Chapter 1841: See If You Can Help Him Out

Fu Yanming and Fu Yan Cheng were perfectly in sync, quickly urging their wife and son to eat and frequently picking up dishes from the far end of the table that were out of reach to serve them.

Fu Yanwan picked up the small bowl before her: "Jiangfeng, serve me some pickled vegetable fish."

Ren Jiangfeng took the bowl: "Now you've reached the same level as those little ones."

The few little ones eating happily heard Jiangfeng's words and all burst out laughing.

Lebao swallowed the food in her mouth and said in a soft, sticky voice: "Auntie has a baby in her belly, and we are also babies, so we are all the same."

Fu Yanwan gave her little niece a thumbs-up: "Look, your uncle isn't as good at talking as my Lebao."

For a moment, the atmosphere at the dinner table was warm and harmonious.

Perhaps Fu's father knew something needed to be said later and didn't have a small drink as he usually did.

After finishing the meal and cleaning up, Fu Yanwei asked Hao Yanhong to brew a pot of tea: "Well, since everyone is gathered here today, I have something I want to tell everyone."

As he spoke, he glanced at Fu's father sitting at the head of the table.

Seeing that Fu's father said nothing, he had to continue on his own: "Here's the situation. You all know that Yanhong and I have been renting a place, originally planning to wait for housing allocation, but the line of people waiting for housing is endless.

And you also know that neither Yanhong nor I have long work records, nor are we model workers or advanced producers; even if we did get allocated a place, it would likely only be a small flat of around ten square meters."

Upon hearing this, everyone had some idea in their minds, but no one spoke up, simply waiting for him to continue.

Fu Yanwei, seeing that no one spoke, continued: "The day before yesterday, I received news that Master Guo from the factory is retiring next month. His two sons are both in the south, and the old couple is preparing to sell their house and move south to join their sons.

That house is private property; the courtyard has three main rooms and two wing rooms on each side. I went to check the house specifically after work yesterday, and it is quite decent, so I discussed with Yanhong about buying it."

At this point, he coughed lightly, somewhat embarrassed: "Well, you all know our situation; we really can't come up with that much money all at once, but this opportunity won't come again. Rather than waiting endlessly for housing allocation, we might as well grit our teeth and buy that house."

After finishing, he specifically glanced at the fourth brother and his wife: "Actually, I also feel that what the fourth brother's wife said before was right; having our own house will make us more secure in the future."

Seeing that no one intended to speak, he turned to look at Fu's father sitting at the head of the table: "Dad, about this matter..."

Fu's father looked at him: "He told me about this on his way back this noon. What do you all think?"

Fu Yanming, the eldest brother, spoke first: "How much will that house cost?"

Fu Yanwei coughed lightly: "I haggled with Master Guo for a long time. He said the minimum is eight thousand five hundred yuan; he won't sell for less."

Fu Yanming glanced at his fourth brother Fu Yan Cheng, then looked at the second brother Fu Yanwei: "How much money do you have on hand?"

Fu Yanwei said somewhat embarrassedly: "Including this month's wages, we can scrape together about two thousand six hundred yuan."

Upon hearing this, Fu Yanwan laughed first: "I was wondering why the second sister-in-law came back so diligently and enthusiastically today; turns out she has a favor to ask."

Although she said it this way, her tone held no mockery, but rather seemed like playful teasing.

Fu's father rolled his eyes at his own daughter, then spoke: "If this had happened before, I certainly wouldn't have helped them bring this up, but things are different now.

The second sister-in-law has now woken up and knows to work together with the second brother for their own small family; this makes me somewhat relieved. The second brother has significant room for promotion at work, and he is indeed working hard now. What do you all think, can you help him out?"