Chapter 1713 - 1652: The Counterpart of the Group Favorite Novel 82

Sun Jinhua got a bit carried away, boasting all the way to Liu Dalian.

Liu Dalian was strolling in the village when someone called her, asking where she had been playing these past months. She sat down to tell them about all the fun places, what the clouds looked like from the plane, and what people in big cities ate and wore.

Just as she was getting excited, Sun Jinhua came over.

Sun Jinhua tugged at her gold chain necklace and laughed, "How do you guys think about my necklace? Baozhu’s son-in-law bought it for me as a token of respect."

The others just gave dry laughs. Sun Jinhua sat down with a thud and started praising how capable Yang Baozhu was again.

Liu Dalian couldn’t stand hearing this and got up to leave.

When she got home, she vented to Pei Laoshi, "I can’t believe she said that. Claiming Yang Baozhu is capable, what rubbish. If she were capable, she’d get into graduate school like our Third, or if not, build a business empire like Anning. But she’s none of those, just marrying an old geezer who could be her father, doesn’t she feel ashamed?"

Pei Laoshi replied to Liu Dalian, "Why bother with her? Now in our whole village, her family is the worst off. Everyone’s doing better than her family. She gets so excited over One hundred thousand yuan. There isn’t a family in our village without that kind of money."

That’s true.

In the entire Xiaxi Village, every family is rolling in wealth. Each has built small Western-style houses, and some have even bought cars. Who doesn’t have hundreds of thousands in savings? It’s just that the Yang Family’s situation has gotten worse over the years for no apparent reason.

Thinking this, Liu Dalian didn’t feel angry anymore.

She realized people tolerated Sun Jinhua’s boasting just for the amusement.

Anning didn’t bother with the Yang family’s matters either.

She was busy with Xiao Yuan preparing to build a new farm, specializing in organic grains and vegetables.

People’s lives are getting better, and they are becoming more particular about what they eat. They not only want to eat their fill, but they also want it to be good and healthy.

Anning had contracted land from several villages, built quite a few breeding farms, and was busy raising pigs, chickens, ducks, and such, producing her own marinated dishes. She also wanted to create a live pig brand, venturing into the cold fresh meat sector.

In addition, she focused on vegetables and fruits.

Greenhouse vegetables had already become a scaleable business in Xiaxi Village and the surrounding villages. Now Xiaxi Village not only grows the usual vegetables, but Anning also partnered with some agricultural universities to do technological planting, engaged in soilless cultivation, and even developed new vegetable varieties, establishing Xiaxi Village’s significant vegetable brand.

Now her aim is to provide premium vegetables. She plans to build a large farm to grow vegetables and grains, specifically providing healthy and nutritious foods for the wealthy.

Recently, she and Xiao Yuan had been looking for land and negotiating contracts with various local departments, keeping them quite busy.

Once Anning got through this busy period and the farm was built, Yang Baozhu got married.

During her wedding, the Yang Family held a banquet in the village. Anning and Xiao Yuan were away signing contracts and didn’t return, and Liu Dalian and Pei Laoshi were in the county helping with babysitting, so they weren’t in the village either.

When they returned, they heard that the Yang Family’s banquet was grand, inviting the whole village. Sun Jinhua paraded Yang Baozhu’s husband around, introducing him to everyone. Behind the scenes, the villagers gossiped about how shameless Sun Jinhua and her daughter were.

Liu Dalian got wind of this and when she went to the county, she told Anning the news when Anning and Xiao Yuan returned.

While eating, Xiao Yuan asked Liu Dalian, "Mom, what’s Yang Baozhu’s husband’s name?"

Liu Dalian thought for a moment, "Someone said it’s, what’s it, oh, Wang Fugui, some general manager of a company or something."

Xiao Yuan exchanged a look with Anning, who burst into laughter, "It’s him, Yang Baozhu really has shallow tastes."

"What do you mean?"

Liu Dalian and Pei Laoshi were puzzled.

Anning laughed and explained, "We know Wang Fugui, he’s from a rural area, was poorer than our place in the past. Somehow he wrangled a recommendation as a worker-peasant-soldier university student and went to college. While in college, he dated a girl from the He Family. Eventually, he married into the He Family. The He’s were wealthy with connections, started a business in the early ’80s that grew big, and Wang Fugui got a share of that success. He is capable, helped manage some businesses, and treated the He girl well. As time went on, the He Family became reassured and let him manage their affairs."

At this, Xiao Yuan continued, "Wang Fugui had three sons and a daughter with his late wife, who passed away five or six years ago. Before she died, worried he’d remarry and neglect their children, she pressured him to distribute assets among the children. All her shares went to them too. You could say the company is now run by Wang Fugui’s eldest son. Wang Fugui still holds the title of general manager but doesn’t manage anything really, nor does he have much in assets, just a few scattered shares for dividends."

"Doesn’t Yang Baozhu know about this?" Liu Dalian found it all hard to believe. "And Wang Fugui’s sons and daughters don’t oppose him marrying Yang Baozhu?"

Anning was even more amused, "Why oppose? Anyway, Wang Fugui doesn’t have real assets anymore. Plus, his wife has been gone so long; if he wants to remarry, let him. His children don’t mind; they probably see it as hiring a nanny for him. As for Yang Baozhu... maybe she doesn’t know about this."

Liu Dalian thought for a while then chuckled, "Yet the Yang Family is so smug. Yang Baozhu will end up with nothing for looking after that old man."

Anning added some food to Liu Dalian’s bowl, "Wang Fugui isn’t foolish. His children are brought up by him and are filial. Why risk upsetting them for a woman? It’s just because he’s without a wife, an old man alone not wanting to burden his kids, so he humors Yang Baozhu to have someone care for him, giving his children peace of mind."

It really was like that; there was no more to be said.

Knowing the story’s truth, Liu Dalian no longer paid attention to the Yang family’s affairs.

As for the matter of Yang Baolin marrying that mute woman who, within a few years, started loathing Sun Jinhua; the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were constantly at odds, and Sun Jinhua never once got the better of the mute woman, with Yang Baolin always siding with his wife, Liu Dalian only heard bits and pieces from others.

She remembered, too, that the children at Anning’s were grown, and with An Yi having a child with no one to care for it, she and Pei Laoshi dashed off to the Capital to help An Yi with babysitting.

Mainly because, on Zhou Zhen’s side, his parents passed early. Zhou Zhen was born when his mother was in her forties and was in his early twenties when they died. By the time he married and had kids, his sisters and sisters-in-law had grandchildren themselves to care for, with no time for An Yi. So, in the end, Liu Dalian took on the responsibility.

Liu Dalian and Pei Laoshi stayed in the Capital for several years, looking after An Yi’s child until kindergarten middle class before they returned home to retire.

They raised four daughters, all well-married, with sons-in-law who were worry-free. Their grandchildren were all doing well. Their youngest daughter, though a bit wayward previously, settled down after marriage, especially after having a child, focusing on family life, requiring little worry from them.

Plus, every child had money and intentionally showed them filial respect. They ate and dressed well and traveled in their spare time, truly living younger and more energetic as they got older.