Year: I had a good time when I was young

Chapter 792 Ranking and Family

Xue Jinglan didn't care at all about Chu Xiangqian giving the house to his nephew.

Anyway, the man is the boss of the family, and the child's father is very capable of making money and is willing to give money to his wife.

The pocket money alone is 50 yuan a year, and another 50 yuan is used for household expenses.

Xue Jinglan could not spend all the 1 million Hong Kong dollars. In the three years since she followed Chu Xiangqian, Xue Jinglan, who was relatively frugal with her money, had saved nearly 3 million Hong Kong dollars in a special account at Standard Chartered.

Moreover, Chu Xiangqian had already handed over part of his Hong Kong industries and the annual profits to Xue Jinglan to manage two years ago.

Not to mention, Chu Xiangqian would occasionally give her jewelry worth hundreds of thousands or millions of Hong Kong dollars.

After seeing her man earn tens of millions every year and have nearly 100 million in bank deposits, money is just a number to Xue Jinglan.

Moreover, last year Chu Xiangqian seemed to have spent hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars to cooperate with others to start construction of a large gaming hotel in Macau.

However, the money did not go into Standard Chartered's Hong Kong dollar account, which means that the money in her man's hands was much more than the cash on hand in Standard Chartered.

Moreover, this is a matter between the brothers and sisters of the Chu family. Even though I am the eldest sister-in-law, if I interfere too much, I will inevitably be disliked.

So in Xue Jinglan's eyes, she doesn't care about even ten or eight houses worth hundreds of thousands of yuan, let alone one.

However, seeing her husband preparing houses in Hong Kong Island for her nephew and other future nephews and nieces, Xue Jinglan suddenly felt that when she returned to Hong Kong Island, she should also prepare a few houses for her eldest and second brothers.

In the future, when the Xue family’s children are born and grow up, if they have a house in Hong Kong Island, they will have one more option.

But when Xue Jinglan thought about the fact that her eldest and second brothers had not yet gotten married, let alone had a girlfriend, she immediately felt a headache.

Looking at Chu Xiangqian, she thought to herself that she should ask him to talk to her elder and second brothers about it, lest in a year or two, she would be pregnant with her second child while her elder and second brothers would still be single.
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Gangsheng and Feifei pouted. No one would complain that they had too many houses. They were also going crazy wanting to have their own children.

Fortunately, Chu Xiangqian has now come to terms with it, since Xue Jinglan has given birth to his eldest son and grandson.

Margaret is also pregnant, so the restrictions on other women should be relaxed.

However, Gangsheng and Feifei were not actually short of money. Not to mention the jewelry Chu Xiangqian gave them, their monthly pocket money also increased from 2 yuan at the beginning to 5 yuan.

The average monthly income per capita in Hong Kong in 62 was only HK$3000, which was an increase of about HK$60 compared to when Chu Xiangqian went to Hong Kong in 800.

Therefore, 5000 Hong Kong dollars of pocket money a month is equivalent to 20 times the average person's monthly income, which is definitely equivalent to the purchasing power of 50 or even millions per month in a few decades.

If the dividends from the import and export company he and Ehime opened were added, the two of them could earn an additional 200,000 to 300,000 Hong Kong dollars each year.

So Feifei actually doesn’t lack a house. This girl was born in the Walled City and was sold to a nightclub by her mother to pay off her gambling debts.

After following Chu Xiangqian, even though life became extravagant, he still knew that if he had money, he should buy a house.

Over the years, he has accumulated two thousand-square-foot sea view apartments and two stores in Causeway Bay.

It is no exaggeration to say that she is a small rich woman.

However, when Chu Xiangqian first met Feifei, he bought her a house, and this girl has been living in the top-floor duplex of Fujin Building in Causeway Bay.

He felt comfortable, but because he was not familiar with Xue Jinglan, he was worried that she would drive him away as the legal wife.

Not to mention living in the Peak Villa with Xue Jinglan like Gangsheng did, even Feifei didn’t dare to spend the night in the Peak House before.

However, after living with Xue Jinglan in the Qianmen courtyard for so long, Feifei and Xue Jinglan have become much closer.

But Xue Jinglan never mentioned letting Feifei live in the big house on the top of the mountain.

When Feifei thought about the gains and losses here, she felt that she was at a disadvantage.

But Feifei is not without any benefits. At least the Oriental Daily Group has always been Feifei's territory.

Xue Jinglan has never interfered in the affairs of the newspaper group. If she becomes the queen of the newspaper group in the future, Feifei will be extraordinary.

As for Gangsheng, after becoming a young wife, the girl had a lot more thoughts, but she knew from the beginning that Xue Jinglan was the eldest sister, and she also accepted her status as a concubine from the beginning.

In addition, his parents died one after another, and he had no brothers or sisters.

My cousins ​​in my hometown have basically lost contact with each other due to the underdeveloped transportation and communication in this era.

