Preparation
The days passed until mid-June.
When leaving for work that day, Chen Jin suddenly looked everywhere for his camera. When we moved here to stay temporarily, it was not uncommon to not be able to find things.
"Shen Baichuan, have you ever seen my camera? I can't find it."
Shen Baichuan changed the shoes he had just put on, walked straight to the study, took out her camera from the drawer, and stuffed it into her bag.
"Why did I think of putting the camera in the study drawer?" Chen Jin muttered as he changed his shoes and went out.
"You said that the page you wrote looked good and you wanted to take a picture of it."
"Oh, I remember now." She has been busy lately and her mind is in a mess, so she wanted to find something to do that could calm her mind. So Teacher Chang gave her a copybook of calligraphy, saying that practicing calligraphy could help calm her mind.
After practicing for a few days, I found that my writing became more and more messy because I was not satisfied with it. Give up for now.
"We're all going together these two days." Chen Jin said as he got in the car, "The seniors have to take graduation photos today, and the night school class will graduate tomorrow."
Actually, this night school class was of little use to her later on, and she no longer needed it. But Chen Jin felt that he was already halfway through the course and it would be a waste if he gave up halfway. He couldn't just not have any time at all, so he could still persevere by squeezing out some time. He persisted until he got his certificate.
In her class, less than half of the students persisted and finally got the certificate. Many people either gave up halfway or asked for a long vacation...
She was able to stick with it because it was convenient. If she had to go around half of Rong City every time like some people did, she would not be able to study.
Chen Jin found that Shen Baichuan ignored him, turned around and saw that he had fallen asleep with his head tilted.
He lowered his voice and muttered, "You know you have a lot of work to do recently, but you still have to toss and turn, toss and turn and work overtime. I've already said it... Forget it, I can't hear you, I'm too lazy to say anything to you."
Shen Baichuan, with his head leaning against the car window, quietly raised the corner of his mouth and wanted to continue pretending to sleep, but the car was driving steadily, and the window that was only slightly open blew in cool wind, making his eyelids heavy.
This time he really fell asleep.
Chen Jin was ten minutes late today. Not long after arriving, he went to a meeting. After coming back, he was called to take graduation photos.
There were several classes. Today she was like a prop in a photo studio. After taking pictures for this class, she went to take pictures for the next class. Some students who were completely liberated after their thesis defense called her "rich sister" and asked her to take pictures with them.
"Rich sister, our class is going to the stadium to shoot."
Chen Jin was dragged away.
"Haha, when we first came for military training, the rich lady bought us drinks every day. I told my cousin that she must apply to our college and let the rich lady take care of the next class."
Chen Jin was helpless, "Just for a few days of military training?"
"There's also drinking at the sports meet." A group of people laughed.
"I told my aunt that my counselor is the boss of Baiyou, and she said I was bragging. Rich lady, next time you go on TV, can you also say that you are the counselor of the 94th grade of our college?"
"That's right! Rich sister, you must tell me next time you are on TV!" They wanted to go home and brag about it.
"I didn't open the TV station, so I can go on it whenever I want. Stop talking nonsense, take pictures quickly, is everyone here?" Chen Jin turned around and received a bouquet of flowers. He raised his eyebrows and said, "Did you make an appointment with your classes?"
"Are you touched, rich lady?"
"I'm so touched. Please send me a banner next time. It will be hung on the wall for the leaders to see, and I can write a few more words about my work achievements at the end of the year."
"Okay!" A group of people responded with a smile.
But these four years are her fate with them, and there will be no next time.
If someone delays until graduation next year, she won’t be able to laugh out loud.
"Oh, what a coincidence." Chen Jin asked them to wait and gave the camera to Shen Baichuan who happened to come here to take group graduation photos with the students, "Take a good-looking photo of me, it doesn't matter whether they look good or not."
There was a burst of laughter at the back.
The next afternoon, she and her night school classmates took a photo as a souvenir.
Chen Jin has contacts with many of them. They are different from his own students, and there will be opportunities to meet them in the future.
After being bustling for the past two days, it seemed particularly quiet during work today.
But being deserted is one thing, and Chen Jin still has a lot of finishing work to do.
Several bouquets of flowers in the office were placed in vases, diluting the loneliness in the office.
The flowers went from bright to wilted, and the semester came to an end. The first batch of students taught by Chen Jin also left school one after another.
