Mixed in 1980

Chapter 398 Confused
Bringing Chen Yanjin home means discussing marriage.

Ye Wan glanced shyly at Chen Yanjin, and Chen Lao Er immediately said, "We'll go after the graduation ceremony, and we'll pick up Xiao Wu while we're at it."

That's how it was settled.

Before long, many more people arrived at the house. The first to arrive were Chen Yanjin's aunt and uncle, whose uncle was Zeng Tuqiang.

Ye Ling's graduate school application was thus resolved.

Ye Wan subtly pinched her boyfriend. Despite being his uncle-in-law, he had kept it a secret before coming.

The habit of only saying half of what you mean should be corrected!
After my aunt came over, it was my other aunt and uncle. They weren't coming over; they had just rushed back from work and had been staying at home.

In addition, there were also grandparents, uncles and aunts from the neighboring courtyard, and Guan Xiaoyu's family also came over, making the house as lively as during the Chinese New Year.

With so many relatives arriving, the Ye sisters felt a little awkward and were asked to stay overnight without even remembering all the names.

The two sisters lived in a guest room in the backyard.

Ye Ling looked at the gifts she received today and said with a bitter face, "Sister, these are too much... I'll have Chen Yanjin return them tomorrow."

Ye Wan nodded slightly and smiled wryly.

Whenever relatives come to visit, they always try to give the sisters gifts, especially Chen Yanjin's three mothers, who always give them jade.

Xu Jinqiu gave her a pair of bracelets, Zeng Ali gave her a necklace, and Zhao Yuanyuan gave her a bracelet and earrings, all of which were full-green imperial green glass-type jadeite.

Even those who know nothing about jade know that it is precious.

The bracelet given to Ye Ling was mainly decorated with floating flowers. Xu Jinqiu originally planned to give each of them a bracelet, but then thought it would be too obvious and might scare the young girl away, so she didn't do that.

With a feeling of trepidation, the night passed quickly.

The next day, Chen Yanjin came to knock on the door, and Ye Wan mentioned the gifts: "Find some time to return these; they are all too valuable."

Chen Yanjin affectionately pinched her cheek: "These are all the elders' good wishes. Everyone likes you, so they prepared these. Just accept them."

"But this is too much..."

"You're just overthinking things!"

After kissing her on the forehead, Chen Yanjin said, "Let's go have breakfast. The three mothers will take you shopping later."

The breakfast was plentiful, yet quite ordinary.

After breakfast, the whole family went to the living room to make tea. Ye Wan liked this atmosphere. It was the same at her own home; after meals, the family would drink tea and chat together.

While having tea, Xu Jinqiu suggested taking the two sisters shopping to cultivate their relationship beforehand, and Ye Wan naturally agreed.

The two sisters were with three aunts.

The car quickly entered Beijing's CBD area and stopped at the Xinghuo No. 2 Building, which was once the world's tallest building.

The bottom five floors are a high-end shopping mall, while the upper floors house a clubhouse, hotel, and office buildings, integrating shopping, accommodation, leisure, and office functions.

The two sisters came once, looked around, and left without buying anything.

too expensive!
In many stores, a single T-shirt can fetch four figures.

Zeng Ali couldn't help but complain: "Many of the clothing brands here are domestic, but they put an English name on it and dare to raise the price tenfold."

"The consumer market is quite distorted."

"In your Uncle Chen's words, this is due to a lack of confidence in our national culture and misleading publicity, which leads many people to believe that foreign brands are good."

"Big sister, how can you say that?" Zhao Yuanyuan pouted slightly.

Before Zeng Ali could refute, he joked, "Our family has quite a few brands, but the first one to put an English name on it was Lululemon, which you founded."

Upon hearing this, the Ye sisters exchanged bewildered glances.

I still don't know enough about the Chen family. They just casually mentioned a brand, and it's that yoga pants brand that claims to be a "middle-class woman harvester".

"Zhao Yuanyuan, if you can't speak properly, then shut up."

glaring at her younger sister, Zeng Ali linked arms with Ye Wan: "Don't listen to your Aunt Zhao's nonsense. When Lululemon was founded, it was all about the overseas market, which is why it was named that."

“In the early 1980s, a pair of yoga pants sold for more than a thousand yuan, while the monthly income of workers in the mainland was only a few dozen yuan, so there was no market for them at all.”

"Even in the late 1980s, when we hired Gong Xue and the Queen of the Women's Kingdom as spokespeople, we still couldn't open up the market in mainland China. Back then, we were just losing money to gain publicity."

"However, it was precisely because we did not give up during that period and persisted in promoting our brand that we were able to establish a high-end image. Now that the economy has developed, our brand expansion has been very rapid."

After walking a while, I came to a clothing store with a Chinese name: Hanqing!
Hanqing is a homophone for "Hanqing".

The name comes from the poem, "Since ancient times, who has ever escaped death? Let my loyal heart shine in history."

The reason for changing it to the character "Han" can be understood as referring to the Han ethnic group and Han culture. Zeng Ali specifically asked Chen Fan to give it this name.

Ye Wan knew this brand.

Hanqing is a rare Chinese brand in the luxury goods sector. Unlike other brands that only tell stories, Hanqing also incorporates 5,000 years of Chinese craftsmanship.

Well... to sum it up in one word: expensive!

