After filling out her application, Xiang Jin had nothing to do, so she asked her grandparents, "Grandpa, grandma, what kind of decoration style do you like?"
"What kind of decoration style?" Grandma Xiang Jin didn't know what she meant by asking, so she was a little confused.
Xiang Jin and her grandfather were also confused for a while before they realized, "You are talking about how we want to decorate the house in the provincial capital, right?"
Xiang Jin nodded, "Yes!"
Her grandparents were silent. After a while, her grandfather said, "Oh, we don't understand the decoration style you asked about, so what else should we pay attention to?"
"Yes, doesn't that house just need to be neat and orderly, look presentable, and be habitable?" Her grandmother also said.
Xiang Jin said, "Where is it? There are several decoration styles of the house, such as: Chinese decoration style, elegant decoration style, pastoral decoration style, and a modern simple decoration style.
The Chinese decoration style is a style of decorating a house according to the traditional culture and customs of our country. Some classical furniture and screens should be placed inside. What it embodies is an antique charm, which is very ethnic.
A kind of decoration style with national cultural heritage.
As for the elegant decoration style, many people from high-end intellectual families and scholarly families prefer this decoration style because it can highlight the cultural taste of the people living there. However, this decoration style seems to be modern and simple at first glance.
The decoration style is similar, but in fact it is not that simple, and is much more complicated, because it pays great attention to details and various combinations.
Pastoral style is generally a decoration style that advocates free natural scenery. It mainly uses pastoral scenery, such as rural fields and nurseries, as well as flowers and plants, etc. as decoration materials, such as sofas, curtains and other furniture in the house.
Most of the decorations are made of floral and star-studded fabric materials, but our house is 200 square meters, so I don’t think it’s appropriate to decorate it in this style.”
"What about the modern and simple decoration style you mentioned? What kind of decoration style is it?" Her grandma originally thought about having a pastoral decoration style, but when she heard Xiang Jin say that their home was
The house was not suitable, so I gave up the idea.
Xiang Jin said, "Well, generally many people nowadays prefer this kind of decoration style, because it is suitable for all houses. It mainly prefers a simple, clear and grand style in design, especially when using
The color combination of black and white and gray is an eternal classic and will never go out of style no matter how many years. Grandpa, the Yan Chen family’s house is decorated in a modern and simple decoration style. My house will also be decorated in a modern and simple style.
Decorate it in that style.”
Her grandfather said, "What kind of decoration style do you like? OK, then our house will be decorated in that style."
Xiang Jin said, "Oh, I don't just have to decorate it in my style if I like it. That house will be yours to live in in the future, and you have to decorate it according to your own style."
Her grandfather said, "I think the decoration style of Yan Chen's house is good?"
Xiang Jin said, "The decoration style of Yan Chen's house is quite good, and I really like it, but Grandpa, I think the house you live in must be consistent with your own identity."
"Hey, what did you say? What are our identities? Aren't we just ordinary people?" Xiang Jin and her grandfather suddenly didn't understand.
"Yes, yes, we are just ordinary people." Xiang Jin and her grandmother were also confused after hearing this.
Xiang Jin said, "I think people of your generation would prefer things with a sense of history.
And my dad, he is also a local Shangguan, I think he should also focus on things that are more calm and restrained, so I think the decoration style of your house should be decorated according to the Chinese decoration style, but because
Now the country is implementing reform and opening up and vigorously developing the economy, so we must have new thinking, new creations, break the rules, be flexible and diversified, so I plan to give you a combination of ancient and modern, which can not only reflect our traditional cultural concepts, but also be refreshing.
How about the modern cultural atmosphere?”
Her grandparents were even more confused after hearing this, and her grandmother laughed and said, "It's so ancient and modern, wouldn't the decoration be nondescript?"
Xiang Jin said, "Where is it? It's very fashionable! Oh, I can't explain it to you right now. So, I'll give you a rendering in a few days. Then you can see it."
You’ll know just by looking at the renderings.”
"Okay, okay, okay, we'll talk about it after we see your pictures," her grandma said hurriedly as she didn't want to continue discussing this abstract issue with her.
Xiang Jin was speechless, so he got up and went back to the house, but he thought to himself: When I draw the new Chinese decoration style, won't you be jealous?
But when it comes to drawing renderings, she doesn't seem to have the kind of larger drawing paper here, nor the kind of colorful paints and brushes, nor the kind of larger drawing ruler. Well, it seems that she still has to use it.
