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Old Liu was overwhelmed. He stepped forward to pull Chen Jin away and whispered, "You are already 23 or 24 years old, and a university teacher. You should control your temper in the future."
This made Chen Jin even angrier. He glared at him with his big eyes and gnashed his teeth, saying word by word: "I'm not even 22 yet!"
Old man Liu sighed and said, forget it, forget it, he asked the earth and she answered the sky, there was no way they could communicate.
Chen Jin sat there with her arms crossed, watching others sign. Someone behind her was mumbling about how much money she could get from the expropriation of her peach forest land. As the noise got louder, Chen Jin turned around and looked at them, "Why don't you just ask me?"
Are you pretending that you can't hear me by whispering behind my back?
She didn't look back, and she's not deaf.
Several people discussing the matter paused for a moment, and then someone asked her, "How much did you lose? Was it really over two million? It's more than that, right? I heard that private real estate companies give more for land acquisition."
Everyone looked at Chen Jin, waiting for her confirmatory reply.
Chen Jin: "I told you two million but you didn't believe me. How about paying me twenty million? I'll use the twenty million to buy the land around my house someday."
“…”What if they are stupid? Can the compensation be up to 20 million? If there really were so many, they would simply change their surname to Chen Jin. After Chen Jin said this, many people really thought that the estimated compensation would be around two million.
But two million is a lot! It’s enough to build several buildings in Qiaoxi Village.
Liu Mantang's forehead throbbed when he heard this. "There's no land to sell. Forget about it."
The wall in her yard encloses a circle of land that is not within the scope of the homestead, and he didn't charge her more money, so she still wants to buy more land in the village? impossible.
"Forget it if you don't want to sell it." Chen Jin just said that casually. She now has enough money to buy land in Beijing, and even a bigger piece of land in Rong City. It doesn't matter where she builds the building.
Finally, after everyone had signed, I listened to the village chief speak for almost half an hour. It was nothing more than talking about how many workers they would recruit from the village after the factory opened, and mobilizing the young people in the village to sign up actively. They also announced the "new village rules", one of which is that if anyone dares to gamble in the village, the police will be called every time they are seen, and the police will send people from the police station to arrest them.
Just for this reason, Chen Jin felt that although the village chief Liu Mantang was a bit long-winded in meetings and a bit wishy-washy, he still had some good points.
Chen Jin did not go back with his cousin Meng Chong to check on the condition of their own buildings. Several buildings here are managed by my cousin Meng Chong. The monthly rent collection forms and expenditure details are clear at a glance and there is nothing to see.
“Have the shops in Jinxiu Community been renovated yet?”
"Okay, it will open next month."
"That's good." Cousin Meng Chong asked someone to clean up the shops in Jinxiu Community, preparing to let his uncle and aunt open a braised food store there. As for the supermarket here, he planned to hire someone to help look after it. The old couple are together and can take care of each other.
It just so happened that Jinxiu Community was mentioned. After leaving Qiaoxi Village, Chen Jin drove directly to Jinxiu Community to find Tian Miao. He saw her and another hired girl checking the delivery list.
After Tian Miao finished her work, Chen Jin went to ask her about the small supermarket and the house rental.
When she got back into the car, she was thinking about going back to Xicheng District. She didn't plan to go back to the small western-style building tonight, but to stay directly in Hanlin Garden and go to Juchun Garden at noon tomorrow.
But as soon as she started the car, she unconsciously drove towards the Xiuli community...
It is also a problem if the properties you own are too scattered.
In the evening, Chen Jin received a call from Yang Qian.
"Teacher Chen, I went to your office two days in a row, but Teacher Chang said you were on leave... It's really hard to make an appointment with you. Are you going to the beauty salon tomorrow?"
Beauty salon? Chen Jin walked to the dressing table and looked left and right in front of the mirror, and found that her skin had been in very good condition recently, even more tender than after a skin care treatment. Getting rich suddenly makes people feel good, and a good mood leads to good skin.
So, getting rich quickly = beautiful skin.
Oh, by the way, her wedding dress is ready, and the store staff contacted her to ask her to take some time to go over and try it on to see if it needs any adjustments. She was thinking of going there after returning from National Day, so how about going out for dinner tomorrow and then stopping by in the afternoon?
Chen Jin told Yang Qian about his plans, and then said, "Go directly to the wedding store tomorrow afternoon."
"Did you really secretly order a wedding dress?" Yang Qian said in shock.
When Chen Jin accompanied her to try on wedding dresses, he was laughing and she thought he was joking, but who knew he was serious!