Moreover, Gangsheng knew in his heart that his biological aunt was his husband's master's wife. Because of this relationship, his status in the Chu family was lower than Xue Jinglan's.

According to my aunt's advice, as long as I don't do anything stupid, my man will love me, and my elder sister will give in to me and win me over.

So Hongsheng doesn’t care much about the house, but she really wants to have a child of her own.
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Seeing Ailin looking depressed, Xue Jinglan quietly pulled Chu Xiangqian's arm and winked at Ailin.

Chu Xiangqian knew at a glance that his fourth brother was feeling miserable.

He secretly rejoiced for a few seconds, then looked at Ailin and said, "Don't worry, when you get married and have children, I will give you a house as well. And this year I will ask your sister-in-law to prepare a few more houses for you and Aiqiu."

When Ailin heard this, a smile appeared on her face.

Ai Qiu was also foolishly happy, but she was only 7 years old, and all she thought in her heart was that her elder brother had not forgotten her.

Of course, this family meeting was kept away from outsiders, and even people from Sha Zhu and Qinjiazhuang did not attend.

After the ever-cautious Second Aunt reminded them, Aiyuan and the other five brothers and sisters certainly wouldn't tell anyone outside. After Xue Jinglan whispered a few words to her, Ai Qiu nodded repeatedly to indicate that she wouldn't tell other children.

Yushui and Jingru made repeated assurances, even if their brother and parents didn't tell them.

It seems that the two of them consider themselves members of the Chu family from the bottom of their hearts.

This kind of concept is so common and normal in this era. A daughter who is married off is like water spilled. Many girls are not only not Voldemort, but also think about how to get some benefits from their parents' home to subsidize their own family.

Chu Xiangqian is actually very relieved about his two younger siblings. It can be seen from the TV series that they are not very close to their natal family after getting married.

He Yushui knew the character of her elder brother Sha Zhu, and was probably disappointed with Sha Zhu, so she focused on her own life after getting married.

After Qin Jingru got married, she only cared about her man.

The performance of this world in the more than one year since it was married to Ai Min also proved that Chu Xiangqian was right.
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After everyone in the family is happy, all that’s left is to name the newborn baby.

The second uncle couldn't help but look at the third uncle, and the third uncle looked at Chu Xiangqian, the head of the family.

Chu Xiangqian waved his hand and said, "Uncle San, you are the one who makes the decision. At the very least, Ai Min, the father, is the one who has the right to name the child."

Second uncle and second aunt nodded, and after hearing what Chu Xiangqian said, the others of course agreed with him.

But Uncle San hesitated for a few seconds and asked, "Will the future rankings of our children all be of the Jing generation?"

Now, not only Second Uncle and Second Aunt looked at Chu Xiangqian, but even Aiguo, Aimin and others were waiting for Chu Xiangqian to speak.

Chu Xiangqian's generation actually did not name their children according to the naming ranking. Otherwise, after Chu Xiangqian, there would not be Chu Aiyuan, Aiguo, Aimin, Ailin and Aiqiu.

But to Yuan, to the country, to the people, to the forest, and to the forest.

Of course, the names of Chu Xiangqian’s brothers and sisters are different, and the main reason is that Chu Xiangqian’s father has been away from home for many years.

It was not until after liberation that my second and third uncles were brought to Beijing to settle down.

When Chu Xiangqian was born in 40, his second uncle and third uncle didn't know about it.

As for why Chu Xiangqian's biological father asked his second and third uncles to change the names of the second and third wives' children and why he used the character "ai" instead of "xiang" as the ranking name after the family reunited in the capital, only his father knew.

Chu Xiangqian asked his second uncle and third uncle about this, but they both shook their heads and said they didn't know.

Now that Third Uncle asked this, Chu Xiangqian only thought for a few seconds and nodded, "Let's use the character Jing as the ranking for the next generation."

Uncle San laughed when he heard it, "I already picked a few names for the kids."

After that, he mentioned several names, and everyone's enthusiasm suddenly increased.

Chu Xiangqian had no objection to Chu Jingye, who was finally chosen.

In this way, the child's name was decided.

The family gathered around the little one held in Aiyuan's arms, and said to him with a smile, "Chu Jingye, you have a name now."

As for nicknames, such as Goudan and Gousheng, which are easy to raise a child, the first person to object as soon as Uncle San said them was Ehime.

After spending two or three years in Hong Kong Island, Ehime is no longer the same country girl she used to be.

But this is actually very normal, and Chu Xiangqian doesn’t think there is anything wrong with it.

Just like children from small places in the future, when they go to college and work in big cities, things will definitely be different from the past.

Afterwards, Xue Jinglan, Gangsheng and Feifei saw Aiyuan's look of help, and after hesitating for a few seconds, they tactfully said that it would be better to just call him Aye, Erwa or something like that.

Seeing that his daughter and the eldest daughter-in-law Xue Jinglan were against it, the third uncle smiled and shook his head, letting Aiyuan and the others make the decision.

