Reborn: Billionaire in College

Chapter 5: Dad gives his son a cigarette
The family quarters of the infrastructure company. Many years after graduating from college, Chen Pingjiang came back once. It was already overgrown with weeds. There were few young people, only old people. At that time, the Chen family bought a house in the city with the old man's savings from sailing, and the whole family moved in.

When I got home, my mother Xu Fangjuan was busy at the stove. She was wearing an apron and her forehead was covered with sweat.

Dad Chen Guangming was drinking beer and putting peanuts into his mouth. The state-owned infrastructure company laid him off early, and he has been working as a small contractor to make a living in the past two years.

Although he is said to be a contractor, he actually only takes on home decoration projects and faces the risk of not getting paid for the projects. During the Chinese New Year, his house is filled with workers and material suppliers queuing up to ask for money.

Looking at this scene, Chen Pingjiang's eyes suddenly turned red.

This is the home where I was born and raised. Ever since the old man passed away, I no longer have this feeling. The house is always very deserted.

Looking at my young parents now, it feels like a treasure that I have lost and recovered.

The son wants to be raised but his relatives don’t wait for him; the tree wants to be quiet but the wind doesn’t stop.

People who don’t have the same feelings really can’t understand this sentence, but when you understand it, it means it’s already too late.

Since childhood, Chen Pingjiang has never been a good kid, which made Chen Guangming and Xu Fangjuan worry about him. In the last year of college, Chen Pingjiang didn't pay the tuition fee, and he spent all the money on picking up girls, which resulted in him not getting a diploma. In the end, Chen Guangming dragged Chen Pingjiang to the school to pay the tuition fee and get the diploma back.

The most infuriating thing is that Chen Pingjiang spent two hundred yuan to make a fake certificate and almost got away with it. If the school hadn't called his home, he would never have gotten a diploma in his lifetime.

One year after graduation, Chen Pingjiang was neither too high nor too low and changed jobs one after another, but he lasted less than a month in each one.

Two years after graduation, Chen Pingjiang fell out of love and stayed alone in a house exposed to the west sun with a temperature of over 30 degrees. When he opened the door and saw his son, who had lost weight, Chen Guangming was also moved.

In the third year after graduation, Chen Guangming asked Chen Pingjiang to go sailing with him, but the young and restless Chen Pingjiang was not willing to stay on a ship without internet for several months. The father and son even had a big conflict. The father blamed his son for not living up to expectations, and the son blamed his father for not understanding and forcing his life on him.

In the fourth year after graduation, Chen Pingjiang showed his talent for business. He earned a Kia K5 in just six months and drove it around to show off. Chen Guangming would also compete with his son for the car and drive it to the dock, telling everyone that his son bought it.

Fifth year after graduation...

There is a kind of love called strictness, which is hidden very deeply; there is a kind of love called heart, which can accommodate the sea; there is a kind of love called waiting, which is never spoken out; there is a kind of love, which has the most sweat and the least tears. Father's love is silent, but it is in action.

Chen Pingjiang picked up the Dajiang beer on the table and performed a double-bottle blow show to Chen Guangming.

"You little bastard, why don't you grab a bowl? You're drinking so hard." Chen Guangming scolded with a smile, then turned to Zhou Guanghan and said, "Second son, go get two bowls. It's hot, come and drink."

"Okay, great uncle." Zhou Guanghan ran to the kitchen happily.

Chen Pingjiang has a moderate alcohol tolerance and finds drinking beer too troublesome, mainly because his bladder capacity is small and he has to go to the toilet all the time.

Zhou Guanghan is different. He just uses a box of beer to rinse his mouth.

Xu Fangjuan came out of the kitchen carrying a plate of scrambled eggs with tomatoes, and kicked the chair leg in disdain, "Come over here, it's hard to put the food in."

"Which school did you choose as your first choice?"

“Dongjiang University of Finance and Economics.”

"Are you sure?"

"Please remove the word 'ma'."

