The unlucky guy was reborn as a lucky girl from a farm

Chapter 525: Backing off

The eldest brother thought for a moment and said, "Okay, since we have decided to build a house, we two brothers should discuss what it should look like."

"In my opinion, the third brother's house is quite nice. Why don't we build it like his house?"

You know, the third brother’s house is one of the best houses in the whole village.

Living in a house like this has always been the second brother's dream. When he heard what his eldest brother said, he immediately smiled and quickly responded: "Haha, eldest brother is indeed the one who knows me best!"

After a while, the second brother frowned and said with a worried look, "But isn't that house a little too big? It will be hard to keep warm in winter! It will require a lot of fire, and it will be very difficult to cover it up."

The second son actually liked the big house very much. After all, it was spacious and grand. But when he thought about how much effort it would take to build the house and the endless work of chopping wood afterwards, he felt his head starting to hurt.

Just thinking about the heavy physical labor made him hesitate and he really didn't want to put in that extra effort.

After hearing what he said, the eldest brother thought to himself: This does make sense!

However, every time this guy was asked to do some work, he would immediately back out, and he was particularly good at finding all kinds of excuses and reasons to reduce the workload on his shoulders.

At this time, the eldest brother asked, "In your opinion, should we build a smaller house or a larger one?"

The second brother couldn't help but frown slightly, secretly groaning in his heart.

I thought that my brother's ability to guess other people's thoughts is getting better and better.

Just now, I had spared no effort to flatter him, calling him the head of the family, but he was not moved at all. Now, he threw this difficult problem to me.

If the answer is to build a big house, then there is no doubt that at least half of the hard work of building the house will fall on your head;

But if I say I want to build a small house, and my eldest brother disagrees, I can then accuse him of insisting on building a big house, and I would become the one who helped.

Not only can he make his elder brother owe him a favor, but he can also naturally push all the extra work to him.

Thinking of this, the second brother rolled his eyes, forced a smile on his face and said, "Brother, I think... building a smaller house is actually quite good, what do you think?"

When the eldest brother heard this, he squinted his eyes and glanced at his second brother beside him, with a barely perceptible sneer on his lips.

I thought to myself, don't I know what this kid is planning?

There are five people in their family. If they build a small house, he will be the one who will live uncomfortably in the future.

If we don't take this opportunity to build a more spacious house, it will be too late to regret it when the children grow taller in the future!

Since he is determined to do this, just help him.

"It's okay to build a smaller house."

"what?"

The second brother's face was full of surprise. He really didn't expect that his eldest brother, who had always longed for a big house, would say such a thing.

The second child had a look of astonishment on his face, and his mouth was opened so wide that an egg could almost fit in it.

He scratched his head subconsciously, frowning, and muttered to himself: What's going on? Why is my brain like it's rusted and can't think straight?

"Ah, I...I just feel..."

The second brother explained stutteringly, and suddenly an idea came to him. He thought that bringing up his mother would be the most effective way at this time.

So he quickly said, "Hey, big brother, for something as important as this, we should also ask other people's opinions first. Especially our mother. Although you are the head of the family, mother's opinion is also very important."

"If you can satisfy mother, then the whole village will praise you for being filial to the elderly, and you will gain a good reputation. Isn't this a good thing?"

The second son knew very well that his mother really liked big houses. When he passed by the third son's house before, his mother's eyes were attracted by a magnet.

He stared at the other person's spacious and bright house, his eyes almost popped out, and he was so jealous that sparks seemed to be coming out.

At that time, the old lady couldn't help but praise the third son's house: "Look at this house, it's big and bright. Living in a house like this, you don't have to worry about wind or rain. It's a waste to give it to them."

After saying this, he did not forget to sigh a lot, expressing his disgust and dissatisfaction with his dilapidated and ramshackle little house.

The second son naturally knew what his mother was thinking.

So, he dared to bet that if he had to rebuild the house this time, his mother would definitely insist on building a big house.

After all, he is the old lady's biological son and knows her preferences and temper very well.

However, at this moment, the boss seemed to remember something and patted his head.

He muttered to himself, "That's not right. Why do I feel this is a bit strange? Mom was very concerned about the house before. She came to me three times a day."

"But why has there been no movement in the past two days? Logically speaking, she should have sent the bailiffs to look for me a long time ago. Could it be... that something unexpected happened?"

Thinking of this, the boss' heart trembled and a worried look appeared on his face.

When the second brother heard what his eldest brother said, he didn't show any concern on his face.

He thought to himself, "Mom has always been very tough. How could she get into trouble so easily? Even if something bad happened, someone would come to inform us. Why should we worry about it here?"

Thinking of this, the second brother said to his eldest brother carelessly: "Don't worry, brother! Mom didn't send anyone to tell you, you can just take the initiative to ask her."

However, the boss was unwilling to have anything to do with those yamen runners from the bottom of his heart.

She is the second son's biological mother, so why does she always ask me to deal with these matters, while the second son has never taken the initiative to assume the slightest responsibility?

The more the eldest brother thought about it, the more unbalanced he felt, so he glared at the second brother fiercely.

He muttered unhappily, "Why don't you go ask around? Every time I show up, those yamen runners look at me with disgust. They've long been fed up with me!"

An idea suddenly flashed through the second brother's mind, his eyes rolled around, and then he came close to the eldest brother and said in a low voice: "Brother, I think this matter is probably our mother testing you!"