Jin Rui's parents and relatives all flew over from Shanghai to attend the wedding.
As people from the magical city, they had a sense of superiority, but seeing the prosperity of the town and the futuristic sci-fi feeling in the scientific research base, they were immediately calmed down. When they learned that the monthly salary of ordinary workers in the scientific research base
There were more than three thousand people there, and none of them could sit still.
Although the domestic economic development has now reached the level of around 2015 in Ma Xiaolong's previous life, the average salary in Shanghai is only around 3,000.
It looks similar to the employees of the scientific research base, but the consumption levels in the magic city and the small town are completely different. Although the small town is developing very well and is not inferior to the big city, because the surrounding and even itself are villages and towns, agriculture is developed.
, there are almost no intermediate costs in getting grains and vegetables from the fields to the table. If an ordinary family of three only needs food and clothing, two thousand yuan is enough.
And what about Magic City? A family of three cannot survive without four or five thousand people.
It's still a matter of saving. If four or five thousand were spent in a small town, a family of three could live quite a prosperous life.
After the wedding, Jin Rui's parents and relatives all made plans to buy a house in the town and live here for their retirement.
Nowadays, housing prices in small towns are relatively cheap. The average price of a building in a new community is about 3,000 yuan per square meter. If you buy an old house, you can find it everywhere for 1,000 yuan per square meter or 2,000 yuan per square meter.
It’s so cheap, I have to buy a set!
Since joining the WTO in 2001, domestic housing prices have been a bit slow. After all, to engage in scientific research and industry, you have to lay the foundation bit by bit, which takes a long time and high costs, which is very detrimental to local development, and there is a lot of idle land.
The answer is, if you sell more, you can get your money back quickly, and only when you have money in hand can you invest in various aspects.
Therefore, real estate is bound to be an industry that will inevitably explode in the primary stage of social development.
Because the profits from real estate are so great and it is the only magic weapon for many local finances, Zhu Lingling has gradually increased her investment in the domestic real estate industry in the past two years, and absorbed Sun Yan into it and established a real estate company called Anjuyuan.
company.
Why hasn't Sun Yan appeared in the show for more than a year? The main reason is that she was sent by Zhu Lingling to expand her territory in first-tier cities, and the business in the small town was left to her subordinates.
This is also the reason why she didn't show up when Ma Xiaolong got married.
However, Ma Xiaolong did not touch real estate. He felt that real estate was too devoid of technical content and would inevitably enter a downturn after a certain stage of development, with no future. However, scientific research was different. This was an endless development direction.
Scientific research continues and development continues.
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On the second day of the wedding, when Ma Xiaolong saw Ma Xiaofeng again, Ma Xiaofeng looked a little more charming, and he knew what happened last night at a glance.
At that time, Ma Xiaolong patted Jin Rui on the shoulder: "Take good care of my sister."
Jin Rui nodded repeatedly, and Ma Xiaofeng's face turned red: "You are so long-winded."
Alas! After all, he has grown up and his elbows have turned outward.
Because she suffered some physical trauma, Ma Xiaofeng rested in the town for two days. She waited until October 4th before flying to Shanghai with her whole family, and then held her second wedding in Shanghai on October 5th.
, so troublesome.
After the wedding, Ma Xiaofeng stayed in Magic City for a few more days, while Ma Xiaolong and the others returned to the town early, and their lives returned to their former peace.
About a week later, Ma Xiaofeng came back from the magical city, but she only stayed in the town for two days before the couple went to the capital. From now on, Ma Xiaofeng's focus of work will be in the capital, and the town is only a place where she will stay during holidays.
Time passed by and it came to the eve of the Spring Festival in 2005 in a blink of an eye.
Two days ago, Ma Xiaolong received a call from Li Xin, saying that her wedding would be held on the 26th of the twelfth lunar month, and invited Ma Xiaolong and his family to attend the wedding in Northeast China.
Of course, it was impossible for the whole family to be present. On the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month, Ma Xiaolong just took Zhusha to the Northeast to attend Li Xin's wedding the next day.
At the wedding, neither Li Xin nor the bride wore wedding clothes. Instead, they were dressed in military uniforms. They looked heroic and gave people a different feeling.
At this wedding, Ma Xiaolong met some people, mostly local bigwigs. He also met Li Yuanchao, whom he had not seen for several years, and Sun Yan, whom he had not seen for two years. They sat at the same table at the wedding banquet and had a lot of conversation.
joyous.
