In the evening, Chenjia Village.
"Lin Yue, are you back?"
Xiao Dongfeng's wife greeted him cheerfully.
With their family's current financial resources, building a two-story building or moving into a newly built community in the city would be a small case. She wanted to do this, but Xiao Dongfeng disagreed and told her that if Chen Yulian didn't move, Xiao If the family does not move, the Chen Yulian family cannot afford a villa, and the Xiao family will not build a villa.
One sentence destroyed all her dissatisfaction. Without Lin Yue investing money to expand the furniture factory, without him giving Xiao Dongfeng ideas, without him connecting the furniture factory with Shuangwu Group, the Xiao family would not be what it is today.
There is no other way, the Chen family chooses to keep a low profile, and the Xiao family can only walk at night in brocade clothes.
"Grandma, it's cold in the morning and evening, so be sure to keep warm."
"I'm bored in the house, so I came out to get some air, and I'll go home after a while."
She responded with a smile.
Lin Yue nodded and was about to enter the alley when she stopped him again.
"You don't know yet."
"what do you know?"
"Chen Jianghe came to see your mother today?"
"Um?"
"I have been kneeling in front of your house for several minutes, pleading for Luo Yuzhu."
"Then what?"
"Your mother signed the letter of understanding because she was pregnant with Chen Jianghe's child."
Lin Yue was not surprised that Chen Yulian would be soft-hearted. She was just such a person. Even if Luo Yuzhu cheated her, she would definitely give in and retreat when it came to children. He could even think of Chen Yulian's words to respond to his complaints--just think of it as helping your grandma accumulate virtue.
"Chen Jianghe..."
He shook his head and walked quickly into the alley.
Xiao Dongfeng's daughter-in-law can also understand his helplessness to a certain extent. In fact, the entire Chenjia Village is talking about Chen Jianghe and Luo Yuzhu. Regardless of whether she wants to marry Qiao Gu, who has such a good personality and is the most suitable wife. Marrying a mean and stingy second-married girl, they have only been back in Yiwu for a few days, how much trouble will they cause? From slapping Chen Jintu, selling fake goods, and framing Chen Yulian, Chen Jianghe did nothing else but wipe her butt.
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Because Chen Yulian issued a letter of understanding, Luo Yuzhu was not given a heavy sentence. As an accessory, she was given six months of detention. Considering that she was pregnant, the judicial authorities allowed her to be executed outside prison, which was equivalent to her acquittal.
After this lesson, she has become more honest, at least on the surface, she no longer looks as domineering as before - a second-married woman can capture the heart of an outstanding talent like Chen Jianghe, she certainly has the confidence to fly, and even more Besides, she felt that she was not bad either. Who among those who did business in Yiwu eight or nine years ago had never heard of the title King of Socks.
After she was sure that she would not go to jail, she bought a bunch of gifts under the leadership of Chen Jianghe and went to visit Chen Yulian and the old lady. Of course, she went while Lin Yue was not at home. Although she didn't want to do such a thing in her heart, she couldn't. It's pretty decent in terms of appearance.
Chen Jintu was not so lucky. He was sentenced to three years for the crime of theft and false accusation. Counting the time, he was released one or two years earlier than his son. Some people joked that Lin Yue had done a good deed by sending them as a gift. Father and son went inside to reunite.
Half a year later, Qiaogu gave birth to a pair of twins, but Chen Jinshui was very happy. He said that the old Chen family had a successor, so he named them Chen Dong and Chen Qian, both of which were quite ordinary. After all, he was not For any cultural person, it is good to have a catchy name. As for the name Chen Jianghe... I asked the teacher in the town for advice, and he gave me these two words.
Taking care of two children by herself, Qiaogu was very tired. Fortunately, with the help of Chen Jinshui and his wife, the situation was much better.
In 1994, the city burned all the fake goods. Shuangwu Group invited reporters from many newspapers at home and abroad to report on the matter in order to improve outsiders' impression of Yiwu Commodity City. , in the autumn of the same year, the stall owners of the Commodity City elected the president and vice president. The president is Chen Yulian, but everyone knows that she does not have time to deal with the affairs of the chamber of commerce. Some important meetings and activities must be held by Lin Yue. Host, someone originally proposed that Chen Jianghe be the vice president, but because of Luo Yuzhu's criminal record, everyone rejected it. They argued for a long time, and finally gave the title of vice president to Hu Yanjie, who was the first to sign the joint letter. .
At this time, Luo Yuzhu also gave birth to a son, named Chen Lu by Chen Jinshui.
