Chapter 429: A Qing's House

Early the next morning.

Wu An was woken up by A Qing's shout, and A Qing also brought breakfast.

Wu An got up and put on his big underpants.

Feeling something off, he turned around and saw A Qing staring at him intently.

Wu An asked, "What's up?"

A Qing said, "Brother, you really have plenty of money."

Wu An, speechless, kicked him: "Nothing left to study, huh?"

"You little brat?"

A Qing dodged, saying honestly, "I'm quite a bit younger than you."

Wu An coughed twice: "You're still young."

"There's still room to grow."

A Qing scratched his head: "Brother, can it grow as big as yours?"

Wu An chuckled: "Half of mine is enough."

A Qing scratched his head: "Got it."

Wu An went to wash up.

Just as he returned to the room, he heard A Qing shout: "Brother, I'm ready, come over and let's compare."

Wu An was dumbfounded.

Although they usually share a pair of pants, he really couldn't do it.

If it were back when they were ten or so, they might have compared.

Now, he has the soul of someone in his thirties, yet he can't bring himself to do something so ridiculous.

Seeing A Qing's eager look, you really can't say he hasn't done something even more ridiculous when he was ten or so.

Comparing sizes is nothing.

Comparing stamina is what makes a real man!

Ah...

This damn memory attack hit me!

Wu An, annoyed by A Qing, had no appetite, just took a couple of bites, and after A Qing calmed down, he went straight out.

A Qing's family newly bought a plot of land; it's actually not far from the old house, also by the seaside, even closer to the dock.

At the site, the open ground already had piles of building materials—bricks, yellow sand, and the like.

Aunt Juan was also there.

Seeing Wu An come over, she was happy and greeted him to sit down for tea.

Wu An asked, "Aunt Juan, which village's construction crew did you hire?"

Li Juan said, "Just from the neighboring village."

"This is the quote."

"Labor and materials included."

"If we follow the materials I specified, we should buy them ourselves—how much could we save?"

"A Qing absolutely refuses."

Wu An took the quote, snapped a photo, and sent it to Li Foreman, asking him to check for any issues.

Putting down the quote, he said, "Aunt Juan, don't blame A Qing; I'm the one who told him to do this."

"Usually when he goes out to sea, you're alone at home; if we don't include materials, what if we run short?"

"Spending a bit more saves a lot of worry."

Li Juan nodded, actually understanding Wu An's plan; if the materials were lost, the construction crew's labor-and-materials contract would bear the loss.

She understood, but still felt bad about spending extra money.

Not long after.

Li Foreman called, saying basically there were no problems, asking whose house it was, to be handled by him, which could save tens of thousands.

Wu An said, "It's for my childhood friend's house."

They chatted a few sentences and hung up.

The "tens of thousands" Li Foreman mentioned is basically just favor money.

After confirming the quote was fine, he looked around and said, "I see the materials are all in place—why haven't we started work?"

Li Juan said, "We're still waiting for an auspicious date."

"Breaking ground is a big deal."

"We can't just break ground casually."

Wu An realized.

It's just the habit from his rebirth; in the future, these old-fashioned groundbreaking rituals have become history.

Most people don't bother with them anymore, but it's different now—especially someone Aunt Juan's age still places great importance on the rites.

Listening to Aunt Juan's explanation, they also need to invite a feng shui master, set up an Earth God tablet, offer incense… and later set up a banquet to invite guests.

After listening, Wu An quietly asked A Qing, "I see Aunt Juan doing all the work—what about your uncles?"

"Have you invited them?"

A Qing said, "I invited them, but they all said they have things to do."

Wu An, thoughtful, said, "Aunt Juan, if you have time, come to my place and invite my father to come watch the ceremony."

The clan won't help, relying only on this orphan and widow; they're afraid they won't be able to invite anyone at all.

A Qing's uncles might not necessarily be busy, but they're definitely waiting to see the joke.

Now his father is acting as village chief; if he comes over to attend the ceremony and feast, then he represents the Village Committee coming over.

By then, when people gossip, those watching the jokes will be A Qing's uncles who didn't help out, and even those who didn't show up.

Li Juan blinked: "Your dad is pretty busy, this matter..."

Wu An said: "Aunt Li, you're being distant; my dad already told me before, this is a big matter, the Village Committee should step in."

Li Juan was somewhat moved: "Ah, okay, okay."

Wu An originally planned to help out; although ground hasn't been broken yet, there are many things to do, the items needed for the ceremony must be bought, and we also need to prepare the feast ingredients...

As a result, Mei Wu called, saying he finally managed to invite the trouble-making class monitor out for a drink.

Mei Wu was afraid he couldn't handle it, so he asked him to come along.

Wu An agreed, then thought and called his sister-in-law Mei Yueqin to come help.

Li Juan pretended.

Wu An didn't keep her at arm's length; he treated A Qing's matter as his own.

He especially remembered that, before his previous life's rebirth, A Qing came to him, also because he had encountered a major change in life.

Aunt Li died from overwork.

Moreover, it was right after his family's new house had just been built; it was precisely for building the new house that Aunt Li exhausted herself to death.

After A Qing got drunk, he kept saying a lot: he said sorry to Aunt Li, hated his own lack of ability, every day besides earning money he was exhausted, couldn't share the family's burden, and complained that no uncles in the clan helped.

At that time, A Qing was much more sensible and mature, because people's growth is all about being worn down by events.

? In the village, he couldn't find anyone to talk to, so he found him to drink.

At that time, he couldn't comfort A Qing at all, because he lacked the standing.

His situation was also pretty bad.

Now it's different; everything can still be made up for, everything can still be done better.

The sister-in-law coming to help is also willing.

Previously, Li Juan not coming to say, she also wouldn't force herself to insert; after coming, she directly told Aunt Li.

Aunt Li burst into tears on the spot.

Of course it's not anger, but feeling moved; Wu An and Mei Yueqin, these outsiders are even closer than relatives!

A Qing scratched his head on the side.

Recently his mother often just cries.

Wu An felt it was a good thing; letting out all the grievances and pent-up frustration makes one feel relieved.

Riding a vehicle.

Straight to the town.

On days when they don't go out to sea, each day is still very busy.

Pretty good.

Even when busy, even if not going out to sea, each day the system later raises his luck value cap.

Now the luck value cap is already close to 600; he thinks that,? once he gets the trawler, the cap can break 1000, then it can function better.

Can't be idle every day.

Arriving in town, he and Mei Wu? agreed to meet at the restaurant entrance; as soon as they arrived at the entrance, they saw Mei Wu squatting to the side smoking.

"Has anyone come?"

"Not yet, let's go to the private room first, no need to wait at the entrance; this place isn't far from the factory, we often come here for meals."

"Then is everything you prepared ready?"

"All set."