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#1785 - Huang Ling's vanity, buying a house

"Song Ying, this was bought by Tusi in Shanghai. He specifically said it was for you."

Huang Ling opened a jewelry box, revealing a gold necklace inside, and handed it to Song Ying.

Song Ying was stunned when she heard this.

"For me?"

"Yes, it's because prices are skyrocketing. This kid bought a lot of gold jewelry for me and Xiaoting. This one is specially bought for you."

Song Ying felt very warm in her heart, but she still refused: "I am already very happy that Tuxi remembered me in his heart. As for this gift, forget it. Sister Ling, listen to me. You also know that Wu Feng took me to buy a lot of gold jewelry a few days ago. I was embarrassed to wear them out, so I only wore a necklace. The others are all at home."

"So, I am very grateful to Tusi, but forget about this gold necklace. Sister Ling, you can keep it."

"How can that be possible? Tusi told you it was given to you."

Huang Ling was of course not happy about it. The two of them pushed and shoved each other, and the stalemate lasted for a long time. In the end, Song Ying still refused to accept it. Huang Ling was exhausted and sweating, so she could only put it all away for the time being.

"Tusi is becoming more and more capable. I heard from Dongzhe that his books are sold abroad and he is now earning foreign exchange."

"I've also heard Tusi mention it. Tunan and Xiaoting both said that his books seem to be selling well abroad, but we don't know the details and didn't ask much."

Huang Ling is still very proud of her son. After all, he is her own son. The more capable he is, the more proud she will be as a mother. She is also a normal person and of course she has vanity.

Looking at the entire Textile Lane, or even the entire cotton mill, no child's achievements could be compared with her son's. How could she not be proud?

Not to mention her, even the divorced Zhuang Chaoying, although he was affected to a certain extent by the divorce, his promising son made him more glorious and he was very successful in school, which offset the depression in his heart.

Song Ying said with emotion: "Tusi is really promising. He has been abroad. I heard him talk about the situation in America before. It is indeed more developed than here."

Huang Ling said: "But he also said that it's much more chaotic over there than here. We Chinese will be excluded if we go there, so it's better to stay in China."

"That's true. Anyway, I don't want our Dongzhe to go abroad. It's so far away. If he goes there, I don't know if he can come back once a year."

"I think so too. Fortunately, Tusi has no intention of going abroad. Shanghai is still good. It is so close to Suzhou. It only takes two or three hours to get back by car. Even if we miss the children, we can take a car to see them by ourselves. If they go abroad, we won't be able to find them even if we want to."

"By the way, Sister Ling, Tunan and Tusi are not young anymore, do they have any friends at school?"

Song Ying asked quietly with a curious look on her face. Huang Ling smiled and said, "I really don't know about this. I haven't heard them talk about it. It should not be yet."

"Sister Ling, let me tell you, many people in the factory have asked me about this, but I answered them all rudely. Are you kidding? Tunan and Tuxi are both graduates from prestigious universities. They will be graduate students after graduation. They really have beautiful dreams."

Huang Ling smiled but said nothing. In fact, she had similar thoughts in her mind. It's not that she looked down on others, but she felt that her two children were so outstanding that it would be easy for them to stay in Shanghai in the future. The children of ordinary cotton mills were really not worthy of them.

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The days of rising prices have little impact on Zhou Chen, but they have a big impact on ordinary people, Zhuang Tunan being one of them.

Normally, he relied on his own allowance and some money from his family, and he had some surplus every month. However, prices had risen rapidly recently, and his money was no longer enough. He knew that Zhou Chen was rich, but he had a strong sense of self-esteem, so he didn't have the nerve to ask Zhou Chen for money. He was also too embarrassed to ask his parents for money at home, so he could only live frugally.

It was his cousin Xiang Pengfei who cared about him, so he asked Lin Dongzhe to bring him three hundred yuan and also told him about Xiang Pengfei's business with Che Dun.

After hearing this story, Zhuang Tunan began to think that he could not always rely on his family. His younger brother started making money at such a young age, but he, as the eldest brother, had been using the family's money for more than 20 years.

So when there was still more than a week left in the summer vacation, he returned home early and discussed doing business with Xiang Pengfei.

Xiang Pengfei was a bold and ambitious person. When he heard Zhuang Tunan's idea, he immediately agreed. He regarded the three brothers and sisters of the Zhuang family as his closest relatives, so he didn't think about anything else but that everyone could make money together.