After the lactation period, Qiaogu left the child to Chen Jinshui and his wife to take care of, and went to work in Chen Jianghe's shop. It was not that she had any conflicts with Lin Yue. There were two reasons. Chen Daguang was involved in smuggling in, and he was confused. She couldn't blame others, but Chen Jintu was sent there by Lin Yue. If she went to work in Chen Yulian's store, she would inevitably be criticized. In addition, when Chen Jinshui's chicken farm was demolished, the city compensated eight stalls. Chen Jinshui used this to become a shareholder in Chen Jianghe and Luo Yuzhu's company. He didn't know how to run a business and couldn't help, so Qiaogu came over just in time.
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Nine years later.
Woo...
laugh……
The aircraft's tires spin rapidly on the runway to reduce the momentum from the fuselage.
In the terminal, Luo Yuzhu was waiting at the exit. At this time, she was holding a Hermès bag in her hand, wearing a very eye-catching pink collarless jacket, with sleek short hair, bright red lipstick, and raised eyeliner. , hooked into the corner of his eyes, his whole person interpreting the word "sharp".
Speaking of which... I don't blame her. In ten years, her and Chen Jianghe's Yuzhu Trading Company has developed into a Yuzhu Group that mainly sells jewelry and hardware products. Chen Jianghe is the chairman and she is the general manager. One drives a BMW and the other drives a Mercedes-Benz, lives in a villa, hires a nanny, and wears luxury goods. They are still respectable people in Yiwu, don't they stand out? How could it be worthy of her status without being eye-catching?
"Godmother."
Following a gentle call, a smiling face appeared in her field of vision.
"Yanyan."
Luo Yuzhu waved to her, walked over and grabbed her arm, looking up and down carefully.
"Let's see, I haven't seen her for a few years, and she has become a grown-up girl. Look at her face and figure."
Qiu Yan wore a brown windbreaker and said with a smile: "Godmother, you haven't changed at all from a few years ago."
When Qiu Yingjie left, Chen Jianghe didn't go to see him off. Later, when the two of them got rich and went to the United States for business reasons, they took a detour to Los Angeles to visit Qiu Yingjie and his daughter. To a certain extent, it was I'm sorry, so to say that I'm a stranger... I can't really say that.
"Yanyan, look at you, you are so low-key when people praise you. My godmother is already in her 40s. She is about to reach middle age. How can she be the same as before." Luo Yuzhu went to pull her suitcase: " Let’s go, tell us what you have to say at home.”
"Godmother, I can do it myself." Qiu Yan declined politely, putting his hand on the lever first and dragging the suitcase forward.
Luo Yuzhu didn't force it, and caught up with her bag: "Just go out from the front, the car is parked not far from the door."
Qiu Yan asked, "Where's your godfather? Didn't he agree to come with you?"
"Oh, there was something urgent at the company. He went to take care of it. He said he would go home for dinner and help you clean up the dust."
"Um."
"By the way." Luo Yuzhu said, "Are you suffering from jet lag after coming back from the United States?"
"It's okay, I slept the whole way."
"I see... By the way, Yanyan, didn't your dad say we'd come back together? What happened?"
"It's my brother's fault. He got into a fight with someone at school and smashed his head. The teacher asked the parents to come over and deal with it. The other person was a black kid. His mother refused to let him go. He even filed a lawsuit with the Administration for Children and Families. So did you. Knowing that my dad had never been naturalized in the United States and that the matter was quite troublesome anyway, he canceled his trip back to China and went to deal with the matter there with my mother."
Luo Yuzhu suddenly realized that no wonder Qiu Yingjie suddenly called the day before boarding the plane and told him that he had something to do and would not be able to return to China until later, so Qiu Yan was asked to stay at the front.
Speaking of Qiu Yingjie and Zhang Xue, they are quite interesting. They were separated in China and eventually got divorced. They reconciled abroad. Qiu Yingjie's surgery was successful and he was almost recovered two years later. Xue Na found out that she was pregnant, so she gave birth to a younger brother for Qiu Yan, named Qiu Hao.
Originally, Qiu Yingjie was worried about things in China and wanted to return to Yiwu. Zhang Xue stopped him because of the five-year survival period that doctors emphasized many times. Now there is no need to do that. She is pregnant with another child, and Qiu Yan is also pregnant. After entering junior high school, can Qiu Yingjie come back? Of course not! This delay was delayed until 2004, ten years later.
While talking, the two of them arrived outside the terminal. Luo Yuzhu opened the trunk of the Mercedes-Benz, put away the luggage, and then one got in the driver's seat and the other sat in the passenger seat.
