Village
Chen Jin discovered that some people just deserve to be scolded. How come even though she has scolded them several times, there are still some people who don’t learn their lesson and have to test her bottom line and “play a joke” with her?
Well, she also "joked" and went back with him. These people still had the nerve to look at her in a bad mood, and she was too lazy to say anything to them. If you don't have any sense of purpose, you've lived your life in vain.
If they can't win the argument, they just turn their heads away with a sour face and ignore them. With this level, the people in Qiaoxi Village are better at talking than them. The people over there are really unreasonable and just going crazy for no reason.
The village chief Chen Guangman glared at Chen Wenzhen with disappointment: You are really bored and have to have a quarrel with a young man. I have to say it even though I can’t explain it...It’s shameful!
The eldest uncle said slowly, "Wenzhen, you love to joke, and you've made my third sister learn to joke with you. This is not okay. The elders should set an example and not make jokes randomly in the future. It's OK for people in our village to talk about it privately. There are people who specifically monitor the demolitions in the neighboring village. If this joke gets out, those people will target my third sister, which will be bad."
"Yes, yes, uncle was just joking with you. We are just talking casually among the villagers, and this news can't be spread out." Chen Wenzhen said hurriedly. It is one thing to be jealous of Chen Jin's good luck, but if he exaggerates too much and attracts bad people from outside, then he will be very wrong.
You can "joke" internally, but it's not okay if outsiders are watching you.
If he dared to continue "joking", Chen Jin would have a lot of words to "greet" him. But now that her uncle has given her a way out, Chen Jin decided to quit while she is ahead and said that she was also making preparations in advance, otherwise what would she do if she couldn't take leave when he had to hold a full-month banquet? Uncle Wen Zhen must give face...
"Okay, that means we haven't decided on a date yet. Uncle Wen Zhen, remember to give my invitation to my uncle when the time comes. I will definitely go.
Chen Jin went to sit at Aunt Zhou's table. Aunt Zhou immediately gave her a "not bad" look and pulled her aside to whisper, "I heard that woman is also pregnant with a son and she went for a check-up. I think Chen Wenzhen has some ideas again. His son doesn't listen to him now and wants to raise a little son for him to take care of."
"What can he train? Chen Yongming was brought up by the village chief, so he could be a better trainer... Forget it, let's not talk about this guy. He is messing around. Does he really think he is holding the throne in his hands and waiting for someone to inherit it?"
Chen Jin chuckled in agreement. As expected of Aunt Zhou, her words hit the nail on the head. Isn't that the truth? !
Ma Guihua, who was sitting opposite, asked, "Third sister, do you want money or houses for your demolition? I heard that the compensation for the demolition of Qiaoxi Village is much more than when we demolished it? Some people can be compensated with hundreds of houses. Is it true?"
Chen Jin nodded, "It's true that they compensated hundreds of houses. But to say that they compensated more than we did is not the right way to calculate. The people in Qiaoxi Village have more houses, so it's normal that they get more money after demolishing more houses. You say they compensated more houses, but they think our village got more compensation at that time. There is no comparison. They only demolished houses, while we included houses and fields in the demolition area at that time, so they got more compensation."
In short, everyone has their own strengths, and people can only focus on getting the greatest benefits from others.
"When Qiaoxi Village was demolished, you either took money or a house. You couldn't ask for both. There were too many quarrels in the family."
Aunt Chen Wu said, "When there are too many people with different ideas in a family, it's hard to make a decision. Our previous plan is still the best."
After thinking about it, the others felt that their village’s plan at the time was indeed the best. I have both a house and money.
Chen Wensong overheard when he passed by their table and sneered in his heart: What's the good of taking money? He must want the house and double compensation. If he misses this opportunity, he will never get it again. If it were him, he would definitely want the house.
Looking at Chen Jin, it goes without saying that she definitely wants the house. There is no reason why she would make the wrong choice with such an obvious gap.
No wonder Chen Sanpo and Chen Wenzhen spoke sourly just now. When he calculated the properties in Chen Jin's hands, he also felt sour.
"Oh my God, Uncle Wen Song, you are standing behind me without saying a word, this is too scary. If you have something to say, just say it. If you are doing this... I will have to burn a few more incense sticks when I go into the ancestral hall to burn incense for my ancestors later."
Chen Wenhao, who had specially taken a day off to come back today to attend the village dinner, had a complicated expression on his face. He was really afraid that Chen Jin would swear on her ancestors. Given her situation, how could God tell who her real ancestor was?
