1970s: My childhood sweetheart ran away, and I turned around and married the wildest chief.

Lu Mingzhou saw Lu Minghui's sinister gaze, but remained unmoved and turned his head away.

It seems this guy is about to lose his temper.

At noon, Grandpa Lu invited everyone to lunch. He sent people over early in the morning to invite Lu's father, Lu Mingzhou, and Lu Minghui, along with their sons.

Upon hearing this, Qiao Wanqing rolled her eyes. "That old man, he's still the same old man."

When she and Lu Mingzhou came back to the old house, they invited her to have dinner together. At that time, they probably thought that the Lu family had a low status and Lu Mingzhou's position was not that high. As a granddaughter-in-law, she came from a large family and the Lu family needed to respect her.

Now that Lu Mingzhou has risen in status, the old man has become arrogant and started putting on airs again. He not only refuses to invite his granddaughter over, but he also doesn't respect his granddaughter-in-law.

Lu Mingzhou smiled and patted her head to comfort her.

Qiao Wanqing couldn't be bothered to argue with them. Anyway, she would be leaving after the New Year. Over the years, she hadn't had much contact with Old Master Lu. This was just a New Year's visit. Next time, she might be attending the old man's funeral.

She didn't care about eating his meal anyway, and she was happy to stay away.

After handing her son over to Lu Mingzhou, Qiao Wanqing sunbathed at home.

The lunch was still very plentiful. This time, apart from Xu Li and her two daughters, the rest were Miao Cuiying's children.

This time, Xu Li behaved herself, eating her meal quietly with her daughter. After finishing, she went to stay in a corner. She was quite stubborn; even though everyone ignored her, she wouldn't leave and stayed in the living room.

Qiao Wanqing remembered that she hadn't distributed the gifts she brought for everyone yet, so she asked everyone to come upstairs with her to distribute them. There were too many people yesterday, so only a portion was given to Lu Mingzhu. Today, since everyone was family, they could distribute the rest.

As for Xu Li and her daughter, Qiao Wanqing simply ignored them. They were on opposing sides, and even if they didn't fight, they would never become friends, so there was no need to worry about them.

Chen Yulian, who was eating sunflower seeds nearby, asked, "A gift? What gift?"

Lu Mingzhu pointed to the clothes she was wearing, "See? This is the one my sister-in-law gave me yesterday. It's a top international brand! It costs tens of thousands of yuan."

Upon hearing this, Chen Yulian's eyes lit up like light bulbs. "What? What did you say? This dress costs tens of thousands of yuan?"

She jumped up suddenly and rushed over to touch Lu Mingzhu's clothes, startling Lu Mingzhu who quickly dodged away. "Go away, your hands are covered in dust from eating sunflower seeds, don't get my clothes dirty!"

Chen Yulian saw that her hands were indeed covered in dust and her fingers were black, and her face immediately darkened. "Why didn't these people clean the sunflower seeds before roasting them?"

She wasn't angry; she quickly went to the kitchen to wash her hands clean.

Miao Cuiying was also shocked, reaching out to touch her daughter's clothes. "This...this costs tens of thousands of yuan?"

Qiao Wanqing smiled and nodded, "Yes! It's a foreign brand, and it's a luxury brand that's sold specifically to rich people, so the prices are very high. Some of them are even unavailable even if you have the money. I had my classmate send them to me from abroad. These brands are very popular in the upper class of big cities now."

Miao Cuiying patted her chest and took a deep breath.

"My God! A single piece of clothing costs tens of thousands..."

Over the years, she has seen a lot of the world. After all, her daughter-in-law, Qiao Wanqing, is generous. She has been in the capital for several years, diligently helping her son and daughter-in-law manage their businesses. Therefore, Qiao Wanqing has given her some valuable gifts.

But a single piece of clothing costs tens of thousands of yuan, which she still doesn't have.

This is not her fault, because Qiao Wanqing herself did not pay much attention to this aspect before. Some of her own clothes were produced by her own clothing factory, but most of them were custom-made by old tailors.

The same was naturally given to Miao Cuiying.

The most expensive clothes Miao Cuiying has worn over the years cost no more than a thousand yuan.

"Come on, everyone's upstairs! There were too many people yesterday, I didn't have time to distribute them to everyone. When Mingzhu saw me upstairs, I just handed her hers. Oh, and the kids are here too, everyone gets some, Mom, you get some too!"

The children exchanged glances and then rushed upstairs in a flurry.