"I ordered it openly," Chen Jin said proudly, "Once I get the wedding dress, I will go out and take wedding photos myself!"
“You took the photo yourself?”
"No way? It's so much fun to take your own wedding photos."
"Very good." Yang Qian was convinced, but she suddenly thought of another question, "You just said you are going to Juchunyuan for lunch tomorrow? I..."
Before she could finish, Chen Jin interrupted her and said, "I can't invite you. Tomorrow is a thank-you banquet specially arranged for Teacher Shen."
"Teacher Shen? The teacher Shen next door to you? What great things has he done that require you to arrange a thank-you banquet for him?" Yang Qian said with a smile, then looked up and saw Zhuo Jiyu, who had just finished taking a shower, sitting next to her.
She quietly moved to the side, but Zhuo Jiyu came over to listen to her call, his head close to hers, and his heartbeat was even louder than Chen Jin's voice on the phone.
Chen Jin said mysteriously: "Teacher Shen is a good man. He brought me good news. Tomorrow, several brothers and sisters will invite him to dinner together..."
Here, Yang Qian heard Zhuo Jiyu laugh quietly and turned to look at him. Over there, Chen Jin said that he was going to take a shower and asked her to go to the wedding shop tomorrow afternoon. As soon as the call was hung up, Yang Qian looked at him in confusion, "What are you laughing at?"
Is it funny that Chen Jin said Teacher Shen is a good person? Even though Mr. Shen scratched his car to cheat Grandpa Cheng, it doesn't prevent him from being a good neighbor.
Zhuo Jiyu raised his eyebrows and said, "I'm not laughing at anything."
He saw Shen Baichuan at Cheng Group yesterday, and heard him inexplicably mention that he was going out to eat alone with a friend on Saturday at noon. At that time, he felt that something was wrong with Shen Baichuan. No one asked him what his weekend plans were, and no one wanted to invite him to dinner, but he had to mention it specifically.
Is this what he meant by going out to eat alone?
I brought a bunch of brothers and sisters...
"It's inexplicable." Yang Qian muttered, then quickly stood up and walked out, "I'm going to the study to read. You can go to sleep if you're tired."
Zhuo Jiyu followed slowly, "I'll go to the study too."
Yang Qian: “…”
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Shen Baichuan got up early to prepare for today's lunch, and when he saw the clock turned to half past ten, he picked up the key and went downstairs. From the small western-style building, it takes no more than 40 minutes to drive to Juchunyuan in Dongcheng District. Although the meal was supposed to be at twelve o'clock, it would be better for him to go there earlier since he didn't have anything else to do anyway.
I wanted to knock on the door of the courtyard next door to ask Chen Jin if he wanted to take a ride there together, but after I went downstairs, I remembered that Chen Jin didn't come back last night. He worked in the study until after eleven o'clock. If Chen Jin came back, he could see him through the study window.
When I was driving out of the community, I saw a man lying on the windowsill of the guard room and talking to the guard. It seemed that he was pestering the guard to help him go in and find someone.
The guard saw his car approaching and nodded at him. The man lying on the windowsill also looked back and stared at his car. Without thinking too much, Shen Baichuan quickly left the gate of the community and crossed Wutong Road.
Later, Tang Zuming, who was repeatedly persuaded by the guard but refused to listen, did not insist on asking the guard to help him go in to find someone. Instead, he said, "There is such a rich man hidden in the community. Are there any empty houses for sale in the small western-style buildings here?"
The guard gave him an unpleasant look and ignored him.
I have never seen anyone so shameless. I have told him not to disrupt his work and ignore him, but he can still chat to himself.
"You can either call Teacher Chen and ask her to tell our guard room, and I will definitely let you in. If you lie and say you are friends with Teacher Chen and want to sneak in, that won't work. If you don't call, then you can wait outside the community."
"Okay, I'll wait outside then." Tang Zuming was sure that the guard was determined not to let him in to find someone, so he didn't make things difficult for him. He strolled to the gate of the community and stood guard. He snorted softly and said to himself, "If you don't let me in, I'll wait here. There's only one gate. How can I not wait for Ling Yun to come?"
After waiting for half an hour, Chen Jin's car still didn't leave, nor did Ling Yun come over. But I waited for Li Xingyi and his wife.
When Li Xingyi held a wedding banquet during the summer vacation, he also attended it. He knew that Li Xingyi and his wife were now studying for postgraduate degrees at Nanjing University. When he saw them carrying fruits and walking into the community, his eyes lit up.
"Li Xingyi, do you live inside?"
