Returning wealthy individuals develop their hometowns and become rich in the 1980s

Rewinding to an earlier time, after Chen Zaixing learned that the overseas Chinese family at the guesthouse were his relatives, he didn't want to wait a moment longer and went straight to his elder brother Chen Zaiguang's house that very night.

Chen Zaifang was no fool, of course. He quickly followed Chen Zaixing and ran to his cousin's house. At this time, Chen Zaiguang had just returned home from get off work. His wife, Zeng Xia, was heating up food for him. Chen Zaiguang, on an empty stomach, started drinking alcohol.

The two sons, one eighteen and the other sixteen, were fiddling with the family's secondhand radio, vying to change the stations to their favorites. Zeng Xia came out with a plate of reheated dishes and said to them, "If you break this radio, see how I deal with you two!"

"If you keep arguing, I'll send this radio to the countryside tomorrow so your great-grandmother can listen to it. Let's see how you argue then!" Perhaps Zeng Xia's words scared the two boys, and they finally calmed down.

Their great-grandmother doted on their father, and their father was also filial to his great-grandmother. Whenever he found something good, the first thing he thought of was to send it to his great-grandmother first, and then to their grandparents.

"I think it's a good idea. I'll take this box to the old lady when I have a day off," Chen Zaiguang said with a smile, taking a sip of wine.

"Dad, there's no electricity at our ancestral home, so Grandma can't use it even if she takes it," said the eldest son, Chen Rongfei, with a bitter face.

"Yes, Dad, if you take it over, Grandma will definitely make you carry it back. It's such a hassle to go back and forth like that!" The second son, Chen Rongjie, hurriedly chimed in.

"Oh, you've reminded your old man. I'll have to go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy a few batteries for the old lady," Chen Zaiguang said with a smile. "Anyway, I'll bring a few batteries back for the old lady whenever I have a day off. I can sell the old batteries at the supply and marketing cooperative and get a penny or two."

Zeng Xia smiled to herself and went back to the kitchen to heat up the food, leaving her two sons scratching their heads, trying to figure out how to persuade their father not to take the radio back to the countryside.

Just then, the door was suddenly pushed open from the outside, then bounced back with a bang, hitting the person who came in right in the face. The person cried out in pain, covered their nose, and squatted down. "Brother, this door is too hard! It broke my nose!"

Upon seeing that it was his unreliable fifth brother, Chen Zaiguang laughed and scolded, "You deserve it! How many times have I told you to push gently? If my door breaks one day, I'll ask you to replace it with a new one!"

Chen Zaifang, who was following behind, also walked in with a shameless grin, and greeted Chen Zaiguang with a smile, "Big Brother!"

"Oh, Zaifang's here! Come in quickly, what are you standing there for?" Chen Zaiguang hurriedly got up to greet Chen Zaifang, who was still standing in the doorway, and then said to his two dazed sons, "Your two uncles are here. Are you mute? Can't you greet people?"

"Hello, Uncle!"

"Hello, Uncle Fang!"

"Honey, cook two more dishes, my brother and I are here," Chen Zaiguang pulled up two chairs and asked the two of them, "Have you eaten? I just got off work, come have a few drinks with your brother!"

Hearing her husband's words, Zeng Xia, who was in the kitchen, wiped her hands with her apron and hurried out, greeting him with a smile, "Uncle is here, and Uncle Fang is here too. Please sit down. I've heated up the rice, and I'll cook a couple more dishes for you two."

"Sister-in-law, this will do. Don't bother," Chen Zaixing said without any hesitation, pulling up a stool and sitting down.

Chen Zaifang was a little reserved, but he also sat down at the table with a smile. Zeng Xia smiled and said, "It's okay, you guys have some drinks first, I'll be done here soon."

After finishing, Zeng Xia turned around and called to her daughter Chen Huiqin, who was still doing her homework inside, "Huiqin, your uncle and Uncle Zaifang are here, come out quickly!"

"oh!"

Chen Zaiguang handed each of them a wine glass before turning to Chen Zaixing and asking, "You haven't been back to your hometown all day, have you?"

"Brother, my sister's in the hospital," Chen Zaixing said, his smile fading as he recounted how his sister, Chen Lianxiang, had drunk pesticide. "That damn Liu Guomin is a complete scoundrel! From the time my sister was admitted to the hospital until she was fully recovered, he didn't even bother to show his face!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Zaiguang slammed his fist on the table in anger, causing the dishes to clang loudly. Chen Huiqin, who had just left the room, was startled and hurriedly went to her two older brothers.

"What's going on?" Zeng Xia asked, coming out after hearing the noise. Chen Zaixing repeated what he had said, and Zeng Xia joined in the cursing, "This whole family has completely lost their conscience!"

"Damn it, I'm going to the Liu family tomorrow and I'll cripple Liu Guomin no matter what," Chen Zaiguang downed half of the liquor in his glass, his face as black as the bottom of a pot.

"Father, I'll go with you to avenge Auntie!"

"Yes, I'll go too!"

"You two brats, get out of here. There are so many uncles and elders in the family. Why are you acting like big shots?" Chen Zaixing was pleased to hear his two older brothers say this, but he still pretended to be an elder and told them not to get involved.

Chen Zaifang listened from the side, feeling extremely anxious. "Fifth brother, Fifth brother, Grandma said we shouldn't tell the eldest brother about this yet, why did you blurt it out like that?"

We came to your brother's house this time not just to talk about our overseas Chinese relatives!

"Brother, how about we hold off on crippling Liu Guomin for now?" Chen Zaifang whispered. Chen Zaiguang's face hardened, and he frowned as he looked at Chen Zaifang. "Are you afraid of the Liu family?"

"Brother, do you think I'm afraid of the Liu family? If you don't believe me, just wait until you have some free time, and I'll go to their door with a hoe by myself," Chen Zaifang said, his originally shy nature immediately stirred up upon hearing his brother's words.

The Chen family is not afraid of trouble, nor do they cause trouble; none of them are cowards!

"Brother, we really need to hold off on this for now. We have a very important matter to attend to," Chen Zaixing said with a smile. "Our second great-uncle's grandson, who went to Southeast Asia, is our cousin. He's come back to China to find his family!"

After Chen Zaixing finished speaking, all five people except Chen Zaifang, who already knew the truth, were stunned. Chen Zaiguang, as if he had misheard, picked at his ear and asked, "Fifth brother, what did you say?"

Zeng Xia didn't go to the kitchen; she pulled up a stool and sat down, intending to listen. The three children also came over and looked at their uncle.

"My second great-uncle's grandson, our cousin, has returned from America to look for his relatives. The whole family is currently at the county guesthouse!"

"Grandma asked me and Zaifang to come and tell you that you should go to the county guesthouse tomorrow to get to know the person and confirm that they are our relative before taking them to the township!"

"Brother, you have no idea. I was watching the commotion at the county guesthouse that day. You wouldn't believe how impressive that car was. It was so long, and the paint was so shiny you could see your reflection in it. I had no idea it was our relative. If you knew, I would have gone up and recognized him immediately, and taken him straight to the township!"

Chen Zaiguang ignored his fifth brother Chen Zaixing's incessant recounting of his excitement at seeing the car. He was still a bit dazed; suddenly, his second great-uncle's family, whom he hadn't heard from in over fifty years, had sent people to look for him.

This has quite a shock.