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On the first day of the winter vacation, Zhou Linghua called.

"Xiaozi, I wish you an early year."

Zhou Linghua is very good at doing things and said: "According to the agreement, I will transfer the dividends this time to your account. Linghua's development cannot be separated from you! I really want to hire you as a technical director in our company with a high salary. "

It is the tradition of the people of Xia to finish all the things of the year before the Spring Festival.

During the Spring Festival, Zhou Linghua can make a difference in other people's money, but definitely not Chen Xiao's money. Chen Xiao is the biggest backer of Linghua company now.

"You're welcome! President Zhou!"

Zhou Linghua gave a hearty smile and said, "Let's not talk about this, the two of us. The mobile phone is still easy to use. The phone is open and the call company will reimburse you."

Zhou Linghua did this in the hope that he could have a good relationship with Chen Xiao.

After all, according to Chen Xiao's current level, you can't know how high his upper limit is.

"You're welcome, President Zhou." After Chen Xiao and Zhou Linghua exchanged greetings, they hung up the phone.

At ten in the afternoon, Chen Xiao went to the bank to check accounts.

His current bank card is called the Zodiac Card. It was opened in the account book when he was a sophomore in high school with the support of his parents. The purpose is to save the New Year's money.

The balance on the account is 53,200.

good guy!

Except for the dozens of dollars on the card, which was Chen Xiao's New Year's savings over the years, everything else on the card was Zhou Linghua's dividends during this period.

Chen Xiao also doesn't need to check the account, he can check the bill with Wang Xiang after turning over the New Year.

More than 50,000 yuan is a lot of money in this era.

Jiangcheng is a third-tier city. In 2000, the housing prices of the first batch of commercial housing were only over 1,000 per flat.

This money can buy a small house in Jiangcheng, and this money is equal to the total income of Chen Qiang and Lin Hui for two or three years.

Chen Xiao directly took out 2,000 yuan to buy some Chinese New Year gifts for Chen Qiang and Lin Hui.

Chen Xiao bought two bottles of Maotai and a Huazi for Chen Qiang, and a gold necklace and high-end skin care products for Lin Hui.

Moutai in 2000 was only 290 yuan a bottle, which is really cheap!

Chen Xiao wondered in a wicked way, did he find a way to make a fortune, buy a few pieces of Moutai, put them there, and take them out twenty years later.

After all, young people don't know the fragrance of liquor, so they filled the warehouse with technology by mistake.

On New Year's Eve, Lin Hui and Chen Qiang got up early and started to prepare lunch at noon and New Year's Eve dinner at night.

Today, the three sisters of the Chen family will be in the Chen Qiang family reunion year.

The old Chen family has three siblings.

The eldest sister, Chen Mei, is a full-time wife, and her husband, Zhou Hongbing, started out as a carpenter. Now she is a small labor subcontractor in Jiangzhou, the provincial capital, and her family is relatively well-off. After graduating from high school, her son, Zhou Tao, went to the construction site with his father and talked about it. A girlfriend who works in a bank in the city is getting married this year on National Day.

The third brother, Chen Jian, is considered a carp jumping into the dragon gate after he supported him to study with the strength of the whole family. After graduating from college, he was assigned to the Jiangzhou Construction Bureau. Now he is a section chief. His wife, Sun Yan, is a language teacher in Jiangzhou No. 1 Middle School. His daughter, Chen Ping He is about the same age as Chen Xiao. He studied in Jiangzhou No. 1 Middle School and was also a senior in high school.

If it is just the three brothers and sisters of the old Chen family, then the relationship is nothing to say, after all, they were brought up by a mother.

At the beginning, Chen Jian's academic performance was good, but the family conditions were very poor. Only Chen Mei and Chen Qiang went out to do farm work early to provide for a student. How could such a sister relationship be bad?

But now that they have settled down after all, every small family has its own ideas, and the older generation has passed away, and some discord will happen.

The source of the conflict is the family room of Jiangcheng Machinery Factory.

The family room is not spacious, with two sets, more than 70 square meters, and it is not worth much.