Ma Xiaolong and Zhu Sha did not stay in the hotel. They were directly arranged by Li Xin to live in the guest room next to his wedding room. At night, all the guests were sent away and the house was cleaned. Because Zhu Sha's belly was already quite large, Ma Xiaolong asked her to go early
He entered the small world to rest, and he was pulled by Li Xin, saying that he wanted to have a good chat.
As Cinnabar entered the small world, Li Xin winked at Ma Xiaolong, and Ma Xiaolong understood. The two got up and entered the bedroom. In the bedroom, the bride had already taken off her military uniform and put on her pajamas.
The night passed... without a trace.
Li Xin forced Ma Xiaolong and Zhu Sha to live here for three days, taking them to visit local attractions during the day, and at night, waiting for the master's wife to enter the small world, he dragged the master into the bedroom.
Three days later, Ma Xiaolong and Zhu Sha left.
It’s impossible not to leave. It’s already New Year’s Eve. If we don’t go back, we won’t be able to catch up with the New Year.
Moreover, he has told Li Xin that Zhang Ying is confirmed to be pregnant, and she is pregnant with twins, both sons. When the time comes, one will be named Li and the other will be named Zhang.
It can be regarded as leaving incense to both sides.
Both Li Xin and Zhang Ying were very grateful. Ma Xiaolong sighed and patted their shoulders: "Master can only do so much for you."
"..."
Ma Xiaolong and Zhu Sha did not take a plane, but took a space jump directly and returned to the town.
On New Year's Eve, everyone who was supposed to come back came back, and the villa of Ma Xiaolong's family had been bustling since the morning.
Ma Qiangsheng came over early and prepared the New Year's Eve dinner. Ma Xiaofeng was too lazy to cook by herself, so she dragged her husband over to eat. Moreover, her aunt and her family also came over this year, saying that since the New Year in Beijing is not busy, it is better to come here.
When Ma Xiaolong and Zhu Sha came back, they were very happy to see how lively their home was.
"Uncle!" Little Didi, who had not seen her for several months, jumped up and threw herself on her uncle: "I miss you so much!"
Ma Xiaolong held this adolescent girl with her hair in his arms, patted her back with a smile, and said, "Uncle misses you too! Are you still used to it after going to junior high school?"
"It's not bad." Xiao Didi got off Xiaolong Ma, her little face wrinkled like a bun: "It's just that the classmates in the class are too good. When I was in elementary school, I was still the top student, but now I am only in the middle and upper reaches."
There is no way around it. There are only a few subjects in elementary school. With her average IQ, Little Didi can still achieve the effect of a top student through hard work. But after entering junior high school, the number of subjects she studies increases. With her average IQ, she can’t compare with many real top students.
, which is slightly insufficient.
"Don't worry, uncle has a way." Ma Xiaolong rubbed her hair with both hands and said: "Uncle has developed a prescription that can enhance the intellectual development of the brain. I will get you a bottle later. From now on, take one pill every morning and evening.
In one month, your IQ will increase by at least 50 points."
"Really!?" Little Didi's eyes lit up: "Really there are as many as 50?"
"At least." Ma Xiaolong said with a smile: "If you get more aggressive, it might be possible to increase it by sixty or seventy points."
"Wow! Uncle is so awesome." Little Didi hooked her arms around his neck and jumped up and down happily.
"Okay! I've been pestering your uncle since I came here, so you might as well live with your uncle." My cousin was jealous.
Little Didi's eyes lit up: "Is it okay?"
cousin:"……"
The eldest uncle laughed loudly: "That's definitely not possible. Just go to school honestly. When you graduate from college and go out to find a job, ask your uncle to arrange a good job for you. You can just watch your uncle every day.
.”
"Yeah." Little Didi nodded repeatedly, full of energy: "Three years of junior high school, three years of high school, four years of college... Well, seven more years! It's so long."
"Do you really want to guard your uncle every day?" The uncle couldn't laugh or cry.
"Well, I want to live with my uncle for the rest of my life." Xiao Didi hugged Ma Xiaolong's arm and said.
"Then you have to ask your aunt if she is happy with it." The uncle said with a smile.
Little Didi turned to look at Zhusha and asked, "Auntie, can I live with you in the future?"
Zhu Sha chuckled: "Yes! But only before getting married. After you get married, you still have to live with your husband."
"Hmm~ I haven't thought that far, let's talk about it then!" Little Didi still felt that living with her uncle would be more enjoyable, but her husband seemed to enjoy it too, so it was very embarrassing.
It was rare that this year was so peaceful. Ma Xiaolong happily chatted with his family for a while, then went to the kitchen to help his father.
By the way, before Ma Xiaolong and Zhu Sha went to attend Li Xin's wedding, Zhu Lingling picked up the two children, saying that they were going to Li Jiapo to celebrate the New Year and wanted to reunite the family.
