Chapter 72 My dad said that the incident last year was over...
"Really? Have I really grown taller? No?" Chen Pan had only noticed that the boy next door had suddenly grown a lot taller in just a few months. She herself hadn't noticed.
"She's probably grown a little taller!" Grandpa Chen, once again sitting in the front of the trolley, remarked subconsciously. Honestly, he hadn't noticed. But she was his sister-in-law after all, so the ever-mannered Chen Aiguo subconsciously echoed her words.
"No, except for her feet and hands, nothing else is wrong!" Grandma Chen had just bought Chen Pan a pair of shoes and gloves. She'd taken Chen Pan's old size, but it was a little too small for her granddaughter, so she quickly went next door to exchange them the next day. So, at that moment, Grandma Chen was most sensitive to Chen Pan's hands and feet.
"She's grown a bit taller. She used to look the same height as Yang Xiaomei, but when they stood together last National Day, I noticed she was already much taller. You probably didn't notice because you see her every day."
Chen Laoshi, who used to look very lively and boisterous, but has become much more mature and quieter recently, suddenly spoke in front with a backpack on his back.
"Really? That means he's grown taller. Taller is good, taller is good!"
Xu Chunhua is a bit short, but her husband and son are both quite tall. Hearing everyone say Chen Pan has grown taller, she suddenly remembered her own tall son. She touched Chen Pan's head and suddenly felt happy.
"Yes, it's better for girls to be a little taller so they look better in clothes. But they can't be too tall either. Take my cousin's child from my mother's side. He's only 17 years old and he's already 1.75 meters tall. His feet have grown from a size 38 to a size 40 now. That's a bit too tall."
The talkative second grandma started talking about the bad things about being tall again.
"1.75 meters tall, with size 40 feet? That's a bit exaggerated. It'll be hard to find a partner at this height, right?"
"really!"
Grandma Chen was a supportive person, so she started talking to her right away.
Uncle Chen was driving diligently up front, while Grandpa Chen and Chen Laoshi, who were sitting in the front row, were relatively silent. They were all listening intently at this moment, and no one else interrupted.
While her grandmother and second grandmother were chatting casually, Chen Pan turned her head slightly to look at Chen Laoshi, who was leaning in front of her with his back slightly to her.
To be honest, Chen Pan never knew when Yang Xiaomei and the other party had fallen in love early in their previous life. Of course, it was also possible that the other party had always had a crush on Yang Xiaomei.
Anyway, by the time Chen Pan got the news from out of town, Yang Xiaomei had already passed away. Some said she died during childbirth, while others said she was beaten by her husband and rushed to the hospital when she was seven or eight months pregnant, and that she and her child were gone.
Anyway, by the time Chen Pan found out, seventeen-year-old Xiaomei was gone.
At that time, her distant cousin Chen Laoshi, who was not close to her, had been thrown into prison for breaking Xiaomei's husband's limbs with a hoe.
Later, until Chen Pan's death, it seemed that the other party was never released from prison.
With a soft sigh in his heart, Chen Pan began to worry about his friend again.
Chen Pan could actually guess a little bit why Chen Laoshi didn't get together with Yang Xiaomei in his previous life.
If they really had a secret early love affair and didn't end up together, it must be because Chen Laoshi couldn't afford the bride price Xiaomei's parents asked for. Another reason was Chen Laoshi's complicated family situation and his embarrassing identity.
If they hadn't fallen in love early, Chen Laoshi would have just secretly had a crush on Xiaomei. He didn't dare to confess his feelings to Xiaomei, and didn't try to win her over. The biggest reason was probably money and his complicated family situation.
Chen Laoshi actually has two parents. Chen Pan was abandoned by someone and secretly thrown into the home of her grandparents. But Chen Laoshi was taken from his parents by his grandfather and raised by his uncle and aunt when he was young.
His current parents were actually his eldest uncle and aunt. They had been married for five or six years and had no children. Finally, they had no other choice but to let the elders of the family make the decision and adopted Chen Laoshi, who belonged to the second wife, into the first wife's family.
