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

"They're back! Uncle Dong and the others are back!"

At the gate of the Chen family ancestral home, several mischievous children ran into the yard shouting, "Grandpa, Grandma, Uncle Dong is back in the car!"

Chen Xiangui smiled and quickly walked out of the courtyard. Huang Lanzhi hurriedly called to Ma Jiao from the fourth son's family, "Jiao, quickly bring out the flower water."

After saying that, Huang Lanzhi followed her out. Ma Jiao was carrying an enamel basin with a dry towel draped over her arm. There were several kinds of randomly picked green leaves in the basin, which she simply threw into the water.

As soon as Chen Dong brought the Maybach to a stop, his nephews surrounded him, shouting "Uncle Dong! Aunt Yi! Little Chicken!" Chen Dong smiled, opened the door, and got out of the car. Little Chen Hui, who was being held by Zhang Yi in the passenger seat, was now joining in the cheers of his older siblings.

Chen Zaiguang and Zeng Xia helped the weak Chen Lianxiang out of the car. Huang Lanzhi immediately went up to look at her daughter and sighed, "You've become so thin and frail. You've suffered so much, Lianxiang!"

"mother!"

When Chen Lianxiang arrived at her parents' home, she saw her father Chen Xiangui's pained yet restrained expression and her mother Huang Lanzhi's words of "You've suffered so much." Her eyes immediately reddened, and all her unspoken words were condensed into a single "Mother" that she cried out.

"Auntie, come wash your flowers with this water to get rid of the musty smell," Ma Jiao said as she carried over an enamel basin. She also said to Chen Dong and Zhang Yi, "Uncle Dong, Xiao Yi, and Uncle and Sister-in-law, you all need to wash yourselves too. You can't be careless after coming back from the hospital."

"Mommy, what is this? Why are the leaves soaking in water?" Little Chen Hui looked at the basin his aunt was holding and stood on tiptoe to look at it curiously.

"This water washes away bad luck and brings you good luck," Chen Dong explained to him in English. Little Chen Hui, upon hearing this, excitedly shouted, "I want to wash! I want to wash!"

It was called a wash, but it was really just soaking a towel in floral water and giving the face and hands a perfunctory wipe. After everyone who came back from the hospital had finished wiping themselves, Ma Jiao wrung out the towel, splashed the floral water in the basin into the corner, and that was it.

The families of Chen Dong's second uncle, Chen Xianfu, and third uncle, Chen Xianhai, received the news when Chen Dong's Maybach entered the village, and they rushed over as well.

When Chen Dong and Zhang Yi entered the ancestral house, it was already full of people. There were twenty-seven adults alone, plus children from each family, averaging at least two per family. In total, there were forty or fifty people in the ancestral house, which showed how large the family of the eldest uncle Chen Shengyu was.

As soon as Grandma Wei Shufen saw Zhang Yi enter, she hurriedly beckoned her over and pulled her to sit next to her. The other sisters-in-law went to Chen Lianxiang's side and inquired about her health.

Chen Dong smiled and walked towards his brothers in the hall. At this moment, eight cousins ​​were gathered around the coffee table, drinking tea. As soon as Chen Dong walked over, they stood up with smiles to greet him. Chen Zaiyou, the youngest son of his third uncle Chen Xianhai, was three years younger than Chen Dong and obediently gave up his seat for Chen Dong.

"Brother, please sit down," Chen Zaiyou walked to the side and offered his chair to Chen Dong. Chen Dong smiled and patted him on the shoulder. Chen Zaiming, who was sitting closer to the coffee table, also said, "Dongzi, you can sit here. It'll be more convenient for you to have tea."

"No, no, no, Brother Zaiming, you can just sit down," Chen Dong said, waving his hand as he saw that the person speaking was the eldest son of his second uncle, Chen Xianfu.

Chen Zaiming, however, insisted on pulling Chen Dong to sit in his seat, while he went to sit with Chen Zaiyou. When Chen Zaiguang finished packing his things and came over, he saw that Chen Dong was sitting a bit far away, and glared at the third brother Chen Zaiguang, who was making tea with his head covered, saying that he had no sense of propriety.

The head seat was reserved for Chen Xiangui, and it was inappropriate for anyone else to sit there. Since Chen Dong and I had arrived, the third brother should have politely offered us his seat, but he kept his head down and focused on making tea.

Seeing that almost everyone had arrived, Chen Dong took out his cigarettes from his pocket and lit one for each person, filling the hall with smoke as everyone puffed away.

"Wow, if I didn't know better, I'd think you were starting a fire. Look at all this smoke, it's making my eyes water," Huang Lanzhi said as she walked over, holding a piece of beef that Chen Dong had brought. "How about hot pot again today? What do you guys think?"

"Mother, you can arrange it as you see fit," Chen Zaixing said with a smile.

"Anything is fine with me!"

"Anything is fine, you can eat it however you like."

Huang Lanzhi said to her nephews in an annoyed tone, "I'm asking Dongzi. Whether you like it or not is none of my business."

"Grandma, you can decide," Chen Dong naturally agreed with everyone else. Huang Lanzhi then smiled and said, "Okay, then let's have hot pot for lunch."

On Grandma Wei Shufen's side, all ten granddaughters-in-law and three daughters-in-law were called over by the old lady. They were all sitting on small stools one by one. The younger children kept crowding around their mothers, which annoyed them. They got two slaps on the bottom and went crying to their fathers.

There were several red boxes at the feet of old lady Wei Shufen. The sisters-in-law who had gathered around knew that when Chen Dong and Zhang Yi first came, they brought gold necklaces and other jewelry, saying that each family would receive one.

However, because Chen Lianxiang was hospitalized, they rushed to the county hospital to be the first to see Chen Dong and Zhang Yi, thinking that the distribution was already complete. Later, when they returned home, they found out that the items were all left with the old lady and had not been distributed yet.

They all stared expectantly at the old lady, sitting in a row, waiting to receive their share of the jewelry. The men who had been drinking tea and smoking over there also noticed them. Chen Zaixing walked over curiously and asked the old lady, Wei Shufen, with a grin, "Grandma, do I get a share?"

Huang Lanzhi scolded her unreliable youngest son, "You brat, always meddling in everything! I'll get your older brother to beat you up later!"

Among the children watching, Chen Rongwen shouted loudly, "Uncle deserves to be hit, Uncle shouldn't spoil him!"

"My uncle deserves a beating!"

Little Chen Hui, mixed in with a group of older brothers and sisters, also shouted, "Uncle deserves a beating, don't spoil him!"

"Hey, you bunch of rascals, I've been spoiling you for nothing all this time," Chen Zaixing said, picking up little Chen Hui. "Jimi, let's not be like these older brothers. Let's go inside and listen to the uncles chat."

"I don't want to, I want to play with Brother Rongwen and Brother Rongwu," Little Chen Hui immediately wriggled in Chen Zaixing's arms like an eel, trying to get down.

"Fifth brother, put the little chick down quickly. If you drop it, I'll beat you with a stick," said Old Mrs. Wei Shufen, seeing that little Chen Hui in Chen Zaixing's arms was twisting and trying to get down. Chen Zaixing still wanted to tease him, but Old Mrs. Wei Shufen was afraid that little Chen Hui would fall, so she quickly scolded him.

Little Chen Hui, who had just landed, ran to Chen Rongwen's brother's side and stood close to him, grinning as he watched Chen Zaixing being scolded. Wu Fangru rolled her eyes at her husband, "Why are you meddling in women's and children's business? Go, go, go drink your tea and smoke your cigarettes."