The four years of the Class of 1994 are coming to an end, and she will gradually remove those familiar names from her memory, leaving some room for the next batch of students.
"Are you sad?" Teacher Chang saw her leaning back in her chair, looking up at the big fan on the ceiling. There was no light in her eyes, which was rare. It seemed unknown what she was thinking.
"I'm not sad, but I feel a little empty. Sigh..."
Chen Jin, who had been feeling empty for a long time, felt happy again when he went to inspect the small western-style building the next day.
"It is indeed much more spacious when put together." Chen Jin is very satisfied with the renovated house.
The study on the second floor is more than three times the size of the original study, so it can be used to open a bookstore.
Only a guest bedroom was left on the first floor. The second floor had a study, a master bedroom and a children's room. The bedrooms were also made much more spacious than before, especially the cloakroom. Chen Jin particularly emphasized that it should be made bigger.
They had decided to have one child, and neither of their families had ever had twins, so a child's room would be enough.
I almost forgot, they all work in schools and are excellent entrepreneurs, so they can't do anything wrong.
The furniture is all ready, and now they just have to wait for the house to be aired out. Once summer vacation comes, they can move back in.
The houses outside are all mine, but they are still a little inferior to the small Western-style building here.
This is what home feels like.
"Xiao Chen, are you ready to move back home?"
"Hello, Professor Kong. I will move back when the holidays come."
"Xiao Chen, your furniture is really nice. Did you order it from this company or buy it from outside?"
"It's custom-made. Professor Qi, please wait a minute. Just call the number on the business card for consultation."
"Nan'an Furniture Company...Okay, I'll call and ask. If it's suitable, I'm also planning to replace some furniture at home."
Chen Jin walked a short distance in the community, and many acquaintances greeted her and asked her when she would move back.
Big Orange is also very happy, running around the house. It was obvious that it missed its potted plants very much, so it went to the backyard and dived into the pile of potted plants.
The gazebo in the backyard is spacious and it would be perfect to put it in the middle. She had already thought of the sound of the fan turning when she came out to enjoy the cool air at night during the summer vacation.
When the weather is good, you can still see some stars.
Shen Baichuan had just confirmed the decoration order with the people from the decoration company. After signing, he turned around and saw Chen Jin standing in the middle of the back door with his hands on his hips, looking up at the blue sky and white clouds above.
There are few things in the room, so it looks empty. But when Chen Jin stood in this room, it seemed that everywhere was full.
At the beginning of July, all the senior students left school and Chen Jin's work came to a temporary end.
Without thinking about staying to watch the other three busying around, Chen Jin was already impatient to move into his new home.
I took the leave application...I had run out of leave applications, so I borrowed a stack from someone else, took out one, wrote the word "moving" in big letters in the reason column, and went to Vice President Sun's office like a gust of wind.
"Moving back? That's good. By the way, remember that the freshman counselor needs to come back early to prepare..."
"Yeah!" Chen Jin took the leave application approved by Vice President Sun and returned to the office like a gust of wind.
The new air conditioner is very useful, but the bad thing is that Teacher He is no longer keen on going out to chat and gossip with others because it is too hot outside.
However, the weather this year is a bit abnormal. Since mid-June, it has been raining everywhere in the news, and it has been raining on and off for half a month.
But the news that should be known will still be known, it’s just that the news comes a little late.
"Teacher Wen is dating someone. I heard that he runs a company. I often see him picking her up and dropping her off."
Teacher Wen is the fairy teacher who replaced Wu Kai this semester. Her full name is Wen Ning.
Chen Jin smiled and said that Teacher He's intelligence network was no longer effective. "Your level has regressed, Teacher He. What kind of company does a man run? You haven't found out yet."
"I've been busy taking the accounting exam lately, so I haven't had the energy to go out and talk to anyone. I'll know for sure when next semester comes."
After Teacher He finished speaking, he asked them, "I have finished my night school class, and I want to find something else to do. What do you think I should do?"
This is really a big improvement. In the past, Chen Jin often scolded her for being idle, but now she has started to take the initiative to arrange things for herself.
But Chen Jin had no idea, so he spread his hands and said, "Just do whatever you want to do. Or you can give us a range and we can help you with some reference."
"Range? I'll go back and think about it."
