Chapter 542 Underground Romance
"Why buy a nice car? Your dad will just lend it to someone else and it will become old in no time. If you want to buy one, you have to wait two years until the quarry is closed."
After hearing what her son said, Wang Jingyu spoke to her husband in a bad mood, and finally softened her tone.
After making money, it makes sense to buy my husband a better car. After all, it has not been easy for my husband these years.
"Okay, okay, I'll buy it in two years."
Zhou Youliang felt very comfortable that his son was speaking for him, and he held back the words that were about to come out of his mouth.
There are not many traffic lights in Lizhou nowadays, and private cars are not yet rampant. Soon, the car stopped at the parking lot of Lizhou Hotel, and Zhou Anan helped her grandma get out of the car.
Uncle Zhou Youfa, who was waiting not far away, came over to greet them: "I've been here for several minutes, you guys are driving too slowly."
"Don't drive too fast, be careful, Dad doesn't get carsick, does he?"
Seeing his younger brother acting a little bit naughty, Zhou Youliang gave him a lecture.
"It's okay. I'm still worried about driving."
Accustomed to his brother's lecture, Zhou Youfa, who had suppressed his smug mood, quickly jumped up again, patted his nephew's shoulder and said, "An An, I haven't seen you for a few days. You have grown taller again."
"I'm not growing as fast as Shun. By the way, where's Shun?"
Zhou Anan felt a little helpless about the fact that her height had not changed much since it reached 173.5cm.
Some people can grow taller just by lying down and sleeping without doing any exercise, like his cousin Zhou Shun, who has grown fast since he was a child and is now almost 1.8 meters tall at the age of 18.
Zhou Anan felt that her father should take the blame for this.
My uncle and Zhou Shun both inherited their grandfather’s good genes for height, and are definitely over 180cm tall. His father’s height of 165cm is probably controlled by his grandmother’s genes, which makes it a bit difficult for him to grow taller.
Fortunately, in this life, he was active in sports and got rid of his height that was second-level disabled, and slightly upgraded to the normal range.
"He's still busy in the store. Come over later."
Zhou Youfa, who has always adopted a laissez-faire policy towards his son, is quite satisfied with his son's progress.
"Go in and sit down first."
After closing the car door, Zhou Youliang supported his old father and walked into Lizhou Hotel.
There were four tables at the banquet this time. In addition to the Zhou family, there were also relatives from my eldest uncle's side.
When Zhou Anan and others entered the private room, there were already more than two tables of people sitting there, chatting enthusiastically with each other.
Cousin Zhou Shun arrived late, looking pretty good. Zhou Anan teased him privately, "Why didn't you bring your girlfriend?"
"Brother, please don't say anything nonsense."
Subconsciously looking at his uncle and parents beside him, Zhou Shun's face was full of desire to survive.
"Forget it, how are you guys progressing?"
Since you asked, Zhou Anan asked in a low voice.
"It's OK."
When talking about his girlfriend, Zhou Shun had a satisfied smile on his face.
"That's good."
Seeing that her cousin's relationship was going well, Zhou Anan didn't ask any more questions.
Finally, the one who arrived relatively late was my uncle-in-law who worked at the Industrial and Commercial Bureau. As soon as he entered the room, he attracted everyone's attention, like the moon surrounded by stars, and stole the limelight.
Nowadays, officials are still the most respected. This was true for thousands of years ago and will continue to be so for the next ten years or so.
"Alas, my son is still disappointing, he was two points short of passing the exam. Now, he can only become a village official as a college student. I hope there will be some good policies in the future, so it will be easier to pass the civil service exam. Otherwise, my son Xiaofei has a professional English level 8, so he doesn't even need an interview to teach at Guli Middle School."
Not far away, I heard my aunt's unique accent.
My cousin, who just graduated from the City College of Jiangxi Normal University this year, failed the civil service exam the first time. However, at the request of my aunt, she was admitted to Lizhou's first trial recruitment of college student village officials.
185 people took the exam and 169 were admitted. It was really only a little bit difficult to pass the exam.
Zhou Anan knew very well that her cousin had taken advantage of the position of college student village official. After the two-year term was up, she was admitted to a talent position specially set up for college student village officials, serving as the town's Youth League Secretary and enjoying deputy bureau-level treatment.
By the time Zhou Anan and others graduated, the number of college student village officials in Lizhou had reached saturation, and the number of admitted people was small. Not only were there identity requirements, but the probability of passing the exam was no higher than that of taking the civil service exam.
"If Xiaofei and her classmates really get some preferential policies after two years, if Xiaoan fails to pass the civil service exam after graduation, he can try to pass the village official exam first."
Zhou Yuping changed the topic and moved on to another college student in the family.
There is no way. My daughter is not doing well, so I can only pull someone else to change the subject.
Of course, I am naturally happy that my nephew can pass the civil service exam.
"Yes, you can try it then."
Zhou Youliang agreed with what his sister said.
“.”
Zhou Anan, who was shot inexplicably, lay there silently, hoping that the adults would forget about his existence in their conversation.
It’s a pity that there is a kind of people who will shine no matter how hard they hide.
For a period of time afterwards, the topics surrounding him continued to be endless, and Zhou Anan could only respond awkwardly with a smile.
By the way, Zhou Shun, who was sitting next to Zhou Anan, was also repeatedly called out.
"Uncle, I have to go to the store, so I'll leave first."
As a working adult, Zhou Shun had a legitimate reason to leave, so as to avoid further teasing from his elders.
"I'll go with you, too."
Seeing her cousin leave, Zhou Anan talked to the elders and followed him. Unexpectedly, her cousin Cao Yufei also took the opportunity to follow him out.
"Ah Shun, I'm going to your place for a cup of coffee, do you want money?"