The second wife had many children, so the first wife later belonged to only Chen Laosi. At that time, Chen Laoshi, who was the fourth child in the original family, had a good life in the first wife for a few years.
But as luck would have it, when he was eight or nine, his aunt, who had been married for over ten years but had never gotten pregnant, suddenly became pregnant. Then, within a few years, he had two younger brothers and a younger sister.
Then from that time on, his identity became very embarrassing.
At that time, he seemed to have been driven back to his biological parents by his current parents.
But there are many children from poor families over there, so naturally they won't want him anymore.
And according to his biological mother, "When I didn't want to give the child to you, you desperately snatched it from me. Now that the child has grown up, he's completely alienated from us. You don't need him anymore, and you're throwing him back to me like garbage? Are you guys like that? Can you just adopt and give up as you please? There's no such thing in this world!!"
Chen Laoshi's mother had told many people in the village about this, and Chen Pan had heard it with his own ears.
Anyway, the last incident seemed to be very ugly.
The final result was that Chen Laoshi's family split up early. His grandparents took Chen Laoshi to live in the old courtyard of their home. The second house, which had been separated long ago, was Chen Laoshi's biological parents and no longer had to take care of Chen Laoshi. And the eldest son of the family, who had originally lived with the patriarch and was originally responsible for taking care of the patriarch in his old age, no longer had to take care of the old man and moved directly from the old house to their new house. But the old house and the more than ten acres of land in the hands of the old man were no longer theirs, and they all went to Chen Laoshi. But from that time on, Chen Laoshi would have to bear the cost of his grandparents' retirement. This actually became a consensus.
I have three biological brothers, and three younger brothers and sisters in name only.
There is a pair of biological parents and a pair of adoptive parents.
But in the end, Chen Laoshi, who appeared to be cheerful on the outside, ended up living a lonely life.
The year Yang Xiaomei died was also the year his grandparents passed away one after another.
It can also be said that he chose to take revenge for Yang Xiaomei only after he became a truly lonely man.
Chen Pan felt very uncomfortable. He had never really thought about these things before, but now he suddenly felt his nose sore and his eyes dry.
If a person is too saintly, life will be very tiring.
Chen Pan is actually very clear about this.
She also knew that this was not good, but for some reason, Chen Pan in this life was too sanctimonious.
Whenever she thinks of the situation of anyone who is even slightly close to her in their previous life, she can't help but overthink and feel sympathy.
My second grandmother must have died of exhaustion after living frugally all her life.
Not long after my second grandmother passed away, my second grandfather died alone at home.
He probably didn't have many years left to live. Before he died, he was still thinking about his three nephews.
Xiaomei got married at the age of sixteen and died at the age of seventeen.
Qin Yang is particularly sensitive to stomach cancer and is particularly concerned about his mother because of her suicide.
My cousin Chen Sibao went out to work in his previous life, then wandered around all his life and later disappeared completely.
He had a good life in his previous life, but when he was drunk he would say that he was under a lot of pressure. He failed the college entrance examination twice.
In his previous life, he was cheated out of a mobile phone and a few bags of snacks. Later, he met Chen Zhenzhen, who cried in front of her and called her sister.
In her previous life, Grandma Yang had been sitting at the gate, always holding her little grandson and waiting for her son and daughter-in-law to return, but she never wanted to accept that her grandson was actually different from ordinary people.
All of these, once Chen Pan got to know them, he couldn't help but think of their fate in their previous lives. He would wonder if their situation in this life had been better, would they have lived a better life?
No matter what, the people mentioned above can be considered her relatives, her neighbors, and those who have done her favors.
But now, it was clear that Chen Laoshi, her so-called cousin, was a distant relative of hers, and they hadn't had much affection in their past lives. But now, he had only been working at her company for a little over a month, and Chen was already looking forward to him, thinking about his past life, and she felt sad and worried for him.
"Stop being such a saint and think about your own situation. Your family still owes over 10,000 yuan. You've only managed to rank second in your class on the exam, and you're still worrying about others! Others, after being reborn, immediately buy houses and cars and start making a name for themselves, but you're still studying and dwelling on these nonsense. Besides, Li Chengcai is gone now, not completely gone. Can you guarantee he won't come back for the New Year this year? You'll have a headache then!"
