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Especially Lu Chuan, when he looked at Zhou Chen, his eyes flashed with surprise. He was a studious person, so he also wanted to make friends with educated and capable people. Zhou Chen obviously met his goal.

Qu Xiuzhen said with a smile: "You young people, you should communicate more in the future. The future of the country depends on you young people."

"Yes Yes Yes."

Zhou Chen and the other two nodded repeatedly.

Ma Shouchang interrupted, "Why are you so serious? It's just a family dinner, let's talk about something lighthearted. You can eat and drink as much as you want, just like going home."

Soon, the nanny started serving the dishes. Qu Xiuzhen also went over to help and brought a few bottles of good wine.

The dinner started quickly. Ma Shouchang and Qu Xiuzhen were both eloquent people, and Cao Debao was also a chatterbox, so the dinner table was very lively.

Zhou Chen and Lu Chuan talked normally and had some scruples, but after a few glasses of wine, Cao Debao became a little dizzy and started talking nonsense.

Zhou Chen didn't have a good impression of Cao Debao and Lu Chuan.

Cao Debao is a lazy and extremely jealous person. He cannot stand others being better than him or more outstanding than him. Even though he is a loser, he still dreams of becoming a phoenix and marrying a princess from a high-ranking official's family who has fallen on hard times.

Little did he know that even if the princess was in trouble, she was still a princess in trouble. With his ability, even if he met her, she would look down on him.

In the later part of the TV series, Cao Debao and Qiao Chunyan are definitely the villains in the plot, which is to achieve a good ending, otherwise their ending would definitely not be good.

Lu Chuan is a very capable person, but he is definitely a typical example of flattering the powerful and bullying the weak. Ever since he was admitted to university and became a cadre, he has forgotten his former good brothers. He is unwilling to get together with his good friends during the New Year, but when visiting old cadres and leaders, he shows up again, showing off his power.

Of course, this doesn't mean that Luchuan people are bad. Everyone has their own personality. If you think someone is bad, they may think you are pretending. It's just that everyone has different opinions.

But as far as Zhou Chen was concerned, he didn't want to have any contact with these two people, even if he knew that Lu Chuan would have the ability to become a high official in the future.

But with Lu Chuan's personality, even if he became a high-ranking official, you would not be able to benefit from his influence. In this respect, Lu Chuan was not even as good as Zhou Bingyi.

After having a good meal and a few drinks, it was getting late, so Qu Xiuzhen arranged for a driver to take Zhou Chen and the other two away.

In the car, the drunk Cao Debao and Lu Chuan were talking a lot, especially Cao Debao, who was venting all kinds of complaints about everything and even talked about the faults of Qu Xiuzhen and Ma Shouchang who had just invited him to dinner.

Zhou Chen could tell that he was jealous. Seeing that Ma Shouchang and Qu Xiuzhen were living well, he felt unbalanced.

This made Zhou Chen even more disdainful. This kind of person was really shameless. Someone was treating you with good intentions just a moment ago, but you ate everything and then turned around and started scolding them.

Is this something a human can do?

But he didn't want to have anything to do with Cao Debao, so he just pretended not to hear and closed his eyes to rest.

Although Lu Chuan felt that what Cao Debao said was wrong, he had no intention of stopping him. He just responded intermittently.

Cao Debao's behavior caused strong dissatisfaction among the driver, who stopped the car suddenly and yelled at Cao Debao, scaring Cao Debao so much that he dared not say a word.

The driver first took Zhou Chen to the publishing house, and then drove to pick up Cao Debao and Lu Chuan.

Zhou Chen said something to the security guard on duty, then rode his bicycle home.

As soon as I got home, I heard Li Suhua's voice coming from the inner room.

"Kun'er, why did you come back so late today? Have you eaten?"

"Mom, I've eaten. A leader called me to dinner today and I couldn't refuse, so I came back late."

This is the inconvenience of this era. There are no mobile phones and no landline phones at home, so there is no way to inform family members if something happens.

Li Suhua came out with her clothes on and immediately smelled the smell of alcohol on Zhou Chen.

"Kun'er, have you been drinking?"

"Well, the boss asked me to drink, so I couldn't refuse. But I didn't drink too much, so don't worry."

"I'll get you some water to wash."

Zhou Chen quickly stopped her and said, "I can do it myself, Mom, you go to sleep."

"No need for you, you are so clumsy, I will do it for you."

After Li Suhua said this, she moved quickly, picked up the teapot and poured water for Zhou Chen.

In a blink of an eye, it was the next Sunday. Everyone had a day off today, so Xiao Guoqing and Sun Ganchao came to Zhou's house early in the morning.

"Aunt, where is Bingkun?"

Li Suhua saw that it was Xiao Guoqing and Sun Ganchao, and said, "Bingkun went to borrow a tricycle, he should be back soon."

Sun Ganchao asked anxiously, "Why did he go to borrow a tricycle? How many is he going to buy?"

Zhou Chen did not keep the purchase of pork to himself, but chose to tell Xiao Guoqing and Sun Ganchao.

