It turned out that they were leaders who had retired for some years. They also had a son, but he went abroad more than ten years ago and had not returned for many years. He only wrote back occasionally to report his safety.

Just two years ago, when the domestic situation stabilized, their son who lived abroad came back with his wife and children, wanting to take the old couple to live abroad.

But the old couple refused to leave their homeland, so their son had no choice but to leave his parents behind and return abroad with his wife and children.

So, only the old couple live in this house, and their son may not come back for several years, so they rented the upstairs to Zhou Chen.

"Brother, this house is too big and beautiful, isn't it?"

When had Chen Jianghe ever seen such a beautiful house? In the past, when he saw those luxury houses, he could only look at them from the outside at most and had never gone in to see them.

This house was the biggest and best house he had ever seen.

Even Qiu Yingjie, who had seen the world, was amazed and wondered how much it would cost to rent a house like this in the capital.

"Let's have a good drink here tonight. After we're done, don't leave. Stay here. There's enough room for us anyway, especially you, Yingjie. Don't leave."

Chen Jianghe had nowhere to go in the capital, and it was inconvenient to live outside, so he could only live with Zhou Chen. As for Qiu Yingjie, he could go directly back to the school dormitory.

"Yes, Brother Qiu, let's not stop drinking tonight." Chen Jianghe also advised happily.

Qiu Yingjie smiled and said, "No problem. Then I won't be polite to you, Brother Zhou."

"Why are you being polite? We are all good friends and brothers. If you are too polite, it will become a rift."

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 777 Three Years Later

Three days passed by in a flash.

Because there were still a few days before school started, Zhou Chen had been accompanying Chen Jianghe to travel around the capital these days, taking him to many places and broadening his horizons.

These past few days, Chen Jianghe's horizons were indeed broadened, because many of the places Zhou Chen took him to were very secretive black markets, with a large number of people doing business, of all kinds. It was more complicated than anything he had encountered before.

Zhou Chen took him to those places, not because he wanted to do anything illegal, but just to take him to have a look. Although the capital has begun to allow individual businesses, it has not been opened up on a large scale after all. Many businesses cannot be made public and can only be traded privately.

Although it was very convenient to live at Zhou Chen's place, Chen Jianghe didn't think about staying here forever, so after staying for a few days, he wanted to leave.

"Second brother, after coming to the capital, I found that many things are really different from what I thought. Thank you for bringing me here."

Chen Jianghe was sincerely grateful to Zhou Chen. These days, Zhou Chen not only took him to many places, but also taught him a lot of knowledge when he was at home.

He found that his little cleverness was really too insignificant in front of Zhou Chen, so he has been learning with an open mind.

Zhou Chen smiled and said to Chen Jianghe: "We are brothers, it would be too polite to tell me this."

Chen Jianghe hesitated for a moment, but still mustered up the courage to say, "Brother, I've been here for a long time. You're going to start school soon, and I can't disturb you anymore. I think it's time to leave."

"Why are you in such a hurry? There are still many places I haven't taken you to. As you can see, it's very convenient to live here. Let's go later."

Chen Jianghe is really a good person. He didn't stay here for free these days. He cleaned Zhou Chen's place from inside to outside and from top to bottom. Zhou Chen had no choice but to let him do it.

Chen Jianghe said in a firm tone: "I have made up my mind, second brother. I plan to go back to Yiwu first, and then travel around the country to see more and gain more experience."

Zhou Chen said: "Jimao, I am glad that you have such an idea. You are right. Reading ten thousand books is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles, and traveling ten thousand miles is not as good as meeting countless people. Doing business is actually dealing with people. Only when you understand who the other party is can you make the most profit."

"Second brother, do you agree with my idea?"

Chen Jianghe was very happy to see that Zhou Chen agreed with his idea. Zhou Chen was now the brother he admired the most. Zhou Chen's encouragement was the greatest inspiration to him.

Zhou Chen smiled and said, "Of course I agree, because your approach is right, you should experience it more yourself."

