Financial freedom begins in Vietnam

Chapter 82: The truth comes out, I'm a foreigner.

Hanoi has an area of ​​approximately 3344 square kilometers, which is 1.6 times the size of Shenzhen in China, but after deducting the area of ​​several suburban districts, it is only about 1000 square kilometers.

Nguyen Hoang Minh Ngoc's home is located at the border of Hoang Mai District and Thanh Tri District, less than 20 kilometers from Hoan Kiem Lake, which can be considered a suburban area of ​​Hanoi.

Huangmei County has many lakes and a very beautiful environment. Along the way, you can see that the entire Huangmei County is undergoing large-scale construction and development.

According to Nguyen Hoang Minh Ngoc, Hoang Mai District is now Hanoi's second Tay Ho District, with more and more wealthy people moving there.

However, the scope is limited to the area within Hanoi's Third Ring Road, and there is not much difference outside of that area compared to more than ten years ago.

It took less than an hour to drive to Nguyen Hoang Minh Ngoc's house.

After crossing an asphalt road that was being renovated and expanded, we turned into a side road and entered a place that suddenly became quiet.

The road into the village is a narrow asphalt road that can only accommodate one vehicle at a time, with potholes filled with broken stones and bricks.

This is a village that has already undergone a certain degree of development.

However, it has largely retained its original appearance.

The village has been developed to a certain extent because a row of 2-3 [units of something] stands on the left side of the asphalt road leading into the village.

A newly built small building with 10 floors.

The brand-new exterior paint and gleaming glazed tiles represent the homeowner's pursuit of a better life.

Most of these houses had their doors and windows tightly closed, and some had Honda motorcycles parked in front of them. Occasionally, the sound of children crying could be heard from the second floor.

Nguyen Hoang Minh Ngoc told Chen Junhe that these were wedding homes built by young people who had gone out to work.

Some of these men hastily got married in these new houses and then went out to work with their wives.

However, most people work various jobs in Hanoi, leaving home in the morning and not returning to their villages to rest until evening.

On the right side of the asphalt road are large areas of vegetable fields and farmland.

The vegetable garden was separated by a bamboo fence. All Chen Junhe could recognize were green water spinach and lettuce, as well as a few bitter melons climbing on trellises.

After driving about 200 meters further in from here, you'll finally be considered to have officially entered the village.

Most of the houses here are still old-fashioned one- or two-story Vietnamese dwellings.

Most of the walls are gray with red tiles, and some red brick walls are not plastered, with vines and grass growing in the gaps.

Several pots of flowers, in all colors, were placed at the entrance of each household's courtyard, making them very eye-catching.

As they gradually entered the village, Nguyen Hoang Minh Ngoc, who had been excited the whole way, gradually quieted down.

"Ayu, why do you seem less talkative the closer you get to home?" Chen Junhe glanced at Ruan Huangmingyu and teased her with a smile.

"Brother He, please don't laugh at me. I don't know why, but I'm a little nervous."

Nguyen Hoang Minh Ngoc twisted her body in the seat with a slightly coquettish air, a charming smile appearing on her face.

Actually, Chen Junhe was a little nervous at first, after all, he had ruined someone else's original product.

But then I thought about it again, and it was originally a matter of mutual consent between the two parties.

Besides, he hadn't treated Nguyen Hoang Minh Ngoc unfairly. If everyone disagreed, he could simply walk away.

Guided by Nguyen Hoang Minh Ngoc, Tran Tuan Ha parked his car in front of a two-story building.

Compared to the narrow bamboo houses in Hanoi's urban area, houses in the countryside have fewer restrictions.

The front yard of Nguyen Hoang Minh Ngoc's house is about 15 meters wide, which is different from the deep courtyards of other houses.

His front yard wasn't very deep because Nguyen Hoang Minh Ngoc's family ran a small shop on the first floor.

It wasn't a modern supermarket, but a general store with a strong sense of history.

This grocery store occupies nearly half of the first floor, while the other half is a typical open-plan living room common in Vietnam.

There is a set of somewhat old mahogany furniture in the living room.

When Chen Junhe's car pulled up to the door, several people rushed out of the living room.

It seems they came specifically to wait for Nguyen Hoang Minh Ngoc and Tran Tuan Ha.

"Brother He, this is my grandma, this is my dad, this is my mom..."

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Nguyen Hoang Minh Ngoc introduced each of them to Chen Junhe. Apart from her own family members, they were all her very close uncles and aunts.

Like the Chinese, Vietnamese people have a very strong sense of family. When something happens to a family, almost all relatives will come over.

Everyone warmly welcomed Chen Junhe's arrival.

"inchao...

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Chen Junhe politely greeted each of them.

Nguyen Hoang Minh Ngoc's parents were not very tall, only about 1.6 meters, but they had a rather delicate appearance for a Vietnamese person.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to give birth to such a beautiful daughter as Nguyen Hoang Minh Ngoc.

The couple simply stood aside with smiles, watching Chen Junhe, but the satisfaction in their eyes was undeniable.

Meanwhile, Nguyen Hoang Minh Ngoc's brother, who is about 1.7 meters tall, stood to the side, smiling shyly.

He didn't seem as cheerful as he was on the phone yesterday.

Standing next to her was Nguyen Hoang Minh Ngoc's sister-in-law.

They got married this year.

Nguyen Hoang Minh Ngoc introduced it to Tran Tuan Ha on the way.

Her brother, Nguyen Van Huy, was three years older than her, and her sister-in-law, Tran Thi Ngoc Linh, was only one year older than her.

Because the legal marriage age in Vietnam is 20 for men and 18 for women.

Aside from major cities in Vietnam, early marriage is a common custom in many parts of the country.

Nguyen Hoang Minh Ngoc's brother was able to get married in accordance with the country's laws.

After a flurry of greetings, Chen Junhe opened the trunk, took out gifts, and handed them to each of his relatives.

I sent several boxes of bird's nest to Nguyen Hoang Minh Ngoc's grandmother.

The men each had a pack of Marlboro cigarettes and a bottle of Hennessy X0, while the women each had a set of Estée Lauder cosmetics.

She gave Nguyen Hoang Minh Ngoc's parents and brother and sister-in-law higher-end tobacco, alcohol and cosmetics.

Chen Junhe bought all of these gifts from foreign brands.

Just like China was a decade or so ago, foreign brands are particularly popular in Vietnam today.

After receiving the gifts, the relatives of Nguyen Hoang Minh Ngoc visibly became even more enthusiastic.

Everyone warmly invited Chen Junhe to sit in the adjacent living room for coffee, treating him with the utmost courtesy as a distinguished guest.

For them, no guest had ever been so generous in all these years.

The gifts Chen Junhe gave were a source of great pride in the village.

Everyone was happy for Nguyen Hoang Minh Ngoc's choice.

"Ah Ha, are you from Hanoi city proper or which province are you from?"

One of Nguyen Hoang Minh Ngoc's uncles started chatting with Chen Junhe. Yesterday, Nguyen Hoang Minh Ngoc only chatted casually on the phone and did not tell her family about Chen Junhe's situation in detail.

So, as the uncle, he first investigated Chen Junhe's background on behalf of Ruan Huang Mingyu's parents.

"I'm not Vietnamese, I'm a foreigner," Tran Tuan Ha replied with a smile.