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Qiaoxi Village is a large village, with the number of local people more than three times that of Qiaodong Village. Not to mention that every household in Qiaoxi Village has built a building for rent. As people from other places come in to rent houses, the population of Qiaoxi Village becomes even larger.
The most common surname in Qiaoxi Village is "Liu", with two-thirds of the people having the surname Liu. The Liu family ancestral halls in the village are more spacious and grand than those of others.
The next day after Chen Jin came back, she received a call from her grandfather, asking her to come over for lunch the next day. She also specifically mentioned that her father, who teaches at the Provincial Normal University, would also be back, saying that family members need to keep in touch to maintain close bonds.
It’s no wonder that her uncle always calls her grandfather an “old fool” when he mentions him. He’s so old, but he doesn’t think before he speaks.
She is twenty-two years old, not two years old. Does she still need a father? Crazy!
There was not enough money at home for the renovation, so Chen Jin had nothing to do. He lay at home for a day, and the next day he just found a set of sportswear to put on and went out.
It was difficult to wait for a bus outside, so she originally wanted to ride her bicycle there by herself, but her third uncle said that the weather was hot, so he wanted to drive her there on his motorcycle. The red, heavy-looking motorcycle made a "booming" sound when it started. One time, she accidentally touched the exhaust pipe of a motorcycle that had just been parked, and her face was distorted due to the burns.
Seeing her leaving empty-handed, the usually honest and easy-going uncle said, "Go get a box of milk, or go buy some fruit. It's not nice to go empty-handed."
Chen Jin looked at her clothes and thought, no, they looked pretty good.
But she couldn't persuade her third uncle, so she had to go back to her own store and get a box of milk. Seeing that his uncle was about to reach out to take it, Chen Jin dodged and said, "I'll just hold it."
Seeing that my third uncle didn't insist on tying the milk to the back of the car, I secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
There are very few people farming in the rural areas near Rong City in southern Province. They either grow vegetables or fruits, pick them and send them to the city to sell, which makes more money than growing just grains. Coming from Qiaodong Village, there are several orchards, large vegetable gardens and fish ponds on both sides of the road.
The temperature in July is no joke. Going out in the sun for a day can leave you with a layer of sunburn. Chen Jin was sitting on the back of a motorcycle with an umbrella open, and the hot wind was blowing towards her face. I wonder what the village chief of Qiaoxi Village would think about holding a village meeting in this kind of weather. If it were the village chief of Qiaodong Village... Never mind. The village chief of Qiaodong Village, her Grandpa Guangman is not that stupid.
She could imagine Grandpa Guangman's lazy look and tone: "What can't you say at night when it's not sunny?"
The car stopped at the entrance of Qiaoxi Village. Chen Jin carried milk in one hand and held an umbrella in the other. "Uncle, I'll wait for the bus when we get home. You go back."
The third uncle nodded, wanting to say something but stopping himself. After she had walked a few steps, he called her back and said earnestly, "If you don't want to talk when you go to your grandfather's house, just don't talk. Don't learn from your eldest uncle, who always calls people crazy. Okay, go now."
Chen Jin: “…Oh.”
It’s difficult to say no to learning now. From 1980 to 1987, her uncle took the young and middle-aged people in the village to work in the special zone in the south. In order to integrate better, they learned the local dialect. From then on, they could not stop. Their catchphrase for cursing people changed from "da ge dai" (big fool) to "you crazy man, you crazy woman".
The first ones to be led astray by her uncle were her cousins, but since she followed them around every day, they were gradually led astray as well. It’s just that her cousins have no annoying relatives to vent their anger on, so she seems like her eldest uncle’s direct disciple.
I watched my third uncle turn around and walk away, then looked left and right, went to the garbage dump near the village entrance, threw the "milk" in his hand over, and an empty cardboard box fell lightly.
It's not that she has any problem with Qiaoxi Village. The environmental sanitation in Qiaoxi Village is really worrying. Garbage is thrown everywhere, some drainage ditches are blocked and smelly, and the houses in the village are not beautiful. People are annoying too.
Well, as soon as she entered the village, the aunties who lived opposite her grandfather's house looked at her, pointed at her, and whispered to each other.
"Grandpa, grandma." Chen Jin called out as soon as she entered the house. As for the other relatives in the house, she just nodded and walked away. Her grandfather has four sons and three daughters, and only these relatives came back with their families to join in the fun. Not to mention her uncles, aunts, and uncles, there are a lot of cousins, many of whom are married. She only sees them once or twice a year, so how can she tell who is who?
As for her father's family of four sitting on the sofa, she was too lazy to ask.
As for people asking her why she came empty-handed, she didn't answer but asked, "What good things did the people working in your house buy? Take them out and show them to everyone."
She hasn't even started working yet, and she doesn't use the Liu family's money, so why should she give them anything as a gift? It’s a great honor for her to come here, buy a hammer.
Her attitude of "disrespecting elders" is well-known among Liu's relatives. But everyone was tactful enough to know that she didn't like them, so they didn't get close to her.
But this time it was different. A village meeting was held in the morning. The village chief wanted everyone to improve the sanitary environment in the village during this period of time. He also mentioned that the city was really going to build an industrial park.
