allonlinenovel Chapter 199 Adding makeup
Chapter 199 Adding makeup
The unit gave Wang Chengnan an independent courtyard that had been confiscated.
Wang Chengnan couldn't wait to take Xu Man to see the house and asked her about her requirements for decoration.
Excluding the kitchen, study and lobby, this small courtyard has three bedrooms, a utility room and an area with loosened soil where flowers and vegetables can be grown.
Xu Man was very satisfied with the size of the house, and discussed with Wang Chengnan: "Just paint the walls white, and buy the furniture as you see fit. It doesn't have to be too good, just something that works.
There is no running water or well here. I don’t know how to fetch water. Can someone dig a well for me?
As for the utility room, I want to convert half of it into a toilet and the other half into a shower room."
Wang Chengnan wrote down Xu Man's requests one by one: "I will find someone to do the construction tomorrow."
Xu Man: "Okay, discuss the wedding date with my parents."
Wang Chengnan: “Hey!”
Because Wang Chengnan wanted to renovate the house and the family also needed to prepare a dowry for Xu Man, Xu's father and mother discussed it and set the wedding date for June 6th.
Wang Chengnan asked Xu's father and mother what kind of betrothal gifts he wanted to give.
Father Xu said, "You don't have to give a betrothal gift. I know you cadres have a lot of rules. Giving a betrothal gift will easily lead to gossip. Just treat Xiaoman well and don't bully her, and we will be satisfied."
Xu's mother: "We only have one girl, Xiaoman, and we have always treated her with great care. Her first marriage was unhappy, which was not her fault. It was just that people were too harsh on women. Since they couldn't find an outlet for their anger, they put the blame on her for the men's mistakes and let her bear all the consequences alone.
You know each other, understand and tolerate each other, and are fortunate to be together. It is fate. We don't want your gift, not because my Xiaoman is not worthy, but because we don't want to embarrass you.
Xiaoman is a good girl, you have to treat her well. If we know that you bullied her, we will definitely settle the score with you at all costs!"
Wang Chengnan: "Please rest assured, uncle and aunt, I will definitely treat her well! I'm already looking for someone to make furniture. If you have any other daily necessities, you can ask for them and I'll prepare them right away."
Xu's mother: "Just prepare the big items like furniture. We will buy bedding, clothes, etc. for Xiaoman. It's a token of our appreciation as parents."
Wang Chengnan: “Okay.”
At the suggestion of Xu's father and mother, Wang Chengnan and Xu Man obtained their marriage certificate on May 5 and held a ceremony and banquet on June 28.
The moment they received their marriage certificate, Xu Man and Wang Chengnan were very happy. They went to clothing stores and fabric stores and gave candies to all the employees.
Zhou Rong held a candy in his mouth and joked, "Now that the wedding candy is in my mouth, it seems that the gift cannot be avoided. If you want anything, just ask. As long as it can be bought in the market, I will get it for you!"
Xu Man smiled and said, "Why would we argue about this? You don't have to give us anything. We don't plan to have a big wedding, lest others say we are extravagant and wasteful, and cause some bad influence on Chengnan.
On the morning of June 6th, you just need to come to my house for a simple meal and send me off to get married."
Zhou Rong: "Okay."
After distributing candies to the employees in the store, Xu Man returned to Chen Mansion and told Xue Wanyi the news of her marriage.
Xue Wanyi paused for a moment, holding back tears and said, "Wait for me, I'll go get something."
Xue Wanyi took out an exquisite brocade box from the safe, stroked it gently, and then gave it to Xu Man without hesitation.
"We agreed before that I would give you some dowry when you got married. I don't have anything to show off, except for these belongings. Please accept them as a token of my appreciation."
Xu Man opened the brocade box, and inside was a set of valuable jade jewelry, two jade bracelets of excellent quality, six small yellow croakers, and a stack of money, estimated to be thousands of yuan.
At the bottom of the brocade box, there were several property deeds. The deeds of the houses and shops that the Chen family had not sold were all inside, even the deed of the Chen Mansion was included.
Xu Man returned the brocade box to Xue Wanyi: "Mom, these things are too valuable. I can't accept them."
Xue Wanyi stuffed the brocade box into Xu Man's hands and said, "Take it, don't push it around! I am an old man, and I don't know how long I can live to see Zhan Ning, Xiao Wei and the others grow up.
The things in the box are not only your dowry, but also a guarantee for the future of your two children. I hope you will raise them with all your heart and don’t let them suffer any injustice.”
Xu Man: "Mom, don't say that. You are in good health and will definitely live a long life. Watch Zhan Ning, Xiao Wei and the others grow up. It won't be too late to give these things to them then."
Xue Wanyi shook her head and smiled bitterly: "I know my body well, I'm afraid I won't be able to hold on until then, I'll feel more at ease if I leave the things with you in advance.
Nanming's second uncle and several cousins came to inquire about the house more than once, saying that I was lonely living alone and wanted to move in with their family to accompany me.
Those people are weasels and ungrateful people. When the Chen family was in trouble, they just stood by and watched. If they hadn't loved to stir up trouble and tricked Nan Ming and that vixen into going abroad, your father-in-law wouldn't have been so angry that he fell ill and passed away early.
Now that I'm the only old woman left at home, they have evil intentions and want to seize the Chen family's money.
I won't let them get their wish. Even if I risk my life, I will protect a family business for Zhan Ning and Xiao Wei!"
Chen Nanming's uncle, Chen Xianglin, is a typical profiteer who will do anything as long as he can make money.
Chen's father, Chen Xiangting, had different values from him. After Chen got married, he asked old man Chen to separate the family, and the two rarely interacted with each other.
When Chen Xiangting founded the factory, he encountered a lot of trouble. He wanted to borrow money from Chen Xianglin and his cousins at home, but they either refused to lend or charged high interest.
Chen Xiangting was extremely disappointed with these brothers. Later, he relied on Xue Wanyi to sell her jewelry and mortgage the dowry house to get a bank loan, and was able to make ends meet. Gradually, he accumulated a huge family business...
During the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, the government purchased large quantities of medicines, cotton clothes, food and other supplies from merchants. Chen Xianglin did not have enough supplies, so he wanted to cooperate with Chen Xiangting.
Chen Xiangting wanted to establish a good relationship with the new government, so he agreed to cooperate and planned to sell the gauze produced by his own textile factory to the government at a low price and donate some money.
Chen Xianglin disagreed, saying that it would be too much of a loss and he wanted to make a fortune by passing inferior products off as good ones or selling them at a high price.
Chen Xiangting had a big quarrel with Chen Xianglin over this. Worried that Chen Xianglin would act rashly and bring trouble to his family, he published a statement in the newspaper that the two had severed their relationship.
Chen Xianglin didn't take it seriously, thinking that his elder brother was just pretending to be kind and righteous.
If you want to sever ties, then just do it. He doesn't want such a pedantic elder brother.
In order to make money, Chen Xianglin got several cousins together to get a batch of low-quality gauze and fake medicines, and sold them to the government at high prices. In the following years, he hoarded goods and drove up prices. He was reported and his property was confiscated.
If he hadn't admitted his mistake quickly and with a good attitude, saying that he was also cheated by a dishonest businessman and didn't know that there were problems with the gauze and medicine, and had revealed the source, he would have been dragged away and shot...