"Well, brother, I have made up my mind."

"Okay, since you've made up your mind, I won't stop you. I'll buy you a ticket tomorrow, and then we'll go find Yingjie and have a drink together."

"Thank you, second brother."

In the evening, Zhou Chen went to Qiu Yingjie's school and called him over. The three of them went to Hongbin Building, where Zhou Chen treated them to a big meal.

The next morning, Zhou Chen personally sent Chen Jianghe to the train station and did not leave until he saw him get on the train.

After seeing Chen Jianghe off, Zhou Chen started living his own life again. After more than a year in the capital, he had already earned his initial capital. Soon, he would be able to make his mark.

…………

Three years passed in the blink of an eye.

During these three years, Zhou Chen often wrote letters to Chenjiacun, telling Chen Jinshui about his situation, until more than a year ago, when he went to Hong Kong and stopped writing.

At the same time, he also wrote several letters to Luo Yuzhu, briefly explaining his situation and saying that he would definitely go back.

Chen Jinshui never replied, but Luo Yuzhu wrote him several letters with a lot of content. She wanted to tell Zhou Chen all her experiences and situations.

In addition, Chen Jianghe also wrote letters to Zhou Chen many times. The first letter was a letter of safety reported to him after he left the capital and returned to Yiwu.

The following few letters all said that they had been there and seen a lot, and also said that they missed him very much and wanted to ask him many questions, etc.

From Chen Jianghe's letter, Zhou Chen also learned a piece of news, that is, his uncle Chen Jinshui had actually become the mayor of the town. The former Chenjia Village and several surrounding villages were integrated into Chenjia Town.

The reason why it was named Chenjia Town was because of him. Qiu Yingjie told him about this. After Qiu Yingjie reached his junior year, he had been in contact with people in his hometown and knew a lot about his hometown.

According to him, the name of Chenjia Town was proposed by the top leaders of Yiwu, and then approved by the leaders above. The reason why it was approved was because he was from Chenjia Village. Even though several years have passed, there are still many people who know him as the former top scholar in the province.

The fact that someone like Chen Jinshui, who had a criminal record, could become the head of a town was also due to his credit.

After Zhou Chen learned about this, he was deeply moved. He didn't know whether Chen Jinshui in the TV series became the mayor by his own ability or for some other reason.

But this time, he became the mayor because of him. It seems that the plot in this aspect has not changed.

As for Luo Yuzhu, because of his appearance, she never met Chen Jianghe again.

In fact, he was not worried at all. He knew that Luo Yuzhu was a very loyal person. If Chen Jinshui had not interfered in the TV series, she would never leave Chen Jianghe in her life.

As for Chen Jianghe, Zhou Chen was very much looking forward to it. Without the restraint of Luo Yuzhu, he wondered how much Chen Jianghe would achieve in the future and how far he would go.

In 82, Chenjia Town Office Building.

Luo Yuzhu ignored everyone's attempts to stop her and rushed into Chen Jinshui's office. Chen Jinshui was working at the office and when he saw Luo Yuzhu, he suddenly got a headache.

"What are you here for?"

Luo Yuzhu said with a smile: "Chief Chen, your people have seized my goods again. Including this batch, it is already the third batch. When will you return the goods to us?"

It turned out that today Luo Yuzhu got off the train happily, ready to meet up with several of her old sisters who had already received the goods and leave together. However, before she saw anyone, she was stopped by someone. Then she found out that the goods she had brought from Wuzhou with great effort were seized by the people from Chenjia Town again.

Of course she was unhappy, and then she ran to Chen Jinshui and made a scene.

Chen Jinshui didn't want to spoil Luo Yuzhu, and scolded her harshly: "Luo Yuzhu, what are you doing? What do you think this place is? Is this a place where you can act wild?"

Luo Yuzhu didn't care and shouted again: "I don't care, you seized our goods, which means you are leaving us no way to survive. You are going too far."

Chen Jinshui angrily scolded: "You are engaged in speculation and yet you are still shouting like this. I just seized your goods, so what?"

