Chu Jie shook his head. "No, this is different. If it was just about buying clothes, I wouldn't say she's become vain. But now she's just like her mother Wang Meihua was back then. She loves to compare, loves to be picky, and has no patience with her younger brothers and sisters..."

"Whenever my parents and I don't meet her demands, she cries and says that I don't love her anymore after her mother and I divorced, etc..."

"Many times, Wang Fang, because she was the stepmother, met her demands and didn't dare to say anything to her..."

Chu Tian looked at Chu Jie in surprise, "No, no way? I've been back to the brigade a few times, and I've seen her treat her younger brothers and sisters very well, especially you and Wang Fangsheng's eldest child..."

If Chu Jie hadn't mentioned this, he would have forgotten about it. As soon as Chu Tian mentioned it, Chu Jie remembered it. He tightened his grip on the wine glass, "You don't know, Wang Fang saw Ai Zhu staring at Ai Rou gloomily many times. She thought she was seeing things and didn't take it to heart. But some time ago, Ai Zhu took advantage of no one at home to secretly take Ai Rou out, threw her on the west road and left..."

"Luckily, my eldest brother Xinming just came back from the city and saw Airou sitting on the roadside crying. He quickly sent her back. Otherwise..."

"You don't know. That day, Wang Fang was really scared to death. She couldn't find Airou, so she asked Aizhu, but Aizhu said she didn't know. In the end, it was only when Airou said that her sister took her out that she admitted it, saying that she was just teasing Airou..."

"Wang Fang was so angry that she wanted to hit Aizhu, but because of her status as a stepmother, she just had a big fight with me."

Chu Tian stared at Chu Jie in disbelief, "What? No, it can't be? Aizhu has never dared to watch a chicken being killed since she was a child, how could she abandon her own sister who has the same father as her..."

Chu Jie gave a bitter smile. "At first, I didn't believe Aizhu crying in front of me. But then I saw her walk Airou towards the canal and push her into the canal from behind!"

"Luckily, I saw it and quickly pulled Airu out of the water. Otherwise..."

"Anyway, Wang Fang took Airou back to the coal mine that same day. She said she would rather quit her job and take care of the child than leave Airou in the brigade for my parents to see... She was afraid that one day Aizhu would..."

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Chu Tian didn’t know what to say. He really couldn’t believe that the well-behaved girl he had watched grow up had become like this now?

Well, when he felt that Aizhu had changed at the train station, it wasn't an illusion...

Frowning, Chu Tianxin said that he had to call Jianmin when he got home and ask Xiuli to ask their junior schoolmates from the Normal School to help keep an eye on the girl and prevent her from going astray in the future...

After separating from Chu Jie, Chu Tian returned to the office. Chu Min and Zuo Zhuang were also there. When they smelled the alcohol on Chu Tian, ​​they looked at him in surprise.

"Brother Tian? Are you drinking to drown your sorrows because you can't bear to part with Xinxin?"

Chu Tian glanced at him and said, "Why drink to drown your sorrows? It's not like Xinxin won't come back. Besides, I'll go see her when I miss her..."

Chu Min made a cup of strong tea for Chu Tian and handed it to him, "Drink some to sober up. We have dinner with the leaders of the steel plant tonight!"

Chu Tian took the tea, thanked him, and asked, "Did you finish handing over the room to the director of the machinery factory this morning? Did it go smoothly?"

Zuo Zhuang continued with a smile, "It must have gone smoothly. If it hadn't, how could Brother Min be so happy?"

Chu Min handed the remittance slip for the final payment to Chu Tian and turned to look at Zuo Zhuang. "A large sum of money has been deposited, and am I the only one who is happy? Are you unhappy?"

Zuo Zhuang laughed heartily. "Of course I'm happy. For the past three years, I've only seen money coming in every year, but there's never any money in the account. Every time I see money coming in, I hoard all the money for building materials..."

Chu Tian glanced at the final payment and saw that it was a full 980,000 yuan, so he smiled, "We saved at least 20,000 yuan on the construction materials we stockpiled over the past two years. You all know that the prices of bricks, cement, and steel bars have all increased this year..."

Zuo Zhuang straightened his face after hearing this and looked at Chu Tian seriously, "Brother Tian, ​​should we continue to store some bricks, cement and steel bars?"

Before Chu Tian could speak, Chu Min spread his hands and said, "Brother Tian does want to, but the warehouse is full now..."

"I can only use it once and then stock up before winter. The price always goes up in the spring anyway."

Zuo Zhuang frowned, "Can't you just buy another piece of land?"

Chu Tian raised his eyes and looked at Zuo Zhuang, "Of course, but if you buy it, the money you earn this year will be reduced by the end of the year..."

Zuo Zhuang waved his hand nonchalantly, "Land is money. If we can save as much as we can, we can save as much as we can. If we run out of money in the future, we can always sell the land for cash!"

Chu Tian glanced at Zuo Zhuang in surprise, but still smiled and said, "Since you want to buy land so badly, then you can go to the land auction next month and try to buy a couple of pieces."

Zuo Zhuang was stunned. "Auction of land? Who will auction it?"

Chu Min was also stunned for a moment, then he reacted and looked at Chu Tian, ​​"Little brother, are you talking about the auction of land in the north of the city that the Land Bureau is going to hold on the 6th of next month?"

"Yes, I heard that some companies from other places will also come to participate in the auction..."

Chu Tian still learned about it from Li Gang. After the reform and opening up, he and Li Gang had less business, but they still met frequently to chat and have meals. Chu Tian opened a clothing store and a shoe store, while Li Gang and his boss bought small home appliances from the market and resold them. Now they wanted to stock up on land...

However, it was just a temporary thought, because he inquired and realized that it was not a few years ago. At that time, it was easy to buy a piece of land from some factories, but now it is not easy to buy. You have to go through the government. And the government does not give you land just because you want to. You have to participate in the auction and you must have a registered business license to participate...

Zuo Zhuang retracted the smile on his face, looked at Chu Tian and asked seriously, "Brother Tian, ​​are you planning to buy land?"

Chu Tian did not deny it, but directly said, "I heard that the city is going to develop the north of the city in the future. If we can get a few plots of land in the north of the city, it will be better for the future development of our company."

Chu Min asked in confusion, "I heard that companies with less than 1.5 million in assets are not allowed to enter. However, it seems that our company's account only has a little over 1.2 million in total, right?"

Chu Tian smiled and said, "So, I went to see Commander Ge yesterday."

Zuo Zhuang glared. "What do you mean? Commander Ge wants to give you the division headquarters' money? Commander Ge wants to embezzle money?"

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Chu Tian glanced at Zuo Zhuang speechlessly, "What are you thinking about? You know it's impossible!"

"It's because Teacher Ge knows the president of our city's bank, and I asked him to help connect the two and invite him out for a chat."