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

At the payment counter, Chen Dong's words finally convinced Chen Zaiguang to reluctantly accept the money. Chen Dong glanced at his watch; it was already past one o'clock. He then said to Chen Zaiguang, "Brother, it's getting late. I'd like you and Fourth Brother to come with me back to the village for a visit."

Chen Zailong nodded and said, "Okay, it's not a big deal right now. Lianxiang has a few cousins ​​and their wives looking after her. Let's go back in your car and let Grandma see what her beloved second uncle's grandnephew looks like."

"And our little Jimmy," Chen Zailong said with a smile, patting Chen Hui's head. Little Chen Hui quickly protested, "Fourth Uncle, I'm not little anymore, I'm five years old!"

"Hahaha!"

Everyone burst into laughter. Chen Zaixing, who was standing nearby, heard that they were going to take a car back to their hometown and hurriedly said to his more easygoing fourth brother, "Fourth brother, can you take me with you? I've never ridden in a car before!"

Chen Zaiguang frowned unhappily and scolded, "Fifth brother, don't get involved in this mess. You stay at the hospital and run errands for your brothers if anything happens. Here's the money. If we don't come back tonight, you have to go out and buy some food for your brothers and sisters-in-law, understand?"

Looking at the hundred-yuan foreign exchange certificate that his elder brother Chen Zaiguang handed him, Chen Zaixing would have been overjoyed at any other time, but now that the opportunity to ride back to his hometown in a car and show off was right in front of him, the hundred yuan didn't excite him as much.

Chen Zaixing wanted to try again to see if he could sneak onto the bus and go back to his hometown with his wealthy cousin Chen Dong, but Chen Zaiguang's face hardened. "You don't listen to your older brother anymore. Besides, there's only room for five people in the bus. Your sister-in-law will have to sit in the front and hold little Jimmy. Do you want to sit there and crawl on the roof to go back with us?"

"It's not that it's impossible," Chen Zaixing muttered softly. As long as he could go back to his hometown with his wealthy cousin Chen Dong and show off in front of his relatives and friends, lying on the roof of the car wasn't out of the question.

At this moment, Chen Dong stepped forward and said a few conciliatory words, "Fifth Brother, next time, it's not like I'm going back to America tomorrow. There will be plenty of opportunities. Next time, I'll take you alone and we'll go around our village."

"Damn it, oil doesn't cost money, Dongzi, don't pay him any mind. He's just a scoundrel. Give him a pole and he'll climb up it for you," Chen Zaiguang scolded Chen Zaixing a few times before leading Chen Dong and the others out of the hospital.

Chen Zaixing waved his fists a few times at Chen Zaiguang's back before stuffing the foreign exchange certificates in his hand into his pocket and humming a little tune as he walked upstairs.

The Maybach parked on the side of the road near the hospital gate was surrounded by people as usual. When Chen Dong and his group came out, they all looked at them curiously. It was only after several people from the hospital's security department ran over and drove away these people who refused to leave that Chen Dong was able to drive the Maybach away.

The car drove along the county road towards the outskirts of the city. The group chatted and laughed in the car. Before long, the cement road disappeared and they entered a dirt road. Chen Dong dared not drive as fast as he did in the city and slowed down to avoid bumps.

After driving for about half an hour, Chen Dong finally turned into a narrow road with only one parking space, guided by Chen Zaiguang. There was someone leading a water buffalo ahead, and Chen Dong didn't dare to honk the horn for fear of startling the buffalo, so he could only slowly follow behind.

Seeing that the car had slowed down, Chen Zailong peeked out and saw a figure from behind. Coincidentally, it was his uncle-in-law, Cai Liansheng. He quickly said to Chen Dong, "Dongzi, stop the car. That man in front is my uncle-in-law. I'll get out and talk to him."

Chen Dong slowed down and came to a complete stop before opening the car door and getting out of the car with Chen Zaiguang and Chen Zailong. Chen Dong followed Chen Zailong's example, taking out a pack of Huazi cigarettes from his pocket and walking forward with the two of them.

"Uncle, are you going back after you're done with your work?" Chen Zaiguang shouted loudly to Cai Liansheng, who was leading the cow ahead. Cai Liansheng heard someone calling from behind and turned around in confusion. He didn't know when a black sedan had suddenly appeared behind him. He saw his brother-in-law's eldest and fourth sons walking towards him.

"Zaiguang, Zailong, why are you two back together? How's Lianxiang doing?" Cai Liansheng stopped and looked at the neatly dressed Chen Dong. "Whose son is this? I've never seen him before?"

"Uncle, this is my second great-uncle's grandson, named Chen Dong. He came back from America to find his relatives," Chen Zaiguang said, taking out two cigarettes and offering them to Chen Zaiguang.

"Uncle, how are you?" Chen Dong greeted the old man with a smile and a nod, then took out two cigarettes from his pack and offered them to him.

"So you're the boy from Second Uncle's family," Cai Liansheng said, ignoring Chen Zaiguang's cigarette. Instead, he took the one Chen Dong offered, put it in his mouth without even looking at what kind of cigarette it was, and began to scrutinize Chen Dong.

Chen Dong took out his Zippo lighter, opened the cover with a click, and went over to light Cai Liansheng's cigarette. Cai Liansheng quickly shielded his hand from the wind, and after the cigarette was lit, he patted Chen Dong's hand to indicate that it was okay.

Chen Dong put away the Zippo lighter and then said with a smile, "Yes, I came back from America specifically to see my great-uncle and great-aunt."

Cai Liansheng took a few puffs and felt something was off about the cigarette. He looked at the filter and, lo and behold, it was Hua Zi! Even the production team leader could only afford to smoke Hongmei cigarettes that cost 50 cents a pack, but this guy was already smoking Hua Zi.

Cai Liansheng said with relief, "It's good that you're back, it's good that you're back. I won't block your way anymore, hurry up and drive into the village."

Chen Zailong, having spent most of his time interacting with the villagers and maintaining contact among relatives, helped Cai Liansheng drive the water buffalo to the roadside before saying to Cai Liansheng, "Uncle, please drive the buffalo home and tell my aunt to come to the ancestral house as well!"

"Okay, okay," Cai Liansheng waved in response. Watching Chen Dong and the others get back into the car and drive slowly back into the village, Cai Liansheng couldn't help but sigh, "It seems that Second Uncle is doing quite well abroad. He even has a car now."

As the Maybach drove along the country dirt road, the people working in the fields beside the road straightened up and looked over when they saw the car entering the village. They all said, "Which leader has come to our village?"

Huang Bingkun, the production team leader, had already seen the car enter the village while smoking a cigarette. He put his hand on his forehead and looked out. He saw Cai Liansheng talking with the three people who got out of the car. Now that the car had driven away, Cai Liansheng led the ox, smoking a cigarette and walking over with a smiling old face.

Huang Bingkun quickly walked onto the dirt road and called out to Cai Liansheng, who was walking towards him, "Uncle Liansheng, who's here?"

Cai Liansheng took a puff of his cigarette and exhaled the smoke before saying, "My maternal uncle's grandson came back from America to look for his relatives. Zaiguang and Zailong took him back to the village to visit my mother-in-law at the ancestral home."

Cai Liansheng casually tossed the few remaining cigarette butts onto the dirt road and said to Huang Bingkun, "I can't chat with you anymore. I need to hurry home and tell your Aunt Qiuxiu to go to the ancestral house as soon as possible."

Huang Bingkun watched Cai Liansheng leading the ox with a swagger, then glanced at the cigarette butts with their mouthpieces on the ground and couldn't help but grumble, "The Chen family's about to strike it rich!"