Over the years, he and his childhood friend got along very well and they were considered the two best friends in the world, so he chose to tell them about this good news.

Li Suhua looked around, then glared at Sun Ganchao: "Keep your voice down, it won't be good if someone hears you."

She didn't know how much pork there was this time. Zhou Chen said he wanted to buy more for his father and brother who were coming back for the New Year. As a mother, she was of course overjoyed, but she was afraid that the meat would be snatched away by others, so she was on guard everywhere.

"It's cold outside, you two should go inside and wait."

"Okay, Auntie."

Xiao Guoqing and Sun Ganchao stopped the car and walked into the house. Zhou Chen had told them before that pork was sold one slice at a time. Zhou Chen didn't care how much they wanted to buy, but he wanted to buy two slices himself.

The two waited for a while, but before Zhou Chen arrived, another person arrived.

"Chunyan."

When Xiao Guoqing heard Li Suhua's voice, he stood up in surprise, and then saw Qiao Chunyan walking in.

"National Day, catch up, you are all here." Qiao Chunyan called out with a smile.

Xiao Guoqing asked doubtfully: "Chunyan, did Kuner inform you?"

He remembered that when Zhou Chen told them, he specifically told them to just inform the two of them and not tell anyone else. How did Qiao Chunyan also know about it?

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look at Sun Ganchao next to him. When Sun Ganchao met his gaze, he smiled awkwardly.

"I happened to meet Chunyan that day, and I mentioned it to her."

"You are really great. You can explain it to Kun'er later."

Xiao Guoqing was so disappointed that he didn't believe what Sun Ganchao said. He thought it was certain that the guy said it on purpose to please Qiao Chunyan.

He understood Sun Ganchao's thoughts. Qiao Chunyan only liked Zhou Chen before, but now Zhou Chen has Zheng Juan. Sun Ganchao felt that he had a chance, so he approached her eagerly, trying to please Qiao Chunyan.

Sun Ganchao argued, "I am doing this for our own good. A leg of pork weighs more than 100 kilograms. It is impossible for the two of us to share it all. If Chunyan is included, there will be no problem."

"Haha." Xiao Guoqing responded with a disdainful sneer.

Zhou Chen rode a tricycle and Zheng Juan sat behind him. He had borrowed the tricycle from the logistics department of the community, and he had to return it after hauling the pork.

When he just got home, he found the house quite lively. He was a little surprised by the appearance of Qiao Chunyan, but he didn't care too much. It didn't matter if there was one more Qiao Chunyan.

Qiao Chunyan said rather dissatisfiedly: "Brother Bingkun, you didn't even tell me about such a good thing. If Gan Chao hadn't told me, I wouldn't have known about it. Do you treat me as an outsider?"

"No, it's not that I can't meet you. If I meet you, I will definitely tell you."

Zhou Chen responded casually with a few words. He didn't want to continue to entangle with Qiao Chunyan. This woman was indeed good at talking and had a thick skin. She didn't consider herself an outsider.

Xiao Guoqing and Sun Ganchao both greeted Zheng Juan. They had met Zheng Juan many times and were quite familiar with her.

"Everything is ready, let's go."

Zhou Chen said hello to Li Suhua, then left with a few people.

The Shengli Store in the eastern suburbs of the city is quite far from Guangzi Pian, and it takes quite a while to get there by bike.

On the way, Xiao Guoqing asked Zhou Chen, "Kun'er, where did you get this tricycle? How much pork are you going to buy with this tricycle?"

"The car was borrowed from the publishing house. As for the pork, I plan to get two pieces."

"Two doors, are you crazy?"

Xiao Guoqing, Sun Ganchao and Qiao Chunyan were all very shocked. Two doors mean a pig.

Sun Ganchao: "Kun'er, why did you buy so much pork? Even if it's 48 cents a pound, two pieces should cost about 100 yuan. Can your family finish it?"

Zhou Chen said, "It's almost Chinese New Year. My dad and eldest brother said they would come back. Besides our family, there's also Zheng Juan's family. We can definitely finish the two shanks of pork. Even if we can't finish them, we can freeze them and continue eating them after Chinese New Year."

Xiao Guoqing said, "Our family is not less populated than yours. Are you buying so much meat? Are you planning to eat meat every day in the future? And a hundred yuan is half a year's salary for me. Is your publishing house so profitable?"

Zhou Chen naturally couldn't tell the truth, so he just explained: "It's not just me who paid for it. My dad also sent his salary home. Even this one hundred yuan was taken out by our family with gritted teeth. This is not just for a good New Year. After all, my dad and his family haven't been home for several years. Unlike your parents, they are always at home and I can see them every day."

Qiao Chunyan said to Zheng Juan with envy: "Juan'er, you are so lucky. Brother Bingkun always thinks of you. I am not as lucky as you."

