Chen Fa'an is nearly sixty years old and has been in the world for many years. Chen Tianhua puts on a bitter face, which fully demonstrates his inner resistance. How could he not know?

"Haha... Tugen has made great achievements in the past few years. It is really a great joy to bring glory to our Chen family, haha..."

Chen Fa'an praised and smiled, looking very happy.

He was trying his best to ease the awkward atmosphere at the scene, but he didn't care about the rudeness of the younger ones. It was all because he was at fault first. After all, he was the elder.

"Uncle, things here are over. Let's take our leave first, because there are still a few companies to leave later, and we have to continue to pay off our debts."

Chen Tianhua said goodbye directly, stood up and prepared to leave. He didn't want to let the embarrassment continue, so it was a good result.

"Yes, brother, we still have to visit a few places, so we have to say goodbye first." Xue Wanzhen also stood up and responded.

"There's no need to be in such a hurry, Awan. It's rare for the family to get together and have lunch before leaving. Anyway, the debt will be paid off sooner or later, so that doesn't matter."

Chen Fa'an is sincerely trying to persuade him to stay.

"No, uncle, we have made an appointment to have lunch at my grandma's house. My grandma has cooked the rice and cooked the dishes and is waiting at home."

Chen Tianhua made up a lie, but he said it very harshly, but he didn't show any emotion at all. As a result, Chen Fa'an and his wife's faces turned red and white.

"Well, since Grandma Tugen has made arrangements, I won't force you. Come over when you have time." Chen Fa'an smiled bitterly.

"Brother and sister-in-law, we are leaving, please stay."

"No, no... I'll deliver it to the door." Chen Fa'an insisted on delivering it.

The old woman didn't know whether it was because of her small feet or because she had just been snatched away by a junior Tugen. She was sent to the courtyard of the second court and stayed there.

Chen Fa'an insisted on sending him out of the gate, and Chen Tianhua clasped his fists and said goodbye, "Uncle, please take care of yourself, we are leaving!"

"Brother, please take care of yourself!"

"You walk slowly and come often."

Chen Fa'an looked at the backs of Chen Tianhua and the three of them who were gradually moving away. After a while, he came back to his senses and said to himself:

"This kid, Tugen, is promising and has backbone. Well, Lao Qi knows a lot about him, so he can go with peace of mind."

Although he has lost face today, it is also a comfort to him as the clan leader to see that the next generation is promising.

After all, the foundation of the family is to multiply the talents of the younger generations and honor the ancestors.

On the way to her grandmother's house, Xue Wanzhen saw that her son Tugen was taciturn. Thinking that he was sullen at his uncle's house, she enlightened:

"Gen'er, don't blame your uncle for not caring about us when your father died, and don't blame your aunt for being snobbish. These days, everyone is afraid of poor relatives who borrow money but don't pay it back."

"Anyway, your uncle's family has supported a lot of money over the years. Without this money, we really wouldn't be able to survive. We would either starve to death or freeze to death. As a person, you must be considerate of others and think of the good things of others... My child !”

"I understand, mama."

Real society is like a kaleidoscope, with characters, phenomena, trends of thought... all kinds of different, and there are all kinds of birds in the forest.

The harsh conditions of society and the unkindness and unrighteousness of the world are just one aspect of the social phenomenon. Of course, we cannot change it on our own, but we can change ourselves first.

Chen Tianhua thought to himself.

He also hopes to do something beneficial to the national economy and people's livelihood in this life, live a meaningful life, and live another life in vain.

Unknowingly, I arrived at my uncle's house.

"You've told all your lies, then we three will have lunch at your uncle's house."

"Okay, I'll give it to you, grandma." Chen Tianhua and Youjuan both nodded in agreement.

My uncle and his family live just east of the Hengchao Bridge, with the Taimen facing the Henghu River.

Xuejiatai Gate has now become a clothing processing factory, with looms, tailoring platforms, needlework, etc. all placed there.

My mother no longer makes clothes. Now the tailoring business is mainly made by my aunt and cousin. The three of them are doing the tailoring, and my grandmother is the guide.

It was approaching noon, and only the eldest cousin was guarding the stall. My aunt and cousin must have gone in to cook.

Entering from the Dadai Gate, there is a narrow and long stone open space in front of you, where you usually dry rice, crops, clothes and quilts.

There are five old-style blue brick houses in the row on the right, which are the bedrooms of my cousins-in-law, cousins, and of course my grandma's.

The main house is on a step at the front.

In the front is the living room, with a mahogany Eight Immortals table carved with patterns of animals and four mahogany Eight Immortals chairs.

This vaguely shows how wealthy this family once was.

On the side of the living room, there is an ordinary farmhouse dining table and six or seven long benches and bamboo chairs.

At the back is a bedroom where my uncle and aunt usually live.

Next to the living room is a side room, which is the kitchen.

This is a typical rich peasant family today.

The Xue family twenty years ago was not like this, a famous and wealthy family.

When my grandfather was alive, the family owned thousands of acres of fertile land. He worked as a carpenter in his early years, and later bought a quite large brewing workshop. The brewing workshop covered an area of ​​more than ten acres of land and employed 70 people.

The brewing workshop mainly brews and sells rice wine. Due to my grandpa's advanced brewing technology, fine workmanship and real materials, the "Shaoxing Jiafan Wine" and "Ner's Red" produced by "Xue's Winery" are famous far and wide, and the products are also famous.

Selling as far as Hangzhou, Shanghai and other places.

At that time, in the late Qing Dynasty, the Xue family had workshops and shops. They were considered wealthy local gentry, much better than the landowners who only had land.

The eldest uncle Xue Xingcai is the eldest son in the family. He inherited his grandfather's carpentry skills, and it is his second uncle Xue Xingwen who helps manage the winery.

Xue Xingwen opened a rice wine specialty store in Shanghai and often traveled between Shangmei and Shaoxing.

Shanghai is a colorful world, with good and bad people mixed together. There is a "Zhebai Party" who is eyeing the young boss Xue Xingwen.

As a result, he prostituted women, pushed Pai Gow, smoked opium, and squandered all the money from selling rice wine.

During a dispute with his creditor, Xue Xingwen accidentally killed someone and disappeared from the world without any news.

Grandpa, uncle and other members of the family didn't know what happened. It wasn't until the Yamen came to arrest people at their home in the countryside that they got a rough idea of ​​the situation.

The creditors over there had a strong backing, and the Yamen officials did not catch Xue Xingwen, so they arrested my grandfather and threw him into prison.

Xue Xingwen lost all the money in the wine shop, so he had to sell all the wine shop, shops, and fields, and collect the money to give to the family of the deceased, so that his grandfather could be released from prison.

Although grandpa was released, the winery and farmland were gone. Years of hard work were all in vain. He was angry and sad.

The night he was released, he vomited blood and became ill.

The family spent money on medical treatment, but grandpa just didn't get better.

This delay lasted for nearly two years, and my grandfather died in depression.

The Xue family has been in decline ever since, and later even the house was sold, leaving only dozens of acres of farmland and an old house on the Henghu side.

My children cultivate the land, and my uncle is still working as a carpenter. It has finally improved a bit in recent years.

After working hard to save some money, the eldest cousin Chaoyuan and the second cousin Chaojin wanted to marry wives again, leaving the family empty-handed and still in debt.

Chen Tianhua accompanied his mother into his uncle's old house. When he saw someone, the black guard dog got up from the ground with "Gulu..." and barked "Woof...", which startled the chickens on the ground and ran around.
Chapter completed!