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

"Third brother, I don't smoke!"

"I just got treated in America, and I'm still half-crippled!"

Chen Zaiguang was taken aback. "Second brother, I didn't mean for you to smoke. I mean, I have some things I'd like to discuss with you and the third and fifth brothers."

The fourth brother, Chen Zailong, took the peony cigarette from Chen Zaiguang, tucked it behind his ear, and lifted his feet out of the now-warm water. He dried them with a towel and said, "What do you want to talk about, Third Brother?"

"Is it about the village banquet in a few days? Don't worry, Third Brother, if you really can't find any good ingredients, I'll contact them for you," Chen Zaixing quickly changed the subject. "Don't bother buying cigarettes or alcohol; I'll just get them from the supermarket!"

"That's right. We have tobacco and alcohol in our supermarket. There's no need to buy them from the supply and marketing cooperative," Chen Zailong said, carrying an enamel basin to the drain and splashing the contents out.

Chen Zaiguang was swayed by the two brothers, who kept changing the subject and rambling on about the upcoming village feast in a few days. Lin Ruiqing snorted, thinking they were useless. Without waiting for her husband to speak, she turned to Chen Zailong and said, "Fourth Uncle, it's like this. When the supermarket first opened, our family was short of money, so we didn't dare to invest with you. But recently the company distributed more than 50,000 yuan in dividends, so we were thinking of seeing if we could invest again?"

Chen Zailong, who was carrying the enamel basin back, paused, looked at Chen Zaisheng, glanced at Chen Zaixing, and sat down on the stool without saying a word.

Seeing that his wife had already made her point clear, Chen Zaiguang no longer felt embarrassed and chimed in, "Yeah, Fourth Brother, we got over 50,000 yuan in dividends, and I was thinking of telling you guys. We're all brothers, so when you're making money, you have to help your own people out, right..."

Before she could finish speaking, Lin Ruiqing kicked her foot. Lin Ruiqing was speechless. Her man really didn't know how to talk. Couldn't he bring up making money now? By saying that, he was just telling the second and third brothers that he was jealous!

Incompetent bungler!

"Second Uncle, Fourth Uncle, and Youngest Uncle, even if he's not good at talking, whether he makes money or not isn't really important. The main thing is that you five brothers have all invested, and if we don't, outsiders won't know and will think you're excluding the third brother, haha!"

"We're all family. If there's discord within the family, wouldn't we become a laughingstock? Second Uncle, you're educated, while Zai Guang and I only have elementary school education. If we've said anything wrong, please don't take it to heart, as the eldest!"

Chen Zaisheng and Chen Zailong pursed their lips and remained silent. Chen Zaixing, with his reckless nature, wouldn't tolerate his third sister-in-law Lin Ruiqing. "That's not right, third sister-in-law. Back then, Dad asked you and your husband in front of the whole family whether you were going to vote or not, and you yourselves said no!"

"Now that our supermarket is open, it's not appropriate for you to suddenly turn around and stab us in the back!"

"Uncle, that's not how you say it. No matter how far apart we are, he's still your third brother. We're brothers, how can you be so formal?" Lin Ruiqing said with a smile. "He's not an outsider. Now that you've made something of yourself, how can you not help your third brother out?"

"hehe!"

Chen Zaixing sneered, "Well, that's not so easy to say. We're all adults, not like Rong Wen and Rong Wu who are kids dividing candy. If it's not divided evenly, we can take back and divide it again, right? Second brother, fourth brother, tell me, am I right or wrong?"

Chen Zaisheng and Chen Zailong nodded, and Chen Zaixing continued, "Besides, the shares have already been formally registered with the bank in black and white. We still owe the bank 600,000 yuan in loans. If we change the shares privately, we'll have to deal with the bank again, which will be incredibly troublesome."

"These past few days, the supermarket's opening has been so slow it's been practically impossible. We haven't had time to argue with Director Tian about these things. I think we should just let it go!"

Chen Zailong also advised, "Third Brother, let's let it go this time. If any of us brothers come up with any good connections next time, we'll reserve your share, okay? Running back and forth to the bank is really exhausting."

“Yes, Third Brother and Fifth Brother are right. The bank has put my name, Fourth Brother's name, and Fifth Brother's name on the loan application. If you get involved, the documents will have to be changed. You know how troublesome it is to deal with those people at work,” Chen Zaisheng said with a frown. “Zai Dong has been asking me to help with important matters these days, so I really can’t get away.”

"The fourth and fifth brothers' supermarkets can't afford to be short-staffed. Let's wait until after the New Year to talk about it, okay?"

"It's getting late. I have things to do tomorrow, so I'm going to sleep now," Chen Zaisheng said, then got up and went straight back to his room without emptying the water in the enamel basin or wiping his feet.

Chen Zailong also stood up and said, "It's getting late, I'm going back to sleep too. Fifth brother, don't stay up too late, I'll knock on your door at 6:30 tomorrow."

"No, Fourth Brother, seven o'clock is too early," Chen Zaixing said as he saw his Second and Fourth Brothers had left. He quickly jumped over and put his arm around Chen Zailong's shoulder.

Seeing that the three Sheng brothers had all left, Chen Zaiguang stood up and looked at his wife with a troubled expression. "This... wife, how about we just let it go?"

Lin Ruiqing snorted angrily, turned around and went back to her room, slamming the door shut. Chen Zaiguang followed, and when he pushed the door open, he found that his wife had bolted it from the inside.

"Ruiqing, open the door! Don't be so stubborn!" Chen Zaiguang didn't dare to shout too loudly, gently patting the wooden door, afraid of disturbing others. If he woke up his grandmother, Wei Shufen, things would get complicated.

Seeing that banging wouldn't open the door, he switched to knocking. After a long time, still no luck, Chen Xiangui, clearly disturbed, threw on a coat and came out. "Third brother, what are you doing? Why are you knocking on the door instead of sleeping?"

"Father, I..."

"Sigh! I don't even know what to say to you," Chen Xiangui walked over and pounded on the door, shouting, "Third son's wife, open the door!"

Chen Xiangui's shout was so loud that Chen Zaisheng and Chen Zailong, who had just entered the house, were all awakened by his shout and opened the door, peeking out to look in this direction.

"Open the door!"

Chen Xiangui slammed the wooden door again, and only then did Lin Ruiqing open it. Chen Xiangui immediately berated her, "How can you be so unreasonable! Leaving your husband out like this? How old are you? You're a mother of three, and you're still throwing such a tantrum!"

Being scolded by her father-in-law like that, Lin Ruiqing couldn't argue back, nor did she dare to. Chen Zaiguang quickly tried to defend his wife, "Dad, Ruiqing didn't mean it. Maybe I shouted too softly and she didn't hear me!"

"I know you have a temper. It's already past nine o'clock, so I won't call a family meeting. We'll have a family meeting first thing tomorrow morning, put everything else aside, and resolve this issue by talking it out!"

"Stop throwing tantrums all the time, what kind of talk is that!"