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Early the next morning, around eight o'clock
The convoy returning home set off. My parents' home, Lianhua Lake Farm in Muyang County, is more than 70 kilometers away from Huaizhou, and it takes more than an hour to get there by taking the national highway.
more than half an hour later
As soon as the convoy arrived at the border of Muyang County, local county government leaders came to greet them with police cars. They stood for a long distance with a very respectful attitude.
Nothing else to say
Comrade Wang Guodong was a deputy ministerial leader before his retirement. When he retired, he clearly stated the treatment of senior officials. It was an out-and-out veteran leader who returned to his hometown and could fully enjoy this treatment.
Comrade Chen Xiulian is the former chairman of the China Nursery Charity Foundation and has made great contributions to domestic education charity. Comrade Si Wanru is the current chairman of the China Nursery Charity Fund. Her contributions in the field of charity have been highly praised by leaders.
In particular, the "100,000 Schools for Seedling Charity" campaign has been launched vigorously in China, covering all parts of China. The purpose is to build more than 100,000 high-standard primary and secondary schools and popularize basic compulsory education courses.
Muyang County has also benefited from six high schools and dozens of primary schools, building high-standard campuses.
For this reason, it is worthwhile for the county leaders to travel 30 kilometers from the county seat.
There is also the famous Hollywood movie star Miss Julia Roberts, who has won an Academy Award and participated in the "Lord of the Rings" series of films, which caused a sensation all over the world. She is a famous person in the entertainment industry with world-class influence.
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Not to mention there is a real God of Wealth in the team.
Mr. Wang Yaocheng, the world's richest man, returns to his hometown to pay homage to his ancestors. At this time, he does not use the family card to attract investment. This is simply a crime against the more than 900,000 people in the county. He is absolutely incompetent.
The two parties got out of the car to chat for a while, and then, led by the police car, they formed a longer motorcade and drove towards the Lianhua Lake Farm, attracting the attention of passers-by.
After a while
The long motorcade had just entered the boundary of Lianhua Lake Farm, and was greeted by another long motorcade on the roadside, led by two red Santanas, as well as Xiali, jeeps and other vehicles. This was the leader of Lianhua Lake Farm who came out to greet them.
The leaders of the Lianhua Lake Farm of the agricultural reclamation system have long been informed of the news and wanted to express their warm welcome to Wang Guodong and his party!
Originally, the county leaders were not prepared to stop, but the convoy behind them stopped, including Wang Guodong, Chen Xiulian, and Wang Yaocheng, who all got off the car to shake hands and greet the leaders of Lianhua Lake Farm. The county leaders had to turn back and repeat the process all over again.
What can I say if I don’t want to play?
After all, he is a local gangster in his hometown, so he cannot take the leader of Lianhua Lake Farm lightly.
This time, the local farm leaders felt even more proud.
A pair of big hands held Wang Yaocheng tightly and kept shaking him. It was like iron pliers that were squeezing his hands and causing pain. A sincere smile filled his purple face.
a moment later
A group of people got into the car one after another. This time, the convoy led by the local Lianhua Lake Farm leader formed a longer convoy and moved forward. After walking a few kilometers, they entered the farm center street.
Lianhua Lake Farm is a large farm under the agricultural reclamation system. Its organizational structure is equivalent to the township level, but it has no government functions and is a complete agricultural reclamation enterprise.
Even so, there are tens of thousands of people here, and Farm Center Street is also quite lively.
There are many six-story buildings in the street. Nightclubs, karaoke halls, rural supermarkets and home appliance shopping malls are bustling with people. Although they are not large, they are quite lively.
The street lights and road construction on Central Street are all of high standard. Wang Guodong and Chen Xiulian donated 6 million yuan to build them. There are also Central Street Garden, charity nursing home, Lianhua Lake Middle School and Primary School, etc., all of which were built with donations from their hometown.
Standard public welfare facilities.
Over the years, under Chen Xiulian's special care, many people have gone out to work on the farm.
Most of the young and middle-aged people in Lianhua Lake Farm work in enterprises affiliated to the consortium. In enterprises such as Carrefour Supermarket, Pacific Appliances Store, and Yangtze River Technology Group, many people have reached middle and low-level management positions and naturally earn a lot of money.
Moreover, there are quite a lot of people doing business and transportation in Lianhua Lake Farm, and a number of millionaires and multi-millionaires have emerged. The farm economy is second to none in Muyang County, and it is famous as the richest town.
Such a wealthy town naturally has good infrastructure and is as lively as a southern town.
