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

"It's best to ask anyway, so as not to hurt feelings."

Lin Ruiqing snorted and rolled her eyes at her husband, "You really are stupid. Go ask your uncle, he'll definitely invest. You don't even need to ask. He's just like Dong Sichi, always trying to pocket everything. The brothers have already separated, and you've already hurt their feelings. Even if you hadn't, he wouldn't have shared any of the profits with you, his third brother!"

"What's wrong with you, woman?" Chen Zaiguang was getting annoyed by his wife's constant nagging about his other brothers, and he slammed his fist on the bed, yelling, "Oh, my fourth and fifth brothers aren't good people, but your family members are all good people!"

"Chen Zaiguang, what are you saying? What did my brother do to you?"

"What's wrong with me? Do you think I don't know anything? Let's take stock of our assets today. Last year, my eldest brother's company gave him a dividend of 55555 yuan, and this year he got 60,000 yuan. Adding the 310,000 yuan that my four brothers and I contributed when we divided the assets, our family account should have 425555 yuan. Plus, I've handed over all my salary over the years to you, so I don't have much. It should be at least 427555 yuan!"

Chen Zaiguang stretched out his hand to Lin Ruiqing and said, "Give me your bankbook now, let me see how much is left!"

"There's so much there," Lin Ruiqing began to stammer. "Don't you have any expenses at home? Social obligations and such, do you think you don't need to spend money on them?"

"Alright, alright, then I won't include my salary over the years in this calculation. I'll give you a round number. Take out your savings account. As long as there's 420,000 in there, I won't go looking for Lao Si or Lao Wu anymore. We'll open our own shop," Chen Zaiguang took a step forward, his hand already in front of Lin Ruiqing. "Take it out!"

"What are you looking at? I've hidden the passbook very well. If I take it out and put it back, someone will find it," Lin Ruiqing began to change the subject. "If you want to ask about Guang, go ahead and ask. But don't bring up how many shares you want. Let them decide for themselves, so your two younger brothers can owe our family a favor!"

Seeing that Lin Ruiqing refused to produce the bankbook, Chen Zaiguang became even more suspicious. He wondered if Lin Ruiqing had secretly taken a lot of money from his family to subsidize his two brothers. "I don't care what you say today, you have to give me the bankbook. I... want... to see it!"

Lin Ruiqing was enraged by Chen Zaiguang's vehement words. She grabbed his clothes and shouted, "Chen Zaiguang, what do you mean? Are you implying that I'm using family money to support my parents? Are you even a man? How can you doubt me like this? This family is unbearable!"

Lin Ruiqing's shouts were so loud that Chen Xiangui and the other two, who were drinking tea in the main hall, could hear them. Uncle Xi looked at Chen Zaiguang's door and whispered to Chen Xiangui, "Brother Xiangui, is Zaiguang arguing with his wife?"

"Yes," Uncle Guai also peeked out and was about to get up when Chen Xiangui frowned, walked to Chen Zaiguang's door, and banged on it, calling out, "Third brother, what's going on?"

Huang Lanzhi also came out of the kitchen, knocked on the door and asked, "Third brother, Ruiqing, open the door. What's going on? Why are you arguing?"

"Mother, you be the judge! Zai Guang actually suspects me of using our own money to subsidize my brothers, and he's demanding the family savings account!" Lin Ruiqing opened the door and began complaining to her mother-in-law, Huang Lanzhi, covering her face and sobbing, "This family is unbearable!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Xiangui did not reprimand Chen Zaiguang, because he had already vaguely heard rumors in the village that the two brothers of the third son's wife's family had been building houses and buying imported motorcycles in recent years, and even claimed that they planned to start a sand quarry business.

Someone outside had already secretly told Chen Xiangui that Chen Zaiguang's wife had secretly taken the money back to her parents' home. Chen Xiangui thought his third son knew, and felt that his third son was siding with outsiders. Now that he's done this, it turns out that his third son didn't know anything about it either.

"Third brother's wife, Zai Guang is your man. You two have separated and are living separately now. The head of the household should see the family's bankbook. How come you're making such a fuss about how this family can't continue? Just take out the bankbook and show it to Zai Guang."

Upon hearing her father-in-law Chen Xiangui's words, Lin Ruiqing could no longer pretend to cry, even while covering her face. Just as she was about to make a scene again, Chen Zaiguang said to Lin Ruiqing with a gloomy face, "If you really feel that we can't live together like this anymore, then let's go to the Civil Affairs Bureau today and get a divorce."

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Huang Lanzhi slapped Chen Zaiguang on the head as soon as she heard this. "Ruiqing, take out the bankbook and show it to Lao San. Once he sees it, this matter will be over."

Huang Lanzhi then said to Chen Zaiguang, "If I listen to your nonsense again, I'll break your legs. Don't think I'm joking!"

Huang Lanzhi glared fiercely at her third son. If he dared to say "divorce" again, she would break his legs. The third son, Chen Zaiguang, swallowed hard and did not argue with his mother. From childhood to adulthood, his mother's words had more influence than his father's.

They were told to stand still and not move, and none of the five brothers dared to move an inch. The fifth brother, Chen Zaixing, still dared to say a few sarcastic words to his father, Chen Xiangui, but he really didn't dare to talk back to his mother, Huang Lanzhi. When she got angry and shrewish, she was a ruthless mother who would really dare to hit you with a stick.

Lin Ruiqing hesitated and refused to take it. Huang Lanzhi noticed something was wrong and glared at Lin Ruiqing with fierce eyes. This was the first time Lin Ruiqing had been glared at so fiercely by her mother-in-law since she married into the family. She could only whisper, "Mother, you'd better not look..."

"No!"

Huang Lanzhi, her face stern, gave Lin Ruiqing no room to refuse or back down. "Even if the third son doesn't come today, as his mother, I still have to help my son guard the house this once. You must bring me the family savings book today!"

Huang Lanzhi's words left Lin Ruiqing with no way out. She looked up at Chen Zaiguang, signaling him to speak up for her, but Chen Zaiguang ignored her hints and turned his head away, preferring not to see her.

Ah-happy and Ah-Guai, who were present, both had expressions of watching the drama unfold. Although they remained expressionless and dared not show that they were enjoying the spectacle, they were secretly laughing inside.

The Chen family is going to have a lively time today!

Lin Ruiqing hesitated for a while before taking out the savings book hidden at the bottom of his wardrobe. It was wrapped in a red cloth. Huang Lanzhi grabbed it, tore off the red cloth, opened the savings book, and immediately looked at Lin Ruiqing with icy eyes.

"How come there's only 280,000 left? Where did the money go?"

Chen Zaiguang, his face cold, took the bankbook from his mother's hand, glanced at it, and then threw it directly at Lin Ruiqing's face. "Where's the money? Did you take it all to your parents' house? Over 140,000 yuan! You really dare to take it back!"

"Listen to me, Zai Guang, I took this money for my brother to use in opening the sand quarry. I didn't take it for nothing. We also have shares in it," Lin Ruiqing hurriedly explained, but her voice grew softer and softer as she spoke.

With a sharp "slap," Chen Zaiguang immediately slapped Lin Ruiqing across the face. "You spendthrift woman! You dared to take 140,000 yuan back to your parents' home without saying a word!"