Civil Affairs Bureau
I heard about Old Liu's family during the summer vacation, and then this family disappeared from Chen Jin's gossip network in the next six months. I guess there’s nothing new worth talking about, or maybe Aunt Zhou is too busy to take care of the Xicheng Home branch.
Yes, the demolition of the three villages, big and small, has been mentioned for several years. Aunt Zhou said that she was not very familiar with those two villages before, but now she can recognize many people.
It's meaningless.
The second half of 1997 passed faster than the fast-forward of television.
My uncle said that he was so busy that he lost count of what day it was. It seemed like it was only September, but it had suddenly jumped to December. He didn’t know how he was getting through the days.
Chen Jin smiled and said, "It doesn't matter if you are busy or idle."
The land for the East Railway Station is still under construction, and the land in Dongcheng District that I bought with my uncle and Uncle Zhuang is also under construction.
My uncle is now eyeing the land in Dongcheng District, and he goes to help her check on the progress from time to time.
Seeing that he was busy all day and had even been to the hospital once, Chen Jin wanted to say something, but when he saw that he had lost a lot of weight, he felt sad and couldn't say anything to irritate him.
One weekend in December, Chen Jin finally couldn't stand his crowded study anymore and decided to tidy it up and put away some of the books he didn't read anymore.
Shen Baichuan helped her tidy up the study and found that she had three layers of martial arts novels, which were quite complete. The most interesting thing is the newspaper book she made, which contains reports she cut out from newspapers and pasted them together.
After the backyard fence was opened, I was able to get a glimpse of a corner where Chen Jin spent her time alone at home. Only then did I realize that what she said about "wasting time" was actually exaggerated. Just look at this study room.
Chen Jin sat on the floor, flipping through books and putting them into a box nearby. When he saw something interesting, he would reread the old books.
Shen Baichuan took out a dusty cardboard box from under the bookshelf, wiped off the dust, and opened it, as if he had discovered the treasure hidden by Chen Jin.
"Here is a box of picture books."
Chen Jin raised his head, moved over to look inside the box, and said with a smile, "These are all the ones I watched when I was a kid."
"Some of them were bought by me, some were bought for me by my second uncle, and some were discarded by my friends after they finished reading them. I stopped reading them after entering high school, and my mother put them away."
Later, when the house was demolished and she moved, she got a new box. She first moved to a resettlement house and later moved into a small Western-style building.
Each book has signs of having been read, but they are all well kept. "The one with my name on it is the one I bought."
So, Shen Baichuan also sat on the ground and explored Chen Jin's interesting childhood.
The study was quiet for more than ten minutes, with only the sound of flipping through books. Chen Jin said, "At this rate, we will be busy until next year."
Having said that, he still sorted through the books slowly, finding interesting ones from the dusty books and putting them aside, ready to read them slowly.
When Lin Xinran called her and asked if she was at home, she said, "Yes, I'm at home reading a book."
Lin Xinran on the other end of the phone sighed and said, "Yang Qian didn't study hard at school, you should continue to study for a master's degree."
Chen Jin said lazily: "I like reading, not going to school. What do you want from me? You haven't called me for a month..."
"I just happened to come to this branch school and brought you some food. I have something urgent to do, so I won't go in to talk to you. Please come out and get the food."
“I’m here.” Chen Jin still didn’t move after hanging up the phone. He looked down at the clothes he was wearing, and decisively ordered Shen Baichuan to say, “Teacher Shen, go get it, and I’ll give you half of the food.”
Shen Baichuan glanced at her with amusement, and said as he stood up: "Am I a child? You tricked me into running errands with food? The children in the community should at least pay for running errands."
"You're my boyfriend, so of course it's different." Chen Jin said confidently, urging him to get out quickly.
In a few minutes, Shen Baichuan came back with a bag of food.