When the convoy arrived at Center Street, it split into two groups and went their separate ways.
A group of county leaders and farm leaders accompanied Wang Guodong and his son to the farm office building not far away for a discussion. They talked about the bright prospects for the construction of their hometown and promoted investment projects. This was originally the meaning of the title.
Caring for your family and building your hometown is a great thing that is praised by others.
One group of people was Chen Xiulian, who took her daughter-in-law and grandchildren out of the car to go shopping and stretch their legs. It was not far from home, so there was no need to take a car back.
The motorcade stopped at the street corner.
As soon as Chen Xiulian got out of the car, she was surrounded by enthusiastic villagers.
"Oh, Sister Huaizhou is back! We have been waiting for you to come home for a long time."
"Aunt Xiulian, do you recognize me? I am Dafeng, Wang's second daughter-in-law in Touzhuang. When I was a child, I always followed you to pick wild vegetables outside the village. This has been true for more than 50 years."
"Sister Huaizhou, come and sit at home! We are able to live such a prosperous life now, and the villagers are all grateful to you!"
"Who says it isn't? Come to my house, sit down, and have a sip of sugar tea."
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Facing the enthusiastic smiling faces of the villagers, the full enthusiasm without any falseness touched the softness deep in Chen Xiulian's heart. Her eyes turned red, and she could only deal with it in her mouth: "Oh... Okay, okay, thank you."
! If you have time, you must go to Qianmen when you have time. Come and sit at my place first."
At this time, the daughter-in-law and grandchildren in the car came out, and the scene immediately became more lively.
The crowd soon gathered three levels inside and three outside, causing the female bodyguards nearby to stamp their feet anxiously for fear of something going wrong. The male bodyguards outside quickly came over to prepare to evacuate the crowd.
Chen Xiulian saw it and waved her hand. It was a warm greeting from the villagers, so it would be no big deal.
"Sister Huaizhou, this is your granddaughter! This little girl is so handsome!"
"You're right! And these little boys, they look like dolls in movies, and they make people feel pain at the first sight. Aunt Xiulian, are these your little grandsons?"
"That's great! Your family is full of rich and noble descendants. Sister Huaizhou, you are really blessed, and we are also very happy."
When Si Wanru, Julia Roberts, Cai Linlin, Xia Shuzhen, Elizabeth and Luo Jingwen got out of the car one after another, they were so charming that they looked like fairies, and the onlookers collectively lost their voices.
"Sister, are these all daughters-in-law from a small town?"
I didn’t know who it was, so I asked him in a sudden sentence, which immediately triggered a burst of whispers.
"No, this is the eldest daughter-in-law."
Chen Xiulian dragged Luo Jingwen to her side and quickly explained to the villagers: "Xiaocheng is a Hong Kong citizen now. They don't pay attention to this over there. Big families are like this."
"We know the eldest sister, just like in Hong Kong TV series, there are several concubines in rich families, all wearing silk and satin, they are so powerful, they are all beautiful eldest daughters."
"You are so old-fashioned. People don't call me concubines now. They are second wives and third wives, right, eldest sister?"
"I'm old-fashioned...what's the difference between concubine and madam?"
"Of course it's different. In the old society, concubines were called concubines. Now that the times have advanced, they are called madams. The gambling king of Macau has several wives. You have an old concept."
"Tch...strong words."
Before they were there, the villagers themselves were already arguing, with each other blushing and refusing to give in, which made people dumbfounded.
This is just a small tidbit, and it was quickly replaced by all kinds of strange things.
Chen Xiulian and her entourage walked home, and the fellow villagers in the brigade followed them, cheering and crowding in, just like a general leading an army.
Curious village women kept asking around, "Aunt Xiulian, which one of them is the bigger one, and which one is the second one? That little girl with blue eyes looks so pretty, who is she?"
"What country are they from? Are they all so beautiful?"
"What a blessing this small town is. How can I find so many beautiful wives? They are all as beautiful as fairies. I just don't know how to divide them at night."
The heart of Bagua is burning so brightly that it will never be extinguished even if thrown into the sea!
After walking not far, we exited the street.
You can see a few hundred meters in front of you, a row of three-story classical-style buildings with bucket eaves and flying pavilions, close to the shore of the rippling Lotus Lake. This is the hometown of Chen Xiulian's four siblings.
Not far ahead, there is a splendid new temple...
Lotus Ancient Temple
The Lotus Ancient Temple was built by Wang Guodong and Chen Xiulian who donated 150 million yuan. Brothers Wang Yaoyang and Wang Yaocheng donated a total of 100 million yuan. Three brothers, Chen Xiude, Chen Xiucai and Chen Xiutong, donated a total of 10 million yuan.