"Let's go home first. I heard your dad said that you used to like beef offal from Shangxi the most. I specially asked Wang Xu to take Sister Zhao to Shangxi and buy ten kilograms of it."
"Godmother, why did you buy so much? Can you finish it?"
Qiu Yan was a bit dumbfounded. She likes to eat Shangxi beef offal because she misses the memory of her grandpa taking her to eat braised beef offal in Beijing when she was a child. Although the ingredients are different and the taste is different, for some reason, it always tastes different. A familiar feeling, more like a complex than a like.
To say that I like it... no, I should say that I never forget it, and I also want to count the noodles made by that person.
I don’t know what happened to him. Chen Jianghe and Luo Yuzhu both went to the United States to visit them, but he... he has never been there even once in these years, but birthday gifts and school-opening gifts have never been left behind. Sometimes it is an obscure book. A difficult book is sometimes a photo that embodies the customs and customs of Southeast Asia, and sometimes it is a taste of China that cannot be forgotten across an ocean.
"If you can't finish this meal, you can eat the next one. I asked my godmother to find out that foreigners don't eat beef offal. After so many years, I must have become greedy." Luo Yuzhu said while driving.
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"Godmother..."
Qiu Yan wanted to ask him about it, but suddenly remembered the content of his parents' original conversation and swallowed the words that rushed to his lips.
"What's wrong? You're hesitant. If you have something to say, just say it. Why are you embarrassed to talk to your godmother?"
"I wanted to ask how Wang Xu is doing."
"He, I heard that you arrived home today and asked for leave from the counselor early in the morning. You will be back before dinner."
Qiu Yan nodded and said nothing.
Luo Yuzhu looked at her carefully, and a faint smile appeared on her lips. She felt that Qiu Yan asked Chen Jianghe why he didn't come to pick her up simply out of curiosity. Asking Wang Xu now, it must be different. It can be proved from her expression and micro movements.
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That night.
Inside the luxurious villa of Chen Jianghe and Luo Yuzhu.
"Here comes the local chicken."
Sister Zhao wore thick anti-scalding gloves and brought the steaming casserole to the table.
Chen Jianghe took off the glasses he used to read text messages on his mobile phone and ordered the casserole with tachyon: "Yanyan, eat it while it's hot and try Sister Zhao's cooking. She's a well-known cooking expert in your godmother's hometown. She's good at stewing chicken and making soup. He’s very good at what he does.”
Sister Zhao smiled modestly at the side: "No way, it's Yuzhu lifting me up."
Qiu Yan said politely: "Aunt Zhao, sit down and eat together."
"You guys eat first. There's another dish left. Yuzhu said it's your favorite beef offal soup. I'll go see if it's good." After saying this, Sister Zhao turned around and walked into the kitchen.
Beef offal soup...
Qiu Yan didn't know what to say. She wasn't really greedy for this, but she simply liked the feeling of following her grandpa to eat braised pork soup. The beef offal soup restaurant in Yiwu was the place closest to the atmosphere of a braised pork restaurant.
"Eat, why don't you eat? Is the food at home not to your liking?" Seeing her in a daze, Luo Yuzhu thought she had just returned from the United States and had eaten too many burgers, sandwiches, cereals, etc., and was not used to the high oil content of Chinese food. High salt taste.
"No, no." Qiu Yan quickly shook his head and put a piece of chicken into his bowl.
"Mom, it's you. You and Dad are so enthusiastic. You serve Sister Qiu Yan after the last dish. Can she not be nervous? Just now you said it was like being at home, but in the end, she is not treated as a guest." Chen Jianghe The second son, Chen Lu, complained about his parents' behavior like a little adult.
Wang Xu said: "You, talk less and eat more food."
After speaking, he glanced at Qiu Yan, wondering if she was unhappy.
"Here comes the beef offal soup."
At this time, Sister Zhao brought the last dish. A few coriander leaves for freshness were floating in the white sea bowl, and next to it was the inverted and curled tripe.
Everyone looked at Qiu Yan.
She had no choice but to pick up Kuaizi, put a piece of meat into her mouth, chewed it, and said with a smile: "Aunt Zhao is good at cooking, it's very delicious, and the key is that it's not greasy at all."
Hearing what she said, Sister Zhao breathed a sigh of relief.
No, everyone including the four members of the Chen family should have breathed a sigh of relief.
"Dad, do you know what Uncle Lin... Brother Lin has been doing recently? My dad has been talking about him in the past two years, and he has made fewer phone calls. Most of the time, he hangs up the phone without saying a few words. When asked, he says he is busy at work. ,not enough time."
