Chen Zicong was holding a large pile of documents and looking for Yan Chen for approval. Seeing that he was the only one in the office, he asked curiously, "Hey, the boss lady didn't come today?"
Yan Chen said, "She will be working from home from today. Oh, by the way, from today onwards you should send all the files from her company to her home, and also send her laptop to her home later."
And send it back to my house."
Chen Zicong said, "No, you two had a quarrel? A fight? And you even beat the boss's wife so hard that she couldn't get out?"
The corner of Yan Chen's mouth twitched, and then he raised his head and looked at him with a strange expression, "Your brain power is really..." Yan Chen looked at him and nodded, "Awesome! I feel ashamed of myself.
Fu Ru!”
Chen Zicong saw his expression and said, "No?!"
The disdain in Yan Chen's eyes became even worse, "Am I a man who beats his wife? Besides, I have such a harmonious relationship with my wife, do I think I can quarrel and fight?"
Chen Zicong shook his head like a rattle, "Well, it doesn't look like it, it doesn't look like it!"
Yan Chen said, "My wife is pregnant, so she is raising the baby at home."
"Oh, so?" Chen Zicong nodded, and suddenly his eyes widened with an expression of disbelief, "Old, the boss's wife is pregnant?!"
"Well! Two days ago, the elders in the family haven't come to Beijing yet. I was not worried about her staying alone in her company there, so I asked her to move to the company here to commute with me. But now at home
The elders came and there was someone at home taking care of her, so I felt relieved and just let her work from home."
Chen Zicong nodded, "No wonder, I mean, why did the boss lady suddenly come to work in our company? But brother, congratulations? You can now be considered to have a happy family and a successful career!"
"Thank you," Yan Chen thanked him sincerely, and then said, "But don't go out and talk nonsense, she is still relatively young."
Chen Zicong nodded, "I understand, I understand!"
Yan Chen asked, "When will you and your girlfriend achieve success?!"
A bitter smile suddenly appeared on the corner of Chen Zicong's lips, and then he lowered his eyes and said, "We broke up some time ago."
"Break up?!" Yan Chen was surprised, then raised his eyebrows, "Why haven't I heard you mention it?"
"There's nothing to mention," Chen Zicong said, "Her parents asked me to buy a 140-square-meter house in the second ring road. You said I have only been working for a few years, how can I afford it?"
Yan Chen asked, "Would you like me to lend you some?"
Chen Zicong shook his head, "Actually, buying a house was just an excuse to get rid of me. In fact, she and her family had fallen in love with another man from their hometown.
It is said that the man's parents are a contractor and may have millions in assets. The man is also a sales manager of a real estate company. The family has two houses in the county and one in the provincial capital.
To put it bluntly, they are richer than me and they dislike me for being poor!" At this point, Chen Zicong's lips curled up into a helpless mockery.
Yan Chen said, "You guys have been dating for several years, right?"
Chen Zicong said, "More than seven years, huh, more than seven years, it is not worth the millions, several houses, and the status of the sales manager."
Yan Chen said, "Relationships bought with money will not last long and be happy after all."
Chen Zicong nodded, "Yes, that's what I thought, so let's break up. I'm not too sad. I'm also glad that I saw the true face of her and her family early. If I really wait,
After I got married to her, I guess I would be really sad when I found out that their family was such people who despised the poor and loved the rich."
Yan Chen nodded, "Yeah!"
Chen Zicong followed and said, "Hey, boss, do you know a girl with a very good character and character? Can you introduce me to one to my brother? You see you have a wife and children now. Brother, I can
But he is still alone."
Yan Chen said without thinking, "No, except for our Mrs. Yan and a few elders in the family, I have never contacted or chatted with any other women."
"Oh, that's right?" Chen Zicong's originally full of expectant eyes immediately turned to loneliness, and then he ignited hope and asked, "Is there any boss lady there?"
Yan Chen thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "She does have two very close friends, one is her high school classmate, and the other is her college classmate.
One of them is in sales, and the other is the owner of a medicine shop at home, but they are not here, they are over there in Shanghai, and I don’t know if they have a partner now. You can give it to Ajin later.
If you send the information back, you can inquire about it for a while."
"It's over in Shanghai? Forget it," Chen Zicong suddenly gave up any hope. In his opinion, those around him couldn't hold on, let alone those thousands of miles away.
He felt that since they were lovers, it would be better if they were in the same city, so that it would be convenient for them to meet each other in their free time, and it would also be more possible for them to express their feelings for each other.
But he was really not sure about a long-distance relationship. He was not in a relationship that the boss and his wife had been together since childhood, and the two had identified with each other early on, so he felt that this long-distance relationship was not suitable for him.
