Rebirth starts with small money

Chapter 245 Homecoming
The matter of investment was unilaterally shelved by Chen Li.

Although Zhou Xiaoli wanted to find Chen Li to finalize the matter the next day, and even invited Chen Li and Liu Qingqing to visit her house, but Chen Li did not agree.

Because on the second day, he and Liu Qingqing got on the train back to Sichuan province.

In fact, to be honest, with Chen Li's current income situation, he can actually afford to fly.

In particular, he and Liu Qingqing bought sleeper tickets, and the difference between this price and discounted air tickets was actually not that big.

The reason why everyone thinks it is expensive is because the national income is very low these days.So in the beginning, Chen Li actually wanted to book a plane ticket.

But just two days ago, the Civil Aviation Administration and the State Planning Commission jointly issued a policy stipulating that air ticket prices are not allowed to be discounted.

It is said that it is to prevent the occurrence of price wars among various airlines, as well as the loss of state-owned assets and decline in profitability caused by disorderly competition among airlines.

To be honest, Chen Li still doesn't know that there is such a ban on discounts in the history of domestic aviation.

So when Chen Li heard the news, he gave up his plan to fly.

Discounted air tickets cost hundreds of dollars, which is barely acceptable. If it is too expensive, then it is better to take the train!

After all, Chen Li and Liu Qingqing were returning to their hometown for the New Year, and they were not in a hurry.

But for Liu Qingqing, in fact, Chen Li's act of buying a sleeper ticket was already extravagant enough.

The fare for a hard seat, which was originally more than 100 yuan, was raised by Chen Li to nearly 400 yuan for a sleeper ticket, and Ms. Liu kept nagging about it for a long time!

When Chen Li's uncle and aunt came to Yanjing before, they were also bought by Chen Li for a sleeper ticket, and Chen Li was also talked about for a long time, saying that he was a waste of money.

Well~ most people these days are like this, save as much as you can!
As for enjoyment. Except for a very small number of people, most people don't really care about this.

To be precise, it's not that I don't care, but that I don't care much about the enjoyment of travel.

In the opinion of many people, as long as it is not the kind without seats, it is acceptable.

But this concept is different in Chen Li's case. After all, many of his consumption concepts have been influenced by more than 20 years later, so it is totally worth spending a little more money to make yourself more comfortable.

Two days of train, no waves at all!

This is the benefit of the sleeper car, which is much higher than the hard seat car in terms of safety and comfort.

Two days later, Chen Li appeared at Yingzhou Railway Station with two big suitcases and Miss Liu.

The same exit, but this time it was not her third uncle who came to pick up Liu Qingqing, but Liu Jianjun!
Uh~ This made Chen Li look more honest in the van.

In fact, there is no way to be dishonest, because the driver was Liu Jianjun, and Liu Qingqing sat in the co-pilot's seat.

Along the way, Liu Qingqing was like a lark, chatting non-stop with her old man.

Basically, Chen Li could only insert a few words occasionally.

In fact, it wasn't that he didn't want to interrupt, or that he couldn't handle the situation, but that Mayor Liu Da didn't talk to Chen Li at all.

This made Chen Li's heart skip a beat at that moment~ He wondered if Mayor Liu knew something?
And the fact is just as Chen Li imagined, Mayor Liu did know something.

This matter was actually done by Chen Li himself.

When Liu Jianjun sent Chen Li and Liu Qingqing to Yanjing to report, when they returned to Sichuan, Chen Li bought a bunch of Yanjing local products and asked Mayor Liu to help them bring them back to Erlong Town.

Of course, there is nothing wrong with this, even Liu Jianjun still feels that Chen Li is a sensible child.

But Chen Li shouldn't have bought a bunch of things for Liu Qingqing's mother, his future mother-in-law.

If Chen Li bought less, it would be understandable, but Chen Li not only bought a lot at that time, but the most important thing is that Chen Li sent as many things to Liu Qingqing's family as he gave to his own.

