After the midterm exam, Chen Lan returned to the quiet life of the past, going to class and leaving class, occasionally going to the orchestra's practice room to play drums after school in the afternoon, Ouyang is already a sophomore in high school, there are many courses, the teacher is not more tolerant than the first year of high school, and it is common to continue to drag the hall after the school bell rings in the afternoon, so Chen Lan did not see him come to the practice room during this time.

Ouyang didn't come, and the senior sister of the third year of high school didn't come again, so the drum kit in the practice room became Chen Lan's belongings, and every time he passed by, he could hear the sound of the drum beating without a sense of rhythm from the practice room, and he guessed that Chen Lan was right.

Not only did Ouyang not appear in the practice room recently, but even Ding Yuan was nowhere to be found, and he didn't even participate in the weekly orchestra meeting, Chen Lan was a little worried, and wanted to ask Zhang Jiajia, but she was afraid that she would think too much, so she had to hold it in her heart, and every time she passed by the real yàn class, she couldn't help but look into the classroom, but she hadn't seen Ding Yuan once, Chen Lan began to wonder if Ding Yuan was in the school, the school was so big, how could she not meet each other for more than a month.

After the monthly examination in December, Zhangjiajie still did not go home this week, and Chen Lan was alone to squeeze the bus, and there were many students who took the bus back to the city on the weekend, and Chen Lan squeezed into a bus with all his life. The students in the back kept coming up, crowding people, until they couldn't even fit the gaps, and the driver started the car.

In the panic, Chen Lan was stepped on several times, and there were too many people around, and he couldn't tell who stepped on her, so he had to swallow a mouthful of old blood silently.

Finally got home and found that the door was not locked, Chen Lan pulled down the doorknob and pushed the door in, and saw Chen Yuan sitting on the sofa with her legs crossed watching TV at a glance.

Chen Lan is so annoying, why do you see this guy when she comes back every week, and she is not homeless, she runs to her house on weekends, and she is addicted to living in her house, right?

Chen Lan didn't give her a good face, and threw the schoolbag on the sofa, and the schoolbag fell directly next to Chen Yuan.

"Ahh What are you crazy about! ”

Chen Lan hugged his arms and sneered, "This is my home, what do you care about my madness." If you don't like it, get away and don't get in the way of me. ”

Mother Chen came back from outside, and when she heard that the two had a conflict again, she immediately reprimanded Chen Lan, "How do you talk, it's not polite." He turned his head and said to Chen Yuan with a smile: "Lan Lan is in a bad mood, Xiao Yuan don't worry about her, stay at Aunt Xiao's place tonight, and go home tomorrow." ”

Chen Yuan bit her lower lip, just wanted to say that she would not return to Chenjia Village tomorrow, but Chen's mother opened her mouth before her, which made her a little embarrassed, sat back on the sofa, and stopped talking.

Chen Lan snorted twice at Chen's mother, and followed Chen's mother into the kitchen.

Chen Lan is very lenient, so he will not be angry because of the fact that his mother scolded him first, adults are like this, they are most afraid that others will say that their children's tutoring is not good, so the two children have a conflict, first of all, they have to reprimand their own children, and then let the children shake hands with each other with a smile.

If Chen Lan was still stubborn, he would definitely not be able to stand his mother's approach, but he was an adult in his twenties, so he wouldn't be as careless as Chen Yuan.

Chen Lan helped wash the vegetables and asked, "Mom, where is Dad?" ”

Chen's mother cut the yam, "He's going to get the key to the house, let's go over tomorrow to have a look, and by the way, think about how the house should be decorated." ”

Chen Lan suddenly had an idea, "The clothing store and the Taobao store are busy, and now the house still needs to be renovated, can you be busy?" It's better to let Uncle Zhao and them come over to decorate. "Uncle Zhao in Chen Lan's mouth is a former colleague and friend of his father, in his last life, his father had a car accident, and Uncle Zhao also lent a lot of money to their family, so Chen Lan is grateful to this Uncle Zhao, if possible, she hopes that Uncle Zhao will give his family.

According to Chen Lan's vague memory, she seems to remember that Uncle Zhao was fired by the boss before the Chinese New Year this year, and then decorated with people in a decoration company, life is not good, can only be said, and then his father had an accident, but Uncle Zhao did not hesitate to take out tens of thousands of yuan, compared with those in the Chen family, Uncle Zhao's righteousness is even more rare and valuable, with Uncle Zhao's friend to help, Chen Lan does not have to worry about his father being deceived.