As they were talking, there was a sudden commotion downstairs, and Chen Jin and the others hurried downstairs to see what was going on.
Oh, you are here to replace your office computer. I thought it was a big deal.
When she was leaving the college office building after get off work, she happened to meet Teacher Wen, so Chen Jin greeted her normally, but she didn't expect Teacher Wen to take the initiative to chat with her, and only said goodbye and left when Shen Baichuan came over.
Chen Jin was quite surprised. After all, she and Teacher Wen had no work overlap.
However, she didn't think much about it. Except for Wu Kai, she got along well with the teachers in the college.
When her vacation started, the first thing she did when she woke up was to call someone to move the things here back to the small villa.
Fortunately, their things were not placed anywhere, so it was easy to clean up.
It took several days to clean up all this trouble.
Boxes of doll ornaments and photo frames were taken out and more suitable places were found for them.
Daju also has his own ideas. If he is not satisfied with the way a doll is arranged, he wants to hide it.
Oh, Shen Baichuan also built a cat villa for Daju, which was placed in the small living room on the second floor. It can be seen that Big Orange likes it very much. He brought several dolls and put them in his cat villa.
“Chen Jin, here are some photos of you when you were a child.” Shen Baichuan dug out an old photo album from an old box as if he had discovered a new continent. When he opened it, there were photos of Chen Jin when he was about five years old.
It was a small black-and-white photo with August 1977 written on the back.
Color photos appeared later, including those of Chen Jin when he was in junior high school and high school. They all looked like they were taken in a photo studio.
There is also a photo of the whole family taken together, which looks like it was taken in the village.
"This photo was taken when our family just built a new house. My eldest uncle's family, and my third uncle's family all built the house together. I'm here." Chen Jin pointed to a head. She was playing with her third cousin at the time, and her third cousin held her head to prevent her from standing on tiptoe, so only half of the head was captured in the photo.
Shen Baichuan followed suit and picked up everything, flipping through them one by one, only to find that Chen Jin had much more stuff than he thought.
Seeing that he was interested, Chen Jin picked up something and remembered the little funny thing that happened at that time, so he mentioned it to him.
"I bought this bear when I just moved here, and the ugly frog too. It was a whole cart of dolls. When I brought them back, Professor Song was stunned."
She still remembers how excited she felt at that time, driving on the dusty road, feeling so happy that it felt like she had drunk soda.
"This photo, wow, I thought it was gone. This is the last photo I took in the village. Look, there used to be a small shop here, but it was demolished after I signed."
Shen Baichuan looked over and smiled.
She said Chen Yongan dressed casually, and she used to be like that too. No wonder Chen Yongan said that she "only allows the officials to set fires."
Everything was placed in a position that satisfied her, with some awkward blank spaces left.
When neighbors in the community came to see their new home, they all said that there was too much white space in some places and it looked unharmonious.
"Those are reserved for wedding photos. We haven't taken them yet."
"Oh, yeah, it's time for you guys to shoot this, right?"
"It's ready."
The wedding dress I wore at the wedding banquet was custom-made and is still being completed. But the clothes for the wedding photos were rented, and in order to take wedding photos for them, Chen Jiaxin postponed several orders. Because I want to follow them out to shoot.
"You are the one who spends more time taking wedding photos when you go out to travel."
"Otherwise it would be so boring. You can also do this kind of business, form a small team to follow the filming, and charge a little more."
After Chen Jiaxin thought about it, he decided that this was indeed a way, so he said that he would think about it carefully when he returned. In fact, I already felt that this business could be successful.
Chen Jin felt much more at ease when taking wedding photos with acquaintances. You can also chat about gossip with Chen Jiaxin.
"You said you would get married, and I could use you as an excuse before, saying that you were not in a hurry, so I didn't need to be in a hurry. But now it's no longer possible, my parents are starting to urge me to find a partner."
"They won't introduce you?"
"That's not the case. They said the guys they know aren't that good, so my parents recently contacted your aunt and uncle to ask if they have any suitable guys to introduce. Maybe they'll find you."
"Looking for me? That won't work. Most of the teachers in my school are married and have children. There is only one male teacher of the same age who is also preparing to get married. My company..."
"Stop, stop, stop. Stop listing for me. I don't really want to find someone to marry, and you don't have to cooperate with my mom and really help me find someone."