She endured it again and again, but in the end she couldn't hold it in anymore, but she knew that Luo Yuzhu had a bad relationship with Lin Yue, so she chose to ask Chen Jianghe, and even used her father as a shield.
"I'm not very clear about this either."
Chen Jianghe said: "Since the company moved to Jiming Mountain, Chenjiacun has not been there often. Qiaogu is also handling the affairs of the small commodity city, so I don't know his specific situation very well. I only know that he has been there in recent years. I travel quite frequently to Southeast Asia and often fly back and forth to Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia and other places.”
Now Qiu Yan knew why he sent her so many photos of Southeast Asian society. There were women and children with tired and numb faces in drug cartel-controlled areas, scenes of monks performing rituals, and people climbing up and down the mountain to save money on train tickets. The train's lower castes also feature images of tanned fishermen chasing schools of fish...
She also often travels to various places around the world. However, compared with his experience, in terms of integrating into local social life, it can only be said to be a scratch.
Luo Yuzhu noticed that her son had an unhappy look on his face, and curled his lips and said, "After so many years, he is still a little assistant. I really don't know whether to say that Mr. Jin can't live without him, or that he has no ambition."
What he said was very disdainful.
Yes, these ten years were the decade when China's economy took off, and it was also the decade when Yiwu became the world's small commodity market. Those who set up stalls in the small commodity city either built villas in the village or lived in newly developed high-end apartments. Residential communities, or those who bought houses in big cities such as Hangzhou and Shanghai, are not in Jinhua's eyes. However, Chen Yulian still lives in the original house. It has only been renovated two or three times. The three-room shop is still half-dead. Although it is a double The Wu Group is growing day by day, but Lin Yue is still the little assistant.
Ten years, ten years can change a lot of things, including age, mentality, circumstances, personality, and fears...
Lin Yue almost sent her to prison back then, and she was indeed scared. Now, she is the general manager of Yuzhu Group. For that person, her fear has long faded, and her desire for revenge is growing day by day.
They say that if you have money, you will return home in fine clothes, but in her case, if you have money, you will take revenge. If Chen Jianghe hadn't stopped him, she would have started at Chen Yulian's shop. She would disgust that guy first and then charge some interest.
Chen Jianghe just wanted to persuade Luo Yuzhu to restrain himself and not speak ill of Lin Yue in front of Qiu Yan. After all, Chen Yulian signed the letter of understanding at that time, which was equivalent to letting her go.
Of course, he also knew what she was thinking. She felt that he got it by kneeling down and being humiliated. What he sold was a man's dignity. Why should he be grateful? Not only can't I be grateful, but I have to find a way to get back, otherwise I will be criticized by the people in Chenjia Village behind my back for the rest of my life. I really can't swallow this breath.
At this time, there was a ding from the phone, interrupting his thoughts.
Luo Yuzhu noticed his expression when reading the text message: "What's wrong?"
Chen Jianghe said: "I may have to go to Europe in the near future. There is something wrong with the shipment sent to Spain."
Luo Yuzhu asked: "What's the problem?"
"Eat first, let's eat. Today is a family dinner for Yanyan. We won't talk about business." Chen Jianghe forcibly put an end to the conversation.
Luo Yuzhu was very unhappy, but didn't say much.
Qiu Yan noticed this, his eyes darkened slightly, as if he was thinking.
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at the same time.
Inside a five-star hotel in Imperial Capital.
Lin Yue took off his suit and threw it to Li Ming: "Take it for dry cleaning as soon as possible. I have to fly to Thailand tomorrow. Last time I let go of Su Xuming from TCC Group. Since he is sincerely talking about cooperation this time, it is necessary to meet him." ”
"Brother Yue, if you ask me to leave him alone, it's good. Since you are sincere, why don't you pay a visit and invite you to his territory? If the delay is not good, the meeting is not good..."
"Many people know that I only travel with one or two assistants at most and never arrange bodyguards. So why have I been traveling in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Europe for seven or eight years without any problems? How could a person like Su Xuming be stupid?"
"But……"
"Nothing but, TCC is a giant in Thailand's brewing industry. It has been immersed in the beer industry for many years. The resources in Su Xuming's hands are still somewhat attractive to me, and if there is no problem with the information in my hand, they are seeking to Listed."
"Going public?"
When Li Ming was surprised by the news, someone knocked on the door.
"Enter."
The deputy manager of the Imperial Capital Office walked in.
"Mr. Lin, Liu Qiangdong is here."
