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Having a clearer understanding of his own reputation, Chen Jin didn't know what to say for a moment. Shen Baichuan was still waiting for her to tell him what the matter was.
Chen Jin took a deep breath and said, "Nothing, I just got to know myself again all of a sudden."
She had always felt that she didn't have a place in the village, but after taking stock just now, she found out that it wasn't the case! She is good at talking, but not so good at doing things. The good thing is that she can get a lot of helpers.
Although she doesn't have a good reputation now, she has always been known as "the child of other people's family" in the village over the years. In addition, with the halo of her education, she still has some popularity. It’s not a problem to get someone to help.
Plus, other brands don’t have any outstanding ones…
So, all in all, she could barely rank third.
Has she made something of herself in Qiaodong Village? ! She can rank among the top three on both the "Rich List" and the "Evil Women List" in the village, which is very good, quite good!
Shen Baichuan watched her giggle sometimes and be serious sometimes, and had no idea what she was thinking. Big Orange also tilted its head to look over there, but after looking for a while, it turned its head away again: it couldn't figure it out either.
At noon, Aunt Liu came and knocked on the door, asking the two of them to come over for lunch later.
Just as Chen Jin was about to reply, Shen Baichuan interrupted and refused, "Aunt Liu, I need Chen Jin's help with something, so I have to go out for a while, so we won't go over for dinner. I'll just let the guests stay at home. We're also going out, so please tell Professor Song."
When Aunt Liu saw that Chen Jin didn't say anything, she just thought she agreed, so she said "Oh" and turned back. After walking a few steps, he turned back to look at the two people behind him and sighed in his heart. What a mess today was. Xiao Chen was still impulsive. How would he deal with the professors in this community in the future?
However, if we talk about young people, they are just full of energy and don’t think too much. Who doesn’t have an impulsive moment when they are young?
Chen Jin looked up at Shen Baichuan and thought his suggestion was good. It is better to do it today than to wait for a day. He went back to the house to find the car keys and greeted Daju. He waved his hand and said generously: "Teacher Shen, I will treat you today! You choose a restaurant."
Before he could speak, he said, "Let's not go to Juchun Garden this time, right? Why don't you go to something else?"
I go to Juchunyuan every time. I’m tired of it.
Shen Baichuan was also surprised. He didn't expect that following here to avoid being idle would yield such a reward. He consciously picked up the big orange, waited for her to close the door, followed her and walked towards her car with an umbrella, and said, "Then let's go to the seafood restaurant on Tai'an Road in Dongcheng District."
Eat seafood? ! This is fine!
Chen Jin's heart was already leaping with excitement. He trotted two steps, slammed the gate shut, got into the car, fastened his seat belt, and inserted the car key. Seeing that Shen Baichuan was also sitting with Daju in his arms, he said, “Let’s go!”
It was raining in Beicheng District, but the rain stopped as soon as we crossed the Nanjiang Bridge and reached Dongcheng District. It's really a different world every ten miles.
When he arrived at Tai'an Road, Chen Jin slowed down the car and drove forward bit by bit, for fear of passing the road. I saw the big red sign of "Seafood Restaurant", looked around, and followed others to park the car under a tree on the roadside.
This seafood restaurant doesn't look very impressive from the outside, but it has a lot of seafood varieties, the chef is also very good, the dishes on the menu are quite fresh, and there are some local specialties, such as raw pickled...
Chen Jin wanted to eat a lot, but when he looked at the table next to him, he saw that each dish was a very large plate, and it was definitely impossible for the two of them to eat that much.
When I asked, I was told that they don’t make small portions of dishes, and that everything is about the same size, in order to be cheap and affordable.
Otherwise why are there so many people? There are no private rooms here, and the tables on the second floor are all full. They were lucky enough to pick a large table against the wall.
So Chen Jin suggested, "Teacher Shen, how about inviting some friends over for dinner? Are your friends free?"
“Yeah, that’s fine.” Shen Baichuan also glanced at the amount of food on other tables and felt that the place he chose was a bit of a mistake. He should find some places like Juchunyuan… But, that’s fine, he knows quite a few of her friends, and she can meet his friends. Although I have seen it before.
Chen Jin hesitated for a moment and decided to tell the truth. "One of the friends I called is from the Merchants Group. He might know you. Call him over..."
"That's fine. It just so happens that I also want to get to know more friends at work. Can you introduce me to some of them later?"
Chen Jin breathed a sigh of relief, as long as everyone could help.
Both of them went out to call people over. Big Orange was anxiously stepping on the menu, and the waiter next to him glared at him.
Shen Baichuan called over three friends, Chen Jin had four friends, plus the two of them, there were nine people in total. This was enough for them to order as much food as they wanted.