"I told you, people with long legs walk faster." Chen Jin said as he opened the bag. There were quite a few cakes inside. He looked at the outer packaging and said, "Newly opened? I haven't heard of it before. I'll ask Lin Xinran next time."
“Lin Xinran asked if you were hiding from debt recently.” Shen Baichuan took the pastry she handed over and sat down to continue reading.
"Haha, she wants to say that I stay here every day and don't go out, right?!" Chen Jin said: "I don't want to go shopping, but Auntie An's beauty salon has opened nearby, so I don't want to go out for the time being."
Her diligence and laziness come in waves. There is always a period of time when she just wants to stay in this small area of Wutong Road. Leaving Wutong Road feels like she is going on a long journey.
Since the start of this semester, she has been unusually "honest". She did not take any leave from September to November. Vice President Sun even talked to her last week and asked her how the company was doing recently.
It's because the company is doing so well that she is so honest. Fearing that she would be put in a sack, even Chu Qi moved in nearby.
Baiyou and Lemei had both been in trouble several times, but with Director Geng handling the situation, she didn't need to worry too much. But it also indirectly shows that her company is really successful, otherwise people wouldn't cause trouble for her.
In fact, her friends also noticed that she was getting scared, and would occasionally bring her some delicious food. However, these people had good intentions but a bad mouth, and they would always ask her: Chen Jin, do you owe money outside?
He choked a little while eating, so Shen Baichuan went to pour some hot water.
“Hehe, Shen Baichuan you are so virtuous.”
"Is this considered virtuous?"
"He's a little bit inferior to my third uncle." Her third uncle can work in the fields and cook in the kitchen. No one can compare to him.
Speaking of the third uncle, Shen Baichuan remembered that the third uncle said he wanted to build a pond to raise fish, and invite everyone to go fishing in the future, so he asked: “The eldest uncle said he wanted to buy land near the ancient village, what do you say now?”
"It's hard to explain." Chen Jin said disdainfully: "I don't know who spread the news that my uncle was going to the countryside to buy land. Many people came to ask my uncle if he was going to develop tourism there and invest some money now..."
"It's so annoying. I told them I just wanted to buy a piece of land for my own home, but they didn't believe me. They even asked why I wanted to buy such a big piece of land. What a joke! There are five families in total, including my three uncles, my aunt, and me. Shouldn't we buy a larger piece of land?"
"Now that so many people want to buy land, the price of an ordinary piece of land has been raised. I guess people will be so happy." They might even laugh at them in their hearts and call them idiots.
"They always say we have inside information. They insist on telling us even when we say we don't have it. I think they don't need to worship the God of Wealth anymore. They should worship me instead."
Shen Baichuan also felt that these people were quite crazy. In Chen Jin's words, they did not do business down to earth, but only thought about doing fancy things.
But they still wanted to buy the land, especially since Chen Yongan was about to graduate. My third uncle and aunt felt that they could now take down the burden. If Chen Yongan couldn't find a job, they would let him take over the family's small supermarket in Xiuli Community.
And my uncle has been so busy in the past six months that he is thinking of retiring completely after he is done with this busy period.
My second cousin finished his night school classes in the first half of the year. In the past two or three years, he has taken over the company's affairs little by little, and will soon be promoted from Junior Mr. Chen to Mr. Chen.
My second uncle also wants to retire early.
"Well, I want to retire too." Chen Jin said, "I'm going back to the village to grow lychees."
Shen Baichuan smiled. Last time she talked about returning to the village to build a lotus pond, just like the one in the ancient village, raising some fish in it, and she would go fishing every day.
A new idea a day.
Retirement is not possible for the time being.
When Chen Jin went to work on Monday, he received calls from several units asking about the situation of several students at school.
When it was her students' turn to graduate and look for jobs, Chen Jin finally understood the difficulties faced by other counselors.
Because, when it comes to some students, I'm really disappointed with them and I really want to slap them a few times and then pour water on their brains.
