Because of drinking, Su Ruochu drove on the way back.

"You look tired."

Su Ruochu turned his head and glanced at Chen while driving.

"It's OK."

Chen shook his head. "I just didn't expect today to turn out like this. I feel a little sorry for Teacher Wang."

Su Ruchu smiled.

"If Mr. Wang is still alive, he probably won't mind. He would be proud of you as his student."

Chen also laughed, "When I was in school, Teacher Wang punished me a lot."

"I remember one time, you did so badly on the test that Teacher Wang even said he would move your seat to avoid affecting your grades as a good student."

Su Ruchu was a little surprised: "There is such a thing? How come you don't know about it?"

"Of course you don't know. I didn't tell you."

"Then why didn't Teacher Wang change our seats later?"

Chen smiled proudly: "Because I asked him to do it. He promised Teacher Wang that he would not disturb your studies and that he would definitely be in the top ten in the class in the next exam."

Su Ruchu asked with a smile: "Did you do it?"

Chen shook his head: "No. He even managed to kidnap Teacher Wang's most valued student."

Su Ruchu was amused.

"Today I feel quite emotional. Everyone has grown so much."

"I'm still in school, and several girls have children."

Chen shook his head.

“I don’t really like this atmosphere.”

"Why?"

“Friendship between students actually ends the moment you graduate.”

"Every time we met, all we talked about was comparison and profit... It was no longer as pure as when we were in school."

"I will not attend such gatherings in the future."

Su Ruochu looked at Chen and said softly, "I won't participate either."

"The boys in our class will be so sorry. You are the dream girl of many boys."

"I will only be your woman for the rest of my life."

"I like what you said. You can talk more about it later."

…

On the way back, I discussed with Su Ruochu that Chen Ruo would rush back to Yunhai that night, and Su Ruochu would stay at home for two days and then go back to Yunhai to accompany Chen Ruo.

The cement road in the village has been repaired. It goes all the way from the entrance to the village. Every alley has been repaired, and it looks a lot more beautiful.

However, during dinner at night, Li Jinqiu complained to Chen Rou that your father has been in a bad mood these past two days.

Chen asked what happened, and it turned out to be because of road construction.

It turned out that since Chen Jianye left last time, he had been busy with road construction.

He followed his son's instructions and told the villagers that his family was the big boss and other villagers could give a little bit of consideration according to their own abilities.

As a result, when this suggestion was put forward, it was met with sneers and ridicule from many villagers.

Some people say that your Chen family has become wealthy. Your son is such a big boss, and your family lives in a small villa. Do you still care about the money for road construction?

If you have money, just repair all the roads in the village. Why waste our money?

Rich people are stingy, they are not willing to spend money even on building a road...

All kinds of rumors reached the ears of Chen Jianye and his wife, making them very angry.

After that, the couple no longer dared to ask for money from others, and simply took out all the money for road construction themselves.

A total of RMB 400,000 was spent to build cement roads for the entire village.

Spending money on road construction not only does not bring good reputation, but also makes people feel depressed. This money is wasted and makes people depressed.

Even more depressing results are yet to come.

After the road was repaired last month, the village held a simple commendation ceremony.

A stone tablet was built at the entrance of the village with Father Chen's name engraved on it, indicating that this road was built with the Chen family's money.

Dad Chen went there in high spirits that day, but when he came back, he was in an even worse mood.

Because during the meal, a villager mentioned that his children were in trouble and asked if Chen could help find a job.

A villager mentioned that his child was getting married soon and wanted to borrow 100,000 yuan to build a wedding house.

Even the village chief hinted to Chen's father that the village committee building would be renovated this year, and asked if he could sponsor a few tens of thousands of yuan...

Naturally, Mr. Chen didn't dare to agree to such a thing casually.

As a result, since then, more and more villagers have come to visit every day. Some are looking for jobs, while most are here to borrow money.

The reasons are varied, such as wanting to buy a motorcycle, needing a few thousand dollars to run a business, building a house, or buying a car for the son's wedding...

They were all from the same village, so Chen's parents didn't dare to offend them. They could only provide them with good food and drink, and then politely refuse the offer with nice words.

But some people just can't refuse.

I don't know where the relatives of Chen's grandmother got the news from, but they all came to visit.

Speaking of Chen 꼎's grandmother's family, Chen 꼎 has actually never been very fond of these relatives.

When my parents got married, my grandmother's family always made things difficult for them. They looked down on my father Chen and put forward all kinds of harsh conditions to make things difficult for him.

In the end, it was Chen's mother who firmly chose to marry Chen's father, without even offering a betrothal gift.

When we got married, no one from my grandmother's side came. Chen's family was poor, so my parents only invited a few relatives, got the marriage certificate, and had a meal, and that was considered a wedding.

Because of this, my grandmother's family and Chen's mother drew a clear line between them and never had any contact with each other again.

Chen only remembers that his parents took him to his grandmother's house once when he was very young, but he was basically ignored, and the two of them stopped communicating at all after that.

As a result, this time, a large group of people came to my grandma's house, including my uncle and two aunts.

Everyone is so enthusiastic, I don't know why everyone has such a good relationship.

Their purpose was naturally to borrow money, and their reasons were legitimate: my uncle was renovating his house, and my aunt's son wanted to buy a car because he had a girlfriend...

The amount of money borrowed was not much, only about 10,000 yuan per family.

Faced with this situation, Chen's parents really couldn't say no.

Finally, I gave the money to 깊.

However, they did not dare to agree to borrow money from the villagers lightly, and wanted to discuss it after Chen Xiao came back.

As a result, before Chen Ruo came back, rumors had already begun to spread in the village.

After the Chen family became rich, they became arrogant and looked down on others. They didn't even consider the villagers as their neighbors.

Your son has so much money, it's just a few tens of thousands of yuan. It's really inhumane that you are unwilling to give it to him.

Some people also say that the Chen family spent money to build roads just for their reputation.

Whether lending money to others is beneficial or not, the Chen family certainly would not do business at a loss.

There were also villagers behind who secretly threw a pile of garbage onto the village donation stone tablet.

It's a deliberate humiliation.

When Chen's father heard these words, he was so angry that he didn't eat well for several days.

The old couple couldn't understand why such a mess happened when they were building a road for the village with good intentions.

The old couple have been hiding at home these two days and haven't been out much.

As soon as he saw the villagers pointing and whispering, Dad Chen felt as if someone was poking his spine.

Chen 꼎 listened silently and said to his mother: "Why didn't you tell 놖 about this earlier?"

Li Jinqiu glanced at her husband who was sitting next to her.

"Your father doesn't allow you to tell him because he's worried it will affect your work."

Chen 꼎 looked up at his father and asked with a smile.

"Dad, are you angry?"

Chen Jianye picked up the wine glass and took a sip.

"I just can't understand why we usually have a good relationship as neighbors, but it turned sour."

Chen Xiaoxiao said: "Human hearts are hard to predict and human nature is complicated. Let's not speculate on other people's thoughts."

"Mom and Dad, I gave you a suggestion but you didn't listen."

"You say."

Chen 꼎 put down his chopsticks and looked up at his parents.

"Let's move."