If they were given some more time to ferment this, I would probably become a marshal in their eyes.
Soon, the two arrived in the town.
Although today is the Little New Year, the town is still very lively and many people have already started buying New Year's goods.
"Dad, go buy some cooked food. I'll go to the business hall and ask them to pull an internet cable. We can meet here after it's done."
Chen Ming told his father at a fork in the road that the two directions they were going were in opposite directions.
Chen Gensheng didn't say anything. He just nodded and walked towards the cooked food area.
Although this town is not very big, it can be said that it is small but has everything it needs, and many things are sold in different areas.
After Chen Ming separated from his father, he rushed to the business hall. Fortunately, although today was the Little New Year, the business hall was not closed.
Chen Ming went in and, following the introduction of the shop assistant, selected a one-year broadband package, which cost him several hundred dollars.
After the clerk registered the location information of Chen Ming's home, he told him that a technician would come to his house in the afternoon to pull the Internet cable to his home, and asked him to make sure someone was at home.
After finishing, Chen Ming rushed to the fork in the road to meet his father. However, when he arrived at the fork in the road, his father probably hadn't finished buying the things yet and hadn't come out yet. So Chen Ming stood by the roadside and waited slowly.
At this time, many shops in the town are having crazy year-end sales, and many things are listed in front of the shops and can be seen at a glance.
Among so many shops, the fireworks and firecrackers shop is undoubtedly the busiest.
In this day and age, there is no order to ban the use of fireworks and firecrackers. Every Chinese New Year, these things will sell like hot cakes and even be out of stock.
Many families like to use this method to show off to the villagers. After all, the more beautiful the fireworks are, the more expensive they are.
In this situation, many people who make money like to buy fireworks that are bigger and higher to show their strength.
In addition, many children have no resistance to fireworks. Even if their parents don’t want to buy them, they will stubbornly stop in front of the 017 fireworks shop and insist on buying one before leaving.
In this situation, parents always have completely different ways of dealing with it.
If you are shopping with your father, the father, who is very concerned about his reputation, will always be generous and let him choose one by himself.
But if he comes with his mother, the outcome will be different. Either he will be kept busy or he will be spanked.
Anyway, buying fireworks? Humph, I'll beat you to pieces!
Chen Ming stood under a telephone pole on the roadside, watching the scenes, and found them quite interesting.
Once upon a time, I was also that stubborn kid.
Chen Ming looked at the bustling street scene for nearly half an hour before he suddenly realized that something was wrong.
Normally, they would have been home and ready to eat by this time, but their father hadn't come out yet.
Chen Ming couldn't help but feel a little doubtful.
My father is not good at talking and he never haggles with people for a long time. Usually, if the price is right, he will buy it, and if the price is not right, he will say goodbye.
Normally, it would have come out a long time ago.
Chen Ming glanced at the bustling crowd in the cooked food area and walked in with a frown.
As soon as I entered, I found that my father was surrounded by a crowd, and a lot of people were stuffing gifts for their father.
Things like cigarettes, tea, health products, etc.
My father was surrounded by people, looking helpless, and kept refusing, but the people around him smiled and insisted that he accept the things.
Some people even put the things directly into their father's pockets.
When his father found out, he quickly took it out and returned it.
A group of people gave gifts and said:
"Old Chen, please accept this cigarette. I know you like smoking, so this is a New Year's gift for you."
"Your son is quite successful now. He has become an officer. I think he is a major general."
"My son is not very good. If he fails to get into university, he will be sent to the army. I will need your son to take care of him!"
A man was stuffing a pack of good cigarettes worth several hundred dollars into his father's pocket and pleadingly said.
"Old Chen, my son wanted to join the army last year, but was rejected. Can you think of a way to get him in? Your son is an officer now, so he can definitely help!"
"Old Chen, if your family becomes prosperous in the future, please don't forget to take care of our Old Xu family. We used to have a good relationship. I even said I would marry my daughter to your son, but now, my daughter is not worthy of him. But at least our family relationship is good, so please visit each other more often in the future."
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Chen Gensheng was speechless. It was the first time in his life that someone gave him a gift. He frowned and just kept saying:
"No, no."
But it was of no use, everyone still kept pestering him.
Chen Ming looked at this scene and listened to a group of people trying to curry favor with his father, and he couldn't help but feel ashamed.
