Chapter 1,637 Not all parents are worthy of being parents, business
Chapter 1640 Not all parents are worthy of being parents, business
The exam was scheduled for nine in the morning, and it was now past seven, still some distance from nine. They had made an appointment to meet at school, so Qiang Xiaowa was very surprised to see Zhou Chen suddenly come.
"Let me check on your situation, Xiaohua, how are you preparing?"
After getting along with each other several times, Xiaohua is no longer as shy and inferior as she was at the beginning. She replied in a low voice: "Brother Xiaowa has already told me that I will do my best and I will definitely pass the exam."
Zhou Chen nodded. Naturally, he very much hoped that Xiaohua could pass the exam and continue studying.
"The test papers arranged by Director Xiao shouldn't be too difficult, Xiaohua, as long as you stabilize your mentality and perform normally, you shouldn't have much of a problem passing the test."
After hearing Zhou Chen's instructions, Xiaohua listened very carefully.
"Brother Chen, I remember."
Xiaohua is sincerely grateful and respectful to people like Zhou Chen and others who are willing to help her. She is working hard now not to let everyone down.
At 8:10, Qiang Xiaowa helped Xiaohua pack her stationery and brought everything she needed, then put on her schoolbag and prepared to go to Lin No. 72 Middle School to take the exam.
After walking out of the cabin, Qiang Xiaowa emphasized her instructions to Xiaohua again.
"If you encounter a question you don't know, leave it blank first. Chinese and mathematics are tested together, so you have to leave some time for the composition."
Xiaohua said confidently: "Don't worry, little brother, I will definitely do well in the exam."
As soon as the three of them walked to the shore, a middle-aged couple rushed towards them.
"Little flower."
"You little brat, you sneaked back here and you came looking for him."
Xiaohua's father rushed forward and was about to attack Xiaohua, but was stopped by Qiang Xiaowa and Xiaohua's mother.
Xiaohua's face turned pale with fright, and she hid behind Zhou Chen helplessly. Qiang Xiaowa explained: "Hua'er came back to go to school. We have helped her contact the middle school in the oil field and will take the exam today.
"
But Xiaohua's father angrily scolded: "Shut up, what kind of school does she go to? The years she has gone to are not enough. Your father and I have never been to school in my life. If it doesn't stop me from working and earning money, I can go back to Guangdong Province and continue."
When I go to work, I’ve made an agreement with my boss and he’ll come back to me.”
Xiaohua, who was frightened in her heart, still mustered up the courage to say: "Dad, Mom, I want to study. When I finish studying, I will make money to support you."
Qiang Xiaowa was also excited to fight for Xiaohua: "When Huaer comes back from school, she will make much more money than she does now."
But Xiaohua's father scolded her very arrogantly: "I don't care when she progresses, she will just work for me and earn the money for her brother's wife."
Qiang Xiaowa shouted angrily: "What does her brother's marrying a wife have to do with her?"
"What did you say?"
At this time, even Xiaohua's mother gave her a cold look: "That's her brother, do you think it matters? Her brother went out to work before he graduated from elementary school. My husband and I supported her through junior high school.
My daughter has gone out to make money a long time ago, do you think it matters?"
Xiaohua's father shouted impatiently: "What nonsense are you talking to him about? Get him away quickly."
Xiaohua's mother pushed Qiang Xiaowa away very savagely, and then tried to pull Xiaohua who was hiding behind Zhou Chen, but Zhou Chen suddenly stretched out his hand to stop her.
"Who are you? Why are you stopping me?"
Zhou Chen looked at Xiaohua's mother and suddenly asked: "How much does it cost?"
"What?"
Xiaohua's mother was confused by Zhou Chen's sudden question.
Zhou Chen said: "What I'm asking is, how much money can Xiaohua earn in a month if she goes to work? How much will it give you? How much money will your son need to get a wife?"
Xiaohua's mother didn't know why, but that didn't stop her from looking at Zhou Chen with disgust: "Who are you? What does it have to do with you to mind your own business here?"
Zhou Chen said: "I am Xiaohua's friend. Xiaohua has a foundation for learning. For her, learning is the best way for her at the moment. If she succeeds in her studies in the future, she will indeed earn much more money than working now.