's temple.
Its construction scale is grand, and the temples are spread out one after another based on the beautiful scenery of Zhuanlianhua Lake, making it the largest Buddhist temple in Muyang County and several surrounding counties.
Since its completion, the incense has been prosperous and there has been an endless flow of Buddhist believers.
Seriously speaking, there is only one ancient well fence in the Lianhua Ancient Temple with a history of more than 500 years. It is an old relic of the historic City God Temple next to the Lianhua Lake Farm, and almost everything else is newly built.
Centuries-old camphor trees and some old building components were collected from the countryside and brought together in this temple covering an area of more than 160 acres.
But this does not affect people's enthusiasm, especially during festivals and festivals, when believers come from all over to burn incense and worship Buddha.
thus
It has led to the further prosperity of the business in Lianhua Center Street, which is vaguely comparable to that of Muyang County.
According to Muyang County urban planning;
The next step in urban development is to focus on the direction of Lianhua Lake Farm and develop the original dumbbell urban structure into a one-stop structure.
Forming one county and two commercial centers, relying on a county development zone to focus on developing the export-oriented economy, tourism economy, and logistics economic structure, the goal is to build the strongest county economy in Suzhou City.
All development aspirations will eventually fall on the shoulders of the world's richest man, Wang Yaocheng.
As the saying goes;
There is nothing wrong with saying that with great ability comes great responsibility.
examine carefully;
The three-story classical building in a row of the four Chen brothers and sisters is about one hundred meters long and is divided into four families.
The elder uncle Chen Xiude, the second uncle Chen Xiucai, the younger uncles Chen Xiutong and Chen Xiulian's family, the four siblings are counted in a row. Especially the Chen Xiulian family is the largest, with an eight-up structure and eight-down structure. The others are only half the size.
no way
Chen Xiulian's family has the largest population, many daughters-in-law and many grandchildren. The family needs two tables to eat, and the place is too small to fit in.
The land for building houses is purchased from other people's homesteads, and several families are connected together, so they take care of each other, and it is convenient for people to visit each other.
Anyway, the Chen family is now very prosperous, especially Chen Shi, the eldest son of Chen Xiutong's family, who holds an important position as the director of the accounting and auditing department at Wang's Foundation. He is also an out-and-out billionaire, and he is not short of money at all.
Therefore, some people are born to enjoy blessings, including my brother-in-law Chen Xiutong.
When he was poor, he was idle, but the eldest sister of Huaizhou, Chen Xiulian, helped him from time to time. Even if he was hungry, he could not miss a bite, and his life was carefree.
After developed
The eldest son Chen Shi stood out and shouldered the financial burden of the family. Among the younger generation, he was second only to Wang Yaocheng, and even did better than Wang Yaoyang. He was simply enviable.
How to explain that it is not a life of happiness?
The new house of the fourth brother and sister of the Chen family is nestled against a mountain and a lake, and is close to the ancient Lotus Temple. The scenery is beautiful.
There is an independent courtyard here, but it also forms an organic whole. It is about tens of meters away from a winding asphalt road beside Lianhua Lake. There are colorful flowers and trees planted at the door, giving it a rural beauty.
The accompanying motorcade parked in front of the house, and those who could not park had to park along the roadside.
The villagers who had been following from the street continued to be enthusiastic and entered the courtyard of Chen Xiulian's house without hesitation. Soon it was crowded and everyone was talking curiously.
Anyway, it’s all kinds of homely trivia, and according to hearsay, it’s the favorite of the folks.
Fortunately, the family had already made preparations. Chen Xiude, Chen Xiucai, and Chen Xiutong were busy greeting the guests. They took out more than a hundred benches and chairs from the home and arranged for people to sit in the woods outside the courtyard gate.
There are also many without seats, on the flower bed, by the threshold, or simply leaning against a small tree, which does not affect the mood of the lively chat at all.
Then
It was the Chen family who sent out melon seeds, peanuts, fruits, tea, and snacks like water. The villagers sat together and chatted and had fun without anyone greeting them.
From time to time, male elders from the clan came over one after another, and the crowd gathered more and more.
a while
The four doors of Chen Xiulian and her brother were surrounded by water, and it was as lively as if they were going to a market.
Looking at this posture, I'm afraid the conversation will last until dark.
At least when the three Wang Guodong masters come back, there will be some excitement again.
Chen Xiutong was still discerning. While arranging the preparations in his own kitchen, he knew that he could not entertain so many people for lunch at the same time.
