Before the holidays
In the end, Chen Jin and his third cousin did not go to the village chief's house for dinner, but made a temporary appointment with Jiang Weijun and Huang Hao to go out for lunch at noon. I wanted to take some fruit to the village chief's house to sit down, but when I got there, I saw Chen Wenzhen returning home with a bruised face.
It was obvious that something had happened, but seeing that two young people, Chen Jin and Chen Yongfei, were at home, he was too embarrassed to speak.
Chen Jin glanced at the village chief and Chen Yongming, then tugged at the corner of his third cousin's clothes.
Chen Yongfei said, "My third sister and I have an appointment with other partners of the travel agency to discuss something. We are running out of time. Village chief, my third sister and I will come to your house another day."
Chen Guangman didn't even look at Chen Wenzhen, knowing that Chen Yongfei was making an excuse and the two young men were just trying to save face for him. He asked his eldest grandson Chen Yongming to go and see him off.
This wasn't a strange place, so there was no need for anyone to send them off, but Chen Jin and Chen Yongfei both tacitly agreed not to refuse. As they went down the elevator with Chen Yongming, the cousins looked at each other, not knowing what to say.
Chen Jin really wanted to join in the fun, but he also knew that not every event could be attended. The village chief will definitely be angry again this time. Could it be that Chen Wenzhen was beaten by his sister-in-law's brothers, because the village chief did not allow Chen Wenzhen to divorce and forced him to cut off his outside relationships...
When he got downstairs, Chen Yongming said goodbye to them, walked around downstairs for a while, and then went upstairs again.
His grandfather just wanted to get him away temporarily. Without asking the reason, he could guess who beat his father. Although it may sound a bit disrespectful, he still thinks it was a good fight.
Chen Jin followed his third cousin's car out of the house. As soon as he got in the car, he asked, "Third brother, do you think Chen Wenzhen was beaten by the brother of his woman?"
"Heh, he deserves to be beaten." Chen Yongfei said, "He seemed to be quite sensible before, but after he got rich, he became a little arrogant and liked to show off. Now he has lost his mind. He is useless to the village chief, and now the village chief relies on Yongming. But Yongming may not be able to take much. With Uncle Wenhao here, the village chief should hand over most of the things in the house to Uncle Wenhao."
"Although Yonghan from Uncle Wenhao's family is a girl, Uncle Wenhao raised her as a son. She is much smarter than Yongming, and her parents are not holding her back."
Yes, Yonghan is the only girl in the entire Qiaodong Village who follows the same generation name as the men. She has been taken care of by Uncle Wenhao since she was a child and was really raised like a son. But this doesn't seem to have anything to do with who the village chief divides his property to, right? Yonghan is a senior in high school this year. She has always wanted to follow her father's example and become a police officer, and she took the college entrance examination with an eye toward the police academy.
Chen Yongfei continued, "I don't think the village chief cares about passing the family fortune down from father to son. He may be more concerned about not squandering the family fortune. Unless Yongming performs exceptionally well or has the ability to take charge of the family, the village chief won't trust Yongming's two terrible parents to hand over the family fortune to him."
It is said that bad parents will also affect their children's financial fortune.
For lunch, we went to a restaurant near Sifang Travel Agency. Huang Hao had gained some experience eating here. He stayed behind the scenes and is now in charge of attracting customers, communicating with clients, and arranging itineraries.
No one was the type to go around in circles, so after the follow-up planning scheme was placed in front of Chen Jin and he looked at the revenue of Sifang Travel Agency since its opening, Chen Jin made a decision.
"In addition to the dividends, each person will invest another 10,000 yuan. Should this money be transferred to the travel agency's account or paid in cash?"
"Let's put it all into the account."
"OK."
Huang Hao took out another stack of resumes. "These are the candidates that have been shortlisted and are ready to be called in for interviews. You two are familiar with leading tours, so you can be in charge of the screening. If Third Sister is free, come over tomorrow to take a look at the situation."