"
Xiaohua's father rushed over and said with an unkind expression: "I don't care who your friends are or not. She doesn't need friends. She just needs to go to Guangdong Province with us to work and earn money for her brother to get a wife. What kind of school can you go to?"
Get out of the way quickly, otherwise I don’t care who you are, I will hit you, believe it or not?"
"To be honest, I really don't believe it."
"Little bastard, I think you're looking for a beating."
Xiaohua's father has an irritable character. He was already impatient. When he heard Zhou Chen's words, he immediately raised his hand angrily and shouted at Zhou Chen's face.
"Dad, don't hit Brother Chen."
"Uncle..."
Xiaohua and Qiang Xiaowa exclaimed at the same time, but the next moment, Xiaohua's father's hand did not hit Zhou Chen's face, but was caught by Zhou Chen's wrist in mid-air.
Zhou Chen exerted a little force, and Xiaohua's father suddenly let out a miserable scream.
"Ah, let go, let go."
Seeing her husband's miserable condition, Xiaohua's mother hurriedly shouted to Zhou Chen: "Let go."
Zhou Chen gave a gentle push and released his hand. Xiaohua's father was pushed back several meters. Then he covered his wrist. When he lowered his head, he saw that the wrist that Zhou Chen had just strangled had turned red and was very wet.
pain.
But when Zhou Chen did this to him, his blood immediately surged up, and all the anger in his chest burst out. He rushed to the side and picked up the harpoon placed on the boat.
"Little bastard, I'll kill you."
As he said that, he picked up the harpoon and actually swung it at Zhou Chen, which scared his wife to death.
"Lao Li, Lao Li."
"Dad, Dad, don't."
But how could Zhou Chen be frightened by this sudden move? He took two steps forward and came directly in front of him. Then he grabbed the harpoon and swung it hard at the same time. Xiaohua's father was pushed into it without any resistance.
To the side, he fell to the ground.
Xiaohua's father wanted to stand up, but the next moment, the harpoon was directly placed on his neck, scaring him so much that he woke up instantly.
"No, no."
When Xiaohua's mother saw that the harpoon was just shy of hitting her husband, she was so frightened that she knelt on the ground and hugged Zhou Chen's legs.
"Young man, young man, don't be impulsive. Don't act recklessly. Murder is against the law."
Qiang Xiaowa and Xiaohua were also shocked by this scene. Qiang Xiaowa knew that Zhou Chen was a good fighter, but he didn't expect Zhou Chen to be so fierce. With the action of stabbing the harpoon just now, he thought Zhou Chen was really going to stab him.
When he entered Xiaohua's father's neck, his heart was so frightened that he stopped beating.
Xiaohua also rushed to Zhou Chen's side and grabbed Zhou Chen's arm, with a panicked look on her face.
"Brother Chen, Brother Chen, don't kill my dad."
Of course Zhou Chen didn't plan to kill anyone. He was just scaring Xiaohua's parents. Even if it was their first meeting, he could see that these parents were the typical unreasonable ones. It would be impossible to talk to them nicely, so he had to do it for them.
Only by being harsh and shocking can they calm down.
Sure enough, as soon as he made a move, the two of them were immediately stunned. Even Xiaohua's father, who had been so awesome just now, didn't dare to let out a fart when a harpoon was held on his neck.
I'm afraid of rushing too hard!
Xiaohua's father had a very violent temper, but when he met someone as violent as Zhou Chen and couldn't beat him, of course he gave in.
"Can you speak properly now?"
Zhou Chen didn't ask Xiaohua's father, but looked at Xiaohua's mother who was kneeling on the ground and hugging his legs.
Xiaohua's mother nodded repeatedly and said quickly: "Yes, yes, let's talk well, let's talk well, you put it down."
But Zhou Chen did not let go, but looked at Xiaohua's father coldly. Seeing this, Xiaohua's mother quickly got up, came to Xiaohua's father, and slapped him hard.
"Lao Li, apologize to this young man, hurry up."
Xiaohua's father had a straight face. Although he didn't dare to move, he had no intention of apologizing.
"There's no need to apologize. It makes me sick."
Zhou Chen suddenly put away the harpoon, then threw it casually, and the harpoon was accurately thrown into the small wooden boat next to him.