It’s time to go to the county or city to buy some and bring them back.
After making up her mind, Xiang Jin went back to the living room and told her grandparents, "Grandpa and grandma, I plan to go to the county to buy some things tomorrow."
"What do you want to buy? There is nothing in town? Why is the weather so hot?" Her grandmother turned around and asked her with a concerned look on her face.
Xiang Jin shook his head and said, "They are not sold in bookstores in town. They are only sold in bookstores in the county or city."
"Ouch, it's so hot today? What if I get heat stroke?" Her grandma looked outside, then frowned, and said with a worried look.
Xiang Jin and her grandfather said, "What do you want to buy? Tell grandpa and he will buy it for you!"
Her grandma said, "Yes, yes, yes, tell your grandpa what you want to buy and let him buy it for you!"
Xiang Jin said, "Grandpa probably doesn't know how to choose. It's better for me to go by myself. I'll leave early tomorrow and then come back after buying something. It won't be too hot."
Her grandma said, "Okay, then you should pay attention to safety when the time comes, because of those cars and people!"
"knew!"
Her grandfather walked to the refrigerator, opened the door to check the contents, and asked her what she wanted to eat for lunch so that he could make it for her.
Xiang Jin asked him what else was in the refrigerator.
Her grandfather said, "There is also half a chicken, a leg of lamb, some sausages, fresh pork and ribs."
Xiang Jin said, "I want to eat cured fish, is there any?"
Her grandfather said, "Yes, why not? OK, I'll make you a braised bacon dish for lunch. What else? What other dishes do you want to eat?" Her grandfather took out a bacon fish from the refrigerator.
Xiang Jin said, "You can take a look at the other dishes yourself. You can make whatever you like. It doesn't matter to me. I won't pick it."
Xiang Jin's grandfather nodded, and then went to ask her grandma, who also let him figure it out. Finally, her grandpa took out a bag of ribs and defrosted them in the kitchen.
As the afternoon approached evening, Xiang Jin and his family were having dinner, and then there was a knock on the door. Xiang Jin put down her chopsticks and went to open the door. The moment she opened the door, she saw Zheng Yi
Ouyang Bo smiled at her.
"Xiaojin?!"
"Hey, why are you here?"
Turning to Jin's side, Ouyang Bo came into the room, "I'm here to buy some goods, so I just stopped by to see you."
"So it seems your business is pretty good?" Xiang Jin closed the door and the brother and sister walked in together.
The corners of Ouyang Bo's mouth raised, his eyes narrowed into slits as he looked at Xiang Jin and said, "Thank you! Grandpa?!"
"Well," their grandfather nodded slightly to him, and then ordered, "Hurry and wash your hands and eat. Your grandma went to the kitchen to get you the dishes!"
"Oh, good!"
Ouyang Bo took off his backpack and put it in the living room, then quickly went to the bathroom to wash his hands.
After he had eaten a few mouthfuls of food, their grandfather asked, "What's the situation like in your business?"
"Yeah, why did you come to buy the goods yourself? Didn't your aunt deliver them to you?" Their grandma also asked.
Ouyang Bo waved his hand, and after swallowing the food in his mouth, he explained, "Auntie's pickup truck is too small. It can only carry a maximum of 1,1200 kilograms at a time. I don't have enough to sell this amount.
, Uncle Chen Yang has nothing to sell by four or five o'clock in the afternoon every day."
"Oh, is it true? Your business is pretty good?" Xiang Jin and her grandmother just started serving rice, and she suddenly became a little excited.
Ouyang Bo nodded, "Well, it's not bad, mainly because of the freezer Xiaojin gave me.
Ever since we opened a store there, we have sold iced watermelons. Many students and people around them have given up their room-temperature watermelons and come to buy our frozen watermelons, so I
I thought I’d bring back more at once.”
Xiang Jin asked, "Have you contacted Che yourself?"
Ouyang Bo nodded, "I contacted Li Kai and Mao Dan from our compound to get a truck with a load capacity of five tons."
"Are these two guys selling watermelons too?" Xiang Jin and his grandmother asked again.
Ouyang Bo said, "Isn't that right? They saw that I found a place to sell watermelons and made several hundred dollars a day, so they became enthusiastic and then went home to tell their parents about them.
I also want to use this summer vacation to sell things.
Then the two of them got some sponsorship from their parents and went to find a place. Later, they told me to buy the goods from our house and asked me to give them a lower price. How could I
It's up to you, let them go find their aunt.
