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Chapter 206: Joy Turns to Sorrow

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On January 24th, everyone got up very early, even Yu Wei, who usually likes to sleep in, got up early because he was going home.

Yu Xiang closed all the windows, turned off the water, electricity, and gas, and locked the door from the inside. Only after doing all this did she feel at ease and get into the car.

After getting into the car, Yu Wei curled up in the passenger seat and fell fast asleep. The guy had been playing games until the early hours of the morning last night and had gotten up early, so the car's swaying motion quickly put him to sleep.

Yu Xiang sat in the back, peeling oranges for Huang Xiaochuan and feeding him bananas, making Huang Xiaochuan very comfortable. In these days, the person behind the wheel is highly sought after.

Yu Wei didn't wake up until the car entered the Yangtze River ferry terminal. He sat in the car, still sleepy, staring blankly at the Yangtze River.

Huang Xiaochuan and Yu Xiang put on their winter clothes and got off the car. Yu Xiang snuggled up to Huang Xiaochuan, and the two stood on the ferry deck, gazing eastward at the distant horizon where the water and sky met.

"Xiao Chuan, wasn't it a bit inappropriate of you not to tell us beforehand?" Yu Xiang was referring to Huang Xiao Chuan's purchase of a car without informing his family.

Huang Xiaochuan patted Yu Xiang's hand: "It's not too late to talk about it when we get home. If I talk about it on the phone, my mom will be so worried that she won't be able to sleep at night, and even my dad will suffer. When we get home, if she sees the car, she'll just slap me a few times to vent her anger, and that'll be the end of it."

No one knows a mother better than her son, and Huang Xiaochuan understood his elderly mother, Zeng Lijuan, perfectly.

Hearing Huang Xiaochuan say this, Yu Xiang, who knew her mother-in-law's personality, couldn't help but smile.

Then she gave Huang Xiaochuan a reproachful look.

After crossing the Yangtze River, they continued their journey. Yu Wei remained asleep in his seat, having slept soundly the entire way. There weren't many vehicles on the road, and they didn't encounter any traffic jams, so the three of them arrived home smoothly before noon.

Huang Xiaochuan drove the car directly to his doorstep. At this time, there were not many motor vehicles in Qingjiang, a small city, and private cars were even rarer. The family compound was full of official vehicles, and there were not many of them, so parking was very convenient.

Around noon, most people were eating at home, so Huang Xiaochuan and his two companions didn't attract much attention when they drove back, except for Grandpa Chen, the gatekeeper of the family compound who helped them open the big iron gate.

Grandpa Chen stood there dumbfounded for a long time, holding two packs of Hongtashan cigarettes that Huang Xiaochuan had given him. "Weren't Huang's third son and Yu's two kids supposed to go to university? Why did they drive back? And give me two packs of good cigarettes? What do they teach in universities anyway?"

After parking the car, Huang Xiaochuan urged Yu Wei, "Hurry up and move the things back."

"Okay, I was just about to move!"

After responding to Huang Xiaochuan, Yu Wei looked up and shouted towards the third floor, "Dad, Mom! We're back!"

This shout not only brought out Old Yu and his wife, but also Old Huang and Zeng Lijuan.

The four adults were overjoyed to see their children return.

But after they came out, their eyes looked past their three children and at the black SUV behind them with a puzzled expression.

However, Lao Huang quickly concluded that the car belonged to his brother-in-law, Zeng Jiahua, since he knew his brother-in-law best.

Old Huang then asked, "Xiao Chuan, where's the driver?"

"Dad, I drove this car back. It's not convenient to talk here. Let's go home and talk. I'll tell you in a bit."

Huang Xiaochuan's words left Lao Huang, Lao Yu, and the others somewhat puzzled. When did this kid learn to drive?

Old Huang just took a look and the license plate is from Shanghai, so it's not Zeng Jiahua's car. Where did this car come from?

While in Shanghai, Huang Xiaochuan and Yu Wei had already divided up the items. Huang Xiaochuan and Yu Wei first delivered the New Year's goods and gifts for the Yu family upstairs, and then moved a bunch of their own things into their home.

The four adults sat in the Huang family home, waiting for Huang Xiaochuan to explain the car situation.

As a result, Huang Xiaochuan's words stunned the four of them.

"I bought that car with the help of Brother Tang Yuan. It was a confiscated car from customs, and it wasn't expensive, only a little over 300,000 yuan."

Old Huang felt like he was about to get angry. Look at how rude this kid was to say. Over 300,000 yuan, and he thinks that's expensive? My monthly salary is only a little over 300 yuan. The price of this car is equivalent to my salary for over 80 years.

The Yu couple felt the same way. Other people's children received money from home to go to college, but why didn't their children receive money from home to go to school? Instead, they sent money home. They had just seen it: alcohol, cigarettes, rare things like ham and sea cucumbers, and it seemed like there were also quite a few clothes.

Are all universities different? Buying a car is like buying a head of cabbage, over 300,000 yuan, and you think that's not expensive? How can Xiao Chuan's uncle spoil his kid like that? Giving him so much money, isn't that just wasting money!

