The Romance of a Young Painter

There was a car parked at the entrance of the village, and a fashionable young girl in the car talked to the woman next to her impatiently: "Sister Hui, how long do we have to wait, why don't we go and have a look?"

"Wait a minute," the woman called Sister Hui signaled the girl to be calm, and said, "Xiaoyi, this is your first time at the scene, and you may not be aware of such things. It's not convenient for us women to be there."

The young girl said nonchalantly: "Shouldn't we just talk about compensation, why isn't it convenient to be there?"

The woman said: "It's not that simple. The people here, especially the rural ones, are used to vulgarity, and they always say dirty things. When it comes to asking for money, they are very fussy. Scolding is trivial, and sometimes they can fight." stand up."

The young girl was taken aback and said, "It turns out that the news on TV is true."

The woman smiled reassuringly and said, "Don't get sidetracked, our Chen family has always been persuading people by reasoning, and there has never been such a thing as forced demolition. Moreover, Lao Feng is very experienced in talking about compensation. In the past, he was the one who came forward in most of the company's matters. , but it is inconvenient for us to go at this time, lest Lao Feng think that our Chen family doubts his ability to handle affairs."

The young girl originally asked to take a look just because she was bored, but now she stopped thinking after hearing what the other party said. When she was bored, she saw a car stopped not far away, and three men got out of the car, two of them were tall. Tall and tall, he should be a handsome guy, so she couldn't help but take a few more glances.

These three people were Zhou Nianjiu and his party who came to see the Zhou family's old house.

When the person approached, the young girl couldn't help but exclaimed, she opened the car door and stepped forward, asking, "Zhou Nianjiu, is that you?"

Zhou Nianjiu looked at her suspiciously, he didn't remember knowing such a girl.

"It's me, Chen Yi. We met at the winter camp in City S." Chen Yi was obviously disappointed to see that Zhou Nianjiu didn't recognize her.

"So it's you," Zhou Nianjiu finally remembered, and he said, "You've changed a bit, I didn't even recognize it."

"Did you become more beautiful?" Chen Yi was very confident in her appearance.

"Yeah." Zhou Nianjiu nodded realistically. In the past few years, Chen Yi's five sense organs have been opened, and she has put on light makeup. Compared with the high school student who looked like noodles in clear soup before, she is indeed much better.

Chen Yi saw too many boys who were courting her, and Zhou Nianjiu's plain and honest reaction made her feel convincing, so she deliberately softened her voice and asked, "I didn't expect to meet you in City B, what a coincidence, What are you doing here?"

"I just came here to have a look," Zhou Nianjiu didn't elaborate, but asked her, "What about you?"

"I majored in civil engineering in college, and now I work in my uncle's company." Chen Yi explained her background appropriately, "The company has a commercial housing project here, so I'll come over to have a look. Zhou Nianjiu, we haven't seen each other for five years." Well, it's rare to meet an old man in a foreign country, why don't you go for a walk together?"

"Is your uncle Chen Ke?" Shen Guangji who was at the side suddenly asked.

"That's right. Who are you?" Chen Yi asked bluntly.Although the speaker was also a handsome guy, Chen Yi felt displeased that this person interrupted her invitation, and her uncle Chen Ke was a big shot in her mind, so it was really rude for this person to call him by his first name.

"Young Master Shen, I didn't expect to meet you here." When Chen Yi and Zhou Nianjiu were talking, Chen Hui noticed this side, and she quickly recognized Shen Guangji who was standing by the side. She had sent a glance to Shen Guangji a few years ago However, the Goddess had no intention of supporting the king, so it was a little awkward to meet again, but seeing that her cousin Chen Yi was about to murder someone, she had to get out of the car to say hello.

"Miss Chen, long time no see." Shen Guangji and Chen Hui greeted each other, and then said, "I haven't been in China these few years. I didn't expect that there would be such a talented and beautiful Miss Chen Yi in the Chen family."

Chen Hui heard something in Shen Guangji's words, and quickly said: "This is the daughter of my third uncle in S City. She was studying abroad in university before and just came back last year." It means that the child is not sensible, so don't be as knowledgeable as her, and then she said to Chen Yi, " Xiaoyi, this is Young Master Shen, the younger brother of Chairman Shen of the Shen Group."

Although Chen Yi has not been in City B for a long time, the important people in the city have been educated by his family, so he quickly changed his attitude and said, "Young Master Shen, it's a pleasure to meet you."

Shen Guangji nodded slightly, and then said to Chen Hui: "How far has this project progressed? When are you going to dismantle it?"

Although Chen Hui didn't understand why Shen Guangji, who usually doesn't care about the business of the mall, was interested in this matter, she still told him the general progress, and then said: "Everyone here has moved out, come today It’s just about finalizing the demolition payment, the construction team is already waiting, and it’s estimated that construction will start in the afternoon.”

Shen Guangji and Zhou Nianjiu whispered a few words, and then said: "Miss Chen, my friend and I want to take a walk here, can you ask your people to wait and start work tomorrow, and you will be charged for the loss of work during this period." Time to make a list for me."

Chen Hui hurriedly said: "What's the matter, don't talk about lost wages, Mr. Shen, you and your friends just read it, and let me know when you finish reading it."

