The sun rises as usual.
The math competition for Du Bin and Ding Miaomiao is over, and life has returned to normal. Du Chen goes to school and comes home from school every day, and the parents of both families go to work as usual and take care of the children as usual.
However, Du Chen noticed that Comrade Lao Du had been in a bad mood for the past two days, looking a bit gloomy every day. After two or three days, Comrade Lao Du was still in this state, so Du Chen decided to ask Comrade Lao Du what was going on.
It was another ordinary day. After dinner in the evening, Du Bin and Ding Miaomiao went to the second floor as usual to wait for the teacher to come for extra lessons, while Du Chen and the two adults came to the first floor.
"Chenchen, why don't you do your homework?"
Ren Surong looked at Du Chen who followed them downstairs and asked Du Chen with a frown.
"Mom, I've already finished my homework. Let me take a break now."
Du Chen said to Ren Surong with a shy face.
Looking at Du Chen with a flattering look on his face, Ren Surong thought for a moment and said nothing.
Du Chen first listened to Comrade Lao Du and others chatting about this and that, and when he had a chance, Du Chen asked Comrade Lao Du.
"Dad, has something happened recently? I see you look so sad every day."
Du Chen asked Comrade Lao Du cautiously.
"What's wrong? Was it so obvious? Did you see it?"
Comrade Lao Du touched his face somewhat unconfidently, and then asked Du Chen.
"Yes, Dad, you look so sad every day. It's been several days now. If you have anything to say, tell me. Maybe I can give you some advice! Is there something wrong with the repair shop?"
Du Chen asked Comrade Lao Du directly. He thought about it and realized that nothing had happened at home recently, so the only problem could be with the family business.
"There is a problem. Recently, our engineering section has changed its leader. Mi Duan has been transferred to the branch office, and now my work here is not going well."
"Dad, was Mi Duan transferred to the branch? What department is he in charge of now?"
Du Chen asked Comrade Lao Du in surprise. He had no idea that Mi Duan had been transferred to another job.
"Now he is in charge of the security department."
Comrade Lao Du said to Du Chen with some depression.
"Dad, what's your problem? Even if the leadership changes, it shouldn't have anything to do with us, right? We're not even close to that level yet!"
Du Chen asked Comrade Lao Du with some curiosity. Logically speaking, since Mi Duan was transferred to work in the branch, and considering the relationship between Mi Duan and Comrade Lao Du, Comrade Lao Du should be happier.
"The new section chief has set his sights on our repair shop. I heard it's the current section chief's brother-in-law who wants to take over our shop. After all, our shop is a small money-making machine, making a lot of money every month!"
Now the new Liu Duan has talked to Comrade Lao Du several times. His intention, both explicitly and implicitly, is that Comrade Lao Du should give up the repair shop of the contracted unit and hope that Comrade Lao Du will transfer the repair shop to his brother-in-law. However, although the unit's repair shop is not Comrade Lao Du's main source of income, it accounts for a large proportion. Moreover, Comrade Lao Du has spent a lot of effort in contracting the repair shop to get the buses of various units. Naturally, Comrade Lao Du is unwilling to let go.
"Dad, have you found Mi Duan?"
Du Chen calmed himself down and asked Comrade Lao Du.
"I talked to Mi Duan, and he doesn't have any solutions right now. Although he's not happy with Liu Duan's current approach, he doesn't have any better solutions right now."
Comrade Lao Du said somewhat depressedly that if there was any better way, Comrade Lao Du would have complained to Liu Duan long ago. Now he could only drag this matter on, and Comrade Lao Du also had a headache.
"Dad, we can't change our ways. We have no choice but to give up the repair shop that we contracted."
Du Chen thought about it and realized that there was really no good solution. He could only give up contracting the repair shop. After all, the county magistrate was not as good as the current one.
"Fuck it! I'm just so pissed! I worked so hard to build this repair shop up, and now he's asking me to transfer it to his brother-in-law with just one fucking word! I can't swallow this!"
Comrade Lao Du complained bitterly that although the income of the unit's repair shop was not much, it was not small either. Although Comrade Lao Du's income was no longer dependent on the original repair shop, Comrade Lao Du was still unhappy.
"Dad, do you remember what I told you about building a house in the living area?"
Du Chen thought about it and felt that his family could not suffer this loss, and he could not let Comrade Lao Du feel unhappy. After some consideration, Du Chen asked Comrade Lao Du.
"Remember, I think it's totally unnecessary, right?"
Comrade Lao Du was a little confused. Although Du Chen wanted him to build a house of his own, Comrade Lao Du was not too keen on it, and this matter didn't have much to do with the repair shop.
"Dad, let's not talk about this for now. I just want to ask if there is any land for sale in your living area?"
Du Chen asked Comrade Lao Du, he had some ideas in his mind, and now he was waiting for Comrade Lao Du's answer so that he could make a decision.
"Yes, there's some vacant land near our storefront that we're planning to sell. Do you mean we should open our own repair shop like they do in the city?"
Comrade Lao Du also thought of Du Chen's method. After thinking about it, he felt that this was also a solution.
"That's right, Dad. Land is cheap now. We can buy some land and build a house. We can live in the back and set up a repair shop in the front. Are you still worried that we can't compete with the company's repair shop?"
Seeing that Comrade Lao Du understood his thoughts, Du Chen asked Comrade Lao Du directly.
"I'm not afraid of him. The repairmen are our own people! They look so poor, they want to steal our business, they're just dreaming!"
Comrade Lao Du said this proudly, and his words were full of disdain for the other party.
"Dad, this is no problem. Let's buy a piece of land and have fun on our own. We can beat them to death!"
Du Chen said viciously.
"It's no problem to buy land and build a repair shop. Do you also want to build your own house?"
Comrade Lao Du has now come to terms with it. He believes that if it rains, it will rain, and if his mother gets married, he cannot change anything. But if he can make the other person unhappy, Comrade Lao Du will be happy.
"Well, Dad, Fang Zheng also bought land. Wouldn't it be nice if we built a two-story villa ourselves?"
Du Chen was seducing Comrade Lao Du, and Lao Ding and Jia Xiaomin were also listening to Du Chen's nonsense.
"Why build a two-story Western-style house? We have houses in the city. Who will live in it?"
Comrade Lao Du asked Du Chen in confusion.
"Dad, you're living in the city now. When you retire, will you and Mom be comfortable living in the city? And when my brother gets married and has children, will my niece or nephew stay in that small place every day? If we had a bigger yard, you could take your grandchildren to a bigger place every day. How comfortable would that be!"
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