In Chen Pan's head, the virtuous little man was kicked away by the rational little man in his mind.
Chen Pan sat motionless on the handcart at her great-grandfather's house. She no longer dared to look at Chen Laoshi in front of her, nor did she dare to easily carry the fate of others on her shoulders.
Chen Pan's family had a really wonderful New Year's Eve.
After returning home and offering sacrifices to their ancestors on the mountain, they returned and distributed the gifts to each person in their courtyard.
The factory's nominal employees now actually consisted of the great-grandfather and great-grandmother, the second great-grandfather and the second great-grandmother. Then there were the great-grandfather's three sons and his two adult grandsons. Then there were the second great-grandfather's two sons, followed by Chen Laoshi and Uncle Yang next door. And of course, there were the two young finance girls: Chen Pingping from Uncle Chen Pan's family, and Yang Lili, the village chief's niece.
As for the other aunts and sisters-in-law, they all agreed that when things get busy in the future, they'd come over as temporary or part-time workers to help out. For the time being, they only have fifteen regular employees.
Even Grandma Chen Pan is not among the employees.
Everyone knows what the current situation of their factory is.
So everyone actually accepted this arrangement.
But even so, today all the people from their three families, as well as Uncle Yang's family next door, and Chen Laoshi's grandparents, came happily and celebrated together.
Chen Pan prepared protective gear, including towels, toothpaste, and oil for the family, and headscarves and shampoo for almost all the aunts and sisters-in-law. She also had thick gloves with a leather exterior and furry interior, which were also very popular with the women at the event.
Combined with this labor insurance, it is indeed a pleasant surprise.
So all the aunts and sisters-in-law who came to receive the things were very happy.
After distributing the gifts and paying everyone this month's salary in advance, her grandfather instructed everyone to slaughter a sheep in the factory.
Then this afternoon, everyone celebrated the Little New Year at Chen Pan's house.
Of course, they still caught the last bus back this afternoon.
As for the factory with a lot of goods, it was Grandpa Chen who made the final decision and arranged it, and asked everyone to take turns guarding it.
After Grandpa Chen came back, he still took charge of both the store and the company.
During the time when his second grandmother went home for the New Year, his grandfather returned to his old business and continued to make and sell pancakes with Grandma Chen Pan.
But now, as soon as the business peak is over, he takes the flyers from home and distributes their company flyers in all nearby noodle shops, steamed bun shops, hotels, stores and other places.
Even when he went to the vegetable market to buy vegetables, he carried a thick stack of flyers.
Before, he had always done business far away from the surrounding area, as if he felt a little embarrassed. But now, perhaps forced by the 750 yuan monthly salary for employees and the 1,000 yuan monthly bank loan, he shamelessly started a business nearby.
As for Chen Pan, she was assigned to answer the phone at the company, which was also her home.
Of course, her job wasn't just to look after that thing. She also had to do the laundry and clean the house during the Lunar New Year. It was Chen Pan's responsibility to peel the potatoes her grandmother brought and try to make potato chips and potato balls for the Lunar New Year.
This New Year, Chen Pan’s grandparents started to rest from the morning of New Year’s Eve.
Even many of her family's New Year's goods were bought by them in a hurry that day.
But even so, they celebrated this New Year in a quiet and fulfilling way.
In the past, Grandpa Chen and Grandma Chen both liked to visit other people's homes.
No, it should be said that because of the special customs of the village, they are accustomed to the New Year's Eve when everyone gathers together and takes turns visiting other people's homes to celebrate the New Year.
But this year, without being disturbed by anyone, everyone just had a simple meal and watched the Spring Festival Gala, and they unexpectedly felt very good.
Anyway, even though they made dumplings and a lot of New Year's Eve dinner that day, they didn't feel as tired or nervous as in previous years.
Anyway, on New Year's Eve in 1993, the Chen family felt a long-lost sense of security, and finally felt like they could finally take a break.
