yuan, she intended to save it for them, for things like registering for school and buying books.
Meanwhile, Qin Xiangyang from Shenjia Village had also taken Hua Jun to sell Spring Festival couplets for a few days, and together they had made over three thousand yuan, which they split equally between them.
Hua Jun brought home 1,500 yuan, and when he handed the money to Granny Hua, she burst into tears hugging him.
Hua Jun didn’t understand why she was crying so suddenly, but he did feel a genuine sensation of growing up and realized that he needed to take care of his grandmother, just like Nuannuan and Yangyang were doing.
"Granny, we should renovate the house," Qin Xiangnuan took the opportunity to suggest while the family was all together. "Our place is close to the school, and if the area develops, many people will want to rent houses here. It’s better to build now rather than rush later. We should build it similar to my family’s house. Building early is cheaper, and later on, the price of materials like bricks and stones will surely be higher. "
Of course, she was telling the truth; building now wouldn’t cost too much. However, saving the money in the bank would mean that, in the future, the same amount might only suffice for a toilet. She knew that in recent years, Granny Hua, alongside Granny Lu in selling breakfasts, had also saved up some money, but she was accustomed to being frugal and might have a hard time, just like Aunt Hua, making such a robust decision.
Granny Hua’s hand holding the chopsticks remained suspended for a long while.