When Zhou Chen said these words, the air in the hall seemed to freeze for an instant.
Chen Jianghe and Qiaogu both looked at Zhou Chen cautiously, and then at Chen Jinshui, whose face was as serious as water, not daring to make the slightest sound.
The cheerful atmosphere at the dinner table suddenly disappeared, leaving only heaviness.
Chen Jinshui asked in a deep voice: "Marrying? With that woman named Luo Yuzhu?"
"yes."
Chen Jinshui remained silent. After a long time, he sighed heavily.
"I knew that such a day would come, but I didn't expect it to come so quickly. I still say the same thing, that woman Luo Yuzhu, she is really not suitable for you."
"Uncle, I understand what you mean, but whether she is suitable for me or not, only I know best. I know what I want."
"She'll drag you down."
Zhou Chen said: "I don't know what kind of drag you mean, but even if she really drags me down, I admit it. I have made up my mind to marry her after the new year."
Seeing Zhou Chen's resolute attitude, Chen Jinshui felt helpless, but he could only nod in agreement.
"Okay, since you have made your own decision, as your uncle, I can only wish you well and let the wedding be held in Chenjiacun."
"Well, my parents are no longer here, and so are Yuzhu's family members. We will follow your arrangements."
Seeing that Zhou Chen and Chen Jinshui had reached an agreement, Chen Jianghe and Qiaogu dared to breathe loudly. They were afraid that Zhou Chen and Chen Jinshui would quarrel and they wouldn't know who to help.
With Chen Jinshui's support, Zhou Chen and Luo Yuzhu's wedding was naturally held openly and honestly.
The wedding banquet was held in Chenjiacun on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year.
Zhou Chen didn't plan to make a big deal, so he only invited some close friends. However, although he didn't invite some people, they all dared to come and send blessings to their wedding.
What surprised Zhou Chen was that his elder brother and sister-in-law, whom he had not contacted for several years, also came this time.
You must know that he has returned to Yiwu for more than a year, but they have never interacted with each other. This time when he got married, they actually came. How could Zhou Chen not be surprised.
However, because today was a big day, even though Zhou Chen looked down upon them, he did not cause any embarrassment on his own happy day.
Zhou Chen brought Luo Yuzhu and toasted Zhou Yong, which made Zhou Yong happy. In the following time, he became very active and went to drink with other people at the table, especially the leaders.
Even more so, as Zhou Chen's eldest brother, he made all kinds of toasts to please him, and his appearance was really not very good-looking.
Zhou Yong's performance made Zhou Chen helpless. He knew that Zhou Yong wanted to use his wedding banquet to expand his network of contacts, and his wishful thinking was really good.
He has been back for more than a year. Although Zhou Chen has never caused trouble to Zhou Yong and the others, it does not mean that he has forgotten what happened back then.
He just planned to finish other things, and when he was free, he would slowly settle the accounts with Zhou Yong and his wife.
As a result, before he even started to settle accounts, they jumped out again and added trouble to him. As expected, the situation is easy to change, but the nature is hard to change.
A lively wedding banquet soon came to an end. Zhou Chen and Luo Yuzhu naturally did not sleep in Chenjiacun at night. Instead, after finishing everything, they packed up and returned to the small courtyard they rented.
Zhou Chen and Luo Yuzhu were lying on the same bed, hugging each other tightly, enjoying the beauty of this moment.
"Are we really married?"
Everything that was supposed to happen happened, but Luo Yuzhu couldn't believe it. She had been longing for this moment for so long, but when it finally arrived, it still felt too dreamy.
Zhou Chen comforted her softly: "We are married. From today on, we are officially a legal couple. You, Luo Yuzhu, are my wife, Zhou Chen. No one can change that."
"That's great."
Luo Yuzhu hugged Zhou Chen tightly, with a happy look on her face. She was undoubtedly the happiest at this moment.
That night, Zhou Chen and Luo Yuzhu no longer had to suppress themselves, they could release themselves to their heart's content and do whatever they wanted. It wasn't until dawn that the two of them hugged each other and fell asleep.
For several days after that, Zhou Chen and Luo Yuzhu lived their own two-person world at home. They went to Chen Jinshui's place once.
Zhou Chen has no parents in this world. As his uncle, Chen Jinshui is naturally the closest elder. Although it is not like in ancient times, the new daughter-in-law has to serve tea and water, etc., but the etiquette should still be followed.
some.
