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You can tell a person's family background just by looking at them.

Qin Huairu could tell at a glance that Chen Kai's family was not well-off.

The Jia family is in a bad situation, and Banggeng has been unable to find a partner.

Qin Huairu desperately needed to find a way to make money, including arranging marriages for his two daughters.

Xiao Dang and Xiao Huaihua, two pretty girls, Qin Huairu had long planned to have them inherit her ambitions.

Qin Huairu went from being a country boy to a city dweller.

As it turned out, her choice was correct.

Even if her life in the Jia family was bad, it was still much better than living in the countryside.

From the countryside to the city, Qin Huairu has completed the first step.

She hopes her two daughters can help her complete the second step: transforming from an ordinary person into a wealthy one.

Originally, she had the opportunity to complete both steps directly. Unfortunately, she was tricked by Yi Zhonghai and married the most useless Jia Dongxu.

Otherwise, she could definitely have completed those two steps.

Unfortunately, Xiao Dang is clueless and hasn't found a partner yet. This hasn't been a significant help to her.

Little Locust Flower finally figured things out, but ended up marrying a poor man.

How could Qin Huairu possibly agree to this?

You can tell what she's thinking just by the way she looks at Chen Kai.

Chen Kai stood there awkwardly, unsure of what to do.

Xiao Huaihua walked up to Qin Huairu and shook her arm: "Mom, Chen Kai is talking to you, why aren't you answering him?"

Seeing the neighbors watching, Qin Huairu didn't want to show it, so she said calmly, "You brat, you brought friends here, why didn't you tell me beforehand?"

She deliberately ignored the introduction of the locust flower and positioned Chen Kai as a friend.

Yi Zhonghai was also observing Chen Kai from the side.

The purpose of Qin Huairu's assessment was different; he wanted to see Chen Kai's character, or more precisely, whether Chen Kai was filial.

Since Qin Huairu was his caregiver, Qin Huairu's children automatically became qualified to care for him in his old age.

Qin Huairu's son-in-law is also an important factor affecting his retirement.

He must be strict in his selection process and prevent Qin Huairu's children from marrying unfilial people.

Just as Yi Zhonghai was looking around, Jia Zhangshi came out of the house.

Jia Zhangshi's thoughts were similar to Qin Huairu's; she also hoped that Huaihua could find a wealthy partner.

She even considered exchanging Xiaodang and Xiaohua for a wife for Banggeng.

Unfortunately, Tang Yanling's brother was already married, so there was no need for a marriage exchange.

Bang Geng insisted on marrying no one but Tang Yanling, which saved Xiao Dang and Xiao Huaihua from disaster.

If Banggeng is willing to change, she will at least use two of her granddaughters to find him a wife.

"Stop crowding around, everyone. Huaihua, take your friends inside and sit down."

Qin Huairu also invited the two into the house, not wanting the neighbors to laugh at them.

Yi Zhonghai, who was preparing to become a stepfather, was cleanly and decisively ignored.

Little Locust Flower secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

It's really hard to explain Yi Zhonghai's identity.

The three siblings all considered Yi Zhonghai, their stepfather, a disgrace. They never mentioned him in public.

Yi Zhonghai was unaware that he was being disliked; he only felt regret. If Jia Zhangshi hadn't intervened, he could have found an opportunity to talk to Chen Kai and help him evaluate Xiao Huaihua.

As the crowd dispersed, Yan Bugui approached and said, "Old Yi, aren't you going in to take a look?"

Yi Zhonghai was somewhat tempted, but he didn't dare to go over. He feared nothing in heaven or earth, except for Jia Zhangshi's tantrums.

Now he is considered Jia Zhangshi's son-in-law, and is naturally under her control.

"Children and grandchildren have their own destinies, I don't care about these things. I heard that Yan Jiecheng's restaurant laid off all its workers. Aren't you going to ask about it?"

Yan Bugui had already asked, but there was no result. Yan Jiecheng was not happy about it at all.

