240: Chapter 236 New Ho 240: Chapter 236 New Ho Five million yuan, for soone who can only earn a few yuan a day, was a truly astronomical figure that was staggering to hear.
When Chen Zhonghua saw his son, Chen Hai, ntioning five million with such a nonchalant deanor, he opened his mouth but ultimately no sound erged.
In his eyes, having five million in hand could get you how many wives?
But now, just for an engagent alone, his son was actually planning to spend such a huge sum of money; his heart ached to the extre.
However, when he thought about how all this money was earned by his son and that he and Jiang ixian hadn’t spent a penny of it,
Chen Zhonghua, even if he wanted to say sothing, simply did not know how to begin!
“Hai, you’ve grown up now, and you should make your own decisions about your affairs.”
“Your mom and I have been scraping a living from the soil for most of our lives and haven’t seen much of the world—we truly don’t know what it’s like out there!”
“If you feel that spending so much money to get engaged to that girl is absolutely necessary, then you see to it yourself!”
With a heart full of lancholy, Chen Zhonghua sighed.
The cigarette in his hand had just been finished when he imdiately took out another and lit it up again.
Just monts ago, he and his wife, Jiang ixian, were still feeling proud that this month’s inco might exceed five hundred yuan.
But in the blink of an eye, after learning from his son that he might spend five million just to get engaged,
His feelings at this mont were so complex that even he himself struggled to find the right words to describe them.
“Head of the family, Hai, dinner’s ready…” ca Jiang ixian’s tily call from the small restaurant.
It was just two or three dishes, simply heated up, which naturally didn’t take much ti.
Because the restaurant was too crowded, Jiang ixian simply moved the small dining table outside the shop.
“Qingqing, co here, have so at, look how skinny you are…”
According to the old generation’s thinking, girls needed to be robust to bear children, which is what Jiang ixian originally intended to say.
Unfortunately, Chen Hai stepped on her foot hard under the table, causing her to swallow back her words.
The plate of stir-fried pork with green peppers mostly contained green peppers with hardly a few slices of at.
Jiang ixian’s chopsticks picked out the slightly larger and more intact pieces of at and put them into Ye Qingqing’s bowl.
“Thank you, Auntie!” smiled Ye Qingqing, quickly expressing her thanks.
“Chen Hai, you have a big appetite, you eat the at!” The at that Jiang ixian had given her, she transferred to Chen Hai’s bowl, keeping only a few slices of green pepper for herself.
The cuisine here in Xiangnan is known for its heavy use of oil and spices, a stark contrast to the milder dishes of Yuedong.
Ye Qingqing quite liked Xiang cuisine, but she really was not accustod to eating large chunks of fatty at.
“Auntie, your cooking is really good; these green peppers are tasty!” While picking at her rice, Ye Qingqing almost forgot to complint Jiang ixian.
“Like it?
Then eat more…”
Hearing this, Jiang ixian’s mood brightened, and after a few more chopsticks’ work, the plate of stir-fried pork and green peppers was nearly empty, with most of the green peppers ending up in Ye Qingqing’s bowl.
As for the two n, Chen Hai and Chen Zhonghua, being male, had no such privileges…
There was only one at dish and one vegetable dish, plus so pickles.
These days, with most families being poor, just having a at dish on the table could be considered a feast.
If Chen Hai hadn’t been coming ho, it would have just been Jiang ixian and Chen Zhonghua at ho.
Even now, with their financial situation having improved sowhat, their frugal habits would probably have them eating at only every three to five days.
Apart from the few pieces of at his girlfriend had given him, Chen Hai was at least able to pick up a few chopsticks full of green beans.
As for Chen Zhonghua, he was left with a pile of pickles to gorge on to his heart’s content.
Ye Qingqing didn’t eat much, whereas Chen Hai devoured his food like a whirlwind, at incredible speed.
In less than fifteen minutes, the two of them had finished their al.
“Zhonghua, you haven’t been to the house we bought yet,”
“I’ll take the two of them over to see our ho and tidy it up a bit.”
“Just keep an eye on the shop for …”
Having also finished her al, Jiang ixian stood up and instructed her husband.
Logically, as soon as her son had co ho, she should have taken them to see the house.
But since the food was already prepared, and she was worried that her son and Qingqing might be starving after their journey,
So she waited until now to bring up the matter.
“Sure, ixian, you go ahead; I’ll watch the place here!” Chen Zhonghua nodded and agreed.
As for Chen Hai and Ye Qingqing, they naturally had no objections.
Through phone calls, Chen Hai had already learned that his family had bought a house in the county town, but what the house looked like was sothing he was very curious about.
Following behind his mother, Jiang ixian, they entered the Wenchang Pavilion Community and walked for another five or six minutes.
