Chapter 1788 The finale: You can't live
Although Wu Shanshan loves her son very much, she has been raising her children at home for three years. For a smart and motivated woman, she is indeed a little anxious.
So when Xiaojie was about to go to kindergarten, she decided to start working and do her career, but she didn't want to let go completely, and she was very confused.
Zhou Chen had a long time in his mind. Seeing that Wu Shanshan was so embarrassed, he directly gave him a little suggestion.
"Shanshan, don't you like reading? I'm in a publishing house. Why don't you open a big bookstore near a middle school, and we can sell textbooks and study materials, as well as some books like literature magazines. Such a bookstore is not tiring, and it's free time to be a boss, and it's your own interests, so it should be easier."
"Open a bookstore?"
Wu Shanshan's eyes were slightly brighter. She studied radio, television and journalism, but reading was her always a hobby. If she could read books while working, she would definitely be willing.
"Is it really possible?"
"Of course, I have something to do. It's convenient to get books and other things. As long as you open them near the school, you won't have to worry about not being able to sell them. Then you will be a little spacious, have more books, better service, and negotiate cooperation with the school, and the business will definitely not be bad."
Zhou Chen remembers that in the real world, when he was in school, a classmate's parents opened a bookstore opposite the school. They relied on establishing good relations with the school leaders and teachers to open a bookstore of more than 100 square meters, and they could earn more than one million a year.
You should know that they are just a small county town. A nearby school with primary, junior and senior high schools can earn more than one million a year. Even in the best economy, it is very amazing.
Wu Shanshan was moved by Zhou Chen's words: "Then let's try it?"
"Okay, then let's try it. During this period, I'll take you to see the surrounding schools."
"Um."
After Zhuang Xiaoting and Lin Dongzhe got engaged, the two became much more open and generous. Zhou Chen gave Zhuang Xiaoting the house, and they got together as soon as the holiday was on, expressing their feelings to each other.
After the New Year, Wu Shanshan also started her own actions. She looked at many places with Zhou Chen and finally found a place with a very suitable storefront. There were two schools nearby. After reaching an agreement, she rented it and then started to decorate it. As for the source of goods, it was a trivial matter for Zhou Chen.
As a Fudan teacher, Zhou Chen has a good relationship with the school and is relatively easy to do with the school.
In September 1995, Wu Jianguo and Wu Jun finally reached a consensus with Wu Shanshan because Zhang Amei was unwilling to live at home after Wu Jun got married, and the woman also insisted that Wu Jun buy a house before getting married, so she started to join in for more than half a year and finally made a decision.
Wu Jun bought two bungalows in Suzhou, a total of more than 6,000 yuan. Wu Jianguo paid half of it and Wu Shanshan paid half of it. After paying for this half of the house, he didn't run away even after three turns and one sound. Wu Shanshan could only bite the bullet and pay.
In the end, a total of several thousand yuan was paid, and Wu Jianguo and Wu Jun agreed to Wu Shanshan that they would not ask her for money again in the future.
Wu Jun also got married successfully in December after buying the house. As his sister, Wu Shanshan naturally went back to attend the wedding.
When Wu Shanshan returned home, the Wu family was all very surprised to see Wu Shanshan's changes, especially when Wu Jun's wife and her family saw Wu Shanshan's sister, she was shocked by Wu Shanshan's noble and elegant temperament.
Whether a person has the ability or ability can actually be seen from his appearance, there are many scammers, but most wealthy and noble people have different temperaments from ordinary people.
Just like an official and a migrant worker standing together, a normal person can see the difference at a glance.
Human greed is endless. Wu Jianguo saw that his daughter is living a good life now and looks very rich, so after Wu Jun got married, he actually wanted to ask Wu Shanshan for money, but this time Wu Shanshan hung up the phone unceremoniously.
Over the years, she has long been tired of this behavior of being urged to ask for money. Without family affection and only interests, how could she be spoiled?
Zhuang Xiaoting and Lin Dongzhe also officially got married after 1996. However, Zhuang Tunan is already thirty and still has no partner, but now he is no longer opposed to blind dates.
