So lively
A few days before the official opening on May 1st, the interior of the old department store was finally decorated and arranged.
In fact, there is no need for major renovations inside. Some walls need to be demolished. The old department store used to have an entire floor without any partitions, and there were counters inside. Later, in order to rent it out, walls were built to separate some places.
The weekend before the official opening, Chen Jin went to take a look.
Except for the shell on the outside, the inside has changed a lot and is now bright. Employees wearing different work uniforms are busy in the store.
Half of the first floor is occupied by Parkview Green, and the remaining half is given to other clothing or shoe brands. The rent was extremely low in the first three years, which attracted quite a few people.
Only half of the second floor is currently in use. Half of them are from the children's clothing brand Lemei, and the remaining half are from other brands.
Lemei is the latest children's clothing brand created by Baiyou. The first batch of goods was ordered from the processing factory, and now the factory has started its own production.
They set up their own production line, and the processing factories they often cooperated with have become much more obedient. Before, they were always secretly thinking about raising prices, but now they have to worry about them canceling their orders.
Baiyou is not a big brand yet, but they receive a lot of orders every month, which is enough to support two small factories.
The third floor is now a furniture store, most of the furniture is from Nan'an, and there are also home furnishings stores of other brands.
The fourth floor is still vacant for the time being.
The old department store, oh no, it has now been changed into Jinshun Department Store.
Jinshun Department Store and the Baiyou Clothing Store diagonally opposite have special employees holding loudspeakers at the door. The speaker repeats:
"Jinshun Department Store, celebrating May Day, 20% off for all items..."
It's always the same few words, played over and over again. If anyone passing by stops for a while, it's hard for them to forget them.
Chen Jin stood at the door for a while, his head buzzing. He finally understood why some people disliked the "Balala Group" in Qiaodong Village.
To be honest, she was really noisy and a bit annoying.
But it’s so effective.
"Chen Jin? It's really you!"
"He Feiyang?" Chen Jin was just about to ask him why he was here when a worker behind him caught up with him and called him "Engineer He". He remembered that he had mentioned that he and his cousin had opened a decoration company, and then he looked at his own building, and he understood instantly.
"Are you here to go shopping?" He Feiyang still felt a little embarrassed when he saw Chen Jin. He smiled foolishly and touched his head, saying, "This place will open the day after tomorrow. We will have an opening discount then. Why don't you come the day after tomorrow?"
"It's okay, I just came to take a look." We'll go to the beauty salon later and then go to my third uncle's house for dinner in the evening.
She can be busy with company matters for a while, but she can't be busy all the time. If she wants to make money, she also has to live her own life, right?
He Feiyang looked at her side and asked, "Your partner didn't go out with you?"
"He has something to do at the company, so he's busy." Chen Jin looked at his watch. It was not yet time for the appointment. Seeing that He Feiyang was not busy doing anything, he asked him if anyone had bothered him after the last class reunion dinner.
"Yes, he wanted to cause trouble in our company, but I was not there, so my brother took care of him." He Feiyang said, "The squad leader wanted to find me later, but I ignored him."
He was too embarrassed to say that there was another female classmate looking for him. Although she didn't say it explicitly, he could see clearly what she was planning.
"Then you have to be tougher. It won't be so easy to run away next time. They will definitely ask you to pay for the meal first." Chen Jin felt happy when he thought of how angry those people were at that time. It's a pity that this dirty trick can only be used once and it won't work next time.
"You won't be found by them at school, will you?"
"I don't know if they have looked for me. I didn't see anyone." Chen Jin snorted and said, "If they are not afraid, I will go to their workplace to look for them. Feel free to come."
He Feiyang thought: That’s right. At that time, Chen Jin had already said that he was going to talk to the leader of their unit. Who would dare to go to Chen Jin’s unit? !
Sigh, why doesn’t he have the brains and mouth like Chen Jin? !
"Boss, sorry to have kept you waiting." Manager Cheng from Jinshun Department Store hurried over. From a distance he saw his boss chatting with the renovation foreman at the gate, and he was afraid that something might have gone wrong.
"Manager Cheng, boss?" He Feiyang pursed his lips and looked at Chen Jin, "This department store is yours, right?"
"Yeah, what a coincidence." Chen Jin said with a smile, "We are old classmates, you can't cut corners. I will come to you for renovation of other buildings in the future."