Grandpa and grandma Chen Pan are really exhausted lately.
This night, for the first time, they did not keep vigil, but went to bed early after midnight.
By the next day, they finally managed to get some extra sleep.
While they were sleeping, Chen Pan, who was used to getting up early, woke up early and started busying himself in the kitchen.
This New Year, Chen Pan's family was only quiet for two days, and then they received more and more phone calls.
Chen Pan is not slandering the place where he grew up, but in fact, most of the people who run factories and companies in their city are indeed from other places.
The Chinese people attach great importance to the Spring Festival.
Under such circumstances, except for those special enterprises that really cannot stop working during the Spring Festival, most other companies are in a state of suspension of work and production, and most of the bosses from other places have returned home to celebrate the New Year.
In this way, when those noodle shops, restaurants, hotels, small supermarkets, steamed bun shops, and cake shops that are still open during the Chinese New Year suddenly run out of stock, they will naturally have to look for suppliers one by one who can deliver goods during the Chinese New Year.
Among these people, the most out-of-stock items were from various small grain and oil stores, small supermarkets, and even large supermarkets in Longcheng City. Further back were the various shops making Sanzi (fried dough sticks) and Mahua (fried dough twists), as well as various deep-fried food shops and barbecue restaurants in the food court.
People used to stock up normally, but now that life has improved, there's been an increase in people going out shopping, eating out, and buying all sorts of delicious food. Plus, Longcheng is essentially a noodle-heavy city, so whether people eat or not, they have to fry tons of dough and make tons of buns and steamed buns. As a result, this month, Longcheng's flour and cooking oil consumption has increased by more than ten times compared to before.
In this situation, the flyers that Grandpa Chen took Chen Laoshi and Chen Erbao to distribute really worked.
Throughout the Lunar New Year holiday, not only did Chen Pan receive numerous calls for orders, but even the flyers Chen Erbao had distributed around Chenjia Town were effective. These people were calling the factory directly, and there were always people on duty, waiting for the call and making arrangements immediately.
Because of this, everyone basically did not have a good time during the entire Spring Festival, as they were all busy delivering goods.
But even so, everyone who knew the situation of the factory was happy, and no one really complained.
That is to say, during the Chinese New Year, whenever someone called, Grandpa Chen would deliver the goods to their home on time by himself, even if he had to take a taxi.
Unexpectedly, Chen Pan's family gained a group of new customers.
During that winter vacation, Chen Pan stayed at home and worked as a customer service representative. You could also call her Chen the merchandiser.
After she started school, Grandpa Chen saw that the situation was not right, so he contacted a little girl from his uncle's family to come and work as a customer service clerk.
In this way, Chen Pan's company improved and developed little by little.
By the time time passed and it was June, Chen Pan's family had paid off their foreign debt of more than 10,000 yuan.
Chen Pan's bakery had a new young female employee. She was a girl from Grandma Chen's family, and she was considered another cousin of Chen Pan.
Then from that day on, the situation in Chen Pan's family completely improved.
With the addition of a young female employee to the pancake shop, Grandma Chen and Second Grandma's workload has obviously become lighter, which is not good.
Grandpa Chen no longer has to worry about them every day, so he has more energy to focus on factory and company affairs.
Now that the company has a trustworthy receptionist, he no longer has to worry about the company's goods and phone calls every day, and Chen Pan no longer has to run back and forth to worry.
It can be said that just by adding two employees, everything suddenly became a lot easier.
Just when Chen Pan was busy preparing for the high school entrance examination, she suddenly received a call from her good friend Yang Xiaomei, who had not returned to Qingshui Village in recent months.
Yang Xiaomei didn't go to Chen Pan to talk about herself and the school. She just wanted to kindly tell Chen Pan that Li Chengcai was back.
"My dad said that last year's incident is over. All those who opened the casino at the time have been sentenced, and the case is completely closed. That's why Director Li called and asked Li Chengcai, who had been away, to come back. My dad also said that Li Chengcai came back this time to study for a month and then take the college entrance examination. I think he used to be a student at No. 6 Middle School, so just in case, I thought I would tell you in advance."
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