The SARS outbreak in 2003 did not affect the rent of Du Zhen's store, the rent not only did not decrease, but also increased by ten percent. Du Zhen knows that his store is in a good location, the rate of increase in the future to 20 percent upwards, his rental income will be more and more. Du Zhen did not use the rent to buy a house, but bought real estate stocks, he did not understand the stock market trend, but knew that in the year before his death, real estate is still sound, buy stocks he felt easy to cash, if the future out of what needs money accident is not to be bound.
Since Du Zhen moved into the chapter Jingxin's new river villa, Du Zhen himself simply do not have the opportunity to use their own money again. Eat and live not to say, his clothes are and Zhang Jingxin as directly customized, in addition to Zhang Jingxin gave Du Zhen a bank card, how much money Du Zhen did not go to the inquiry, the bank card Du Zhen used to the opportunity is less, in addition to go out to eat will brush down the card. Zhang Jingxin once asked Du Zhen, to give him the bank card why do not move, Du Zhen replied that he often eat out with that card brush, Zhang Jingxin hugged Du Zhen said that his hair is too good to live.
Time flies, all of a sudden to the school winter vacation, Du Zhen is ready to go back to the city as soon as the vacation, Zhang Jingxin how will be willing to two people separated for too long.
"Mao Mao, let's go to Hong Kong City for this year's Spring Festival, the temperature in Hong Kong City is suitable, we can go to see the flower market together, every year the flower market in Hong Kong City for the Spring Festival is very lively."
"No, I have to get back to my cousin's mom, I didn't get to spend much time with her after her surgery last year."
"Then how about going back to Wu City two days later, and you can go back when I go back to Hong Kong City?" Zhang Jingxin saw that he didn't expect to spend the Spring Festival with Du Zhen, so he had to add some benefits for himself.
"It can't be too late, my uncle's son is getting married at the end of the year, I have to rush to drink the wedding wine." Du Zhen's great-uncle's son and Du Zhen the same year, but has been in last year's National Day wedding, ready to get married on the twenty-sixth day of the lunar month, to invite Du Zhen to drink the wedding invitation has been sent to Du Zhen's cousin aunt's home. Although Du Zhen and the two uncles are not close to each other, but the basic interaction between relatives is still necessary.
"Hey, we're going to be separated for several days!" Zhang Jingxin was a bit depressed, although Du Zhen had always been a good talker, when it came to his personal matters, his attitude would harden.
"Everyone is busy during the Spring Festival, it will soon pass." Du Zhen rarely comforted Zhang Jingxin, because now he was in a happier mood, going back to Wu City could truly be a vacation for him.
The 25th day of the Lunar New Year, Du Zhen moved back to the city of Wu, did not use Uncle Li's Mercedes-Benz, directly shouted the taxi back to the cousin's aunt's home.
The street in front of Du Zhen's house has become a wide street, and the owner of the supermarket that rents the three stores on Du Zhen's street is doing even more business, and Du Zhen's rent has been raised accordingly. Du Zhen was half lying on the sofa in his cousin's house, watching his cousin's mother, who was in high spirits, talk to him about the household chores.
"Your grandmother came by several times to say that your uncle's family was having a hard time, and I gave her more money for her retirement this year."
"Well, First Aunt, you're in charge of those."
"Is Yong-bong still not coming back for New Year's this year?"
"Probably won't be back, New Year's is just busy where he works."
"Hey, the kid is poor too." Cousin Auntie sighed.
"Even more pitiful, he has grown up, in the future he will have his own family, there will be people who will cherish him." Du Zhen was envious of Liu Yongfeng, giving a booking early.
"Does Hairy have a girlfriend at school?"
"Not yet."
"How could there not be? My Little Mao is so outstanding looking, how could he not be wanted?" Cousin Auntie didn't believe that Du Zhen would have no womanizing at school.
"Well, it's me who doesn't want to talk about it, it's better to find a girlfriend later after I graduate from college and work." Du Zhen had long thought of what to say.
"Hey! My family's little hair is doing things steadily, it's a bit wrong to talk about girlfriends now, it's too troublesome if you don't work in the same city after graduation." Cousin Auntie was relieved that his family's XiaoMao thought things through.
Du Zhen felt that his cousin aunt was looking at him in any way, like the mother who was good for her own son in everything.
Du Zhen early the next morning called a taxi, drove 3 hours to his great-uncle's home. Du Zhen came to his uncle's home very few times, a large part of his mother is still alive to go, only remember the bumpy mountain road to his mother's mother's village is not open to the car, either on foot to go, or take the village tractor to go. Now that the conditions of the mountain village than before too much better, to the uncle's home there can be a two-car gravel road, cab can be driven to the doorstep of the uncle's house has also been turned into a two-story embryo cement building. When Du Zhen got off the bus, the groom's cousin, who is two months younger than him, came over with a big grin on his face.