Xiaohua's father was helped up, but this time he was not impulsive anymore. He was not an idiot twice in a row, so how could he not see the difference between him and Zhou Chen.
"I don't care who you are, but Xiaohua is our daughter, so you have to obey us. Xiaohua, why don't you little brat come with us quickly?"
Xiaohua was very scared. She was helpless and looked at Zhou Chen. Zhou Chen blocked her again.
"I think we need to re-discuss whether Xiaohua should continue studying or go to work."
"Why do you..."
Xiaohua's father was about to get angry again, but Xiaohua's mother stopped him. She saw clearly that her own man couldn't beat this young man, and he couldn't bear the immediate disadvantage.
Xiaohua's mother said to Zhou Chen kindly: "I don't know who you are, but Xiaohua is our daughter. We raised her and provided her with education. Now that she is so old, it is time to repay us. We
It's for her own good to let her work. In a family like ours, studying is of no use."
"Mom, I can study. If I can get into college, I will definitely be able to earn more money in the future. I will definitely honor you when the time comes." Xiaohua cried loudly.
But her crying has no effect on her parents, let alone feeling distressed.
"What book should you read? What book should you read? Your brother has not studied, so what qualifications do you have to study? Working to make money is your only way out."
Zhou Chen can understand their thoughts. In fact, there are really many parents like them. They feel that they have sons to provide for their old age, daughters to feed them and grow up, and then they should repay them.
At the very least, they should treat the period before their daughter gets married as a money-making machine. When she is ready to marry, they will receive a wave of bride price. After that, whether their daughter lives or dies has nothing to do with them.
As for their daughter who wants to study and go to college, they will only find it funny and angry. After raising her for so many years, they still want to continue spending money for her to study and go to college. What are they thinking? With all this money, why not leave it to their son to find a wife?
And they firmly believe that women don’t need to read so many books. If you read too many books, your heart will become wild, and it will be difficult to control her.
In the eyes of such parents, what their daughter thinks is not important at all. They only need their daughter to do what they think. Now they are going to earn money to marry their son, and in the future they can find a family and earn a betrothal gift, and then they can do it later.
, we must let our daughter face her parents’ family everywhere.
To put it simply, if they raise their daughter to such a big age, they must squeeze out all the value from her.
It sounds cruel, but this is the reality. Many daughters in rural areas have similar experiences.
Why Xiaohua insists on studying is because she sees that if she continues to work like this, she will have no hope in her life, and the only way for her poor family to change their future is to study. The only way is to study well and pass the exam.
Only in college can she have the opportunity to change her destiny.
Zhou Chen grabbed the excited Xiao Hua and said slowly: "After all, it's a matter of money. I want to ask, how much money does Xiao Hua make every month when she works in Guangdong Province, and how much money does her brother need to get a wife?"
How much does it cost?”
Xiaohua's father asked dissatisfiedly: "Why do you ask this? What does it have to do with you?"
Zhou Chen took a step forward, and Xiaohua's mother was so frightened that she quickly grabbed her husband and quickly replied: "Xiaohua is working in a factory now. She can earn more than two hundred and nearly three hundred a month. She eats and drinks in the factory. She can at least save a month."
A little over two hundred means more than two thousand or three thousand a year, which is not much better than spending money on studying."
"Xiaohua's brother marries a wife. According to our custom, the bride price can be four thousand, six thousand, or eight thousand. Plus the house and other money, it will cost at least ten thousand and up. Xiaohua only needs to work for five or six years.
You can make money."
Zhou Chen took a breath, these parents are really ruthless, settling accounts like this, sharing the money for his son's wife, and expecting Xiaohua to earn it alone? What about the money earned by their family of three?
This is the current era. If we put it ten or twenty years later, this daughter would still have to sever the relationship and still make money to buy a wife for her brother and build a house. It would be great if she didn't empty out her natal family.
But Zhou Chen also knew that no matter what reason he told such parents, they would not be able to listen, because they already regarded their daughters as money-making machines, and there was no family affection at all.
You can do anything you know how to do, so the only way to solve the problem is.
money!
Therefore, Zhou Chen no longer tried to hide it, but directly used his money power and took out a wad of banknotes from his pocket.
"Ten thousand yuan will buy Xiaohua for seven years."