Although there has been no official notice yet, this meeting has made everyone excited, and everyone is thinking about how much money they can get if the house is demolished.
As for those who seize the time to build a house? Very few. Since the rumor that the government was going to build an industrial park in Qiaoxi Village started four years ago, almost all the residential land that can be used for building houses has been built in the past four years. The reason why some houses have not been built yet is that they cannot build them due to lack of money.
Look, these relatives who came early to listen to the contents of the village meeting, have not received the money yet, but they are already thinking about preventing Chen Jin from asking the old man for money.
"Chen Jin, Grandpa has told you to transfer your household registration here. You should hurry up and do it now before restrictions are imposed on household registration transfers. You can get a share of the per capita fee later."
Chen Jin glanced at the person who was speaking. He didn't look familiar to her. He seemed to be her cousin from one of her uncle's families.
As far as she knew, the house and homestead of this family were all in the hands of her grandparents, not to mention her three aunts' families, there were also three uncles and her father's family. There were quite a few people in the four small families, and her three uncles all had grandchildren. Even though they seem to be friendly and respectful to each other now, if the house is really demolished, these people will still make trouble.
Maybe her father and stepmother are too embarrassed to argue with her, but they are definitely unhappy.
"I'm afraid that if I really move back, you'll cry and there'll be another person to compete with you for the family property."
As soon as Chen Jin said this, the smiles on the faces of several elders faded a little.
They are only happy that they can get money from the demolition, but there is only so much money. If more people share it, won't they get less?
Looking at it this way, my four five-story buildings are actually not as good as those that only have one building but fewer people. And these people have their own calculations:
I contributed money and effort to build the house, and since it's the eldest house, I should get the lion's share.
I give the most money to my family, so it must be more than them, right?
We are the ones who take care of our parents most at home, so we should get the lion's share.
The four buildings in the house are just right for the four brothers.
These people didn't say what they were thinking, but as soon as Chen Jin saw their expressions, he knew that there would be a lot of excitement in the future.
Old Liu finally spoke at this time. He looked at his children and grandchildren who had returned with his mouth drooping, and said in a deep voice: "We have received the money from the demolition. You all have your share." He glanced at Chen Jin who was sitting on a small stool and opening a biscuit box, "As long as you are a descendant of my Liu family, you will not lose out."
"Same here, Xiao Jin."
Chen Jin was amused, pretending not to understand the old man's emphasis on "as long as they are descendants of the Liu family", and replied with a smile: "Then thank you in advance."
Her impolite attitude caused several people to roll their eyes. But who is Chen Jin? He doesn't care at all. He just eats his cookies and asks Old Lady Liu for a drink. Unlike other filial descendants, who would deliver things to Old Mrs. Chen, she waited for Old Mrs. Liu to deliver them to her.
Liu Shisheng couldn't stand it and wanted to lecture him, but his wife Jiang Zijun held him back, saying in a low voice, "Your parents are happy to spoil them, so leave them alone." She turned to look at her daughter and son, warning them with her eyes not to follow Chen Jinxue.
Jiang Zijun got together with Chen Jin only after Liu Shisheng got divorced. She believed that she had done nothing wrong to Chen Jin, but whenever they met in his hometown, they tacitly agreed not to say hello to each other.
Both husband and wife are college teachers and their income is pretty good, but there is nothing they can do to improve their living standards. Her family conditions were average, and her parents-in-law used to receive more rent than just their family, so they didn't get much support. But now there is news of demolition in the village. There are four buildings for rent in my hometown, and there are also fields in the village. Together, I should be able to get several million. Not to mention a lot, giving them 200,000 or 300,000 yuan would be enough for their small family to buy a bigger house.
Rong City is the capital of Southern Province. The housing prices in the urban area have been rising year by year. They took advantage of the convenience of the times and bought a 40-square-meter unit.
Nowadays, everyone aspires to send their children abroad for further studies. If they get more demolition compensation, they also plan to send their children abroad for gilding.
When Old Man Liu asked Chen Jin which unit he would be assigned to after graduation, Chen Jin said he didn't know yet.
"Then you have to think about it carefully and communicate more with the teachers and leaders of the school. If you can get a good unit, you should go to a good one. As for your house in Qiaodong Village, find someone to help you collect the rent. You will have two incomes, which will be enough for you to spend." Old man Liu said cheerfully, "If the unit you are assigned is good, grandpa will buy you a house in the city."
As soon as Old Man Liu said this, he couldn't help but speak out after rolling his eyes at Chen Jin. He said unhappily, "Don't you think that grandpa won't buy us a house in the city just because we don't have a good job?"
Old man Liu was in a good mood and waved his hand, "Here, I'll buy them all."
The three cousins from my aunt's family laughed so hard that their eyes narrowed into a line. Only a few cousins looked dissatisfied: Why should the cousins from my aunt's family also be given a share? And Chen Jin, her surname is not Liu, and she never comes when we call her, but now she follows eagerly when something good happens.
