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Zhou Chen hung up the phone and put away his phone.

He was just talking on the phone with Huang Ling. Huang Ling and her friends had already discussed with Song Ying and Lin Wufeng and were planning to arrange the engagement for Lin Dongzhe and Zhuang Xiaoting first. However, considering that the children were all in Shanghai, the two families were planning to hold the engagement ceremony in Shanghai.

It was just a simple engagement between two families, so neither family planned to invite anyone else. The two families just got together and had a simple celebration.

Besides this, there was one more matter, and that was the matter of the cotton mill house.

In 1993, there was a reform in the real estate market in Suzhou. The houses in the cotton mill could be purchased with money, but only the former employees of the cotton mill had this right. Huang Ling and Song Ying happened to have this qualification, so the two families decided without hesitation to buy the rooms they were living in now.

Each family spent several thousand dollars, and the ownership of the house became the property of the two of them. Both families were extremely happy about this.

The matter of the house mentioned on the phone was another matter, which was about Huang Ling opening a small canteen.

Last year, Huang Ling, who couldn't sit still, went to work as a ticket seller on Xiang Pengfei's bus under Xiang Pengfei's persuasion. However, after working for only a few months, she had other ideas.

The job of a ticket seller may seem easy, but it is actually quite exhausting. She has to be on the bus all day long. Although Xiang Pengfei doesn't let her work night shifts, going back and forth on the bus and collecting money every day is really hard for a fifty-year-old person.

Moreover, there were many times when she received the wrong money, and even received counterfeit money. Although Xiang Pengfei said nothing and even comforted her, Huang Ling herself did not want this to happen.

So she stopped doing it in 1994.

As for Song Ying, she is also a person who cannot sit still. During the period of being laid off, she has worked as a temporary job twice, but neither of them lasted long. Now, through Li Yiming, she occasionally finds some manual work to do at home, and can barely earn enough money for food every month.

During the Chinese New Year, Zhou Chen saw that Huang Ling was really listless, so he remembered that in the plot, Huang Ling opened a small canteen and seemed very happy. Moreover, this job did not require getting up early and going to bed late, and was much easier than being a ticket seller, so he suggested that she open a small canteen and take the children to eat.

Sure enough, Huang Ling became very interested when she heard it, because she had raised three children since they were young and had experience in this area. Moreover, she felt that it was more interesting to get along with children than with adults. So after Zhou Chen's careful analysis, she found it very interesting and began to think about what to do.

But first the question is, place.

In the plot, the small canteen can be opened because of the two rooms in Song Ying's house, but now Song Ying's family has not moved out, so the house naturally cannot be vacated.

Since the family didn't have a house, Zhou Chen suggested that Huang Ling find other people in the alley who were willing to sell houses.

In the past, the houses belonged to the factory, but now people spend money to buy the houses from the factory. Moreover, it is already the 1990s, and the country no longer restricts the buying and selling of houses. As long as someone is willing to sell, they can buy.

Huang Ling started to work on this matter after the New Year, but after asking around, no one in the alley was selling their house.

Those who can live here are all old workers from the cotton mill. They have basically lived here for more than ten years. People who have lived through that era attach much more importance to houses than young people. After finally getting their own house, how could they sell it easily?

So Zhou Chen asked her to buy a house at a high price. Huang Ling was a little reluctant, but she still listened to Zhou Chen's advice and went to find someone to buy the house again.

This time when she called, Huang Ling told him that a neighbor was willing to sell the house, but the price was relatively high. It was twice the price of buying it directly from the factory. Huang Ling felt that it was not worth it, but Zhou Chen agreed immediately on the phone and said that he would transfer the money tomorrow and settle the matter as soon as possible.

Although the environment in Textile Lane is not very good, the location is good. Even if it is a bit expensive now, it is definitely worth it. Besides, in Zhou Chen's eyes, this ten thousand yuan is nothing. He can buy a house with a yard and open a small canteen for his mother. This alone is worth the investment.

When I got home, I saw Aunt Li playing with Xiaojie in the yard.

"dad."

As soon as Xiao Jie saw Zhou Chen, he immediately dropped the toy in his hand and rushed towards Zhou Chen.

Zhou Chen grabbed him and picked him up, holding him high.

"Where's Mom?"

"Call up."

Aunt Li said, "It seems that Madam received a call from home."

Zhou Chen nodded and did not go into the house. He asked Aunt Li to go and do her business while he played with Xiao Jie in the yard.

Over the years, her family basically called her to ask for money. Even her own brother Wu Jun came to her for help when he ran out of money. No matter how deep the relationship was, it could not withstand such consumption, let alone the shallow relationship to begin with. So year after year, she had already been very annoyed.