"No, I'm going to visit a teacher. What are you doing?" Li Xingyi was also surprised that he met Tang Zuming here.
"That's perfect! Then can you take me in too?" Tang Zuming glanced at Bai Ling beside Li Xingyi and pulled Li Xingyi aside. "Do you know which building Chen Jin's home is in?"
Li Xing was stunned for a moment, and looked at Tang Zuming with a complicated expression, "Are you here specifically to see Chen Jin?"
"No, I'll go to her house." Tang Zuming urged him, "Just one sentence, can you tell me if it's okay? Old classmate, please help me."
"...I'll call Professor Song and let him know first."
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Chen Jin and Shen Baichuan agreed to have lunch at noon, but she was the host today, so she went out early and arrived at Juchun Garden half an hour earlier.
Just as he was about to go to the box, behind him, Shen Baichuan also arrived.
"Teacher Shen came so early?"
"Yeah, I thought I couldn't be late, so it's better to come earlier."
"You are too punctual." Although she sometimes cannot be punctual, she thinks that people who are serious about being punctual are particularly good.
We walked upstairs while chatting. The private room had been reserved long ago. Although Juchunyuan is expensive, many people come to eat there, especially on weekends. If you don’t make a reservation in advance, there will be basically no seats available if you come to eat there on the spur of the moment.
As soon as they came and sat down, the waiter brought them tea and menus. Just as he was about to introduce the signature dishes, Chen Jin said, "Wait a moment. We'll order in ten minutes."
After the waiter went down, Chen Jin pushed the menu in front of Shen Baichuan, “Teacher Shen, take a look at the menu first, I’ll go out and make a phone call.”
"good."
Shen Baichuan watched her go out, then glanced at the menu briefly and closed it again. After sitting for less than three minutes, I stood up and walked to the balcony of the private room. Standing on the balcony and looking down, I saw an ancient street in Dongcheng District with people coming and going below.
He raised his hand and looked at his watch again. Chen Jin had been out for ten minutes. He hesitated whether to go out and see what was going on.
Fortunately, Chen Jin didn't let him wait any longer. He pushed the door open and came in, smiling and asking, "Did I ask the waiter to come up and take our order?"
“Okay.” Shen Baichuan was also in a good mood.
But this good mood disappeared little by little after seeing the few people coming in with the waiter.
“Who are these people?”
"Let me introduce them." Chen Jin introduced them one by one: "My eldest uncle's second brother Chen Yongxin, my second uncle's sister Chen Jia, you should have met them. My third uncle's brother Chen Yongan. Oh, yes, and this one, my eldest nephew Junjun."
Chen Jin picked up Junjun who was hugging her thigh and let Shen Baichuan take a look, then put Junjun down again.
Something happened at my eldest cousin's wife's family, so my eldest cousin and his wife went back to help. My second cousin, who was free, was assigned the task of taking care of my nephew. Chen Ting and her third cousin are busy with work and have no time to come.
Finally, he solemnly introduced to his brothers and sisters: “This is the neighbor next door that I often mentioned, Mr. Shen Baichuan.”
Shen Baichuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, he didn't know whether he should be disappointed that this meal wasn't just for the two of them, or happy that Chen Jin actually brought all his brothers and sisters over for him to meet.
He now understood how sincere she was when she said, "The whole family thanks him," so this dinner was really her whole family thanking him.
It’s not to the extent that the whole family is affected.
Chen Jin hesitated whether to call the elders, but if she did, it would seem too solemn. Teacher Shen was only a few years older than her, so she should just ask her brothers and sisters to come. Just have one representative from each family.
“Teacher Shen, please sit down quickly, don’t be polite.” Chen Jin gave the menu to Shen Baichuan and asked him to order. Consciously took the seat next to Shen Baichuan.
Shen Baichuan greeted her family and pushed the menu back to her, asking her to take care of it. He sighed quietly as he sat down.
In just half an hour, my mood went through a lot of ups and downs.
Shen Baichuan suddenly wondered if Zhuo Jiyu knew last night that this would be the case today, so he called him to ask if he was going out to dinner with Chen Jin today. Zhuo Jiyu's inexplicable laughter on the phone last night now had a reason.
But the meal was not completely fruitless. At least it was a pleasant meal from beginning to end, and he got a direct glimpse into Chen Jin's private life.
So, everyone in her family calls her "Third Sister" or "Third Sister"? Is it because you are the third in the family? But he counted twice and still couldn't figure out how she got to third place.
