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Zhou Chen actually wanted to have a third child with Luo Yuzhu. After all, his side quest was not completed yet. However, seeing that Luo Yuzhu was so happy with her business, he did not want to spoil her fun for the moment, so he let her do her business. As for the matter of children, let fate take its course.

Time came to the 1990s, and Zhou Chen was over 30 years old. His eldest son was about to enter the first grade, and his youngest son was about to enter the last year of kindergarten.

The sock factory that Chen Jianghe is in charge of is now performing better and better. Jianghe brand socks have begun to sell well across the country and are slowly taking over the domestic market share.

The profits from the sock factory also brought income to Zhou Chen. Although Zhou Chen did not think highly of the income, he was still very satisfied with Chen Jianghe.

In 1991, Chen Jianghe brought Zhou Chen a piece of news, saying that people from the Yang Group wanted to negotiate with him to invest in the sock factory.

Zhou Chen's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard this. Since the Yang Group was mentioned, it meant that Chen Jianghe had met Yang Xue.

So Zhou Chen went to the sock factory and met Yang Xue.

"Second brother, this is the representative of Yang Group, Yang Xue." Chen Jianghe took the initiative to introduce Yang Xue to Zhou Chen.

Zhou Chen just took a quick look at Yang Xue. Yang Xue was indeed very pretty with a good figure. She was in her twenties and exuded confidence. He shook hands with Yang Xue.

"Hello, Miss Yang. Nice to meet you."

Yang Xue also said openly: "Hello, Mr. Zhou, I heard Jiang He mention you a long time ago. He said that you are the person he admires and respects the most."

"Jianghe?"

Zhou Chen smiled mischievously at Chen Jianghe, and Chen Jianghe suddenly looked embarrassed and didn't know what to do with his hands.

"Not really. I heard from Jiang He that you are representing the Yang Group and want to discuss cooperation with me?"

Yang Xue said: "Our Yang Group does have this intention, but I am not the one responsible for talking to Mr. Zhou."

Although she is the eldest daughter of the Yang Group, she has not yet officially taken over the business of the Yang Group. Negotiation is not her forte, so her father naturally will not let her negotiate with Zhou Chen.

Zhou Chen smiled and said, "That's okay. It's a happy thing to meet Miss Yang. When will the Yang Group start the talks?"

"anytime."

"It's almost noon. How about we talk after lunch?"

"Okay, then I'll listen to Mr. Zhou."

Zhou Chen nodded, and then instructed Chen Jianghe: "Jianghe, go book a restaurant and arrange for the people from Yang Group."

Chen Jianghe immediately said: "Second brother, don't worry, I have already arranged it."

In the afternoon, Zhou Chen and Chen Jianghe negotiated with representatives of the Yang Group.

In fact, the reason why Zhou Chen acquired the sock factory was because of Luo Yuzhu, so it was naturally impossible for him to hand over the controlling rights of the sock factory to the Yang Group.

As one of the top conglomerates in the country, Yang Group is extremely assertive when it comes to negotiating cooperation. It must have absolute power, that is, absolute control.

As a result, the talks between the two parties were not going smoothly. After going back and forth for several hours, neither side was willing to back down, and in the end, the two sides parted on bad terms.

Zhou Chen stayed at the sock factory for a few days and negotiated with people from the Yang Group several times, but they were unable to reach an agreement.

In the end, Zhou Chen was too lazy to argue with the people from the Yang Group, so he handed over the power to Chen Jianghe and let Chen Jianghe negotiate, but his bottom line remained the same, and then he returned to Yiwu.

Zhou Chen drank with Chen Jinshui and said to him with a smile: "Uncle, I just met with Jiang He. There is a woman by his side. I think I will hear good news from him soon."

Chen Jinshui sighed heavily. After so many years, he no longer had the intention to bring Chen Jianghe and Qiaogu together. Now he just wanted the two children to get married as soon as possible, and he would be satisfied.

It's a pity that Chen Jianghe and Qiaogu seemed to be determined to go against him and neither of them wanted to get married, especially Qiaogu, who didn't even want to talk about her partner. He was so angry about this that he was admitted to the hospital once.

"Good news, this is really good news, Jiang He will have a place to stay, but Qiao-gu, ah."

"Uncle, don't be like this. Qiaogu just hasn't met the right person yet."

"Suitable? What do you mean by suitable? How many have her mother and I introduced to her? Now she won't even look at them. I think she will not be satisfied until she pisss us off to death."

The more he talked, the angrier Chen Jinshui became. He had already stepped down from the position of mayor of Chenjia Town.

He was a very busy mayor before, and although he was anxious about his daughter's marriage, at least he had something to do;

But now, he has retired and is free every day. His daughter's lifelong affairs have become the top priority for him and his wife.

"Uncle, relax. People have a rebellious mentality. The more you force Qiaogu, the more she will disobey you. Qiaogu is not a child anymore. She has her own ideas."

"Humph, I think her idea is to go against me."

Zhou Chen smiled. Qiaogu had now been entrusted with an important task by him and was now in charge of the management of the commercial city. She had grown very fast and was no longer the village girl she used to be.

