Married to Officer, Pregnant Specialist becomes the Winner!

Chapter 373 - 372: Dad, Why Don’t We Build a House?

Gu Jia Ning couldn’t help but recall her past life.

In her previous life, at this very time, the Household Responsibility System had just emerged.

It was undoubtedly a golden opportunity to get rich.

Even if you simply contracted these lands and fields, without raising livestock or growing crops yourself, you could later rent them out and earn money lying at home.

Only the reborn Gu Jia Ning knew just how valuable these lands and fields would become.

Moreover, the price for contracts in the early days was quite generous.

Later on, those prices would keep skyrocketing.

But by then, no matter how much you were willing to pay, there would no longer be land available for contracting.

In her previous life, there was also this opportunity, but her second brother failed to seize it.

It wasn’t that he didn’t want to, but at that time, his wife, Su Miao, died during childbirth, both mother and child gone.

Her second brother and Su Miao were truly in love.

His wife’s death felt like the sky had collapsed for him.

He sunk completely into grief and stupor.

How could he still have any heart for striving ahead?

But Gu Jia Ning knew her second brother was, without a doubt, the right fit for contracting land.

So, the opportunity missed in her past life, she had to seize in this one.

"Ningning, what do you mean by rice-fish farming?" Gu Yunan found the term quite interesting.

"It means you can both grow rice and raise fish in the paddy fields..." Gu Jia Ning began explaining the concept of rice-fish farming.

This term, or rather, this practice, hadn’t yet appeared.

But as someone reborn, Gu Jia Ning knew that rice-fish farming was completely feasible.

When Gu Yunan and Old Gu heard this, their eyes immediately lit up.

"That’s a brilliant method! Truly, you kill two birds with one stone."

Rice-fish farming—who would’ve thought of that?

"Little sister, you’re really smart."

They didn’t doubt for a second whether what Gu Jia Ning said was reliable.

Because now that Gu Jia Ning had reached this stage, her words were practically authoritative in their minds.

Of course, with their love and spoiling of Gu Jia Ning, even back when she lazed around at home, whatever she said, they listened to.

"That’s why we have to contract, and can’t hesitate just because of money," said Gu Jia Ning.

Gu Jia Ning herself wasn’t short of money, nor lacked a house, so she could easily spare some to support her brother.

But Gu Yunan wouldn’t just take Gu Jia Ning’s money for nothing.

He knew his little sister wasn’t short on money, but that was her business.

He couldn’t take undue advantage.

In the end, after their discussion, the money would either be considered as a loan from Gu Yunan to her, or as Gu Jia Ning’s investment—if there were actual profits in the future, then they’d share dividends with her.

"Let’s just count it as a loan," said Gu Jia Ning.

Actually, Gu Jia Ning knew that with the Household Responsibility System, making money in the future was a given.

But she didn’t lack money, so she had no interest in those dividends.

So, she might as well just lend it to her second brother.

As long as he put in the work, the money would be earned back in no time.

"But second brother, when you go to contract, make sure to pick the longest possible term, understand?"

Gu Yunan didn’t really know the reason, but if his little sister said so, he’d listen, and nodded in agreement.

Soon, Gu Jia Ning sent Sheng Zexi to the county bank.

He withdrew the money to be lent to her second brother’s family.

And so, that very afternoon, Gu Yunan became the first person in Huaihua Village to participate in the Household Responsibility System.

This set off a stir among the villagers, most of whom were still watching on the sidelines or not too optimistic about it.

"That second son of the Gu Family actually went and contracted?"

"Contracting those wastelands and paddy fields, and for twenty years no less—how much money does that take?"

"Does the second Gu really believe in this so much?"

"Of course, otherwise, what, he’s got so much money burning a hole in his pocket?"

"I heard Doctor Gu’s back, and it was her who lent him the money. Gu Yunan says Doctor Gu is very supportive of this."

"What, Doctor Gu’s come back!" By now, the people of Huaihua Village no longer called Gu Jia Ning the Gu family’s girl or Ningning, but respectfully addressed her as Doctor Gu.

It showed just how high her status and reputation had become.

"Then I want to contract too!"

"Huh, weren’t you hesitating? Why the sudden change?"

"Come on, Doctor Gu’s so impressive and supports her brother in doing this; it must be profitable. And she and her brother are so close, there’s no way she’d trick him. We may not be clever, and sometimes don’t know whether to make a move, but we can always follow the smart ones. At least while they eat meat, we can have a taste of the soup."

"Well...damn, that actually makes sense. Alright, I’m in too."

So, the village party secretary, who was originally worrying about how to rally the villagers to contract land,

found that in no time at all—

everyone came.

Everyone said they wanted to contract.

In just two days, all the contractable land in Huaihua Village was taken. Not even a shred was left.

Later, when the secretary asked around, it turned out, it was all because of the Gu family.

"This Gu family, not simple at all."

"Especially Ningning. She really is our Huaihua Village’s lucky star."

Look—last time when she came back she paid to have roads built, and now, she’s gotten the villagers enthused about participating as well.

The secretary himself was optimistic about this policy.

He figured that those who contracted now would definitely be making a fortune down the road.

So, those who joined because of the Gu family—well, wasn’t it all thanks to Ningning’s luck rubbing off on them?

When Gu Jia Ning’s family returned home, they naturally stayed at their own house.

No matter when, there was always a room for Gu Jia Ning in the Gu household, no matter how long she was away or how far she married off to, this home would always be hers, there would always be a place for her here.

But...

"Dad, Mom, how long has it been since this house was built?" Gu Jia Ning asked over breakfast the next morning.

"It was built back when your grandpa was around. The year after it was finished, you were born."

The Gu family, in Grandpa Gu’s generation, was considered one of the better-off households in the village.

That’s how they could manage to build this blue-brick tile-roofed house back then.

The other villagers either lived in earth houses or straw huts at the time.

And Gu Jia Ning, born at just the right time, grew up in this spacious, bright blue-brick home.

Even in later years, such houses were a rarity in the village.

So, when the educated youth first arrived in Huaihua Village and couldn’t all fit in their own station, they wanted to pay to board at the Gu house.

But Yao Chunhua and Old Gu refused.

One, they didn’t lack a little rent money, and two, they didn’t want outsiders disturbing their family life.

As for Wen Zhqing, the reason he set his sights on Gu Jia Ning back then was also partly because her family was considered top-tier locally.

After breakfast, Gu Jia Ning looked up and surveyed the house with its over twenty years of "history".

She said, "Dad, Mom, how about we build a new house?"