Chen Jin's brothers and sisters all seemed to be in harmony and good at talking, especially Chen Jin's cousin. Knowing that he was a computer teacher, he asked him a lot of questions about computers. It was obvious that he was a student who really liked computer science. So he asked Chen Jin's cousin whether he was studying computer science.
“Not a computer science major.”
"If the school allows, you can consider applying to change your major. Or you can minor in computer science. By the way, what is your major?"
"...Animal Husbandry."
Shen Baichuan's hand stretched out to the teapot next to him paused for a moment, and he said calmly: "Computers will be applied to all walks of life in the future, and should be of great help in animal husbandry. Hmm."
"Teacher Chen, would you like more tea?"
When I turned my head, I saw Chen Jin lowering his head and pursing his lips to hold back his smile.
Chen Jin was sure that when Shen Baichuan asked her if she wanted more tea just now, he was definitely trying to change the subject because he couldn't make up any more stories.
Chen Yongan was also sure that his third sister was definitely laughing at him!
That’s too much!
After the meal, Shen Baichuan not only told Chen Yongan about the future development prospects of computers, but also told Chen Jia about the things that needed to be prepared in advance for studying abroad, and exchanged experiences in corporate management with his second cousin.
It seemed as if he was the host of today's dinner.
Chen Jin, who was supposed to act as a middleman to liven up the atmosphere, listened and ate, nodding from time to time.
The meal was a great pleasure for both the host and the guests.
When the party was about to end, Shen Baichuan even exchanged contact information with his second cousin.
The second cousin wanted to take Junjun, who was already asleep, home. Chen Yongan and Chen Jiadu each had an appointment with their friends, so everyone went their separate ways in front of the gate of Juchunyuan.
Only Chen Jin and Shen Baichuan were still standing outside the door.
"Teacher Shen, are you ready to go home?"
"And you?"
"I'm going to the wedding shop on Zhongshan Road. I have an appointment with a friend."
"Well, let's go together. Do you drive? Is it convenient for us to go together in your car?"
Chen Jin nodded, "That's convenient. But, is Teacher Shen also going to the wedding shop?"
"Go find a friend you know, Zhuo Jiyu."
"...Yang Qian won't bring him here, right?" Chen Jin hesitated for only a second, and soon made up her mind. Yang Qian would definitely not bring Zhuo Jiyu to try on clothes or do beauty treatments with them.
Shen Baichuan was also very determined, “He will send his wife out.”
Chen realized a problem later.
When walking to the parking lot with Shen Baichuan, he hesitated for a few minutes and took the initiative to explain: "Teacher Shen, I neglected to treat you today. I'm sorry. I called other people in the family to come because I really wanted to thank you for treating you to dinner..."
“I know.” Shen Baichuan smiled and said, “Are you afraid that I will misunderstand that you are deliberately letting your family members get close to me?”
Chen Jin nodded embarrassedly.
They have met more often recently, and his image as the eldest son of the Cheng Group has been shattered in her eyes. He is no different from an ordinary friend. But now thinking back to the time when she said goodbye and saw that he and her second cousin had exchanged contact information, she felt something was wrong. She must not let Teacher Shen mistakenly think that she was going to bring her family to climb up his tree!
"Cheng Group belongs to my grandfather, and I just own a small company, there's nothing to climb up to. However," Shen Baichuan smiled, "I can still tell you about the demolition of Qiaoxi Village. Will you invite your elders to treat me to a meal next time?"
Chen Jin smiled awkwardly, then asked, "I'll let you decide on the next treat?"
"Well, it's a deal then. You can still ask your family to come along next time."
Chen Jin glanced at him secretly. Is he really so sure that Qiaoxi Village will be demolished? This is about the next meal.
The signature dishes of Juchun Garden were indeed delicious. She was very satisfied with her meal today, but she accidentally ate a little too much. Walking outside in the afternoon, the sunlight in mid-October was not as strong, and there was an occasional breeze, which made people drowsy.
The parking lot was in the open space at the end of the ancient street. As Chen Jin was walking, he found himself in the front. He stopped and waited for Shen Baichuan to catch up. He fell behind again, and Chen Jin didn't care about the back anymore.
The golden osmanthus trees on the roadside fill the entire street with refreshing osmanthus fragrance. When you walk under the trees, the yellow flowers fall onto your hair or shoulders, as if carrying the autumn of Rong City.
Neither of them spoke, Chen Jin walked in front, and when he lowered his head, he suddenly found that he was stepping on Shen Baichuan's shadow, so he moved to the side. After walking a little further, I found myself stepping on his shadow again.
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