Volume 1: The Golden Years Chapter 60: On the Eve of Jiang Family's Bankruptcy
At the same time, in the living room of the Jiang family.
Jiang Pengfei was sitting on the sofa in the living room, scrolling through his phone while calculating something on a calculator on the coffee table. He also wrote and drew on the notepad next to him from time to time, looking serious and focused.
Grandma Jiang was sitting not far away. While looking at the bird's nest in her hand, she looked at Aunt Sun next to her and asked:
"Why is today's bird's nest so broken? The hairs are not even picked out. Where did you buy the broken bird's nest?"
Worried that Grandma Jiang would misunderstand that she had embezzled the Jiang family's living expenses, Aunt Sun glanced at Jiang Pengfei who was sitting busy not far away and said:
"This trip was bought by the gentleman."
Hearing this, Grandma Jiang glanced at her son, put the bird's nest aside and said angrily:
"Give it to him to eat!"
Without waiting for Aunt Sun to make a move, seeing his mother getting angry, Jiang Pengfei stopped pretending to be deaf and dumb. He quickly put down his phone and calculator, ran to Grandma Jiang, half-knelt and said flatteringly:
"What's wrong, Mom?"
Grandma Jiang looked gloomy and handed the bird's nest next to her to Jiang Pengfei and said:
“Try it!”
Jiang Pengfei took the bird's nest, tasted it twice, frowned slightly, and seeing his mother's unhappy face, he smiled and said in a flattering way:
"Mom, your mouth is amazing. The taste is a little different!"
After that, without waiting for Grandma Jiang to speak, he put down the bird's nest and patted her arm to please her:
"It's okay, I'll buy you a new one tomorrow, okay?"
Seeing that her son was trying to please her as usual, she glanced at Aunt Sun next to her and said:
"Go to the kitchen first."
After Aunt Sun nodded slightly and left, she picked up the bird's nest next to her and stirred the bird's nest crumbs in the bowl while she spoke in confusion:
"You used the bird's nest scraps to deal with me, and used the remaining money to speculate in stocks. That doesn't save much money, does it?"
"No, no, it's not like that!"
Seeing his mother mention stock speculation, Jiang Pengfei shook his head and explained:
"The owner of the bird's nest store told me that the bird's nest pieces and bird's nest pieces tasted similar after being steamed, and they were cheap, so I bought them. But how could I know that the taste would be completely different after being stewed?"
After that, he patted Grandma Jiang's arm and begged:
"Don't worry, I'll buy you a new one. I'll buy you a new one, okay?"
Seeing her son begging her humbly, Grandma Jiang couldn't help but sigh:
"I'm telling you, find something to do when you have time. If I die one day and you squander all the money in the house, at least you can still support yourself and your wife."
After that, without waiting for Jiang Pengfei's response, Grandma Jiang put down the bird's nest, got up and left, preparing to go upstairs to rest. Jiang Pengfei picked up the bird's nest next to him, ate it in big mouthfuls, looked at his mother's back and said vaguely:
"I still have to raise a daughter!"
Grandma Jiang said without even turning her head:
"My daughter, you'd better get married early and let someone else raise you!"
"That won't work!"
Jiang Pengfei shook his head repeatedly and said:
"My daughter can't be married off so casually. I must let her live a good life, better than anyone else!"
After eating the bird's nest, Jiang Pengfei sat on the sofa in a daze, looking at the empty living room with confused eyes, and no one knew what he was thinking.
After a while, the phone rang. Jiang Pengfei trembled slightly and woke up from his daze. He glanced at the second floor, then ran to the phone, picked up the receiver and whispered:
"Hello, who are you?"
"Boss Wang, can you give me some more time, please?"
"It's not that I don't want to pay back the money, it's that my stocks are stuck and I'm living in an apartment. The stock market is in a state of mourning right now and everyone is stuck. How can I pay back the money?"
"No, no, I'm not going to default on my debt. Don't worry, as soon as there's good news, I'll sell all my stocks and return the money to you, okay?"
"Let me tell you another piece of news. I have inside information. Do you understand inside information?"
"I know Ye Jinyan from Jingyan Group, my sister-in-law, and my daughter's boyfriend. They are all friends of Ye Jinyan. I heard that Jingyan Group is going to make a big move!"
"Don't talk nonsense about this, don't tell anyone else. When I make money, I'll pay you back with interest, okay?"