"You guys take care of the management matters. I won't get involved." An amateur shouldn't guide the experts. The three of them have much more experience than her in arranging interviews.
Chen Yongfei smiled and said, "Are you going shopping again?"
"What do you mean by again? I work hard, so it's only natural for me to go out and relax on the weekend, right?!"
Chen Yongfei laughed and stopped laughing at her. It seems quite justified to do a job that pays a few hundred dollars and go shopping for a few thousand dollars.
The next day, Chen Jin walked to Wanmin Square and wandered around aimlessly. In the afternoon, I drove to Dongcheng District to pick up the big gold bracelet I ordered last week.
This time she met the old master in her memory, but the old master was old and very hard of hearing. After she told him several times, he just pointed to his ears and waved his hands, saying he couldn't hear clearly. When Chen Jin was about to put her hands on her hips and raise her voice, the young boss she met last time came over, took her receipt, took out two gold bracelets from the safe, and asked her to choose a box.
When the old master saw the young boss coming, he ignored him and went out for a leisurely walk with his hands behind his back. The fat orange cat that I saw last time appeared out of nowhere and jumped out, following the master slowly.
Including the labor cost, the two gold bracelets cost three thousand yuan.
Chen Jin felt satisfied after seeing it. The dragon and phoenix pattern was even more beautiful than the one on the sample. Chen Jin looked at other finished products in the store, and finally picked out a necklace and paid for it together.
These gold and silver jewellery can be worn at home or at work, but most of them are kept at home as a store of value. I would never dare to take it out and walk on the street. There would really be people who would just grab the things and pull them away. She had heard of people being dragged for dozens of meters just to snatch a gold necklace. Those people rode on motorcycles and would run away after grabbing the things. Even if the police were called, they could not find them.
So apart from a watch, she didn't wear any other jewelry.
Speaking of watches, it seems that the first watch owned by my peers is a "Fubiao" brand watch. Now, I don’t know whether this old brand is still there.
This weekend was so pleasant that when Chen Jin went back to work on Monday, he seemed to have forgotten the quarrel with Teacher He last Friday and still greeted him when they met. As for whether Teacher He was embarrassed or not, that was none of her business.
The National Day is approaching, and there are many National Day-themed activities in the school. Some students even organize small-scale art performances on their own, and there are many essay competitions.
Chen Jin's job is to keep statistics on students' travel during the National Day holiday. He is afraid that some students will travel around the city with classmates and friends without reporting and not return home overnight. This situation is serious, especially for girls.
Chen Jin brings up the issue of safety in almost every meeting, and each time he tells them a different case. I’m afraid that these students think they are smart because they have been admitted to university. Human traffickers prefer smart people, especially girls, who are sold at a higher price.
So, when Chen Jin saw that several girls were not taking it seriously and were laughing and slacking off, he couldn't control his temper and directly called out and cursed them.
Don't always think that you are smart and that the one in ten thousand probability will not happen to you. If it really happens to you, you will regret it a thousand times. I’m so annoyed by people like this who won’t listen to any good or bad advice. If something happens, will it be Chen Jin who will suffer the most?
After Chen Jin's outburst, the crowd fell silent and no one dared to whisper anymore.
Well, it’s another day to be grateful to Teacher Chang.
Teacher Chang listened to her mumbling and scolding for more than ten minutes, and smiled and said with emotion: "Sometimes I really want to not care about it, but I can't just ignore it. I can't just watch them fall into the trap, right? I'd rather kick them a few times to make them remember."
"You're lucky. Look at the juniors that Zhou Ding leads. They're difficult to deal with."
Oh, Chen Jin suddenly calmed down. Compared with the third year students who were always causing trouble, this class of freshmen was so well-behaved and cute.
This year's National Day holiday is included with the weekend, for a total of three days. Students would come to her to ask for leave two days before the holiday.
Seeing that I was from Rong City and asked for leave to live back home, she approved my application very quickly. Seeing that the note said that the student went on a trip to a nearby city, Chen Jin asked more questions. After questioning, she confiscated the note and asked them to ask the student's parents to call her and tell them.
