Mixed in 1980

Chapter 224 Two choices?

Xu Jinqiu was angry and kicked Chen Fan: "Fun? So I'm just a toy."

"Your legs are long enough, why don't you call me Long-legged Qiu?"

Chen Fan opened the passenger door, and Xu Jinqiu kicked him again before getting in the car: "Go to hell, how vulgar! You still call yourself a cultured person."

Chen Fan got into the car from the other side and started the engine. He reached out and grabbed his wife: "Why not call her Devil Qiu? She has a devilish figure. Isn't that good enough?"

Xu Jinqiu didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "You just have to have a long mouth."

She rolled her eyes at him and stopped talking, staring out the window in a daze. Two years of country life had given her a special feeling for this place.

Chen Fan teased, "Take a good look at it. After a few years of economic development, you may never see such a scene again."

Xu Jinqiu turned around and gritted her teeth: "If you can't speak, just shut up."

Chen Fan smiled, took out a camera from the back seat, asked Xu Jinqiu to get off the car and stand at the entrance of the village, and took more than a dozen photos in different directions.

Only after the filming was finished did we get in the car and leave.

Chen Fan understood that Xu Jinqiu was suffering from a disease, a disease called "nostalgia".

Many educated youth suffer from this disease. When they go to the countryside to work in the fields, they wish they could grow wings and return to the city. But after returning to the city, they miss the life there.

However, the people who suffer the most from nostalgia are those born in the 1980s!
This generation has experienced the transition from a planned economy to a market economy and from a closed to an open process. The tremendous changes have left them with deep feelings for their past lifestyle and culture.

The main reason is that this generation has suffered too much.

When I was in primary school, college was free, and when I was in college, primary school was free; when I was young, I was assigned a job, but when I grew up, I had to go out into the world on my own; when I didn’t have a job, I was assigned a house, but when I got a job, I didn’t get a house…

High housing prices, high bride prices, high costs of raising children... this generation is like breaking a heavenly law. After finally making it through, the bosses say that your generation has too few children.

My goodness, when we were little, he complained that we had too many children.

It is precisely because of the tremendous changes in society and the heavy pressure of life that people born in the 1980s are particularly nostalgic. Sometimes they even feel that life is worse than when they were children.

After returning from Jiangwei Village, Chen Fan and Xu Jinqiu started to get busy, driving around everywhere and visiting every place where a school was going to be built with their own eyes.

There were no roads to many places, so he often had to change to ox carts or bicycles halfway through the journey. Some places even had to be walked. After three days, Chen Fan was complaining bitterly.

It wasn't this tiring even when I went to the countryside to work as a production team member.

In contrast, Xu Jinqiu wore a shirt and a coat, tied her hair into a big ponytail, and walked back and forth on the mountain road every day, but she never said a word and always had a smile on her face.

In addition to investigating school sites, volunteers from all over the country have collected a large number of children who need scholarships, and Xu Jinqiu will also conduct random inspections and visit them at home.

The little girl is particularly patient when communicating with children, but she can't change her sinister nature. She plays tricks on people from time to time and sometimes even snatches food from children.

After a few days of busy work, the family also came to Dali. Seeing Xu Jinqiu's appearance, Guan Yuemei became furious and grabbed her son and spanked him several times.

"Is this how you take care of your wife? Open your eyes and look at her. She has become darker and thinner in just a few days, you bastard."

“……”Chen Fan smiled bitterly.

Xu Jinqiu really likes doing this kind of thing. Chen Fan advised her several times to take it slow and it would be best to work for a day and rest for a day, but she wouldn't listen.

In the end, you are the one who gets punished.

Guan Yuemei didn't care about that. After she finished cleaning up her son, she only cared about her daughter-in-law: "Qiu'er, take a rest for two days and accompany me to go around."

Xu Jinqiu quickly agreed. If she didn't agree, her mother-in-law wouldn't say anything to her, but she would turn around and punish Chen Fan without any mercy.

After talking about some interesting things, Xu Jinqiu said something else: "Mom, our family has a lot of houses in Dali. Let's go look at the houses sometime."

Xu Jinqiu now also calls her mom.

Among the three sisters, Zeng Ali and Zhao Yuanyuan have always called her mom, but she was the only one who felt it was inappropriate to call her aunt, so she changed her way of speaking a few days ago.

Looking at houses was already part of the itinerary.

Not only in Dali, but also in Lijiang, Banna, Jianshui and other places, Chen Fan has bought many houses, with more than fifty in Dali alone.

There are large mansions left over from ancient times, as well as ordinary houses that are dilapidated and may collapse if left uninhabited for a few years.

Guan Yuemei frowned whenever she saw these houses and scolded her son for it. She said that even if she had money, she shouldn't waste it like this. It would be better to give it to Qiu'er to help others.

Chen Fan doesn't think so. No matter how bad the house is, it is still within the ancient city. After the new century, it is a prime location. Not to mention how much it is worth, once the tourism industry develops, the rent will definitely not be low.

The ancient mansions will be preserved, but the residential houses will definitely be rebuilt, all built in accordance with the local style of Dali. They can be rented out in the future or passed down from generation to generation.

The same is true for houses in other places.

