Chapter 28: The Educated Youth Who Abandoned His Wife and Children (The End)

The next day, Chen's father and mother went to chat with their friends, and the friends mentioned that Huaizhi had returned.

"Is your son-in-law back yet? Has the job assignment been decided?"

Mr. Chen appeared calm and indifferent: "He's coming down to Rongcheng University. He'll be a university teacher from now on."

"Wow, isn't that even better than a high school teacher? They teach university students, right?"

"Yes, he insisted on pursuing a master's degree after graduating from university, so he just graduated and has already been assigned a job."

"I'll be teaching at the best university in the provincial capital from now on."

Mr. Chen remained remarkably calm, his hands behind his back.

Everyone who saw him looked like he had a toothache.

The old man must be laughing his head off behind his back.

"You'll be living a life of luxury from now on; things are getting better every day."

Everyone envies him. They used to think that having a son-in-law who was a sent-down youth was a real headache, but look at him now, he sends things home every year.

I heard they send money back home every year.

It all comes down to Accountant Chen's discerning eye.

Chen's mother was chatting with her old friends, her saliva flying everywhere as she talked:

"So, all those people who said Huaizhi had bad grades and had to repeat a year were lying. Huaizhi's grades were just too good; he studied for two or three years longer than college students. Now he's called that... what's his name again?"

Zhang Pandi: "Graduate student."

Chen's mother slapped her thigh: "A graduate student!"

"He'll be teaching university students in the future, which is probably unique in our county, right?"

Chen's mother was triumphant. She didn't want to show off, but their mouths were too gossipy.

"Graduate student? I think it would be better to let Chun Ya have a master's degree and have a few more children to keep Ji Zhiqing tied down. He's so outstanding now, what if someone else takes a fancy to him in the future?"

"Who's so shameless?" Chen's mother frowned. "The city is not as good as our rural town."

“Teachers and workers can only have one child per family, regardless of gender,” Chen’s mother explained. “In our village, if the first child is a girl, they can have another one.”

"Nowhere else will do, only one." Chen's mother held up one finger.

"Yes, everyone says that family planning is good. Where is it good to have only one child? If you have more siblings, you can discuss things with them."

People say that the policies change every day.

“We’re doing alright here. There are some places you wouldn’t know about where they don’t allow childbirth.” Everyone had something to say about this.

“I’ve heard that too. Those pregnant women are hiding everywhere. If they get caught, they’ll be forced to abort their pregnancies.”

"You all think this is such a terrible thing to do."

"Hey, did your Chunsheng family give money when they were with Ai Jusheng, the youngest child?" someone asked Chen's mother.

“They gave it to us, but they didn’t tell me or his dad how much, and told us not to worry about it.”

If we don't care, then we don't care. Since they said not to care, they must be giving us money.

Zhang Pandi sighed, "Then we should have the baby sooner. To be honest, I'd like to have another son. It's different having a son; you can stand up straighter."

“Take my second sister-in-law for example. She used to refuse when we asked her to have children, but now we’re paying her to have them.”

Zhang Pandi shook her head: "Isn't this a waste of money?"

Others found her amusing and said, "Pan Di, you still want to have more children?"

"That's enough. The three kids will have a good life in the future."

Zhang Pandi: "It would be best if we could give Gou Dan'er another little brother."

Chen's mother frowned: "How shameless! What nonsense are you spouting?"

“At first, the second son and his wife really didn’t plan to have another child. Their factory also had quotas, and since they already had Chen Xiaosheng’s child, it wouldn’t be their turn,” Chen’s mother explained. “But when this child came, we felt it was fate.”

"It just so happened that Chen Xiao also said he wanted a younger brother or sister, so we kept them."

"But I estimate that it has emptied the house as well."

Everyone nodded in agreement; it's so hard to save money these days.

Zhang Pandi dared not say anything more, lest her mother-in-law scold her again when she got back.

However, the Chen family's life did indeed become more and more prosperous.