It would be fine if Zhou Chen got married and had children. Now that even his sister Zhuang Xiaoting is married, he doesn't even have a partner, so of course he is anxious.
Zhuang Tunan has very good conditions. He is a graduate student in Fudan and a team leader of the design institute. He is both of the average-high and tall. Even at the age of 30, he is still a hot item. Even locals in Shanghai are happy to find such a son-in-law.
So after a few blind dates, he met a local female college student in Shanghai. The other party was three years younger than him, with a gentle personality and good looks. The main reason was that Zhuang Tunan could chat with her, and she felt very good, so she started getting along.
However, Zhuang Tunan is a slow-tempered person and has only started to get along. It will probably take some time before Zhuang Chaoying and Huang Ling are looking forward to getting married.
Speaking of grandson, Zhuang Chaoying is very depressed. It is so difficult to want a grandson with his surname.
Originally, he was hoping that Zhou Chen would have a second child, but Zhou Chen and Wu Shanshan had no such intention at all, so he could only pin his hopes on Zhuang Tunan. However, Zhuang Tunan was not in love at the age of 30, which really made him so anxious that he couldn't sleep at night.
As for the daughter, there is even less hope. Could it be that Zhuang Xiaoting can give birth to a child and take his surname?
Lin Wufeng and Song Ying can really compete with him. They like and respect Xiaoting, but they cannot agree to such a rude request.
Compared to Zhuang Chaoying, Huang Ling is much calmer. She has a eldest grandson with her surname. As for the eldest son’s marriage, she also urges her, but she is not as anxious as Zhuang Chaoying.
Zhou Chen helped Wu Shanshan open a bookstore. Because there are two schools around and many communities, the business is really good. After hiring a lot of employees, Wu Shanshan, as the boss, is not that busy and has time to take care of Xiaojie.
Zhou Chen's income is as high as ever while teaching and writing. His family of three lives more comfortable than most families.
I have been in this world for almost twenty years, and the tasks that should be completed have been almost completed, and only the main task is left, and the system has not prompted to complete it.
However, he was not in a hurry, because this main task was not a kind of right or wrong task, but rather an open one. It is OK to complete it. It depends on the evaluation and reward given by the system. And waiting for the system to prompt the task to be completed, he can temporarily leave the world.
So now Zhou Chen lives a comfortable life, waiting in a hurry, enjoying the warmth of his wife and children, and his life is very comfortable.
At the end of 1997, Zhuang Xiaoting gave birth to a daughter. Song Ying and Lin Wufeng were very happy. They had no intention of favoring boys over girls at all. They loved their granddaughters very much. Song Ying didn't even care about the small canteen. After finding someone to take the shift, she ran to Shanghai to help Lin Dongzhe and Zhuang Xiaoting take care of the children.
In 1997, Zhou Chen once again experienced the grand event of the return of Xiangjiang and slowly witnessed the development and strength of the motherland.
Zhuang Tunan has been dating his girlfriend for more than a year and has also begun to slowly move towards marriage.
On this day, Zhuang Tunan brought his girlfriend to Zhou Chen’s house for dinner. After dinner, his girlfriend went upstairs with Wu Shanshan to play, while Zhou Chen and Zhuang Tunan were having tea downstairs.
Zhuang Tunan took out a letter from his pocket and handed it to Zhou Chen.
"What's this?"
"Letter, the letter Li Jia has to you."
Zhou Chen took it with a puzzled look on his face: "Why did she write me a letter?"
He hadn't seen Li Jia for a long time, nor did he think about looking for her. Sometimes he missed this thing for a lifetime. Although Wu Shanshan once said something wrong, he did not do anything, but he had never seen Li Jia again since then.
After a few years, he was naturally very surprised to ask Zhuang Tunan to send him a letter.
Zhuang Tunan looked at Zhou Chen and sighed with a complicated expression.
"Li Jia has gone abroad."
"ah?"
Zhou Chen was even more surprised. Li Jia went abroad, which was indeed a situation he had never thought about.
