The Birth of Shanghai's First Conglomerate

Chapter 162 The only way to master martial arts is to pay money.

My hometown in the countryside.

The newly built villa is quite comfortable to live in.

The building is only two stories high, with an additional sunshade roof.

The courtyard is surrounded by a semi-circular, extremely high wall, and there is also a ten-year-old tree in the yard.

The old tree was about four or five meters tall, with lush branches and leaves.

In winter, countless leaves droop down.

A large pavilion was also built under the old tree.

It's quite comfortable to lie on that.

Of course, there are also some problems with an old tree growing in your own yard.

That means you have to sweep the floor often, because when it's windy or rainy, the leaves will naturally fall down.

It ended up being everywhere in the yard.

In front of the courtyard is a small lake, which contains many wild fish.

Chen Jianjun built a pretty nice fishing platform on that shore.

I usually fish there when I have nothing to do; life is pretty comfortable.

After going home and distributing the money.

Peng Ying prepared a family reunion dinner at home and specially invited her grandparents over.

The family can only get together once a year.

The food was plentiful, and the conversation was lively.

When Grandpa and Grandma talked about some changes in their family, the main thing was that the Chen family members are now quite respected when they go out.

Another thing.

That was Chen Bufan, the son of my third uncle. He had a very low IQ; he was a 25-year-old man with the intelligence of a child.

His third uncle and third aunt are now urging him to go on blind dates in the village.

This was originally going to be very difficult, but Chen Bufan ended up with a rich cousin.

Many people still have some ulterior motives.

She hoped to improve her relationship with his cousin by marrying her daughter to him.

Then he moved the whole family to the capital to develop their careers.

I have to say, it was a pretty good idea.

Of course, there are also some rational people who don't want to marry their daughters to someone with intellectual disabilities like this.

Although Chen Bufan is not so much a fool as to be called a idiot.

But given his limited intelligence, if he were to marry a normal woman, he'd probably have a hard time keeping her.

If he asked for something unusual, his third uncle and third aunt wouldn't be happy.

He's their only child.

They all hoped he could have a normal grandson.

Chen Pingsheng didn't want to get involved in such matters, so he only looked into it briefly.

In addition, there are a few other things to do in the village, one of which is to elect a village chief.

Many people hope that his father can become the father.

After all, the old Jiang Dewang was truly despicable.

Whenever there's a small project or road repair in the village...

After passing through his hands twice, he could siphon off a million yuan in project funds, leaving only 30 yuan.

If Chen Jianjun were the village chief, the situation would be completely different.

After all, given their family's circumstances, the village's project funds were simply not enough for them to donate.

Therefore, most people in the village now hope that Chen Jianjun will become the village chief.

His grandfather used to be the village head, and he had a good reputation.

Now it's his dad's turn.

Chen Pingsheng thought that being the village chief was a good idea, since his father didn't have much to do anyway.

Grandpa and Grandma are still in good health.

Throughout the year, I didn't even go to a major hospital once.

It's already quite remarkable that the elderly person is still in such good health.

Wangcai Village remains largely unchanged this year.

However, finding a wife seems to be getting harder and harder.

Many young people in the village who are of marriageable age are still single.

If things continue like this, there will likely be more and more single people in the future.

The main reason is that once the young girls from the village come back, there are quite a few suitors coming to propose marriage. It's not like they're lining up, but there are definitely a lot of suitors.

This stands in stark contrast to the growing number of single men.

Unmarried women are becoming increasingly rare, and divorced women are also becoming a rarity.

There was a house right in front of them. The woman was divorced, not very pretty, and had a five or six-year-old child with her.

She married a man who was getting married for the first time and demanded a dowry of 128000 yuan.

This is unimaginable to the older generation.

In the past, divorced women were lucky if they even had a man, let alone a dowry.

If someone with a child marries her, they'll be laughed at.

Now look what's happened! Not only is she asking for a dowry of over 100,000 yuan for her first marriage.

All three gold medals were included.

The world has really changed.

Who knows what will happen in the future?

His grandfather was quite emotional when he talked about these things.

It's mainly because some of his grandchildren are still single at an advanced age.

The difficulty of finding a partner has suddenly become a common topic of conversation in the village.

To have a smooth wedding, it's not enough to empty the wallets of two generations; you also have to drag in three generations.

Chen Qi was stunned.

She's only been away for a year, and the house is already like this?

To put it bluntly, there are no money-making opportunities in rural areas, so young people simply cannot be retained.

The old folks who stay in the countryside can only farm and raise fish.

If you can earn 20,000 to 30,000 a year, that's already considered pretty good.

In their Wangcai Village, most of the land is vacant and no one is farming it.