Hearing that the brand also belonged to Zeng Ali, Ye Wan felt a little dizzy and silently cursed Chen Yanjin eighteen times, keeping everything to herself.

The surprises today don't end there.

After browsing through several luxury goods stores, all of which belonged to Zeng Ali, I went to the skincare section and learned that Luo Shen belonged to Zhao Yuanyuan. I was overwhelmed again: "What kind of fairy-tale family is this!"

After lunch, we went to Xinghuo Building in the afternoon.

The first floor is the headquarters of Shengxiang Home Furnishings City. Xu Jinqiu didn't give much of an introduction and led everyone directly to the second floor, the headquarters of the Xu Jinqiu Charity Foundation. "Wanwan, A-Ling are here."

Guan Xiaoyu came over, leaving his three sisters-in-law aside, and took the two girls for a walk on the second floor before going to the third floor.

The third floor was converted into an exhibition hall.

The nearly 3,000-square-meter floor displays countless photos documenting all the foundation's charitable activities since 1983.

After walking around, Ye Wan was quite surprised.

They have built nearly 20,000 primary schools, donated more than 10,000 school buildings, and provided financial assistance to more than 4 million impoverished students over the past two decades.

Looking at the photo of Xu Jinqiu in her youth, with her hair tied in a long ponytail and wearing a white shirt, looking gentle and delicate, Ye Wan felt a surge of admiration.

"Aunt Xu is amazing!"

Guan Xiaoyu smiled at the little girl's sentiments: "Wanwan, have you ever thought about taking over the foundation in the future?"

“Ah…I…” Ye Wan pointed to herself.

Guan Xiaoyu nodded slightly: "Yan Jin is the successor of your generation. After you marry into the family, you will be the head of the family. It is most appropriate to entrust the foundation to you."

“I…” Ye Wan blinked.

Xu Jinqiu walked over and patted the little girl's hand: "Wanwan, don't listen to her. There are no rules about what our daughter-in-law must do."

"You can do whatever you want in the future."

"Try to choose things you like. If you like the work of the foundation, that would be great. If you don't like it, that's okay too. You can find someone to manage it."

Ye Wan opened her mouth, but didn't know what to say.

Just as she was hesitating, her phone rang. It was her father calling. Ye Wan quickly swiped to answer and chatted for a bit before learning that her parents had arrived at Peking University.

Before she could even speak after hanging up the phone, Xu Jinqiu said, "I'll have the driver take you there, and I'll have Yan Jin come find you later."

The two sisters got into the car and exchanged a silent glance.

The shock they experienced today was unparalleled, but with the Chen family's driver present, it was inconvenient to speak, so the two sisters had no choice but to keep quiet for now.

The car arrived at Kyoto University quickly.

After thanking the driver, the two sisters rushed to the school. From afar, they saw their parents downstairs in the dormitory, looking somewhat anxious.

"Dad, Mom, what brings you here?"

The two sisters ran past quickly, one holding onto their father and the other onto their mother, enjoying the pampering from their parents.

Ye's mother patted her eldest daughter's head: "I'm just worried about you. Yesterday I went to your boyfriend's house. How were his family? Did they give you any trouble?"

"His family is very well."

Ye Wan helped her parents sit down under the tree and recounted the events of the past two days: "Everything else is fine, it's just that I feel..."

I thought about it, but I still don't know how to describe it.

Ye's mother hugged her daughter affectionately: "Do you feel confused and particularly uncomfortable?"

Ye Wan nodded and said, "That's exactly the feeling."

Mother Ye sighed. Her family were just ordinary people, and it was normal for them to have this feeling when they suddenly came into contact with a completely different social circle: "So what do you think?"

"I...I don't know," Ye Wan frowned.

The past two days have felt like a dream. Things that I thought were unattainable were commonplace items that the Chen family could easily obtain.

Ye's mother gently patted her daughter's shoulder: "Do you like your boyfriend?"

Ye Wan nodded in agreement.

When I met Chen Yanjin, I only thought that his family background was not very good, and I didn't even know that he was a PhD. I fell in love with him simply because of him.

Everything else was an unexpected surprise.

"If you like it, then seize the opportunity and don't let yourself have any regrets. As for the future, if it doesn't work out, that's a problem for later."

Ye's mother sat up straight, held her daughter's face and looked at her for a while: "Our daughter is not bad either. She has good looks and good education. She should be more confident."

"Mom, I know," Ye Wan replied.

Ye Ling joked from the side, "Mom, you don't need to worry at all. My sister and Chen Yanjin are doing very well, and so are his family."

"Especially Aunt Xu, she has nothing but praise for my sister. Today, when she took us to the foundation, the implication was that she probably wanted my sister to take over the business."

Upon hearing this, Ye's mother smiled.

She gently patted her daughter's cheek: "Your future mother-in-law is also kind. She has been doing charity work for more than 20 years. Such a person is truly pure."

Mr. Ye nodded slightly: "We also have Xinghuo Hope Primary Schools in Fujian, but there aren't many. They have a similar name to Hope Primary Schools, and I always thought they were built by the government."

"I never expected it to be built by a private charitable foundation."

"What's even more difficult is that we've never heard of this foundation soliciting donations from the public or promoting itself. It's really not easy to achieve this level of success."

Ye Wan nodded and was about to speak when her phone rang. She quickly answered, "Yes, it's downstairs in the dormitory. Come over now."

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