"What's going on?"
"I don't know very well, but I know that she has taken the postgraduate degree from a foreign university. After so many years of graduation, she can still get into a postgraduate degree from a foreign university. I was also surprised. She only told me after she passed the exam and said goodbye to me."
Zhuang Tunan looked lonely. He and Li Jia had a classmate for several years in the design institute and later worked together for several years. They had a deep friendship with each other. Li Jia suddenly wanted to go abroad. He was really reluctant to leave, but he was not qualified to hinder others' path.
"She has gone abroad. Because she specifically told me not to tell you before she left, so I didn't say that this letter was passed on to you by her before she left."
"Think about it now, alas, Tutsi, you and her are really destined to be together, and I feel sorry for you."
Zhuang Tunan was very optimistic about Zhou Chen and Li Jia at the beginning, but unfortunately, he still didn't understand what happened between them. Neither Zhou Chen nor Li Jia had disclosed anything to him, so he could only feel sorry for them.
Zhou Chen looked at the letter in his hand and showed a strange look. Li Jia's ending was really completely changed by him, and she actually chose to go abroad.
Without Guan Zhuang Tunan still there, he opened the envelope, took out the letter inside, and read it carefully.
In two minutes, Zhou Chen finished reading the letter. There was not much content on the letter, only two pieces of paper in total.
After reading it, he sighed softly, then put away the letter and said nothing.
Zhuang Tunan took a look and did not ask the bottom line. He was still more fortunate that he was not as obsessed as Zhou Chen, and that the emotional debt was the most difficult to repay.
In fact, the content in the letter is nothing. Li Jia said that she had bought a house, now that her younger brother lives, and her parents will have a place to live when they retire when they come back. She has achieved her goal and she will live for herself next.
But what she wanted most was no longer the opportunity, so she decided to study and go abroad. In the end, she left Zhou Chen with a saying, "Go to see you if you are destined to be together."
Although this letter caused ripples in Zhou Chen's heart, he quickly let go. People cannot always be trapped in the past. After living for so many years, he knows how to make himself more relaxed.
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In 1998, Zhuang Tunan married his girlfriend whom he had been in love with for more than two years. He was very lucky to marry a local girl and an only child. The married woman prepared for him and he became a husband with a bag.
Before he got married, Zhou Chen gave him a house, one of the two houses he bought before. One of them was given to Zhuang Xiaoting, and the rest was given.
In this way, the three brothers and sisters will all start their own families in Shanghai and will most likely not return to Suzhou in the future.
This result made Huang Ling and Zhuang Chaoying both feel relieved and lonely. After all, they want to live in Suzhou even more. None of their three children are by their side, so they are inevitably disappointed. Fortunately, the two places are not far apart, and they only drive back and forth for about two hours.
Song Ying brought the child to one year old in Shanghai and returned to Suzhou, but she did not return alone, but brought her granddaughter back. Because Lin Dongzhe and Zhuang Xiaoting were both busy and had no time to take care of the child at home every day, they agreed to take him back to Shanghai when the child reaches the age of kindergarten.
Song Ying is now taking care of the children and managing the small canteen with Huang Ling. The small canteen is getting better and better now, but they have not expanded. Taking care of twenty or thirty children is their limit. They are all old and have no ambitions. They are already satisfied if they can maintain this.
Xiang Pengfei found a girl from Suzhou to get married. She got married a year earlier than Zhuang Tunan, and her child was several months old. She was a boy.
After Zhuang Hualin learned that her grandson was born, she returned to Suzhou from Guizhou to take care of her children. Now the policy has changed a lot. She didn't care about her work there at all and retired early. Instead, Xiang Pengfei's father had to last another two or three years before he could retire.
Their family had already agreed to settle in Suzhou in the future. Xiang Pengfei has made a lot of money in recent years. He has bought a three-bedroom and two-living building in Suzhou. The transportation company has also developed well, and has more than a dozen cars under his command to run.
Compared to the life of the two families, the three brothers and sisters of the previous generation of the banker, and the remaining banker, the life is not so easy.
To be continued...