novelraw Chapter 516 : Different Treatment
Chapter 516 : Different Treatment
Chapter 516: Different Treatment
At the gate of the courtyard, a group of people surrounded the car Chen Fan had driven back, curiously touching and looking at it with fascination.
Those with phones would secretly take pictures.
After all, in this era, Chen Fan was the only one in the village who could afford such a car.
On the Chen family's side, Gao Shengbo, the son of the second aunt's family, and Chen Xiao, the son of the fourth uncle's family, were standing in front of the Land Cruiser like two door guards.
"Move aside, move aside! Looking is fine, but don't touch it."
"Do you know how much this car costs? Even if you damage a bit of paint, you can't afford to compensate."
Gao Shengbo, who studied auto repair himself, was absolutely in love with this car.
Chen Xiao, while peering through the car window to look at the interior accessories, curiously asked, "Cousin, this car is very expensive, right?"
"Very expensive? It's extremely expensive!" Gao Shengbo immediately stood up straight, his gaze sweeping over the group of children present.
"Do you know what this car is called?"
"It's a Land Cruiser, with a 6-cylinder engine, maximum horsepower of 381! Most importantly, this car isn't even sold domestically. If you want to buy it, you must import it from abroad through parallel import."
"Those who can afford this car are all wealthy individuals."
Gao Shengbo excitedly touched the car door while continuing to educate everyone.
"This car, only rich people can afford to drive it. The fuel consumption alone is over 10 liters per 100 kilometers, it's simply a money-eater."
"You know my boss at the auto repair shop, right? He's usually so arrogant, but he only drives a 300,000 to 400,000 yuan BMW. Compared to this car, it's just a toy..."
Gao Shengbo spoke with such enthusiasm, it was as if he were the car's owner.
"Cousin," Chen Xiao called out as Chen Fan led Su Ruochu out.
Everyone's eyes quickly turned to the two of them.
Gao Shengbo excitedly asked, "Chen Fan, where's that Audi you drove back last time? Why did you change cars again?"
Chen Fan smiled and explained, "The one from last time was the club's car, not my own."
Gao Shengbo continued to ask, "This car isn't cheap, it must be hard to buy, right?"
Chen Fan nodded with a smile.
"It's alright, I had some connections, and it was done in a few days."
At this moment, Chen Xiao excitedly asked, "Cousin, can you open the car door and let us see inside?"
Chen Fan took out the keys and tossed them over.
"Do you know how to drive?"
Chen Xiao shook his head somewhat embarrassedly, while Gao Shengbo raised his hand excitedly.
"I do!"
"Then you drive and take Chen Xiao out for a spin!"
"Ah?" Gao Shengbo became a bit nervous, "This car is so expensive, if there's even a small scratch, I can't afford to compensate."
Chen Fan laughed and scolded, "Don't worry, even if you scratch it, I won't make you pay."
"Alright, got it."
Gao Shengbo finally excitedly took the keys and, under the envious gazes of others, slowly drove out of the village with Chen Xiao.
Chen Fan's gaze swept to the side and noticed Chen Wan, his third uncle's daughter, standing timidly at a distance with several village friends, looking over.
"Xiao Wan, come here."
Chen Fan waved his hand.
In the past, if Chen Fan dared to call her like this, Chen Wan wouldn't have bothered to respond.
But today, she walked over somewhat shyly.
"Cousin... what is it?"
"Do you know the small shop at the east end of the village?"
"Yes."
Chen Fan took out his wallet and handed 500 yuan to her.
"Go help me buy two cartons of cigarettes. I didn't expect so many people to come today, and we bought too few cigarettes."
"I don't know what cigarettes the shop has, just buy whatever you think is suitable, around 20 yuan a pack should be fine."
Chen Wan looked at the money in her hand and said softly,
"Actually... you don't need to buy such expensive cigarettes. Village people smoke cheap ones, my dad usually only smokes Daqianmen for 2.5 yuan."
"If you buy ones that are too expensive, people might feel embarrassed to smoke them."
Chen Fan thought this made sense.
"Alright then, buy the kind that's 10 yuan a pack, get 4 cartons. With the remaining 100 yuan, buy some fruit popsicles to distribute to the children in the courtyard."
"Oh, okay."
Chen Wan nodded obediently, no longer showing any trace of her previous disdain towards Chen Fan.
Watching Chen Wan leave with her friends, Su Ruochu teasingly said with a smile,
"Why don't you go yourself? Ordering others around, you're really acting like a big shot now?"
Chen Fan grinned, "You don't understand. This girl usually doesn't like me much, me doing this is actually a gesture of goodwill."
"Didn't you see how happy she was when I asked her to do this?"
"She wouldn't even call me cousin before."
In the countryside, to see how a family is doing, you look at how many people come for their red and white events.
Although Chen Fan's family was poor before, his parents had a good reputation in the village and were well-liked.
Add to that Chen Fan's success, and there were indeed many villagers here today.
In the living room and courtyard, more than a dozen tables were set up.
Both the dishes and the quality of the alcohol were far above the usual standard.
The meal was lively, with men gathered around drinking and playing finger-guessing games, women huddled together gossiping about this and that, and children excitedly running around in the courtyard.
Everyone understood clearly.
The Chen family had truly made it big.
Su Ruochu, not used to so many people, had eaten her fill early on.
Seeing the girl's discomfort, Li Jinqiu directly called for her son to accompany Su Ruochu upstairs to watch TV.
The two sat on stools on the second-floor balcony, and Chen Fan brought over a plate of cut watermelon.
"Are you full?"
"Mhm."
"Today is the first time the daughter-in-law is staying overnight at her mother-in-law's house, how does it feel?"
Su Ruochu felt a bit embarrassed.
"A little... nervous."
"There's nothing to be nervous about, everyone likes you very much."
"I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep at night."
"What's there to be afraid of? At worst, you can sleep with the lights on. If you're scared, just call for me. I'm staying right next door."
Su Ruochu suddenly became interested.
"Which room are you sleeping in?"
"Come on, I'll show you."
Leading Su Ruochu to the room next door, when they opened the door, Su Ruochu was stunned, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
"You're sleeping here tonight?"
Because they had just moved into the new villa not long ago, many things hadn't been tidied up yet.
Moreover, the old couple couldn't bear to part with some furniture from their previous house, so they had moved everything into this room.
As a result, Chen Fan's bedroom looked more like a storage room.
Chen Fan jokingly said, "Compared to the room you're sleeping in, my place is more like a refugee camp."
"You're their real daughter, I'm at most an adopted son."
Su Ruochu was amused.
"Can you sleep like this?"
"What's not to sleep? I've been used to it since I was little, I'm not that delicate..."
Chen Fan suddenly turned his head to look at her.
"If you really feel sorry for your husband, why don't I squeeze into your room tonight?"
Su Ruochu rolled her eyes coquettishly, "Dream on."
However, in the middle of the night, Su Ruochu indeed couldn't sleep.
The new environment, plus it being her first overnight stay at Chen Fan's house, left her wide awake.
Most importantly, because she had been in a tense state all day, her period unexpectedly came early.
Su Ruochu was completely at a loss.
She hadn't anticipated this happening.
So she secretly took out her phone and called Chen Fan.
"Hello, are you asleep?"
"Not yet." Chen Fan teasingly said, "What's wrong? Can't sleep and missing me?"
"I... my period came."