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

Lin Ruiqing stepped out the door and walked more than ten meters away. Seeing that her two brothers didn't even pretend to follow her, she ruthlessly wiped the tears from her face with the scarf in her hand. She looked back at the two Western-style buildings one last time and left without looking back.

Lin Huangshi still chased after her with the child in her arms, calling out "Auntie, wait!" repeatedly behind Lin Ruiqing, but Lin Ruiqing seemed not to hear her and showed no sign of stopping for a moment.

She had only been married to Lin Haixi for two years. Before she borrowed money from Lin Ruiqing, Lin Haixi was a vagrant in Shangbao Village, a lazy and idle scoundrel who couldn't even find a wife. Her father only married her, a beautiful young woman, to Lin Haixi, who was eight years older than her, because the Lin family had become wealthy in recent years and Lin Haixi had given a generous dowry.

Lin Huangshi knew perfectly well where the money her husband Lin Haixi used to build houses, buy cars, and buy gold came from—it was all "borrowed" from her aunt Lin Ruiqing. She only learned about these things after she married into the family.

When Lin Huangshi learned that her husband could borrow thousands or even tens of thousands of yuan from her aunt, she was initially worried. But as the amount of money he borrowed increased, she began to enjoy it without any qualms.

No longer do they have to work in the fields with the villagers to earn work points, getting their hands and feet covered in mud. They can sleep until they naturally wake up every day, eat whatever they want, and live a more comfortable life than the landlady.

Following her husband Lin Haixi to the county town, sitting on the back of the motorcycle and enjoying the envious glances of all the young wives in the village, Lin Huangshi felt as if she had fallen into a lucky nest.

Seeing that her relationship with her aunt Lin Ruiqing was about to completely break down, Lin Huangshi was reluctant to let go. She carried her one-year-old son and ran all the way, not daring to run too fast for fear of dropping the child. She chased after her for a long time until she could no longer see Lin Ruiqing's figure, and then she had no choice but to return home.

On Lin Haitao's side, the two brothers were smoking, while Lin Yanshi was cleaning up the broken tea set on the floor. Seeing Lin Huangshi return, Lin Yanshi asked, "Did you catch them?"

"No," Lin Huangshi said, her breath unsteady and her chest heaving. Lin Yanshi sighed and said, "Actually, we've gone a bit too far. We've borrowed so much money from Auntie, we should at least give her some of it back so she can take it home and appease Uncle."

Although Lin Yanshi was just a village woman with little education, she still knew the principle that a little bit helps and there's always something to do. Her aunt only had two brothers on her mother's side, and now that the Chen family had become successful and could lend them over 100,000 yuan, they couldn't just cut off the relationship so easily.

As long as Lin Ruiqing is appeased, there's no fear of not being able to borrow more money from her to do business in the future. It's just that her husband and brother-in-law are too short-sighted, only knowing how to hold onto the money they've "borrowed" and ignoring the life or death of their aunt Lin Ruiqing, who is currently experiencing marital discord.

"Sister-in-law, don't worry about it. My sister is all talk and no action. If you really ask her to go to the police station to report us, she won't dare. She's afraid of losing face, and even more afraid that the Chen family will find out if things get out of hand," Lin Haixi said dismissively, as if she had her sister Lin Ruiqing's personality completely under her thumb.

"I'll bring some souvenirs to Lianzhai that day, maybe my sister will calm down and this matter will be over," Lin Haixi didn't take Lin Ruiqing's words to heart at all, and was still fantasizing that after a few days, he could ask his good sister who had become successful for more money.

Upon hearing his brother's words, Lin Haitao knew what he was planning. The two brothers were preparing to fleece Lin Ruiqing. He also spoke up, "Then I'll apologize to Ruiqing too. There's no such thing as a grudge that lasts overnight between siblings."

Lin Ruiqing kept walking towards the entrance of Shangbao Village with her head down. The villagers around her who knew Lin Ruiqing and knew that her husband's family had become wealthy all tried to greet her loudly and get closer to her, but Lin Ruiqing seemed not to hear them and just kept walking.

The villagers who received no response muttered amongst themselves, "They've really gotten rich. They look down on people. The Lin family won't be successful for long. They'll be taken care of sooner or later."

"Look at the Lin brothers, Haitao and Haixi. They go out on motorcycles now. They used to exchange a few polite words with you, but now they ignore you completely, as if they're afraid we'll stick to them and ask for money."

At the entrance of Shangbao Village, Chen Zaiguang and Chen Dong were smoking in their car. Seeing Lin Ruiqing walking quickly towards them, Chen Zaiguang opened the car door, got out, and, stretching his limbs, asked Lin Ruiqing, "Have you paid back the money?"

Lin Ruiqing bit her lip and shook her head in embarrassment. The Chen clan members who were squatting by the roadside smoking looked at Chen Zaiguang after hearing this. Chen Dong also opened the door and got out, saying to Chen Zaiguang, "Then let's get started. Everyone get in the car and drive straight in!"

"Get on the bus!"

The Chen clan members, their faces beaming with excitement, threw their cigarette butts to the ground and stomped on them before boarding the buses one after another. Chen Dong's Maybach led the way, followed by four "Dilu" and "Zhaoyebai" cars, and then six Xiaochi Lu brand buses. The convoy turned directly onto the dirt road in Shangbao Village.

The villagers working in the fields stopped their work out of curiosity when they saw the convoy drive into the village. Some of them started packing up and ran towards the brigade headquarters after getting ashore, intending to see what was going on.

The villagers all thought that some high-ranking leader had come to the countryside to inspect the work. Even Du Bomin, the secretary of Shangbao Street Office, thought that it was a cadre from the district or city. He stood in front of Chen Dong's Maybach with a smile on his face.

Before Du Bomin could even ask, people poured off the six buses. One of them grabbed a short stick from the luggage door that had been opened in the middle of the bus and started walking into the village.

"Hey, hey, what are you doing here?" Du Bomin realized something was wrong and reached out to stop Chen Zaiguang and Chen Dong from leaving. Chen Zaiguang looked at Du Bomin with a serious expression, "We're here to collect a debt from the Lin family. It's none of your business, so don't interfere!"

Du Bomin tried to stop him again, but Chen Zaixing, holding the baseball bat Chen Dong had given him, looked at him with a sly grin and said, "Dare to stop me? I'll beat you up too!"

When Du Bomin saw that the people who came were all driving luxury cars and there were so many of them, at least two or three hundred, he assumed that they were all children of cadres who came to cause trouble. Moreover, Chen Zaixing was so arrogant. Du Bomin was a street secretary, and Chen Zaixing even threatened to beat him if anyone dared to stop him.

Unable to figure out the situation, Du Bomin had no choice but to turn around and run into the subdistrict office, pick up the phone and call the town police station to report the incident.

The Lin brothers were still eating breakfast when they heard the commotion outside. They said to their wife, Lin Yan, "Let's go see what's going on. Don't people have to go to work? Why is it so lively today?"

Lin Yan-shi had only been gone a short while when she rushed in, panicking, "No...it's terrible! A lot of people have come, and they're all heading towards our house with menacing expressions!"