After coming out of the Bureau of Land and Resources, Yan Chen and the others went to a well-known law firm in the provincial capital. They chatted there for a while and then drove directly home. But when they got home, it was already around three o'clock in the afternoon and almost four o'clock in the afternoon.
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"Hasn't the old man come back yet?" There was a lot of running around today, and Yan Chen's aunt felt a little tired, so she threw away her handbag and went straight to the sofa.
Aunt Jiang was sitting at the table in the dining room not far away picking celery, "Not yet, but Xiao Li called back and said that the old man is having dinner at home tonight. Oh, tell me what you want to eat. I'll wait.
Made for you?"
Yan Chen's sister-in-law waved her hand, "I can do whatever I want. You'd better ask Chen Chen. If he likes to eat, you can cook it for him."
"Xiao Chen, what do you want to eat? Hey, where is the person?" Aunt Jiang raised her head and asked Yan Chen, but found that he was not in the living room.
Uncle Mingtao, who was sitting on the single sofa on the other side, said, "I'm going upstairs to my room, but you can make some of the sausages and smoked meat that Xiaochen brought back yesterday."
Aunt Jiang packed up and stood up, "Okay, I'll cook it right now!"
Half an hour later, Yan Chen wiped his hair and went downstairs.
However, he found that his brother-in-law and Uncle Mingtao were no longer in the hall, but his sister-in-law's voice came from the kitchen. She must be helping Aunt Jiang cook.
Yan Chen glanced at the clock on the wall not far away, then walked aside to make a phone call.
The call went smoothly this time. The phone was picked up within a few rings. This time it was his grandmother who answered the phone. After hearing his voice, his grandmother said directly, "Are you looking for Jin Yatou?"
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"Well, is she here?"
"Here you are, here you are, you've been here for a while, just wait, I'll go out and call you right now!"
"What is she doing?"
"In the afternoon, your Aunt Liao went to collect firewood on the slope. She dug two flowers and plants on the slope of their house and brought them to your grandpa. Your grandpa said they were orchids and was potting them right now.
, Girl Jin is helping him."
The corners of Yan Chen's mouth curled up, and his mind suddenly pictured her squatting on the ground, looking at the pot of flowers that her grandfather was working on with relish.
"Grandma, don't be anxious. Slow down. I'm fine now anyway. It doesn't matter if you wait a few more minutes."
"It's okay, they're just hiding under the eaves," she said, putting down the phone and calling Xiang Jin.
After a while, Xiang Jin's voice came from the other end of the phone.
"Hello?"
"Xiang Jin, it's me, Yan Chen!"
"I know it's you. Grandma Mo said you were looking for me. How about you tell me the arrival status of the money?"
"Well, 520,000 yuan has been received. I went to check it in the morning."
"That's good! Grandma Mo said it was already dark when you got home yesterday?"
"Well, I arrived around eight o'clock!"
"So late? Did nothing happen to you on the way?"
"No, everything went well. It's just that the car was driving a little slowly. Thank you for the food you prepared for us yesterday. The mutton soup dumplings are delicious. Uncle Tao said it was the best mutton soup he has ever eaten.
One of the packages.”
"Really? I also think my mutton soup dumplings are delicious!" Xiang Jin's eyes widened with a smile on the other end of the phone.
Yan Chen on the other side also had a smile in his eyes, "Let me tell you something!"
"Well, tell me, I'm listening!"
"I went to see the land today, and I chose a piece of land at the east gate. It's located a little outside the Second Ring Road, near Cuijiadian marked on the map of the provincial capital we looked at last time."
Xiang Jin, who was on the other end of the phone, thought carefully about the place he was talking about, and then the corners of her mouth raised, "Okay, how big is the land approximately?"
Cuijiadian is indeed outside the Second Ring Road, but it is under the jurisdiction of Jiangjin District, one of the six main urban districts later divided into the provincial capital. However, Jiangjin District is the development and construction area of the entire provincial capital except Yiyang District.
’s best urban areas.
That urban area not only contains two of the five famous primary schools in the entire provincial capital, but also four key high schools, as well as two national key engineering colleges designated in 1985 and 211.
The geographical location of Cuijiadian in the entire provincial capital is less than 2.5 Ring Road, and there is a key high school next to it. Every year, many families try their best to buy a house in the school district nearby, just for their family.
It is convenient for her children to study. The house there was sold for 37,81 square meters when she died in her previous life. So, the future there is very promising and has great development prospects!
Yan Chen said, "We don't know the details yet. We won't know until we measure it with the staff of the Bureau of Land and Resources tomorrow, but I estimate it to be about twenty acres."
"Twenty acres? That much?!" Xiang Jin was surprised and a little disappointed at the same time. She didn't know if she could buy it for a fraction of the money.
"Um!"
