After learning that Cheng Jianjun and Cai Xiaoli were getting married, Han Chunming couldn't keep calm. During the meal, he didn't even say much.
After eating, Han Chunming didn't stay long and left in a hurry.
Han Chunming's abnormality made Han Chunyan look confused. She knew her brother better, but this was not like his character.
"What's wrong with Xiao Wu?"
Zhou Chen placed the wedding invitation next to him on the table.
"Here."
Han Chunyan opened the invitation in surprise, "Cheng Jianjun and Cai Xiaoli are getting married. No wonder Xiaowu is worried. After all, he had talked with Cai Xiaoli at the beginning, and now that he knows that Cai Xiaoli is getting married to Cheng Jianjun, he must be in a bad mood."
Zhou Chen shook his head with emotion. So far, the entire Han family does not know the truth of the matter. Han Chunming and Cai Xiaoli have never been in love at all.
But he didn't expose this matter, it's been so many years.
"You can give me a red envelope when the time comes."
"How much does that pack cost?"
Zhou Chen recalled that when he and Han Chunyan got married, although he did not invite Cheng Jianjun, Cheng Jianjun still came, and Cai Xiaoli also came, and both of them followed the ceremony.
"Four hundred for sure."
When Han Chunyan heard this, she was immediately surprised: "So many?"
You must know that after working for so many years, her monthly salary is only a few dozen yuan. Now that the factory is not performing well, she can only get 60% of her salary.
After calculation, four hundred yuan is equivalent to more than half a year's salary.
"It's not much. Didn't I give you money? You don't have to save it, just use it."
Han Chunyan quickly shook her head and said: "How can that be done? I still have to save so much money. Didn't you say you want to buy a house?"
Zhou Chen looked helpless: "Chunyan, you really don't have to save money. The business in the store is good now and the dividends are quite good. Although the money is now used to open new stores, it won't be long before we can recover more money. I
With the 20,000 yuan given to you, you can buy whatever you need to buy, and really don’t skimp on it.”
Zhou's Small Commodity Store has been open for half a year, and it is an exaggeration to make a lot of money every day, but there is no problem for Zhou Chen to pay a dividend of 20,000 to 30,000 yuan a month. In addition, a new store will be opened soon, and doubling it by then will not be a problem.
The 20,000 yuan he gave Han Chunyan was mainly the red envelope he received when he got married. From friends alone, he received thousands of red envelopes, not to mention from relatives.
Mother Han gave her five thousand. Of course, the five thousand was not Mother Han's own money, but the gift money given by Zhou Chen. She confiscated none of it, gave it all in red envelopes, and bought a lot of things.
Han Chunyan's two brothers and one sister both paid 200, Han Chunming paid 2,000, and Yang Huajian and Mao Tutu paid 1,000 each.
As Zhou Chen's biological sister, Zhou Yi directly gave her 10,000 yuan, and her second uncle Zhou Liangping also gave her 5,000 yuan. In his words, Zhou Chen was the only male in the Zhou family. In addition to giving his daughter, his money was also given to Zhou Yi.
Chen.
The gift money and red envelopes received tens of thousands. Excluding the money for the wedding and the banquet, the remaining more than 20,000 were all given to Han Chunyan by Zhou Chen.
Han Chunyan has lived for thirty years and has never been so wealthy. However, she has always been used to saving. Even if she had money, she did not spend it randomly. Instead, she kept it herself and prepared to buy a house for Zhou Chen.
In fact, she couldn't quite understand Zhou Chen's thoughts, because in her eyes, Zhou Chen's courtyard house was really great. She didn't understand why Zhou Chen still thought about it when they both had such a nice house.
Want to buy a house.
Zhou Chen didn't tell Han Chunyan that he wanted to buy a villa, because it was only the end of 1982, and commercial housing had not yet fully emerged. Even in Yanjing, the housing price was only a few hundred yuan per square meter.
As for villas, the price is actually not much different. However, due to the large area, a villa, especially within the second ring road, costs hundreds of thousands at least.
Even Zhou Chen doesn't have that much money now, so he must make money first. Although house prices will rise in a few years, he will only make more money.
So he wasn't ready to tell Han Chunyan about buying a villa right now. If he did, he would definitely scare Han Chunyan.
Another reason is that Zhou Chen has a good impression of Han Mu and Han Chunming, but he has no good impressions of the two brothers and eldest sister above.