He Feiyang was silent for a long time before he found his voice: "Do you have other buildings?"
"Not yet, but it won't be long." Chen Jin still had something to ask Manager Cheng, so he said, "I'm busy now. Next time I'm free, my partner and I will treat you to a meal."
"OK."
Watching people walk in, He Feiyang sighed, touched his neck, and smiled foolishly.
"Mr. He, who was that woman just now? I just came over and heard Manager Cheng calling her boss. Do you know her?"
"My old classmate is the owner of this department store. That woman is called Boss Chen. Okay, stop looking and get back to work. Let them work more seriously..."
Chen Jin had just arrived at her third uncle's house. When her dog Daju saw her third uncle, he rushed over as soon as he entered the door, as if he had seen his own grandfather.
My third uncle picked him up and weighed him, and said that Daju had lost weight.
Not long after, Chen Yongan came over holding He He. Junjun followed behind him.
"You can do it. If you don't want to be a farmer, you can also open a kindergarten." Look, he is holding the child in a very professional manner.
Of course, the reason he was able to bring the baby over from his second cousin’s house was because He He was obedient and easy to take care of.
"Don't hold me like that, or I'll pee all over you." Chen Yongan dodged and said it was for her own good, but in fact he just didn't want to let go.
The little baby can't talk or run yet, which is very cute.
Miser.
It didn't even have to wait until the evening. At around four in the afternoon, everyone in the family arrived one after another.
Shen Baichuan came back the latest, and as soon as he came back he said, “The police came downstairs, and they just took away the family of the village chief of Qiaoxi Village.”
Everyone looked at each other, no one knew what had happened.
Shen Baichuan added: "I don't know much, it may be related to the collective land in the village. It is said that some people got a large piece of land at a low price for development and construction. We bought it before and followed the formal procedures. It is said that the money for buying the land was embezzled by the village cadres, and then they bought the land through relatives. Someone above was also involved. I don't know the specific situation."
"......This is really the case, people are greedy and never stop eating!" Third uncle shook his head and said, "It's a demolition situation. If you don't take the money, just taking the building is a lot of money, and you're still not satisfied. Alas."
My uncle snorted and said, "These people used to live well by renting out their properties. Now they are finally looking forward to the demolition. Now that they have money, they still want to get richer. It's a bottomless pit that can never be filled. Just wait and see, there must be a lot of things going on inside."
Chen Jin said: "Liu Mantang doesn't look like such a stupid person, how could he be so blatantly involved in corruption?"
Liu Mantang is a smart man, but he has a little son who is stupid and holds him back.
"It's absolutely impossible that he had no involvement at all. Otherwise, how could he be the village chief so steadily? It all depends on how much he participated."
Everyone wanted to know what happened, so my uncle called the village chief Chen Guangman to ask if he knew what was going on. What the village chief said was similar to what Shen Baichuan said. Chen Jin's eyes turned and he decisively broadcast the message to Aunt Zhou. Less than half a minute later, Chen Jin said, "Aunt Zhou, wait a moment, I'll raise my voice. Okay, you can speak now."
Everyone looked at Chen Jin in surprise, and then stared at Chen Jin's newly bought Nokia phone in the middle of the dining table. Aunt Zhou's voice came out clearly.
"Then I'll tell you." Aunt Zhou started talking without waiting for an answer.
"They turned a blind eye to it, and everyone in the village knew about it. Guess why they called in an investigation? It was all because of that stupid son of Liu Mantang! He flirted with a girl from outside, and didn't explain it to her. Now, she's pissed off, so they hired a detective or someone to check their family's financial situation. As a result, not only their family was taken away, but also other people from Qiaoxi Village who were involved. Oh, I heard that there was also Liu Mantang's cadre son-in-law and his son-in-law's leader..."
"It's hard to say about this matter. Liu Mantang, the old fox, really only got involved a little bit. Compared with other people, it's just a tiny fraction. But!"
"But this incident was caused by their family! Tell me, what good can come of their family?"
"Well, I told you that those who get cocky when they have money will be punished sooner or later. Look at these two or three people, which one has a good ending?"
"Because of this incident, Chen Wenzhen was beaten up by the village chief. I guess he won't be able to attend the opening of your department store the day after tomorrow."
That opening is not important for now.
