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

Zhang Yi, Chen Lianxiang, Zeng Xia, and the others exchanged glances. Wu Fangru wanted to say something to provoke Lin Ruiqing, but considering that Zhang Yi and Zeng Xia were there, she realized it was unnecessary to ruin her reputation as a "good sister-in-law" just to provoke Lin Ruiqing.

He had no choice but to turn his head away and look at the 56-inch color TV, watching the movie playing on the videotape that Zhang Yi had brought. Out of sight, out of mind.

Since Lin Ruiqing had a fight with her sisters-in-law over the supermarket, their relationship has become quite distant. She rarely comes to Zhang Yi's side anymore. Today, she suddenly came over, and Zhang Yi didn't know what she wanted to see her about.

Knowing that Lin Ruiqing must have come for something, Zhang Yi didn't point it out. Instead, she smiled and moved to sit down. "Third Aunt, come sit down. Don't stand. Huiqin, you tea-serving maid, what's wrong with you? I haven't even had a cup of tea yet."

Several women were chatting about the Canton Fair, and Chen Huiqin was naturally "entrusted with an important task" by them, becoming the tea master. However, the young girl was still too delicate and inexperienced. Usually, when she saw her father and uncles making tea, they would just pour boiling water over her and immediately use a gaiwan to brew the tea.

Chen Huiqin thought it wouldn't be too hot, but the first time she brewed it, she almost burned herself so much that she dropped the gaiwan onto the tea tray. She pinched her earlobe with her little fingers for a long time before she came to her senses and questioned her life. How could an adult pick up a gaiwan and brew it when it was so hot? They really have heartless hands!

"Oh, Auntie, it's too hot, I can't rinse it, my hands are all red from the heat," Chen Huiqin said coquettishly, tugging at Wu Fangru who was watching TV. "Auntie, you rinse it, I don't know how."

"How can you say you don't know how to make tea? How will you get married if you don't know how?" Wu Fangru said with a smile, tapping Chen Huiqin's forehead. "When you get married, you'll have to make tea for your in-laws yourself. If you don't learn now, how will you make it later?"

Chen Huiqin's pretty face flushed instantly after her aunt Wu Fangru said that. She grabbed Wu Fangru and shook her, "Oh, Auntie, stop teasing me! Hurry up and make the initiation tea. I'll just marry someone who isn't from Tuocheng, then I won't have to make the initiation tea anymore, hehe!"

Wu Fangru laughed and scolded, then tapped her forehead again, "You little devil, you even married someone who's not from Tuocheng! Your mother can bear to see you marry so far away, but your great-grandmother wouldn't allow you to marry so far away!"

"What's the big deal? We can fly all the time now. Even if I marry into a family in Beijing, it won't take long to fly back. Oh, hurry up and go, Auntie!" Chen Huiqin pulled Wu Fangru to sit down by the tea stove.

Just then, Chen Hui and his gang, who had just returned from scavenging the old house, came upstairs, humming and puffing. Zhang Yi, seeing the kids' posture, knew they were up to no good again. Chen Hui, having already anticipated his mother's request, immediately pointed at Lin Ruiqing and said, "It was given to us by Third Aunt!"

"You little rascal, you don't even share any of your food with your older sister!" Chen Huiqin chimed in, then tugged at Xiao Rongguo's sleeve, "And you, I always share my food with you, and you two secretly eat it without telling me, humph!"

"Big sister, we came up here for you," Xiao Chenhui said with a grin, picking out his favorite wafer biscuits from his bag of snacks and handing them to Chen Huiqin. "Big sister, have some."

"Big sister, here, have this," Xiao Rongguo said, handing over his second favorite chocolate. He couldn't bear to give away his favorite beef jerky, feeling it was too precious.

Rong Wen and Rong Wu put all the snacks on the coffee table and handed one to each of Zhang Yi and the others, which made Zhang Yi and the others praise them for being sensible. Ma Jiao rolled her eyes at her two sons and said, "You two are already craving food right after dinner. Don't eat too much, or you'll have indigestion and won't be able to sleep tonight. You won't be able to get up for school tomorrow, and I'll see how I deal with you."

"Fourth Aunt, let it go. It's normal for kids to be a little greedy. They need to eat well to grow tall at this age," Zhang Yi said, putting the matter aside.

Lin Ruiqing sat on the sidelines, watching with an awkward smile the whole time. Rong Wen, Rong Wu, Rong Guo, and other children of the same generation as his son Rong Rui came and went freely in Zhang Yi's place, playing with little chickens in groups. Only his own son Rong Rui was too scared to come over, and instead hid in the old house.

Lin Ruiqing sighed inwardly. Her husband was unambitious, and her son was unsociable. Now, the gap between her family and her uncles' families was widening. She was afraid that her son was being ostracized, which was why he refused to come over.

She sat on the sofa, listening to Zhang Yi and Chen Lianxiang talk about booth design, client invitations, and business issues such as Angel's brand positioning and pricing. She couldn't get a word in edgewise and could only sit there like a dumb goose, drinking her tea.

"Auntie, tomorrow you and Elena should fly to Huadu first and take some of our samples with you. I've arranged the company's personnel with my mother. We'll go together after the plane comes back," Zhang Yi said, taking small sips from her teacup. The plane she was referring to was, of course, her family's Viscount 843.

"Okay," Chen Lianxiang smiled at Elena, who nodded in response. Having been in Tuocheng for so long, Elena hadn't learned Mandarin, but she had learned quite a bit of Tuocheng dialect.

Lin Ruiqing listened with envy. She had never even seen an airplane, let alone flown on one. Chen Lianxiang was flying to Huadu, the provincial capital, and Lin Ruiqing really wanted to casually ask if she could take her along to broaden her horizons. But when she thought about how her sisters-in-law would definitely object, she didn't dare to actually ask.

After sitting and listening to the conversation for over an hour in the small building, Lin Ruiqing saw that Ma Jiao was about to leave with Rong Wen, who was already yawning. She then got up and left as well, returning to her room to find her husband, Chen Zaiguang, already lying in bed, ready to go to sleep.

Lin Ruiqing sat on the edge of the bed and started to sigh. Chen Zaiguang thought his wife had been upset by Xiaolou's words again, so he got up and asked, "What's wrong? Did they say something to upset you again?"

Chen Zaiguang's question only made things worse, as it immediately brought tears to Lin Ruiqing's eyes. She shook off Chen Zaiguang's hand from her shoulder, saying, "We're all born of the same mother, but your brothers are so ambitious, while you're just a blockhead. Look at your divorced sister; she dresses like a wealthy lady now. Aren't you worried?"

"Why wouldn't I be in a hurry?" Chen Zaiguang's voice was low and tinged with anger. "Back when my older brother and the others wanted to start a supermarket together, wasn't it you who refused to join? Now you're saying I'm not ambitious? How can I be ambitious!"

"Oh! Chen Zaiguang! Now you're saying I'm wrong? You're a grown man, don't you have any opinions of your own?" Lin Ruiqing immediately turned the tables.

"How can I have my own opinions? Back then, each person only contributed a few tens of thousands of yuan, and you didn't follow. Now, the fourth and fifth brothers have risen to prominence, and their businesses are worth millions or tens of millions of yuan. Where am I supposed to get the money to follow? Tell me!"

"Isn't there a fund? The youngest child can apply, why don't you apply?"

"I've applied. Tell me what I can do then!"