Ai Min and Jing Ru naturally didn't want their child to be called such a nickname, so they started discussing it with a smile, and finally joked that if the child was named Xiao Ye or Xiao Ye Ye, then the kid would be taking advantage of others.

Xiaoye and Xiaoye do have some homophones.

In the end, Aiyuan and Jingru decided to call him Erwa.

Chu Xiangqian smiled, and Chu Laoer also meant to tease, but Chu Jingye was the second child, so he would never be able to escape this nickname.
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The family had fun until after 9 o'clock in the evening. Xue Jinglan thought that Chu Jingrong was still at home. Although he was taken care of by his master, his mistress, and Sister Tao, Xue Jinglan still wanted to go back early to take a look.

Once this idea came to my mind, I naturally couldn't stay there any longer.

Chu Xiangqian took his three wives out, but before they walked out of the courtyard, they saw the door of Yan Fugui's house in the west wing of the front yard suddenly opened.

Not only did the third uncle come out, but the second uncle Liu Haizhong also followed behind Yan Fugui with a smile on his face. When they met, he bowed and congratulated his third uncle and Chu Xiangqian.

A few decades later, it was common for neighbors living in the same yard to treat each other to a meal when a child was born.

But we haven’t had enough to eat in the past few years, so no one is in the mood to treat us to a meal because of the birth of the child.

Even when getting married, many people would not even think of hosting a dinner party, and at most they would just give each family some candies as a token of their appreciation.

So when Chu Jingye was born, the Chu family invited Qin Jingru's relatives and Sha Zhu to have a meal at home.

Although other neighbors were envious, they thought that if they came to eat, not only could they not come empty-handed, but they would also have to invite back if they had children in the future.

In case of food shortage again, although guests had to pay food coupons when they dine at the restaurant, the food and wine would still be a considerable burden.

The Chu family did not visit anyone, and the neighbors in the courtyard were also conscious of just congratulating each other when they met.

Chu Xiangqian knew at a glance that his second and third uncles must have acquired a lot of antiques in the past six months since the Chinese New Year this year.

I would be away from home for several months, and even when I returned to Beijing, sometimes I would not go back to Luoguxiang.

So this time, the second and third uncles naturally didn’t want to miss it, otherwise, the things they collected would be wasted.

Even the third uncle, who had previously wanted to keep a few good things for himself, suddenly figured it out.

No matter how good the antique is, who knows how many years it will take for its value to increase several times. It is better to increase the price by a few percent or even sell it to Chu Xiangqian at double the price.

Having cash in hand, or exchanging it for some food coupons or something from Chu Xiangqian, is the real deal.

As for the possibility of increasing by dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of times, Yan Laokou had never thought about it.
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Chu Xiangqian turned around and said to Aiguo and Aimin, who were sending him, his wife and the other two back home, "You two ride your bikes and send my sister-in-law and the others back. I have something to say to the two uncles."

After Chu Xiangqian finished speaking, he was still worried, so he pretended to go out and whistled outside.

Secretly, Da Zhuang and Hong Niu were released from the Novice Village and appeared in a dark alley not far from the courtyard.

Everyone was familiar with the two hunting dogs. People with quicker brains, like Yan Fugui, Second Uncle and Third Uncle, just thought that Chu Xiangqian was worried that the dogs had fleas.

Or suddenly scream a few times and scare Chu Jingye.

Aiguo and Aimin naturally nodded without hesitation, went home to get the flashlight that Aiyuan brought back from Hong Kong Island, pushed the bicycle, and followed the instructions of Second Aunt and He Yushui.

I followed Xue Jinglan, Gangsheng and Feifei who were also riding bicycles.

The little girl Ai Qiu originally wanted to go live with her eldest brother and his wife, but before she could open her mouth, she was shut up by a look from her second aunt.

Although Chu Xiangqian loved this little sister very much, he was actually unwilling to let the little girl sleep with him unless Aiyuan lived near the front door.

Not only does it affect the intimacy between himself and his three wives, but Ai Qiu is not a 5-year-old kid after all. She will go to primary school in September this year, and she is 9 years old, which is the age to avoid suspicion.

After watching Da Zhuang, Hong Niu and Aiguo Ai Min escort their wife away, Chu Xiangqian turned around and told his second uncle, second aunt, third uncle, Aiyuan and the others to go to bed early and not to worry about him.

So I went to the third uncle's house.

After entering the door, Chu Xiangqian was surprised not to see the eldest son of the Yan family. He was puzzled but did not ask.

But the third uncle was very good at observing people's expressions and he smiled awkwardly, waiting for the second son of the Yan family, Yan Jiefang, to bring him a cup of water with tea leaves in his own hands.

After being driven away by the third uncle, the third uncle whispered, "I used some connections to find a temporary job for Jie Cheng at a farm reclamation base in Huaxiang.

Now I only come back once a month.”

(End of this chapter)