Nobody even bothered to discuss taking over the contract.

The situation in rural areas is becoming increasingly difficult.

It's understandable that everyone wanted Chen Jianjun to become the village chief at that time.

"Sigh~" Chen An'an, who had been silent all along, touched her curly hair: "Looks like it's time for me to make my grand entrance."

"What the hell are you doing here?"

Chen Pingsheng patted her on the shoulder: "What are you thinking about all day long?"

"Dad, I want to hold a martial arts tournament in the village. I can take on ten people, if they are under 12 or over 5 years old."

Chen An'an had complete confidence in her fat praying mantis.

She always felt that none of the children in the countryside were big enough for her to handle with one hand.

Chen Pingsheng sneered, "That brat is really losing sight of himself."

Fine, I'll show you the true strength of a naughty kid from the countryside.

"Okay, I won't support anything else, but I absolutely have to support this one. Don't blame me if you get beaten up and cry later."

"Dad, do you think I've been practicing Mantis Boxing for nothing all these years?"

Chen An'an was very confident, and she even took out her 100,000 yuan of pocket money.

You get a prize just for going on stage.

Setting up a platform is a very simple thing.

It could be finished in a morning. Since Chen Pingsheng didn't have anything else to do, he called Chen Bufan and the others to come and help.

It was done in one morning.

Chen An'an made a point of wearing her yellow training uniform.

This is an attempt to imitate Bruce Lee.

She stood on that small platform, and had her mother bring a large electric fan from below.

It doesn't matter if it's cold in winter, the key thing is that when she goes on stage, the electric fan has to be turned on.

A gust of wind blows, and my hair flutters.

The aura of a peerless master will then emerge.

When it comes to serious matters, that big kid is utterly useless.

She's incredibly quick-witted when it comes to unconventional ideas.

With her influence in the countryside, Sister An'an quickly found two younger female admirers.

One person massaged her left hand, and the other massaged her right hand.

"Go, An'an!"

Two little girls stood beside her, cheering her on.

Chen An'an was delighted and said, "Reward me."

Chen Bufan paid for her, two red bills each.

Given Chen An'an's family situation, one of those cards would be a disgrace to her father, and the minimum cost would be at least two hundred.

Chen Pingsheng had nothing else to do, so he moved a stool to the side and ate some melon seeds while watching her act up on stage.

Chen Qi was also standing next to him. An An was still quite cute; aside from her poor grades, everything else was alright. I wasn't entirely sure, mainly because I'd never seen anyone like her before.

The first one to go on stage was also a chubby little boy.

The two fought back and forth on the stage, and Chen Qi, the referee, could see that Chen An'an was about to be overwhelmed.

Just as they were about to call a halt, Chen An'an suddenly pulled out five red bills from his back pocket.

"UI."

"I only used a fraction of my strength, so you'd better admit defeat immediately."

The chubby boy was dumbfounded. When he saw his parents in the audience, he immediately took the money and went down.

Chen An'an clasped her hands together. The biggest benefit of her achievement was undoubtedly that it toughened her up.

Embarrassment has become a habit.

I can bribe you, as long as I don't admit it.

None of you can say anything about it.

"Admit it, admit it."

We won the first game just like that.

What followed was even worse; someone even pulled her curly hair.

At such a young age, you lack martial ethics and quickly pull out five cards. Why don't you quickly admit defeat?
Chen An'an put her hands on her hips and laughed exaggeratedly.

She fought from day to night, and miraculously, she didn't lose a single match.

It's just that winning is quite expensive.

……

At night.

After finishing his meal, Chen An'an walked out of the village with his hands behind his back, managing to shake off his loneliness.

How lonely it is to be invincible.

Family members, who knows?

Suddenly I'm starting to miss the cow dung we fried last year.

In the realm of martial arts, she has already dominated this small Wangcai Village.

When we arrived at Little Fatty's house next door, we found that they still lived in a small bungalow.

It's unassuming and simple.

Chen An'an thought about going to find him again to fry cow dung.

Let's reminisce about the past and commemorate our less-than-invincible days.

Little Fatty was being forced to study by his parents.

Chen An'an went over and called to him, "Little Fatty, wanna go fry some cow dung?"

Little Fatty was very tempted, and just as he was about to get up, his mother slapped him hard across the face.

"Where are you going? Study hard, or I'll break your legs if you don't get a scholarship next year."

"Mom, An'an can go play, why can't I?"

"Her dad is a billionaire, while your dad is drowning in debt. What makes you think you can compare to her?"

Little Fatty's mom looked up at Chen An'an: "An'an, I'm sorry, he hasn't finished his homework yet, so he can't go play with you."