Finally, they stopped on the second floor of a five-story building.
“This is a funded housing project, built less than seven years ago, and the house is still quite new!”
“The inside has three bedrooms, a living room, and a dining room.”
“When we bought this house, all the furniture and stuff inside was given to us by the original owner!”
“But your dad said, sleeping in a bed that soone else has slept in isn’t very auspicious.”
“In the three bedrooms, we replaced all the beds with new ones, but the cabinets, tables, and such are still the original ones!”
…
Taking out the keys, Jiang ixian opened the front door and led Chen Hai and another person into the house, where she pointed at various items and introduced them to the two.
Other things might seem quite outdated after seven years.
But calling the seven-year-old house eighty or ninety percent new would absolutely not be an exaggeration.
After walking around the house twice, Chen Hai was fairly pleased overall.
Truth be told, whether he dropped out or not, he probably wouldn’t spend much ti at his old ho in Liuyuan County.
With this apartnt, apart from providing a place for his parents to live, it also ant he had a foothold in the county town of his hotown.
“Mom, how much did we spend on this house?” Chen Hai casually inquired.
“One hundred and twenty-so square ters, cost nearly twenty thousand yuan.”
“That previous owner, he was ruthless.
I haggled with him at length, but he wouldn’t budge an inch.”
“If it weren’t for Hai’s repeated instructions to get a place in the county town, for one or two thousand yuan, we could have built ourselves a small western-style house in our Chenjiaping hotown!”
With a face full of dissatisfaction, Jiang ixian muttered.
“Mom, can the houses in the county town really compare with the ones back in Chenjiaping?”
“Living in the county makes it so much easier to do anything we want!”
“By the way, have you and dad’s rural-to-urban household registration been handled?
Has it been transferred over here?”
With a chuckle, Chen Hai suddenly rembered this matter and asked.
“Yep, it’s all sorted!”
Jiang ixian was clearly thrilled when the topic arose, and after a slight pause, she continued, “The newly appointed Mayor Qian Feng, you know him, right?”
“He has asked about you in our presence, saying he wants to find an opportunity to properly thank you.”
“This Mayor Qian is incredibly enthusiastic, a man of integrity, a good person indeed!”
“With his help, the household registration matter went very smoothly; your dad and I wanted to give him a gift, but he wouldn’t accept it.”
“During our visit to his house, when we were leaving, he even gave your dad two bottles of good wine and a pack of quality cigarettes…”
It looked like his own mother had a very high opinion of this warm-hearted and capable mayor.
Whenever Jiang ixian ntioned Mayor Qian in front of Chen Hai, she had nothing but high praise for him.
“Qian Feng?
The new mayor?
He didn’t end up sitting in the position Liu Dagui vacated.”
“Although he missed it by a bit, he still managed to move up a step!”
“Probably, the little sches I pulled off for him that day must have had so effect!”
Frowning slightly, Chen Hai nodded silently to himself.
The saying goes, ‘Serve as an official for one term and bring benefits to the local community.’ This Qian Feng, despite having quite a few issues, was at least very perceptive as a person!
“Mom, it’s Qingqing’s first ti visiting us here; I’ll take her around for a walk!”
eting with Qian Feng?
Chen Hai wasn’t too interested and, feeling sowhat bored after a brief stay at ho, he spoke to his mother, Jiang ixian.
“Alright!
Just be careful, and don’t get into trouble.
If you see others fighting, stay far away and don’t accidentally get involved!”
Jiang ixian nodded, and after seeing Ye Qingqing looking out into the distance from the balcony without paying any attention here.
She pulled Chen Hai aside, mysteriously whispered, “Hai, we have three rooms at ho, and your dad and I are using one.”
“Should I clear out the other two rooms or just prepare one of them?”
Her question was not explicitly stated, but the aning was quite clear.
She was asking her son whether he and Ye Qingqing were going to sleep together at night or in separate rooms.
“Mom, clearing out both rooms would be a bit troubleso.”
“Just tidy up the larger room in the house, make the cotton quilts and sheets, and that’ll be fine!” After a brief thought, Chen Hai chuckled and replied.
“Got it!”
The smile on her face grew a bit wider, and Jiang ixian took another glance at Ye Qingqing on the balcony.
She nodded and approached Chen Hai, whispering, “The two of you are still studying, so rember to be careful in certain areas.”
“Got it, Mom!” Chen Hai replied promptly, understanding full well what his mother was hinting at.
Seeing his mother busying herself, Chen Hai looked at his watch.
Unbeknownst to him, it was only seven or eight minutes until eight o’clock in the evening.
“Qingqing, let’s go out and have fun!” Chen Hai called out to Ye Qingqing, who was not far away on the balcony.
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