"Lijuan, don't rush, let him finish speaking."

When Zeng Lijuan thought about her in-laws, Mr. and Mrs. Yu, being there, she temporarily gave up the idea of ​​teaching Huang Xiaochuan a lesson.

Seeing her mother-in-law's unfriendly expression, Yu Xiang quickly came to Huang Xiaochuan's rescue: "Not long ago, my uncle gave Xiaochuan a sum of money."

Hearing Yu Xiang say this, the old couple thought that this must be the case. Everyone knew that Huang Xiaochuan's uncle was a tycoon. He had come to the family compound several times, each time bringing a lot of things. His ostentatious display made him well-known in the family compound. Zeng Lijuan's younger brother was an entrepreneur and very rich.

Old Huang and Zeng Lijuan knew the situation, because last summer, Huang Xiaochuan came back and told them that he had made a lot of money speculating on stamps. He also gave Zeng Lijuan a savings account with 500,000 yuan in it. Although the money could not be withdrawn in Qingjiang and had to be withdrawn in Shanghai, this confirmed that Huang Xiaochuan was not lying.

The couple were simply furious at Huang Xiaochuan for spending money so recklessly; this wasn't how life should be lived! But they didn't know that their youngest son was different from before.

When Yu Xiang told them that Zeng Jiahua had given Huang Xiaochuan money again, the couple were speechless. This Jiahua! He spoils his little nephew too much!

Huang Xiaochuan gave Yu Xiang a reassuring look, then calmed down the parents and temporarily shrugged them off.

After Yu Xiang and Yu Wei returned home with Old Yu and his wife, Old Yu asked, "Xiao Xiang! Tell me the truth, where did Xiao Chuan's money come from? Do you know?"

Old Yu had been navigating the officialdom for over twenty years and had seen through everything. He could tell at a glance that Huang Xiaochuan was hiding something from them. It was inconvenient to ask his son-in-law, but he could ask his own daughter.

Yu Xiang would naturally not hide anything from her parents, and besides, there was no need to hide it.

"Initially, it was indeed his uncle who gave him the money. Later, Xiao Chuan used the money to speculate on stamps and made a lot of money. He used this money to buy a house and a car. Xiao Chuan also gave me a lot of money, which I basically didn't use and saved."

Old Yu and Zheng Aiying were quite surprised. Their eldest son-in-law had actually earned so much money.

Zheng Aiying asked with a serious expression, "You saw him making money with your own eyes?"

Yu Xiang nodded: "He took me to the stamp market. I saw it with my own eyes. The postage postcards that were originally two yuan each were being sold for sixty or seventy yuan each. Xiao Chuan seized the opportunity and bought 100,000 postcards when they were two or three yuan each, using money given to him by his uncle. Later, when Xiao Chuan saw that the price had gone up, he sold all those postage postcards and made several million yuan in one go."

Although Yu Wei was also in Shanghai, he was inseparable from Tang Yuan all day long, so how could he know about Huang Xiaochuan's affairs? Therefore, he went from being confused at the beginning to being shocked later, but more than that, he was puzzled.

Huang Xiaochuan didn't collect stamps before?

Yu Min felt the same way. If she hadn't heard it from her older sister herself, she would never have believed it. What a joke! That annoying guy was actually so good at making money.

Yu Wei suddenly exclaimed "Ah!", startling everyone else.

He turned and ran to his room, rummaging through everything until he found the 80s Monkey edition that Huang Xiaochuan had given him.

He took out the stamp sheet and asked Yu Xiang, "Sister, do you know how much these stamps are worth? When Huang Xiaochuan gave them to me, he said that if I sold them, I could buy an apartment in Shanghai."

Although the stamp market is currently sluggish, the price of the 1980 Year of the Monkey stamps is rebounding, and this particular 1980 Year of the Monkey stamps is currently worth 90,000.

However, Yu Xiang was not familiar with the stamp market, but she had gone to the stamp market with Huang Xiaochuan and had a general understanding of the market situation of the 80 Monkey stamps at that time, because Huang Xiaochuan had told her about it.

"I don't know how much it's worth now, but when Xiaochuan took me to the stamp market, this set of monkey stamps had already risen to over 100,000 yuan. It should be even more now, right?"

Yu Wei gasped in shock. Damn, when Huang Xiaochuan gave him this stamp set, it was only worth a little over three thousand, right? How long has it been? It's already worth over ten thousand! No wonder that guy made so much money.

Now Old Yu and his wife knew how Huang Xiaochuan made his money, but they couldn't understand how Huang Xiaochuan knew that stamp prices would rise. Also, this kid was incredibly audacious.

Yu Wei was even happier. The stamps in his hand were so valuable! He was rich!

However, his joy was premature. When Zheng Aiying learned that the 80 monkeys in Yu Wei's possession were worth over 100,000 yuan, she immediately confiscated them. This is what is meant by "extreme joy turns to sorrow."