Later, after they reached an agreement with my aunt, they said they would come to pick up the goods tomorrow. I considered that it would take more than two hours to travel from the county seat to the city. If I let my aunt use her pickup truck to deliver the goods every time,
, it lasts four or five hours, and half a day's delay is useless. She has so many things to do every day, how can she just take care of me?
Moreover, her pickup truck couldn't haul much cargo at once, so I wasted her time, so I figured it out with the two of them, and we just decided to contact a truck together, and let that truck go in the future.
The truck driver makes a trip to the melon orchard for us every two days to pick up goods. They have two and a half tons, and I have two and a half tons. The freight incurred is shared equally between the two of us. This not only ensures sufficient supply of goods, but also allows each family to
It saves half of the travel expenses."
Xiang Jin asked, "We consume 2.5 tons of watermelon every two days, which is 5,000 kilograms. Are you sure you can consume 2,500 kilograms every day?"
Ouyang Bo said, "We are not only pulling watermelons, we are also pulling some vegetables, which are some rare varieties of vegetables that are not available in the city. I have been guarding the shop every day these days, and that is to ask the surrounding residents and
The teachers at the school have said that I will put some vegetables for sale in the shop later and ask them to patronize me, and they all agreed."
Xiang Jin reminded, "Don't take too many vegetables at the beginning, because many vegetables are not put away in the first summer. Take less. You would rather some customers can't buy them than you don't take too much, because vegetables
It's better to sell that thing fresh.
You can get more fruits. For example, in addition to our watermelon, you can also get some muskmelon and cantaloupe. The flavors are also convenient. Watermelon is indeed the best way to quench summer heat and quench thirst, but it is inevitable that some people eat it every day.
If you eat the same food for a long time, it will get boring."
Ouyang Bo nodded, "Well, okay, I'll do as you say."
Xiang Jin followed and said, "Come on, tell me how much money you have made every day recently?"
Ouyang Bo said, "After deducting the rent paid before, the money I earned in the past few days is only more than two hundred yuan. Even the freezer and the electric fan you sponsored for me are all."
I haven’t gotten it back yet, so it’s not considered profitable yet.”
Xiang Jin nodded, "Okay, you have earned a year's rent in a few days. The total of the freezer and fan is only more than 900 yuan. When you sell it, it will cost several hundred thousand yuan."
Won’t all the pounds of watermelon be repaid after you buy it? At that time, you will only need to pay the two employees in your store one month’s salary and a little electricity bill, and the rest will be your pure income.
"
Ouyang Bo laughed, "That's right!"
Their grandfather asked, "Are those two boys and the truck driver here too?"
Ouyang Bo shook his head, "No, they won't leave until tomorrow morning. I came here in advance."
Then their grandma laughed and said, "That's good, we can follow your sister into the city tomorrow."
"Are you going to the melon and fruit field?" Ouyang Bo turned his head and looked at Xiang Jin.
Xiang Jin said, "No, I'll go to the county bookstore to buy something. I'll come back after I buy something."
"Oh, I also said that we can go to the melon and fruit fields together."
Xiang Jin said, "If nothing happens, I won't go. The results of the college entrance examination will be out in two days. I still want to know how many points I got."
Ouyang Bo said, "You are confident that you can go, so what does it matter if you know? Besides, the application has been filled out, and knowing it can't change anything."
Xiang Jin said, "Yeah, I can't change anything, but I still want to know. Besides, I want to use this summer vacation to draw out the decoration design drawings of my house. If I really go there then,
Now that I'm in college, I won't have time to worry about this later."
Ouyang Bo said, "Going to college is not as stressful and stressful as high school. Going to college is very relaxing. When the time comes, you will find that you have a lot of time to do other things."
Xiang Jin said, "Who said that? Is that your school? A good university like that would be no different from high school.
Especially for schools that offer bachelor's and master's degree programs, the curriculum requirements are very strict, right? Some schools stipulate that if you fail three courses in a year or four courses in seven years, or you have to make up for a course,
If you fail, you will be transferred to a general undergraduate program, and it will be a downgrade, which is equivalent to seven years of study in vain."
Ouyang Bo suddenly became speechless after hearing what she said before. After all, their school is really incomparable with those key famous universities, just like the sky and the earth. But after hearing Xiang Jin
After those words, he looked surprised and said, "Wait a minute, you still want to go to graduate school, right?"