As Chen An'an left, she suddenly wondered if she had any homework.
It seems not; the teacher forgot to assign it.

The teacher's memory is terrible; why can't she just give her a little homework?

It left her so lonely and bored, with nothing to do.

She went to find her old friends who used to fry cow dung together.

As a result, no one played with her; they were all forced by their parents to stay home and do their homework.

back home.

She complained to her young mother, Song Yanxi.

"Mom, why hasn't anyone started frying cow dung with me yet?"

"Everyone needs to study. Do you think everyone is like you?"

Song Yanxi squatted down and brushed off a bit of dust that had fallen on her.

It was her aunt Chen Qi who told her, "Your dad received a two million yuan scholarship at Wangcai Village Primary School last year. The best student in the class can get twenty or thirty thousand yuan, and even the top five students can get several thousand yuan. Who wouldn't push their child to study hard?"

So it turns out her dad was the real culprit.

Chen An'an asked curiously, "Are the top five spots so easy to get into?"

"There are six classes in total, with fewer than twenty-five students in each class. How difficult do you think it could be..."

"Isn't this incredibly difficult?"

Chen An'an thought about it seriously. If she subtracted 20 from the previous 25, she felt that she should be able to get fifth place.

Then no one will criticize her for eating pig tails anymore.

"Your dad is going to visit the new school tomorrow, do you want to go?"

Song Yanxi touched her chubby little face. The little girl who was so obedient and sensible when she was little is almost eight years old now.

They've grown so fast!

"Go to hell."

Since no one was there to help her fry cow dung, Chen An'an decided to go with her father to visit the place.

On the second day.

Not only Chen Pingsheng is going, but Song Yanxi is also going.

Two cars were delivered to our home, one a Mercedes Brabus G-Class.

A convertible Rolls-Royce.

Chen An'an wanted to ride in a Rolls-Royce. Once the convertible top was opened, the Rolls-Royce angel emblem stood upright in front of her.

I wonder how handsome he is.

He's handsome, but he takes up a lot of air conditioning.

That big-breasted brat, I wonder when he'll stop pretending.

The new school is located right next to the old school.

It cost ten million to build two floors, but it's not very big.

The main reason is that there aren't as many primary school students in Wangcai Village as before.

Is it necessary to build such a large building when there are only twenty-odd students in a class?

The building includes a table tennis room, basketball court, badminton court, and a circular running track, among other things.

They even built a small library.

There are a lot of good books inside, but I don't know if anyone will read them.

The new school was only completed this year and will be put into use after the new year.

They were received here.

There was Principal Hu, Teacher Shen Qing, and the current village Party Secretary.

The village's women's director and others were also here.

A convertible Rolls-Royce; they're practically the only family in the village who can afford one.

There's no need to deliberately keep a low profile; it's unnecessary.

He doesn't do any illegal business.

After parking his car haphazardly at the school gate, Principal Hu came over to greet him warmly.

Chen Pingsheng took Song Yanxi with him on the visit.

No matter where you are, there are three things that are most important to a place.

One is education, and the other is healthcare.

Another aspect is making money opportunities.

If we were to add one more thing, it would be the consumer environment.

Once these four areas are resolved, even the most remote place can become a good place.

The real estate industry has been booming for twenty years because it has been linked to healthcare and education.

Chen Pingsheng felt that the new primary school in Wangcai Village was only the first step in his efforts to change Wangcai Village.

Next, he also wants to build his own rural health clinic for Wangcai Village.

Chen Pingsheng told the village party secretary about it, and the old secretary beamed with joy.

He was clearly very happy.

That's why it's said that a place can really be transformed by one person.

Chen Pingsheng said, "How about this, I will allocate five million to build a collective health center in Wangcai Village."

He can give this money to the village, and they can use it as they see fit.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, his father should take office as village chief after the New Year.

Chen Pingsheng always felt that there were great opportunities in rural areas now, with a lot of wasteland. Whether it was raising livestock or doing something else, things could improve as long as they were planned well.

He can't find the time to work on this right now.

Perhaps the time will be much more ripe in another two years.

The new primary school is for education, and the health center only provides basic medical care.

To truly improve these two areas, besides infrastructure, the most important thing is attracting talent.

A major reason why rural parents want to buy houses in the city is that they want their children to receive a better education.

I hope I won't grow up to be like them.

They still toil in the fields, facing the earth and turning their backs to the sky.

It can be said that rural parents are truly willing to endure hardship for their children.

Thinking of this, he looked at Chen An'an again.

It would be good enough if this little brat grew up to be a good girl with sound values.

Her status as a second-generation rich kid is almost certain.

(End of this chapter)