After get off work, Chen Yun accompanied Qingqing to look for a house. The houses around the hospital were still in short supply, and they were even more expensive in the city center like Jiangcheng. Many of them were now civilian houses, and they had to be rented out at once. It cost more than 70 yuan a month, which was about half of her salary.
If it was Chen Yun, she would definitely rent it and move out to be more comfortable. Qingqing was hesitant, and Chen Yun had no choice. Although she had a good relationship with her, they were just colleagues after all.
"Then Qingqing, I'll be leaving first. If you have anything to say, we can talk when you get to work."
After saying goodbye to Qingqing, Chen Yun ate something outside before going home. When she got home, she found her cousin Chen Shi was there. Chen Shi's parents also made clothes at first, but unlike Chen Sipeng, they later started to specialize in bedding and now have opened stores in neighboring provinces.
But the richer Chen Yun's uncle and his family are, the more frugal they are. Now they have bought a bungalow in the suburbs of Jiangcheng and ride their bicycles from the suburbs to the city to work every day. Chen Yun's uncle has a son and a daughter. Chen Shi is the youngest daughter and has an older brother who is already married. After graduating from college this year, she was assigned to be a history teacher at Jiangcheng No. 3 Middle School. I don't know what she is doing today?
"Sister Yun, did I come here today to invite you to dinner? The thing is, the director of our school introduced me to a couple, and we've been dating for a few months now, so I wanted you to take a look and give us your opinion."
In fact, Chen Shi and Chen Yun have an average relationship. Chen Shi dislikes Chen Yun because she has low education and is only a junior college graduate. But she successfully went to junior college and is now a people's teacher, which is of course different from a nurse.
But compared with Chen Shiai and Chen Yun, Chen Sipeng was the first person to open a shop and a factory in the village. After he gained a foothold outside, he brought all his brothers and sisters to Jiangcheng. Chen Sipeng's younger brother Chen Sijun was smart and he quickly surpassed his father.
In the past, Chen Yun and Chen Shi were both left-behind children. Chen Yun's parents often sent her toys, milk powder and candies, while Chen Shi's parents worked on the farm at home. She had nothing, so she envied Chen Yun since she was a child. Now that her family finally has money, she wants to be better than her sister in everything.
Fortunately, she has surpassed Chen Yun in academic qualifications and even better in figure. She was not thin before, but through weight loss, she is now only 88 kilograms at 1.6 meters tall. Compared with Chen Yun, who is the same height as her and weighs more than 110 kilograms, she wins again.
Of course, the most important thing is that she found a tall and handsome boyfriend, while her cousin is still single.
Because the two families lived far away from each other, Zhang Meixiang and her friends didn't know whether Chen Yun and Liu Qiao would be able to be together in the end, so they didn't tell anyone else.
If you don't show off now, when will you?
Chen Yun hated comparisons the most. What was there to compare? It was just a boyfriend, not a queen. She refused without thinking, "I'm not even married, how can I help you judge?"
"Oh, we're just going out for a meal." Chen Shi said with a smile. It looked like Chen Yun would be irritated to death today.
After much persuasion, Chen Yun finally agreed. Chen Shi dragged Chen Yun downstairs, but when he looked at the house where Chen Yun and her family lived, he was envious. Even though her parents had money now, they still had a small peasant mentality and would not want to invest in a business. They would only work hard to run the store.
Outsiders always say that their family is very rich, but Chen Shi knows that most of the money is not hers, because her mother favored boys over girls.
Moreover, her mother's family had to borrow a lot of the money their store earned every year. After her sister-in-law came into the family, she asked for everything, but she didn't fight for money. In the end, the money in the family had nothing to do with her.
Chen Shi's boyfriend drove a van. Jiangcheng people also call vans "mian tiao". It has many seats and the white car looks respectable. Nowadays, if you use a van to pick up passengers, it feels like a VIP car.
"Jianfeng, this is my sister I told you about. She's a nurse." Chen Shi introduced her to her boyfriend Wu Jianfeng, and then said to Chen Yun, "Sister Yun, this is Jianfeng. She graduated from a finance school and now works as an accountant in a machinery factory."
No wonder Chen Shi wanted to show off, Wu Jianfeng was indeed very handsome and good-looking, but Chen Yun secretly thought that he was far inferior to Liu Qiao.
"Hello, hello, I am Chen Shi's cousin." Chen Yun greeted Wu Jianfeng with a smile.
Wu Jianfeng got into the car without any response, as if to show that he truly loved Chen Shi by ignoring any woman in front of her. But Chen Yun just thought it was politeness, but seeing Chen Shi's satisfied look, she didn't say anything more.
She originally thought Chen Shi would treat her to something delicious, but when she came in, she saw that it was a fried noodle shop. Her boyfriend Wu Jianfeng threw the menu in front of Chen Yun and said, "Order whatever you want."
She looked at the most expensive fried rice noodles, which cost three yuan, and said, "I'll just order this fried rice noodles."
Chen Shi did the same. Wu Jianfeng ordered a plate of fried noodles and three cups of green bean soup. The three of them ate slowly. Chen Shi smiled and looked up and asked, "Sister, this one is not bad. It's a bit expensive, but it's better than those stalls outside."
What else could Chen Yun say? "Yeah, it's delicious."
While Wu Jianfeng was buying cigarettes next door, Chen Shi said to Chen Yun earnestly, "Sister, when are you getting married?"
Chen Yun laughed and said, "I don't even have a marriage partner, so why would I want to get married?"
"Haha, aren't you the older one? You have to get married first before I can get married."
"No way. Now is not the time to follow the order of seniority. If you want to get married, just get married." Chen Shi is only one month older than her, and they are actually about the same age.
Chen Shi nodded when she heard this: "I may get married in June. We are going to get engaged in November this year. I'm telling you, sister, you should hurry up and find someone too. It's really good to get married."
Those who didn't know would think that she really cared about her. Chen Yun changed the subject: "Have you met his parents? Have both parents agreed?"
In fact, Chen Shi's parents did not quite agree, because they thought Wu Jianfeng's family was poor. Wu Jianfeng's father and mother were both employees of a textile factory. Being a worker sounded good, but in the eyes of Chen Shi's parents, their conditions were not very good.
But Chen Shi would not show weakness in front of Chen Yun. "Both parents have met and are very satisfied. You know I am a spendthrift. When I don't have enough money, Jianfeng always forces it on me. Jianfeng's mother even makes me supper. Although she is not in good health, she is very good to me."
"That's good, that's good. I wish you happiness." Chen Yun is not the kind of person who can't stand seeing others do well.
Chen Shi's face was filled with smiles. She urged Chen Yun: "To be honest, you should get married as soon as possible. Marriage is really good."