Chapter 136: Astonishment

  Chu Chen opened his mouth, but didn't know what language to use to comfort her. A young girl in the prime of life like this, actually had to suffer from illness all year round, really was a beauty with a short life!

  "Chu Ge, don't bother about me, didn't you ask us to come over and get the fabric?" Chu Yulan said with a smile.

  Chu Chen smiled and said: "Right, let's get down to business first."

  As he spoke, Chu Chen took out three marked bags from the pile of wool and placed them in front of them, saying: "You check for yourselves whether the quantity is correct."

  Wen Yuting said: "Chu Ge, what's so good about this? Don't you trust me?"

  Chu Chen waved his hand and said, "Let's keep our friendship separate from economic matters. In this world, even brothers can become enemies over property, let alone friends. For the sake of our long-lasting friendship, we should be more careful about this aspect."

  After hearing this, Li Guodong and the others nodded in unison, then opened their bags to take a look, counted them again, and everyone was fine.

  "Chu Ge, what are you going to do with your wool?" Chu Yulan asked after checking her own wool.

  "Wait until my house is fully decorated, then I'll move all these woolen goods over and slowly unravel them when I have time."

  "Oh no! Brother Chu, when did you buy a new house?" Chu Yulan reacted and said in surprise.

  Wen Yuting also said in surprise and discontent: "Exactly, Chu Ge you bought a house, but didn't tell us about it, don't you think that's not treating us as friends?"

  Chu Chen smiled and said, "This isn't a house yet, it still needs to be decorated. I don't want to say anything now, I'm planning to wait until the decoration is done, then I'll invite you all over to play."

  "Hmph, anyway, Brother Chu, you're not being very kind."

  "To make amends, I'll treat you to Eight Treasures Tofu at noon, how about that?"

  "Chu Ge, you have no sincerity at all. It's almost noon now, and there are still no seats available for the Eight Treasures Jade Banquet? Last time I called with Guo Tong to book a seat more than an hour ago, but we couldn't even get one for tonight."

  Last time Li Guodong and the two invited Chu Chen to dinner, originally planned to go to Babao Yuzhen, but no seats were booked, making Wen Yuting greatly disappointed.

  Chu Chen took out a membership card from his wallet and smiled: "I have a membership card, how can I not book a seat?"

  "Ah! Xiaochun, why didn't you say so earlier?" Li Guodong said with some surprise.

  Chu Chen smiled and said, "Isn't it just to save you guys some money? But today, even if I didn't have a membership card, don't forget, there's still Xiao Lan here. This is her uncle's store, can't we even get a table?"

  Hearing this, Chu Yulan smiled and said: "Hehe, actually, I've already booked a table there today to thank Brother Chu for taking care of me. It just so happens that you bought a house, so let's celebrate together!"

  Chu Chen waved his hand and said: "As agreed, I'll treat you. Let me pay the bill later."

  "Chu Ge, don't be polite, you can treat me another time, but today's meal is definitely mine."

  Chu Chenfeng's tone was very firm, so he could only nod and agree. As for Li Guodong and the others, they naturally wouldn't have any objections.

  Chu Yu Lan was delighted when Chu Chen agreed, and after re-tying the woolen bag, she asked: "By the way, Brother Chu, do you have a stone-melting machine?"

  Chu Chen shook his head and said: "Not yet, but I previously agreed with Liu Ge that when he goes to buy a dissolution machine, he will also bring one for me."

  "Brother Chu, anyway my family doesn't have a stone mill, so we'll definitely still be bothering you later. Since that's the case, I might as well just leave this bit of fabric with you, it's less trouble that way."

  Wen Yuting also hastily said: "Right, then I and Guo Tong's will also leave them with you. When we need to redeem them later, we'll come find you."

  "It's alright, okay, it's getting late, let's go eat first..."

  Chu Chen and Wu Shu said hello, and the group got on the car and arrived at Ba Zhen Yu Shi.

  After finishing the meal, Wen Yuting stuck out her tongue and said: "The environment here is good, but the dishes are too expensive, I haven't seen a few dishes that cost less than 500 yuan."

  Chu Yulan smiled and said, "The dishes here are all worth the price of labor, wait until they arrive, you'll know it's worth the money."

  Li Guodong nodded and said: "Yuting, the dishes here are indeed worthy of the restaurant's name. Otherwise, think about it, why is this place always packed every day?"

  "Now that you mention it, I think I'll have to try some later." As she spoke, Wen Yuting's face involuntarily revealed an expectant expression.

  Upon seeing this, Li Guodong smiled slightly and turned to ask Chu Xuan: "By the way, little Xuan, after talking for so long, we still don't know which district your house is in?"

  "Hehe, it's at Yuhua Garden in Dongcheng."

  "What, Yuhua Court? Brother Chu, you're really incredible, actually able to buy a house there!"

  Wen Yuting was shocked to hear that Chu Chen had actually bought a house in Yu Hua Ting, her face revealing an expression of surprise. Her grandfather was still a deputy ministerial-level retiree, and at the time, he didn't even have the qualifications to buy a villa there. Although the requirements are not as strict now, without someone with a rank above deputy minister helping to make arrangements, it's impossible to buy one there, assuming someone wants to sell in the first place.

  Chu Yulan also said with some surprise: "Yes, the houses there are very hard to buy. Originally, my uncle wanted to settle down in that area before, but he waited for a long time and no one wanted to sell. In the end, he had no choice but to change his plans."

  Chu Chen chuckled and said: "This time I was also lucky, just someone wanted to sell it, and Liu Lao helped."

  "Old Liu? Brother Chu, are you referring to Liu Zhihe, Old Liu?"

  Chu Chen smiled and said: "Right, it's him, I didn't expect you to know him too, Xiao Lan!"

  Chu Yulan waved her hand and said, "No, I didn't have the chance to know Old Liu personally. It's just that my family members mentioned it before. In the past when Old Liu was in power, he had some disagreements with my grandfather."

  "Oh, I see!"

  Chu Chen said in surprise, but paused for a moment and asked strangely: "Xiao Lan, wasn't Liu Lao mainly in charge of cultural work during his tenure? Was your grandfather also in charge of cultural work?"

  Chu Yulan smiled and said, "Brother Chu, it seems you don't care about political affairs either. In the 80s and 90s, there was a group of elders in the country, and my grandfather and Old Liu were both members."

  Chu Chen scratched his head and said: "So that's how it is, I really didn't understand. But my relationship with Old Liu is very good, so we..."

  Chu Yulan smiled and shook her head, saying: "Brother Chu, you're worrying too much. My grandfather and Old Liu are consistent in their overall direction. Besides, generally speaking, the grudges of the older generation won't affect the interactions of the younger generation unless the two families are on opposite sides."

  "So that's how it is."