"I finally got an internship at a big company, and they told me I could stay if there was no big problem. What is he doing?! He has to give them gifts! Ah! I am really convinced!"
He is not smart when he should be, and he tries to be clever when he shouldn't be.
Zhou Ding shook his head and said, "I hit a wall. The leader didn't even think of doing anything crooked. This gift directly wiped out the quota."
Chen Jin clapped his hands, "Isn't it?!"
There are also those who caused trouble to other companies during their internship and refused to admit their mistakes...the leaders of their other companies have reported them to the leaders of the college.
It’s so sad!
You still want to use her company as a backup job? Is her company a junk collector?
How can a small family afford to build these huge Buddhas? You definitely can’t accept that!
As for the students that he wanted to recruit to his company, either they were going to continue their studies or they were selected by good companies.
no way. We can't stop students from having a good future.
Their company is recruiting now, but the job fair organized by the Employment Guidance Center has been scheduled for next semester... Isn't this equivalent to letting the company and the students choose each other first? Then whoever comes first will definitely have the advantage.
It’s not like that at the Agricultural University. They put everything together, giving students more choices.
But that was the school's arrangement and she had no choice.
At work, I take stock of which students have not yet found jobs.
"I've found that more and more graduates are staying in Rong City."
Chen Jin compared the destinations of students who graduated in recent years and found that fewer and fewer people return to their hometowns after graduation.
"It has always been like this. In the past, most graduates were assigned back to their hometowns, so only the most outstanding ones had the opportunity to stay and work in the city. Later, after the trial of double selection, more students stayed."
It would be fine if they were assigned back to their hometown city, but some students are not so willing to be assigned back to their hometown small and backward counties.
Those who stay will always have more opportunities.
Moreover, the number of students entering private enterprises after graduation is increasing year by year.
Teacher Chang said with emotion: "Sometimes, it's not that people are not good enough, but it depends on the social situation. Look at me and Teacher He, we were really lucky scholars at that time."
Teacher He fully agreed with this. At that time, even if you graduated from a technical secondary school, you could get a job in a good company. It happened when all walks of life were short of talent, and after joining the company, there was also housing allocated...
"They are almost the same." Chen Jin said: "Don't mention studying, the same is true for doing business. Doing business now is different from doing business ten years ago."
My uncle said that ten years ago, if you did business properly, even a pig standing in the right place would fly.
Business can still be done now, but it is certainly not as easy as before.
This sentiment took everyone's mind too far and brought the topic back to the current university tuition fees.
The tuition fees for college nowadays are much more expensive than when she was studying. Students from poor families who want to be admitted to college really have to sell all their belongings to go to school.
But correspondingly, universities have expanded their enrollment a lot, giving students from poor families more opportunities.
Jinshun also started providing subsidies to poor students in his college starting this semester.
Due to limited ability, I can only support my own college.
Chen Jin smiled and said, "Maybe in the future students won't even know what graduation assignments are."
"Hey, you know what, it's really possible. It's old news for young people to talk about succession now, but when I think about it, it hasn't been that many years."
But if you say it’s not been many years, it’s almost ten years. Anyway, after the 1990s, the concept of succession gradually disappeared.
These days pass by without much feeling when you are in them, but when you look back, it feels like a dream.
When they went home for lunch at noon, Chen Jin and Shen Baichuan sighed, "Time flies, and things change! I'm already 25 this year, and I'm almost 30."
Shen Baichuan said: “I’m almost thirty.”
"......If you hadn't mentioned it, I wouldn't have remembered it." Chen Jin said with a smile: "Teacher Shen looks like he's in his early twenties, very young."
"Come, have some tofu to replenish your body."
Shen Baichuan took two bites and found that Chen Jin was staring at him, so he was not surprised. He asked her as usual: "What are you looking at?"
Generally speaking, she would reply: "Because you look good."