The most important thing is that Chen Jian works in the Jiangzhou Construction Bureau. There is definite news that the Jiangcheng Machinery Factory will be demolished, and the compensation will be one to three. Now the three families have their own ideas.

In 1998, commercial housing reform and urban infrastructure construction began across the country, and Jiangcheng City was not far behind.

The location of Jiangcheng Machinery Factory's area is in the center of Jiangcheng. It is very disgusting to stick to Jiangcheng's heart like a dog-skin plaster.

If Jiangcheng wanted to develop further, it would either relocate its administrative functions, teaching and medical resources, or demolish the family area of ​​Jiangcheng Machinery Factory.

Obviously, the last option is more cost-effective.

Therefore, the demolition of Jiangcheng Machinery Factory's area should be a matter of this year.

The eldest sister Chen Mei is married well, and Zhou Hongbing will look for money. Because of the support of his brother and sister, Chen Jian was also able to get a better job after studying at university.

Therefore, in order to compensate Chen Qiang and support the weakest one, Chen Qiang's father asked Chen Qiang to work at Jiangcheng Machinery Factory, and left the small house to Chen Qiang.

It's okay not to be demolished. Once demolished, the eldest sister and sister-in-law have different opinions.

The three families were a little unhappy about this.

At noon, Chen Mei, Zhou Hongbing, and Zhou Ping's family came by Zhou Hongbing's Santana.

As the first batch of upstart contractors, Zhou Hongbing is also one of the first to buy cars in Jiangyang Province.

Being able to drive the Santana is already amazing!

Chen Jian's family came by bus. Although he was the section chief of the Construction Bureau, Chen Jian's conditions were not enough to buy a car.

"Chen Xiao, ah, I haven't seen you for so long, and I've grown taller again!" Chen Mei came down with a gift.

"That's right, boys who are 17 or 18 are willing to grow!" Sun Yan said with a smile in her fancy dress.

It can be clearly seen from the dress that these two families are from the city, while Lin Hui is dressed as a countryman.

Chen Xiao was very polite and greeted one by one.

Lin Hui wiped her hands on the apron and said, "I've come here to bring something."

Sun Yan's voice was a little sharp, "Isn't this the New Year, why don't you bring anything."

Chen Xiao looked at the gifts brought by his aunt and uncle's family—I don't know what brand of wine, the copycat version of Wangwang's "Wangwang Big Gift Bag", and the tea leaves whose shells have turned yellow~www.mtlnovel.com~Is there any more? I don't know if any product is marked with health care products that will kill people.

Well, it's a nice gift.

I don't know how long these gifts have been in their house, and it took a few hands to come to Chen Xiao's house.

Especially the tea and health products, I am afraid they have expired.

People are very realistic.

If Chen Qiang was the CEO of the company or the director of that bureau, the gifts brought today would definitely be Wuliangye and the best Mao Feng.

It is a pity that Chen Qiang is not just an ordinary factory worker, so he is regarded as a trash can.

Zhou Hongbing also pretended to be angry and said, "Brothers and sisters, they are all one family, so you're welcome! Zhou Tao, hurry up and help aunt carry things in."

Zhou Tao looked at Chen Xiao and greeted him with a smile, "Okay, happy new year, auntie, you've grown taller!"

The elders have quarrels between the elders, but the relationship between the three Chen Xiao brothers and sisters is not bad.

Chen Xiao greeted warmly, "Hello brother Tao! Hello sister-in-law! Hello sister!"

However, Zhou Tao's girlfriend and prospective daughter-in-law Chen Ling looked at the somewhat dirty residential environment and the outdated family area, and some did not want to come in.

Zhou Tao shouted: "What are you still doing, hurry in, it's very cold outside."

Chen Ling walked in awkwardly.

While the adults were talking outside, Chen Xiao pulled Zhou Ping and Zhou Tao into his bedroom and played Pro Evolution Soccer 3 together.

The computer performance given by Zhou Linghua is quite good in this era!