Without waiting for his friends to come over, Chen Jin took the lead in ordering a lot of seafood he wanted to eat. Later he realized that it was her treat, so he pretended nothing had happened and silently pushed the menu over to him, asking him to take a look at what to add.
The waiter looked at the long list and reminded them before confirming the menu, "Our restaurant serves larger portions."
Chen Jin and Shen Baichuan both nodded at the same time, and Chen Jin said, "Please serve the food half an hour later, as our friends haven't arrived yet."
Both of them said that one of the friends they invited was a big eater, so they ordered a lot.
It turns out that other friends are coming, which is normal. The waiter took the menu to the kitchen to prepare and served a small bucket of fruit tea.
It was really a small bucket, made of a tin barrel, with quite a few ice cubes in it. When they collided, there was a tinkling sound, which was very pleasant to hear.
The two of them were waiting in the restaurant. Big Orange was walking back and forth on the table. After Chen Jin told it to do so, it changed to walking on the chairs in a circle. It could make a big circle, and then come back and start again in less than half a minute... She really didn't understand some of its weird little habits.
Among the people Chen Jin called, the third cousin was the closest and arrived the earliest.
"Teacher Shen, nice to see you again." My third cousin raised his hand and greeted him. In fact, this was the first time he and Shen Baichuan met and got to know each other formally. That time Chen Jin invited Shen Baichuan to dinner at Juchun Garden, he was out of town leading a tour group and couldn’t make it back, he regretted it for several days at that time, how could he not be there for such an important occasion?
Sure enough, in the third sister's heart, he, the third brother, still has a special importance.
Chen Jin introduced: "My third brother Chen Yongfei, from my third uncle's family." Then he urged him to sit down quickly.
After getting to know each other, Shen Baichuan called, and after saying something, he got up and went out to answer it.
The big orange dog huddled behind Chen Jin, humping his head. No matter how the third cousin coaxed it, it refused to stick its head out.
“Just wait until it gets familiar with you.” Just like Shen Baichuan, seeing him every day, Daju almost treated his home as his own.
When hearing his third cousin proudly asking why he didn't call other people, Chen Jin said: "I called everyone. You are the only one who is free in the family. There is no need to mention my eldest brother and his wife, my second brother and his wife, they are busy with company matters. Sister Ting and my future brother-in-law are working overtime in the hospital." In order to free up vacation time during the summer vacation, he is now swapping shifts with his colleagues.
"Jia Jia is preparing to study abroad. Chen Yongan... I haven't contacted him. My third aunt said he went fishing with the village chief."
Speaking of Chen Yongan going out fishing on the weekend, Chen Jin glanced at his third cousin and said, "At the end of last semester, you drove to pick him up and were seen by a classmate. I don't know how they found out that his family had been relocated and was rich. Now he says that suddenly a lot of people want to be friends with him and invite him out to play on weekends, and they always go to expensive places."
The third cousin thought this was all within expectations. He had thought about it a long time ago, so he asked, "What happened next? He wouldn't really go with that person, would he?"
Chen Jin rolled his eyes. "He only has that little money on him, not much pocket money, and he's reluctant to spend what he saved. Go to hell."
But his classmates would criticize him more or less for being so stingy even though he had money, so he went home whenever he had no classes. On weekends when he has two days off, he either plays games at home, goes to the community to listen to people gossip, or goes fishing with the old men in the community... A young man under 20 years old has started to live the life of a retired old man.
"It's just right. Let him feel the viciousness of people outside in advance." If not now, then at least in the future. Let him feel the gap between being rich and having no money in advance, so that his mind will be much clearer, and it will prevent someone from targeting him in the future.
When you don’t dress up and have no money, people look down on you. Now, suddenly someone with good conditions comes and says he wants to be friends with you. If you hadn’t experienced the gap in status, you would really think you are so charming.
Having one Chen Ting in the family is enough. If there is another one who is not in a good mind, the brothers and sisters will be annoyed to death in the future.
"Okay, his little thing is just a small matter. What's going on between you and Teacher Shen? You suddenly said you wanted to treat us to a meal. You said you had other friends, but no one showed up. It can't be just the three of us, right? Is Teacher Shen the friend you mentioned?"
As he said that, he pushed her arm with a teasing smile, "Tell me the truth, do you want to develop a relationship with Teacher Shen that is more than just friends? I heard that you took people to the village to watch the fun the day before yesterday, right? Aunt Zhou saw my mother and asked if you had a boyfriend, why didn't you bring him back to the village to meet everyone?"
Today's "village" ≈ rose garden.
That day, when they returned from Qiaoxi Village to the Rose Garden for a "sharing session", Shen Baichuan's presence was hidden throughout the whole process.
