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Chapter 192 The significance of the ancestral home
After leaving the village committee, Lin Ran returned home happily.
He made up his mind to get that piece of land!
When I got home, my parents were busy. My father's legs had almost recovered and he was already repairing tools and preparing to work in the fields.
My mother was not idle either, helping out on the sidelines.
Lin Wanjun didn't know where she went, maybe she was chatting with her best friend.
Seeing Lin Ran coming back, Lin's father also called him over to help him.
Lin Ran sat down next to them, and while wiping off the dust on the tools, he asked, "Dad, don't you think our house is too small?"
Hearing this, Father Lin put down his tools and said meaningfully: "Xiao Ran, you still want to buy a homestead, right?"
Lin Ran nodded silently.
I thought my father was going to show off his majesty as the head of the family again, but who knew that he just said in a low voice: "Dad also understands how you want to live in a new house, but I just think that money should be used where it should be used."
Mother Lin also echoed, "Actually, my parents have been working for others recently. They plan to save some money so that you and your sister can live a good life, prepare a dowry for your sister, and save money for you to buy a house in the city."
"Xiaoran, you are a smart child, and you are not good at farm work. Only in the city can you have broad development space. My parents don't want to drag you down for the rest of your life." Father Lin sighed.
In fact, they have never had such a heart-to-heart talk.
Lin Ran couldn't help but feel a little touched. It turned out that his parents were not willing to spend money, but they were saving it for their children, and they were still thinking about his future.
After calming down his emotions, Lin Ran said: "Mom and Dad, I will be self-reliant, you don't need to save money for me."
"What are you talking about? Making money is not just for you." After Lin's father finished speaking, he started to work again.
Lin Ran finally asked: "Actually, I went to the village committee in the morning, and the village party secretary told me that as long as I demolish the abandoned pig pen at home, I can buy a piece of land near the back mountain."
"Buy land?" Father Lin frowned.
"Yes, you can buy one square meter for only nine yuan!" Lin Ran specifically emphasized that the price was cheap, because other land sold for about eleven or twelve yuan.
But Father Lin was unmoved. Instead, he smiled and said, "Why do we need such a big house? Our family of four lives in a house of more than 100 square meters. Aren't we comfortable?"
"Xiao Ran has grown up and wants to have his own independent space." Mother Lin said with a smile.
"Mom, that's not true. Wouldn't it be better for our family to live in a bigger house?" Lin Ran persuaded.
"In short, it is impossible to demolish this house." Mother Lin knew that she could not defeat Lin Ran, so she could only show the momentum of her elders.
"There is no need to demolish our ancestral home. Don't we still have an abandoned pigsty? It has never been used." Lin Ran said.
When they mentioned the abandoned pig pen, Father Lin and Mother Lin looked at each other with regretful expressions on their faces.
At that time, they also spent ten yuan to introduce pig seedlings. They were well raised and the pigs were about to leave the pen. Unexpectedly, they encountered swine fever.
All the pigs in the pigsty died, and the villagers buried the dead pigs while they watched.
Because of this incident, he was ostracized by other people in the village.
From then on, I felt dissatisfied and never raised a pig again.
Life gradually got better, and when they mentioned the abandoned pigsty, these memories were brought up, and they couldn't help but frown.
They just shook their heads silently, and Lin Ran advised: "It is a waste to leave the abandoned pig pen there, and there have been pigs that died of disease in it. It is inevitable that there will be swine fever bacteria underground, so it is not suitable for raising pigs."
"Besides, the pig pen has been pressed against the ground. According to Feng Shui, it suppresses the anger of the family. It might as well be demolished."
Lin Ran had no choice but to use the theory of the five elements that his mother believed in most to persuade him.
"What you said makes sense, but nine yuan per square meter is too expensive." Father Lin said.
"My child has money." Lin Ran quickly replied. He took out a few banknotes and showed them to his parents. "My child works in a pawn shop. He gets wages and commissions every month. He also makes a lot of money collecting rags. ,so..."
"That's enough." Father Lin interrupted him.
Lin Ran was a little frustrated. It was not easy to persuade people of this era to change their minds.
It doesn't matter if it's someone else, but the matter in front of me is my father, so I can't make him surrender by using small tricks.
Just when Lin Ran was about to give up, Lin's father said: "Xiao Ran has grown up, and it's time for you to make decisions for the family."
Lin Ran suddenly raised his head and saw his parents looking at him with smiles.
"Xiao Ran, do you know? This ancestral house was passed down by your great-grandpa and grandma. It has too many memories." Father Lin stood up and looked at the door of the house.
"Dad grew up here since he was a child, then married your mother, and then married Wanjun and you."
"Actually, when he was in the hospital, dad was worried that he would never see you again. At that time, he thought, it doesn't matter. As long as the ancestral home is still there, when he misses you, his soul will be able to come back and see you."
"If the souls of my grandparents are still there, it would be so sad to see that the house they lived in has been demolished."
Lin Ran was deeply moved by Lin's father's true confession.
I couldn't help but think of a saying from later generations.
People really die when they are forgotten by the world.
The ancestral home assumes exactly this positioning!
Lin Ran stood up and said, "Dad, don't say any unlucky words in the future."
The worst thing is not to move, just think of other ways.
Father Lin smiled and said: "It's okay, Xiaoran has grown up now. Didn't you just say that as long as the abandoned pig pen is demolished, you can buy a homestead? I agree."
"Really?" Lin Ran was overjoyed.
Mother Lin also stood up and said, "Xiaoran has become something new and can make decisions for the family."
"If the ancestral home is not demolished, let's buy new land and build a new house!" Lin's father said his final decision.
"Great!" Lin Ran was very happy and hugged his father excitedly.
"You decide how much land you want to buy." Lin's father gave the choice to Lin Ran.
"Yes!" Lin Ran jogged all the way to the village committee, told the village party secretary the news, then took out the map and started studying it, asking: "How much homestead can I buy?"
"There are four people in your family, right? Each person can buy 50 square meters." The village party secretary replied.
In other words, the Lin family can buy up to [-] square meters!
180 yuan is not a small amount in this era, and it also takes money to build a house.
But Lin Ran had decided that after his parents had worked hard all their lives, it was time for them to enjoy happiness.
"I want to buy two hundred square meters!"
Lin Ran made a decision immediately and drew his own mark on the map, which represented that he had subscribed to the land. He didn't want to be beaten to it by others!