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Chen Jin's aunt Chen Yun and her mother are sisters. They have three stalls in the clothing wholesale market in Xicheng District, specializing in clothing wholesale business. Her uncle Gu Shunfa opened a restaurant with his brothers. They have only one daughter, cousin Gu Minmin.
My second aunt Chen Kui and my third uncle are siblings. She is in poor health and has no children.
My mother's generation had a good relationship with all the brothers and sisters, so the children of her generation were often raised together. For example, my eldest uncle and third uncle left all their children in the care of their mother. She is ranked together with three cousins, with two older cousins and one younger cousin. Her family members are used to calling her "Third Sister", and the villagers follow suit.
As soon as Chen Yun arrived, she looked for "Third Sister" everywhere. Chen Wenqiang asked her to sit down, enjoy the fan and eat some fruit. Chen Yun looked around but didn't see Chen Jin. "Third Sister is not at home? How can such a big thing work if she is not at home?"
Chen Wenqiang was used to his elder sister always being in a hurry. "The village chief and the old party secretary asked her to do something. Do you need her for something?" The last sentence was just a casual question, but he was thinking, what could Chen Yun do to Chen Jin?
Chen Yun saw that her brothers, sisters-in-law, and cousins were all there. Except for her eldest nephew, the other nephews and nieces were not with her eldest brother. She got straight to the point and said, "Our house is going to be demolished. How are we going to divide the old house left by my parents?"
Everyone suddenly turned to look at her, each with a different expression.
Chen Wenkang, Wei Xiuhe and Chen Kui looked at each other. Although the brothers and sisters have a good relationship, they live in separate rooms, and the old house left by their uncle and aunt has definitely nothing to do with them.
Wei Xiuhe was a little unhappy. As soon as Chen Yun came back, she asked about the old house. Everyone knew that this house had been agreed to be left to the third aunt Chen Fang. Now that Chen Fang was gone, it would naturally be given to Chen Jin. Chen Yun is pretending to be ignorant even though she knows the truth.
Their family has the best relationship with Chen Fang and Chen Jin. They treat Chen Jin like their own daughter, so Wei Xiuhe can't stand Chen Yun.
"As for the house, when my uncle and aunt passed away, they said they would leave it to Chen Fang, so at that time it was changed to Chen Fang's name. When Chen Fang passed away last year, it was naturally left to Chen Jin. At the beginning of the year, the village chief even asked Chen Jin to come back and get a certificate, transferring the homestead and the house to Chen Jin's name."
Chen Wenqiang is a businessman and Chen Wenhua works in a unit. Both of them heard the hidden meaning of Chen Yun's words.
You actually set your sights on the old house? !
He Jingxian and Liu Juan, the two sisters-in-law, smiled at the same time. As daughters-in-law, they didn't think about fighting for the house left by their parents. Instead, it was the eldest sister-in-law who got married and didn't take care of her parents when they passed away. That's very nice of you.
When Chen Jin saw that she would get a share of a large sum of money, they said it was impossible not to feel a little jealous. A young girl in her early twenties could easily get enough wealth to last a lifetime. But they are not heartless. They know very well what the situation of the two elderly people in the family was like. What's more, He Jingxian and Chen Wenqiang were busy making money before, so they left the three children to their aunt to help take care of them.
Chen Fangren is gone, but the tea will not go cold in less than a year.
Chen Yun frowned. Seeing that her brother and sister-in-law were silent, she knew their attitudes.
She also knew that she was in the wrong, but she was unwilling to get nothing. The second brother’s household registration was also moved, but his parents also allocated a piece of residential land for him. With four brothers and sisters, she is the only one who has nothing?
He Jingxian sat upright and glanced at Chen Yun calmly. "The old house and the homestead were agreed to be given to Chen Fang. The village head and the old party secretary testified to it at the time. Didn't you agree to it at that time?"
"Things belong to whoever they belong to. There's nothing to discuss."