Zhou Chen left Chenjia Village only after Chen Jinshui passed out drunk.

Chen Jinshui also has a stubborn temper. After retiring, he returned to his hometown in Chenjia Village. Zhou Chen reserved a house for him in the community, but he never lived there once.

Zhou Chen did not force it, but just kept the house. When the old couple Chen Jinshui figured it out, they could move in anytime.

In recent years, Zhou Chen has rarely asked about the affairs of the trade city. Now the management of the trade city is mainly in the charge of Luo Yuzhu and Chen Qiaogu.

That's right, after Luo Yuzhu had sold small commodities in the shop for more than a year, she stopped doing that and took over Zhou Chen's job and became the person in charge of the trade city. After Zhou Chen had led her for a few months, he let her go.

The reason for this is that everyone in the trade city knows that Luo Yuzhu is Zhou Chen's wife, and she is always being pointed at.

At the beginning, Luo Yuzhu didn't care much, but after a long time, she found it boring, so she took the initiative to tell Zhou Chen that she wanted to do something else.

When Zhou Chen heard this, he was immediately delighted. After a while, he persuaded Luo Yuzhu into taking over his job without knowing what was going on.

So now, Luo Yuzhu is busy, and he has become more idle. Except for a few trips to Hong Kong and abroad every year, he stays at home taking care of the children. If he has time, he will go around and travel.

In the 1990s, there were not as many tourist attractions in China as in later generations, but many places are still purely natural, so Zhou Chen is still very interested in them.

On the weekend, Zhou Chen and his eldest son Zhou Tao played chess at home while his youngest son watched cartoons nearby.

The eldest son is already in the first grade, and Zhou Chen plays Go with him. Although Zhou Tao is young, he is not bad at Go. With Zhou Chen's intentional concessions, the two of them can play back and forth quite well.

Just then, the phone at home rang and the nanny, Aunt Huang, answered the call.

"Sir, it's Vice President Qiu calling."

Zhou Chen waited, put down the chess piece, and patted his eldest son's head: "Dad is going to answer the phone, you go watch TV with your brother."

"Okay, Dad." Zhou Tao put down the chess piece and ran to sit next to Zhou Hong.

Zhou Chen picked up the microphone: "Yingjie."

"Brother Zhou, I'm going out of the county tomorrow to..."

After listening to Qiu Yingjie's words, Zhou Chen nodded without hesitation and said, "No problem, should I drive to pick up Yanyan, or can you bring her over?"

"Let me send it over. I'll be away for a few days this time, so I can just pack some things and send them over."

"Okay, I'll wait for you to come over for dinner tonight."

"Thank you, Brother Zhou."

"Why are you so polite to me?"

Qiu Yingjie has been promoted now. There are very few people who are deputy county officials at the age of 30. The reason why he was promoted so quickly is not only because of his outstanding abilities, but also because of the help of Zhou Chen.

Another reason is that Yiwu has developed very rapidly in recent years, and he has come into the sight of many people in the city and the province. As an outstanding young cadre and a college graduate, he was promoted so quickly.

He called Zhou Chen because he would be leaving Yiwu for an inspection for some time, so he wanted to ask Zhou Chen to help take care of his daughter.

Speaking of Qiu Yingjie, he was successful in officialdom but unsuccessful in love.

After his wife married him and gave birth to Qiu Yan, she didn't care about him at all and focused only on studying. A few years ago, she passed the exam and successfully went abroad.

Once he went abroad, he never came back and even had little contact with Qiu Yingjie. Qiu Yan was raised by Qiu Yingjie.

Qiu Yingjie's parents are no longer around, so he can still take care of the child if he is at home. However, when something happens, he doesn't feel comfortable leaving the child with others, so he always sends the child to Zhou Chen's house and asks Zhou Chen to help take care of the child.

So although Qiu Yan is still young, he has lived in Zhou Chen's place many times and is very familiar with Zhou Tao and Zhou Hong.

Qiu Yingjie brought Qiu Yan to Zhou Chen's house in the evening, dragging a large suitcase filled with things Qiu Yan needed.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 795 Qiu Yan, a few years later

"Yingjie, Yanyan."

When Qiu Yingjie walked into the villa with his daughter, they saw Zhou Chen's family of four standing at the door. Zhou Chen was the first to greet them.

Qiu Yingjie said rather embarrassedly: "Brother Zhou, Yuzhu, I'm sorry to bother you again."

Luo Yuzhu said with a smile: "Brother Qiu, you are too polite. There is no need to talk about the relationship between our two families."

Zhou Chen agreed: "Yuzhu is right. With our relationship, there is no need to be polite."

"Hello uncle, hello aunt." Qiu Yan called out crisply.

Zhou Chen smiled and touched Qiu Yan: "Yan Yan has grown taller and more beautiful."

Although Qiu Yan is only six years old, the little girl is indeed cute and has inherited the best qualities of her parents.

Luo Yuzhu even squatted down and hugged Qiu Yan: "Yan Yan, you haven't seen your aunt for so long, do you miss her?"