Now she only wants to quickly arrange her brother Wu Jun's marriage. If he gets married early, she will have a reason to not care about it.

But it was obvious that her family didn't want to give up her free labor so easily, and wanted to make a fortune from her after the marriage.

This calculated behavior really made her feel disappointed and uncomfortable.

Zhou Chen hugged her distressedly and comforted her: "Don't be angry, you have already guessed this situation, take your time, don't rush."

Wu Shanshan recalled that she went home alone last year. She only went home once every few years, but she didn’t even have a place to live. She even had to stay at Song Ying’s house and Lin Dongzhe’s room. How could she not be heartbroken?

After paying money non-stop for several years, they don't even give me a place to stay when I go home. Who wouldn't be heartbroken?

"Tusi, I'm sorry. You've worked hard these past few years."

In the past few years, she has been taking care of the children at home and has not gone out to work, so the money was all given by Zhou Chen, but Zhou Chen never said a word. Instead, he gave her a lot of money and told her to use it as she pleased without asking any questions.

To her now, Zhou Chen and her son are everything to her. She just wants to deal with the trivial and annoying things at home as soon as possible and doesn't want to be bothered every month.

Zhou Chen smiled slightly and said, "You are my wife. I won't feel tired no matter what I do for you. Don't think too much."

He was not worried about Wu Shanshan, but he was indeed annoyed with her family. However, he did not interfere, as he believed that Wu Shanshan could handle it herself.

In May, Huang Ling and Song Ying came to Shanghai and held a simple engagement ceremony for Lin Dongzhe and Zhuang Xiaoting in a restaurant next to Zhou Chen's residence.

Song Ying had made preparations long ago. She had bought gold necklaces, gold rings and other things, and gave them all to Zhuang Xiaoting.

Lin Wufeng and Song Ying had absolutely no hesitation. They had watched Zhuang Xiaoting grow up and knew her very well, so they were extremely satisfied with their daughter-in-law. It was not an exaggeration to say that they believed that the most reliable thing Lin Dongzhe had ever done in his life was to date Zhuang Xiaoting.

Precisely because they were so satisfied, they gave their all and wanted to give Zhuang Xiaoting the best.

At the dinner table, Wu Shanshan showed an envious expression when she saw Zhuang Xiaoting was so favored.

When she was together with Zhou Chen, they kept it a secret from everyone, so no one blessed them, let alone the blessings of their parents and relatives.

At this time, Zhuang Xiaoting received everyone's blessings and became everyone's focus. She never regretted all her choices, but this situation made her feel touched.

Feeling that Wu Shanshan was in a bad mood, Zhou Chen gently held her hand.

Wu Shanshan turned her head to look at Zhou Chen and then smiled brightly.

Yes, why think about those things? She already has the best person in the world who treats her well, so there is no need to envy others.

She held Zhou Chen's fingers together and felt relieved all of a sudden.

After Zhuang Xiaoting and Lin Dongzhe got engaged, Huang Ling started to take care of the canteen.

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Zhou Chen has already bought the house, which is right in their alley. Their yard is No. 13 and the yard he bought is No. 6, which is not far from each other.

After Huang Ling's invitation, Song Ying also planned to run a small canteen with Huang Ling and took up 30% of the shares.

Because the banker has three living celebrities, Zhou Chen and others, their family is very famous in the surrounding area. So after the small canteen opened, many parents were willing to send their children to be taken care of by Huang Ling and Song Ying.

Not only kindergarten children, but also primary school students, and those in the surrounding area who don't have adults to cook at home, all pay to send their children here for lunch. Many children are also sent here on holidays on Saturdays and Sundays.

It is a small yard, but at noon, there are more than 30 people there. Huang Ling and Song Ying are very busy now, but they are in very good spirits.

Nowadays, many women hold up half the sky. Huang Ling and Song Ying are such women. Apart from doing housework and other chores at home, their work abilities are no worse than men. When it comes to taking care of children, they are even better than men.

The small canteen business was booming, and the two of them even earned more than Zhuang Chaoying and Lin Wufeng.

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During the Spring Festival of 1995, when Zhuang Chaoying went to his parents' house to pay New Year's greetings, he mentioned that Zhuang Xiaoting and Lin Dongzhe were engaged and were planning to get married this year. Both Zhuang's father and grandmother were very angry.

It turned out that the two children had been engaged several months ago, but they knew nothing about it. For this reason, they scolded Zhuang Chaoying again. In the end, Zhuang Tunan and Xiang Pengfei took the distraught Zhuang Chaoying back home.

