Upon hearing Su Chen's outrageous demand of eight or nine hundred yuan, Ma Hu immediately jumped up, rushed to Su Chen, grabbed Su Chen's collar, and his eyes flashed with anger. However, remembering Su Chen's earlier threat, Ma Hu managed to suppress the urge to retaliate.

Because this house was related to his life's most important matter, and once he had a job, someone immediately introduced him to a potential partner. The partner's parents made a request: he must have his own house when he got married and could not live with Ma Yinglong and his family, since Ma Yinglong's family of five only had three houses.

“Xiao Chen, I’m your uncle. We’re family. How can you take money from your family? Besides, your cousin is getting married soon. We don’t have that much money. This house will be empty after you go to the countryside. Consider it your cousin looking after the house for you.”

“Yes, Xiaochen, your mother has already given you two hundred yuan. How can you still ask for money? Your father said you are the most filial. How can you be so insensible? We are family.”

Seeing that Su Chen hadn't reacted at all despite her kind words, Ma Fengqin flew into a rage and tore off her pretense once again.

"You little brat, do you think you're all grown up now? Let me tell you, I'm the one who calls the shots in this house. Today you have to transfer the house to your uncle, or I'll disown you as my son."

"Hehe, you said that yourself. I only agreed to it because we're family. Since you say you don't recognize me anymore, I'll go to the neighborhood committee and donate the house right now."

With a cold laugh, Su Chen turned and walked out without hesitation.

"Stop him! Don't let him go out."

Actually, without Ma Fengqin's instructions, Ma Yinglong and his son had already taken the initiative to block the entrance, and the four of them were locked in a stalemate, staring at each other.

"Xiao Chen, you know your uncle's family doesn't have much money. We've spent a lot of money on your cousin's job. Since you've already said so, I won't let you suffer a loss. I'll give you twenty... no, fifty yuan. How about that?"

"Fifty! You think you can get rid of a beggar? Let me tell you, you can't take this house without eight hundred dollars."

"One hundred, I'll give you one hundred. You're still young, it's not good for you to have too much money. What if you lose it or get robbed?"

"Seven hundred yuan. Considering we're relatives, I'll make a concession."

The group bargained like they were buying vegetables at a market. In the end, the three members of the Ma family huddled together and whispered a few words, agreeing to give Su Chen three hundred yuan.

"Xiao Chen! Xiao Chen, are you home? What are you doing?"

Just as Ma Yinglong reluctantly handed three hundred yuan to Su Chen from his home, a voice came from outside. Then the tightly closed courtyard gate was pushed open, and Director Wang walked in from outside, carrying a net bag in his hand. He saw the scene in front of him and was stunned.

"Ah! Aunt Wang, what brings you here? It's because my uncle feels bad about taking my job, so he insisted on giving me three hundred yuan as compensation."

"Yes! Yes! Director Wang, you know that a job opening costs four or five hundred yuan now. Even so, we are only doing this because we benefit from Xiaochen's family. So Xiaochen, please don't refuse anymore. Your uncle is giving it to you, so take it. What, you think it's not enough?"

Originally, Ma Fengqin wanted to talk about the house, but after hearing what Su Chen said, she immediately followed up on what Su Chen said. After all, houses are not allowed to be bought and sold by individuals now, only transferred. It doesn't matter how much money is given in secret, but giving money in front of the neighborhood committee director would be asking for trouble.

Seeing his sister's expression, the Ma father and son quickly understood the reason and couldn't help but praise Su Chen for being quite clever. The two of them hurriedly exchanged pleasantries.

"Alright, Xiao Chen, since this is your uncle's kind offer, don't refuse. I came here today to talk to you about going to the countryside..."

"Director Wang, my child at home has probably woken up. I'm going back to check on her."

"Director Wang, you're busy, we should head back now. Xiao Chen, don't forget about tomorrow."

Upon hearing that Director Wang was going to talk to Su Chen about going to the countryside, the three men, feeling guilty and worried that Director Wang would ask them something, hurriedly left.

After watching Ma Fengqin and Ma Yinglong's figures disappear into the alley, Director Wang couldn't help but grin.

"I didn't expect you to have so many tricks up your sleeve. But they deserve it. Your aunt has never lied to anyone. This time, she did something bad for you."

"Aunt Wang, it's because you and my mother are sisters. Oh, by the way, Aunt Wang, there's some food at home that I can't take with me. You can take it home."

Director Wang's arrival was all arranged by Su Chen. He didn't go to eat just now; he went to the neighborhood committee to find Director Wang and ask for his cooperation. That way, even if Ma Yinglong found out he had been deceived, he would have no choice but to swallow his anger.

Knowing that Su Chen was leaving tomorrow, Director Wang did not refuse. She thought that Su Chen only wanted a little bit of food, so she prepared pancakes and steamed buns for him to eat on the way.

"This! This is too much, Xiao Chen. Auntie can't take all this for free." Looking at the twenty or thirty kilograms of rice and flour, Director Wang waved her hands repeatedly and hurriedly took out the grain coupons and money from her pocket.

“Aunt Wang, you don’t treat me like family. Look, did I say anything when you prepared food for me? My mother died early, and I only have my maternal grandparents in this world. The only other person who has been good to me is you, Aunt Wang.”

Finally, having no other choice, Director Wang put the money and tickets back into his pocket.

The next morning around 3 a.m., Su Chen arrived at the train station with a simple suitcase. The station was already crowded with people who had come to see him off. Some were hugging each other and crying their hearts out, while others stood by, full of confidence, declaring that they would make a name for themselves.

At five o'clock, the train left the station on time. Su Chen had just put his luggage down and sat down when a slender girl carrying two huge packages walked up to him.

Looking at the girl's enormous package, Su Chen couldn't help but mentally complain, "Girl, did you empty your house?" He didn't even consider that if it weren't for the backpack space provided by the system, he would definitely have just as much stuff, perhaps even more.

"Hey, let me help you."

The girl struggled to put the package on the luggage rack, but it was too heavy. Su Chen couldn't bear to see her like that, so he stood up and helped her put the luggage on the rack.

"Thank you, classmate. My name is Bai Peiyao. Are you also going to the countryside?"

Bai Peiyao is a full 1.7 meters tall. She is wearing a military green uniform and her long hair is tied in a ponytail at the back of her head, making her look very capable and neat. Looking at Su Chen's thin figure and the youthful innocence on his face, she couldn't help but be stunned for a moment and asked a question out of curiosity.

In this life, Su Chen was only fifteen years old. Having never been in love before, he felt his face burning when faced with such a beautiful girl. He quickly lowered his head and whispered a reply.

"Yes, my name is Su Chen."

"Yaoyao, we've finally found you! This time, let's work together to contribute to the development of our motherland."

A girl about the same age as Bai Peiyao walked over, panting, put her arm around Bai Peiyao's shoulder, and started chatting intimately.

"call!"

He secretly let out a long breath, closed his eyes, and began to think about what he should do next.

"Ding! Successfully obtained funds for Ma Hu's marriage, causing Ma Hu's marriage to fail, successfully triggering the talent change, rewarding 50 catties of rice, 50 catties of flour, 20 catties of pork, 10 catties of milk candy, 100 yuan, and an increase of 1 in intelligence."

The notification sound in his mind made Su Chen feel very gratified. Yesterday he was wondering why there was no notification. Did he think that his money-swindling from Ma Yinglong didn't count as a success? It turns out that it would only count as a success after he left Beijing.

As the train swayed, Su Chen slowly fell asleep, unaware that a good show was unfolding in Beijing at that moment.

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