She thought that her cousin Meng Chong would leak the news first, but she didn't expect that Aunt Zhou's source of information was faster. In just two days, she found out that she went to Qiaoxi Village.
It seems that gossip is circulating very quickly in that fruit wholesale market on the outskirts of Nancheng District.
"Don't talk nonsense later. We are pretty good friends now, right?" Friends who can share gossip with each other are definitely better than ordinary friends.
The third cousin was too lazy to delve into her affairs. Anyway, if something really happened, the third sister would tell it herself... But that's not right. She might not tell it herself. Otherwise, how come no one in the family knew that she had a boyfriend in college?
The third sister's mouth was indeed welded with iron. It's really hard to make her say what she doesn't want to say.
"Okay, why did you invite this nice friend to dinner?"
"He spoke for me today, and he happened to be free, so I invited him out for dinner. I also called two other friends, and one of them said he wanted to bring a friend. Shen Baichuan also said he would bring three friends over for dinner."
Chen Jin briefly described the friends he had called. "One is a lawyer from the Bisheng Law Firm. He and Lawyer Mo are both partners of the law firm. They are now stationed in Qiaoxi Village and have very strong business. Another one is from the city's Investment Promotion Bureau. He wants to bring a friend with him, who should also be a colleague from the Investment Promotion Bureau. I originally wanted to call my eldest and second brothers as well, thinking that more friends would open up more opportunities, but they are both very busy people. Forget it. Let's talk about it next time when there is a chance."
In fact, the eldest cousin doesn’t like to get involved in her circle of friends. Whenever he is called out, it is basically when her brothers and sisters are around. But if you really need his help, just tell him and he will come.
My second cousin is busy with the launch of a real estate project in the suburbs of Xicheng District in May. Now that the company has become famous, he has received projects one after another, and the projects are getting bigger and bigger. My second cousin has to split the money into two parts. He wanted to come, but couldn't spare the time.
The third cousin sighed in surprise and said, "Third sister, your circle of friends is really wide now. You can make friends from all walks of life."
Chen Jin waved his hands and sighed, "Oh, don't mention it. My attempt to invade the academic circle today failed."
"What do you mean? Don't you have a good relationship with the old professors in your community?" His father also said that the third sister's personality is the most popular among the old and the young.
Chen Jin recounted what happened today from beginning to end, and said with a smile: "I don't care whether I can still mix with their little circle. Anyway, I finally got rid of this anger today. At least I can sleep well tonight."
As he spoke, he leaned back leisurely, almost squeezing the big orange cat, then he picked it out and held it in his arms. Pinch the pads of your paws. satisfy!
"Third brother, I have a new discovery." Chen Jin leaned over mysteriously and whispered.
The third cousin also became serious and asked in a low voice: "What new discovery?"
Chen Jin told him about his inventory of people in every household in Qiaodong Village, and then said, "Aunt Zhou is the undisputed number one, but Aunt Xin...although she divorced and returned to her parents' home, her position as the second in Qiaodong Village is still stable. Count it up, who can be considered the third?"
The third cousin thought about it carefully and found that there was really no family that could do it. "Chen Wenxing's wife?"
Chen Jin rolled his eyes at him, sighed, and pointed his finger at himself. "I'm such a grown-up, have you ever thought that I might be the third? I think it's quite convincing that I'm the third."
The third cousin took a deep breath and thought about it carefully, "Hey, don't say it, it's true!"
His third sister is just a little low-key in normal times, but when something happens, she never loses. Not to mention Chen Wenzhen and Chen Wensong, even Chen Sanpo is no match for her. Let’s not talk about these three. Aunt Zhou and Aunt Ke Xin “stepped on” them to raise their “reputation” to a higher level. It shows that anyone can say a few words. But judging from the “wonderful speeches” that Third Sister made in front of the whole village several times, she really has some ability.
"Third sister, you have made it big. You are one of the top three richest people in our village, right? Hey! You are really good!"
"Hehe, huh?!" Chen Jin didn't know why, but he felt a little happy inexplicably, similar to the feeling he had when he got first place in his major. Although this ranking does not come with a "bonus", she does not lack the bonus. What's important is that people are making progress!
When Nie Rong came over, he saw Chen Jin and a man leaning against each other, covering their mouths with their hands, talking and smiling mysteriously. This situation is very similar to the state of some people who gossip in the village. To him, this is so familiar!
He walked over familiarly, "Sister Jin, what's the big gossip?"
Chen Jin and his third cousin immediately stopped gossiping. This matter should not be talked about outside and it was not a glorious thing. It was enough for the insiders to know about it. Just like her reputation in Qiaoxi Village, people know that she is a troublemaker and therefore will not deliberately mess with her.