"Hey, you went to the Land and Resources Bureau today? What did they say? How much does it cost per square meter?"
Yan Chen said, "Four hundred and three."
After about ten seconds, Xiang Jin sighed, "I really can't buy two acres of land!"
The corners of Yan Chen's lips curled up again, "It doesn't matter, I can help you advance the money you need."
"Really?!" Yan Chen suddenly heard Xiang Jin's voice on the other end of the phone and became a little excited.
Yan Chen nodded on the other end of the phone, "Yeah!"
"Okay, then I'll just buy two acres. But don't worry, I will have some royalties arriving in the account one after another in the next few days. I should be able to arrange 30,000 to 40,000 yuan for you by then, although I can't give you the money yet.
All the money I owe you has been settled, but I promise to pay it off before the school starts, because I sent out another batch of manuscripts today, and I should receive them before the Chinese New Year, and after the Chinese New Year, I should receive them one after another.
The royalties have arrived."
Yan Chen smiled and said, "It's okay, I'm not in a hurry!"
"Okay!" Then Xiang Jin asked again, "Can those procedures be completed years ago?"
Yan Chen said, "There shouldn't be any problem. No one has purchased the right to use the land from them yet, and the place is far away from the city center. They don't pay much attention to that place. After looking at the location marked on the map,
After that, they agreed directly and set the price directly."
"Oh, it went so smoothly? I thought it was still a complicated process," she said, remembering that when she went to the Bureau of Land and Resources to do things in her previous life, she saw a crowded scene.
Yan Chen said, "No, it was very deserted when we went there today. Except for a few staff members, no other outsiders entered at all. In addition, the government is extremely short of money now, so everything was done smoothly."
"Oh, that's good, that's good. Oh, it's the kind of residential land that was built in the 1970s, right?"
"Yes! Seventy years, let me discuss it with you. Doesn't the land have a prescribed time limit for its use?"
Xiang Jin said, "Yes, if it is not developed and used for two years, the government has the right to take it back for free and then return it to the cultivated land."
"Well, so I plan to wait until next year to build a few houses there scattered on the land, and then let people reclaim the land to plant greenhouse vegetables and some landscape saplings. By then, the city will really be Once it develops, we can also make some money by selling landscape trees."
"Okay, I agree. After all, those who help us farm the land also need houses to live in. Moreover, this also avoids the risk that the country will take it back for free if it is not used for two years. I think it is very good."
"Okay, let's make it final now?!"
"Okay, okay, sure, sure!" Xiang Jin kept responding.
"How was the business you discussed today? Did it go well?" Yan Chen then changed the subject.
"Xiang Jin said, "It's very good, it went very smoothly. We have ordered all the lettuce, and then we will no longer sell to the few customers in town. Then we will also sell cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers and Eggplant, the mushrooms grown by your grandpas, and the celery from Aunt Liao's family, we have all reserved these vegetables at half of the output at that time.
Mushrooms and celery are sold to customers at the current prices. We set the prices of other vegetables ourselves, and we also ask them to pick the vegetables themselves, and we can help them pick them first."
"Have you signed the agreement?"
"Well, I signed a pre-sale agreement, but I haven't received their deposit yet. To be on the safe side, let's wait until the food comes out."
"Well, that's good!"
"Is everything okay? If everything is okay, then I will go back?"
"Okay, then be careful on the road and don't fall!"
"I know! Oh, Grandpa Zeng has come in, do you want to talk to him?"
"Okay! Oh, Xiang Jin?"
"Huh?! Is there anything else?!"
Yan Chen was silent for a while, "I will call you after everything is settled here!"
"good!"
After talking to Xiang Jin on the phone, Yan Chen chatted with his grandfather for a while before hanging up.
As soon as he turned around, he saw his sister-in-law sitting on the single sofa in the living room, looking at him with a smile. He quickly gathered his thoughts.
"Sister-in-law?!"
"Done the phone call?!"
"Um!"
"What did you say to your classmates?!"
"nothing!"
"You brat, why am I not honest with your sister-in-law?!" As he said, his sister-in-law couldn't help but roll her eyes at him, "Don't think that I don't know that you are ganging up with your classmate named Xiang Jin. Buying land, right?!”
"Sister-in-law?!" Yan Chen walked over quickly and signaled his sister-in-law not to say anything.
His sister-in-law said, "Don't worry, no one else knows here except me." Then she lowered her voice to him and said, "Hey, let me ask you, how much land did your classmate buy?"
"Two acres!"
Her sister-in-law was surprised and said, "Two acres?! Okay, that's about 600,000 yuan. Well, your classmate's family is quite rich. I heard your uncle Tao said that your classmate's family owns a braised meat shop. Yes, braised pork is really so profitable?!"
Yan Chen said, "No!"
"No?!" His sister-in-law didn't believe it and asked, "Then how does that kid have so much money?"
