Turning thirty is an awkward age. Some people shine brightly and achieve glory at this age, while others find their lives a messy struggle.
Undoubtedly, Chen Pingsheng belonged to the latter....
afternoon.
My wife Song Yanxi is busy with the trial operation after the opening of Shuiyunjian.
Chen Pingsheng is at home taking care of the kids. He just moved to Shanghai and asked, "What's missing here?"
It's probably a vegetable garden.
The old lady Peng Ying has already started to work with a hoe, based on the area of this French villa.
As long as she develops a small piece of land, she won't have to buy side dishes all year round.
The family's life was originally not very complicated, but it was disrupted by a phone call from the old lady.
There is one rich relative in his family, and that is the old lady's sister.
She is also the person he wants to call aunt.
My aunt was also the best-looking among Peng Ying's generation. In the 1990s, she went to Guangdong to work alone.
Later, I followed a small boss and moved to Shanghai.
It has been about twenty years since then. As far as I can remember, this aunt only came back once after Chen Pingcheng grew up.
It was back in 2002. At that time she was driving a Volkswagen Santana and dressed stylishly.
She never came back since then.
Later, Peng Ying traveled a long way to Shanghai to visit her, probably just to see how she was doing.
After all, they are my biological sisters who I raised since childhood. It would be a lie to say that you don’t care about them.
But since then, she never mentioned her own sister again.
She is also Chen Pingsheng's aunt.
He called me suddenly today. If you say it was an accident, Chen Pingsheng will definitely not believe it.
It is impossible for him to have deep feelings for his aunt, whom he has never met since he grew up.
Even if we met, I'm afraid we wouldn't recognize each other.
After all, she hasn't been back for more than 20 years. She is simply the typical example of someone who forgets about home after getting married.
The old lady didn't know what was going on, and she remained silent for a long time after talking to her.
"Your aunt used to work at a casino in Guangdong. She's known her current husband for decades and has two children. But they won't even let me in."
"What's going on now? Now that I know you're rich, I want to come over and reestablish our sisterly relationship with you?"
This kind of thing is not convenient for outsiders to hear, so Chen Pingsheng asked the old lady privately.
"She can't do anything about it. Her husband looks down on us poor relatives. He was disgusted with us when we first returned to the village. After a few relatives from our hometown went to look for him, I don't know what happened, but he just won't let us relatives visit him anymore, and he won't allow your aunt to contact us."
After so many years, it is impossible to say that the old lady doesn't miss her younger sister.
I can only say that family love is like this. No matter how big the conflict is, it can be resolved when you grow old.
"Then go meet her. I have something else to do this afternoon, so I won't go with you."
Chen Pingsheng has a lot of things to do, and the super factory will officially break ground in a few days.
There were many important people attending the groundbreaking ceremony, and he really didn't have time to go.
As for Chen Anan, she really had nothing to do and just jumped out to join in the fun.
The garage at home is very large and can hold many cars.
His wife's favorite car now is the Bentley Continental, which costs more than 4 million yuan.
It has nothing to do with the price, she simply feels that this car suits her temperament very well.
She owns five of the same Continental model in different colors.
She has two convertibles and three hardtops, and the color of the car she wants to drive depends entirely on her mood.
As for Chen Pingsheng himself, he owns four of the same top-of-the-line Phantoms with starry sky roofs.
Three different colors, one convertible.
All the keys are hanging at the door. The reason why I only drive the Grand Phantom now is that it is comfortable and noble.
The key lies in Rolls-Royce's balance and noise reduction system, which is really well done.
He also bought three Gusts and asked Tengfei New Energy to disassemble them for research.
The main thing is to study some of its details.
No matter which first-tier city they go to, they will definitely never be short of cars.
There are usually two of them left in the parking lot gathering dust. They are not usually used and are only moved occasionally when you visit.
Being young and promising and driving a Bentley, how can love be absent?
The old lady hadn't even got her own car yet, so naturally she drove her daughter-in-law's blue Bentley out.
Chen Anan was still happily following her.
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A residential area in Shanghai.
As early as the 1990s, Peng Qing went to Guangdong to work with his fellow villagers.
When you go to a casino, you work as a waiter, serving dishes.
It was also an accident that I met my current husband.
To outsiders, that must be just good luck.
After all, in that era, anyone who saw her would say that she was lucky to be able to marry into the big city from a small village in the countryside.
She still remembers that her eldest sister Peng Ying came to see her ten years ago. Her husband spent a lot of money because his sister was sick.
I was afraid that Peng Ying came here to borrow money, so I just called her before I even showed up.
Don't come, we have no money.
Peng Ying was so angry that he took a long train ride for two days and went home in a rage.
As a result, Peng Qing never contacted the people in his hometown again, mainly because he thought their quality was too low.
After coming to her house, she always made a mess. Her husband didn't like her very much, so they never saw each other again.
During these ten years, we almost forgot about this sisterly relationship.
He actually called me.
I can only say that it was very unexpected, and I don’t know what her purpose was.
In the past, others were afraid that she had ulterior motives, but now she is afraid that others have ulterior motives.
If she was just short of money, it would be fine. She would be able to easily afford a few hundred thousand.
I’m afraid of those kind of relatives who are never satisfied and keep asking for more.
It seems that once her son has money, he should support their family.
Chen Anan is so young, sitting on a top-of-the-line European car wearing frog-eye glasses, and no one knows what he is thinking.
It took more than 20 minutes to drive there, and it was obvious that the house was not in the city center.
It's probably equivalent to the Third Ring Road in Beijing, or the Fourth Ring Road.