If someone really wants to try to be scolded himself, then we'll talk about it later.
Looking at Nie Rong, who looked so unruly without a suit, Chen Jin was speechless. He was too good at climbing up the ladder. Who was he calling "Sister Jin"?
"Call me by my name. I'm not used to you calling me Sister Jin." The most she could accept was being called "Rich Sister" by people other than her family and villagers. She could forget about being called "Sister" by any other title. She was only twenty-two and a half years old!
"You're being modest, aren't you?" Nie Rong laughed. Every time Chen Jin went to Qiaoxi Village, the liveliness in the village doubled. Yesterday, everyone was still saying that she went to the village to create a lot of noise.
It’s correct to call her “sister”.
After Chen Jin introduced him to his third cousin, he asked, "You don't have any business today? Are you still free?"
She thought he was very busy, and the last person to come was Wei Zhenhua. After all, she had clearly stated that she was inviting Shen Baichuan to dinner today, and the people who came included Shen Baichuan's friends. Nie Rong couldn't come himself, so he would definitely let Wei Zhenhua come.
I didn't expect that. He looked so relaxed and didn't seem to be busy with work.
"Hey! It's all thanks to you, Sister Jin." Nie Rong said with a smile: "You said it's still too early for the village to be demolished. They have been busy gathering information these past two days and have no time to come to me for consultation."
Now everyone is starting to guess whether the village will be demolished or not. All conflicts at home must be put aside for now. If the house is not demolished, there will be nothing. What is the point of arguing now?
"Jin Jie, where did you get that information? Is it accurate? If it is accurate, I will close my shop and go back to the law firm. I will just leave one person in the village."
Chen Jin smiled awkwardly and scratched his face. "I just saw that they were bored and said that casually. I really don't have any information channels, really don't!"
Nie Rong laughed. He actually guessed it right. He felt that Chen Jin was just saying it casually. Well, it is as expected.
She really enjoys watching the fun and even adding fuel to the fire after watching it. The nickname that the villagers gave her was really not unfair to her at all.
"Hey, that person you said you wanted to invite, but I don't see him." Nie Rong looked around but didn't see anyone. You know, before he came here, he encouraged himself and told Wei Zhenhua that Shen Baichuan was not so easy to talk to, so he should be prepared to get nothing or even be unable to answer questions.
Although Wei Zhenhua said that he was stumped because he was not well-trained.
As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Jin raised his chin and motioned him to look outside the door, "Well, his friend is here to pick him up. You call Wei Zhenhua and ask... Oh, we met, what a coincidence."
Outside the door, Shen Baichuan brought three friends, and Wei Zhenhua also brought a friend.
The third cousin came over again and said, "Third sister, tell me, what do Teacher Shen's friends do?"
Nie Rong also looked over, and their eyes were even more curious than Daju's.
Chen Jin spread his hands and told the truth: "I seem to have seen them all, but I don't know any of them. Let's wait for Teacher Shen to introduce them later."
There were nine people at the table. Chen Jin and Shen Baichuan seemed to be two people who were here to discuss business. They sat face to face. On both sides were their friends, friends of friends, and friends of friends of friends...
Chen Jin looked to the left and then to the right. Everyone was sitting very straight. She felt embarrassed to be lazy, so she pushed down the big orange boy who was sticking his little head out.
He winked at Shen Baichuan: “Say something!”
Shen Baichuan also looked at her: I'm waiting for you to speak!
"Hey!" Chen Jin smiled and said, "Don't be polite, just be casual."
Shen Baichuan's cousin Qin Yi was the first to respond to the call, asking everyone to change seats, and then the friends on both sides were dispersed. Then, the group of people became familiar with each other.
The seafood also came at this time, and the portion was really big! What a big shrimp!
She learned something new today, and now she has one more option for where to treat her friends to dinner.
"Everyone, please feel free to eat."
Chen Jin and Shen Baichuan really came here to eat. They ate very seriously, but slowly, they realized something was wrong. When they looked up, they saw that their friends were more talkative than each other, making it seem like they were just following their friends to eat and drink for free.
It's nice to go out to eat with friends who know their limits. No one asks them questions about why they suddenly invite their friends over for dinner, and no one makes a fuss.
When Shen Baichuan's cousin saw her, his eyebrows raised, and when he was about to speak, he was covered by Shen Baichuan's other two friends and warned him that he could sew his mouth shut today.
Wei Zhenhua brought a friend who was also from the Investment Promotion Bureau with him. He was very tactful and did not talk too much about work. They just ate and drank, and talked most about the future development prospects of the industrial park and science and technology park in Nancheng District of Rong City. Chen Jin also listened to a lot and felt that his horizons were broadened.
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