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

Hehe! It's good that we're divorced!

The news that Liu Guomin and Chen Lianxiang were going to the county civil affairs bureau to get a divorce quickly spread throughout Shangzhai Village. As the news spread, even more people gathered around the two Mercedes-Benz cars.

These were all people who had heard the news and had some plans in mind. Some of the village's old bachelors and some unmarried men in their mid-twenties all thought their chance had come.

The term "rich woman" hasn't appeared yet, but everyone knows that marrying a widowed, wealthy woman can lead to upward social mobility. Even Xun Ge'er once said: "I think it's better to marry a rich woman!"

For the older single men in Shangzhai Village who no longer want to work hard, Chen Lianxiang, a wealthy woman who is about to get divorced, is the perfect target!

You said people would laugh at you for marrying a 32-year-old woman who's been divorced and has three kids. What's there to be afraid of? If you could really marry a wealthy woman like Chen Lianxiang, who's still charming and attractive in her thirties, and avoid all the detours others take, would you still be afraid of being laughed at?

Those are just sour remarks made out of jealousy. The more others say them, the more benefits you've gained that others envy and are jealous of!

I'd love to replace you!

As the old saying goes, "A woman three years older than her husband is like holding a gold brick," and Chen Lianxiang has held two gold bricks in her arms, making her incredibly proud!

The black Mercedes-Benz that Chen Lianxiang was sitting in attracted the most people. Through the car window, they could see Chen Lianxiang sitting inside, dressed in a fashionable and beautiful manner. With the makeup skills that Zhang Yi had taught her, no one could tell that Chen Lianxiang was a 32-year-old woman. Her face was delicate and there was not a trace of time on her face.

Seeing her adorned with gold and silver, the onlookers couldn't help but grin and started talking to Chen Lianxiang through the car window. Chen Zaiguang, in the driver's seat, rolled down the window and cursed at them, "What are you all crowding around for? What's so interesting? Haven't you ever seen a woman before?"

After saying that, Chen Zaiguang started the car and shouted to Chen Zailong in the other car, "Fourth brother, you guys wait here first, Lianxiang and I will go to the village entrance to wait for you."

Chen Zaiguang drove off, cursing and swearing. A group of grown men were leering at your stylishly dressed sister through the car window; any older brother would be furious.

Seeing Chen Zaiguang drive away, the others had no choice but to gather around Chen Zailong's silver Mercedes-Benz. Some people took out Hongmei cigarettes and offered them to Chen Zailong. Chen Zaixing smiled and gestured through the car window to the lit Huazi cigarettes, indicating that he was smoking one and didn't need any.

Some people who recognized Chen Zaixing came over and asked, "Brother Zaixing, is your sister really going to divorce Liu Guomin?"

"What? You have a problem with that?"

Chen Zaixing, with his Rolex gold watch on his wrist, stuck his hand out of the car window, knocked off the cigarette ash, and glared at the person who had asked him the question. Chen Zaixing had seen this person before; he had joined him a few times when he used to gamble with the villagers. This person was a gambling addict with poor sportsmanship, and he always complained when he lost.

"No, no, no, I have no objection at all. I think your sister did the right thing by getting a divorce!"

Chen Zaixing laughed in anger upon hearing this, pointing his finger at him and cursing, "If you can't speak properly, then shut up! Believe me or not, I'll get out of the car and slap you!"

"Hey! No, no, no, I'm bad with words, I don't know how to talk, Brother Jaehung, please don't be angry!"

"Hey Er Maozi, you don't think my sister's divorced means she'll be interested in you, do you?"

"Hehehe!" Er Maozi laughed awkwardly.

Chen Zailong, who had his hands on the steering wheel, laughed along. He glanced at Er Maozi, who was disheveled and unkempt, shook his head, and didn't say anything to accuse him of being delusional.