Chen Fan didn't know how many houses he had. He bought two phases. The first phase was okay and the cost was not much. The second phase cost 500 million US dollars, nearly 1000 million yuan. Nowadays, houses in ancient cities and towns are very cheap. For example, the houses in Dali are only to yuan for the smaller ones and to yuan for the larger ones. The large houses left over from ancient times are only more than yuan.

After this wave of operations by Chen Fan, he has a lot of residential plots, whether it is an ancient city that has become very famous in later generations or an ancient town that is slightly famous.

As long as the tourism industry survives, there will be no shortage of money in the future.

Twenty or thirty years later, Chen Fan could drive to one ancient city a day to collect rent. If he had not visited all the places by the end of a month, he would probably have to change to collecting rent on a quarterly basis.

While they were visiting the house, four fishermen were already holding their fishing gear and setting up bait to fish by the Erhai Lake. They kept praising the beautiful scenery here and said they would not get tired of it even if they played there for ten days or half a month.

During this period, Zhao Yuanyuan went back to Jiangwei Village to pick up Xiao Ahua. When Xu Jinqiu saw Xiao Ahua, she was so angry that she gritted her teeth. She wanted to take her out to play, but the girl ran away. But Zhao Yuanyuan followed her happily.

However, Xu Jinqiu was unable to sit idle. After resting for two days, he dragged Chen Fan around again. It took half a month in total before they finally signed the school building plan.

The first investment is two hundred schools!
Schools come in different sizes. Some small villages just build a two-story building with four rooms on each floor, and then a basketball court and a cement table for judging.

The currency is still very strong today. A school like this only costs 30,000 to 40,000 yuan, while a larger school would only cost about 100,000 yuan.

In addition, there are middle schools. Some places need to be rebuilt, which costs a lot, while some places only need to donate a building.

For example, those who only need to donate teaching buildings can all name them: Spark Hope Building, and sign their names to Xu Jinqiu.

The name of the school is a place name, plus Xinghuo Hope Primary School (Middle School). The name on the school’s gate is also signed: Xu Jinqiu!

After staying in Dali for half a month, the family took a plane to the Northwest. In Yulin, they saw the vastness of the Northwest and the yellow sand all over the sky, and were all shocked by the desolation.

But what is even more shocking is the poverty here. Located in the transition zone between the edge of the Maowusu Desert and the Loess Plateau, the conditions are harsh, the land is barren, there are gullies everywhere, and there is drought and water shortage...

Guan Yuemei's trip overturned her perception of poverty. In her impression, the most difficult times were the famine years, which would pass over in a matter of seconds.

In recent years, my son has taken me to Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Hong Kong, all of which are economically developed regions. They cannot imagine the poverty in the Northwest.

I followed my daughter-in-law to several remote rural areas. All I saw was yellow earth. In many places, there was not a single tree to be seen for kilometers.

Guan Yuemei suddenly began to understand why her daughter-in-law did such a thing.

My daughter-in-law is a kind person!

After running around here for ten days, the daughter-in-law became darker and thinner. After returning to the capital, Guan Yuemei did not allow her to go out. She kept her at home and was not allowed to go out until she became whiter and fatter.

No matter what you do, your health is the most important thing.

On this issue, my son has a very thorough understanding. Eat well, drink well, sleep well, and exercise regularly. Nothing is more important than your own body.

Guan Yuemei still doesn't understand how her son developed the character of a young master.
My family is a working class family, and our ancestors have never been rich for three generations. Could it be that if we count further back, there was a noble person in the family, and it was inherited from the previous generation? Unfortunately, there is no family tree.

When chatting with her husband, Guan Yuemei specifically mentioned it, but Chen Musheng frowned and said, "We do have a family tree, but it's in southern Fujian."

"real or fake?"

"It's too old. When my father was young, he was swept away by the war. He was either fighting or fleeing. He wandered all over the country and finally settled in the capital."

"Why haven't I heard you say this before?" Guan Yuemei was curious.

"It's not something glorious. My dad traveled everywhere and followed several factions. I never dared to talk about these things before."

Hearing this, Guan Yuemei's eyes widened: "Chen Musheng, you hid it well enough? I always thought your family was a working-class family."

Chen Musheng's eyes widened: "Just shut up. Would you have mentioned this before? How come my family isn't a working class family? My dad is a carpenter, and so am I."

Guan Yuemei spat at him: "Liar!"

"You're just looking for trouble, woman. But speaking of this matter, the old man has always had a regret that he hasn't completed it. He didn't have the ability before, but now that he has the ability, he has to do it."

"Go talk to your son later, not to me, you liar!"

Guan Yuemei snorted, brought the stewed chicken soup to her daughter-in-law, watched Xu Jinqiu finish drinking it with her own eyes, and left with satisfaction. Her main task during this period was to nourish Qiu'er's body.

Xu Jinqiu didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She was in good health, but her heart was always warm. She had a husband who supported her and a mother-in-law who cared about her. What else could she not be satisfied with?
Glancing at the man who was concentrating on writing a book, Xu Jinqiu smiled slightly and knocked on the table: "Teacher Chen, I'll give you two choices."

"Hmm?" Chen Fan paused.

Xu Jinqiu threw a coquettish glance and said, "First, let's go to eldest sister's room at night. Second, let's go to Yuanyuan's room at night."

Chen Fan put down his pen, his eyes shining: "Why don't we let them come into this room?"

PS: The first update is here, and there is one more update. Take a day off and continue with the third update tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)