The words are still not very realistic and are not suitable for him.
Yan Chen said, "Then there's nothing we can do. Ajin doesn't have many friends."
Chen Zicong nodded, "It's okay. If you think someone is suitable in the future, you can introduce me again."
Yan Chen nodded slightly, and then Chen Zicong said, "Then I will go do something?"
"Yes," Yan Chen nodded slightly again and asked him to take away several documents on the table that he had already processed.
Yan Chen had just returned home from get off work in the afternoon and entered the room where he and Xiang Jin were staying. Just as he was about to talk to her, Xiang Jin's phone on the coffee table next to him rang. Xiang Jin took the phone and looked at it and smiled at him. , "This is from Lei Jia."
Yan Chen asked, "Will you pick it up?" After saying that, he sat down next to her.
Xiang Jin pressed the answer button and the hands-free button, "Hey, Lei Jia?!"
"Xiang Jin, I heard that you are pregnant, is it true?" Lei Jiana's excited voice came from the other end of the phone.
Xiang Jin smiled and said, "You are well-informed?!"
"Really, are you really pregnant? Why didn't you tell us?" Lei Jia said again, but her tone was still extremely excited.
Xiang Jin smiled and said, "The month is still young, just over a month. We wanted to wait three months before telling you, but even if I didn't tell you, wouldn't you still know?"
Lei Jia said, "I was told by Han Che."
Xiang Jin asked, "Didn't Han Che go back to the provincial capital? When did the relationship between you two become so close? Did he call you to tell you?"
There was a brief silence on the other end of the phone, and then Lei Jia was heard saying, "He went back to Shanghai. Didn't I bump into him when I was eating out, and then he told me."
"Oh, it's like this, Han Che's big mouth, I just got pregnant now, and he's preaching to me everywhere!"
Lei Jia refused, "What? What you said is unfair. Why did you tell Han Che but not us?"
Xiang Jin said, "I didn't tell Han Che, it was my husband who told him. I suddenly wanted to eat stinky tofu that day, and my husband took me in the car to look for it but couldn't find it.
My grandparents, as well as my husband and his grandparents were coming to BJ the next day. My husband asked Han Che to help us pack some stinky tofu in the provincial capital and send it to them to bring over to us, so the two of them didn’t make sense.
Did you tell him during the phone call?
How could I have treated you and Han Che unfairly? Don’t you try to wrong me, I won’t accept it?”
Lei Jia said, "Well, I know, I know, I know, oh, I am joking with you, oh, do you have any special reaction when you are pregnant? Like a colleague of mine who is always in love when she is pregnant.
She's vomiting, and she can't touch even the slightest bit of meat. She will feel nauseated whenever she sees someone eating meat?"
Xiang Jin said, "I don't have those symptoms yet. I eat everything now, including meat and vegetables. I don't feel fishy or greasy, but I feel more sleepy."
Lei Jia said, "Oh, that's good, that's good, well, then you won't go back to Shanghai this year, right?"
Xiang Jin said, "Well, I won't go back for the time being. We also spent the Chinese New Year here at BJ."
"Oh, that's it, but it's okay. You're pregnant, so it's better not to work too hard. So is there anything you particularly want to eat? It's available here in Suzhou, Shanghai, but you BJ's can't buy it?
I can buy it for you here and then send it to you by SF Express. I think if I send it today, you can receive it at your place tomorrow."
Xiang Jin smiled and said, "Not yet. My grandparents, as well as my grandparents, they all cooked food for me in different ways. For a while, I didn't have anything in particular that I wanted to eat, and Han Che didn't want to eat anything that day.
Several bags of stinky tofu were packed for us and they are still in the refrigerator."
"Ah? Is it okay to store it? It's been like this for a few days, soy products are not easy to preserve," Lei Jia asked.
Xiang Jin said, "Don't worry, he has been vacuumed and can be left there for a little longer."
"Oh, you're fine, that's fine! But you'd better eat fresh."
Xiang Jin said, "Yes, I know! How are you doing lately?"
"What do you mean?" Lei Jia asked.
Xiang Jin said, "Work and live."
Lei Jia said, "It's the end of the year and I'm even busier at work. I have to go on a business trip again the day after tomorrow, but this time the business trip is relatively close to Hangzhou. I may still have to stay there for four or five days.
What a week looks like.”
"So are you going home to celebrate the New Year this year?" Xiang Jin asked.
Lei Jia said, "I'm not going back. Oh, I haven't told you yet. I asked my mother, my grandmother, and my grandparents to come here to celebrate the New Year this year. They have already booked their train tickets."