It has only been a short time, just one morning, and the news that I have made merit and become an officer has spread to everyone. The speed of information dissemination in this country is faster than the Internet.
Chapter 179: When you are on the rise, you are afraid that acquaintances will come to you!
Chen Ming looked at his father who was surrounded by people, his face flushed and trying to refuse, and could not help but shook his head.
He didn't want to put his father in a difficult position, so of course he had to go and help.
But once you go over there, you will be surrounded by everyone, and it will be difficult to run away.
But seeing his father's poor expression, Chen Ming sighed helplessly and took the initiative to walk forward.
Chen Gensheng, who was surrounded by the crowd, saw Chen Ming coming over with sharp eyes. He smiled and said to the people around him as if he had seen a savior: "My son is here!"
Chen Ming, who was walking forward with big strides, almost staggered when he heard what was said, and felt at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
This sounds like a bullied child who follows other children and shouts that his father is here, hoping to use his father's authority to scare away the other children.
When everyone heard his words, they all looked in the direction he was looking, their eyes fixed on him.
After seeing that it was really Chen Ming, they all quickly gathered around him, just like a group of fans chasing a star.
After seeing Chen Ming, everyone started to flatter him.
"It's different when you become an officer. You become much more handsome."
"That's right, who wouldn't like this military uniform?!"
"Chen Ming, if you need a girlfriend, tell me. Tomorrow, the people who will come to your house to propose marriage will line up outside the town!"
At this time, Chen Ming stood up straight with a kind smile on his face, but when he heard these words, he almost broke down.
Is this a marriage proposal or a concubine selection? !
Besides, isn’t it usually the man who proposes marriage to the woman’s house
Of course, in addition to these compliments, there are also many that come straight to the point.
"Chen Ming, I'm your Uncle Xu. I haven't seen you for over a year. Do you still remember me? Take this cigarette and give it to your dad!"
"Chen Ming, take this bottle of good wine. You are an officer now. Please do me a small favor. My son was going to join the army last year but was rejected. See if you can get him into the army!"
"Chen Ming, my son is also planning to send him to the army, so I'll need you to take care of him when the time comes. You keep this box of tea!"
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Faced with the overwhelming enthusiasm of these familiar faces, Chen Ming couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart.
There are many acquaintances in the center of this town, no wonder my dad was surrounded as soon as he arrived.
And because they were all acquaintances and kept pestering me, there was really no way to refuse.
If you have a very tough attitude, people will say that you are showing off your power as soon as you have achieved a little success and don't take your friends and neighbors seriously.
But my attitude was too soft and people ignored me.
Besides, they come here to ask for favors. If you don't help them at all, they might talk about you behind your back.
He said that he was reluctant to do such a small favor and didn't care about us poor friends and brothers at all, and that he had forgotten his roots.
But if I really use my special authority to help them, wouldn’t that be an abuse of power
These days, these things are checked very strictly.
So after you have achieved something, you are not afraid of strangers coming to you, but you are afraid of acquaintances coming to you every day.
Chen Ming also knew the difficulty of this, so he quickly rejected the things they handed over one by one.
Then, with a smile on his face, he raised his voice and said loudly:
"Uncle Xu, Sister Liu, Uncle Wang, Uncle He, I appreciate your kindness, but I am a soldier and cannot take even a single needle or thread from the people, so I will not give you these things."
With this sentence, Chen Ming made his position clear: First, I will not accept anything from you.
Second, I will not do anything against the rules for you.
After a pause, Chen Ming looked at one of the men and asked, "Uncle He, why was your son rejected from the army last year?"
After stating your position, it's time to solve the problem. As long as it does not violate the rules, you can still give advice or help solve some problems.
Uncle He replied: "They said we won't accept you because of myopia. All other aspects are qualified, but this one was eliminated!"
Chen Ming shook his head helplessly after hearing this. With more and more people suffering from myopia, many young people who want to join the army fail due to their eyesight.
Including Chen Ming in his previous life, he wanted to join the military camp, but was rejected because of his eyesight problems.
Chen Ming smiled and said, "That's easy. There are myopia correction surgeries now. You can take your son to have a femtosecond myopia correction surgery. But the price is a bit expensive, about 10,000 or 20,000 yuan. If you really want your son to join the army, just pay for it~ˇ!"