The distance from Spring City to Chu Tianlin's hometown, Jiuling County, wasn't too far. It only took an hour and a half by bus. As it wasn't a holiday or peak period, there weren't many people on the bus.
Chu Tianlin didn't bring much with him this time. He only brought a bag and some personal items such as a mobile phone. In the bag, there was 50,000 yuan in cash.
The value of 50,000 yuan in cash was the same as the 50,000 yuan in the bank card. However, cash was more realistic. Chu Tianlin was going back to his hometown in glory this time. He wanted to prove to his parents that he was capable now and could earn money to support his family. Therefore, it was more appropriate to bring cash.
Because it was stored in a black bag, it was impossible to see what was inside from the outside. Although Chu Tianlin had some tricks up his sleeve now, he couldn't possibly cause trouble for no reason. He used a transparent bag to store tens of thousands of yuan and walked around. Therefore, no one paid attention to Chu Tianlin's backpack.
There was a classic old movie playing in front of the bus. Some of the passengers on the bus might have been busy with work and had fallen asleep at this moment. Some of them were watching this old movie.
Although he had watched these old movies a long time ago, it was quite interesting to watch them again on this boring journey. Chu Tianlin was also watching this movie to kill time.
Finally, the bus arrived at Jiuling County at around 10 pm. Chu Tianlin got off the bus with his backpack and hailed a taxi to go home.
Chu Tianlin's parents ran a small spicy hotpot shop called the Mala House. Their main business was spicy hotpot, as well as some rice noodles, hot and sour noodles, spicy noodles, and other things. Their business had never been good. It could only be considered ordinary. They could barely make a living, but they could not earn much money.
After all, the economy had been bad for the past two years, and business was getting harder and harder. However, if he didn't do this, it might be even harder to do other things, so he continued doing it.
When Chu Tianlin came back, it was past ten o'clock. There was not much food. At seven o'clock, Chu Tianlin's parents got up and began to prepare the ingredients. By this time, they were almost ready and were waiting for the guests to arrive.
When Chu Tianlin entered, his mother was sitting at the cashier while his father was sitting at the door waiting for customers. As soon as he entered, Chu Ronghui said,"Tianlin, you're back so soon?”
Chu Tianlin heard this and said," Yes, my work performance is not bad. The boss gave me a few days off."”His mother, Chen Yue, saw Chu Tianlin and also left the counter. She walked over and said,""Tianlin, are you tired from work? How is Boss treating you?"
Chu Tianlin heard this and said," The work isn't tiring, and the boss treats me quite well. Otherwise, why would he promote me to be the department manager so quickly? Oh right, Mom, I bought you a gift."”
As Chu Tianlin spoke, he took out the box containing the gold necklace. The box was beautifully packaged. Chen Yue took the box and opened it. Then, the gold necklace appeared in front of Chen Yue. Chen Yue loved gold jewelry the most.
Seeing this gold necklace, she was also very excited. Then, Chen Yue immediately picked up the gold necklace and weighed it in her hand a few times. Then, she said,"This Jumping Gold Necklace is about 20 to 30 grams, right? Tianlin, you just earned some money, and you're already so extravagant?”
Chen Yue seemed to be saying that Chu Tianlin was a spendthrift, but the joy in her eyes could not be concealed. When Chu Tianlin heard Chen Yue's words, he said,"Money is earned and spent.”
When Chu Ronghui saw this, he also looked at Chen Yue enviously. Although he didn't say anything, Chu Ronghui still muttered in his heart. His son couldn't have only bought gifts for his mother's wife and forgotten about him as a father, right?
Chu Tianlin saw Chu Ronghui's expression and said,""Don't worry, Dad. You have a gift too, but it's a big one. It's not convenient for me to take it. I need the shop to deliver it, but it should arrive before noon.”
Hearing Chu Tianlin's words, Chu Ronghui smiled and said,"Just buy it for your mother. It doesn't matter if I have it or not. But what big item did you buy?”
Chu Tianlin heard this and said," A computer. A high-end computer. The processor is more than ten grades higher than the computer at home. You can play any large-scale single-player or online game on the market.”
When Chu Ronghui heard this, his eyes revealed a trace of satisfaction."My son understands me the best."
Chu Ronghui and his wife ran this spicy hotpot shop. Because business wasn't very prosperous, they still had a lot of free time. Usually, when they were free, Chu Ronghui liked to read the news on the computer or watch TV dramas together.
If Chen Yue went out to visit, Chu Ronghui would play games alone. However, because the computer's configuration was too poor, Chu Ronghui might get stuck playing QQ Fight the Landlord. Chu Ronghui had long wanted to change to a computer.
