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

Around noon, Chen Zaixing took the money and ran to the hospital cafeteria to get food for everyone. Chen Lianxiang was still weak and couldn't eat greasy food, so Chen Zaixing got her a bowl of thin porridge.

Liu Li and the others sat on the bench opposite Chen Zaixing and his brothers, watching Chen Zaixing, Chen Zailong, and Chen Zaifang eat their delicious meals from aluminum lunchboxes, their throats constantly swallowing saliva.

The ward door opened, and Xiao Chenhui grabbed a braised duck leg and put it in Chen Zailong's lunchbox. "Fourth Uncle, I can't eat anymore, I need to pee."

Before his fourth brother, Chen Zailong, could get up, Chen Zaixing hurriedly put down his lunchbox, grabbed little Chen Hui's hand, and said, "Little Chicken, your fifth uncle will take you to pee, come on!"

Seeing that little Chen Hui was fair-skinned, with a chubby face and wearing clothes printed with cute cartoon characters, Liu Li knew that he was the son of the wealthy relatives. She stepped forward obsequiously and said, "Child, I'm your aunt's mother-in-law. Your nickname is Jimi?"

Chen Zaixing picked up little Chen Hui, glared at Liu Lishi, and said, "Stop trying to claim kinship with me. Do you even know me? Don't call my nephew by his nickname."

"Jimmy, let's ignore her. If we see someone like that in the future, we should just go around her and not get any bad luck on her," Chen Zaixing said as he carried little Chen Hui toward the restroom at the end of the corridor.

Little Chen Hui, perched on Chen Zaixing's back, innocently asked, "Fifth Uncle, what is bad luck?"

"Bad luck is..."

Watching Chen Zaixing carry little Chen Hui into the restroom, Liu Lishi puffed up her cheeks in anger. But before she could finish her anger, her stomach started growling uncontrollably. Sitting there, smelling the aroma of food wafting from across the street, she was already getting hungry.

"Guoliang, go and get some food. Everyone's hungry right now," said Liu Lishi, her eyes gleaming with envy.

Liu Guoliang rummaged through his pocket, which was ripped open and cleaner than his face. Liu Lishi, cursing, pulled out a cloth bag from her waist, took out two crumpled meal tickets and two yuan, and handed them to Liu Guoliang.

Liu Guoliang looked at the money and meal tickets his mother handed him. What could he buy with that? It would be a struggle to even get a bowl of rice. "Mom, this is too little. There are so many of us, and this is all the meal tickets we get? What can we even buy?"

"This is all the meal tickets we have left. I've saved up for a long time, so just make do with them," Liu Lishi waved her hand to dismiss her youngest son.

Upon hearing what Liu Lishi and Liu Guoliang said, Chen Zaifang deliberately picked up a piece of braised pork and, right in front of Liu Lishi, put it in his mouth and chewed it with gusto.

Chen Zailian, standing nearby, deliberately remarked, "Brother, the braised pork is delicious! It would be even better with some wine."

Chen Zailong glared at the two of them. "Should I set up another table for you here? Drinking? Hurry up and eat. After you finish, you should get some sleep. We have to take turns keeping watch tonight."

Chen Zaixing brought Xiao Chenhui back, and the two of them played happily together. Chen Zaixing put Xiao Chenhui down and then picked up his lunchbox to eat. Xiao Chenhui sat next to Chen Zaixing, unwrapped the chocolate foil, and put the candy into Chen Zaixing's lunchbox.

Chen Zaixing was taken aback. Little Chen Hui giggled and ran into the ward. Chen Zaixing picked up a chocolate candy with his chopsticks, stuffed it into his mouth, and laughed, "You little chick, you even threw candy into my food."

Just as everyone finished eating and cleaned up, Vice President Guo Kun, accompanied by several doctors and a man in a Zhongshan suit, walked towards the special care ward from the hospital corridor stairwell.

Chen Zailong quickly stood up and politely greeted Vice President Guo Kun. Guo Kun also politely said to Chen Zailong, "Comrade Zailong, this is Director Feng Yuanshen of the County Administration for Industry and Commerce."

"Comrade Zailong, hello," Feng Yuanshen had already learned about Chen Dong and his uncle's family when he arrived. He originally planned to go directly to the county guesthouse, but when he arrived, the receptionist told him that Chen Dong and his family had gone to a state-run restaurant for dinner and that they were going to visit their cousin who was hospitalized at the county hospital.

Feng Yuanshen then rushed to the county hospital. Upon arrival, he went directly to the hospital director's office. Thinking it would be too abrupt to go there directly, he asked someone from the hospital to take him there so as not to be too embarrassed.

"Director Feng, hello!"

Chen Zailong, a farmer from the countryside, had never met a higher-ranking official than the village party secretary. Now, with Feng Yuanshen standing in front of him, politely greeting him and shaking his hand, he felt somewhat awkward.

"I wonder if your cousin, Mr. Chen Dong, is here now?" Feng Yuanshen asked with a smile.

Chen Zailong pointed to the ward and said, "Yes, Dongzi is inside. I'll call him out."

"No need, no need," Feng Yuanshen hurriedly said. Guo Kun then said, "Come in with me, it's also a way of showing our regards to Comrade Chen Lianxiang."

Upon hearing this, Chen Zailong knocked on the ward door. After hearing someone inside say "come in," he opened the door, and Guo Kun and the others followed him in. When Chen Dong saw Guo Kun bringing in the doctor, he assumed they were there to make rounds and stood up warmly, saying, "Dean Guo, Director Chang, Director Zhu, you've come to make rounds."

"Mr. Chen, let me introduce you. This is Director Feng Yuanshen from the Nanshan County Administration for Industry and Commerce. He's here today to discuss some matters with you. Is this a convenient time for you?"

Guo Kun smiled and looked at Chen Dong to ask, while Director Chang and Director Zhu walked over to Chen Lianxiang and began to inquire if she was feeling unwell.

"Sure, Dean Guo, could you please find me a room so I can talk to Director Feng?" Chen Dong readily agreed without refusing.

Seeing that Chen Dong did not refuse, Guo Kun immediately said, "Then let's go to my office. I have some good tea there, which will be perfect for entertaining you, Mr. Chen."

"Brother, come with me," Chen Dong called out to Chen Zaiguang, and together with Guo Kun and Feng Yuanshen, they left the ward. When Liu Lishi saw Chen Dong come out, she hurriedly got up, wanting to greet him and become acquainted with him, but Chen Dong didn't even glance at them. He went straight out with Feng Yuanshen, chatting and laughing.

Watching Chen Dong and his group descend the stairs, Liu Lishi withdrew her gaze and whispered to Liu Guomin, "See that big gold watch on his wrist? Tsk tsk, even the bureau chief has to treat him with utmost respect. My goodness, this relative is something else!"

Liu Jiashui leaned closer to Liu Lishi and said, "Mother, tell me, how rich must this man be? Look at his outfit, a suit and leather shoes, and he drives a car. Even a little bit of his money could feed us for half our lives."

"So we need to quickly win your sister-in-law back into the Liu family. She is the pillar that will allow our Liu family to prosper in the future. You need to be more polite to your sister-in-law in the future, and stop being so bossy and domineering towards her like before."

"Yes, Mother. Don't I have that much sense?"