"What?"
Xiaohua's parents, Xiaohua, and Qiang Xiaowa were all stunned. Their eyes were attracted by the stack of hundred-yuan bills in Zhou Chen's hand.
Qiang Xiaowa asked in shock: "Zhou Chen, where did you get so much money?"
"My own."
Zhou Chen replied, then took the banknotes and patted them in his hands, while the eyes of Xiaohua's parents moved up and down following Zhou Chen's movements.
It is no exaggeration to say that they have been working outside for several years and have made money, but their expenses are much higher than in the village. After several years, they have not saved more than 10,000 yuan in savings.
"What did you just say, ten thousand yuan, buy Xiaohua for seven years? What do you mean?"
Under the attraction of money, Xiaohua's father forgot about his unhappiness and asked in surprise.
Zhou Chen said: "Literally, I use ten thousand yuan to buy Xiaohua for seven years."
Xiaohua's father was stunned, his stupid head couldn't turn around, and he spent money to buy his daughter for seven years. What kind of deal is this?
However, Xiaohua's mother reacted quickly. After being stunned for a while, she said: "Do you want to buy Xiaohua's seven years and let her study? What are you trying to do? And how old are you? This money is not yours, right?
Can you be the master?"
"Since I can take out the money, I naturally have the final say. As for what I want, I think Xiaohua is a good scholar and will definitely achieve success in the future. What I call investing, I tell you, you don't understand either."
Zhou Chen was too lazy to explain so much to them, and just asked urgently: "Let's talk about whether you agree or not. If you agree, this ten thousand yuan will be yours. You are not allowed to look for Xiaohua again in the next seven years. Let her
Go work and earn money to marry her brother."
After hearing this, Xiaohua and Qiang Xiaowa were both very shocked, especially Xiaohua, whose eyes changed when she looked at Zhou Chen.
When Xiaohua's father heard that he would get 10,000 yuan if he agreed, his eyes lit up and he almost opened his mouth to agree, but was stopped by the woman.
"Ten thousand yuan buys seven years, so we are at a huge loss. Xiaohua can now earn three hundred a month, more than three thousand a year, and in seven years, it will be more than twenty thousand, so just give us ten thousand
, haven’t we suffered a big loss? If you ask me, 20,000 is still about the same.”
Xiaohua's father reacted immediately and kept nodding.
"Yes, if you give us 20,000 yuan, we will promise you."
Zhou Chen was immediately happy. Sure enough, people's hearts are greedy, and they even started bargaining with him. This shows that they only have money in their eyes, and they don't have a daughter at all.
However, this was also what he expected. Since talking about money now, it is a pure business, which is much easier to talk about than talking about feelings.
But Xiaohua looked at her parents with disbelief.
"Dad, Mom."
She was shocked that Zhou Chen was willing to pay so much money for her, just to let her continue studying, but she was also shocked that her parents actually wanted to sell herself for money. Although it was said that she would sell herself for seven years, even if it was sold for one day, then
She was also sold.
But her father scolded her very rudely: "Stop talking and get out of the way."
Then he shouted emotionally to Zhou Chen: "Whether you want Xiaohua to study or take her back to be your wife, if you give us 20,000 yuan, Xiaohua will be yours."
He has been blinded by money, 20,000 yuan, he asked Xiaohua to work just to make money, but it will take at least seven or eight years for Xiaohua to earn 20,000 yuan, but now as long as he agrees to Zhou Chen,
You can get money immediately.
Although he has never read a book, he also knows that the money he gets now and the money he gets in the future are two different concepts. The money he gets is real money. Who can say for sure what will happen in the future.
With 20,000 yuan, his son would be able to find a wife.
Xiaohua's mother angrily hit her husband, and then said: "Seven years, just seven years. After seven years, she will still be our daughter. If she makes money in the future, she will still have to give it to us."
Zhou Chen was speechless. These two couples are really greedier than the other. The man is overbearing and domineering, while the woman is even more calculating. They haven't even agreed on this fucking money yet, and they haven't even gotten it yet. They even thought about it seven years later.
It's such a shameful thing.
Does this make him look like a human trafficker?
As for Xiaohua, she burst into tears when she heard her parents actually discussing buying or selling her.