Chen Jin asked hurriedly, "Isn't he also involved in the affairs of Qiaoxi Village?"
"No, that's not the case. He and Chen Wensong wanted to get involved, but they were not allowed to play. They had the will but not the means. Oh, Ma Guihua called and said that the old branch secretary was also smoking Chen Wensong... No, I won't talk to you anymore, I have to go and take a look."
The room fell silent. Unexpectedly, she learned the truth from Aunt Zhou. She said that there was no news that Aunt Zhou could not find out.
"You're really courting death." Chen Yongan sighed, and said, "If you just live an honest life, nothing will happen to you."
In the past, the third cousin would have patted him on the head and encouraged him to work harder. Now I think that he is doing pretty well the way he is, living an honest life. He may not become rich, but at least he has enough food and clothing.
The key is not to do anything illegal or bring trouble to the family.
I just don’t know how many people from Qiaoxi Village got involved. Now, it can be said that a big net was cast to catch fish.
As we talked about these things, tonight's meal seemed to take an unusually long time, and no one left the table.
Big Orange was nestling in his uncle's arms, being very well behaved. He He was also sucking his thumb with relish. The cat and the baby were looking at the adults who were talking with their round eyes.
At the dinner table, several elders often encouraged them, saying the same thing: the family’s money is enough for them to spend for a lifetime, and anyone who dares to cross the red line will definitely be punished.
Chen Jin and Shen Baichuan returned to Hanlin Garden at night. When they went downstairs, they saw many people in the community chatting together.
Chen Jin was sharp-eyed and spotted Aunt Zhou and the others at once, and immediately pulled Shen Baichuan along and squeezed in to join the chat.
Although it is similar to what Aunt Zhou said, it has more details.
For example, Liu Mantang's youngest son Liu Guangyao finally avoided the people from the martial arts school and sneaked out. He boasted to his friends outside and ridiculed the daughter of the owner of the martial arts school so badly that these words were spread out.
People were so angry that they couldn't find trouble with Liu Guangyao, so they cut off the source of the trouble and made trouble for his family. No one expected that so many people could be brought out.
"That martial arts school said they were going to disband. Someone wanted to punish them."
If you cut off other people's source of income and possibly end up in jail, it would be strange if those people didn't hate you. If we don't disband early, we're afraid others will come looking for us.
"This is the fate of being a Chen Shimei! Just because you have money, you think you can do anything, but you don't even check if your bottom is clean or not. You deserve to be bullied."
"There was also a university teacher in their village who was found by a female student at the school and accused of harassment. He had to pay the student 300,000 yuan to suppress the matter. Otherwise, how could he still be a teacher in the school? There aren't many decent people in this village."
Chen Jin widened his eyes. How many university teachers could there be in Qiaoxi Village? ! There is only Liu Shisheng!
"Aunt, is this true? Does this university teacher have twins?"
I don’t know where this auntie is from, but she is definitely not from their Qiaodong Village, and yet she knows such big news! What a capable person! Even no one in his village knows about it!
"Wow, you know him?" The aunt who spoke looked at Chen Jin warily. Could he be a relative or friend of that family? So he quickly added, "I also heard it from others at school. I don't know if it's true. Just listen to it."
Chen Jin couldn't hide his gloating expression at all, "Hehe, I know him. He doesn't have a good relationship with his family. I feel relieved to know that they are not doing well. He must have really harassed students to be willing to pay so much money. He abandoned his wife and cheated on her when he was young, and harassed students again after he became a bit successful. This rubbish, why don't you kill him with a thunderbolt?!"
Auntie breathed a sigh of relief, then said indignantly, "Isn't it?! He should be struck to death by lightning!"
"You don't report or complain? How can the school allow such a person to continue to be a teacher?" Zhou Xiangxiang frowned.
"What good will a complaint do? The school must have punished him, but there is no evidence. Just based on what the girl said, who knows if it's true or not? The girl makes trouble every day, and the school leaders let him deal with it. Now he has to pay 300,000 yuan to keep his job."
Auntie looked around warily again and whispered, "I'm not speaking for that man. The female student who came to my house might have been harassed, but nothing happened. Now she has paid compensation. I suspect she is just after his money."
"That's great, at least I didn't suffer any loss. It's right to take advantage of the opportunity to cheat, but I can't suffer any loss in vain!"