The brothers and sisters all looked unhappy. Liu Juan looked around and broke the awkward atmosphere with a smile, "Aunt is worried that the third sister is too young to keep the money, right? She has no parents to rely on, so it's normal for us as elders to worry."
"But Chen Jin is also preparing to work. After studying in college for several years, she knows how to spend money. Yesterday, a tenant wanted to make trouble, but Sanmei handled it very well. I think she will not spend the money recklessly."
Wei Xiuhe quickly agreed, "That's for sure. After Chen Fang left, the family rented out the house, had a small shop, and an orchard. Third sister often came back to take care of it. Everything was well arranged."
These people kept talking, making it difficult for Chen Yun to continue speaking. She was so angry that her eyes turned red.
They said it lightly because they all received demolition compensation, except her who received nothing. She was overwhelmed with sadness for a moment, thinking that if her parents were still alive, she would have had a share.
Even my cousin Chen Kui, even though she couldn't get the demolition compensation for Qiaodong Village, her husband's family was from Mutang Village, which was also being demolished.
The more she thought about it, the more aggrieved she felt. She had often given clothes to the three sisters Chen Ting, Chen Jin and Chen Jia. Especially Chen Jin, because she was the child of her younger sister and was an only daughter like Minmin. She thought that Chen Jin had no father to rely on, so she gave her more things than to her niece from her brother and sister-in-law.
Now, as they wait for the demolition compensation to come in, they have all turned into rich ladies, and her family, which originally had the best conditions, has become the worst.
They had true feelings for each other when they were both in trouble, but now that they are both preparing to get rich, they no longer have true feelings for her and have started to quibble with her. They say that my younger sister took care of my parents after they passed away so she should take the old house. Hasn’t she helped them over the years? When he became rich, he wanted to get rid of her, fearing that she would want a piece of the pie.
Chen Yun just felt heartbroken. With a cold snort, she turned and walked away, her high heels clacking loudly.
Chen Wenqiang and Chen Wenhua felt a little uncomfortable.
The old house should indeed belong to Chen Jin and cannot be divided, but among the brothers and sisters, Chen Yun is the only one who does not have a share, so they are also in a dilemma.
Liu Juan interrupted the brothers' contemplation and said, "It is only now that Chen Yun is lucky enough to have the old house demolished that she wants to come back and get a share of the old house. Then why doesn't she talk about her three big stalls?"
Chen Wenqiang and Chen Wenhua came to their senses when they heard about the big stalls. Liu Juan continued, "The three big stalls were bought by my mother-in-law by selling the bracelets passed down from her ancestors. My eldest brother, Wenhua, and Chen Fang didn't use them. Chen Yun said she wanted to do clothing wholesale and asked for three stalls to do business. Later, she gave the money and the stalls were transferred to her. At that time, a stall was only 1,000 yuan. Now, it may not be bought for more than 100,000 yuan. It has appreciated so much, and we didn't ask her for money. How can she come to the old house now?"
The two brothers were silent.
When Chen Yun wanted to transfer the three stalls in the wholesale market to her name, it was already the fourth year since she bought the stalls. The value of the stalls had increased several times, but Chen Yun paid according to the initial purchase price. It’s just that my parents didn’t object at that time and they didn’t say anything.
"Forget it, let's not talk about her." Chen Wenqiang pinched the bridge of his nose. His eldest sister has always been like this, strong and powerful, and still needs her family to support her. But even if she is praised more, she can't get all the benefits.
"Has the notice been posted in Mutang Village? There are many people there, so the demolition is much more difficult than ours."
Mutang Village is a large village with a population of nearly two thousand, with several surnames. It is unlike Qiaodong Village, where everyone has the surname Chen. There are many conflicts within Mutang Village. About thirteen years ago, there was a quite sensational fight in the village, with real knives and guns being used. During the crackdown in 1983, the police arrested a group of people from Mutang Village and the village became less noisy.
Chen Kui smiled bitterly, "The people from the demolition office went to post the notice yesterday afternoon, and in the evening several families started fighting over how to divide the money."
