Chapter 740: A Tall Tree Attracts the Wind

At lunch, Shen Wei and her daughter Xiaolai, as well as Second Uncle Wang Daliang's family of four and Wang Shun, all ate at Wang An's house.

The reason for mentioning Wang Shun separately was that Wang Shun had already separated his family and was living on his own; he and Wang Daliang's family were considered two separate families.

While eating, Wang Dazhu suddenly asked Wang An: "Xiao An, how do you want to build that house? How many rooms?"

One had to admit that Wang Dazhu's heart was big enough; the house was about to start construction, and he only just thought to ask about this.

It was normal that Wang Dazhu hadn't cared about this before; after all, in this era, building a brick and tile house was basically not much different from an earthen house.

Generally, it was 3 rooms, meaning an east room, an outer room, and a west room; of course, there were also 4 and 5 rooms, but no matter how many rooms, there was basically only one east room.

The three of them worked hard for more than a month, but in the end, they let themselves and Wang Li take away half... The key is that the number is a bit too large, more than 37,000 yuan! Oh my god!

Anyway, all in all, the standards were basically similar.

Upon hearing this, Wang An said without hesitation:

"I was thinking of just building a two-story building to save trouble, our whole family living in it, how good would that be."

Wang An had already drawn quite a few blueprints, and each blueprint had been revised again and again; in short, Wang An felt that the house he designed could be said to have reached a very perfect degree.

It was just that as soon as Wang An's voice fell, Wang Dazhu and his wife, and Wang Daliang and his wife, couldn't help but frown, and then looked at each other.

One could see Wang Dazhu pause and then say:

"In this day and age, the wind blows in bursts and the rain falls in bursts; you building a tile house is already eye-catching enough, so if you build a second floor, the whole township will know, and won't our family be targeted sooner or later?"

After Wang Dazhu finished speaking, Liu Guilan also said:

"Xiao An, your father is right. You saw what kind of person Niu Laoer was today, and I'm telling you, Xiao An, there are quite a few people in our village like Niu Laoer. If you ask me, we should just keep a low profile, it's not worth showing off."

Wang An was stunned upon hearing this; to be honest, Wang An really hadn't considered this aspect of things.

Because Wang An's thinking was that his family lived their own life, as long as he and his family could enjoy life, that was enough; as for others getting jealous, Wang An wouldn't even bother to glance at it.

After Liu Guilan finished speaking, Second Uncle Wang Daliang also advised:

"With these people in our village, on the surface they all seem quite good, but behind our backs, who knows how they might sabotage us. If they label us with the name of 'speculation,' given the temperament of those people above, they might just target us."

Wang An stopped his chopsticks from picking up food and subconsciously said:

"This shouldn't be a problem, right? I have a few friends who are in very high positions in the county; if something really happens, they will block it for me."

Wang An said so, but the actual reason wasn't entirely because of Zhang Shuya and Wu Dong and the others.

Because with the comprehensive popularization of household responsibility systems, plus the comprehensive opening of individual businesses, wealthy people would become more and more numerous.

This would lead to earth-shaking changes in people's thinking, and the concept of money being supreme would gradually occupy everyone's heart.

And as for speculation, that was checked quite strictly in these few years, but as long as one didn't engage in large-scale commercial activities openly and just stayed in this one-third of an acre of DJ County, it wouldn't be an issue at all.

It was just that when Second Uncle Wang Daliang heard Wang An's words, he said earnestly:

"As the saying goes, a tall tree attracts the wind. I'm not cursing your friends, Xiao An, but why don't you think about it? What if something happens to your friends? Not to mention something happening, what if they get transferred?" After eating a bite of food, Wang Daliang continued:

"I heard from Xiao Lizi that none of your friends are locals; they are all from Bingcheng here to gild themselves. Anyway, I feel that they will go back sooner or later. As the saying goes, who doesn't want to stay in a big city? Who wants to be cooped up in such a small county town? You say, right?"

One had to admit that these words of Wang Daliang could be said to be very fair; although Wu Dong and Zhang Shuya and the others were working quite comfortably in DJ County now, human beings all want to go to higher places.

It was obvious that the small stage of DJ County would definitely limit them.

After Wang Daliang finished speaking, Wang Dazhu also said:

"Just like those educated youth, whether it was a hot-headed impulse or being forced into it, anyway, I see that none of them are willing to stay in this poor mountain gully."

After finishing speaking, Wang Dazhu realized Shen Wei's existence and hurriedly said to Shen Wei:

"Xiao Wei, I'm not talking about you, you are different from them."

Upon hearing this, Shen Wei laughed indifferently:

"Hi, I'm no different from them. If it weren't for the fact that there's no one left in my hometown, and I have nowhere to stay if I go back, then I would definitely have gone back too."

After Shen Wei finished speaking, she lowered her head and fell silent, as if the meal didn't taste good anymore.

Immediately after, Liu Guilan, Yao Ping, and Wang Daliang took turns to persuade Wang An.

Until the end, Mu Xueqing couldn't help but say: "Xiao An, why don't we listen to Dad and Second Uncle? We'll just build the big tile house more spacious and brighter; as long as it's warm in winter, living in it is actually the same, a second floor is just so-so."

Wang An was silent for a long time before finally saying:

"Yeah, indeed, when the time comes, we'll make the inside of the house better, it won't be inferior to a small two-story building."

To be honest, Wang An didn't have any obsession with building an ordinary tile house or a two-story building; the only thing Wang An wanted was two words: "spacious," mainly because the house at home was truly too damn crowded.

Hearing Wang An say this, whether it was Wang Dazhu and his wife or Wang Daliang and his wife, they couldn't help but breathe a deep sigh of relief.

Unknowingly, in major matters, Wang An's thinking had actually occupied a dominant position in this family.

After a while, Wang Dazhu suddenly asked:

"By the way, Xiao An, if you build a second floor according to your idea, how will you handle the heating on the second floor? Is it burning a stove all day? Or are you going to build a heated kang on the second floor too?"

One had to admit that this was indeed a big problem; in the winter temperature of over 40 degrees below zero, the most important thing was undoubtedly heating.

Wang An said casually:

"I heard from my friends that Bingcheng is using central heating now, I was thinking we could install that stuff in our house too."

Wang Dazhu immediately asked: "Heating? What is heating?"

It was no wonder Wang Dazhu would ask this, because at this time, heating hadn't even appeared in the county town; even in Wu Dong's house, they were still using ground fire dragons and heated kangs.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 741 =====