For girls of Cao Yufei's age, Qinglan Coffee is in line with their high-end consumption concepts.
Save some pocket money for a few days and go have a cup of Qinglan Coffee. It is the best choice to improve your taste.
Holding the exquisite Qinglan coffee packaging cup in your hand is a symbol of high-end.
When it comes to packaging, Qinglan has always been willing to invest heavily, which is much better than Starbucks, which just opened stores in second-tier cities this year.
"That's OK, sister, you can come anytime, it's my treat."
Patting his chest, Zhou Shun said with a big promise.
Due to the company's rules and regulations, he couldn't just give things away for free, but he could pay for it himself and use the store manager's authority to get a slight discount.
The store manager doesn’t have the authority to hire too many people, but it’s completely fine to hire a cousin.
"Okay, I loved you when I was little."
Cao Yufei crossed her legs slightly and patted her cousin's shoulder, expressing her satisfaction.
“.”
The three of them got into a taxi that dropped off passengers at the hotel entrance and spent five yuan to get to the intersection of the pedestrian street.
"Your cousin is here, why didn't you tell me earlier?"
While making coffee, Qian Yuqin said the word "boyfriend" in a reproachful manner.
Earlier, when she saw her cousin enter the store, she almost shouted out, but fortunately she recognized her boyfriend's cousin and changed the subject in time.
Qian Yuqin did her homework on her boyfriend's family situation.
Except for her somewhat mysterious cousin, she got a general idea of everyone else from her boyfriend.
Judging from Zhou Shun's family background alone, Qian Yuqin felt that he was not worthy of her expectations. However, compared to those rich men in Lizhou who were just interested in her looks and wanted to have fun with her, her boyfriend's sincerity was more valuable.
What's more, Zhou Shun's conditions are not bad. His annual income of 60,000 to 70,000 yuan is not low.
She also vaguely guessed that her boyfriend's cousin might have achieved great success, because the watch on his wrist today seemed to be a Longines worth tens of thousands, not the Vacheron Constantin worth hundreds of thousands last time.
Details often determine everything.
"It's nothing, don't worry, I'll tell my sister, but she won't tell anyone."
Zhou Shun thought about this in a simpler way.
His cousin has known about it for so long, and no one else in the family knows about his girlfriend.
"Then be careful too."
Considering that her boyfriend is still quite young, Qian Yuqin, who is three years older than her, has to consider things more comprehensively in order to finally see the light at the end of the tunnel.
"Yeah, got it."
Zhou Shun nodded repeatedly in agreement to his beautiful girlfriend's teachings.
"An An, is that Ah Shun's girlfriend?"
Sitting in the window seat, Cao Yufei asked her cousin gossipingly.
That girl is indeed quite pretty, and she matches well with the tall and thin cousin, but the cousin is just a little young now.
“I don’t know.”
For this kind of question, Zhou Anan took an attitude of neither confirming nor denying.
He just watched the young couple take their own course, as long as his cousin didn't suffer too much.
Speaking of which, at my cousin's age, suffering a little loss is a way to grow quickly, which may not be a bad thing.
"Oh, really?"
Hearing her cousin's ambiguous answer, Cao Yufei smiled but did not ask any further questions.
She also had a boyfriend in college, but she didn't dare to make it public because she was afraid that her mother, who had strong local values, would stop her.
My boyfriend, who lives in a neighboring province, has found a job in Wuzhou. We are having a secret relationship and occasionally get together on weekends to hold hands and watch movies.
"Sister, when do you start work?"
"Next month, I'll be reporting for training in two days."
"oh"
Zhou Anan was sitting there drinking a cup of coffee, and before she finished it, she received a call from Xia Qiudong.
After looking at the screen of his mobile phone, Zhou Anan walked outside the store and answered the call: "Boss Xia, any good news?"
"Mr. Zhou, I have compiled the information you requested. When would you like it?"
Hearing the boss's address, Xia Qiudong immediately changed his address with a sincere smile.
"I'll go back to Hangzhou tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. I'll call you then."
"Okay, call me whenever you are free."
"Thanks for your hard work."
"You're welcome."
After hanging up the phone, Zhou Anan turned around and walked back to the store, just in time to see her cousin's girlfriend tidying up the table at the door.
The two looked at each other, smiled, and said nothing.
It was late at night and Zhou Anan took a taxi back to the countryside.
Now that she was back home, Zhou Anan naturally had to stay at home for a night or two to avoid being nagged by her parents.
"An An, when you come back for the next winter vacation, you can live in a house in the city. The renovation of Jinxiu Jiangnan will be completed soon. After half a year, you can live there when you go home. It will also be convenient for you to go out and play with your classmates."
In the evening, when the family was sitting in the living room watching TV, Wang Jingyu talked about the house he bought with a smile on his face.
If the house on Qianhong Road which is still under construction is included, her family will have three houses in the city, which can be considered a well-off family.
"Well, that's perfect."
Nodding in agreement, Zhou Anan couldn't help but say that she had bought hundreds of houses and a commercial street in the city, and that she would be able to collect a lot of rent in the future.
Watching the news and chatting casually with her parents, Zhou Anan felt an unusual sense of satisfaction.
"An An, I have something to trouble you with."
Just before going to bed, Zhou Anan received a call from her elementary school classmate.
Some readers mentioned that sometimes there are one or two sentences repeated at the beginning of the chapter. I would like to explain it here. Because I usually update less frequently, I specially added them to prevent my brothers and sisters (basically I don’t have any sisters) from not being able to connect to the plot. Moreover, I added one or two hundred words more to each chapter on the basis of 2000 or 3000 words, and I will not increase the subscription points. If it affects the reading mood of some readers, Changjiang would like to apologize here!!!
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