"Then don't worry, I don't run a marriage agency. I don't want to be a matchmaker."
After they finished taking their wedding photos outside, Chen Jin and Shen Baichuan went back immediately.
There are indeed a lot of things to do at home, and the first thing is the acceptance of Jinshun Hotel.
The hotel is located near the East Station, and is mid-range with a big sign.
The East Station will start trial operation at the beginning of next year, and then this area will become bustling.
In addition to the acceptance of Jinshun Hotel, there is also the land in Dongcheng District in which we participated in the investment. The first four phases of the property have been completed, and now we need to bring out the first phase to test the sales situation.
In early July, the state issued a notice to accelerate the reform of housing construction. From then on, "canceling welfare housing distribution" was no longer a figment of the imagination, and the leaders also said that welfare housing distribution would be ended by the end of this year.
After this notice came out, all units entered the peak period of welfare housing distribution, but there were still people who could not get a number.
My uncle and Uncle Zhuang both wanted to test the waters with one issue first and see how it goes.
My second cousin was planning to start construction of the land in the northern part of the city this year, but now he has put it on hold, saying there is no rush and he will wait and see after this year.
From mid to late July, everyone became busy, and Chen Jin and Shen Baichuan moved back to Dongcheng District.
I have to go to the company and stay there every day.
The flood situation reported in the news was becoming more and more serious. She was called to the city for several meetings. Later, she and her uncle discussed it and raised money and donations.
Especially for Baiyou and Lemei, they are rushing to donate a batch of clothes, and their own factories and OEM factories are working overtime.
It was not until late August, when the flood control was successful and Chen Jin had to return to school to prepare for the start of school for the new students, that he moved back to the small Western-style building.
The TV was on in the living room at home, reporting on the situation after the victory in flood control. Chen Jin came out of the kitchen with a fruit plate in his hand.
This year's fruits and vegetables have also been affected, so it's good to have something to eat.
It is happier to be a small rich woman when the country is peaceful and the weather is good than to be a super rich woman when the weather is bad. But the advantage of being a super rich woman is that you can still free up money to contribute.
My pockets are thinner again, but I have more confidence to brag at home.
I hang a few silk banners on myself in my heart, and my invisible tail is about to rise to the sky.
As soon as we returned to school, everyone was discussing what happened during this summer vacation, and everyone was still feeling scared.
But everyone breathed a sigh of relief: it was finally over.
On the first day back at school, Chen Jin was called by his leader to confirm again whether he wanted to transfer to another position, but he still refused.
Chen Jin was busy with the start of school, and another list of new students came into her hands.
With the previous four years of work experience, these things are a piece of cake. One by one, they moved forward calmly.
With the arrival of new students, each class has its own teacher, so she actually doesn't have much to do.
There is a wedding banquet on the second day during the National Day holiday, so there is no need for her to come.
The eldest uncle and aunt have officially retired and are now very idle. Also, the third uncle and aunt said they would prepare work for her so that she and Shen Baichuan don't have to worry about it.
They just took wedding photos and ordered wedding dresses, and they held the wedding at their own hotel, which made it less stressful.
Writing wedding invitations was a big project and it took them two days to finish.
The large number of people is one of the reasons, but the main reason is that if Chen Jin thinks something is not well written, he will replace it and rewrite it. In addition, the big orange man came to make trouble and left a cat's paw print on it, so it had to be rewritten, and the scrap rate was about 40%.
It’s not enough to just write it, it also has to be delivered to each household. My colleagues are fine, they can just take it when they go to work, but the people in the village and my friends are more scattered, so they have to be delivered in batches according to the city.
"Ling Yun said she would be back on the 30th, attend the wedding on the 2nd, and go back to work on the 3rd. She asked us to send a copy to her parents as well. Then I'll write another copy..."
"Who else? Can you help me see if there's anyone I've missed? By the way, when will you send it to the Cheng family?"
"Tomorrow, I'll go to the company and stop by the old house." Shen Baichuan put down his pen, held down the big orange cat's claws that were about to stretch out, then hugged it down, and then picked up the pen to write again.
"By the way, tell the old man not to bring anyone I don't want to be locked up."
The relationship between Shen Baichuan and the Cheng family is not quite the same as that between her and the Old Liu family, so Chen Jin has never thought about sending wedding invitations to the Old Liu family.