Then he ordered his men: "Get her out of here, don't let her ruin my plan."

His subordinates Chen Jinzhu and others immediately stepped forward to drive Luo Yuzhu away.

Luo Yuzhu was not someone to be trifled with. When she saw them coming, she immediately shouted, "Who dares? Just try to touch me."

After she finished drinking, she shouted at Chen Jinshui: "Chen Jinshui, I'm telling you, don't try this on me. Do you think I'm afraid of you? I'm being so polite to you just for Zhou Chen's sake. Don't push your luck."

Chen Jinshui, who was already angry, became even more furious when he heard Luo Yuzhu mention Zhou Chen. He pointed at Luo Yuzhu and cursed.

“Luo Yuzhu, shut up. What qualifications do you have to mention Xiaochen? Who do you think you are? I warn you, don’t use my nephew’s name again, otherwise I will really be rude to you.”

In his eyes, Zhou Chen is a college student with a bright future. He cannot tolerate someone like Luo Yuzhu who would hinder Zhou Chen.

As for Luo Yuzhu, he actually only got to know this person after he became the mayor. Before, they seized Luo Yuzhu's goods once, and Luo Yuzhu came to ask for them back, but he did not agree. Finally, Luo Yuzhu mentioned Zhou Chen.

This frightened him immediately. In his eyes, Luo Yuzhu was a shrew with no manners, no culture, and no upbringing. How could she be worthy of his nephew who graduated from a prestigious university? So he warned Luo Yuzhu at that time and told her not to mention Zhou Chen again.

Now, Luo Yuzhu actually brought it up again. He was really angry. If people knew that Zhou Chen had a relationship with this woman, it would definitely be a big stain on Zhou Chen. He could not tolerate such a thing happening.

Luo Yuzhu shouted, "I'm not like you, Chen Jinshui. I didn't bother with you because of his face. It's not that I'm afraid of you, but you went too far this time. You confiscated so much of our goods. Do you want us to live?"

Chen Jinshui shouted angrily: "Luo Yuzhu, listen to me, you are speculating and profiteering, don't even think about taking any of those goods away."

On the other side, at the train station, a group of Yiwu leaders were waiting for someone. Soon they met a young man and left the train station.

Those responsible for the welcome were a group of Yiwu leading cadres headed by Xie Shuji. They were welcoming the top students who had graduated from the capital and were returning home.

Qiu Yingjie sat in the car, looking at the familiar scenes along the way, a smile appeared on his face.

This is his hometown, and this is where he wants to work hard and fight for.

In the car, Xie Shuji asked with a smile: "Yingjie, you are a top student. I heard that your school wants to keep you as a teacher, but you refuse to do it and insist on coming back. What are you thinking?"

Being a teacher in a university in the capital is definitely an easy and promising job, much better than returning to Yiwu to be a small cadre.

Qiu Yingjie smiled and replied: "No matter how high a bird flies, it has to return to its nest."

Xie Shuji laughed happily: "Good, what a great bird returning to its nest."

Qiu Yingjie added: "Actually, this is just one of the reasons. Another reason is that I once made an agreement with two people to meet in Yiwu after graduation. These two people are very important to me, especially one of them. He can be said to be half of my teacher and the person I admire the most."

Xie Shuji looked surprised: "I'm curious about who you admire most. Who is it?"

Qiu Yingjie smiled and said, "One of these two people is called Ji Mao, and his full name is Chen Jianghe. The other one is the one I just mentioned, the person I admire the most. He is also the smartest and most capable person I have ever met, Xie Shuji. You may have heard of him. He is the first champion of the college entrance examination in Zhejiang Province after the resumption of the college entrance examination, Zhou Chen."

"Huh? The first champion, Zhou Chen, is he?"

Xie Shuji suddenly sat up straight and said in surprise: "Is it really him? Do you know him?"

"Yes, we met on the train three years ago in the capital. I saw him often and consulted him, but he went to Hong Kong University last year and I haven't seen him since. We only talked on the phone twice."