Boy?!
Hehe, it seems that his sister-in-law doesn't know that Xiang Jin is a girl, so let's just misunderstand her and save some trouble.
Yan Chen reminded his sister-in-law, "Sister-in-law, I also have a lot of money! Xiang Jin not only has good academic performance, but also writes good articles. She often publishes articles in some newspapers and magazines to earn royalties. That 600,000
Yuan was what she earned by writing manuscripts."
"No, he is so powerful?! Six hundred thousand yuan, so how many manuscripts does he have to write to save such a large sum of royalties?" His sister-in-law was surprised again.
Yan Chen nodded, and then said, "I publish about a dozen articles every week."
"This kid is amazing, he's like a top pick! Chenchen, how come you have such an awesome classmate?! Let me tell you, I want to see what kind of kid he looks like?! How can he be like this?
How awesome is that?!”
Yan Chen remained silent. She was very powerful, but behind this greatness came a lot of sacrifice. No one knew better than him. How late did she have to stay up every night in order to earn those royalties!
But she heard her sister-in-law ask again, "Well, do their family members know that he paid 600,000 yuan to buy the land?"
"I don't know. She bought this land in her own name. She secretly saved the money herself, and her family didn't know about it at all."
"I saved it myself, why?" His sister-in-law was a little curious.
Yan Chen reminded her again, "Sister-in-law, I also save money secretly!"
His sister-in-law choked and thought to herself: Is this a common problem among so-called smart children?! They all like to plan for their future too early?!
Alas, she is getting more and more confused about these children.
"Sister-in-law, just pretend you don't know about this. Xiang Jin doesn't want others to know about her secret purchase of land!"
Her sister-in-law looked at him for a while and then said, "So, when you asked a law firm to notarize it, it was also because of the relationship between you and your classmate, right?"
Yan Chen was silent for a while, "It's not all because of her. This normal legal process still has to go through. Of course, it is best to notarize it. This is good for you, me, her, and all of us. She buys this
I persuaded her to buy the land."
"You persuaded him to buy it? Why?" His sister-in-law was surprised.
Yan Chen said, "She originally wanted to buy a piece of land near the town to grow greenhouse vegetables, so that it would be more convenient for her family to sell vegetables in the town.
But from a long-term development perspective, I feel that buying land in the town is far less promising than buying land in the provincial capital, so I suggested that she buy land in the provincial capital.
Xiang Jin believes in me, so I can't betray her trust in me, so I have to ensure that when she comes of age, the two acres of land will be returned to the original owner."
Yan Shu looked at him for a long time and nodded, "Okay! I understand what you mean, don't worry, I won't tell anyone about this, not even your uncle, so that should be okay?!"
"Well, yes! Thank you, sister-in-law!"
"Why are you thanking me? You are my nephew, and I only have one daughter, Rui Rui. I don't know whether she will be reliable in the future or where she will marry. I have to keep your nephew in my arms. When the time comes, I don't know.
If she is unfilial, I can still rely on you!"
Seeing her looking at him with a playful look on her face, Yan Chen smiled and said comfortingly, "Don't worry, sister-in-law, I will definitely be filial to you when the time comes!"
The corners of his sister-in-law's lips curled up, "I know I have loved you all these years in vain!"
After the aunt and nephew chatted for a while, Yan Chen and his grandfather came back.
Both grandfather and grandson were very happy to see each other, especially his grandfather, who was all smiles. He gave him a big hug as soon as he entered the room, "Chen Chen, I miss my grandpa so much!"
"Grandpa, I miss you too!"
"Okay, okay, let grandpa take a good look." After the hug, the grandfather and grandson looked at each other, and then heard his grandfather nod with satisfaction and said, "Well, not bad, he has grown taller and his body has also grown.
It’s solid!”
"Dad, why did you plagiarize my words?" Yan Chen and his sister-in-law came over and took his arm and helped him sit down on the sofa.
Yan Chen and his grandfather burst into laughter, "Really? That proves that Chen Chen has indeed grown taller and stronger."
"Grandpa, drink tea!" Yan Chen handed him a cup of tea that he had brewed in advance for his grandfather and added some hot water to it.
"Okay, okay!" His grandfather stretched out his hand to take it, took a sip, and then said, "Tell Grandpa how it is for you to live and study there. Are you still used to it? Are your grandparents still in good health?
Okay?"
"Well, I'm used to it. My grandparents are in good health. My grandma made rice wine and brought you a few jars. They planted greenhouse vegetables and asked me to bring some back to you. In the evening, you can
Try it?!”
Her grandfather sighed, "It's hard for your grandmother to still remember that I like to drink rice wine from my hometown after so many years! She always gives me so many jars every year."
Yan Chen said, "Grandma said that no matter how far a person has traveled or how many years he has been away from his hometown, he will always remember the most unique taste of his hometown and the deep memory of his mouth."