He knew the plot well and knew what was going on with those three people. Han Chunming was tricked by them. He didn't want to be targeted by these three families, so it was very necessary to keep a low profile.
Cheng Jianjun and Cai Xiaoli's wedding banquet was held as scheduled, in the courtyard of their home.
Zhou Chen had no intention of joining in the fun, so he went there with Han Chunyan when it was almost noon.
As soon as he entered the courtyard gate, Cheng Jianjun came towards him.
"Oh, Zhou Chen is here, welcome, welcome."
On the big day, even though Cheng Jianjun was unhappy with Zhou Chen, he still greeted him with a smile.
Zhou Chen said politely: "Cheng Jianjun, congratulations. Cai Xiaoli is the most outstanding female educated youth among our educated youth. I don't know how many people are watching her. I didn't expect that you got the advantage in the end. You have to treat her well in the future."
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"Congratulations, congratulations. The second sister Han is well known as a virtuous person in our courtyard. Compared with the second sister, our Xiaoli is just average."
"You greet the guests, we'll go in first."
"Okay, then I won't greet you anymore."
Because the space in the backyard was relatively large, the banquet was placed in the backyard. However, Zhou Chen and Han Chunyan did not go to the backyard immediately, but returned to Han's house first.
"Mom, why didn't you go to the backyard to help?"
"I helped. I can't help you anymore. I'll come back and have a rest. Xiaochen, come and sit down."
Mother Han is very enthusiastic about Zhou Chen. It's no wonder that none of the five children in the Han family can go to school. None of them have even graduated from high school.
As for Zhou Chen, not only did he come from a cadre family, he also graduated from Peking University and is still working as a teacher at Peking University. In ancient times, he would at least be a scholar.
Therefore, the entire Han family respects Zhou Chen very much. As a mother, Mother Han especially likes Zhou Chen and feels that he is many times better than the eldest son-in-law.
"Thank you, Mom."
Zhou Chen sat down next to Mother Han, and then asked: "Mom, why didn't you wear the clothes Chunyan and I bought for you?"
When he and Han Chunyan got married, they bought several outfits for Han's mother.
Mother Han said with a smile: "It's not Xiao Wu's wedding. Why should I wear new clothes? The clothes you bought me are so good. I am usually busy with daily necessities and have no time to wear them."
"It's okay. You can wear it as you like. If it breaks, we will buy it for you."
Mother Han smiled happily and said: "What are you buying? How old am I? Why do I need new clothes? Mom knows that you are filial, but if you live your own life well, Mom will be satisfied."
After talking for a while, Mother Han suddenly asked Zhou Chen in a low voice: "Xiao Chen, you two are not young anymore. When are you going to have a baby?"
"mom."
Han Chunyan's face suddenly turned red.
Mother Han glared at her: "Mom, it's for your own good. Raising children when you are old will do a lot of harm to a woman's body."
She is a woman herself and has given birth to five children, so she knows very well the harm that giving birth can to a woman.
Zhou Chen responded with a smile: "Mom, don't worry, we are already making plans."
Mother Han then beamed: "This is right."
Han Chunyan deliberately changed the topic and asked: "Mom, where is Xiaowu?"
"Who knows where this damn kid went? He disappeared early in the morning."
Speaking of Han Chunming, Mother Han became very angry. What a nice girl Cai Xiaoli was. She was originally the target of her son, but now she is married to Cheng Jianjun.
Although she didn't say anything, she felt very uncomfortable, especially when she saw Cheng's mother showing off to her, which made her even more angry.
Zhou Chen sat here for a while, then saw Yang Huajian coming, so he went to the backyard with Yang Huajian.
"Where's Mao's map?"
"He didn't come. He said he didn't want to see Cheng Jianjun looking so proud, so I brought the gift money."
"Oh, this is in line with his style. How have you been doing in the unit recently?"
Yang Huajian sighed: "When I first came here, I had a lot of things to do and was very busy. I came here today and asked for a special leave."
"Really? Are you so busy?"
"What do you think? Now that we are reforming and opening up, there are too many things going on. Although I am just here, I still have a lot of things going on."
"Yang Huajian, Zhou Chen, this way."
As soon as they arrived in the backyard, the two of them were about to find a place to sit down when they suddenly heard someone calling them.
Yang Huajian took a look and said with a smile: "It's Su Meng and Li Yuan."
The two walked over and sat down at the square table.
To be continued...