Yes, my mother and grandma also said they would bring you some sweet potato noodles and rice noodles. They made them themselves before. You see, you are not in Shanghai."
Xiang Jin said, "It's okay. You can eat by yourself then. You have a lot of family members. If we want to eat then, we can just go to the mall to buy some. Our home is not very far from the mall. It only takes about ten or twenty minutes by car.
look like.”
Lei Jia said, "The one sold in the mall has a different taste than the one I make. Oh, how about you tell me the address of your BJ, whether it's at work or home, and I'll ask them to mail it to you.
."
Xiang Jin said, "No, it doesn't have to be so troublesome."
Lei Jia said, "It's okay, just tell me, I will ask them to send it to you in these two days, and you will receive it in a few days. If you want to eat the sweet potato noodles from your hometown, you can do it at any time.
Just make a bowl and eat it.”
Seeing her insistence, Xiang Jin said, "How about this? My grandparents will go back to their hometown in about ten days, and they will return to Beijing to celebrate the New Year. Just let them bring them back, oh, by the way.
, when will your mother, your grandmother, and grandparents arrive in Shanghai?
If you come too early to catch up with my grandparents, I will call my brother and ask him to drive to your house to pick it up. Anyway, he and my aunt are still staying in the melon and fruit field in my hometown."
Lei Jia said, "My mother and the others won't arrive in Shanghai until the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month. They take the train on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month."
Xiang Jin said, "They booked slow train tickets?"
Lei Jia said, "Well, as you know, they are reluctant to spend money to book express tickets. For this reason, I specially gave them several thousand yuan to go back and asked them to book a soft sleeper. It would be just right for the four of us.
It was a private room, but they insisted on booking a couchette on the overtime bus. I was so angry that I didn’t know how to say they were nice.
They said that there was nothing urgent anyway, and it didn’t matter whether they booked an express train or not, so that they could enjoy the scenery along the way. My grandma also said that she had never been so far away in her life, and it would be a good time to have a lot of fun.
Knowledge, what kind of knowledge can you get on that train? They just can’t part with the money.”
Xiang Jin smiled and said, "It's understandable, because they have experienced a lot of poverty and hardship in their lives, so they live a very frugal life. They think they can save whatever they can. Also, what I gave you last time
What do you think of that proposal?
Even if you open a small restaurant here in Shanghai, it doesn’t need to be very big. Find a better port, it’s only about ten or twenty square meters. Then people can take it away. Then your mother and you
Wouldn't it be better if grandma is next to you? You have a house in Shanghai anyway."
Lei Jia said, "But I missed the best time to buy a house. When you suggested it to me last time, I should have gritted my teeth and bought a shop, but now the shops have been turned over several times, and I don't have any money now."
With so much money, the total is only 50,000 to 60,000 yuan. They are coming now, and I want to take them to buy some things. I also want to book a flight for them to go back, which will probably cost a lot of money.
It’s like more than 10,000 yuan.”
Xiang Jin said, "That's okay. If you think it's feasible, I can lend you some money then. I think you're working now and won't have much time to go back to your hometown to visit them. I'm sure you'll miss them very much."
, so it’s better to take them over and live with you. In this way, you will have less to worry about and take care of each other. Now that the economy is slowly picking up, it is always easier to make money here than in your hometown.
It’s easier and more profitable.”
Lei Jia said, "Then I will discuss it with them then. If they agree, then I may have to borrow some money from you then?"
Xiang Jin said, "Okay, no problem! But the suggestion is to do it sooner rather than later. If it is confirmed, decide on the shop as soon as possible, because the house price changes every day, and according to the current market situation
It’s all going up.”
Lei Jia said, "Yes, I know!"
Then, after the two of them chatted for a while, Lei Jia said to Xiang Jin, "Okay, that's it, Xiang Jin. You take care of yourself over there. If I can spare the time, I'll come here."
I went to BJ to see you, and Lin Zi called me. She didn’t answer when I called her before, but now she called me back.”
Because of Xiang Jin, Lei Jia and Lin Zi later became good friends, so when they were in Shanghai, the three of them would often go out for dinner and go shopping together when they were free.
Xiang Jin said, "Okay, then you should also pay attention to your health. Bye bye!"
"Bye-Bye!"
After Xiang Jin picked up the phone, Yan Chen said, "I suddenly remembered something."
Xiang Jin put down the phone, looked at him sideways and asked, "What's the matter?"
Yan Chen said, "Chen Zicong asked me today if there is a girl we know here who has a good character and a good personality to introduce to him as his girlfriend. I think your two classmates and friends would be more suitable for him."