"In your home..."
"Let them make a fuss. How much they get depends on my parents-in-law." Her husband is the second child, an honest man stuck in the middle. He can't compete with the eldest child who needs to be taken care of in old age, nor can he compete with the youngest child who is liked by his parents-in-law.
She married Zhang Laoer, a widower with two children, because she was in poor health and could not have children. She had a lukewarm relationship with her stepchildren, and the money she fought for was theirs, so she didn't bother fighting for it.
"I heard that we will move to resettlement housing after signing the agreement, and people from our two villages may be assigned to the same place."
"Not necessarily. For people like us who don't need resettlement housing, it should be fine to just take the money."
"Once the measurement is completed, you can choose a house. My father-in-law's cousin said that they wanted money and took all the money in their hands. They also wanted to go to Qiaoxi Village to buy a piece of land to build a house."
Chen Wenqiang also considered whether to go to Qiaoxi Village to buy a piece of land and build a house, but when he thought about it carefully, he realized that they did not get along with the people in Qiaoxi Village, and it would be difficult to control them if they bought land and built houses there. Moreover, Qiaoxi Village was not included in this large-scale demolition. He estimated that it was not known when Qiaoxi Village would be demolished.
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Chen Jin was busy all morning, sorting out the data on the area of each household's homestead in the village to facilitate verification by the demolition office. I was asked to help count and was busy all morning. After coming back to eat, I went back to my room to take a nap. When I woke up in the afternoon, the only sound I could hear at my third uncle's house was my cousin Chen Yongan playing games.
"Sister, sister!" When Chen Yongan saw her coming out, he immediately threw away the game controller and smiled flatteringly, "Sister, you will be a rich woman soon, and I am still a pauper..."
"What do you want now?" Chen Jin had already seen through his tricks.
"Hehe." Chen Yongan grinned, "I want a new game console. Not expensive... Hey, hey! Sister! Third sister! Ah, no wonder people say the richer you are, the stingier you are. You didn't even buy me a game console."
She plays games at home every day and annoys her third aunt, so she won’t buy any for her.
There are a lot of people in my own store, including my cousins.
As soon as Chen Ting saw her, she asked, "Chen Jin, what compensation do you want?"
"I don't know how much I can get yet. Let's wait until someone comes to measure it." In fact, she had thought it through. She would take every house she could get. Renting it out would also generate income, and the remaining money would be enough for her to use.
Chen Ting pursed her lips and asked, "Then will you buy a car?"
"A small car? I don't have a driver's license and I can't drive. Who wants to buy it? Big brother or second brother?"
"Third brother said he wanted to buy it."
"Oh." Third brother Chen Yongfei likes cars, cannons, airplanes and other things. However, Chen Jin smiled and said, "I guess my third uncle and aunt won't buy them for him."
Then I remembered that today was Friday, "Sister Ting, how many days of leave did you take?"
Chen Ting was depressed. She was assigned to work as a nurse at the Women and Children's Hospital in Xicheng District after graduating from medical college. She was extremely busy and it was difficult for her to take leave. "I only got two days off. I have to go back to work tomorrow."
She wanted to stay and continue to watch the progress of the demolition, mainly because she wanted to know how much money her family would get.
Chen Jia held up a bottle of ice-cold soda and took a big sip, then sighed, "Fortunately, I'm still a student, hehe."
Tian Miao also sighed, but she sighed with worry. She had finally got a job looking after a convenience store, but after only working for half a year, she was about to lose her job.
Chen Jin glanced at her and thought about whether she could change the shop when the time comes. She also wanted to continue running the shop. If she has trouble finding a job, she might as well open a shop at home.
The phone suddenly rang.
Tian Miao answered the call and said "Hello". After more than ten seconds, she looked at Chen Jin and asked in a low voice, "It's your dad calling. Do you want to answer?"
"Tell him I'm not here."
Tian Miao said into the phone, "Chen Jin is not here. Call back later." Then he hung up the phone with a click.
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