"Haha, it's okay." Chen Wensong didn't want to be scolded by Chen Jin. The people who could scold the most in the village were either Zhou Xiangxiang or her. He also didn't want anyone to mention the child, so he decided to just keep quiet.
He went to the village chief's table silently and deliberately stayed away from Chen Wenzhen. Chen Wenzhen's incident was quite serious now, and everyone in the village privately laughed at him as a "cuckold". Whoever got close to him would be criticized.
However, even though he sat far away from Chen Wenzhen, Aunt Zhou still said a few words to him.
"The old branch secretary said that the son born to Chen Wensong's ex-wife should be brought back home to raise, and that he would be registered as twins in the future. This would have to wait until Chen Wensong's current wife gave birth to her child. They had a nice idea, but the ex-wife disagreed. She insisted on living outside with the child, and forced Chen Wensong to divorce his wife and marry her."
Aunt Zhou curled her lips and waved her hands, "This guy is not smart. What's the point of arguing now? When Chen Wensong's wife really gives birth to a son, it will be a problem whether the guy in her family will be liked by others. Forget it, it's all the same. In the end, it's all the problem of bad men."
"Hey, are you dating someone? If you are, you should be careful."
"Yeah." Chen Jin reached out to grab a handful of roasted melon seeds and said perfunctorily, "My eyes are bright and my vision is very good."
After a look around, I found that my second and third uncles and their families were not there.
If I had known that she was going to Baiyou, I would have called my second uncle and brought them over.
Ma Guihua, who was sitting opposite, realized something was wrong later. She remembered that she hadn't gotten an answer to her question, so she said to Chen Jin, "You just talked about something that got me off the track. Do you want money or a house?"
"Of course I want a house."
Ma Guihua asked again: "You have several properties now, can you manage them all?"
Humph, there must be something else waiting for her. Hey, she didn't take it.
Chen Jin asked back: "Your family's demolition compensation must be over a million, right? Can you spend it? If you can spend it, I can manage it. Spending and collecting money is too easy. If you don't know how to spend it, I can make a list for you."
"What you said is true. If there is enough money, who wouldn't spend it? It's not that the compensation we received for the demolition was not that much. After buying a house to live in, we don't have that much money in our hands. We can't live lavishly like you do."
Chen Jin replied, "Then live frugally and spend as much as you can. You can't just stare at other people's families and be vain. Don't think it's easy for me to live lavishly. You can't just look at the good things in front of others, you have to look at the difficulties behind them."
Ma Guihua hung her face and said, "What difficulties could your family have?" If one person is full, the whole family will not be hungry. So many things belong to Chen Jin alone. Isn't that enough?
"Hehe, my family really doesn't have any difficulties." Chen Jin's eyes were curved with smile.
"......" Ma Guihua was dazzled by her bright smile, and felt chest tightness and shortness of breath.
She felt relieved when she saw that the person was angry. Hearing the sound of a car, Chen Jin stood up and looked, and it was indeed the car of his three cousins. All her family members are here.
After the ancestral hall was built, the beams and rafters were carved and painted. It took more than half a year to complete the project, and now it is finally finished. The sign hanging above reads "Chen's Ancestral Hall".
I heard that the Liu people in Qiaoxi Village also want to rebuild their ancestral hall. The ancestral hall is located in the middle of the village, so it is difficult to keep it from being demolished. With the ready-made reference example of Qiaodong Village, the Liu people in Qiaoxi Village will definitely ask everyone to donate money to rebuild the ancestral hall. Perhaps, all the masters who have finished their work here will be asked to go over and continue their work.
As for Mutang Village, I have never heard of anyone rebuilding their ancestral hall.
My family came over, but my three aunts didn’t come over. They were discussing something by the car. The eldest cousin's wife followed her cousin to find Chen Wenzhen and the others, and even grabbed Junjun who was trying to run towards them.
Only Zhuang Yao and Chen Jia sat down, so Chen Jin moved to sit with them.
Zhuang Yao didn't look too well and said that she had started to feel carsick recently.
Chen Jincai had just spoken a few words to Zhuang Yao when her second cousin came over after greeting the elders in the village. As soon as he arrived, he patted her on the head and said, "Mr. Chen, have you finished your business?"
"There are so many Mr. Chens here, which one are you calling?" Chen Jin just thought of this. There are so many "Mr. Chens" in their village, although some of the "Mr. Chens" are mixed with a lot of water. But when you walk outside, that's what people shout.
Mr. Chen sounds better than Boss Chen.
