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

While picking vegetables, Liu Lishi was talking to her daughter-in-law, occasionally glancing back at the two brothers working on the mill. Seeing that Liu Shaoqun and Liu Shaozhong had made a mess of the ground sweet potatoes all over the yard, she came over and scolded, "Just like your dead mother, lazy donkeys pulling the millstone! Clean this up for me in a minute, or I'll whip you until your skin is purple!"

"Okay, Grandma," Liu Shaoqun answered timidly in a low voice, not daring to look at his grandmother. Liu Shaozhong, a little bolder, retorted, "Won't the sweet potatoes splatter everywhere when you're grinding them? If you don't want them to splatter, then don't grind them!"

"Brother, stop dawdling, I want to go to Uncle's house to find Mom!"

Upon hearing Liu Shaozhong's words, Liu Li immediately turned around, grabbed a bamboo stick, and prepared to strike, shouting, "You jinxed little beast, if you dare not retaliate, I'll break your legs!"

"You keep hitting me and my older brother and sister, and you even made my mother drink pesticide! I'm going to go find my uncle and beat you to death!"

Liu Shaozhong circled the machine with Liu Lishi, tears welling in his eyes. He only thought about going to his uncle's house. Every time he went there, his uncles would always give him and his older siblings the best food, unlike his grandmother, who would only beat them.

"You little bastard, don't you dare run away! You think you can get Chen Zaiguang to beat me up? Let's see if you can get out of this door! Guiqin, bolt the door shut! I'm going to teach this little bastard a lesson today!"

Seeing her mother-in-law, who waddled around when she ran, being chased and beaten so badly by Liu Shaozhong, He Guiqin, the second daughter-in-law, wanted to laugh but could only hold it in. Now, she made an excuse to close the door, and as she turned around, she couldn't suppress the smile on her face.

Just as He Guiqin was about to close the door, she saw her mother, He Lüshi, walking towards her. Seeing her daughter standing at the door, she smiled and asked, "Guiqin, is your mother-in-law home?"

He Guiqin still had a smile on her face. When she saw her mother arrive, she smiled and pointed to the inner room, "Grandma is scolding my eldest brother's son. Mother, what brings you here?"

"Great news, great news! Come on, let's go inside and talk," He Lushi said with a smile, pulling her daughter into the house. There, she saw Liu Lishi chasing Chen Lianxiang's youngest son with a bamboo stick, now clutching her back and panting heavily. "You...you little beast, if I catch you, I...I'll beat you to death, you...you jinx..."

"I'm exhausted... I'm dead!"

"Oh dear, in-law, what are you doing? Why are you hitting the child? Stop it!" Madam He hurriedly came over to help Madam Liu, took the bamboo stick from her hand, and threw it aside.

When Liu Li saw that it was her in-laws, she breathed a sigh of relief, walked to the side, pulled over a small bamboo stool, and sat down. "In-laws, did you come here for something?"

He Lushi glanced at Liu Shaoqun and Liu Shaozhong, then at Liu Shaoling who was still taking care of her grandson, and whispered in Liu Lishi's ear, "Don't you know yet? Old Chen's wealthy relatives from overseas have come back to look for their family!"

Upon hearing this, Liu Li frowned. "Forget it! The Chen family is so poor that their ancestral home is almost collapsing and they don't even have the money to renovate it. What kind of wealthy relatives overseas do you have? Where did you hear this nonsense, my dear in-law?"

"Why would I lie to you? Yesterday, everyone in the entire village saw it," He Lushi said in a low voice, gesturing with her hands. "That guy was driving a fancy car, and he brought back a ton of rice, noodles, meat, and canned biscuits from America."

"Just the people handing them out were all Huazi cigarettes; they even brought home half a cardboard box of Huazi, and bags of liquor!"

"He's wearing such a huge gold watch on his wrist, and his foreign wife is adorned with gold and silver all over her neck, ears, and hands. Even the wealthy wives of landlords in the past didn't have this kind of extravagance. Do you think I'd lie to you!"

"Your in-laws have made it big!"

The more Liu Li listened, the more mysterious it seemed. She glanced at Liu Shaozhong, who was still standing there with his neck stiff, and asked He Lüshi, "What relative of the Chen family is it that has come?"

"I heard from the people of Lianzhai that he's the grandson of your in-law Chen Xiangui's second uncle who went to Southeast Asia. He made a fortune in America and came back to support the Chen family. In-law, with your eldest daughter-in-law Lianxiang's connection, don't forget to help your younger sister out when you become successful!"

"We're family, aren't we!"

Hearing He Lu's words, Liu Li was filled with regret. Why did that wealthy relative from overseas, the Chen family, have to come at this time? How could she possibly go to her in-laws' house to claim this marriage?

If she went there, that shrew Huang Lanzhi would definitely throw a bucket of excrement in her face. Chen Lianxiang's brothers and a group of cousins ​​came to her house that day, all menacing, carrying sticks and carrying poles. She was all bark and no bite at the time, and her legs were trembling afterwards.

Liu Li could only ask He Lü in a low voice, "How is Lianxiang? Is she dead?"

He Lushi was taken aback. She had gone back to her parents' home a few days ago to take care of her sick mother who was bedridden. She didn't know what had happened to the Liu family. She had just returned home when she heard her daughter-in-law talking about it, and she immediately came to her daughter's house happily.

At the time, I thought that my daughter marrying into the Liu family was a waste of her talent. Unexpectedly, things took a turn for the better when my daughter's sister-in-law's family had a wealthy relative who had returned from overseas. This was a truly unexpected joy.

With this connection, they could become relatives. If they visited each other more often, good things would happen. But the question Liu Li asked almost made He Lushi hurt her back.

"My dear in-law, what's wrong with Lianxiang? Why are you cursing your own daughter-in-law?"

"My mother was forced to drink pesticide by her," Liu Shaozhong, who heard He Lüshi's loud question from not far away, said loudly, which can be regarded as clearing up He Lüshi's doubts.

The He family was almost dumbfounded. They thought they were going to make connections with a wealthy relative and benefit from it in the future, but they didn't expect that they would make enemies!

"Oh my! My dear sister, what kind of strange thing are you doing?!"

"How did things get so bad that Lianxiang ended up drinking pesticide? What are we going to do now?!"

"Who took her to the hospital? Which hospital?" Madam He was even more anxious than Madam Liu at this moment. It seemed that the American Chinese woman she was about to marry was about to fly away.

"Mom, it was my sister-in-law's brother who came and took her to the hospital. He said he took her to the county hospital," He Guiqin said, her heart filled with mixed emotions as she listened to her mother-in-law and mother-in-law.

Upon hearing this, Madam He asked Madam Liu, puzzled, "Lianxiang is in the hospital. Is Guomin staying there with her? Why aren't you, as her mother-in-law, going with her?"

Liu Li was immediately speechless with embarrassment. Liu Shaozhong added insult to injury, "Hmph, back then, Grandma wouldn't let my father take my mother to see a doctor, saying that death would be the end of it all!"

"It was my fourth uncle and his family who delivered it; Grandma even tried to stop my dad from going!"

"Where are the people now?" He Lushi was dumbfounded after hearing Liu Shaozhong's words.

"She's working in the team," Liu Li said, her voice trailing off at the end.

"Why are you still working at a time like this? Go to the county hospital and get checked out! Oh dear, you've really turned this relative into a mortal enemy!"