"Don't worry, in ten or twenty days at most, Jingyan Group will definitely make a big move. I will pay you back immediately then. You just need to wait another ten or twenty days. Do you understand?"
"Okay, okay, I promise this is the last time, thank you!"
After hanging up the phone, Jiang Pengfei lay on the sofa, staring blankly at the garden house where he had lived for decades. He didn't know how much time had passed. When he came to his senses, he hesitated for a moment, then picked up the phone again and called his daughter Jiang Nansun.
After a few beeps, the phone was connected, and Jiang Pengfei said in a gentle voice:
"Nansun, I'm your dad. Tomorrow night is your grandma's birthday party. Remember to come home for dinner."
"There's no one else, just our family of four."
"Okay, see you tomorrow night!"
…
Time passes and night falls in Zhu Suosuo's rental house.
After a busy day outside, Yuan Xudong, Zhu Suosuo and Jiang Nansun sat around the table. There were several special dishes on the table, including scrambled eggs with tomatoes, scrambled eggs with green peppers, scrambled eggs with cucumbers, seaweed egg soup, etc. Zhu Suosuo handed a piece of scrambled eggs with green peppers to Yuan Xudong and said:
"How do you like it?"
While eating the egg in his mouth, Yuan Xudong commented vaguely:
“It tastes good!”
After saying that, without waiting for Jiang Nansun to show her joy, he looked at Zhu Suosuo and changed the subject:
"I want to eat meat, not eggs!"
"Eat, eat, all you know is eat!"
Rolling her eyes at Yuan Xudong, Zhu Suosuo served him a large bowl of rice and said angrily:
"Eat more, talk less!"
Looking at the table full of egg specials, Yuan Xudong felt like crying but had no tears. He also didn't know what was wrong with Jiang Nansun. She competed with Zhu Suosuo in doing housework, buying groceries and cooking, and she had a special liking for eggs.
While eating rice with eggs, Yuan Xudong looked at Zhu Suosuo, who was dressed in a professional suit. She wore a tight-fitting suit and white shirt, and her long white legs were crossed under a black skirt. She exuded the temperament of an urban beauty, which made Yuan Xudong feel eager. He decided to find Zhu Suosuo tonight to discuss the buying of a house and have a long talk.
After dinner, when Zhu Suosuo and Jiang Nansun were washing dishes in the kitchen, Yuan Xudong walked back to his rental house and contacted Zhu Suosuo on WeChat, typing:
"Come to my room tonight to discuss the purchase of a house. Remember to wear formal clothes. Whether I can sell the first large apartment depends on your performance tonight ."
This was followed by a dynamic picture of a big bad wolf pouncing on a little white rabbit, with its teeth bared and claws showing.
In the kitchen, Zhu Suosuo, who was washing dishes, heard the sound of a new WeChat message and looked at Jiang Nansun beside her and said:
"Nansun, can you help me check WeChat? Has any client contacted me?"
"OK!"
Jiang Nansun took out Zhu Suosuo's phone from her pocket and opened WeChat, while teasing her:
"Suosuo, when will Yuan Xudong buy a house with you?"
Hearing Jiang Nansun's teasing, Zhu Suosuo smiled sweetly:
"It should be soon. Dongli Community will be open for pre-sale soon. I will keep an eye out and reserve him a large apartment with the best and most beautiful decoration as our wedding house."
After taking a look at the happy and sweet Zhu Suosuo, Jiang Nansun burst into laughter, lowered her head to look at her WeChat on her mobile phone, and soon looked at Zhu Suosuo with a strange expression and said:
"A client wants to buy you a house, a large one with fine decoration, and asks you to wear formal clothes and go to his room for a detailed discussion. Whether the house can be sold depends on your performance tonight. How should I respond to him?"
Hearing Jiang Nansun say this, Zhu Suosuo frowned slightly and said:
"Who is it? Get him out of here, I'm already taken!"
Looking at the hot-tempered Zhu Suosuo, Jiang Nansun raised her phone in front of her and teased:
"Someone's boyfriend!"
After taking a look at the WeChat message and pictures Yuan Xudong sent to her, Zhu Suosuo blushed slightly and said shyly:
"Nansun, you should sleep alone tonight. I'm going to earn your support fee!"
"Pooh~~"
Seeing Zhu Suosuo becoming more and more shameless, Jiang Nansun couldn't help but spit and said:
"I'm older than you, you should call me sister!"