But today, Chen Jin just smiled foolishly twice and continued to eat with his head down. This was so abnormal that Shen Baichuan felt nervous.
"Oh, by the way, your cousin has been back for more than half a year, but the old man hasn't organized a party to introduce him to everyone? Could it be that the old man doesn't want to hand over the family business to him anymore?"
"The old man is making a fuss, why not leave it to my cousin and put an end to it all. My cousin has already found a son-in-law to marry into the family."
Shen Baichuan changed the subject and said, “Don’t change the subject, what are you thinking about again?”
"Ah? No. What can I think about?" Chen Jin continued to eat.
But Chen Jin's actual actions were not like that. He tried to find out where his household registration book and ID card were, and asked when his grandparents and Ms. Shen would return to Rong City. Then, he suddenly had an idea and asked if the wall of the small western-style building could be broken down and connected...
She really can't hide her feelings. It was just like she wanted to buy cars for the two factory managers in her company, except she was just saying it directly.
Or maybe she wanted him to notice it on purpose so that he would be mentally prepared.
Shen Baichuan's preparation lasted until the end of this semester. Still no movement from her.
So he began to doubt whether Chen Jin was just speaking casually and did not mean what he thought.
Chen Jin had just started his winter vacation, and his uncle asked them where they would live during the vacation.
Chen Jin said: "Let's wait and see. Let me lie down at home for a few days."
"Why are you still lying there? The resettlement housing in Qiaoxi Village has been built. Didn't Liu Mantang call you to discuss choosing a house?"
"Oh! No wonder they called me yesterday and told me they were going to have a meeting in the village in five days. They didn't explain it clearly, they just said they were going to have a meeting. So it turns out they were going to choose a house."
If we follow the previous rules, whoever signs first gets to choose first, she would be the first to sign.
I’m afraid that Qiaoxi Village won’t follow the rules.
Well, this village has been involved in many outrageous things. No matter what weird things they do, Chen Jin no longer finds it strange.
She had completely cut off contact with the Liu family, keeping to herself and not expecting to get any information from them. Chen Jin looked through the phone book and called Liu Yang to ask.
"Five days later? We're talking about choosing a house and the village dividend. It's not very important. You can go on the day you choose a house."
In this case, Chen Jin didn't want to go to the meeting and planned to go on the day of house selection.
Just as he was about to hang up, Liu Yang said, "Old Master Gen is furious now. He really took all the things under his name to notarize. We live together, and it's enough for us to just watch their family's excitement every day."
Knowing that they were in a state of chaos, Chen Jin felt relieved and was not concerned about the specific situation of their family. After asking some more questions about the movements of the cadres in Qiaoxi Village, Chen Jin hung up the phone.
When Shen Baichuan asked her if she wanted to go out for dinner, Chen Jin said, "The boss of the old gold shop is back, I have to go over there, and then we'll go out for dinner. Is that okay?"
"good."
After cleaning up at home, Chen Jin didn't know what had touched his nerves, and said to him, "Go back and change your clothes. Wear a white shirt and pick something nice. Get ready to go out. Go quickly."
Shen Baichuan glanced at the time, it was only nine o'clock, still early.
When he came out of the house again, Shen Baichuan found that Chen Jin was dressed up very beautifully for the first time.
Professor Song came back from outside and saw the two of them. His eyes lit up and he said, "You are dressed so beautifully. Are you going out on a date?"
"Yes." Chen Jin admitted generously.
On the way, Chen Jin was talking to Daju in a babble.
"There's a fat orange cat in Lao Jin's store. Our big orange cat is barely as good as the other one..."
The big orange cat lying in the back seat meowed a few times in dissatisfaction.
"You're useless, meow. I'll send you to participate in a cat weight contest someday. I'll see if you can win third place."
The big orange boy continued to meow, and Chen Jin continued to talk.
This time, I met the old master of the gold shop again, and he looked much older.
This is what happens when you get old, there’s nothing you can do about it.