"Cousin Du Zhen, right? I'm Wei Ping." Du Zhen's cousin's features were somewhat similar to Du Zhen's, but these two stood together as if they were the difference between a qq car and a bimmer.
"Oh! Wei Ping! Congratulations!" Du Zhen had only a vague impression of his cousin.
"Xiao Mao, you're here! Come in and sit down." Du Zhen's great uncle happily welcomed him out. As soon as Du Zhen stepped off the bus, he attracted the attention of the village people, and the well-dressed Du Zhen looked out of place in the village.
"Great uncle!" Du Zhen hesitantly looked at the great uncle in front of him, counting down the age of the great uncle would only be in his early fifties, how could he look like a person in his sixties?
Du Zhen cousin's wedding banquet and many rural people get married, call a country cook to their own home cooking, borrowed around the neighbor's table to their own homes and buildings in front of the open space, to eat the wedding guests are automatically seated on the table, just wait for the bride to arrive, can be opened.
When Du Zhen arrived, the bride had already been welcomed into the new room. The eldest uncle led Du Zhen to the table of the youngest uncle, the youngest uncle and the youngest aunt also looks older than the actual age, the youngest uncle's family a son and a daughter Du Zhen do not know, and they sit with them do not talk much.
"Cousin, let me toast you!" The groomer came over to toast Du Zhen.
"I should toast you, today is your big day!" Du Zhen raised his cup to return the toast to his cousin, the wine in front of him was too hard to swallow, Du Zhen only pursed his lips to mean it.
"Cousin, I want to thank you, thanks to your blessing I got married this year." Du Zhen's cousin Wei Ping was much more articulate than Du Zhen's two uncles.
"Thank me?" Du Zhen was surprised, what was there to thank him for? His own uncle's house had only been here today since he was reborn.
"I've taken over some small projects from Boss Kim in Woo City and made some money."
"The Jin family in Wu City? Is that Elder Kim?"
"Yes."
"For my sake? How did he know I'm related to you?" Du Zhen was surprised that Jin Lao Er recognized his cousin.
"Oh, I heard on the construction site that you and the oldest member of the Jin family are good friends, so I went to find his brother, Jin Lao Er, and asked him to contract some of the small works to me."
Du Zhen sized up this cousin of his, people can't look at each other, cousin is the use of human relations to the extreme, the relationship of the corner can also be utilized.
Jin Lao Er is really nice to himself, quite giving face.
Du Zhen to this point still do not know Jin Lao Er already know he moved to the chapter Jingxin villa, when the chapter Jingxin to Du Zhen information, Jin Lao Er on the premonition of Du Zhen can not escape from the chapter Jingxin heart, and indeed, later with the Zhuang Shunde inquired about Du Zhen SARS period moved into the chapter Jingxin villa, the two people cohabited. Hearing Du Zhen's cousin in Du Zhen banner soliciting work, the hands of the small project to him, anyway, are to be contracted out, used to do a personal favor of course cost-effective, and later Du Zhen know will certainly have a good feeling, not to say that Du Zhen to help blow the pillow wind, at least Du Zhen will not say bad things about his gold family.
In 2004, the Spring Festival at my cousin's house was one of the most festive years.
The first cousin's family of three went back to her parents' home a year ago, Du Yanhong and her husband and wife also went back every day holding their little fat pier, and even the second cousin brought her husband and son back to her parents' home to pay a New Year's visit on the first day of the New Year. Cousin aunt's a serious illness, so that her daughters cherish the reunion with their parents.
Du Zhen is the most popular with the little ones, the little ones to Du Zhen uncle's favor, on the one hand, Du Zhen gave the children's gifts to please their hearts, on the other hand, Du Zhen's skin is very good children, do not think that the children do not know to recognize the beauty of the ugly, more than two years of age of the little chubby always tell the other children, her uncle is better looking than the people on TV.
More family members get together, in addition to chatting and watching TV is playing cards, Wu City, there is a way to play many people together poker gambling, called "hair gold flower", that is, each person is issued three cards than the size of the poker. The three cousins and brother-in-law all on the line, including Du Zhen seven people sitting at a table to start this poker game.
Poor Du Zhen because too popular with the children, one thigh sat Du Yanhong family two-year-old chubby, the other thigh squeezed the first cousin's family nine-year-old small foam, on the back of the second cousin's ten-year-old son. The second cousin got married the earliest, her son is also the largest.
With three burdensome, Du Zhen want to win can not win, there are three children in the side to Du Zhen report, the Du Zhen card point to report clearly, Du Zhen get big cards, no one to follow, small cards to the people to pressure chips, the final result of gambling, in addition to Du Zhen are winners.
Cousin's mother and cousin uncle two old people sitting on the sofa happily looking at this large family of juniors, Du Zhen turned back to see cousin's mother's face full of contentment, feel reborn is still complete, cousin's mother because he is still healthy and alive, cousin's mother, this family is not dispersed, and Du Zhen can still be taken here as their own home, their own roots are located.