So Zhou Chen naturally wanted to take Luo Yuzhu to serve tea to Chen Jinshui and his wife.
It's just that although Chen Jinshui agreed to let Zhou Chen marry Luo Yuzhu, he still didn't have a good impression of Luo Yuzhu. These things were done hastily and he didn't communicate much with Luo Yuzhu.
On the other hand, Chen Jinshui's wife, Chen Erli, acted like a good old lady, asking Luo Yuzhu to greet her, and also told her some things about women after they get married, asking Luo Yuzhu to take good care of her husband and raise her children, live a stable life, etc.
Although Luo Yuzhu didn't get along with Chen Jinshui, she didn't have any dislike for Chen Erli, and the two got along well.
But for Zhou Chen, being able to maintain superficial harmony is already pretty good.
There are a few people in this world who don't have family conflicts, not to mention Zhou Chen and Chen Jinshui don't live together, so it's really good that they can maintain superficial harmony.
In the evening, Zhou Chen and Luo Yuzhu had dinner together. Luo Yuzhu did not clean up immediately, but took out an iron box from the cabinet in the room.
"for you."
Luo Yuzhu threw the iron box in front of Zhou Chen, and Zhou Chen asked in surprise: "What is it?"
Luo Yuzhu suppressed her smile and pride, twisted her waist and said, "Open it and take a look."
Looking at Luo Yuzhu's expression, Zhou Chen probably guessed what it was, but he still pretended to be confused.
"What the hell is this? It's so mysterious."
With that said, he opened the iron box.
I saw a lot of mao tickets placed in the iron box, some odd and whole, even large ones. When they were gathered together, the number was really quite a lot.
At this time, Zhou Chen is estimated to have two to three thousand yuan.
This figure surprised Zhou Chen very much. You must know that it is still the 1980s, and households worth ten thousand yuan are still scarce. It is really scary for a single woman to save two to three thousand yuan in a few years.
What's more, Zhou Chen also knows the actual situation of Luo Yuzhu. Not only does he have to make money and spend it himself, but sometimes he also has to subsidize his father, a gambler, otherwise he may save more.
"Yuzhu, where did you get so much money? Did you earn it by selling socks yourself?"
Zhou Chen's surprise made Luo Yuzhu very satisfied. She had always felt inferior in front of Zhou Chen. Now that she could express herself in front of Zhou Chen, she was naturally very happy.
"Part of it is earned from selling socks, and part of it is earned from selling other things. Anyway, in the past few years, I have been selling whatever I want to make money. If it weren't for your uncle always watching me and forcing me to buy goods secretly, I would definitely make money.
That’s not all.”
Zhou Chen said with a smile: "Then you should thank my uncle. If he hadn't been watching you, with your strong character, you might have made a lot of noise, and I might even go inside to see you when I come back.
"
"Nonsense."
Luo Yuzhu gave Zhou Chen angrily.
Zhou Chen pushed the iron box back in front of Luo Yuzhu, and Luo Yuzhu quickly said: "This is for you, keep it."
Zhou Chen smiled and said: "What are you collecting? You saved this with great effort. You collect it yourself and buy something for yourself."
"That won't work. We are husband and wife now. If you don't accept my money, are you dissatisfied with my dirty money?"
"What nonsense are you talking about? Dirty, you really think about it. I mean, I am rich, richer than you think, so..."
But Luo Yuzhu didn't wait for Zhou Chen to finish speaking, and pushed the money in front of Zhou Chen very forcefully.
"I don't care. How much money you have is your business. I earned this money for the two of us. If I don't spend it, I will spend it on you."
Zhou Chen smiled casually and then closed the iron box.
"Okay, I'll accept it. This money will be regarded as our husband and wife's first living expenses."
Luo Yuzhu then showed a happy smile: "Didn't you say that we will buy a big house in the future? Although the money is not enough, I can continue to earn. We will live in a big house and a building in the future."
"Okay, no problem at all."
For Zhou Chen, buying a house is really just a matter of words, but discussing buying a house with Luo Yuzhu is really a pleasant and happy thing.
"Yuzhu, after a while, the small commodity market trade city we built will be completed and opened. By then, your roadside market will probably be moved there."
