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

"I'm moving out of this house today!"

Ignoring the shouts from Fang Songmao, Liu Guoliang, and others behind him, Liu Guomin slung his canvas bag over his shoulder, and with a gust of wind, he strode out of the main room in a few steps. Only then did Liu Lishi suddenly wake up, and she frantically broke free from Fang Songmao and Liu Guoliang, staggering as she chased after them to the door.

Liu Li shouted at Liu Guomin in a shrill voice, "Liu Guomin! If you dare to leave today, don't call me 'mother' again. Consider it all for nothing that I gave birth to you and raised you. You have no conscience!"

Liu Guomin paused, his back to the door, his shoulders trembling slightly. When he turned around, his face was surprisingly calm. "Mother, I'll call you 'Mother' one last time!"

"I left because this home was too oppressive. I felt that if I continued like this, I would go crazy sooner or later," Liu Guomin slowly revealed his true feelings. "I'm going out to find a place to live, not to sever ties with you. I'll come back when I've figured things out."

"If I can't figure it out, I won't come back!"

After Liu Guomin finished speaking, he turned and left. He took long strides, and the canvas bag bounced back and forth on his back. The dirt road in Shangzhai Village was scorching hot under the sun. Dogs by the roadside were panting with their tongues hanging out. Several women returning from the fields looked at Liu Guomin with surprise and doubt when they saw him carrying the canvas bag. Liu Guomin didn't look at anyone and walked out of the village without saying a word.

Fang Songmao was worried, so he gave Liu Guoliang some instructions and then pushed his bicycle to follow far behind. When Liu Guomin left the village and reached the fork in the road leading to Shangzhai and Lianzhai, he suddenly stopped.

He stood under the old banyan tree at the intersection, looked up at the sky, which was very blue and cloudless.

"How wonderful, there's not a single cloud in the sky!"

"Brother-in-law!" Fang Songmao finally caught up and parked the car on the side of the road. "Where are you going? In this blazing sun, you should at least tell me. If you can't make it, you can stay at my place for a couple of nights."

Liu Guomin didn't turn around, but said in a low voice, "Songmao, you go back. I'll go to town to find work. I'll send you a message once I've settled down."

"Take this money first," Fang Songmao pulled seven yuan from his pocket and stuffed it into Liu Guomin's hand. "Going out is fine too. As the old saying goes, a tree dies when transplanted, but a person thrives. Be careful in everything you do when you're out there alone!"

"Okay, I understand. Go back now and tell Jia Shui not to worry about me. I'll call back once I'm settled." After saying that, Liu Guomin waved and walked towards Jiping Town.

Fang Songmao held onto the handlebars of his bicycle and watched his brother-in-law Liu Guomin walk further and further away. He didn't leave immediately, but instead lit a cigarette on the spot and smoked it while watching Liu Guomin's figure until the cigarette burned out. Only then did he ride his bicycle back to Shangzhai.

On the highway from Jiping Town to Lianzhai, the sun was blazing. Chen Zaiguang was sitting in the back seat of the "Zhaoyebai" and looking at documents when the driver, Xiao Lin, spotted a man carrying a canvas bag walking towards Jiping Town from afar, coming head-on from the "Zhaoyebai".

"Mr. Chen, I just saw Liu Guomin," the driver, Xiao Lin, said to Chen Zaiguang in the back seat.

Chen Zaiguang looked up and glanced back. The car was moving very fast now, and they had long since passed Liu Guomin. There was no longer any sign of him. "Are you sure you didn't see wrong?"

Driver Xiaolin said confidently, "I'm sure, it's Liu Guomin."

"Forget it, let's ignore him," Chen Zaiguang sat up again and continued to look at the documents. The driver, Xiao Lin, nodded and did not say anything more, smoothly driving the car into Lianzhai Village Road.

Lianzhai Chen Family Old House

Chen Zaisheng and Chen Zailong have returned. Chen Zailong was angrily cursing that he would find someone to teach the Liu family a lesson. Upon hearing this, Lin Qingsheng waved his hand and laughed, "Fourth Brother, forget it. The matter has already been set. If he still doesn't know what's good for him, it's not too late to deal with him. Otherwise, we just signed the agreement with him and then turned around and found someone to take care of him. Even a fool would know that we were the ones who did it."

"Qingsheng is right," Chen Zaisheng replied. "The matter has just been settled, there is no need to take action now. Besides, people like the Liu family are like toads on your feet, purely disgusting. You can't really do anything to them."

Chen Zaiguang walked in from outside and saw that everyone's faces were still somewhat angry. He then told them that he had seen Liu Guomin going to Jiping on the road. Upon hearing this, Lin Qingsheng said, "It seems that Liu Guomin really dares to make up his mind to move out of the Liu family."

Huang Lanzhi walked in carrying cut fruit and said to Lin Qingsheng, "Liu Guomin is just a bit of a coward and has no opinions of his own, otherwise he wouldn't have ended up like this."

"Forget it, let's not talk about him anymore," Chen Xiangui skillfully poured the tea into cups and said to his sons and Lin Qingsheng, "Drink tea, drink tea!"

Lin Qingsheng picked up a cup of hot tea, which was a little too hot for him, and took only a small sip before placing it on the coffee table. He then asked Chen Zaiguang, "Third Brother, I heard from Ah Xiang that your 'Nanyue Restaurant' is finished with renovations and will be opening in the next few days?"

"Yes, I plan to have my dad pick an auspicious day for the official opening." Chen Zaiguang used to work in the kitchen for many years, and his hands were often in contact with heat, so his skin was thicker than others. He didn't feel the tea that Chen Xiangui had just brewed was too hot, and he took small sips of it.

Upon hearing this, Chen Xiangui leaned back on the sofa and deliberately smiled as he said to his third son, Chen Zaiguang, "Then you'd better give your father a big red envelope."

The third daughter-in-law, Lin Ruiqing, immediately interjected, "Father, don't worry, I'll definitely have Zai Guang give you a big red envelope for watching the sunrise."

Chen Xiangui curled his lips. He knew that his third daughter-in-law was a stingy person who only took and never gave. He didn't expect Chen Zaiguang to actually give much. He was just teasing him. If it were his youngest son, Chen Zaixing, Chen Zaixing would have joked without his daughter-in-law Wu Fangru even having to say anything. He said, "We're father and son, Dad, you have to take from me too."

Chen Zaiguang immediately started calculating how much red envelope to give his father, Chen Xiangui. If he gave too little, not only would his father complain, but his mother would also complain. If he gave too much, his wife would also complain.

Lin Qingsheng ignored Chen Zaiguang's petty expression, glanced at Chen Lianxiang who was holding Xiao Huiyi, and solemnly said to Chen Xiangui, "Uncle, Xiang and I have decided that on the day Third Brother's 'Nanyue Restaurant' officially opens, we will hold our engagement banquet there, so that all our relatives and friends can come and celebrate our marriage!"

"Great, great, great!" Huang Lanzhi said with a smile. "With the opening of Lao San's restaurant and your engagement party with Lianxiang, our family is celebrating double happiness! This is wonderful!"

Chen Xiangui nodded with a smile, "Then I'll have to think about this date carefully. I'll have to pick a very auspicious day for the two of you."

"Yes, old man, we need to pick an auspicious day," Huang Lanzhi immediately grabbed Chen Xiangui's worn-out calendar. Chen Dong grinned at Lin Qingsheng and Chen Lianxiang and asked, "So, are you planning to hold your wedding banquet in New York?"

"Yes, we'll set up a stall in New York first, then come back to Tuocheng and set up another one, inviting all of our own people."