But there was nothing they could do even though they were not satisfied. Even though Chen Jin's parents divorced not long after she was born, she was taken to Qiaodong Village and had a very weak relationship with her family. But who can blame Chen Jin for her good academic performance? She goes to the best university in Old Liu's family. Old Liu thinks she is very motivated and will have a bright future if she is assigned to a large unit in the future.
Even though there are examples now of people graduating from good universities not being able to get good jobs, the older generation is just like that and thinks that educated people are superior.
Everyone thought of Chen Jin's twins born to Liu Shisheng and Jiang Zijun. The daughter went to a normal university and the son went to a medical university. They have both just finished their freshman year. The old man won’t be partial to their family when distributing the money, right?
Everyone in the huge living room had different thoughts, but Chen Jin was the most relaxed, eating and drinking as he pleased.
Not long after, someone from the village came to inform us to go to the ancestral hall for dinner. As we walked towards the village entrance, people from several families joined in one after another.
Chen Jin mingled in the crowd and heard a lot of news about demolition.
“Are they really going to tear it down this time?”
"I think it's 80% true. Didn't you see several groups of people wandering around here last week? They were all driving company buses."
"Someone has taken equipment to measure the land on the east side, so it must be correct."
"I won't be able to settle down until this notice comes."
"Why can't you decide? Is it about your Baoyuan's girlfriend again? Even if the demolition fails, your family can still collect rent well now. I think the girl is very generous."
"Ah, bah, bah, bah, what do you mean even if the demolition fails? This demolition must be successful! I will burn a few more incense sticks for our ancestors when we get to the ancestral hall. This matter must go smoothly!"
"Yes, yes, yes, I said the wrong thing. Ah bah bah bah, ancestors bless you, it must be demolished."
The money hasn't been received yet, but these people have already started planning how to use it. Chen Jin finds it quite interesting. If the house was really demolished, she would have to go to Qiaoxi Village more often, and she would definitely be able to watch the excitement every day.
"Hey." Someone squeezed over and touched her arm.
Chen Jin looked up and saw that it was her second cousin Lan Meiying from her third aunt's family. In the Liu family, she had a decent relationship with Lan Meiying, not a good one, but they could talk when they came to visit relatives.
She hadn't seen her in the house just now.
"I didn't want to come, but my grandma sent me here." Lan Meiying said in a low voice. Anyway, she is just a granddaughter and she is not outstanding. In the eyes of her grandparents, she is not as lovable as her brothers and sisters, but her grandmother insisted that any share she can get is the best.
"It's not certain that the house can be demolished yet, so it's too early to be happy."
Chen Jin quickly hushed her and told her to stop talking.
The people in the village are having a great time right now, and if you say something to spoil the fun, won’t they scold you to death? She used to be a bit noisy when she came here, but that was only because she was right.
Pulling Lan Meiying away from the crowd, he asked, "Are you still working in the garment factory?"
Lan Meiying’s grades in junior high school were so poor that she stayed at home for two years after graduating before going to work in a private garment factory. In fact, she is only one year younger than Chen Jin, but she has been working for four years.
Lan Meiying glanced at her sullenly and said, "I can only work in the garment factory for now, and see if there is a better job in the future."
He looked around and whispered, "I'm saving money and planning to open a clothing stall in the future."
Chen Jin looked at the timid Lan Meiying in surprise, and seeing the light flashing in her eyes, he said seriously, "Sure, you can work and save some money first. And you work in a garment factory, so you know a lot about clothes. You don't have to worry about being ripped off if you sell the goods from the factory."
Lan Meiying was even happier after receiving Chen Jin's affirmation. She couldn't wait to go back to the factory to work overtime and save the money. She even thought that if her grandfather's house was really demolished, maybe she could get a share of it, and then she would have enough capital.
Before she reached the ancestral hall, she heard the sound of a motorcycle behind her, and it seemed like someone was calling her?
Chen Jin looked back and saw that it was her third uncle.
Didn’t she tell her third uncle that she would take the bus back by herself in the afternoon? And she had only been here an hour and was just getting ready to eat.
Isn’t Third Uncle laughing so happily? My third uncle has a good temper, but he has never laughed so foolishly.
“Third sister, third sister! Hurry up and come back with me! Hahaha! Hahaha~”
Chen Jin had a complicated expression: Third uncle is really stupid.
The people who heard the voice also turned around to look. Old Man Liu put his hands behind his back and squinted his eyes. When he recognized the man, the smile on his face fell. "Xiao Jin just got here. Why are you in such a hurry to call the child away? The whole village is having a meal together... No, I'll go and tell him."
Chen Jin's uncles and aunts saw it all, but didn't care. They felt that it would be better if Chen Jin's uncle's family did not allow Chen Jin to come over, so that he would not have to share the Liu family's money.
"Her third uncle, the village is about to start a banquet, you should stay and eat with us before going back, Xiao Jin..."
The third uncle stopped the car and hurriedly turned it around, beckoning Chen Jin to get in the car, "Let's eat another day. There's something going on in the village, so the third sister has to go back now."
"What's the hurry?"
Third uncle scratched his face and chuckled, "The higher-ups have notified us that our Qiaodong Village is going to be demolished, hehehe."
"What???"
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