Uh~ It's true that Chen Li didn't pay attention to this matter. He just wanted not to favor one person over another, but ignored Liu Jianjun's feelings.

After returning to Erlong Town with a bag full of snakeskin, mayor Liu Da first sent the things Chen Li brought home to the grain station, and then returned home with the rest.

At that time, Liu Qingqing's mother, Jiang Rong, didn't know that her husband had noticed something was wrong, so she praised Chen Li for his sensibleness while packing up.

Then Mayor Liu asked a question!
"Is there something you are hiding from me?"

Mother Liu didn't react at first, but after Mayor Liu said in a skeptical tone that something was wrong between Chen Li and Liu Qingqing, Mother Liu confessed all this directly.

And the most terrible thing is that he didn't even let Liu's mother tell Liu Qingqing what he knew about it.

So at this moment, whether it is Chen Li or Liu Qingqing, they are actually wasting their acting skills for nothing.

Because the truth of the matter has long been known to Mayor Liu Da.

But at this moment, Chen Li and Liu Qingqing are still pretending to be ordinary classmates. This is actually quite comical.

Of course, Chen Li and Liu Qingqing didn't know about it, so they didn't feel embarrassed.

Although Chen Li had some doubts, he didn't have any evidence, so he just thought that the mayor Liu had encountered some problems at work today, but he didn't think too much about other things.

Finally, the van drove into the familiar yet unfamiliar Erlong Town.

I say familiar because Erlong Town is still that dilapidated and poor town.

He said he was unfamiliar because during the six months since Chen Li and Liu Qingqing left Erlong Town, Erlong Town did undergo some changes.

First is the road!

At the beginning, Mayor Liu took a sum of money from Snow Beer and Huilong County, and then an asphalt road from Erlong Town to Huilong County was repaired.

Chen Li and the others came from the direction of Yingzhou before, so they didn't feel much on the road, but when the van drove into Erlong Town, the feeling was different.

The broken concrete road in the previous town has disappeared, replaced by a clean and tidy asphalt road.

Of course~ there have been changes not only in the road, but also in the houses on the roadside!

Half a year ago, there were only a few scattered self-built buildings on both sides of the road in Erlong Town.

But half a year has passed, and now more houses have been built or are under construction on both sides of the road.

Chen Li even saw a house with four floors and one ground floor under construction, which was in Erlong Town before. Only Li Yuan's new house had four floors and one ground floor.

This means that another guy who made money appeared in Erlong Town!
That's right~ Even though Erlong Town is so backward and poor, there will still be shrewd people looking for opportunities to make a fortune.

There are many smart people in this world, Li Yuan's father is one, and there will be others.

For example, the owner of the fourth floor and the first floor of this building!

Another example is Chen Li!

It's a pity that Mayor Liu was driving so fast that Chen Li didn't even have time to see who the owner of the house was, and the van had already driven into the Erlong Grain Station.

To Chen Li's surprise, the road from Erlongliang Station to Erlong Street has also been repaired.

Although it is not a concrete road, the mud road that was originally full of potholes has been repaired to be extremely smooth at this moment.

"Drip~ Didi!"

When the van arrived at the grain station, Mayor Liu honked his horn three times, and then
"Get out of the car quickly~ I still have something to do!"

"Uh~ oh~ good!"

Chen Li quickly agreed, then picked up his suitcase and got out of the car. When he turned around to say hello to Liu Qingqing and Mayor Liu, the van emitted black smoke and drove away!

And there was still a word left by Mayor Liu before he left in the air.

"The day after tomorrow, come to my house for dinner!"

Mayor Liu didn't even wait for Chen Li's reply. He drove the van around the cement dam of the grain station and drove towards the gate of the grain station.

In fact, at this moment, Chen Li already realized that something was wrong, but he didn't have time to think about it.

Because with Mayor Liu's three trumpets before, Chen Li's family members have already walked out of the house.

"Brother~!"

The first one was naturally Chen Li's younger sister, Chen Xue. This girl is a sophomore in high school this year, so her vacation time is relatively early.

"Brother Li~!"