His grandfather said with emotion, "Yes, when I was a teenager, there was a big flood in my hometown, which submerged all the farmland and crops. People had no food to eat, so they started to flee. Your great-grandfather and your great-grandfather
Grandma also took me to flee with her, and during the escape, your great-grandfather and great-aunt both died of illness one after another.
There was a plague that time, and many people died of the disease. In addition, it was a hot day and it was inconvenient to carry the bodies back to their hometowns, so they had to be burned and their ashes buried on the spot.
Later, when we continued to flee, we met soldiers. They rescued us and settled us down. After that, I joined the army with them. I didn't expect that I would be a soldier for decades.
For the rest of my life, I have never returned to my hometown since that great escape.
It was hard to be in the army. At the beginning, I was not very used to the life in the army. I always missed home, missed your great-grandfather and great-grandmother, and could not sleep all night long.
At that time, your grandpa and I were in the same class, and we also lived in the same dormitory. He saw that I was tossing and turning in bed and couldn't sleep at that time. Later, he asked me about it, and I said that I missed home and missed your grandma.
of rice wine.
He knew that I was a soldier when I was fleeing that time, and he also knew that my parents were no longer alive, but I didn't expect that he would always remember what I said, "I miss you so much, the rice wine made by grandma."
Later, your grandpa got married to your grandma, but I didn’t expect that he would tell your grandma about it. Later, your grandma went to the army to visit relatives, and she met a sister-in-law from my hometown who came to visit relatives in the army, and then you
My grandma asked her how to make rice wine in our hometown, and my sister-in-law taught her how to make it. After that, your grandma would make several jars of rice wine for me every year. No matter how far apart we were, she would bring two jars to me.
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Yan Chen's aunt and nephew nodded, and Yan Chen and his sister-in-law said, "Aunt Mo and Uncle Zeng have always been so sincere and attentive to others."
Yan Chen and his grandfather said, "Yes, otherwise how could we be good brothers for life? It's a pity that I, as a brother, can't help them." At this point, Yan Chen and his grandfather looked a little sad and lonely.
He stood up and his eyes became a little warm.
Yan Chen's sister-in-law reached out and patted his grandfather's hand, comforting him and saying, "Dad, I don't blame you for that matter. Aunt Mo and Uncle Zeng won't blame you!"
Yan Chen also said, "Yes, grandpa, my grandpa and grandma have never blamed you. You don't have to blame yourself."
"They don't blame me, but I feel guilty for them! It's a son's fault to be unfilial to his father. The son has done something wrong. As a father, I am responsible. I didn't teach him well before, so I let him
He committed such an unforgivable sin."
Yan Chen and his sister-in-law both lowered their heads, and for a while, the atmosphere in the hall became somewhat silent.
Uncle Ming Tao walked in with his things. Seeing that all of them looked sad, he knew that the old chief was saying he was sorry about Yan Chen, his grandparents and her mother again, so he quickly put down the things in his hands.
Then he went to the kitchen and said to Aunt Jiang, "Sister-in-law, is the meal ready? Okay, let's start the meal quickly?"
Aunt Jiang poured balls into the pot and said, "All that's left is the soup. Once it's done, it's time to start dinner."
Uncle Mingtao quickly washed his hands and went to replace her, "I'll do it, you go and put the dishes on the table."
Seeing him take the spoon from her hand and then push herself aside, Aunt Jiang looked at him with confusion and asked, "What's wrong?"
Uncle Mingtao lowered his voice and said to her, "The chief remembered all the unhappy and painful things in the past again."
After hearing this, Aunt Jiang tilted her head and glanced in the direction of the living room. Sure enough, she saw that there was no sound of talking in the living room, and the three generations of their grandfather and grandson all had lonely and solemn looks on their faces, so she
He quickly said, "Oh oh oh, okay, okay, I'll serve the food right away."
Aunt Jiang put the dishes on the table, then took the bowls and chopsticks, and then shouted to the people in the living room, "Chief, Xiao Chen, let's eat!"
"Oh, okay!" Neither Yan Chen nor his grandfather responded, but it was Yan Chen's sister-in-law who responded.
"Dad, let's go, let's go have dinner," after answering, Yan Chen and her sister-in-law stood up and helped his grandfather.
Yan Chen's grandfather waved his hand, "You go ahead, I'll sit down for a while!"
When Yan Chen's sister-in-law saw him saying that, she didn't want to disturb him, so she went to call Yan Chen, "Chen Chen, let's go, it's time to eat?!"
Yan Chen nodded, then stood up and walked directly to his grandfather's side, "Grandpa, let's go, go eat, don't wait to cool down later, it's cold!"
Yan Chen and his grandfather glanced in the direction of the dining room, then sighed and stood up, "Oh, okay, let's go and eat!"