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

The news that Old Chen's family had come to visit relatives from overseas spread like wildfire throughout Lianzhai. Lianzhai was a small village, and news traveled quickly. If you gossiped about someone else's family at the village entrance in the morning, the people working at the pond at the village's end would know in no time.

The news that Chen Dong, driving a luxury car he had never seen before, had entered the village so ostentatiously was like a bombshell dropped on the village's public toilet. Immediately, villagers of all ages turned out and crowded in front of Old Chen's ancestral home to watch the spectacle.

Some curious children touched the Maybach parked at the entrance, and some even tried to climb onto the car, scaring their parents so much that they quickly pulled them down and gave them a good beating.

"This is America's rickshaw! If you scratch it or damage it, you couldn't afford to pay for it even if you sold it!"

The child, startled by this, was about to burst into tears when his mother pointed at him and said, "Stop crying! Hold it in for me!"

Seeing that Chen Zaiguang and his brothers were blocking the entrance to the Chen family home, some clever villagers immediately carried their elders over. When they arrived at the entrance of the Chen family ancestral home, the two brothers, Chen Zaiguang and Chen Zailong, could no longer stop them.

The old woman was a regular at his grandmother's house, and Chen Zaiguang always had to call her "Auntie." No matter how he tried to stop her, once she reached the door, she wouldn't go in but would just call out, "Sister-in-law Shufen, I've come to see you. Are you home?"

Chen Zaiguang gave a helpless wry smile. "Auntie, aren't you just pretending to be confused?" he thought, and could only laugh, "Auntie, my grandma's home. Relatives are visiting, and she's entertaining them!"

The old woman seemed to only then notice Chen Zaiguang blocking the doorway, and exclaimed, "Oh, it's Zaiguang! Why aren't you working in the county? Why have you come home? Have you had relatives come to visit? Who is it? Have I seen them before, Auntie?"

"He's my second great-uncle's son, he came back from America. You've definitely never seen him before," Chen Zaiguang said with a smile, stepping aside to let the old woman in.

"I've met your second great-uncle before, but I must meet his son, Auntie," she said, as she had her grandson help her walk into the Chen family's courtyard.

At this moment, in the main hall of the Chen family ancestral home, Chen Dong was holding three incense sticks and kneeling in front of the photograph of his great-uncle Chen Shengyu, solemnly worshipping. After Chen Dong got up, his great-uncle Chen Xiangui stepped forward to take the incense and then placed it in the incense burner.

Despite the "Destroy the Four Olds" campaign of previous years, in the countryside, people secretly hid their offerings. If they weren't allowed to burn paper money for worship openly, they would burn it secretly at night. If they weren't allowed to offer incense in the ancestral hall, they would secretly place it at home.

After little Chen Hui, still groaning and swaying, knelt down and performed the proper worship, Uncle Chen Xiangui shouted, "The ceremony is complete! The descendants return to their ancestral home!"

Little Chen Hui chuckled and said to his dad in English, "Daddy, this is so much fun!"

His mother, Zhang Yi, rolled her eyes at him. Little Chen Hui stuck out his tongue and ran over to his great-grandmother, Wei Shufen. He took out his chocolate candies from his pocket again, intending to use the "feeding method."

"Great-Grandma, have some candy, it's so delicious!" Little Chen Hui unwrapped the foil and tiptoed to feed it to Wei Shufen, who was sitting down. Wei Shufen smiled and said, "Ronghui, be good. Great-Grandma is too old to chew the candy anymore. Give it to your older brothers and sisters."

The Chen family boys and girls, who were all grandsons of Chen Xiangui, had already gathered around Wei Shufen. They stared at little Chen Hui curiously when they saw him wearing clean and new clothes with a cute yellow cartoon figure on them, but they didn't dare to get close.

Upon hearing his great-grandmother's words, Xiao Chenhui, not being stingy, immediately took out the chocolates from his pocket and distributed them to everyone, saying, "Brother, have some candy; sister, have some candy."

The boy who received the candy from Xiao Chenhui beamed with joy and said, "Thank you, little brother Ronghui!"

Ronghui's "thank you" seemed to hit a nerve with Chen Hui, who immediately turned back to his mother and started tugging at her handbag, saying, "Mommy, I want some Coke! I want to give Coke to my older brothers and sisters!"

Zhang Yi rolled her eyes at him. "There's Coke in Mommy's bag, it's in the car fridge. We'll go out and get it later."

It's just that when Zhang Yi takes supplies from the WTO system's storage warehouse, she can't just conjure them up out of thin air in front of Xiao Chenhui. The child is still young and doesn't know how to keep his mouth shut. If he tells people in public that his mother will conjure up Coca-Cola, then there will be trouble.

So Zhang Yi usually puts the supplies into her shoulder bag first, and then takes them out for Xiao Chenhui. It's a good thing the child is still young and doesn't know how his mother can take out chilled cola, juice and milk from her shoulder bag.

He started rummaging through Zhang Yi's bag, looking for a Coke. When he heard that he could get it later, Xiao Chenhui immediately protested. He hadn't had enough of his older brothers and sisters' thanks and praise, how could he stop!

"No, I want it now!"

Seeing his son throwing a tantrum, Chen Dong could only smile and say, "Fine, we'll take the gifts out of the trunk anyway, so let's go get them together."

After saying that, Chen Dong told his uncle that he was going to get the gifts he had brought from the car parked outside. At that moment, the old woman who was being helped by her grandson came in. When she saw Chen Dong and his son Chen Hui, she clicked her tongue and said, "Oh my, even if you didn't say that this is Uncle Shengyu's grandson, I could recognize him at a glance. He looks just like Uncle Shengyu when he was young!"

Upon hearing the voice, Wei Shufen smiled and said, "Cuichun, come here quickly. This is my second uncle's granddaughter-in-law, Zhang Yi. Look how beautiful she is."

Chen Dong smiled and nodded to the old woman, then walked outside with his son Chen Hui. The old woman glanced at Zhang Yi's clothes and praised her for being beautiful and lucky.

Just as Chen Dong and Chen Xiangui reached the door, they encountered Chen Xianfu and Chen Xianhai's family, who were rushing over. Seeing Chen Dong's appearance and attire, they immediately recognized him. "Brother, is this our second uncle's son?"

"Uncle, really, you didn't even send someone to let us know when Second Uncle's family came," Chen Xianfu's wife said immediately, displeased.

"Yes, Uncle, since Second Uncle's family has come, Xianhai, as an elder, has to come too," Chen Xianhai's family chimed in, trying to provoke them.

Chen Zaiguang could easily detect the sourness in his second and third aunts' words. They were complaining that Chen Dong's family had come, but Chen Xiangui's family had pretended not to tell them. So he had to explain in a nice tone, "Second and third aunts, Dongzi and the others just arrived a little while ago, and here you are."

"Besides, there are so many people gathered here, it's not appropriate for me to send someone out to inform you!"

"Alright, alright," Chen Xiangui waved his hand and said, "Stop talking, help Dongzi carry the stuff from the back of the car inside first. Aren't you ashamed to be shouting like this!"