"You see, now that we've split into our own household with farmland for four people, if we can save like we did in the first half of this year, in a few years we should be able to build a house, right?"
The Qin Family's house was relatively good in the village; it was a new blue-brick house they built the year they got married. But it was still a bit cramped for so many people living in just four rooms.
Qin Han was tidying up and nodded, "Yeah, if it's like the vegetable prices this year, we could build a house in three to five years. By then, Zhuangzhuang will be bigger and it'll be just the right time for him to have his own room. It would be great if we could have a second child," having only one child is too lonely.
"It's not as easy as just wanting another child, family planning is so strict. I heard it costs several hundred yuan now to have a second child."
"If it really takes a few hundred yuan to have another child, I would accept it," Qin Han glanced at his son running around the courtyard with a stick, "We should hurry and try for another one while we can, before they possibly stop allowing second pregnancies in a few years."
On the other side, Qin Yang had already obtained an introduction letter from the brigade. These days, getting married was simple, although the commune had changed to a township, many administrative structures were still unstandardized, and you still had to go to the town government secretary for a marriage license.
Qin Family Village was part of Ancheng Town in Ancheng County. Having found the secretary and handed over all the paperwork and the introduction letter, it cost one yuan to get a marriage license.
It was Lin Chuxia's first time getting a marriage license in two lifetimes. The countryside wasn't particular about such formalities; in her previous life, she and Li Guangyuan just had a wedding banquet in the village without getting a marriage certificate.
Staring at the marriage certificate that looked like an award, clearly stating Lin Chuxia and Qin Yang voluntarily getting married, a strange feeling suddenly crossed her heart.
Looking at the man next to her, he was really tall, over one meter eighty, almost a head taller than her. ƒree𝑤ebnσvel.com
His profile was smooth and youthful, energetic. When he wasn't smiling, his cool demeanor gave people a keep-your-distance vibe, but it was also refreshing and pleasing to the eye.
Feeling the gaze from beside him, Qin Yang asked her, "What's up?" Then looking at the marriage certificate in her hand, he grinned, showing a row of bright white teeth.
Lin Chuxia retracted her earlier thought, he was just a simpleton.
"It's nothing. Do you want to keep the marriage certificate or shall I?"
Qin Yang thought for a moment, took it from her carefully, and rolled it up, "I'll keep it, maybe my work unit will need it."
The marriage application was approved; what would his work unit need the marriage certificate for? Lin Chuxia didn't expose his little trick, and they went to the supply and marketing co-op together.
They bought two bottles of alcohol, two bags of sugar, two cans of canned goods, and two jin of peach crisp. Qin Yang wanted to buy some malted milk essence, but Lin Chuxia stopped him.
Marrying into the Qin Family had already drained their resources, and Qin Yang knew exactly how much money he had left, still needing to buy bus tickets.
The Lin Family didn't need him to overspend any further; these four kinds of gifts were moderate and sufficient.
The next morning, Lin Chuxia felt some movement beside her and opened her eyes, moving her sore and lazy body slightly, and looked resentfully at the vigorous man beside her.
After all the fuss last night, though he exerted more, why was he so spirited, and she felt like she had been beaten up?
Was this some kind of secret energy-restoring technique?
With his energy, it's good that he's not often at home, otherwise Lin Chuxia felt her hopes for a healthy physique in this lifetime were dashed again.
Qin Yang just finished folding his own blanket, wondering if tonight he wouldn't need to prepare blankets for two anymore; it wasn't necessary, and such repetitive folding was troublesome.
Feeling her stare from behind, he saw that Lin Chuxia was awake, looking deeply at him.
That look made his heart tighten, recalling certain images from last night, his ears warmed.
"You can sleep a bit more."
He was used to it, waking up naturally at the same time. She probably hadn't gotten enough sleep; there were obvious dark circles under her eyes.
Lin Chuxia glanced at him, "Rare, Mr. Qin shows a bit of conscience."
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