Afterwards, it was Chen Li's cousin, Wang Yan, who rushed over. This girl now lives in the Chen family.

There was no way, her parents were sent to Yanjing by Chen Li, and they didn't even come back for the New Year this year, so Chen Li told his mother to leave Wang Yan at the grain station.

"Son~!"

The last one who spoke was Chen Li's mother. As for Chen Li's father, he just walked over silently and took the suitcase from Chen Li's hand.

I haven't seen him for half a year. At this time, the family members treat Chen Li with great enthusiasm.

The degree of this enthusiasm will gradually decrease as Chen Li stays at home.

Of course~ for a sensible child like Chen Li, the enthusiasm of the family members will decrease at a slower rate.

If it was Li Yuan, basically he would not stay at home for more than three days, and it would be so bad that he would be disgusted by his old man.

"Hurry up and wash your hands, it's time to eat!"

It was almost two o'clock at this moment, but the Chen family hadn't served dinner yet, because they were waiting for Chen Li to join them.

Today's meal is quite hearty.

Pickled fish, boiled meat, stewed chicken with mushrooms, and various cured meats.

To be honest, this level is basically the same as the Chinese New Year.

Moreover, Chen Li could tell that almost all of these dishes were made by his own old man, because his mother couldn't cook pickled fish and boiled meat.

However, not all the dishes on the table were created by Chen Guofu, such as this dish.
"Brother, try it, I made it, tomato scrambled eggs!"

Seeing that Chen Li's gaze was on the dish she had fried, Chen Xue immediately extended an invitation to Chen Li in a way of asking for credit.

"Uh~ Are you scrambled eggs with tomato??"

Chen Li was a little taken aback. He did recognize the plate of tomato scrambled eggs, but what kind of tomato scrambled eggs. Could it be black?
This kind of black is not the kind of black fried paste, it should be seasoned with soy sauce or the like.

But it can make tomato scrambled eggs black. How much soy sauce do you have to add?
"Uh, I only wanted to put a little, but accidentally put too much."

"But the taste is still very good, brother, try it!"

Chen Xue looked at her elder brother expectantly, while Chen Li stretched out his chopsticks after thinking about it for a while.

"Oh~! It's okay!"

Chen Li stuffed a chopstick of egg into his mouth, chewed it twice like chewing wax, and nodded!
When Chen Xue heard Chen Li's evaluation, a smile instantly appeared on her face, but before her smile blossomed, Chen Li spoke again.

"It shouldn't kill anyone!"

"Haha~! This girl, she didn't hold the bottle steady when she was cooking and poured almost half a bottle of soy sauce."

"I said no, she insisted on giving you a taste of her craft."

In this family, there is only one person who can laugh at Chen Xue like this, and that is Chen Li's mother, Ms. Wang.

This is not only because the mother laughed at the daughter, but also because Ms. Wang's own cooking skills are not much better than Chen Xue's.

Even now, Ms. Wang occasionally mixes up soy sauce and vinegar bottles, and puts salt and sugar in the wrong place.

So cooking is really a matter of talent.

"Oh~ okay! Then don't eat it!"

It could be seen that Chen Xue was very disappointed. This was the first time she had cooked seriously, but it turned out to be a failure.

Chen Xue wanted to move the plate away, but was stopped by Chen Li.

"Why don't you eat? I said, it's okay!"

Chen Li smiled, and picked up another scrambled egg with tomato.

To be honest, the dish of tomato scrambled eggs is not easy for most people to make it too unpalatable.

Anyone who knows a little bit of cooking skills can almost fry this dish to a "ok" level.

Chen Xue made this tomato scrambled egg, although the soy sauce flavor is indeed "a little bit" stronger, but it is not inedible.

Of course~ the premise is that this dish cannot be the only one.

If he only ate tomato scrambled eggs, Chen Li would definitely not be able to eat it.

But this table full of delicacies, he can even order this plate of tomato scrambled eggs, anyway, this is Chen Xue's wish!
Originally, Chen Li planned to give his sister a happy ending.