Zhou Ping saw that Chen Xiao actually had a computer, and said suspiciously and a little jealously: "Xiaozi, your family just bought a computer!"

Zhou Ping thought about it for a long time, but his father was reluctant to buy it. After all, it cost more than 10,000 yuan.Even among siblings, there is a desire to compare. Although the conditions of Chen Ping's family are not as good as those of Zhou Tao's family, they are more than enough to compare with Chen Xiao.

Seeing that Chen Xiao actually had a desktop computer, Chen Ping felt a little jealous and couldn't believe it.

Chen Xiao said, "Where do I have the money to buy a computer! This is from Deng Chao, a classmate in our class. He is going to a cram school during the winter vacation, so let me play with the computer."

Hearing Chen Xiao say this, Chen Ping was relieved. It turned out that her classmates put it here temporarily.

It's fine if you don't buy a computer. Chen Xiao's family is so poor, where can you buy a computer?

Zhou Tao and Chen Xiao continued to play live, and Chen Ping observed Chen Xiao's room.

Chen Xiao's room was very simple. The bed was not needed after Chen Ping moved, and the desk was peeling.

On the desktop are all kinds of in-class and extra-curricular books, as well as C language and integrated circuits.

Chen Ping said, "Xiaozi, it's time for the college entrance examination. You still have to study hard and stop playing games."

Zhou Tao said, "Oh, Pingping, please let Xiaozi relax. Come, let's have a game, I choose France!"

In 1998, France won the World Cup and Zida became famous.

Zhou Tao's personality is just like his father's, he is competitive.

After getting the handle (which Chen Xiao bought himself), Zhou Tao directly chose the champion France.

Chen Xiao said, "Then I'll choose Xia Guo."

In the live football 3 version, Xia has a lineup such as Gao Feng and Ma Mingyu, which can also be said to be the strongest lineup of Xia Guo for decades.

Zhou Tao was obviously disdainful, otherwise everyone would choose France, Brazil, and the worst would be Italy, Argentina or Germany. Chen Xiao actually chose Xia Guo? !

At the beginning of the game, Zhou Tao originally thought that he would be able to wash Chen Xiao with blood. How could he know that Chen Xiao had given him a five-to-zero score in the ten-minute game, and Chen Xiao was still merciful.

Zhou Tao is restless... Thought it was Chen Xiao's skill too!

How can champion France lose.

"Xiaozi, teach me! How do you play, how do you play the ball, and how to play the Marseille slalom, I have been rubbing the handle for a long time and I can't get it out."

Chen Xiao said calmly: "This thing depends on luck."

Does it really depend on luck?

of course not.

When Chen Xiao was bored at home, he had used modifiers to increase the attributes of everyone in Xia Guo to 99. Goalkeeper Ou Chuliang could be used as a striker. Wouldn't it be cruel to play against Xia Guo?

"Zhou Tao, I'm going out to buy something!" Chen Ling shouted, feeling that Chen Xiao's house was boring, old and dirty.

Zhou Tao had no choice but to put down the handle reluctantly and accompany his prospective daughter-in-law out.

There were only sisters Chen Xiao and Chen Ping in the room.

Chen Ping: "How many marks did you get in the final exam?"

Both are high school seniors, but one is a boutique class in Jiangzhou No. 1 Middle School, and the other is in Jiangcheng No. 1 Middle School.

In terms of education quality, Jiangzhou No. 1 Middle School is definitely much better.

Chen Xiao said, "Not much."

Chen Ping knew about Chen Xiao's previous grades. His grades in science were good, but his grades were serious, and his English was not good. Every time he dragged his feet, it was not bad to be able to score 550 points.

Chen Ping: "550 points?"

Chen Xiao shook his head.

Chen Ping stopped knowingly, without asking more, it would be more difficult to get a book without 550 points.

"I started going to a training class in Jiangzhou to make up lessons in the third year of junior high school. The teachers are all high-quality teachers from famous schools. They are familiar with the question-setting mode of the college entrance examination and can help to increase the score. Do you want to go?"

Chen Xiao asked, "How much?"

"One hundred dollars a day."

