Age of Legends

Chapter 19 Lessons
A week passed like this, and the holiday came on Friday.

Students in the first and second year of high school have two days off a week, but this is not necessarily the case in the third year.

On Thursday, Huang Huifen said excitedly, "Your cousin and her family are having a party at the sugar and wine company on Friday. Let us go too! Let's go, I'll take you to a nice meal!"

Zhang Chen sometimes feels helpless about this.

When any family in the family entertains guests, it is a give-and-take affair. However, Liu Shuzhen is different. When Zhang Chen's family entertains guests, she never invites her own family. This is because her husband is the chairman of the trade union and she is a manager. Therefore, whenever the Sugar and Wine Company has any tea parties or public dinners, she will invite Zhang Chen's family to join.

The Sugar and Wine Company has cooperation with related restaurants for its corporate group meals, and usually they will prepare a few more tables. It would be a waste if the food is not finished. At this time, the company's senior management will call their family members to come and eat and take up a place, and no one in the company dares to say anything.

But this is equivalent to their family owing their eldest cousin's family, and they have to change the time and invite Zhang Chen's family back.

The key point is that my mother never refuses every time, so my eldest cousin's family not only takes advantage of me, but also looks down on Zhang Chen's family to a certain extent. Every time, my cousin would make sarcastic remarks and say all kinds of things.

What’s infuriating is that Huang Huifen is so used to being treated like a pua that she doesn’t think it’s a big deal.

"Mom, I'm telling you, don't go to your great aunt's house as much as possible. It's a bad influence on you, a person with a family to support."

"What's the bad influence? There are always several empty tables at their company, which is a waste. Your cousin's family has the power to invite us over and have a party. I also have several friends at the sugar and wine company. What's the matter? We are also having a party. What's the bad influence? Everyone knows it!"

Zhang Chen thought to himself, "What you said is indeed good, but you didn't consider that this is equivalent to owing a favor to your aunt. She has something to say again. But Huang Huifen would not listen to these words. She would only think that this is because the aunt of the National People's Congress thought of them and was used to being pua."

Zhang Zhonghua was hesitant to talk. In fact, over the years, he had begun to see what kind of person Liu Shuzhen was, but for the sake of family relationships, he often chose to endure it.

And there is no way to blame Huang Huifen, because in Huang Huifen's view, the eldest cousin is her family and will make decisions for her in everything. At the same time, she has given you so many benefits, you can't help but remember them, and of course you have to think about repaying them double.

But Zhang Zhonghua still couldn't point out: Maybe others are expecting you to repay them double, so they are nice to you, and they know you have this kind of character, so they are taking advantage of you.

This kind of words cannot be said. Once said, Huang Huifen will change her face and scold Zhang Zhonghua. Not only that, Zhang Chen may also be implicated and will be called "You Zhangs..."

There was no choice, Zhang Chen had to go with Huang Huifen on Friday.

Nothing big happened this week, just normal study and life. What is worth mentioning is that every day on the way home from school, Shen Nuoyi was in the group going home with Zhang Chen.

This time they were more relaxed. They didn't rush to rush for the bus. They walked to the platform, and if they could get on the bus, they would get on. If not, they would walk a distance and sit at the next stop if it was suitable. If not, they would continue walking. This was much more flexible and could effectively avoid peak congestion.

The bad news was that on the way back, two more people joined us on the second day, and two more joined us on the third day.

They were all from the area of the Third Division and the Fourth Hospital. They heard that Shen Nuoyi, Zheng Xue, Zhang Chen and Wang Shuowei went home together after evening self-study. Since they all knew each other and were from the same place, they could form a team together. It would be safe on the road. There would still be robberies and violent incidents during this period of social security, so the more people there were, the better. So Lin Yi, Liu Jin, Yu Zexi and Qin Zhu joined this large group one after another.

There are eight people in total, both men and women, and it is very lively on the way home every day.

Sometimes they would chat and laugh, play and joke around. In the mottled light and shadow, Zhang Chen would look through the crowd and exchange glances with Shen Nuo. He would see her smiling, or she would wrinkle her nose at him, make faces with hatred, meaning, "Why are you looking at me?"

The episode on their first day home was like a rain falling on a calm lake; after the ripples, the water remained calm.

……

The employees of the Sugar and Wine Company had a dinner party at the Four Seasons Hotel.

The table where Liu Shuzhen was sitting was the dining area for the leaders' families. Her cousin-in-law Li Degui, as the chairman of the trade union, was sitting at the leaders' table, just one seat away.

During the dinner, people would often come up with glasses to toast and say something complimenting. Liu Shuzhen, who was sitting at the other table, would raise her glass with Li Degui to respond to the toast.

Huang Huifen was quite excited watching from the side. She said to Zhang Zhonghua, "Look at my cousin's husband. He is so successful. You, I wish I could be as successful as you someday!" She was originally talking about Zhang Zhonghua, but now Huang Huifen turned to Zhang Chen and said, "You too, learn from your cousin's husband. If you can be as successful as him in the future, I will be satisfied!"

When cousin Li Wei heard Huang Huifen start, she began to teach Zhang Chen a lesson. "I'm not saying anything bad about you. Look at your mother's expectations of you. Your family was already in financial difficulty. They finally saved up money to build a house. Who knew you would do so poorly in the high school entrance exam? How much did your mother spend on you to go to Yude? Yude had to pay for the school's construction. Your father used connections and spent money on other people to help. You should focus on studying and stop thinking about other things all day long..." The five tables nearby were all family tables, all of which were the families and children of the leaders. Many of the children of the sugar and wine companies knew each other and gathered at one table.

There were more adults at Zhang Chen's table, and many of them knew Zhang Chen's family and were very familiar with them. They were all fans of Liu Shuzhen, so everyone sat together.

Cousin Li Wei is one year older than Zhang Chen and will take the college entrance examination this year. She is in Jinmi High School, which was once as famous as Yude. In the past two years, she has gradually fallen behind Yude, and the students of Jinmi Middle School somewhat dislike Yude.

Li Wei felt unbalanced when she thought that her cousin was actually studying at Yude. She often talked about Zhang Chen's grades to attack him.

Li Wei did not sit with the children of the Sugar and Wine Company. She was a princess-like figure in the Sugar and Wine Company, and her father was in a high position of power. Every time at such a group gathering, Li Wei would be the object of praise and show-off because of her outstanding achievements.

Of course, the academic performance of these children from the Sugar and Wine Company is generally not very good. In a word, not a single one of them scored above 540.

Li Wei is the best among them, and is indeed treated as someone else's child by the parents in the company. They always say, "The woman who chairs our union has a good family background and good grades... Look at you..."

So Levi has a lot of say outside.

Not to mention teaching Zhang Chen a lesson, even when she taught Huang Huifen a lesson, her mother still thought what she said made sense!

(End of this chapter)