After she said this, several students actually took back their leave notes.
"Xiao Chen, you're meddling too much." Teacher He couldn't help but say.
Now that Chen Jin doesn't bother with her about anything else, she has understood everything and doesn't dare to continue thinking about introducing someone to Chen Jin. After two days of awkwardness, we returned to our normal relationship as colleagues.
Today she only saw Chen Jin asking questions to students who asked for leave in the office. In the past, they would have directly approved the leave unless the reason was outrageous. Now seeing that Chen Jin asked so many questions, she couldn't help but ask the students a few more questions when approving the leave notes. For example, for some students who said they wanted to go out traveling with classmates, she was really hesitant and asked the students' parents to call and explain the situation.
"Ah? I saw you and Teacher Chang wrote a work summary. Freshmen have low safety awareness. In the past, a girl followed her classmates home and was almost kidnapped. Am I not learning from your experience?"
Teacher Chang and Teacher He were silent. They didn’t expect it was because of this!
However, Teacher Chang particularly agrees that students cannot have any accidents, otherwise the school and teachers will be held responsible. Being strict is good for both students and teachers.
"The road conditions outside are not safe now. There are more cases of petty theft outside. There are people who commit crimes blatantly on the train. It is better to be strict." Teacher Chang said: "Look at how many factories are closed outside now, and a large number of workers are laid off and unemployed. It is similar to the situation of a large number of educated youth returning home without jobs more than ten years ago. People are out of work and cannot settle down, so the probability of going out to cause trouble is high. The lock of my relative's house was picked by a thief in broad daylight..."
Yes, in the past two years, state-owned factories have gone bankrupt one after another. Even some private factories, which reaped the benefits of the early stage of reform and opening up, were later washed away by the test of time and went bankrupt. But the existing factories cannot absorb all the workers. Once people lose their livelihood, they will take many desperate measures.
The last time Chen Jin took a train with his third cousin, he bought a soft sleeper, so he didn’t feel anything. But the third cousin also said that when they went out to investigate tourist routes, they encountered all kinds of things on the train. If a girl like her who didn't have much strength to fight with others went out alone, she would probably be targeted as soon as she got on the train.
Flying is safe, but how many people can afford to fly every time?
After hearing what Teacher Chang said, Teacher He and Zhou Ding became much more cautious when signing leave notes.
Now when Chen Jin goes to the No. 3 canteen to eat, she drives her car over and parks it in a nearby open space. This way, she can drive directly home after eating.
It was a rare day when Shen Baichuan came to take a seat, so Chen Jin came over with a tray and sat directly opposite him.
"Teacher Chen, are you so late today? Are you busy with work?"
"It's OK. I'm getting ready for the holiday. Many students came to me to ask for leave. I didn't pay attention just now and chatted with them a little more." Chen Jin looked up at him, "It should be that Teacher Shen is busy. This is the first time I see you come to eat this week."
"I took a leave and went back to Hong Kong."
Chen Jin didn't ask any more questions, her stomach was already protesting.
"Teacher Chen, do you have any plans for National Day?"
"Yes, I'm going to Quan City to attend the wedding." This was decided long ago. We will set off on the morning of the first day of the holiday, walk around Quan City in the afternoon, attend the wedding banquet on the second day, and rush back on the third day. The three-day holiday is fully scheduled.
Yang Qian and Lin Xinran asked her to go shopping, but she said she was busy.
Shen Baichuan sighed silently, okay, her schedule is really busier than his. Let's take another look.
On the last day before the holiday, Chen Jin stared at the clock in the office, and when the time came, he grabbed his keys and left.
She packed all the luggage she was going to take with her in the trunk, and was going to stay at Hanlin Garden at night. When she went downstairs, Chen Jia was already waiting.
"Let's go, first go to Wanfulai to get the suitcase, then go pick up your parents."
"You also ordered the suitcase from Wanfulai?"
"My uncle asked me to order it. A lacquered leather trunk is required for a dowry. It won't work without one."
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