Thinking of the personalities of those relatives of the He family, Grandma He frowned slightly, called Jiang Tian to her side, raised her hand, pretended to help her smooth her hair, and leaned close to her granddaughter's ear to briefly explain the situation of those relatives of the He family.

After saying that, she curled her lips and specifically mentioned a relative of the He family whom she despised the most -

"Others are either stupid or bad, but your fifth aunt is both bad and stupid!"

"You and your mother are both filial children, but respecting elders also depends on whether the elder is worthy of filial piety."

"Anyway, tell your mom that the He family members who are here today only need to look after your Grandpa He. If you don't want to give face to the other He family members, then don't give it to them!"

"Some people are born to be arrogant. If you give them a little face, they will fly to the sky!"

Jiang Tian rolled her eyes and showed a well-behaved smile: "Thank you, grandma, I will listen to grandpa and grandma!"

The truck drove very fast and soon arrived at the new home of the He family's elders.

After getting off the car, He's relatives were stunned to see three brand new shops in a row on the side of the road.

My heart feels like being thrown into highly concentrated lemonade, it's so sour.

When I came here just now, I saw many short and dilapidated thatched huts and broken brick houses on both sides of the provincial road. I thought that what Jiang Tian built for the He family’s elders were at most two red brick houses.

When I got here, I was surprised!

The three neat and spacious storefronts in the front row alone are enough to make one's eyes jealous and their hearts beat fast.

When Jiang Tian designed this house, she thought that in addition to being a place for people to live, it would be best if it could allow the He family's elders to run a small business of their own.

The elderly people in rural areas have worked hard all their lives and most of them cannot sit idle.

She can't give birth to a grandson or granddaughter for them right away.

After much thought, the best way is to find something for the two elders to do, such as opening a small shop or something.

Although the land chosen by the two elders of the He family was not particularly large, it was more than enough to build three storeys in front.

Jiang Tian also specially left a piece of open space in front of the door and made a whole piece of cement floor. On both sides, there were two rows of flower beds about four meters long and 80 centimeters wide, filled with fertile garden soil, for Grandma He to grow vegetables or something.

Such a spacious concrete floor can accommodate several cars parked side by side.

Walking across the floor, there are three storefronts side by side. The inside is connected and has some bamboo and wooden shelves already placed on it.

Jiang Tian also discussed with the two elders in advance about what business to start.

Working in the catering industry is too tiring and I’m worried that the old couple won’t be able to handle it.

If you run a gift business selling tobacco, alcohol, tea, etc., you have to keep a lot of money in it. Without a large amount of working capital, the store cannot survive.

After much deliberation, Jiang Tian finally suggested that the couple simply open a small supermarket.

In fact, it is similar to a supply and marketing cooperative, where everything is sold. However, a supply and marketing cooperative has a counter that keeps customers out. If you want something, you have to tell the salesperson, and then the salesperson will help you get it from the shelf.

What Jiang Tian opened for the two elders was the kind of "self-service supermarket" that was very common in later generations.

When you enter the door, take a small basket, select the items you want, and then go to the checkout counter to pay.

However, there are many petty thieves in this era, and in this kind of "self-service supermarket", one has to be on guard against someone secretly putting things into the pockets. So when a customer goes in to choose something, Grandpa He or Grandma He must have someone following them to watch over them.

This is Jiang Tian’s little idea: as long as the two elders are tied to this small supermarket, they will not be able to go back to the village often in the future.

Just like Grandpa Hu and Grandma Hu now.

When they first moved here, the two elders were reluctant to leave the vegetable garden in their hometown and wanted to continue growing vegetables.

By the time Grandma Hu had to stay at the stall every day to make rice dumplings, and Grandpa Hu ran a small shop and couldn't leave, the old couple never mentioned going back to the village to grow vegetables again.

They are not stupid!

Just do some calculations and you'll know.

Vegetables in rural areas cannot be sold at a good price these days. Even if you grow the vegetables well, you won’t make much money from selling them throughout the year.

With the time she has to tend to the vegetable garden, Grandma Hu can earn back the money by selling more rice dumplings.

Not to mention Grandpa Hu. Ever since he got the tobacco monopoly license, he is reluctant to close the store even at night because there are so many people coming to buy cigarettes.

If he was lucky, he would meet someone who wanted to buy two packs of good cigarettes to ask someone to do something for him. The money he made from one order was equal to what he earned from selling 200 kilograms of vegetables.

It’s so relaxing and not tiring at all.

There is a small door behind the storefront, and through the door there is a large courtyard.

A well was dug on one side of the yard, and next to the well, a row of spacious cement pools were built against the wall. Next to the pool, a cement platform the size of a square table was built, where people could wash vegetables and other things.

The other side is even more amazing. A fixed washboard was made using a whole piece of bluestone slab, and there is also a cement platform next to it, which makes it very convenient to wash clothes.

A grape trellis was built above the well and the pool. After a few years, the trellis will be full of grapes, and it will not be hot at all to wash clothes in the yard in the summer.

There is no cement floor in the yard, only a few horizontal and vertical paths paved with red bricks and cement. Walking further in along the paths, you will see the three main rooms.

The design of the main house is completely different from the common styles in rural areas today.

There is no main room!

No, according to Jiang Tian, ​​the houses that city dwellers live in are all like this. When you enter the house, there is a living room separated by half a room. On the side of the living room are a set of sofas, a coffee table, and a set of chests of drawers. The edges of all the furniture are rounded, so even if you accidentally bump into them, you won't get hurt.

The half room behind the living room was made into a super large dressing room and storage room.

As for the elderly, no matter now or decades later, most of them like to save things and are reluctant to throw away things at home.

Jiang Tian didn't want to see the nice master bedroom turned into a storage room, so she simply built a huge storage room for the two elders in advance.

This storage room is amazing.

There are storage cabinets that reach the ceiling on three walls, and moisture-proof cabinets on top for storing bedding for changing seasons.

The middle compartment can be used to store seasonal clothes for the elderly.

There is also a row of hanging areas below, where clothes that cannot be folded, or bags that can be hung, can be hung here.

The bottom layer is made into drawers of different sizes. Jiang Tian plans to find time to make classification labels for Grandma He. She will classify some commonly used tools at home, needles and thread, unused wool, scraps of cloth, important documents, etc. into the drawers and put labels on the outside.

This is also to prevent the two elders from getting forgetful when they get older. With a label, when they want to find something, they don’t have to rummage through boxes and cabinets.