The big orange cat and the fat orange cat in this store are lying at the door. So far, both sides seem to be quite friendly.
But Chen Jin was just choosing a style when the two guys at the door started fighting.
The young boss's face darkened, and he exuded dissatisfaction.
But Chen Jindang didn't see it and continued to pick several more items.
Influenced by Aunt Zhou, Chen Jin thought it would do no harm to save up some more shiny gold jewelry for herself. Knowing that the store owner had returned to open the store, she ran over again.
"Boss, will your store be able to continue operating?"
The young boss was busy issuing invoices. He looked up at her, then glanced at the old man who was sitting in a rocking chair outside listening to the radio, and responded with a muffled "hmm".
The old master who had said before that his ears were not working well said loudly: "Our store has been open for hundreds of years, with only a break of ten years or so. As long as there are people here, it must continue to operate."
The young boss said, "Don't worry, I won't run away with the money. Since you are an old customer, I will give you a discount. Congratulations. Take the ticket and pick it up in half a month."
"Okay." Chen Jin collected the ticket with a smile, and hugged Daju away before the young boss rushed out to take sides.
As for the young boss's inexplicable "congratulations", Chen Jin automatically ignored it.
As they left, the fat orange cat behind them meowed and sounded very angry.
After getting in the car, Chen Jin and Shen Baichuan said, "My mother used to like this store. My grandmother also made jewelry here."
"Oh, when will I be able to say that my company is a century-old enterprise... A century, doesn't that sound impressive?"
"You can also change the company name to Centennial."
"Don't mention it. I actually thought about it too." Chen Jin said and then laughed.
“Shen Baichuan, are you nervous today?”
Shen Baichuan turned his head to look at her, wanting to see what she could say.
"You have met my family and the villagers countless times. I have also met your family. It's just a date. Why are you so nervous?"
Shen Baichuan said meaningfully: “You want to fool me again.”
"Are you afraid?"
“I’m a little scared.” Shen Baichuan stared at her trembling fingers and said, “Why don’t you pull over? I’m still a little scared when your hands shake while driving.”
"My hands aren't shaking!"
Chen Jin took two deep breaths in succession and wiped the sweat from his palms.
"Oops, I went too far. I have to go back around again."
This made Shen Baichuan even more nervous.
"Why don't you pull over? I know where the Civil Affairs Bureau is."
Chen Jin raised his eyebrows, "Didn't we say we were going to have dinner? Why are we going to the Civil Affairs Bureau?"
Shen Baichuan was helpless, seeing her serious expression, she said it as if it was really the case.
"I saw you taking my household registration book and ID card."
"I noticed that you put your household registration book and ID card on top of the shoe cabinet. It's not safe. I'll put them away for you."
Chen Jin lied with his eyes open, but his actions were still honest. He drove around in a circle and finally arrived at the Civil Affairs Bureau.
"So, why did you go to the gold shop this morning?"
"To confuse you!"
Chen Jin took a deep breath and said, “I’m a little soft, why don’t I come back another day…” Before Cheng finished speaking, Shen Baichuan had already embraced the person and went in.
Now that you are here, you must get a certificate before you leave.
We can’t waste his careful thought in placing his household registration booklet and ID card openly on the shoe cabinet.
There were not many people coming to get their certificates today. They had just gotten their numbers when they suddenly heard two familiar voices arguing outside.
They all pricked up their ears and listened carefully.
"Li Xingyi! We're getting divorced today, I don't care which junior sister you support!"
"Can you just say divorce and divorce at every turn?!"
"No. 3, No. 3, come and register for marriage!"
Chen Jinan said hurriedly: "Let the people behind do it first, we are not in a hurry."
Pulling Shen Baichuan out to watch the excitement, “It’s okay, don’t worry, it’s not too late to get the certificate after watching it.”
Shen Baichuan can't run away, she has to watch the excitement today!
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