"Lao Zhao." Mother Chen pondered for a moment, feeling that this idea was quite unreliable, she said nonchalantly: "Isn't Lao Zhao still driving a truck?" Where do you get the spare time to do decoration. ”

"Or next time Uncle Zhao comes over and asks if people are willing to do it, maybe other relatives also have to do decoration, now there are so many new buildings in City A, and there are many houses to be renovated, and rich people spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to decorate a house, but there are only a few decoration companies, and now it is a seller's market, so it can make money to do decoration, and it will be too late to do it in a few years." Chen Lan said it clearly, and such a determined tone made Chen's mother a little moved.

Mother Chen asked casually: "How do you know so much about this girl?" ”

Chen Lan grinned, "There is a book on it, the teacher said it, now that the economy is growing rapidly, everyone is getting rich, and prices will also rise, houses are necessities, who doesn't want to buy a house first if they have money, you see that our family wants to buy a house as soon as they have money, and other families must think so." ”

As soon as she moved out of the teacher's words, Chen's mother was convinced, "Take the sand pot to me." ”

Chen Lan found the clay pot from below, handed it to Chen's mother, and asked pitifully, "Mom, do you want to make pork ribs and yam soup?" ”

The soup in the school is so light that he can't even taste it, and he costs two yuan a bowl, which is expensive to death, although Chen Lan is not bad for money, and he is not willing to waste these few dollars to drink MSG water.

"Well, yam soup, you go call your dad and ask him when he's home." Chen's mother said.

"Okay." Chen Lan ran out of the kitchen quickly, picked up the microphone of the landline, and dialed Chen's father's mobile phone number.

The phone was quickly connected, and Chen Lan shouted loudly: "Dad, where are you now, Mom asked me to ask when you will go home?" ”

"Lanlan, I'm here with your Uncle Zhao, and I'll be back soon."

Chen Lan hurriedly said, "Dad, let Uncle Zhao come over for dinner together." ”

Uncle Zhao works hard alone in City A, and his wife and children are in his hometown, so he has always lived alone, and sometimes he will come over with Chen's father to have a meal after work at night, so Chen Lan's mention is not very abrupt.

Without Uncle Zhao's consent, Father Chen responded first, "Okay, you let your mother cook for one more person." ”

Chen Lan hung up the phone, and ran to the kitchen to report to Chen's mother, back and forth, directly ignoring Chen Yuan.

After about half an hour, Chen's father came back, and he came with a middle-aged man in his thirties, due to driving a truck for a long time, his skin was dark, the wrinkles on his face were deep, and the clothes on his body were a little shabby, as soon as he entered the door, Uncle Zhao thought that it was Chen Lan who was sitting on the sofa watching TV, so he shouted at the top of his voice, "Xiaolan!" ”

Chen Yuan was taken aback again, and when he turned around, he saw a middle-aged man dressed as a migrant worker, with a somewhat disdainful expression, and when he saw that the other party was going to sit over, Chen Yuan suddenly rushed to the other end of the sofa as if he was hiding from the plague.

Uncle Zhao has always been dull, so naturally he couldn't see the disdain in Chen Yuan's eyes, and when he saw that the other party was not Chen Lan, he laughed, "Oh, it's not Xiaolan, this girl looks really good, the old Chen family, right?" ”

Chen's father made tea and said, "My eldest brother's family is the same year as Lan Lan, and his name is Chen Yuan." ”

Uncle Zhao also brought a bag of fruits, and he took out an apple and gave it to Chen Yuan, "Come and eat an apple." ”

Chen Yuan didn't pick it up or not, paused for a few seconds, but reluctantly took the apple, and then put the apple on the coffee table without looking at it.

Chen Lan came out of the kitchen and brought out a plate of cantaloupe that had been cut into pieces, "Uncle Zhao, you have such a loud voice, I heard it in the kitchen." ”

"Xiaolan has grown taller again, ouch, almost taller than your father." When Uncle Zhao saw Chen Lan, he said exaggeratedly.

Chen blue and black line, but she has really grown a lot taller, only 1.68 meters half a year ago, and now she is almost 1.72 meters, and if she grows again, she will definitely be taller than in her previous life, maybe she can grow to 1.75 meters, or even higher.

Chen Lan is very melancholy, she couldn't find a boyfriend in her previous life at 1.72 meters, can she still find a boyfriend when she grows to 1.75 meters?

