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

Chen Dong smiled and said to Chen Xiangui, "Uncle, there's no rush. Let me look around some more and come up with a plan before we implement it."

Although Chen Dong is rich, he doesn't get the attention he's eager to get. The reason he said it in front of these people is to get Zhao Zhigang and Chen Xiangui to leak the news.

He wanted to let those in power know that he, an overseas Chinese who had returned from America, had money and planned to invest in building a factory in Nanshan County to create local jobs.

Should Nanshan County offer some preferential policies? Should it provide tax support? Should it offer some discounts on factory land?

As a Chinese American who grew up in America and has been the president of a company with billions in assets for many years, Chen Dong has some experience dealing with government officials.

Zhao Zhigang's eyes gleamed, but he remained silent, silently memorizing the matter. He would report it to Wang Zhi as soon as he returned to the county to hand over his work.

Chen Xiangui felt it was a pity. It was rare for his nephew to think of helping his relatives in the village to get things done, but unfortunately the conditions in Lianzhai were too poor and required too much investment.

As it approached nine o'clock, Chen Dong sobered up considerably and got up to return to the county town. Grandma Wei Shufen and her uncle Chen Xiangui wanted to offer Chen Dong's family a place to stay, but Chen Dong politely declined, saying, "It's not far anyway, just a short drive away. Besides, I came in such a hurry that there's no room at home, and I didn't bring any change of clothes from the guesthouse."

When Grandma Wei Shufen heard this, she thought it made sense, so she pulled Chen Dong and his wife into her room. She took out a small mahogany box from a wooden cabinet on the bed, carefully unlocked the copper lock, and took out a jade bracelet wrapped in red cloth.

The old lady took Zhang Yi's right hand, about to slip the jade bracelet onto her wrist, but Zhang Yi quickly stopped her, saying, "Grandma, this gift is far too precious; I dare not accept it!"

Grandma Wei Shufen smiled and said, "Silly girl, this isn't a gift. It's a gift left to you by your great-grandmother, your mother-in-law, for your future daughter-in-law!"

"My one has already been passed down to Lanzhi, the eldest son's wife. This one belongs to your branch of the family," the old lady said, as she put the jade bracelet on Zhang Yi's wrist.

"When my second brother-in-law went to the Western Regions, he wasn't married yet. I told him to take this jade bracelet with him, but he absolutely refused, saying that he would bring it back to see his brother after he got married, and I could give it to his wife then!"

"But fifty-nine years have passed since then, and I'm practically half-buried now. I planned to leave this jade bracelet to the eldest son's family for safekeeping after I died. Now that you girls have returned, I'm personally returning this jade bracelet to you, which fulfills my wish!"

As she spoke, Old Mrs. Wei Shufen leaned close to Zhang Yi's ear and whispered, "Our Chen family used to be quite wealthy, but years of war ruined it. Everything else was pawned and sold, except for these two jade bracelets. My mother-in-law would rather die than sell them, saying they are family heirlooms. You must keep them safe. When Jimi gets married, you must pass them down to him."

Chen Dong saw that the jade bracelet was a deep green color. He rarely saw Chinese jade products in America and didn't know much about them. However, since the old lady said it was a family heirloom, he let his wife Zhang Yi accept it.

Chen Dong opened his bag and took out a bundle of foreign exchange certificates that he had exchanged from the bank, and tried to stuff them into the hands of Grandma Wei Shufen. "Grandma, consider this money as a gift from your junior. Please take it and buy some food."

Suddenly, Chen Dong shoved a bundle of money into the hands of Old Mrs. Wei Shufen. The room was dimly lit, and she couldn't see it clearly. She hurriedly said, "Oh no, no, I can't take your money, child! Take it back! I'm so old, what am I going to buy food for!"

"Auntie, please don't refuse. Take this money and we'll be leaving now. Don't come out to see us off," Chen Dong said, immediately giving his wife Zhang Yi a look. Zhang Yi understood and immediately got up and walked out of the house, not giving the old lady a chance to put the money back.

Seeing Chen Dong drop the money and run away, Grandma Wei Shufen immediately called out, "You child, come back quickly!"

Ignoring the old lady's calls, Chen Dong and his wife Zhang Yi walked out of the ancestral house with smiles. Huang Lanzhi, who was outside, overheard the entire conversation between Chen Dong and the old lady.

At the main entrance, a crowd was gathered around the Maybach, and Xiao Chenhui was inside the car introducing it to his older brothers and sisters.

"Chicken, what's this?"

"This is an iPad," Xiao Chenhui said, waking up the tablet in his hand, swiping to unlock it, and immediately the screen showed the SpongeBob SquarePants episode he hadn't finished watching. After tapping it twice, the Krabs boss's gruff voice came out from the screen.

"Wow, he can move!" the children exclaimed immediately. "Jimmy, that's amazing!"

The adults looked at the tablet in Chen Hui's hand with curiosity, thinking that America was really amazing, even making a TV so exquisite that a child could hold it in his hands and watch it.

Seeing Chen Dong and Zhang Yi come out, Uncle Chen Xiangui smiled and said to Chen Dong, "There's nothing for you to take with you. I made all this medicinal wine myself, and these cured meats are all homemade."

"Uncle, I'll take the wine with me, but don't bother with the meat. There's nowhere to cook at the guesthouse, and your niece-in-law can't cook anyway, so it would be a waste for me," Chen Dong said with a smile as he took the wine jar from Chen Xiangui's hand. As for the cured meat, Chen Dong didn't take it.

Zhang Yi chuckled and patted Chen Dong's arm. "Uncle, you can keep the meat for yourself. We just eat at restaurants; we really can't manage that."

Chen Xiangui thought about it and agreed, saying, "Then I'll just stir-fry this meat for you next time you come."

The group chatted and laughed. Because Chen Dong had been drinking, Zhang Yi drove them back to the city this time. Chen Dong sat in the passenger seat with little Chen Hui in his arms. Chen Zaiguang, Chen Zailong, and Zhao Zhigang, who were also traveling back to the city, sat in the back.

Hearing the commotion at the Chen family's house, some of the neighbors who were still awake stood at the crossroads and looked in this direction. The headlights of the Maybach illuminated the entire stone road. Zhang Yi started the car and slowly drove out of the village.

From the rearview mirror, they could still see Uncle Chen Xiangui and his family waving at their car. Chen Dong rolled up the window, leaned back in his seat, and dozed off. Of the three people in the back seat, except for Zhao Zhigang who hadn't been drinking, the other two also dozed off.

Zhang Yi drove very smoothly, first dropping Chen Zaiguang off at a small alley not far from his home. Chen Zaiguang originally wanted to invite Chen Dong into his house for a while, but Chen Dong smiled and politely declined, saying, "Brother, it's late, and my wife and the others are probably asleep. I'll come over tomorrow."

Watching Chen Zaiguang walk into the alley, Zhang Yi started the car and drove Chen Zailong to the county hospital before returning to the county guesthouse. It was already past ten o'clock.

As soon as they entered the guesthouse, Fang Zhengwen, who was waiting on the long bench in the lobby for his shift, hurriedly stood up. Zhao Zhigang saluted him, and after watching Chen Dong's family go upstairs, he said, "I have something important to report to Director Wang, so I'll head back to the office first."

After saying that, he rode Fang Zhengwen's bicycle and pedaled hard towards the county police station.