Everyone knows that in this day and age, the closer to the city center, the higher the housing prices.
If you want to save working time, you will have to pay tens of thousands more per square meter.
The old lady Peng Ying parked her car in the underground garage and searched for a while before she saw Building 12, Unit 3.
My younger sister Peng Qing is not young anymore and has two children at home.
My eldest daughter is twenty-one years old and just started college.
It’s summer vacation now, and I’m still at home watching TV.
When relatives came, he didn't even move his head. He just ate and watched Yang Mi's Three Lives, Three Worlds.
As for the younger brother, he is fifteen years old and particularly likes playing games.
As soon as Chen Anan walked in, she saw how rude they were, so she decided to be rude too.
She treats others the same way they treat her.
There is no intention of pampering others.
"Grandma, this house is so small! Even my toilet is bigger than this."
"Bumpkin."
Twenty-one-year-old Hu Lele was displeased when she heard this, and replied directly with a deadpan expression, "Do you think the houses in Shanghai are the same as the mud houses in your village?"
Chen Anan jumped onto the sofa and said, "Ha... This is the first time in all these years that you've called me a bumpkin. Grandma, let's go back. I don't like her at all."
Peng Ying also snorted twice. This person's quality is really bad. She should at least call her aunt.
Is it really appropriate not to even say hello?
"Peng Qing, you've raised a good daughter!"
The old lady was also very angry with her sister.
Given her son's current situation, she no longer has to worry about other people's opinions wherever she goes.
A mother's status is determined by her son, and that's what she is now.
"You guys are really funny."
Twenty-one-year-old Hu Lele stood up and said, "My mom invited you to dinner out of courtesy. No wonder my dad doesn't allow poor relatives like you to come over. It's really unlucky."
"You live in this tiny house, and you dare to call my grandma a poor relative?"
Chen Anan immediately got furious. She was only nine years old and had always played with a bunch of little kids at school since she was a child.
Can she tolerate you?
That's really overthinking.
"My dad's unoccupied house is ten times bigger than yours. Even the TV show you watch was invested in by my dad. And you have the nerve to call us poor with this junky thing you have?"
Chen Anan kicked over the small trash can in front of her.
"Okay, you're done."
Hu Lele pointed at her and sneered, "This trash can is LV. My dad brought it back from Hong Kong. You should be prepared to pay for it."
"You brought a trash can from Hong Kong, and I've been throwing this limited edition L or V bag on the ground since I was a kid, but now it's a rare item in your house."
Chen Anan's chubby little face was facing her.
It is impossible to endure anger, not for the rest of your life.
My cousin Hu Lele said, "Why are you pretending so much? You even threw the limited edition LV bag on the ground. My dad has already said that you are just poor relatives from the countryside. I will never let you into our house."
"If I don't like us, I won't like you anymore."
Chen Anan was about to leave with her grandmother, but Hu Lele stood up and stopped her, "Don't go. You just kicked that LV trash can. I want you to pay for it."
"Compensation?"
This made Chen Anan laugh out loud. What she was least afraid of now was anything related to money.
Her father has the power to let her do this.
"Come on, come on, I'll show you what a country bumpkin is."
Chen Anan took a small cup and smashed it directly at the TV, throwing whatever she saw at the same time.
"What valuables do you have at home? Bring them here and see if I can afford to destroy them."
"You stinky girl, you're done."
Hu Lele simply picked up the phone and prepared to call 110. She wanted to send this country bumpkin relative of the little girl to the police station.
They will also lose their life savings.
"Lele, stop making trouble."
Peng Qing came over to stop her. After all, she was her own sister. How could her granddaughter call the police?
The old lady Peng Ying thought that she suddenly contacted her because she knew about her family situation, but it turned out not to be the case.
It's simply because so many years have passed and I want to show off in front of her.
"Peng Qing, I shouldn't have thought about coming to your house again."
"What do you mean? I invited you guys here out of kindness, and now you're blaming me for what happened?"
"I don't blame you. Don't you just want us to pay you money?"
The old lady Peng Ying snorted, "My son lives in Tan Palace. If you want money, bring your rude daughter here."
"Tan Palace?"
Hu Lele grew up in Shanghai. People like her look down upon outsiders the most.
The superiority of people in Shanghai is definitely greater than that in Beijing.
Most of the local people in Beijing are actually okay and relatively low-key.
It’s different in Shanghai. People there have looked down on outsiders since the Republic of China era and have a sense of superiority in their bones.
Hu Lele is a typical example. "Tan Palace is the most luxurious house in Magic City. Even if you country bumpkins starve for two thousand years, you still can't afford a house there."
"Bah."
Chen Anan snorted twice. "My family lives in the Nanluoguxiang Siheyuan in Beijing. Even if Tan Palace is expensive, is it more expensive than a Siheyuan?"
"Only someone as ignorant as you would think a trash can is a treasure."
"My dad said that the luxuries of rich people are super yachts, office buildings in the city center, and helicopters worth hundreds of millions of dollars. This is the first time I've seen someone treat a trash can as a treasure."
"You really broaden my horizons."
Chen Anan attended international schools in Beijing, where tuition fees started at 250,000 yuan a year.
Add in various interest classes, and a few hundred thousand a year is considered average.
Only a fool would be able to be a classmate in this kind of class and show off his trash can at home.
It is even more impossible to show off by holding a broken bag in your hand.
This was the first time she saw someone showing off their own trash can.
It can only be said that becoming rich also limits her imagination.
(End of this chapter)