However, due to the financial constraints of his family, this second-hand broken computer had never been replaced. Now that he had a new computer, Chu Ronghui was naturally very happy.
Of course, there wasn't any internet at home. The reason why they installed it was for business. After all, many people couldn't live without WIFI nowadays. If there was WIFI in the restaurant, it would be beneficial for business. That was why they connected to the internet at home.
Otherwise, a monthly fee of nearly 100 yuan for the internet was not a small expense for this relatively nervous family. Chu Ronghui and his wife really could not bear to connect the internet.
Then, Chu Tianlin patted his backpack and said,""By the way, Dad, Mom, I brought my salary back too.”
As Chu Tianlin spoke, he placed the bag on the table and opened it. What entered his eyes was a stack of white hundred-yuan bills. There was a total of 50,000 yuan, which was 500 pieces. It was a thick stack and looked very beautiful.
Chu Ronghui and his wife were stunned for a moment. Then, Chu Ronghui hurriedly closed the bag and looked outside to see if anyone was paying attention to them. As he looked, he said to Chu Tianlin,"You can't expose your wealth. It'll be troublesome if you're targeted by someone with ulterior motives. Honey, take the money back to your room first.”
When Chen Yue heard this, she picked up the backpack and went back to her room. Inside the spicy hotpot shop was the kitchen, and further in was a courtyard. There were two houses in the depths of the courtyard, where the Chu family lived.
Because Chu Tianlin and Chu Tianxing went to school, Chu Ronghui and his wife rented a house in the county town and then started a business. Now, Chu Ronghui and his wife basically stayed in the county town.
Of course, there was still a house in the village, but he almost didn't go back to live there anymore. He only went back to visit Chu Tianlin's grandparents in three to five days. Chu Ronghui had also thought of selling the house in the village and then buying a house in the county town.
However, Chu Tianlin's grandparents did not agree because in the eyes of the older generation, only the house in the village was the real home and the root of a person. Now, Chu Ronghui and his wife were doing business in the county town. They could not come back, but they would come back sooner or later, so the house must not be sold.
Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to go back even if he wanted to in the future. Therefore, the houses in the village were left empty. Of course, Chu Tianlin's working hours were still short. Moreover, he told his parents that his salary was 80,000 yuan a month.
Even with the wealth he had shown on the surface, he could not help his family buy a house. Therefore, he could only wait a few months. Chu Tianlin did not want his parents to continue living in those two small houses for too long.
After that, Chen Yue counted the money. After that, Chen Yue and Chu Ronghui discussed for a while and went to the bank together to deposit the money. Chu Tianlin stayed behind to look after the shop. Coincidentally, while Chu Tianlin was looking after the shop, a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl came to eat.
The little girl was wearing a school uniform. She was probably a student from a nearby high school because Chu Tianlin was rarely at home. Although he would help with the dishes at home, the little girl did not know Chu Tianlin. The little girl looked at Chu Tianlin strangely and said,""I want a bowl of spicy hot pot.”Chu Tianlin didn't know how to make spicy hotpot, so he could only say,""Wait for two minutes. My parents should be back soon.”
Hearing Chu Tianlin's words, the little girl said,""You're the boss's son. I've heard of you.”
"Oh?" Chu Tianlin asked. What about me?" When the young lady heard this, she said," I heard that you're from Spring City University of Technology. You're quite impressive. I'm taking the college entrance examination next year. My goal is also Spring City University of Technology."”
Spring City University of Technology was an ordinary second-tier university. However, the high school in Jiuling County, even the first high school in Jiuling County, did not have a high enrollment rate.
If it was not a repeat class, and not an elite class, but a regular class, a class of seventy people would have seven people who could reach the second-tier, and one or two of them could reach the first-tier. However, those who reached the second-tier might not be able to get into Spring City University of Technology. That was why this young lady said that Chu Tianlin was amazing.
When Chu Tianlin heard this, he smiled and said,""Study hard. It's not difficult to get into Spring City University of Technology. If you work hard, you can get into Daozhou University.”
Daozhou University was the best university in Dao 'an Province. It was a first-tier university, and it was also a 211 or 985 university. It was quite famous. If it was in other provinces, one would have to score 50 points to get into a first-tier university.
It was relatively easier for provincial examinees. They would only be able to get in if they scored 20 points above the first-tier. Of course, even so, only the top students could get in. Jiuling County's First High School had a total of 1,600 freshmen, and only less than 100 of them could get into the first-tier every year.
Of course, the rate of repeaters entering the school was much higher, but that was because they had wasted a year of precious time.
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