Xiang Jin nodded matter-of-factly and said, "Ah, yes, I do want to be a graduate student.
It’s just that I’m still a little confused. Should I choose to study jointly with a bachelor’s and master’s degree or take another postgraduate entrance examination?”
Their grandparents also looked surprised after hearing what she said, so they looked at each other, but they could see from each other's eyes that they had feelings for their granddaughter.
This kind of self-motivated gratification and support.
Ouyang Bo asked, "What's the difference? Aren't they all graduate students?"
Xiang Jin said, "Of course, it is said that the continuous undergraduate and master's degree is more valuable, but the continuous undergraduate and master's degree requires a total of seven years of study, four years for undergraduates and three years for graduate students. Some schools can graduate half a year or one year in advance.
, but that will also take six or six and a half years.
However, if you study for an undergraduate degree and then take the postgraduate entrance examination separately, you can complete all the credits during the undergraduate period in advance. Some excellent students can complete the credits for all four-year university courses in two years, so two years plus
Three years as a graduate student is only five years at most, so you can save one to one and a half years."
"Oh, is that so?" Ouyang Bo then felt that although he was in college, he still didn't know much about college.
"Ah, oops, let's not talk about it, let's wait until we go to college," Xiang Jin took another bite of rice.
Her grandma put a piece of meat into a bowl for her, "Yes, yes, it's still early. We'll talk about it later when we go to college. Let's eat first, eat first?!"
At the same time, in the compound of the Provincial Military Region, at the dining table of Yan Chen and his family, the family was sitting together to eat peacefully, but Yan Chen's father, Yan Xiao, suddenly turned to Yan Chen.
He said, "You'd better come with me to apply for the visa to go abroad as soon as possible. I can prepare some of the materials on your behalf, but you must submit these materials in person. Look at how long it has been. If it takes longer,
Just missed it.”
Yan Chen said without raising his head, "If you miss it, you miss it. I originally said that I will not go to study abroad. I will go to university in China."
"Hey, why are you such a jerk? Can domestic universities compare with foreign universities?" Yan Chen's father immediately frowned, stopped eating, and just put his chopsticks on the table.
on the mouth of the bowl.
Yan Chen immediately put down his chopsticks and looked at him calmly, "Why can't domestic universities be compared with foreign universities?"
Yan Xiao said, "The teaching quality of domestic universities is not as good as that of foreign countries. Look at your paintings, which are so good and have soul and artistic conception. Even the foreigner who often buys your paintings said that you are a rare painter."
Genius, just give it time and continue to study hard, maybe you will become the next Van Gogh, Leonardo da Vinci and the like, and by then you will be a celebrity famous all over the world, isn't that good?"
The corners of Yan Chen's mouth curled up, and there was a hint of sarcasm in his eyes without concealment, "I never thought that I was very talented in painting, and I never thought that I would compete with Van Gogh.
Compared with people like Fincher, I am just a hobby of painting, and I have not pursued it as a lifelong career. I cannot meet your expectations, and I do not want to satisfy your vanity. And I
Aren’t you supposed to know why you learned painting in the first place?”
Yan Xiao suddenly choked up.
Yan Chen took out a tissue and wiped the corners of his lips, then stood up and said to the old man beside him, "Grandpa, I've eaten, please use it slowly!"
"Okay, let's go!" The old man nodded towards him and then responded.
After Yan Chen left the dining room, he turned around and went upstairs.
Seeing his leaving figure, Yan Xiao turned to his old father with a somewhat dissatisfied expression, "Dad, I haven't even spoken to him yet. Look at how you just allowed him to leave."
?I am doing this all for his own good, look at you and make trouble for me!"
The old man slapped the chopsticks on the marble dining table with a "pop", "What the hell, you said you were doing it for his own good, but I think you are doing it purely for yourself!"
The old man was angry, and Yan Xiao trembled, "Dad, you see what you said, why am I not doing it for Chen Chen? Why am I doing it for myself? I only have a child like Chen Chen in my life.
If I don’t do it for him, why should I do it?”
"Hmph, don't think that I don't know what you are thinking. You just think that you lost your whole face after doing that bastard thing, and then you can't hold your head up in front of your comrades and brats.
Come, but you have an excellent son, so you want to use Chen Chen to win the battle in front of them, and then make you feel proud!