But she still likes people to call her rich woman. I feel like this title sounds richer.
The second cousin stood behind Zhuang Yao, looked at her and said, "It's you. According to your age, I have to call you Mr. Chen. Don't beat around the bush. Tell me, what is the situation now?"
So impatient. Chen Jin snorted and said, "Waiting for review. The items haven't arrived yet. We'll talk about it after they arrive."
The second cousin raised an eyebrow, "How could you fail? Didn't you find a friend? It will definitely work."
He added, "Invite those friends to dinner some other day and give me a call."
"When didn't I call you? You are busy people, you won't have time even if I call you." From then on, she was also a busy person.
"You have a lot of investments in real estate, tourism, and clothing. Tell me, where are you going to invest next?"
Chen Jin looked up at him and said with a smile, "What? Do you also think that I have good fortune and want to follow me to make money?" After saying that, he couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Because she felt that she was a bit superstitious now, she actually wanted to make a wish by burning incense. Fallen.
The second cousin also laughed at what she said. It was just a joke, but if you think about it carefully, who can say that the third sister has bad luck with money? Up to now, she has lost a little bit of everything and earned a little bit of everything. Anyway, I have never seen her lose money.
My second cousin wanted to talk to her about the small piece of land in the suburbs of Dongcheng District, but the village chief called him over, so he had to give up. Before leaving, he also asked Chen Jin to help take care of Zhuang Yao.
Chen Yongan didn't even come over because he was stopped by the village chief. All the strong young men had to go to the ancestral hall to help move things.
It was a rare opportunity for Chen Jin to meet Chen Yonghan this time. She was definitely the tallest among the women in Qiaodong Village, definitely about 1.7 meters tall. Even Chen Jin felt that he was short when standing next to her.
The land on the west side is still under construction. It has now taken shape, but it is fenced off. Only the part that is protruding can be seen, and nothing inside can be seen.
Construction is still going on in the science and technology park. It's hard for the people working there as the environment is too noisy.
On her left is Zhuang Yao, and on her right is Chen Jia. The black circle around Chen Jia's eyes was as dark as that of the national treasure panda. He leaned against Chen Jin and said he wanted to take a close look.
"No, are you busy with the school's professional exams or preparing to go abroad? You are going to take the IELTS, right? Have you passed it?"
Chen Jia nodded weakly, "I finally passed the exam. I'm busy with my professional exams, I can't make any mistakes, I have to keep up my grades. I also have to prepare my graduation thesis, I've got piles and piles of books to read."
Studying requires a lot of brainpower and is hard at every stage. However, it will only be this one year of hard work. After the exchange study abroad is over, Chen Jia will have a decision on whether to study abroad in the future. Apart from anything else, at this time, people who have returned from studying abroad are still very popular. Otherwise, Liu Yinan and Liu Yibei would not have thought of going abroad to gild their resumes.
Chen Jin patted her head and said, "Then take a nap for a while."
Zhuang Yao suddenly sighed and said, "Did your second brother not tell you about Tingting?"
Chen Jin wanted to shake his head, but then he thought of the head leaning over, so he sat down and said, "No. What's the matter? She didn't come over today, so she must be at work again."
Doctors and nurses don't have fixed weekends off like them. They take turns to rest. Sometimes they don't have a rest period in their shifts and can't find anyone to take their shift, so they can't ask for leave even if they want to.
"Don't tell me yet. Let me guess. It's either because of the house or because of the marriage, right?"
"That's all the difference." Zhuang Yao thought to herself. There's no need to guess. "I don't know where she heard the news from, but she said Liu Chengzhi had pursued the daughter of their hospital leader but failed. Later, when he saw that Tingting had money, he turned around and pursued her. I thought they seemed to have a conflict before, but Tingting's temper...they had another conflict a few days ago. They said they might as well not get married."
"She sold the house near the hospital and used the money she got plus the money her family gave her to buy a house in Rose Garden. She is planning to renovate it. She still has some money left, and her parents asked her to buy a car so that it will be more convenient for her to commute to get off work."
"Now that we've bought a house and a car, he suddenly got mad and said he didn't want to get married. My parents are worried at home."
Chen Jin was helpless. "Liu Chengzhi pursued her because she was rich. Did she know that on the first day? She must have known that Liu Chengzhi had pursued other people before, right? I think these are not the most fundamental reasons."
"What is the root cause?"
"Ah? I don't know. I just feel that she has known about these situations for a long time." Although she insisted that Liu Chengzhi was a good person, she herself worked in a hospital. Could it be that she had never heard of these rumors?