It's a high-end brand! They'd heard of it; a few wealthy classmates at school had bought it, and they were incredibly proud of it, boasting about how it was the best thing ever. They wanted one too.

They all saw it yesterday; when Auntie Fourth came back, she brought back a lot of big packages and suitcases!

Everyone rushed up to the fourth floor in one breath. Chen Yulian, having washed her hands, came out and joined the group. Only Xu Li and her daughter remained in the living room. The younger daughter looked at her mother and asked, "Mom, did she really buy so many designer brands? Do we have them too?"

The eldest daughter scoffed, "How could that be? Those brands are all incredibly expensive, many of them aren't even available domestically, and even those that are are ridiculously pricey. With so many people in the family, how could she possibly buy them all to distribute? How many would she have to buy?"

Xu Li was born into a relatively wealthy family. Although her father had fallen on hard times more than a decade ago, even a fallen camel is bigger than a horse. Her living conditions were only not as good as those who were extremely wealthy, but much better than those of ordinary people.

She knew about luxury goods, and even owned some herself, so she naturally knew their prices.

The children in the family, through constant exposure, naturally learn this as well.

"Come on, let's go upstairs and take a look." The eldest daughter couldn't sit still any longer and pulled her mother and younger sister upstairs to see.

Upstairs, Qiao Wanqing led everyone upstairs. When they reached the fourth floor, she told everyone to go to the living room first. "Let's distribute them in the living room. Everyone gets one. The room is too small; there's not enough space to stand. Mom, Mingzhu, come with me to get them."

Miao Cuiying and Lu Mingzhu went into the bedroom with her to get the suitcase, while the rest of the people waited in the living room.

A short while later, they brought out six large packages and suitcases and placed them in the living room on the fourth floor. As soon as they were opened, they drew gasps of surprise.

"Wow……"

Various shoes, bags, coats, belts, scarves...

Qiao Wanqing bought items from major international brands. Luxury goods had actually entered China in the late 1970s, but they were rare on the market, and some could only be purchased through special channels.

Now it's the late 1980s, and we're about to enter the 1990s. These things are becoming more common, but they're still not something you can see in shopping malls in big cities like in later years. So at this time, they were truly luxury items, and ordinary people probably had never even seen them.

Even the Lu family, who could be considered among the first to become wealthy, have never seen such a thing.

The women mostly brought coats, bags, scarves, etc., while the men mostly brought belts, leather shoes, watches, pens, etc. The children brought backpacks, clothes, shoes, etc. She had a lot of people with her this time, so she wasn't worried about carrying luggage. She brought a lot, and everyone in the family was taken care of.

She even brought some small gifts for a few girls from her hometown who used to hang out with her.

"They're all here. This one's for Mom, these two are for Third Brother and Sister-in-law, and the rest, you can choose whatever you like."

Miao Cuiying was given a dark brown coat, a very elegant style that looked quite luxurious.

Since Lu Mingzhu already had her own clothes, she didn't bother to choose any more. Instead, she and Qiao Wanqing helped Miao Cuiying put on her clothes.

"Wow, this high-end brand is really different! Look at the style, Mom, it's so luxurious!"

Miao Cuiying was so excited that her face turned red. There was a full-length mirror in the house. When Qiao Wanqing came into the house to get the package, they had already brought the mirror out. Now, Miao Cuiying stood in front of the mirror, looking at herself from the left and right, and she was very satisfied no matter how she looked at herself.

If we're talking about the most glamorous and extravagant gifts of the entire event, then it has to be Chen Yulian and Lu Mingkang's. These two are like peacocks, they love to show off, so the gifts Qiao Wanqing prepared for them were also quite extravagant.

Chen Yulian wore a fur coat, which looked even more extravagant and luxurious than her second sister-in-law Li Dongmei's. Qiao Wanqing had it altered by a tailor after buying it, adding some decorations, such as rhinestones on the collar, chest, and pockets, making it sparkle and look very wealthy. She was also given sunglasses and a handbag, which made Chen Yulian very happy!

Lu Mingkang's outfit was also very simple: a big leather jacket with a large fur collar, which was very fashionable at the time. Lu Mingkang was so excited that he took it and put it on. Paired with the thick chain around his neck, everyone could hardly bear to look at it. Even Qiao Wanqing found it an eyesore. He looked like a bandit leader.

Everyone laughed so hard they almost fell over. Miao Cuiying couldn't help but exclaim, "This is exactly like the bandits of the past!"