Zhuang Chaoying has changed a lot now compared to before, because he finds that his three children, including Xiang Pengfei, have become more and more perfunctory towards him and are closer to Huang Ling.

The sense of crisis in his heart was growing stronger and stronger, so he was now more enthusiastic in trying to please Huang Ling. He felt that if he did not establish a good relationship with Huang Ling, he might really become a lonely person when he got old.

It was precisely because he realized this, which affected his greatest future interests, that he became increasingly dissatisfied with his parents who did not care about him. In the past, he would go there every now and then to give them money, food and drinks, but now he only goes there once a month.

Every time Father and Grandma Zhuang wanted him to help find Zhou Chen and the others, he would refuse with various reasons.

Zhuang's father and the others also noticed the changes in Zhuang Chaoying. Every time they saw Hao, they were not in a good mood and often called him an ungrateful person.

Now the lives of Grandma Zhuang and Father Zhuang are getting worse and worse. Because of the wave of layoffs, their daughter-in-law Zhuang Ganmei has been laid off, and their eldest son Zhuang Zhendong was just a temporary worker in the factory before, but he also lost his job due to the poor performance of the factory. Now he doesn't have a formal job and is just hanging around everywhere.

The younger son, Zhuang Zhenbei, also failed to finish his studies and was not even admitted to a junior college. After graduating from high school, he just stayed at home doing nothing. Several years later, he was still doing the same thing.

There are four people in Zhuang Ganmei's family, but now only Zhuang Ganmei is still working in the machinery factory, but she can't even get the full salary.

So now the family of several people can't afford to eat with Zhuang Ganmei's salary alone. They have to rely on the old couple's pension plus one-third of Zhuang Chaoying's salary to barely have enough to eat.

But Zhuang Zhendong and Zhuang Zhenbei were old, and when it came to looking for wives, as soon as people heard about their family situation, they simply refused to talk to them. There was no woman who was interested in two guys in their twenties.

A family of six squeezed into two rooms, and they were always quarreling or making noises. Zhuang Ganmei and his wife were even more so, quarreling or fighting every other day over their two sons.

So now their family is living in dire straits, and this is the biggest reason why Father Zhuang wants Zhuang Chaoying to ask Zhou Chen and others for help.

On the third day of the Lunar New Year, Huang Ling and Zhuang Chaoying followed Zhou Chen and others to Shanghai to visit their grandson.

The family sat together, and Huang Ling brought up an old topic again.

"Tunan, after the Chinese New Year, you will be 29, right? We know you are busy with work, but you can't ignore the issue of starting a family just because you are busy with work. Look at your brother, his son is already four years old, but you don't even have a girlfriend yet. Tell me, what are you thinking?"

When talking about this matter, Zhuang Tunan's face was full of distress. Every year, every time they met, he would be talked about, and it always gave him a headache.

"Mom, this isn't because I haven't met the right person yet."

"I haven't met the right person. This is your excuse every time. I heard from Tusi that you refused to go when someone introduced you to a blind date, right?"

Zhuang Tunan immediately glared at Zhou Chen, but Zhou Chen shrugged at him and ignored his murderous look.

"Why are you looking at your brother? Now he's talking about your problem. You're thirty and you haven't found a partner or gotten married yet. What do you want to do? Are you planning to be alone for the rest of your life?"

Zhuang Tunanbei didn't dare to say a word and just kept his head down.

Even Zhuang Chaoying couldn't help but persuade him, "Tunan, your mother is right. You are not young anymore. Look for someone quickly while you are still young. It will be harder to find someone when you are older."

Zhuang Tunan said, "Dad, you're only 30, and many of our classmates haven't gotten married yet. I think men should focus on their careers. By the way, Dad and Mom, I've paid a lot of housing funds in the past few years. I plan to save some money to buy a house first. What do you think?"

"Buy a house?"

He changed the topic very well. When Huang Ling and Zhuang Chaoying heard about buying a house, they were attracted. For their generation, houses are a big obsession.

Seeing that his method was effective, Zhuang Tunan immediately increased his output: "Yes, buying a house with a provident fund loan is very cheap. Now the houses in Shanghai..."

Zhou Chen didn't interrupt them when they were talking about the house. Instead, he asked Wu Shanshan, "Are you going to look for a job after the New Year, or start your own business?"

Wu Shanshan looked embarrassed. "I thought about looking for a job and asked around. It's not difficult to find a job, but the problem is that if I work regularly, I won't have time to take care of Xiaojie. Although he can go to kindergarten after the New Year, the kindergarten still needs to be picked up in the morning and evening. So I want to see if there is a job that won't delay me picking up the child. If that's not possible, I'll listen to you and open a store to do business. The hours are flexible."