Chen Zaixing pulled out a cigarette and handed it to Er Maozi, saying, "Go back and wash up and go to sleep after you finish this. Stop thinking about all that nonsense all day!"

Er Maozi, having received a cigarette, wasn't annoyed by Chen Zaixing's comment. He just chuckled again and stood there without moving. Seeing that Er Maozi had spoken up, the others also gathered around to ask Chen Zaixing and Chen Zailong, "Brother, I'm twenty-five this year!"

"Brother, I..."

"Alright, alright, aren't you ashamed?" Fang Songmao and Liu Guomin returned with the household registration booklets. Seeing that one car was missing and observing the scene of people surrounding it, they understood the situation and immediately shouted, "What are you all thinking? Young men eyeing other people's wives, have you no shame!"

Hearing Fang Songmao's shout, some people in the crowd who hadn't mustered the courage to volunteer earlier blushed with embarrassment. Those who had already volunteered shouted, "They're about to get divorced! What do you mean, 'someone else's wife'? Men should marry when they're of age, and women should marry when they're of age. You're still thinking about her getting divorced and leaving you to live as a widow?!"

"that is!"

"You don't care, but we do!"

Liu Guomin got angry and got into the car. Fang Songmao spat on the ground and got into the car as well. Chen Zailong honked the horn and drove the car out of the crowd and towards the village entrance.

Seeing the car drive away, some people with good intentions immediately ran home, thinking that they should find their mothers to find a matchmaker and go to the Chen family in Lianzhai to propose marriage. There were too many wolves and not enough meat. If they were a step too late and someone else beat them to it, it would be too late to regret it!

The car drove out of Shangzhai and met up with Chen Zaiguang's car, which was waiting at the village entrance. They then drove along the county road towards Nanshan County. Sitting in the car, Fang Songmao felt the stability brought by the speeding Mercedes-Benz, which was many times more comfortable than the hand-operated car he usually drove in the village!

If he could drive a car like that back to the village, he would have a lot of face and prestige. It's a pity that Liu Guomin, his brother-in-law, is about to divorce Chen Lianxiang!

Sometimes he felt that fate was really messed up. He used to think that his mother-in-law, Liu Li, was treating Chen Lianxiang, the aunt, badly. But he thought it was better to avoid trouble. Besides, Liu Li was indeed unreasonable. Sometimes when he accompanied his wife Liu Jiashui back to her parents' home, he would talk to Liu Li about it.

But Liu Lishi retorted, and her daughter-in-law Liu Jiashui also said some bad things about Chen Lianxiang, saying that Chen Lianxiang's brothers looked down on her eldest brother Liu Guomin, and that every time her eldest brother went back to her parents' home with her, he would be ridiculed by her brothers.

Whether it was true or not, Fang Songmao had no way of verifying. He thought the Chen family shouldn't be that tasteless, but now that things had escalated to the point of divorce, whether it was true or not was no longer important.

The car drove along the county road toward the Civil Affairs Bureau of Nanshan County. When it passed Huaxingsheng Supermarket, it was bustling with people on Sunday. In order to better maintain traffic order outside Huaxingsheng Supermarket, the county traffic police brigade specially installed several traffic lights on Huanghe North Road.

While waiting at a traffic light, a traffic policeman saw Chen Zaixing sitting in his car, smiled, and walked over. "Boss Chen, you're here so late today?"

Chen Zaixing offered the traffic policeman a cigarette, which he accepted with a smile and tucked behind his ear. "Thank you for your hard work. I have important business to attend to today, so I won't be going to the supermarket."

The traffic police officer peeked at Liu Guomin and Fang Songmao sitting in the back of the car, but didn't ask any questions. Just then, the light turned green, so he waved for Chen Zailong to drive away.

Chen Zaixing waved to the traffic police from the passenger seat, and the car headed straight for the Civil Affairs Bureau. Xiao Lin and Xiao Li, who had been waiting for a long time inside the Civil Affairs Bureau, finally saw the two cars drive in.