Chapter 18 The Chu Family
Early in the morning, Chu Chen rode an electric car to Maple Leaf Villa.
Maple Leaf Villa is one of the middle and high-end villa areas in Tiannan City, and the cheapest villa also costs more than 10 million. Those who can live in it may not be considered rich and rich, but they can also be called rich.
The old man of the Chu family lives here.
He was a soldier in his early years, and after retiring from the army, he opened a small supermarket. Although he has a violent and savage personality, he is ambitious and dares to fight, and over the years, his Yilai supermarket chain has spread all over Tiannan City and surrounding and several cities.
Although Tiannan City, the provincial capital, is not a rich man, he also has a net worth of hundreds of millions.
It stands to reason that the old man should be content, but he is not satisfied. His greatest wish is to become the founder of a large family.
It's a pity that he has five sons and three daughters, none of whom have a big career, and all the business still has to be supported by him.
This makes him have to focus on the third generation.
Fortunately, the third generation has produced a few good seedlings that are not bad.
According to the rules of the old man, the first day off of each quarter is the family reunion day. No one is allowed to be absent unless there is a good reason to do so.
This time it was a special circumstance, and the party was brought forward by nearly half a month.
Chu Chen came neither early nor late, and met his parents when he was at the door.
When the family of three entered the villa, there were already many people inside.
The elders got together, swords and arrows. The juniors got together and fought their own battles.
The Chu family is far from being a family, but it already has the biggest stubborn disease of the family - internal contradictions.
In the final analysis, it is also because the old man only recognizes ability and does not recognize people.
is also a son, only the second child was admitted to college that year, and he was the most preferential. The worst thing is the third child, that is, Chu Chen's father, even if he is not capable, he has no ambitions.
It's just that he has no ambitions, and he only gave birth to an only son. As long as he saw it, the old man didn't have a good face.
When the third generation grows up, the most preferential ones become the old families.
The boss can give birth, although he is not as good as the old man, but he also has three sons and two daughters, and they all have good brains.
Especially the second son, Chu Taiyu, has been the pride of the sky since he was a child and the darling of the school. Which exam doesn't get the first place in the whole grade, can make him cry.
Since then, the old man has cultivated him as the heir of the family, and he will give whatever he wants.
The old man has strict rules, and he says nothing about it, and whoever is disobedient will be slapped in the face, and Chu Taiyu is an exception.
Now, Chu Taiyu has become the vice president of Yilai Company, and he is on an equal footing with Chu Laoer. Even, the power position in the company is higher than that of Chu Laoer.
Among the young talents in Tiannan City, Chu Taiyu has a place steadily.
The worst is Chu Liang, the second son of the fourth family. Poor learning ability and not good learning, causing trouble all day long, being a street gangster, has reached the point where dying outside will not make the old man frown.
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The capable live in it, and the capable person takes the position, the old man's idea is not wrong, which is also one of the core foundations for a family to be able to last for a long time.
But there are some things that cannot be deduced according to common sense that one plus one equals two.
The old man treated him differently, and it was extremely obvious, and as a result, the Chu family brothers lost harmony. Especially after they got married, the concubines were even more unpleasant to each other. As long as they get together, they are quite kind on the surface, but the content of the chat is full of gunpowder.
The elders are-for-tat, and although the younger generations are not like this, they will not have much good feelings.
is like Chu Chen, since he was a child, he has listened to his mother talk about how bad the eldest uncle's family is and how dark the second uncle's family is...... Although I grew up and had my own judgment, I knew that my mother was somewhat exaggerated, but it was difficult to cultivate good friendships with those cousins and cousins.
All morning, the three generations got together to chat and fart, and it seemed that they were having a good time.
The old man who occasionally came over was very happy, and felt that the centripetal force of the Chu family was very strong, and the relationship between the three generations was thousands of times stronger than the second generation.
In fact, they were all a little absent-minded, and the atmosphere was not very warm.
However, bloodline is a very magical relationship, at least Chu Chen thinks it is magical.