Xu Fangjuan was very happy to hear this. She was a rural girl who could not read many words, and it was not wrong to say that she was illiterate. When she was a child, her family was poor. Her elder sister and elder brother had already gone to work, and her younger brothers and sisters needed to be taken care of. She also had to take care of the cattle at home. She was the one who made the biggest sacrifice. Later, after she got married, she quarreled with her grandfather, blaming them for not letting her go to school when she was a child. Chen Pingjiang knew that if her mother had been educated, she would have achieved a lot, could endure hardships, was bold and careful, and had good relationships with others. In the 1990s, she dared to fly south alone to Guangzhou to work without knowing how to read. She ran around Guangzhou carrying a load of fruit. She was the only one among her cousins ​​who was closest to her and gave her gifts during festivals.

"The Chen family finally has a college student. I'll cook another dish for you." Xu Fangjuan happily patted her son's shoulder.

But Chen Pingjiang didn't let her go. "Mom, don't go. I'm giving you a toast. You also get half of the military medal."

"Go away, don't disturb me while I'm cooking."

Chen Guangming watched his son drink with a smile on his face, thinking that the little brat had grown up. Zhou Guanghan beside him also laughed foolishly.

After eating and drinking, Chen Pingjiang lifted up the hem of his greasy T-shirt, patted his bloated belly and burped. His mother's voice came to his ears: "Go get a basin of water and wipe the mats."

"Second son." Chen Pingjiang tilted his head and ordered Zhou Guanghan to work, but he was too lazy to move.

"You little brat, every time I ask you to do something, you order my second son around." Xu Fangjuan was angry at her son's hands-off approach to ordering people around. But she was embarrassed to let Zhou Guanghan do the work, as she would be scolded if the news got out.

"Great aunt, I'll do it, I'll do it." Zhou Guanghan was very diligent and felt at ease with such orders. Having grown up in a poor family, he was very grateful that he had lived here for several years without having to pay a penny for living expenses. Every time he gave money, it was rejected. In addition, he had a somewhat inferiority complex in his heart, so he wished he could do more to repay the money.

Chen Guangming leaned on the sofa and looked at his son's lazy appearance without getting angry. He took out a cigarette and lit it for himself. Then, seeing Chen Pingjiang's eager look, he had an idea and passed a cigarette to him.

Chen Pingjiang was just about to move over to take the cigarette, but halfway through his hand he pushed the cigarette back.

He was a little surprised that the old man actually offered him a cigarette.

Is this a test for yourself?
Fishing law enforcement!

"Dad, I don't know how to smoke. I'm still young." Chen Pingjiang said sternly.

"Come on, I don't know you yet."

"Well... just this time, it won't happen again." After saying that, Chen Pingjiang calmly accepted the cigarette that the old man lit for him, and habitually tapped Chen Guangming's hand twice.

This made both the father and the son embarrassed.

As Chen Guangming handed over the cigarette, it meant that he thought Chen Pingjiang had grown up and was no longer a child, but the pillar of the family.

"Chen Guangming, is this how you teach your son? He is just an adult, and you teach him to smoke." Xu Fangjuan's angry voice came from the kitchen.

Chen Guangming curled his lips and thought, you don’t know your son yet, he can even blow out smoke in circles.

"What are your plans for the summer vacation?"

"I don't know, I haven't thought about it yet. Maybe I'll go out and have some fun."

Chen Pingjiang had no intention of telling his parents that he was going out to earn money. Telling them would just be a waste of worry, especially since his mother would rub the skin off her ears.

In my mother Xu Fengjuan's opinion, finding a stable job is the most reliable, while doing business is the most unreliable. It's a pity that I didn't listen to her in my previous life, otherwise I wouldn't have owed a lot of debts.

But then again, how could one achieve social status without struggling if one's family was poor? Since I had a second chance to live my life, it wouldn't be such a pity if I didn't do something.

　Hongchen did not pay the tuition fee and could not get a diploma. He fooled his family and got a fake diploma. The fake diploma is still lying in the drawer at home. Now I think I was really awesome at that time. Finally, the newcomer asks for everything!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)