Speaking of New Year's Eve, we can't escape the Spring Festival Gala. Because the two programs of last year's Spring Festival Gala were extremely effective, the director team of this year's Spring Festival Gala also invited Ma Xiaolong, Zhu Sha and Chen Jun to participate in this year's Spring Festival Gala early. However, they were rejected by Ma Xiaolong and
Zhu Sha refused, but Chen Jun did not refuse. Moreover, after his debut last year, Chen Jun officially went solo.
In the past year, Chen Jun released an album, all of which were written and composed by himself. Not to mention, it sounded pretty good. After its release, the sales volume was also quite good, ranking among the top five albums of the year.
Ma Xiaolong was very pleased that the little girl back then could finally rely on her own abilities to carve out her own niche in the entertainment industry.
Because Chen Jun was going to perform in the Spring Festival Gala this year, the whole family was waiting in front of the TV early, eating and drinking while watching this year's Spring Festival Gala.
Probably because she wanted to come back early, Chen Jun appeared earlier this year, on the third show. After she finished singing a song specially composed for the Spring Festival Gala, she returned to the backstage, changed her clothes, and got in early.
Get into the nanny's car and drive to the small town overnight.
The driver is her assistant, who is responsible for her daily life and food, as well as work arrangements. She also works part-time as a driver.
It took almost three hours to finally get back to the small town villa before early in the morning. Because the video call was maintained during the whole time, Ma Xiaolong and Zhang Chiling were waiting outside the door early.
After Chen Jun got off the car, he immediately gave the two of them a hug: "Mom, brother, Happy New Year."
"Hey, happy New Year." Zhang Chiling was very happy, turned to look at the assistant who got out of the car, and asked: "Who is this girl?"
"Hello, aunt, I am your daughter's assistant. My surname is Wang." The assistant said quickly.
Then he bowed to Ma Xiaolong: "Hello, Mr. Ma."
Ma Xiaolong nodded and asked, "Where are you from?"
"I'm from Beijing. I have a bachelor's degree and one year of work experience. I..."
"Okay." Ma Xiaolong stopped her and said, "It's quite late now, Xiaojun, you take her to stay at home for one night first, and then let her go back tomorrow."
Chen Jun nodded: "Okay."
…
After settling down the little assistant, Chen Jun and Zhang Chiling went to Ma Xiaolong's house to welcome Ling Xiao's arrival.
As the countdown ends, people bid farewell to the Year of the Monkey and usher in the Year of the Rooster.
At the same time, fireworks and firecrackers were set off all over the town, lighting up the night sky and driving away the Nian beast.
The whole family did not go to the cinema to watch movies this year. After all, there are many elderly people in the family. Going out to watch movies in the early morning would be unbearable for the body. Moreover, Zhusha has already retired. There are no movies of hers released during the Spring Festival this year, so there is no need for the whole family to go to the cinema.
The fireworks and firecrackers were set off for about half an hour, and the town gradually became quiet, and everyone went to rest one after another.
Back in the bedroom, lying on the bed, Ma Xiaolong stroked Zhu Sha's belly and said, "It's been five months before I know it. Wife, thank you for your hard work."
Zhu Sha's eyebrows were smiling: "It's not hard work, my husband is the real hard worker. He has put in a lot of hard work for our family."
"The husband doesn't work hard, the wife does."
"My wife doesn't work hard, my husband does."
"No, no, no, it's my wife's hard work."
"It's my husband's hard work..."
"..."
This Spring Festival is very lively. After several years of publicity and development, the traditional Spring Festival programs in small towns have become a key tourism project chosen by tourists from all over the country. Starting from the first day of the new year, many tourists from other places come to visit temple fairs and watch things.
Son.
Ma Xiaolong also deliberately took his aunt and his family around the town to feel the changes in the town and the cultural traditions rooted in the local area.
The uncle and the others were fine. Little Didi really went crazy, especially when she saw the lion dance team. She naughtily grabbed the embroidered ball and started playing with the lions.
Logically speaking, this is considered causing trouble, but the lion is very good, and he started playing with Little Didi, which made the onlookers laugh and cheer, and the effect was surprisingly good.
The Spring Festival cultural festival in the small town will last until the 16th day of the first lunar month. Unfortunately, little Didi will start school on the 16th day of the first lunar month and did not make it to the last day. With a trace of regret, she went back with her parents on the afternoon of the 15th day of the first lunar month.
Beijing.
Ma Xiaofeng and Chen Jun returned to the capital early, while Zhu Lingling came back with her two children, but they only stayed for half an hour before leaving the children and running away.