"think."

"You're so good. Auntie made you some braised pork ribs. Eat more later."

"Thank you auntie."

As soon as he entered the house, Qiu Yan started playing with Zhou Tao and Zhou Hong. Since Qiu Yan was often sent here when he was a child, he had a particularly good relationship with Zhou Tao and Zhou Hong.

Seeing his daughter having fun with Zhou Chen's two sons, Qiu Yingjie was very happy. At the same time, he was very glad to have such a good friend like Zhou Chen.

Over the years, Zhou Chen has helped him a lot. Whenever he encounters difficulties, he will ask Zhou Chen for advice, and Zhou Chen will teach him whatever he knows.

Since his wife went abroad three years ago, she has never returned. In fact, he knows very well that his marriage is dead in name only.

But he has already let it go, and what's more, he still has his daughter to accompany him. Even though he knows that his wife just doesn't want to take their daughter with her, he is still grateful. Having his only blood relative by his side is more important than anything else.

But it’s not easy for him to raise a child alone, mainly because he is very busy at work. Sometimes he has to leave his daughter alone at home. He feels very distressed, but there is nothing he can do.

Fortunately, although his daughter is young, she is very strong, and there are Zhou Chen and Luo Yuzhu to help him, so Qiu Yan is growing up well.

Qiu Yingjie didn't drink either. He just had a simple bite at Zhou Chen's place, gave Qiu Yan a few instructions, and then left.

"Yanyan, auntie will sleep with you at night, okay?" Luo Yuzhu asked Qiu Yan gently.

Zhou Tao next to him rolled his eyes. This gentle attitude was nothing like the way he behaved when he talked to him.

Xiao Qiuyan shook his head: "Thank you, Auntie, but I can do it alone. I'm not afraid."

Even though she is only six years old, she has often slept alone. Sometimes her father is busy and comes home very late, and she is always alone at home. She was a little scared at first, but later she was no longer afraid.

When Zhou Chen heard what Xiao Qiuyan said, he sighed softly.

This is the sadness of having no relatives at home. Workers like Qiu Yingjie really cannot take care of their families when they are busy.

Just like ten or twenty years later, many young people don’t want to live with their elderly parents after getting married, thinking that the elderly are a burden, an eyesore, and will affect their lives.

But on the other hand, if there is no elderly care to take care of them, once they have a child, it will definitely have a serious impact on the lives of the couple.

Whether one quits his job to stay at home to take care of the children or hires a nanny to take care of the children, it is a huge expense.

If you hire a nanny, you will spend a lot of money and you will also have to worry about whether the nanny will be good to your child. If you encounter a bad nanny, it will be a disaster.

But if you let your own elderly take care of the children, this situation will not happen. Maybe some elderly people are too much, but the vast majority of parents are still willing to help take care of the children and will be good to their grandchildren.

"So good, such a good boy."

Luo Yuzhu felt a little distressed. When she saw Qiu Yan, she couldn't help but think of her childhood.

When she was a child, she had a mother who loved her very much, but since her mother passed away, she has been like a rootless child.

Xiao Qiuyan is more unfortunate than her, but also more fortunate than her. Unfortunately, her mother passed away when she was very young, but fortunately, she has a father who loves her very much.

Zhou Chen was leaning on the bed reading a book while Luo Yuzhu was sitting in front of the dressing table applying cosmetics to her face. The cosmetics she used were all brought back from Hong Kong by Zhou Chen and were not available in China for the time being.

Luo Yuzhu is no longer the girl who used to sell things on the roadside. Now, she is the person in charge of the commercial city and is starting to develop into a strong urban woman.

The expensive cosmetics that I used to be reluctant to use have now become a part of my daily lives.

Zhou Tao and Zhou Hong have already slept in separate rooms from Zhou Chen. Zhou Tao has been sleeping alone for a long time, while Zhou Hong just separated from him last year. Now the two brothers sleep in the same room, and Zhou Tao can also help look after his younger brother.

"Husband, speaking of which, I really admire Qiu Yingjie. He raises a child by himself, but he can still teach Yanyan so well and so sensible. It's really not easy."

Luo Yuzhu really likes Qiu Yan. She gave birth to two sons. Although she raised them by herself, they have always been naughty and not as obedient and sensible as Qiu Yan.

Zhou Chen said: "Yanyan is only this young, being lively and naughty is her nature, and being sensible is a good thing, but, alas..."

He did not continue, because the situation now is different from that in the future. In this era, children from poor families have to grow up early, and there are many children like Qiu Yan who are five or six years old and sensible.

Take Zhou Tao and Zhou Hong for example. Although Zhou Chen often asks them to do things, compared with Qiu Yan, they are really too happy.

Luo Yuzhu snorted, "I've never seen a woman as cruel as Yanyan's mother. Qiu Yingjie is such a good person, and Yanyan is so cute and sensible, but she just abandoned her husband and daughter and ran away to a foreign country alone. Is the foreign country really so good that she doesn't even want her husband and daughter?"