Xie Shuji exclaimed, "This Zhou Chen is really a legendary figure. I went to Chenjia Village with Old Shuji to visit him. I was very impressed by him at that time. However, he later went to Peking University and I never heard of him again. You have such a good relationship with him and even agreed to meet in Yiwu. Does that mean he will also return to Yiwu?"

Qiu Yingjie nodded and said: "That's what he told me at the beginning. He said that he would return to Yiwu after graduation and that this was his home. It's just that after he went to Xiangjiang, we lost contact. He will do what he says, since he said he will come back, he will definitely come back."

"It would be great if he could really come back. This person must be a great talent."

"Xie Shuji, Brother Zhou is definitely a great talent. Let me put it this way. Compared to him, I am really, how can I put it? It's not an exaggeration to say that one is in heaven and the other is in hell."

"Is it that exaggerated?" Xie Shuji didn't quite believe it.

He had had many contacts with Qiu Yingjie and knew very well that Qiu Yingjie was a very outstanding young man. He really couldn't believe that Qiu Yingjie could compare him to an underground person.

Qiu Yingjie said: "It's just that exaggerated, Xie Shuji, when you meet him, you will understand that what I said is true. He is really special, very, very special."

"Now that you mention it, I'm even more curious. How capable is Zhou Chen to deserve such praise from you?"

After the car drove for a distance, Xie Shuji suddenly pointed ahead and said, "Yingjie, this is Chenjia Town. The current mayor is Chen Jinshui. In the past two years, this place has developed quite well."

"Chen Jinshui? I know. He is Brother Zhou's uncle. I've heard Brother Zhou mention him before. His uncle is also a remarkable man."

As soon as Qiu Yingjie heard the name, he knew who Chen Jinshui was.

The two of them were talking when suddenly a woman rushed out and blocked their car. The car braked suddenly, causing them to lean forward suddenly.

"what happened?"

Before the driver could explain, Luo Yuzhu, who was blocking the car, started crying and shouting.

Xie Shuji immediately got out of the car to find out what happened, but Chen Jinshui was faster and had Luo Yuzhu taken away. However, the women who were with Luo Yuzhu rushed to Xie Shuji again and began to complain loudly.

One woman is equal to five hundred ducks, and now there are five or six women, surrounding the man and chattering non-stop. Xie Shuji felt dizzy. He finally managed to calm them down and took them to the office building to find out the situation.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 778 Chen Jianghe returns, Zhou Chen returns

In fact, the matter was very simple and clear. Chen Jinshui confiscated all the goods on the charge of speculation.

From a policy point of view, this is not illegal at all, because it is still illegal to speculate now, but the degree in the middle is not so easy to identify.

From Xie Shuji's perspective, those women were actually just trying to make a living, and current policies were more relaxed than before. He had always wanted to promote the commercial economy, but he also knew that if he acted too hastily, it would lead to greater conflicts.

The current situation is that some people want to develop, but some people are more conservative and dare not try easily before there are no clearly defined policies.

There are too many people like Chen Jinshui in the county.

He strongly invited Qiu Yingjie to come back because he saw that Qiu Yingjie was young, knowledgeable, and hardworking, which was in line with his ideas.

In the end, Xie Shuji did not give an answer to Sister Feng and the other women on the spot, but asked them to go back first and he would inform them if there was any news.

As soon as Sister Feng left, Chen Jinshui quickly apologized: "Xie Shuji, I didn't do my job well, but they are indeed a group of speculators, led by the woman named Luo Yuzhu. I think..."

"Luo Yuzhu?" Qiu Yingjie suddenly asked.

Chen Jinshui, who was interrupted, looked at Qiu Yingjie with a little dissatisfaction, but did not say anything. Although this man was very young, he could follow Xie Shuji, so who knows who he might be.

Xie Shuji looked at Qiu Yingjie curiously: "Why, Yingjie, do you know this woman named Luo Yuzhu?"

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