When Luo Yuzhu heard this topic, she immediately became energetic.
"Are you going to move? People over there have heard about this trade city for a long time. They heard that it is very big and there are many stalls in it. Is that true?"
"It's true. If we really count, there are thousands of stalls. No matter how Yiwu's market develops in recent years, such a large trade city is still enough."
When Luo Yuzhu heard that it was so big, she was very shocked. You must know that the roadside market there was already crowded with people, but there were only a few hundred stalls, and they were still scattered in different sizes.
"If it's so big, the booth fee must be very expensive, right?"
"This hasn't been finalized yet. The final price still depends on the situation."
Regarding this price positioning, although Zhou Chen is the boss behind the scenes, he will not make a decision in one word. This will be subject to market research.
Naturally, he built this trade city to make money, not to do charity.
Luo Yuzhu asked a lot more about this question. Although Zhou Chen would not tell everything about Luo Yuzhu, some back doors still had to be opened.
"When the Trade City opens, I will leave a few places for you to choose from."
Luo Yuzhu heard this and asked in surprise: "Don't you object to me continuing to set up a stall in the future?"
Zhou Chen shrugged and said: "Why do you object? There is no distinction between high and low in making money. I know your character and you can't stay at home all the time. So if you want to go into business, I won't stop you."
Luo Yuzhu was so moved that she didn't know what to say. In fact, during this period, she was often talked about behind her back, saying that she was in public all day and was embarrassing Zhou Chen, etc.
Although she can ignore it every time and even argue with others, in fact she still cares about these things very much.
She was afraid that Zhou Chen would see her the same way, but now it seemed that her man was much better than those outside.
"Husband, you are so kind."
"You are my wife. If I don't treat you well, who else can I treat well?"
…………
Time soon came to March. Zhou Chen came back from get off work that day and found that someone was at home.
I thought it was some kind of guest, but when he walked into the house, I realized that he was actually an "acquaintance".
As soon as Luo Yuzhu saw Zhou Chen coming back, she immediately went over to greet him.
"They have been here since I came back. You are not at home, so I can only let them in. They are here to find you."
Zhou Chen nodded and said, "You don't have to worry about it, I'll handle it."
"Xiaochen, you are back. Your sister-in-law and I have been waiting for you for a while."
It turns out that the people who came to visit were none other than Zhou Chen's only blood-related brother in the world, Zhou Yong, and his wife Zhao Chunhua.
Zhou Chen asked coldly: "Why are you here? Is something wrong?"
Zhou Yong was not annoyed at all, and said with a friendly smile: "Nothing to do, I just came to see you and your sister-in-law. After you got married, your sister-in-law and I haven't been here once, so I just happened to come over this time to acknowledge you."
Door."
"Yeah?"
Of course, Zhou Chen would not believe Zhou Yong's words. This couple was so useless that they couldn't afford to have sex early. If they had nothing to ask for, how could they come to him?
"If nothing happens, you can go back first. Yuzhu and I have something to go out later."
After hearing Zhou Chen's intention to drive people away, the smile on Zhou Yong's face was somewhat awkward. However, his sister-in-law Zhao Chunhua was more natural and stood up on her own initiative.
"Xiaochen, whatever you and Yuzhu want to do, your elder brother and I will help you. We are all brothers, so you're welcome."
"Yes, Xiaochen, your sister-in-law is right." Zhou Yong agreed.
After hearing this, Zhou Chen was even more sure of his guess. The two people definitely wanted something from each other, and it was not an ordinary trivial matter.
"Zhou Yong, Zhao Chunhua, I don't have time to talk to you here, and I don't care what your purpose is for coming today, but I have made it clear to you about our relationship a long time ago, so I don't want to hear more unpleasant words later.
, I advise you to leave quickly."
He was in a good mood today, but after seeing these two people when he came back, his mood naturally didn't get better.
Zhou Chen's such rude words made Zhou Yong and Zhao Chunhua mentally prepared before arriving, but at this moment, they still couldn't control the rising anger in their hearts.
Just thinking about the purpose of coming this time and Zhou Chen's power in this matter, no matter how unhappy they were, they could only hold it down and continue to smile.
"Xiaochen..."
"Stop it, don't call her so friendly, we're not that familiar."
The words Zhou Yong finally prepared were blocked by Zhou Chen before he could say them out.