Father Chen and the others present invariably thought that Chen Lan would not find a boyfriend, and their faces became heavy, Father Chen thought, I still have to make good money, if my daughter can't find a partner, the couple will raise their daughter for a lifetime, and don't let their daughter be wronged.

Facing Chen's father's strange eyes, Chen Lan was silent, and quickly changed the topic, "Dad, did you get the house key?" ”

"Got it, let's go to see the house tomorrow, which room do you want?" How to decorate? ”

"Dad, when is it going to be renovated?"

"Let's celebrate the New Year, it's hard to find a decoration team at the end of the year."

Chen Lan immediately glanced at Uncle Zhao, "Dad, if you want to find a decoration team, it is better to find someone else to do it, it is more reassuring." ”

Chen's father was a little embarrassed, "But I don't know anyone who does the decoration." ”

Chen Lan hesitated for a while, not knowing whether to remind Uncle Zhao, but Uncle Zhao quickly answered and said: "I can do this, I will work with the village decorator for a while when I was young." ”

"Lao Zhao, you will." Father Chen was surprised, and then he asked, "Can you be busy with two jobs by yourself?" ”

"Dissatisfied brother, you said, there seems to be something wrong with the boss's family, it looks like a few people are going to be fired, my child was sick last month, and I advanced a month's salary, which made him very dissatisfied, it seems that the first person he wants to fire is me." Uncle Zhao smiled bitterly, "So I want to find a way back, if I am really fired, I can make some money and go home for the New Year by doing single decoration." If you look up to me, brother......"

Father Chen reassured him and said, "Alas! Lao Zhao, what am I like, our brother has been for so many years, I will definitely help you if you are in trouble, but it has not yet been determined whether you really want to dismiss the employee, so why make up your mind first. ”

Uncle Zhao lit a cigarette, took a puff, and slowly exhaled a misty white smoke, "Even if the surnamed Zhang doesn't fire me, I don't want to do it anymore, I want to form a decoration team and do decoration." ”

Before Chen's father could say anything, Chen Lan's voice rang out, "This is a good idea, it's better to be your own boss than to work with others." ”

Both of them laughed, Chen's father pointed at Chen Lan and said: "My girl is a ghost, she thinks it's good, it must be good, I didn't expect it to be today, you still don't understand when you resign, you look at me now, Taobao store has it, money has it, and even a house has it." So listen to her, yes. ”

Uncle Zhao was skeptical, "Then what do you think is good about doing decoration?" ”

Chen Lan repeated what he had just said to Chen's mother, and finally came to the conclusion, "If you want to do it, do it as soon as possible, be your own boss, open a decoration company, and the money will roll in." ”

Originally, Uncle Zhao was still hesitant, but when he heard Chen Lan's words, he made a decision in his heart, he snuffed out the cigarette in his hand, "Then do it, Uncle Zhao has made a lot of money, so I will give Xiaolan a big red envelope first." ”

Chen Lan didn't take the red envelope to heart, but still pretended to be happy and said, "Then I wish Uncle Zhao a prosperous business and make a lot of money as soon as possible." ”

Chen Yuan heard the conversation of several people, and a monstrous wave turned in his heart, when did the uncle's family become so rich and bought a house in the city, how is this possible? ! But the truth made Chen Yuan have to believe that Uncle and their family are really developed, when she thought that Chen Lan was going to move into a big house, Chen Yuan was both jealous and unwilling, why is she not the daughter of the uncle and aunt, Chen Lan is so lucky, there is only one child in the family, everything is hers, no one robs her, and she Chen Yuan, everything is her brother's turn not to want, she really hates that she is not a man, if she is a boy, grandma will not be so partial.

"It's time to eat!" Mother Chen shouted outside.

Chen Lan went into the kitchen to serve the food, Chen Yuan originally wanted to go over to help, but the kitchen was not big, and Chen Lan had already passed, so she would only add to the chaos when she went in, so she sat and waited for the food with peace of mind.

Dinner is particularly rich, and there is no habit of "eating like an emperor in the morning, eating like a commoner at noon, and eating like a beggar at night".

Tonight, Father Chen was happy, took out the medicinal wine that had been hidden for more than half a year, and gave a glass to Uncle Zhao, the two drank wine and chatted, and after a meal, both of them were red drunk.

"Lao Zhao, take your younger siblings and children over after the New Year, it's not a way for children to be in the countryside all the time, it's not that the countryside is bad, but the education in the city is better than the countryside, for the sake of the children's future, smashing pots and selling iron should also let them go to better schools......"