After the two of them had discussed it, they pulled Lin Dongzhe over, and the three of them began to discuss doing business. Each of them contributed money. Zhuang Tunan made a suggestion, and Lin Dongzhe said that their two aunts and uncles were doing business in the south and had connections, so they could go there first to discuss it.

After the three of them had a preliminary discussion, Xiang Pengfei suddenly asked hesitantly: "Brother Tunan, Dongzhe, do you think we should tell Brother Tuxi about this matter? After all, we are all brothers together."

Zhuang Tunan hesitated, and Lin Dongzhe said, "I don't think it's necessary. Brother Tuxi is such a person. Our business is just a small matter to him. He probably doesn't even care about it."

In his mind, Zhou Chen is a great writer and a man of letters who earns cultural money, and a lot of it at that. They don't even know how much money they can make from this business, so there is really no need to call Zhou Chen to join in.

Xiang Pengfei said, "Whether Brother Tuxi will cooperate with us is another matter, but at least we have to inform him."

Zhuang Tunan nodded and said, "Pengfei is right. This is something that we brothers did together. Regardless of whether Tuxi did it or not, it is still necessary to tell him. I will call him and ask him later."

Zhou Chen received the call and learned about this from Zhuang Tunan. He was not surprised, but when he heard him ask if he wanted to join in, he thought about it and refused. He just said that if he was short of capital, he could call him and he could lend him some, so he wouldn't have to share in the profits or contribute any effort.

So during the summer vacation, Zhuang Tunan and the other two started their business. They were so busy that they didn't even have time to go home. Zhou Chen did not go home during the summer vacation either.

Because Wu Shanshan was not allowed to go home for the Chinese New Year, she was extremely disappointed with her biological parents and stepmother. So she didn't want to go home during the summer vacation and stayed in Shanghai to continue her tutoring job.

Zhou Chen thought there was nothing to do at home, so he stayed to accompany Wu Shanshan.

After searching for more than a month, Zhou Chen finally found a suitable old detached house in Xuhui. The other party was willing to sell it, but there was a small problem. Two rooms in this old house were sold to another household, and there was some dispute over the property rights.

So the problem now is that if Zhou Chen wants to buy them all, he has to convince the other household and then unify the property rights.

But the other household was willing to sell, but their asking price was a bit too high, far exceeding the market price by more than twice, so we were unable to reach a deal after more than half a month.

In fact, Zhou Chen is not short of money and is willing to spend money, but that doesn't mean he is willing to give money to others foolishly. It doesn't matter if it's a little more expensive, but three times the price, do they really think he is stupid? He would rather not buy it than spend this money in vain.

In the end, Zhou Chen did change his target and went to look for another famous villa area, Jing'an Villa. This is also a famous villa area with decades of history and a very good geographical location.

There are more than one hundred villas in this area, and most of the residents who can live here are not simple people. Even in this day and age, it is difficult for ordinary people to afford a house here.

However, in this era, there are many Chinese people who yearn to live abroad, so after Zhou Chen asked around here, he quickly found a company that wanted to sell the property, but the price was a little high and they wanted cash.

This was exactly what Zhou Chen had in mind. He went to see the house. Although it was quite a few years old, it was still very well preserved and the area was large enough. So Zhou Chen found the owner and started a detailed discussion.

Nowadays, even houses in Shanghai only cost a little over two thousand per square meter. This house was a bit expensive, and Zhou Chen did not deliberately lower the price. After his psychological expectations were met, the other party also wanted to settle abroad, so the two parties hit it off and made the deal directly.

Fortunately, the property rights and other certificates of the other party's house are very complete, and coupled with some connections, the resale and transfer process was quite smooth.

The villa Zhou Chen bought was not a stand-alone villa but a townhouse. However, it also had its own yard and three floors. The space was quite large, and there was also a small open-air garden upstairs. Except for the fact that it was not a stand-alone villa and the house was a little old, Zhou Chen was quite satisfied with it in other aspects.

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Half a month later!

Zhou Chen rode a motorcycle with Wu Shanshan to the Jing'an villa area and stopped in front of a big gate.

Wu Shanshan followed Zhou Chen down from the motorcycle and asked in surprise, "Tusi, why did you bring me here? The houses here are all old-fashioned red brick walls, and they really look nice."

In Zhou Chen's eyes, this place was certainly not that good, but in Wu Shanshan's eyes, it seemed very luxurious. After all, the house she lived in before was just a small brick house in a crowded alley, which was much worse than this place in terms of sensory perception.

Zhou Chen smiled slightly and took out the key from his pocket.

"I'll show you around the house."