Zheng Juan just smiled and didn't respond. Although she was not well educated, she was not stupid. She knew how Qiao Chunyan felt about Zhou Chen, and she also knew that she was not as good as Qiao Chunyan. But the more she thought about it, the more grateful she was to Zhou Chen.

Sun Ganchao suddenly said, "Chunyan, look at me. Although I am not as good as Kun'er, I am not bad either. How about you consider me?"

"roll."

Qiao Chunyan responded bluntly, causing everyone to laugh, except Sun Ganchao who looked embarrassed.

A few people were playing and chatting while pedaling quickly.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 562 Buying Meat and Preparing for Marriage

"So many people?"

When Zhou Chen and his friends arrived at the Shengli Store Supply and Marketing Cooperative, they found that a large group of people had gathered in front of the store.

Zhou Chen said: "Isn't this a very normal thing? If we can get the news, others can definitely get the news from other channels. But since the higher-ups have decided to open it up, it means that the supply of pork should exceed the demand. Don't worry, we just need to wait in line."

He knew that in the TV drama plot, Zhou Bingkun and his companions had been waiting from morning till night, and it was not yet noon, so there was plenty of time.

"National Day, catch up, go ask how to queue up."

"Okay, you guys wait here, we'll go ask."

Xiao Guoqing and Sun Ganchao squeezed into the crowd and found that people were not queuing up, but were all crowded together and making a lot of noise.

After a while, Xiao Guoqing came back.

"The meat hasn't arrived yet, but quite a few people have come and are queuing up. I asked Chu Chao to wait in line."

Zhou Chen knew what was going on with the pork trade this time. Even at night, it was still not on sale. The reason was that there was no good communication between the supply and marketing cooperative and the warehouse.

The leader of the supply and marketing cooperative thought that the other party would deliver it by themselves, so he did not urge them. The people in the warehouse did not want to make any mistakes, so they were waiting for a call from the leader of the supply and marketing cooperative.

The two sides did not communicate with each other and just waited until the evening, but the pork had not been delivered, which caused a commotion. If Zhou Bingkun and others had not taken action, the supply and marketing cooperative would probably have been robbed.

Zhou Chen, who knew the situation, naturally would not wait foolishly until night. He looked at the time to see if any accidents would occur. If no accidents occurred, after a while, he would take the initiative to go in and communicate with the leaders of the supply and marketing cooperative and let them make the call.

There were quite a few people coming to buy pork, but not as many as one might have imagined. At least it was not like the free stuff given away in supermarkets decades later, where those crazy old men and women would sleep on the floor and bring small stools to queue up the night before.

Most of the people queuing up to buy pork here are young people. After all, it is not something that the elderly can handle, and not everyone has that much money to buy it.

"Brother Bingkun, why haven't you started selling yet? Did you get the wrong information?"

After waiting for a while, Qiao Chunyan became a little anxious. She worked as a pedicure worker in a public bathhouse, and Sunday was her busiest time. The morning was okay, but the afternoon and evening could not be delayed at all.

She originally wanted to buy the meat before noon so as not to delay work in the afternoon.

But pork is not on sale yet, and she couldn't help but start to doubt the accuracy of Zhou Chen's information.

Xiao Guoqing is not Sun Ganchao, and he doesn't indulge Qiao Chunyan. Before Zhou Chen could say anything, he said impatiently: "If the news is not true, why would there be so many people waiting in line here? Why are you in such a hurry? Do you think meat is so easy to buy? You don't need a ticket. What's wrong with taking a while to wait?"

Qiao Chunyan snorted, "I'm different from you. You don't have to go to work today, but I still have to go to work in the afternoon."

"Then you can't take leave."

"I am an advanced member of our bathhouse. How can I take a leave so easily? Brother Bingkun, how about this? If they haven't started selling before noon, I will go back first and you can take my share back for me. You are riding a tricycle anyway, so if it's on your way, just consider it as a favor, okay?"

Zhou Chen looked at her speechlessly and asked, "Why didn't you tell me before you came?"

Helping others carry things is actually not a big deal, and adding a few dozen pounds of weight is not a big deal for him.

But the problem is, you're already here, and you don't want to wait. Why didn't you say so before you came? Now that we have to wait, you say this.

Qiao Chunyan said in distress: "I didn't know I had to wait. I thought I could buy it directly when I got here."

Xiao Guoqing said: "We can all wait, but you have too many things to do and can't wait."

"Guoqing, I didn't ask you to bring it. Why are you saying so much? My brother and I are siblings now. What's wrong with helping out a little? Does it bother you?"

Seeing that Xiao Guoqing targeted her again and again, Qiao Chunyan also fought back. She had a hot-tempered personality and was not at all afraid of facing men.

Xiao Guoqing wanted to fight back, but Zhou Chen stopped him, saying it was just a small matter.

He rejected Qiao Chunyan, and because of the plot in the human world, he did not have much affection for Qiao Chunyan, but the current Qiao Chunyan is not the Qiao Chunyan in the later part of the TV series after all.

Now, even though she had been rejected by him, she was still very enthusiastic and cheerful, a nice girl.