Quick Wear: I'm Really Not a Scumbag

—Three years later

After doing business in S City for several years, Chen Xuyan was finally able to find some time to take Chen Weizhen back to Xi County.

The Lunar New Year is just around the corner, but there's really no festive atmosphere in the big city. Even though the two of them are facing a lavish New Year's Eve dinner prepared by their nanny, they still miss home.

Three years ago, after Chen Xuyan's injuries had almost healed, he started selling clothes in the county town. The clothes he initially sold all came from the provincial capital. He rented a house in the county town and traveled between the two places.

In just three months, he became a millionaire, becoming the first person to take the plunge. However, his good fortune didn't last long, as more and more people realized that they could make money by exploiting information asymmetry.

Chen Xuyan simply bid farewell to his brother and sister-in-law and took Chen Weizhen to S City. S City was a vast place with no shortage of opportunities. It was under development everywhere, and it was also the first place many foreigners came to when they arrived in China.

There were also many wealthy businessmen from the port city who came to invest. They had a keen eye and bought a lot of land. Chen Xuyan didn't have enough money, so he only really started buying land this year.

Chen Runming received the money Chen Xuyan sent back and used it to build him a house, right across from theirs.

Since receiving the news that they would be coming back for the Chinese New Year this year, Chen Runming and Xu Xiaomo had already started preparing food for the holiday. They bought hundreds of kilograms of food at a time, and after buying it, they still had to clean and dry it.

"It'll be in the next couple of days, but I don't know exactly when they'll be back. Should I go pick them up?" Chen Runming paced back and forth in the room, hesitating.

"What's the rush? Since he said he'll take the kids back by himself and doesn't need you to pick them up, I guess he'll definitely call a car to bring them back. It's definitely more convenient." Xu Xiaomo has been living a comfortable life these past two years, and from her appearance, she no longer seems as anxious as before.

That bit of harshness disappeared as well.

She was fiddling with several little jackets that little girls could wear. They looked very nice for that era. If Chen Xuyan saw them, he would probably think they were just plain old-fashioned.

"He told me this time that he wanted us to go to S City together to take a look when he left. He bought a house, and I heard he also bought a building." Chen Runming was so focused on hearing that he was coming back that he didn't hear what he said after that.

By the time he hung up the phone in a daze, he had already begun to forget about it.

My memory is getting worse and worse.

Chen Bingwen, who was eating the beef jerky Chen Xuyan had sent back, opened his mouth wide. "A building? How big must that be? A building as big as the houses in our city?"

My second uncle is really rich.

Their family has now become the envy of others; they eat and use things that no one else has ever seen before.

My second uncle also sent them a washing machine, which he specially had delivered by car. It was a huge machine. He was originally planning to send them a refrigerator as well, but my mother disagreed.

They said they thought the thing was too much electricity, but actually they were worried about what the villagers would say and whether it would be stolen.

Last time, when the whole family went out, their house was robbed. Luckily, his parents listened to his second uncle and deposited all the money in the bank, otherwise they would have been devastated.

The police also arrived, saying it was done by someone they knew, probably from their village.

Hey, what can you do when their family is living too well? My second uncle is so capable that even his father has benefited from it.

Take, for example, the fact that my second uncle sent his father to learn electrical work and to work on indoor circuits. Now his father has completed his apprenticeship and can earn several hundred yuan a month.

This is the kind of money that their family might have earned in two years before, and they would have to work themselves to the bone, only getting two days off during holidays.

When the villagers asked, his father didn't dare to tell the truth. If he did, wouldn't their family be even more likely to be robbed?

Having a good eye is a wonderful thing. Although my second uncle only finished junior high school, he loved reading. He said he saw the future in these books.

Chen Runming shook his head. "I don't know how big it is either, but it's huge. We'll all go and see it when the time comes."

"Your second uncle also said that the teachers there are good, and some schools have even started teaching English. He wants you all to go there to study."

He'll get into a prestigious university, and then he can work for his second uncle.

Xu Xiaomo looked at Chen Bingwen's blank expression and said, "Many of your second uncle's company employees are graduates from prestigious universities. The fact that so many capable people work under him shows that your second uncle is truly capable."

"His vision is ahead of ours; listening to him is definitely the right thing to do."

She now admires Chen Xuyan immensely, and the more she thinks about it, the more she feels that the Chen family and Wen Xianggu have dragged him down.

Otherwise, he would have taken off long ago.

However, this still shows that his birth chart is extraordinary. He will experience hardship before enjoying happiness, and his middle and later years will definitely be spent on the top and will not fall down.

Otherwise, how can we achieve a balance?

Chen Runming originally thought she would object, after all, the family was born in Xi County and the county magistrate was in Xi County, so she definitely couldn't accept leaving, especially since their family was so well-off now.

Although they can all buy houses in the county.

Having grown accustomed to their small courtyard in the village with its own yard and river, the two of them really didn't want to move to the city; they felt suffocated. Such a small place, with the whole family living there, meant they could hear every argument going on around them—it was just too inconvenient.

That's why I haven't bought a house yet.

He has bicycles at home, more than one, which makes it very convenient to go anywhere. He also knows acquaintances in the county who own bicycles and offer him rides.

If there's an emergency or the weather is bad, you can easily call someone for a ride. It's a bit expensive, but it's still very convenient for emergencies.

“Your brother is about to start high school. If he goes to study in S City, he might be able to get into a prestigious university,” Chen Runming said proudly.

Chen Bingzhong had excellent grades, and they trusted him completely in everything he said and did. It could be said that he was born to repay a debt of gratitude.

"If you really can't concentrate on your studies, then you can work for your father, or your second uncle can arrange a job for you." Xu Xiaomo was really helpless with his youngest son.

He doesn't like reading; he loves going out to play all day. In a short while, he can run off to who-knows-where. He's incredibly fast, but I don't know what use he is.

His advantage is that he loves gossip; no rumor can escape him, and he's always the first to know. He also has many friends, and every time I pick him up from school, all the kids, big and small, greet me.

This shows how extensive his network of connections is.

Xu Xiaomo sighed helplessly, "Tell me, what should you do in the future?"

Chen Bingwen smiled and said, "My second uncle said he would take me around S City so I can see what I really like, and then he'll let me study what I like."

"You must not let your second uncle down. Look how good he is to our family. Without him, we wouldn't be where we are today. Your father might still be toiling away somewhere."