Chen Xiao grinned. It turned out that the involution of education started in 2000. In this era, it was charged 100 yuan a day. It really was only the local tyrants who could afford it.

"Don't go!" Chen Xiao put down the gamepad and said, "It's too expensive! Sister, which subject are you weaker? Tell me, I'll see if I don't have any information to share with you."

Both of them studied science, Chen Xiao was very serious, and he was not sure that the review materials he had fiddled with were suitable for Chen Ping.

Chen Ping didn't think so. What good review materials does a high school in a county-level city have?

"No, no, I have enough in my hand."

At noon, the old Chen family had a simple meal of dumplings, and everyone left their stomachs for the reunion dinner in the evening.

Chen Ling was really not used to staying here. She had a dark face all day long, and she didn't even touch the chopsticks of the old Chen family.

After lunch, I took Zhou Tao to eat out, and in the afternoon, I went to the cinema to watch the just-released "Endless".

Chen Mei was not very satisfied with the performance of her prospective daughter-in-law, but she didn't want to be embarrassed, so she only said, "We don't understand what young people play today."

Lin Hui, of course, saw Chen Ling's dislike of her own tableware, and quickly said, "It's okay, watching a movie is good!"

In the afternoon, Lin Hui replaced all the chopsticks at home with new ones.

At six o'clock in the evening, the Chen family's New Year's Eve dinner officially opened.

All the dishes were prepared by Lin Hui, and Chen Mei and Sun Yan basically didn't go to help and kept eating melon seeds in the living room.

After all, it is his sister's house, and Chen Qiang still took out a long-cherished collection - Jiangcheng Daqu.

Lin Hui took out a few bottles of Coke and Jianlibao.

"Brother-in-law, brother! We are all good today!" Chen Qiang was about to open a drink.

Jiangcheng Daqu is a good wine for Chen Qiang, but for Zhou Hongbing and Chen Jian, it is just a local wine in three counties.

Zhou Hongbing took out the style of a contractor, took out a bottle from the trunk of the car and said, "Let's drink this!"

Zhou Hongbing's wine is Fenjiu, an ordinary yellow-covered glass Fen, although it is only about ten yuan a bottle, but it is much higher-end than Jiangzhou Daqu.

Zhou Hongbing usually dislikes Bofen's low-end, but it is enough for poor relatives~www.mtlnovel.com~ Good things are of course given to those who want to help them.

Zhou Hongbing is also stingy enough to take out only one bottle.

Chen Qiang was very embarrassed and took down the Jiangcheng Daqu that he treasured.

After the wine was opened, the atmosphere at the dinner table became lively.

When brothers and sisters are together, there are many topics.

The common topics are mostly family affairs when they were young, the situation of their parents before their death, and then there are children.

After three rounds of drinking, Chen Jian and Sun Yan kept praising their daughter.

Sun Yan: "Pingping is good in everything, but the biggest problem is that she works too hard! She will have to make up for the third day of the Spring Festival. It costs 100 yuan a day!"

"This semester's final exam scored 550 points. The teacher said that there should be no problem with one book. If you work hard, you can take the test."

"Lin Hui, let me tell you, the teacher in the cram school that Pingping went to is really good. If you have improved several points after the training, your Xiaozi can also try it."

Lin Hui quickly waved her hand and said, "It's too expensive, it's too expensive!"

Chen Mei's family is boasting about their economic conditions.

"Last month, we bought a suite for Zhou Tao in the center of Jiangzhou. It cost more than 100,000 yuan! You can't help my mother! You will know that life is not easy when you go out to live."

Sun Yan: "Brother, what about you? I think you've aged a lot this year."

"Ah?" Chen Qiang kept smiling awkwardly, not knowing what to say.

At this time, Yanjing.

Professor Yang and Zhao Lixing of Yenching University did not go home for the Spring Festival. With the efforts of relevant leaders of Yenching University, the relevant departments finally agreed to extend the special recruitment period to early March.

Professor Yang couldn't wait to call the Admissions Office of Jiangcheng Education Bureau.