"His restaurant is constantly in disarray; I doubt it will last long, so I didn't bother asking."

Yi Zhonghai didn't believe this and planned to continue talking to Yan Bugui about group retirement. "How have you considered what I told you?"

Yan Bugui didn't want to deal with that question and instead asked, "I have sons and daughters, I don't need anyone to support me in my old age."

You should think about how to entertain Huaihua's guests at noon.

Yi Zhonghai felt a pang of pain for a moment. Qin Huairu would definitely ask him for money for lunch.

He didn't want to go out, so he said, "What's Lao Liu been up to lately?"

Yan Bugui guessed Yi Zhonghai's thoughts but did not expose him.

"I heard the business is in trouble. Someone else has taken away their share of the rebar market."

Yi Zhonghai asked, puzzled, "Isn't his apprentice the factory manager of the rebar plant?"

"Could someone else have taken his share?"

Yan Bugui whispered, "I heard it's someone with an even stronger background."

Yi Zhonghai was secretly delighted, feeling that his opportunity had arrived. Compared to Yan Bugui's slippery nature, Liu Haizhong was relatively easier to fool.

Fortunately, Liu Hai has money, which can be used as start-up capital for his retirement.

"Who is this person with such great abilities? I'll go have a chat with Old Liu."

Yan Bugui quickly got up and followed Yi Zhonghai to the backyard.

When Liu Haizhong saw Yi Zhonghai coming over, he asked curiously, "I just heard that Huaihua brought her boyfriend back. What are you doing here?"

Yi Zhonghai didn't want to answer the question, so he said, "I heard from Lao Yan that your share of the rebar market has been taken away. What exactly happened?"

Liu Haizhong didn't realize this was Yi Zhonghai's little trick, and sighed, saying, "It's nothing serious."

"That Mr. Ma urgently needed rebar, and those people took my share."

Yi Zhonghai sensed that things weren't as simple as Liu Haizhong had described. Yet, he couldn't fathom the underlying issues.

"Where's Xu Damao? Isn't he your partner? I feel like he's been completely ignoring your business lately."

Liu Haizhong felt a little guilty, after all, it wasn't honorable to have shaken off Xu Damao.

"He's busy with other things. Didn't Sha Zhu's construction site start up? He found a job there."

The group of people were unaware that He Yuzhu's construction site was contracted out to Xu Damao.

Xu Damao told reporters that he got some small jobs from a friend.

They had no doubts.

The reason they didn't doubt him was quite simple. They looked down on Xu Damao and didn't think he was capable of doing such a big job.

Yan Bugui said with distress, "Shazhu is too stingy. There are so many jobs on the construction site, it doesn't matter who does them, why not let us elders do them?"

"All the good money has been taken by others."

Yi Zhonghai disagreed with this idea, saying, "We are the elders, why should we do work for him?"

Liu Haizhong said, "Old Yi, if you don't understand business, don't talk nonsense."

If you're doing business but still act like an elder, who would want to do business with you?

A few days ago, I passed by your braised meat shop.

If someone tells you to make a few more cuts, just do it. Don't talk about being an elder.

That last deal didn't go through, did it?

Yan Bugui had wanted to bring this up for a long time. Several times, it was because Yi Zhonghai acted like an elder that people stopped buying.

The three of them argued and bickered, but in the end they stayed at Liu Haizhong's house for a good meal.

Qin Huairu was dissatisfied with Chen Kai, so she hadn't made any preparations. She simply prepared some dishes to entertain Chen Kai.

During the meal, he kept mentioning that his family's financial situation wasn't good, which made Chen Kai quite uncomfortable.

Chen Kai felt embarrassed to stay at Jia's house for long. After eating and chatting for a while, he made an excuse to leave.

Xiao Huaihua gave Qin Huairu a dissatisfied look and ran out after him.

Qin Huairu didn't care about Huaihua's thoughts; on the contrary, she felt that this was saving Huaihua from dire straits.

She decided that when Huaihua returned, she would definitely share her experience with her. (End of Chapter)