And what about you? Don't think that I don't know what she is thinking about! It's just that she can't give birth to a child, and I don't recognize her identity. Chen Chen doesn't want to see her either. She's about to get old and yellow.
So she was afraid that she would not be able to stand in this family in the future, and then she tried to do the same thing again, and got her niece from her mother's family to haunt my family, Chenchen, so that she could marry into my Yan family in the future.
Humph, I can tell you, don’t even think about it! As long as I am alive, she will never even think about stepping into the door of my Yan family, let alone her niece! There are so many good daughters in the world, and they are the daughters of the Zheng family.
What a thing!"
"No, it can't be. Dad, you are too malicious to speculate on other people's intentions." After hearing these words from his old father, Yan Xiao had an expression of disbelief on his face.
Yan Chen and his grandfather said, "Malicious assumptions? Huh, am I making malicious assumptions? I don't know whether you are pretending to be confused or just stupid? People have done it so obviously, and you are still calling me malicious assumptions.
If she didn't have that intention, she would let her niece pester Chen Chen every day for nothing? And let Chen Chen study abroad with her? She even followed Chen Chen in those days."
"No, it can't be? Yu Sisi is following Xiao Chen?" Yan Xiao suddenly had another expression of disbelief.
"What's impossible? Could the people I arranged for Chen Chen still lie to me?
Yan Xiao, you unfilial bastard, go back and tell her something, if she uses the same dirty thoughts and dirty tricks that she used on you again on my precious grandson, I will never forgive her!
And you too, stop forcing my grandson to do things he doesn’t like to do every damn day. Didn’t you hear what he just said? Why did he learn painting in the first place?
It's because he is young and wants to remember his mother's appearance! That's why he is trying so hard to learn painting. You actually want him to satisfy your vanity through painting, so that you can show off in front of others when you go out in the future.
A certain great painter is my son!
Yan Xiao, you are just a fucking bastard, so what good things are there in foreign countries? I didn’t read many books at the beginning, why didn’t I still become a general?
I gave you so many books to read, why didn't you still read the books into the dog's belly, and you were pinched by such a woman, not only losing your own future, but also showing me this old face
All lost!
Yan Xiao, tell me, what shameless things have you done in your life?"
Yan Xiao lowered his head and remained silent, while Yan Chen and his grandfather continued, "I am a piece of mud that cannot stand up to the wall. Why do you still want to harm my precious grandson?
I can tell you, don’t even think about it! My grandson, even if he doesn’t go to study abroad, is still promising, and he is more promising than you!
It's okay, just get out of here and don't be an eyesore in front of me!" After saying that, the old man directly issued an eviction order with a bad face. At the same time, he also said to the guard at the door, "You guys, call the guard room later.
The phone number means that without my permission, Yan Xiao will not be allowed to enter the military compound in the future. Anyone who dares to disobey my order will be dealt with according to the military law!"
"Yes!" Several people responded in unison.
After seeing Yan Xiao, he had no choice but to leave!
After Yan Chen and his grandfather took a few more mouthfuls of rice, he immediately put down his bowl and chopsticks, and then turned around and went upstairs.
After going upstairs, he went directly to Yan Chen's room, and then saw Yan Chen holding a book and reading it, so he walked over and took the book away from his hand, and then
So I asked him bluntly, "I heard that you abducted that girl named Xiang Jin to the provincial capital?"
Yan Chen took the book back from his hand and said, "Grandpa, don't listen to Uncle Tao's nonsense. What is a guai? I was an invitation!
Besides, Xiang Jin is not here for fun, he is here for important business."
His grandfather looked at him and nodded, "Yes, let's buy a house. Well, you said you are really promising, and you don't know how to keep that little girl in our provincial capital for two more days. I rushed home in a hurry.
Well, I just wanted to see what my future granddaughter-in-law would be like, but it all came to nothing."
Yan Chen said, "I have to go back and fill in my application form. Besides, haven't you seen Xiang Jin's photo before?"
His grandfather said, "The photo is not of a living person, so how can it be seen clearly?"
Yan Chen said, "There's nothing we can do about it. Who told you to come back so late?"
His grandfather immediately sighed and said, "Hey, when are you going to trick her into coming to the provincial capital again for me to see?"
"Let's talk about it later," Yan Chen stood up after saying that, then took his pajamas and went directly to the bathroom inside to wash up.
Looking at his slender and tall figure, the old man's eyes overflowed with a fond smile, and at the same time, the corners of his mouth curled up, "You bastard!"