But when he first ate a piece of eggshell, and then bit into a lump of salt that did not disperse, he finally gave up his plan to finish the plate of tomato scrambled eggs.

But this is enough to comfort Chen Xue's "injured" heart!This can be seen from the reaction of the little girl who kept serving other dishes to Chen Li.

Chen Xue wasn't the only one who took food for Chen Li, Wang Yan who was beside him also kept taking food for her cousin.

The little girl has been living in the Chen family for more than half a year, and she is almost half of the Chen family.

The depression on Wangjiashan was gone, and the little girl became lively now.

For this meal, Chen Li had a round belly. There was nothing he could do. The two little girls on the left and the right kept picking up vegetables for him. It was hard for him not to eat.

"Hi~! Alright~ I can't eat anymore!"

Chen Li hasn't eaten so much for a long time, the last time he ate~ was the last time!
After eating, Ms. Wang and Wang Yan started to clean up the dishes, but Chen Xue, a lazy girl, got tired of Chen Li's side.

In the past few years, Chen Li has never been away from home for so long.

Chen Li's parents are actually okay, although they miss their son a little, but Chen Li often talks to them on the phone.

But Chen Xue is different, this girl can only chat with Chen Li on the phone occasionally, and every time she is urged by her mother to say that the phone bill is too expensive.

"Go get my bag!"

Chen Li rubbed Chen Xue's head, and began to make his sister arouse.

He just came home, and he ate tomato scrambled eggs just now, so Chen Xue gave him face, and went to get Chen Li's bag in a hurry.

"Dad~!"

"this is for you!"

Chen Li took out a passbook from his backpack, which was the one given to him by Chen Guofu before he went to school!
"Huh? Fifty thousand?"

Chen Guofu pinched out the cigarette in his hand, took the passbook and opened it, and then looked at Chen Li with a serious face.

"Hmm~ [-]!"

At the beginning, this passbook contained 2 yuan, which was the tuition and living expenses of Chenli University for four years.

Later, because Chen Li invested in Guofeng Software, his family gave him another 2 yuan.

So in total, the family gave Chen Li a total of 4 yuan. Of course, Chen Li didn't bother to count those small things.

"Business is good?"

Chen Guofu usually doesn't communicate much with Chen Li, even if he calls, he rarely asks about Chen Li's business matters.

"Well~ the business is not bad, I made some money, but I still have other money to use, and I plan to continue to open a branch next year."

"So I can only take so much for the family for the time being!"

After Chen Li explained, Chen Guofu nodded.

"Hmm~! Let your mother pay back the borrowed money tomorrow, and you'll take the rest with you when the time comes!"

"Didn't you say that you will open a branch after turning over the year? The family is not short of money!"

Chen Li shook his head. He knew what his father meant, but he knew the situation at home better.

In fact, the current family property of the Chen family is empty.

Chen Guofu works part-time on the construction site, and his monthly salary is just over 1 yuan, which is more than [-] yuan a year.

When Chen Li wanted to invest in Guofeng Software, his family's savings were almost wiped out. Chen Guofu even advanced part of his salary with Li Yuan's father.

However, Chen Xue was still studying, and Chen Li's mother was also taking care of her at home. The expenses were entirely supported by Chen Guofu.

So in fact, Chen Guofu was busy for a whole year last year, and in the end he didn't save any money. Almost all the money was given to Chen Li.

"Dad~ I set aside the money for opening a new store!"

"Not only the money for opening the new store has been set aside, but also the money I borrowed from Li Yuan."

"You let mom keep this money, and I will honor you and mom for the extra money."

"When we make money next year, we will build the houses on the side of Xinjiekou."

"I look at the side of the new road today, and many people's homes are under construction."

When it came to building a house, Chen Guofu didn't refuse, and just put away the passbook.

"That's right~ It's time to repair the house."

"When you graduate from college, you can settle things with Qingqing!"

"Hmm~ You're thinking too far!"

Chen Li's eyes widened. When did he have this idea?
"I!"

(End of this chapter)