Unlimited Resources: Raising a Minister with a Space Supermarket-Chapter 415 - 386: You’ve Got Me, Your Sister

As soon as the Sun Family and Yu Xiaolian entered the courtyard, Sun Sillin’s wife greeted them with a wide smile, "We’ve been waiting for you ladies. Come inside quickly, we’re about to start the meal. Why didn’t Changhe come over?"

Sun was warmly invited into the house by Sun Sillin’s wife, and she sat on the edge of the kang, smiling as she asked, "Is there anything I can help with?"

Sun Sillin’s wife exclaimed, "Oh, no need for you! Besides, didn’t you send two maids over this morning to help? We’re not short on hands, just wait for the meal!

Sit down and enjoy some sunflower seeds and chat for a while; that’s giving me enough face."

Sun pretended to be angry, "Fourth Sister-in-law, look at what you’re saying, you’re flattering me, aren’t you? No matter what, my fourth brother and I share the same surname. I wouldn’t neglect family affairs for anything else, and there’s no reason for me to miss a happy event in my own family."

Sun Sillin laughed heartily, "Just kidding!

Xiaolian, take Qian and Xuan to your eldest uncle’s room. All the young ones are playing there!"

Yu Xiaolian nodded and led her twins towards the adjacent room, with Sun Manjiao bouncing along following her.

Since Sun Manxia was getting married, several girls from the Sun family had taken leave from school to celebrate together for a few days.

"Wow, it’s been a few days since I visited my fourth grandpa’s house, and it’s changed so much! Why are there so many new rooms? Did you add on to the house?" Sun Manjiao curiously looked around.

Just then, Sun Manjin came out of the room and explained to Sun Manjiao, "Grandpa divided the property among us, and these rooms are newly-built kitchens. Haven’t you heard?"

Sun Manjiao spent her days in the backyard of Zhenpin Pavilion making lipstick and rouge, then slept in Xiangyang Lane at night. She hadn’t returned to the village for a long time, so she was naturally unaware of what was happening there. Additionally, no one specifically told her about it, as her older sisters still regarded her as a kid who hadn’t grown up.

Sun Manjiao was shocked, widening her eyes, "Split the property? How did that happen? Why did it get divided?"

Her fourth grandpa was still alive, and the sons already caused a division?

Her eldest brother too, roaming from the village to the city every day, yet didn’t share this major news with her?

Seeing that Sun Manjiao truly didn’t know, Sun Manjin softly informed her about the situation.

"So, only your eldest paternal uncle’s family was separated?"

"That’s not quite right. Though our four families live in the same courtyard, we are living separately now. Plus, my eldest uncle’s new house has the foundation laid, and his family will soon move into the new house." Sun Manjin actually envied his eldest uncle quite a lot; not only did he receive an extra sixty taels of silver, but the land for building the house was also paid for with eight taels of silver by grandpa. Going forward, his eldest uncle will have his own secluded household, living behind closed doors, which was truly nice.

Unlike them, who still had to squeeze in together in the same courtyard, his mother and several aunts were constantly arguing over trivial matters such as "your chicken pecked my vegetables," "my chicken laid eggs in your chicken coop," and he had grown weary of hearing their quarreling.

Although he and Manyin were responsible for delivering goods to restaurants in New City and Zheng City and had managed to create a few other lucrative businesses, earning far more than his other brothers, his suggestion to build a few large houses for a more comfortable living was firmly rejected by his mother.

His mother always felt that if they moved out, the rooms grandpa divided for their household would be taken advantage of by the other households, thus she absolutely refused to move and build new houses.

Sun Manjin and Sun Manyin felt helpless, but they couldn’t go against their mother, so they had no choice.

Though their grandpa had allocated rooms for them to reside in after marriage, Sun Manjin and Sun Manyin laid it out clearly; they would marry only if it’s in new houses. If new homes are not built, they won’t go for arranged marriages. After all, they were already twenty-one, so let’s see who’s in a hurry then.

Yu Xiaolian, aware that Sun Erlin’s wife was extremely anxious about her twin sons’ marriage prospects, quietly gave Sun Manjin some advice, "You can secretly start building them. Once they’re ready, you can move in. Could your second aunt still live here?"

Sun Manjin sighed, "But we’ve handed over the money we earned, and we don’t have that much cash ourselves!"

Yu Xiaolian, puffing out her chest and making faces, said, "You’ve got me, your sister!"

Sun Manjin still couldn’t muster the resolve, "If I really sneakily build the house, wouldn’t mom skin me alive?"

"Oh, those who accomplish great things don’t sweat the small stuff. You’ve been out and about for years and haven’t learned from Manyin. Manyin is much more decisive than you." Yu Xiaolian turned around looking for Manyin, "Where did Manyin go?"

Sun Manjin replied, "He’s gone with Manliang to buy some sheep. We’re slaughtering them tonight!

Regarding the house building, let me talk it over with Manyin tonight, and I’ll give you a definitive answer tomorrow!"

Yu Xiaolian appeared generous, "Just let me know if you need money, no need to be polite with me!"

When Yu Xiaolian and Sun Manjiao entered the room, Yu Ziqian and Yu Zixuan were already carried onto the kang by Sun Huaixing. When they first arrived at Taohua Village, there were no kangs here, and the heated bed was built later by the Sun Family themselves.

Since these people from the Northern Land started building kangs, it caused quite a stir in Taohua Village. Many villagers began to imitate these Northerners, building heated beds to better endure the winter.

Previously, it wasn’t that there were no households with kangs around Luocheng, but only a minority had them.

If anyone asked why they wouldn’t build a kang despite having firewood, they might just say, this Yu State isn’t true "South", but it’s neither North nor South, and winter is undoubtedly cold!

Earlier, Taohua Village residents didn’t build kangs truly because they couldn’t afford it. The families with kangs usually hired someone to build them, as constructing a kang required skill. A poorly built kang would choke smoke into the house, and despite burning lots of wood, it might still not be warm. Those with wealth could afford to hire experts, but poor families couldn’t bear the cost.

Since the Sun family arrived, if anyone in Taohua Village wanted to build a kang, they just had to let Sun Dalin know, and he would guide them to dry the adobe blocks first, then come over to help with construction, which could be completed in half a day.

The kang was generally heated using the large pot in the outer house. Though it was summer, the Sun family’s kang was warm now because tomorrow was Sun Manxia’s wedding day, so some meat dishes were being cooked in the big pot ahead of time.

Yu Ziqian and Yu Zixuan, playing on the kang, soon had sweaty heads but didn’t want to get down, enjoying playtime with Sun Huaixing and other kids around their age.

Yu Xiaolian glanced around and didn’t see Sun Manyu, so she asked Sun Manyun from Sun Wulin’s family, "Where’s Manyu?"

Sun Manyue curled her lips, "What’s she up to, afraid she’ll have to do some work, so she’s hiding away!"

Yu Xiaolian could tell that Sun Manyue was quite displeased with Sun Manyu, her eldest cousin.