As he said that, he opened the door, motioned Wu Shanshan to go in, and then pushed the motorcycle into the yard.

Wu Shanshan foolishly followed Zhou Chen into the courtyard and looked at the three-story house in front of her.

"What did you just say? Home, what does that mean?"

Zhou Chen said: "It means exactly what it says. I bought this house and it will be our home from now on."

Wu Shanshan exclaimed, then covered her mouth with her hands, looking incredulous: "You bought it?"

"Yes, I bought it not long ago."

Looking at Zhou Chen's determined eyes, although Wu Shanshan found it unbelievable, she still accepted this reality. She felt that Zhou Chen would not play such a big joke on her.

"You just said, our home?"

Zhou Chen reached out and held her hand, saying softly, "Yes, this is our home. After we graduate, we will live here."

This place is about ten kilometers away from Fudan University, which is not very far, but the transportation is not well developed now, so it is not very convenient to travel back and forth, and it is a waste of time.

Wu Shanshan's eyes suddenly turned red. The words "our home" really broke her defenses. In her own home, she had to share a room with Zhang Min and Wu Jun. Now seeing such a luxurious three-story house in front of her, Zhou Chen actually said "we", she has a share of it. This moved her more than all the love words in the world.

Of course, she didn't just want to date Zhou Chen, she also wanted to be with Zhou Chen forever, so the words "our home" were really a huge reassurance to her.

At this moment, she was completely devoted to Zhou Chen. No matter what happened in the future, as long as Zhou Chen wanted her, she would follow him.

"Come on, let's go in and take a look. I just bought this place, and the interior layout is still the same as before. Let's take a look. If you are not satisfied, we can redecorate it later. You can decorate it any way you want."

Wu Shanshan was pulled into the house by Zhou Chen like a puppet, and then she looked from the first floor to the third floor, her mind was confused.

She has been with Zhou Chen for more than two years and has gained some experience, but even so, the decoration that Zhou Chen considers to be old-fashioned is very luxurious in her eyes.

After this round, she didn't say much, just listened to Zhou Chen, such as the bed needs to be replaced, the bathroom needs to be redone, the walls need to be repainted, the floor also has some problems, etc...

Anyway, from what Zhou Chen said, it seemed like there were problems everywhere, as if everything had to be started from scratch.

"After I finish renovating this place, we will move in. I know you don't want anyone to know that we are already together, so I won't tell anyone else that I bought this house. Only the two of us will know."

Wu Shanshan finally came back to her senses and suddenly asked a question after hearing Zhou Chen's words.

“This house must be very expensive, right?”

"It's OK. It's within my budget. The location is good and the place is big. It took me some effort to find this house, but it's worth it. Do you like it here?"

"Of course I like it, I like it very much."

Wu Shanshan answered without hesitation. How could she not like such a nice house? She loved it so much, but she still kept her sanity.

"But I will graduate next year, and I don't know if I can be assigned to Shanghai. I heard that the school will basically assign people back to their place of residence. What if I am assigned back to Suzhou? No, if I am really assigned back to Suzhou, I will not go back, but stay in Shanghai and find a job by myself."

Zhou Chen comforted her, "Don't worry about that. I'm familiar with the school's leaders and will definitely let you stay in Shanghai."

It is indeed difficult for ordinary people to settle in Shanghai, but for him, it is much simpler. Just with this house, it is easy to get a household registration.

Wu Shanshan was happy as she was going to graduate next year. What she was most worried about was being assigned back to her registered place of residence. She knew Zhou Chen was going to stay in Shanghai, so she didn't want to go back to Suzhou at all. She just wanted to stay in Shanghai and stay with Zhou Chen. However, she had little influence and could not make the decision. Now that Zhou Chen said this, she felt much more relieved.

After such a long time, she gradually calmed down and started to look at the house again, from the first floor to the third floor, looking carefully, but she was still not satisfied.

Thinking about living here with Zhou Chen in the future, in this house that belongs to them, she almost fainted with happiness.

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Before the summer vacation was over, Zhuang Tunan, Lin Dongzhe and others returned to Shanghai together, and Xiang Pengfei also came with them.

Xiang Pengfei came along on purpose, and it was Zhou Chen's idea, to discuss buying him a car and starting a transportation company, which was what he had promised Xiang Pengfei last year.

Xiang Pengfei followed Qian Jin and their team for a year to gain experience and learn, and just in time to take advantage of the fact that they had some capital from their business to put this matter into practice.

They didn't go far, just to a restaurant next to the school. Zhou Chen and his four siblings, plus Lin Dongzhe, sat together to eat.