Like the second generation, meeting is-for-tat, and they can't wait for each other to live worse than themselves, and they can't wait to enjoy the old man's family property alone. Sometimes, however, it's a different story.
Chu Chen remembers one thing very clearly, that is, two years ago, Chu Liang, who had everything in eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling, partnered with others to run a bar and owed more than 2 million loan sharks. His fourth uncle begged his grandfather to sue his grandmother for borrowing money everywhere, and when the old man left behind his cruel words and no one was allowed to care, the second generation couldn't see the miserable appearance of Chu Lao Si and his wife, and finally secretly made up more than 2 million.
Now, Chu Laosi still owes Chu Chen's family 150,000 yuan and has not paid it back. My mother occasionally said that Chu Lao Si was not a thing, and it was only 12,000 yuan to pay it back, and she never mentioned that she wanted to repay the interest.
It looks paradoxical, but it's real.
The blood relationship between the three generations is weaker, but even Chu Taiyu, who graduated from Harvard, drives a famous car and wears a famous watch, and is as proud as a peacock, in front of his brothers and sisters, he is trying to suppress that arrogance as much as possible and make himself as approachable as possible.
Even Chu Liang, who is said to be in frequent fights and fights outside, slashing people with knives, will not punch a cousin when he becomes an adult because he sees a cousin who is not pleasing to the eye, or has a quarrel.
In fact, as the creation god of the new universe, Chu Chen didn't slap Chu Hui in the face.
Originally, among the three generations of the Chu family, Chu Chen hated Chu Liang the most, a gangster who still eats, drinks, prostitutes, gambles, and has everything.
But today, the person he hates the most has become Chu Hui of the second uncle's family.
This guy had been babbling in front of him all morning about their chief's daughter.
Chu Chen refused many times, but he still didn't give up.
If it were someone else, Chu Chen might have slapped him. Even if it's a friend, I'm afraid it will break off the relationship on the spot.
Because he is not stupid, the reason why Chu Hui is so keen to introduce him to his girlfriend, he can think of it with his toes.
But because of the inextricable blood relationship, when Chu Hui didn't do too much, Chu Chen didn't slap him in the face, and he didn't even speak ill of him.
Just be the wind in your ears, no matter how crooked he is.
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At lunchtime, there were four tables in the hall.
At the first table, in the early years, only the old man and the second couple of Chu could sit. When Chu Taiyu showed amazing learning ability at a young age, after getting the first place in all grades, Chu Taiyu was added.
At the second table, there are other sons and daughters-in-law, as well as some grandsons who have been admitted to key universities or have mixed well after entering the society, Chu Hui is one of them.
The third table is the three generations like Chu Chen, who are ordinary people, and some granddaughters who have been admitted to key universities and are not yet married.
At the fourth table, there are some granddaughters who are not married, and several young four generations.
The Chu family does not have the background and wealth of a big family, but it already has many rules that the big family does not have.
Wait until lunch is over, and remove all the leftovers from the table.
As is customary, the old man's lecture followed.
Everyone did not leave the table, and all eyes were focused on the old man's face.
This is a face that has gone through vicissitudes of life, but it has not lost its majesty.
Three generations are fine.
Although the old man is short-tempered, he also has the common problem of the old people - intergenerational relatives.
In front of the old man, although the three generations did not dare to be presumptuous, they were not afraid.
The second generation, who have been disciplined by high-pressure policies since childhood, see the old man, and they are like mice seeing cats. Get closer, and the atmosphere doesn't dare to come out more.
Even if he was cultivated as an heir in the early days, Chu Lao Er, who was later replaced by Chu Taiyu, is the same.
The whole hall was silent.
The old man cleared his throat and spoke formally.
"I called you here today for two things. The first is to enter Huaxiaxing, and the second is to divide shares. ”
As soon as the words fell, there was an uproar in the hall.
Some were excited, others were shocked. Almost everyone's attention is focused on the second thing.
In the final analysis, it is the second thing that concerns the vital interests of all people. The first thing has nothing to do with everyone for the time being.