I quickly sent someone to book a table at a restaurant on the street. It looked like I had to book at least 30 tables, but I wasn’t sure if that would be enough.
This is not a banquet for guests, I have some idea of what to do.
Lianhua Lake Farm is six or seven kilometers away from the county seat. As news spread that the Chen siblings returned to their hometown to worship their ancestors, many fellow villagers from Muyang County rushed back, and the number of people will definitely increase further.
Exactly how many people there are, only God knows.
This is how it is in the countryside. Now that life is better, no one wants this meal anymore.
It is because of the gratitude in my heart to the eldest sister of Huaizhou. For decades, I have been affectionately pulling my brothers together, and my reputation has been overwhelming. When my family became prosperous, I also helped the villagers to become rich, and even won the respect of the villagers.
Chen Xiulian also does charity across the country and spreads her love to the whole country. She has become an idol in everyone's mind. She is really like a living Bodhisattva.
The folks at Lianhua Lake Farm are proud of Sister Huaizhou, and they are all willing to come here to soak up this nobility.
This side
The fat aunt followed Si Wanru to the bedroom on the third floor. There were Wang Guodong and Chen Xiulian's room, Wang Yaoyang and his wife's room, Wang Yaocheng's study and Si Wanru's room, etc.
There is also a spacious main hall where incense is enshrined by the Great Merciful and Great Compassionate Guanyin Bodhisattva.
"Wanru, the old lady treats us well. The other ladies' bedrooms are all on the second floor, but our room is on the third floor. This shows that the old lady still values us the most in her heart. After all, she is the principal bedroom!"
Wang Yaocheng sacrificed the iron head around him, but won the sincerity of Fat Auntie. He really said good things when he had the chance.
The effect is amazing!
"Oh, the fellow villagers here are so enthusiastic. They were so crowded all of a sudden. I was really scared to death just now!" Si Wanru sat down on the bed tiredly, and said with lingering fear; "I'm really afraid that so many people will crowd in, and then the child will be taken away."
It’s hurt.”
"It's okay. Children all like fun. Look how happy they are playing downstairs."
"That's just right. I can take a break."
The fat aunt smiled and unfolded the thin quilt and turned on the air conditioner; "The old lady is well-known as a person. The villagers worship her as a living Buddha. This sincerity and enthusiasm are not false at all. You can rest for a while and wait for dinner.
I’ll call you when the time comes.”
"I can't stand the enthusiasm of the fellow villagers. I'm really tired. I just need to lie down for a while. You can help me keep an eye on the children."
"It's okay. The children have just arrived in the countryside and can have some fun. They have a personal housekeeper to watch and nothing will happen to them."
After hearing this, Si Wanru had a gentle smile on her face; "The old lady means the same thing. Children should not be overly pampered. Brother Cheng went back to his hometown when he was a child, but he ran around, digging out bird's nests and fishing for fish. He was just like a wild boy.
, I have to play until dark every day before going home, and I even forget to eat.”
"He... is just like monkey monkey, no one can control him." Fat Aunt sighed sincerely; "If it weren't for this wild and fearless man, he wouldn't have been able to conquer such a huge empire with his bare hands. It's great.
Awesome! People can’t help but admire it from the bottom of their hearts.”
"That's right! He never takes the ordinary path, hehe..."
The two people were chatting, and there was a burst of "cracking" firecrackers outside, mixed with "bang" firework bombs flying into the sky, exploding into brilliant colorful fireworks.
"What's going on?"
Suddenly hearing the noisy sound of firecrackers, Si Wanru stood up quickly, walked to the railing with her fat aunt and looked outside.
Among the crowds of people rushing over outside the yard, holding them in their hands, pushing them on bicycles, or pulling them in cars, there were firecrackers and fireworks, which started forming on the asphalt road dozens of meters away from the door.
Tall firecrackers and fireworks have been piled up into a hill, which were all bought spontaneously by the villagers to celebrate.
The firecrackers on the ground were connected hundreds of meters long and were exploding with "cracking" sounds. The smell of gunpowder lingered along with the blue smoke.
Firework bombs rose into the sky one after another and exploded, spreading out brilliant sparks, which were particularly conspicuous in the sun.
Although it was noon, the excitement never stopped.
The young men were constantly unpacking firecrackers and packaging them, and were busy amidst the smoke of exploding firecrackers. It looked like they were ready to put them down until dark.
See this
Fat Auntie and Si Wanru looked at each other in shock. Oh my God, this scene was too big!