"That's right." Auntie thought about it and felt that there was nothing wrong with what she said. He added: "They came to his house at the end of last year. It was a joke at the time. His wife thought it was someone from outside who came to her house. When she heard that he wanted compensation, she beat him up and kicked him out."
"I only found out about it recently. After all, we no longer live in the staff quarters. My daughter-in-law went to the staff quarters after get off work to pick up something from a colleague and I heard about it."
"So their twins can still study abroad?"
"Oh! What's going on? It's hard to even sell the house. Wasn't their house demolished? How come they don't have any money after the demolition?"
Aunt Zhou curled her lips and said, "The demolition is a family matter, and the money does not belong to him alone."
"That's true. But my daughter-in-law heard that the couple got the relocation compensation and have been showing off in the family compound for a long time."
Hey! All the boasting is over.
Chen Jin asked what the auntie's name was, and then said, "Aunt Chunzhi, please come out and chat with us more often next time. Listening to you talk is like listening to a storyteller, it's wonderful!"
"Haha, huh? Oh! I used to be an announcer in a factory when I was young." Aunt Chunzhi suddenly got a flash of inspiration. "Oh my god! Whose cat is this?"
Chen Jin quickly picked up the big orange cat and said, "It's mine. Sorry, my cat just loves to listen to gossip and join in the fun."
"You cat..." Aunt Chunzhi pursed her lips and didn't say the rest of "It looks quite like you."
His eyes moved back and forth between Chen Jin and Shen Baichuan. Who would bring their partner to listen to gossip? !
After the people left, Aunt Chunzhi nudged Aunt Zhou with her elbow, raised her chin in the direction Chen Jin and the others left, and asked, "Are these two young people from your village? They look very gentle."
"Yes." He is from their Qiaodong Village, gentle... and it looks like he is.
Aunt Zhou nodded again, "Yes."
As Chen Jin drove out of the Rose Garden neighborhood, he said, "When I save some more money, I will buy a house in Rose Garden! From now on, I can chat with the grandmas and aunties here until midnight."
The rose garden is still more lively!
"Bought a storefront?"
"No." Chen Jin sighed and said, "But the money is really gone. I have to save money again."
"Let's not talk about this anymore. It's so lively tonight, hehe!" Chen Jinle said happily, "I have to come to my uncle's house for dinner more often in the future."
She almost woke herself up from laughing at night.
I went out happily the next day.
Seeing the same red top that Shen Baichuan was wearing, also paired with jeans, he was a little unrecognizable.
Shen Baichuan's cars are colorful, but most of his clothes are black, white and gray, with the most suits being blue.
It's rare to see him wearing a red top and jeans.
"I want to tell Yang Qian to change the spokesperson. I should let you shoot the commercials. It will save money if we have our own family."
She didn't say anything about being good-looking; every word she wrote was a compliment to him for being good-looking.
"Oh, time is running out. Hurry up and get in the car. We still have to pick up Auntie and Miaomiao."
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Chen Jia and his classmates took a plane back to China. They all picked up their luggage and discussed whether to go home or return to school.
"Jia Jia, are your parents coming to pick you up?"
"I don't know. I told them not to pick me up. But they should come. It's the weekend, so they don't have to work."
"My parents should be here too, why don't you just follow our car... Oh my god! Jia Jia, you have so many family members!"
Looking closely, there are at least a dozen people!
"Where?" Chen Jia was about to look for someone when he looked up. Well, no need to look for it, wearing the same red shirt and holding a red banner:
Welcome Chen Jia back from overseas exchange study!
Not just her parents! My uncle, my third uncle, my third aunt, my third sister, my brother-in-law and my future brother-in-law...
The crying doll in the middle, the big orange one in red clothes...
Chen Jia's classmates were all shocked, "Jia Jia, there are so many people in your family!"
Chen Yongan picked up a red loudspeaker and said, "Welcome Chen Jia back from overseas exchange study!"
It attracted many people to watch. It's rare to see people wearing uniform coming to pick someone up, so those who are not in a hurry stopped to watch the fun.
Chen Jia covered his face with his hands. His neck, ears, and face were all red.
Ahhhh! Touched and embarrassed!
"Sister Jiajia, hurry up, the hotel has been booked."
"Coming." Chen Jia replied in a small voice, pushing the luggage without stopping and heading straight for the dazzling red reception group.
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