I stared at the list and suddenly remembered that there were a few friends there who I met last time when I had dinner with Aunt Zhao and her friends. Add it.
The list on her side is more than three times that of Shen Baichuan.
The main reason is that her family is large, so close relatives must also be invited. And there are so many people in the village... It makes my scalp tingle just looking at them.
The long desk is next to the window. When the window is opened, a scent of osmanthus flowers rushes in from outside.
The autumn sunshine is very comfortable. As Chen Jin was writing, he felt like falling asleep.
He put the pen aside, leaned back, crossed his legs in the chair, and stretched his hands lazily.
"Oh, by the way, did your uncle tell you about buying land in the ancient town? I said I forgot something, but I suddenly remembered it just now. He said he was going to buy it before, but then there was no news. Didn't he take care of it recently?"
Shen Baichuan only remembered this matter after being reminded by her.
They have indeed been busy in the past six months, with one thing after another, and the summer vacation was unexpectedly busy.
It was just the beginning of the school year, so Chen Jin didn’t have much work on hand, but he had a lot of things to do in the company, including a newly opened hotel.
Thinking that he couldn't get an answer by asking Shen Baichuan, Chen Jin called his uncle to ask about this matter.
"Didn't I tell you I had bought it?"
Chen Jin was shocked, "Uncle, when did you tell me that?"
"I called you in mid-August and told you I had bought the land."
Chen Jin couldn't figure out this matter no matter how hard he tried. Did he really say it?
But this was not a critical matter, so Chen Jin kept asking, "How much land have you bought? Is it enough for you to share?"
"It's enough. I bought the land next to the ancient town, so you can build a townhouse. I've contracted the nearby ponds and orchards. It won't be a problem to build a lotus pond for you. Oh, your third uncle said that you can plant lotus, but the main thing is to raise fish. Then you can build a farmhouse and invite people to come and fish and eat fish."
"Really?!" Chen Jin sat up straight with joy. He had already started imagining the scene of rowing a boat in the lotus pond during the summer vacation, wandering through the orchard, and sitting in the pavilion while holding a big, cool watermelon.
If the village had not been demolished, she might have lived a life like this.
"How much does it cost to buy the land? Uncle, please give me a good spot."
"Tsk! Which position is not good? You can choose it first when the time comes, okay? You don't have to pay, we will pay for it as your dowry."
Chen Jin blinked and smiled, "Okay! What do you have for the dowry?"
The uncle laughed and scolded, "I'll give you another bucket of paste, and let's see how thick your skin can be."
Chen Jinle smiled and said, "Then I have to apply more, to be like my uncle."
Chen Jin was talking on the phone with a laugh, and Shen Baichuan lowered his head and smiled. I laughed so hard that my hands were exhausted, so I simply stopped writing, pulled a chair over, and answered the phone with her.
While they were not paying attention, Daju immediately stepped on the wedding invitation with his paws. If the pen ink stains are not completely dry, you are in trouble.
He wanted to continue talking nonsense, but his aunt scolded his uncle, saying that he had been talking for a long time without getting to the point. Then he picked up the phone and told Chen Jin about the arrangements for the wedding day.
Chen Jin nodded from time to time.
She also knew the process, after all, she participated in the wedding of her second cousin and Chen Ting from beginning to end. In fact, it was just a little troublesome when I went back to the village ancestral temple to burn incense.
The third aunt suddenly spoke up and told her that the dowry had been prepared.
Chen Jin was listening when he suddenly interrupted, "You don't need to prepare the lacquered leather box. My mother has prepared it before."
"Oh, yes, you can save this. I forgot, your mother and I went to buy it together... and other gold jewelry were all made at the old gold shop you mentioned. The old master is still here, he was your grandfather's classmate, hey, what a fate..."
Chen Jin really didn't know about this, and her mother had never mentioned it to her.
Looking at it this way, it really seems like fate.
"Look, is there anything else you need to do? We'll prepare it for you together."
Chen Jin puffed up his cheeks, blinked away the tears in his eyes, and shook his head, "No, it's already very good."
"Marriage is such a big thing, it must be done well..." my third aunt was still muttering.
"What? What did you say?"
"Nothing much, the weather is nice today."
"Oh, it's OK. I hope the weather will be nice on the day of the wedding."
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