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Xiang Jin asked, "Don't he have a girlfriend?"
Yan Chen said, "It's divided!"
"Breaked up?! We've been talking about it for six or seven years and you just said we're going to break up?" Xiang Jin was surprised.
Yan Chen said, "It is said that the woman and her parents disliked poverty and loved wealth, so they fell in love with a man from their hometown, and then asked him to buy a 140-square-meter apartment in the second ring road here.
We broke up with him because he couldn’t afford the house at the moment.”
Xiang Jin curled his lips and said, "Chen Zicong is not bad, he is still about 1.7 meters tall. Although he is not as handsome as my husband, he is not ugly by any means. He is gentle and gentle, and he is also a top student in the Department of Architecture of Peking University. He is a good person."
He is sincere and calm, and quite capable.
She has only been working for a few years? It’s understandable that she didn’t have much money at that time, right? Then BJ’s house is priced at a bargain price, you can buy it if you want? If you dislike her now, you will tell her that she can’t afford it in the future.
!”
Yan Chen hugged her and pressed a kiss between her eyebrows, "My wife is right."
Xiang Jin said, "Those who dislike the poor and love the rich will never get true love after all. It's a good thing that Chen Zicong broke up now. If we can recognize the true face of that family earlier, we can stop the loss in time."
Yan Chen nodded, "Well, that's true! Alas, are your two classmates in love now?"
Xiang Jin shook his head, "I don't know, I haven't asked them about these things. How about I call them both tomorrow and ask them about it? If there is such fate, it would be a good thing. Alas,
Why didn’t Chen Zicong mention this to me when he came to deliver information and documents to me today?”
Yan Chen said, "He must still have some scruples about long-distance relationships. He thinks it's unreliable."
Xiang Jin asked, "Then should I ask or not?"
Yan Chen said, "Let's ask. If they have that intention then, they can contact and chat by themselves. Now everyone has mobile phones, computers, QQ and so on. In terms of communication, it is actually still the same.
It’s quite convenient, just forget it if you don’t have that intention.”
Xiang Jin nodded, "That makes sense. Why are you still worrying about your employees' life-long affairs now? When did you become so old-fashioned and enthusiastic?"
Yan Chen said, "I think Chen Zicong is really good, a high-quality stock with potential. Instead of cheapening other women, it would be better to cheapen your two classmates. After all, aren't they looking for someone to get married to?"
?”
Xiang Jin nodded, "That's what you're talking about, huh? Okay, then I'll go find out what they have to say. Oh, by the way, where is Chen Zicong from? Who else is there in his family?"
?When they ask me about it, I can answer it easily?"
Then Yan Chen told her the basic information about Chen Zicong, including his age and family situation.
Yan Chen said, "The conditions of their family are not bad. Both my parents are employees of government agencies. Although they are not really high-ranking officials, their family is definitely not poor."
Yan Chen said, "Well, it's indeed not bad. It's better than the best, but better than the worst!"
Xiang Jin nodded, "Okay, then I'll take some time to call them both tomorrow."
Yan Chen then asked, "What's for lunch?"
The corner of Xiang Jin's lips curled up, "For the dumplings we had for lunch, my grandpa and grandma went to the mall to buy fresh shrimps and packed them for me. There were some frozen in the refrigerator, and they said they would cook them for the two of us tomorrow morning.
"
"Didn't they eat?" Yan Chen asked.
Xiang Jin said, "After eating, we had shrimp dumplings for lunch. We had a big dinner in the evening, including lobster and scallops, as well as braised tofu fish. They also cooked a sheep head."
Yan Chen smiled and said, "So many delicious foods?"
Xiang Jin nodded, "Ah, they said you worked hard and couldn't eat well at noon, so they gave you a supplement at night."
Yan Chen said, "What's the hard work? Besides, the food in our company's employee canteen is not bad. I eat stir-fried vegetables every day."
Xiang Jin said, "They think it can't be compared with what they eat at home. If compared with home, it is indeed worse. At least a meal at our house can have several dishes, but if you eat in the staff canteen, you can only eat one meal at most."
There are two stir-fried dishes, plus a soup, and the portions of the two stir-fried dishes are not enough for you, and there are not many choices.”
Yan Chen smiled and said, "I have enough to eat alone. How long did you take your lunch break today?"
Xiang Jin said, "I went to bed after one o'clock and got up after four in the afternoon. It's pretty much the same as usual."
Yan Chen listened carefully, then nodded, "Well, not bad!"
Xiang Jin stood up and said, "Come on, let's go out and see how they are cooking dinner now?"