Shen Guangji smiled and said, "Thank you very much."

Chen Hui also smiled and said: "It's a trivial matter, Young Master Shen, please be polite." After she finished speaking, she called Lao Feng inside and explained, and then left with Chen Yi who looked unwilling.

When they got in the car, Chen Yi asked, "Sister Hui, why are you leaving in such a hurry?" She wanted to say a few more words to Zhou Nianjiu, and asked for a phone number by the way.

"Will it be an eyesore if you don't leave?" Chen Hui said angrily.

Chen Yi didn't understand why her cousin suddenly lost her temper, she couldn't help but pouted her lips in grievance and stopped talking.

After a while, Chen Hui felt that she was a bit inferior to a little girl who didn't know much about the world, so she explained patiently: "You haven't dealt with Shen Guangji before, so you don't know his personality. Say it all out, it's obvious that you don't want others to disturb you."

Chen Yi complained: "Sister Hui, won't he speak up when he has something to say? It's really complicated to make these twists and turns."

Chen Hui has been taking Chen Yi with her since she returned to China, and she has developed feelings over time, so she couldn't help but remind her: "Xiaoyi, if you want to gain a foothold in the upper circles of City B, you must understand these things, and you usually talk and do things. You must be cautious, fortunately you met Shen Guangji today, otherwise, if you change someone else's identity, just based on your previous attitude, you should be blacklisted in the circle."

"It's so serious!" Chen Yi was taken aback, and after a while she reflected, "I see, Sister Hui, I will pay attention to it in the future."

Chen Hui knew that Chen Yi was not unintelligent, it was just that she was spoiled and arrogant since she was a child. Now that she is in city B, where the rich and powerful are everywhere, it is better for her to recognize her position earlier, so as not to accidentally offend someone who shouldn't be offended.When approaching the company, Chen Hui suddenly asked: "Xiaoyi, who is the person with Shen Guangji today?"

Chen Yidao: "I know one of those two people. His name is Zhou Nianjiu. When we were in high school, he and I participated in activities jointly organized by the school, and he was also the number one student in the liberal arts in our college entrance examination."

Chen Hui noticed the change in Chen Yi's expression, and said, "To be Shen Guangji's friend, you should not be an ordinary person. Xiaoyi, you can get in touch with Zhou Nianjiu this time."

These words hit Chen Yi's heart, and she agreed immediately.

Over there, Zhou Nianjiu came to an old courtyard under the guidance of a man surnamed Wang. The owner of the courtyard had already moved out, and the inside was empty. Except for a big pomegranate tree in the corner, there was nowhere to see the fullness that Zhou Sulan had once depicted. The appearance of garden flowers and plants.

Zhou Nianjiu stood under the tree and looked at the western mountain, inevitably a little disappointed.

Shen Guangji said softly: "Twenty years is enough for a child to grow up, and it's enough for a courtyard with a different owner to change beyond recognition. The world has always been like this, so don't take it too seriously."

Zhou Nianjiu looked at Shen Guangji in surprise.

Shen Guangji smiled and said, "Your thoughts are written in your eyes."

Zhou Nianjiu subconsciously wanted to cover her eyes with her hands, and then suddenly thought of a similar scene many years ago, and couldn't help but also laughed.

Shen Guangji was slightly taken aback, and said: "I seem to have said that you should smile more."

In the past few years Zhou Nianjiu has been abused by Fang Leye, and he is no longer as expressionless as he was when he was a teenager, but it is still difficult for him to laugh like ordinary people, hearing what Shen Guangji said, Zhou Nianjiu replied with some embarrassment: "I will try my best. "

Even though there was no trace of the past in the yard, Zhou Nianjiu went around inside and out, and finally returned to the pomegranate tree.The pomegranate tree grew very thick, and at a certain section of the high place, I saw a few scratches carved with a knife. Zhou Nianjiu knew that these were probably where Zhou Sulan marked her height when she was young.

Zhou Sulan once told Zhou Nianjiu this incident as a joke. When she was very young, she didn't know that trees would grow taller. Every time she measured her height under the pomegranate tree, she found that the position of the mark was lower than last time. It made her think that she was getting taller and shorter, and once she even cried sadly. Zhou's mother who followed the sound asked the reason and found out that her daughter had done such a stupid thing.

Thinking of this, Zhou Nianjiu couldn't help reaching out to caress the rough trunk of the pomegranate tree.

Shen Guangji noticed that Zhou Nianjiu's attitude towards this tree was unusual, and said: "This place will be demolished soon, and this tree will definitely not be able to stay. If you like, we can remove the tree."

This proposal was so tempting, Zhou Nianjiu was a little tempted, but hesitant: "Where can such a big tree be moved?"

Shen Guangji said: "Did you forget that the person next to you is a native of City B? Don't dare to say anything else, there is still a place to plant a tree, so just ask if you want to keep this tree?"

Of course Zhou Nianjiu had no objection.

Because the land had already belonged to the Chen family, Shen Guangji greeted Chen Hui first.

Without further ado, Chen Hui asked the people from the construction team to come over to help, saving Shen Guangji the effort to find someone again.

Zhou Nianjiu stood silently watching the workers digging the tree, and suddenly felt a kind of emotion that shouldn't be there: it is really convenient to have someone in your circle.