Qiao Wanqing smiled and handed him a pair of sunglasses. "Would you like these?"

Lu Mingkang's eyes lit up, and he immediately took it, exclaiming, "Yes, yes, I want it!"

He put it on immediately, and oh no, he looked even more like a bandit!

The children were laughing uncontrollably, and Miao Cuiying couldn't stand it anymore. She laughed and scolded, "Take it off quickly! Don't let this get out. What kind of clothes are these? If you wear this out, the neighbors will laugh at you to death."

Lu Mingkang protested, "Mom, what kind of taste do you have? These are clothes for rich people. All the big shots outside dress like this now. If I wore this out, countless people would be envious. How could they laugh at me?"

He even struck a few poses as he spoke, showing off to the children.

Make the children laugh again.

Boys usually wear sportswear and sneakers, while girls wear various warm tops and winter skirts, which look great when they are dressed together.

In addition, there was a big bag of various hair clips. "Come and pick one. These are made in our own factory. They are high-end products. I don't know which ones are which. Just pick two of each of you."

The girls cheered and immediately gathered together to pick out their favorite hair clips.

Lu's father's gifts were entrusted to Miao Cuiying for safekeeping, as were Zhao Yongnian's leather jacket and belt.

Zhao Yongnian was taken aback. "I have one too?"

Qiao Wanqing laughed and said, "Of course I do. Everyone in my family has one, including the children. I buy them per person."

Zhao Yongnian was somewhat flattered. In this family, he was just a son-in-law, and Qiao Wanqing was his wife's sister-in-law. It was one thing for them to bring such expensive gifts to his wife and children, but they even brought gifts for him.

Upon receiving the gifts, Zhao Yongnian's hands trembled with excitement; these were all wonderful things!

Lu Mingzhu glared at him. "Look how excited you are! If people didn't know better, they'd think I was mistreating you! We've never skimped on good things for you at home!"

Zhao Yongnian chuckled and said, "How can they be the same? This is imported. When we go back to work after the New Year, I'll be so envious of everyone."

In this day and age, people highly value imported products, believing that anything imported is expensive and good!

After laughing and joking for a while, the gifts were finally distributed. Xu Li and her daughters, who were standing at the top of the stairs, were dumbfounded. They did not expect that Qiao Wanqing would actually buy so many gifts to give to people, and that everyone would receive one, even the children from the Zhao family.

Seeing this, the group couldn't stay still any longer and hurried over. When they found the box completely empty, the two girls panicked.

"Where are ours? Fourth Aunt, where is our family's?"

Qiao Wanqing was taken aback and looked at Xu Li's eldest daughter who was speaking. She had met this girl more than ten years ago. Back then, she ate and dressed well and was completely different from the country children. She was arrogant and looked down on the Lu family, these peasants.

Now, I'm in my twenties, but my nature hasn't changed at all; I'm still just as clueless.

"There are none of you," Qiao Wanqing replied.

The girl immediately got angry, "Why don't we get one? Everyone in the family has one, so we should too. My dad is the eldest son, the head of the family..."

"Stop, stop, stop..." Qiao Wanqing said impatiently, turning to Xu Li beside her. "Is this how you raise your child? You know the state of our families, don't you? We've kept things at arm's length for Father's sake, but what? You're putting on airs now? Do you really think we consider you family?"

"Besides, our two families are the most successful in the entire Lu family. I thought you would prepare gifts for everyone like I would!"

Xu Li choked, her face immediately turning pale. Preparing a gift?

What kind of gifts are you preparing? Do these peasants even deserve them?

They're coming back for money, so who's going to spend money to prepare gifts for these people?

But even if Xu Li was stupid, she knew she couldn't say that now. She could only retort angrily, "We just wanted to come back quietly to visit our families. Who's making such a big fuss like you? We barely have enough people to carry our family's luggage, how could we possibly have the energy to prepare gifts for them?"

"Besides, we all know that our family is doing well in business these years. We have everything we need, so why would I need to prepare anything? Minghui supports the whole family on his own, unlike you guys who have your parents to help you."

Qiao Wanqing curled her lips into a sneer, "Really? If Grandpa knew what you said, what do you think he'd think?"

"You..." Xu Li choked. Over the years, Grandpa Lu had indeed given them a lot of money. If she said that he hadn't given them anything, the old man would get angry and she probably wouldn't get any money this time.

"Alright, alright!" Miao Cuiying waved her hand impatiently. "Go to the side and don't get in the way."