Although the eldest son of the Chen family has spent his whole life in the countryside, he took over his father's job as an accountant and sometimes listens to Ji Huaizhi's advice on how to increase the village's revenue.

By wholesaling the surplus vegetables and fruits from the fields, the villagers' lives have improved considerably.

Chen Chunsheng eventually lost his job. The factory's profits were getting lower and lower, and it could no longer support its employees.

Fortunately, Ji Huaizhi reminded him not to move out of the house allocated by the factory, and to stay there, no amount of persuasion could change his mind.

Just then, a policy was introduced that allowed factory buildings to be sold to long-term employees at a preferential price.

After all, Chen Chunsheng had worked in the factory for so many years, and he was laid off at such a young age without any compensation, but he wanted to buy this house.

In the end, the factory was sold to him, since there were too many other companies eyeing it.

After buying the house, he also did some small business as Huaizhi suggested. Although it was not bad, he always felt that he was not suitable for this business.

Later, he came into contact with the scrap metal collection industry and found that the profits were higher than you might imagine. Although it was somewhat undignified, he discussed it with Ji Huaizhi.

I didn't expect him to be so supportive.

After the Ji Huai family received their housing allocation, they no longer received any discounts when buying commercial housing.

But they had money, and Chun Ya's business was also doing well, so they bought a house near No. 1 Middle School in full.

After buying the house, the two worked even harder to earn money, and within two years they had saved some more.

Ji Huaizhi suggested buying more houses, but Chun Ya disagreed. Including the small two-bedroom apartment they had been allocated, they already had two houses.

We could buy so many and still not live in them all.

Ji Huaizhi explained to her in detail that prices are getting higher and higher, and housing prices are rising.

The amount of money I keep in hand remains the same, but when I use it to buy a house, the house prices keep rising.

Chun Ya thought it made sense, and considering that Huai Zhi's decision had never been wrong, she agreed.

Less than a year later, Chen Chunya heard that the area was going to be demolished to build a shopping mall, and that compensation would be based on the area. When he heard how much money it would be, his heart started racing.

The compensation is almost 100,000 yuan more than the money spent on the house at the time.

But to everyone's surprise, Ji Huaizhi didn't ask for money, but instead asked for a shop of the same size and a small amount of compensation.

Chen Chunya was so angry that she ignored him for a long time.

Ji Huaizhi found it amusing: "You said before that I had never made a wrong decision, and now you don't trust me anymore?"

Chen Chunya feigned tears: "You're not even tempted to earn 100,000 yuan all at once?"

Ji Huaizhi: "Think about it, a shopping mall will be built there, and that area is constantly being developed. It will definitely cost more than this amount of money."

"I have six shops."

Ji Huaizhi made a hand gesture.

Chen Chunya has become smarter now; if housing prices continue to rise, then rents will also rise.

Her eyes sparkled as she looked at him: "You mean these prices will all go up in the future?"

Ji Huaizhi said nothing.

But Chen Chunya understood: "Make money, make money! I'll keep buying houses and shops after I make money!"

Ji Huaizhi smiled.

To be honest, he is now an associate professor at the university, and his monthly salary is about 400 yuan, while Chun Ya's business is good and she earns more than him.

He's basically living off a woman.

However, he's still in charge of financial management.

Everyone's been talking about stocks lately, even old ladies know about them. She tried it a few times, made some money, and then stopped.

Chun Ya didn't like him doing these things, feeling that these stock market players were all obsessed, and she always felt there was a risk involved.

Life is so good now. As long as the family has money to spend and things to do, and lives peacefully, that's enough.

Ji Yanli has a happy family and everything goes smoothly for him.

After being dropped off at the university gate by her parents, she accidentally bumped into a thin man dressed in black.

"Excuse me, did you bump into me?"

Ji Yanli wanted to help him up, but he was stunned when he saw the other person's appearance: "You..."

"This life is truly wonderful." With that, the man got up and left.

Ji Yanli watched him disappear into the crowd, and it seemed as if he heard him say:

"May you be happy for me in this lifetime."

(over)