"It could also be that, at the last minute, they suddenly don't want to get married anymore."
The more Chen Jin thought about it, the more he felt it was possible. "She used to say that she just wanted to date and didn't want to get married. Maybe now she feels that getting married means worrying about this and that, and it's not as good as the freedom and ease of not getting married, so she doesn't want to get married anymore. This is quite normal."
Zhuang Yao frowned, "Is this normal? The wedding date has been set..."
"It's normal, too normal." Chen Jin judged others by himself and said, "It's just that the wedding date has been set. The wedding invitations haven't been sent out yet. There's no need to explain to every family. Well, after a while, she might want to get married again."
If Liu Chengzhi coaxes her again, she might change her mind.
Zhuang Yao felt that she didn't understand. But she and Chen Ting, although they are sisters-in-law, have not known each other for a long time. They are not as familiar with each other as Chen Jin. She is not sure: maybe Chen Ting really wants to regret it at the last minute...
Chen Jin patted the back of her hand and said, "Her affairs are taken care of by my uncle, aunt, brother and sister-in-law. Don't worry too much about it. Just take care of yourself."
"Really, it's useless to think too much. If she is determined to do this, no one can stop her. No matter how angry my uncle and aunt are, they will have to compromise sooner or later."
"Okay, it seems she has to make the decision herself." Zhuang Yao stopped worrying about Chen Ting. It was true that with her parents and two brothers around, they should be the ones to worry about it.
After a while, Chen Yongming came over and asked everyone to go into the ancestral hall to burn incense. Chen Jin pushed Chen Jia awake, and supported Zhuang Yao, walking at the back.
Right after burning incense, the village chief got straight to the point and mentioned to everyone what he had said before, about buying factory land in the suburbs of Nancheng District. I just want to find an opportunity to remind them: don’t squander the money you have, because if everyone wants to play together later and they don’t take you with them, you can’t blame others.
In fact, there are only a few people that the village chief wants to unite with, and the others now seem to be just a complement. If you have an idea, come. If you don’t, leave. Do you want the village chief to persuade you earnestly to come and invest? Impossible.
Aunt Zhou squeezed forward and moved to the back, saying that it was too hot and stuffy in the front because there were too many people. Then he whispered to Chen Jin, "I think the village chief is less and less interested in managing things. If someone has a problem, they go to the village chief, but he won't pay any attention to them and lets them solve it themselves. I guess he's angry about Chen Wenzhen, because he's embarrassed the village chief."
Chen Wenzhen is really a slap in the face of the village chief. In the past, the village chief could just pick up his cane and beat people, but now it's hard to control him. His own son is such a troublesome thing, how can he care about other people's affairs?
Chen Jin nodded, this might be a reason. There is another reason. The village chief is old and he is powerless to do more. Why bother getting involved in all those troublesome family matters? It would be better to cover your ears and concentrate on training your eldest grandson Chen Yongming.
When she came back this time, she found that many older people in the village looked older than they were two years ago. Even though they have more money and properties, they don't seem to live any easier. They spend a lot of time thinking about how to prevent their children and grandchildren from squandering all the money.
In the past, apart from collecting rent, everyone was mainly busy with orchards, vegetable plots and fields. People over 60 years old could still carry a shoulder pole and walk briskly. No one was willing to admit their age and would ride a 28-inch bicycle to transport fruits and vegetables to the city to sell.
Now I live well, eat well, and don’t have to work, but my health seems to be not as good as before.
It can be seen that no matter how much money you have, there will always be troubles. In fact, having money is more troublesome than having a little savings.
Chen Jin found a long bench and asked Zhuang Yao and Chen Jia to sit on it. A pregnant woman, a "national treasure", should not stand there all the time.
In front, someone also wanted to find a stool to sit down. Seeing Chen Jin moving in another bench, he stared at him. Just as he was about to speak, he saw Chen Jin and Aunt Zhou also staring at him with burning eyes, as if they had finally found a punching bag. He pursed his lips, pretended not to have any thoughts, and looked away.
Aunt Zhou sneered and said, "He's smart. A grown man with hands and feet, how dare he ask a little girl like you to move a stool for him?"
"Hey." Aunt Zhou nudged her with her elbow. "The village chief said, do you want to invest? In Qiaoxi Village, you got a house and some other compensation, which should be enough for you to invest."
Chen Jin sighed, spread his hands, and held them out to Aunt Zhou, palms facing up, "I've spent them all."
Aunt Zhou was shocked: "It's all spent already?!"
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