Uncle Zhao's voice was a little hoarse, "Brother, it's not that I don't want to take them over, it's just that you look at the place where I live, how can I live with people, I can't bear to think of the child coming over and going to suffer together." ”

"I understand, I understand, it's all because of poverty, but while I'm still young, work harder, in order to give my children a better life, and when I make money, don't forget my wife and children, you can't forget your roots......" Chen's father nagged, probably because his former cousin-in-law was looking for an affair, which made Chen's father always feel a little uncomfortable.

Sent away Uncle Zhao, Chen's father still sat still stunned and didn't move, Chen's father rarely drank, because he used to drive a truck, and he usually didn't drink a drop of alcohol, and he would drink one or two glasses every year during the New Year's holidays to have a good time, so the amount of alcohol was not high, and he was already a little drunk after a glass.

Chen's mother drove Chen's father to take a bath and sleep.

Father Chen obediently did it.

Chen Lan helped clean up the table, and then washed all the dishes and chopsticks.

After washing the dishes and coming out, Chen's father had already gone into the room and fell asleep, and the TV in the living room was still playing very loudly, Chen Lan glanced at Chen Yuan expressionlessly, picked up the remote control, and turned down the sound of the TV.

Chen Yuan seemed to have something on her mind, and she had been absent-minded, and she didn't even notice that Chen Lan turned down the sound of the TV to the point that it was almost inaudible.

Chen Lan didn't bother to care what she was thinking, walked to the corner where the computer was placed, and turned on the computer.

Since Chen's mother rented an office nearby to use as the office space of the Taobao store, there is only one computer left at home, and Chen's mother still hangs on Want Want at night, so Chen Lan rarely uses the computer again.

Chen Lan thought that when the winter vacation was over, he would buy a mobile phone with Internet access and a notebook for his room.

Logging in to Jinjiang Literature Network, Chen Lan glanced at the manuscript box, there were still more than a dozen chapters left to end, and he had to prepare the manuscript of the next novel during the winter vacation.

This will buckle and log in.,Editor Moonfall's avatar beats very happily.。

Chen Lan clicked on the message, and Yueluo said that the novel was on the market this Wednesday, and the sales volume was considerable, and it may be reprinted, so that Chen Lan would be mentally prepared first.

Chen Lan teased Yueluo a few words first, if you want to print it, how many copies will be printed, how much royalties and so on can only trouble Yueluo to talk to the editor, she has a final exam recently, I'm afraid she will have to review at school next weekend, so she won't go home.

Probably Yueluo knew that Chen Lan must have come back from vacation on Friday night, so he waited incognito to catch someone, and after Chen Lan sent it over for a while, Yueluo replied.

Editor Moonfall: Okay, come over and let my sister kiss one. 【Kiss】

Editor Moonfall: You have to work hard for the exam~

Editor Moonfall: Do you have any ideas for the next article?

Chen Lan quickly typed a few words and replied.

Navy: I haven't thought about it yet, so I'll wait until the winter vacation.

In fact, Chen Lan already has an idea, but he is not sure whether to write about this theme, anyway, there is still a period of time before the winter vacation, and he is not in a hurry, so he will put aside the idea of the novel for the time being.

The next morning, Chen Yuan left quietly.

Chen Lan didn't pay much attention to Chen Yuan, after breakfast, the family went to the riverview garden to see the new house, Chen Lan took a fancy to the room with a large balcony at a glance, she fell in love with this room before, this time I came to see how to decorate.

Uncle Zhao didn't go to work today, so he came to see the house together, and took them to visit the wholesale market of decoration materials by the way.

Chen's father and Chen's mother are not people who know how to enjoy, most of their lives have been to get by, and they don't know how to decorate, listening to Uncle Zhao's explanation all the way, only to know that the decoration of this house can be exquisite.

"Bedroom flooring, living room and bathroom or floor tiles, wall wallpaper is better than brushing latex, environmental protection and pollution-free, wallpaper is easier to replace, what kind of pattern color you like, which ......"

After visiting the wholesale market, several people were tired, found a restaurant nearby for lunch, and continued to shop in the afternoon, and when they got home, Chen Lan said about his favorite style, emphasizing that a table, a few rattan chairs, and spider plants should be placed on the balcony......

Back in the dormitory on Sunday night, Chen Lan heard several people discussing Ding Yuan.