Chapter 470 A Brief Reunion

Another advantage of holding a wedding in Songjiang River is that no one will cause trouble during the wedding night.

Sheng Xi'an and Sheng Xikang's classmates, that bunch of rascals, all took the commuter bus home in the afternoon.

After dinner, the Sheng family relatives went back to the new house for a while, chatted and laughed, and then left, leaving the two young couples to spend their wedding night.

The wedding was a complete success, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Sheng Xiping left his house to the two newlywed couples, who will definitely need to find another place to live.

The original plan was that Sheng Liancheng and his wife would live in the corner building with their daughter and son, while Zhou Qinglan and Aunt Li would live with their four children at Zhou Mingyuan's place.

Sheng Liancheng and his wife rarely get to see their relatives from their hometown, and these past two days they've been too busy with their wedding to have a proper chat.

Now that the wedding is over, we should take this opportunity to get together and have a good chat.

So Sheng Xiping booked a room at the Songlin Hotel for Sheng Liancheng and Zhang Shuzhen, so they could chat for as long as they wanted.

Sheng Xiping and his younger siblings moved to the other end of the corner building.

The past few days of busy wedding preparations had taken a toll on Sheng Xiping, and coupled with the fact that he had drunk quite a bit at noon, he went upstairs, ignored everything, and fell asleep immediately.

Sheng Xitai is about to take the college entrance examination. Although he was quite tired today, he still insisted on reading for a while before resting.

At the hotel, Sheng Lianjie and Sheng Liancheng, the two brothers, shared a room. The two old brothers couldn't sleep at night, so they drank tea and chatted in the room.

"Brother, just how big is Xiping's business? How much money has he made?"

Good heavens! Look at the scale of this wedding, it's terrifying!

It must cost a lot of money to put all these elderly people in a hotel every day.

The banquet was also held at a hotel. I secretly inquired about it today, and this table was quite expensive.

Also, was that the lead car during the wedding procession today Xiping's? My goodness, how much did that cost in total?

Sheng Lianjie held back all day, but because the guests were all there, he never asked the question.

Now that only the two brothers were left, Sheng Lianjie finally spoke up, wanting to find out the truth.

"From what I can see, many of the people who came today are leading cadres, and some of them seem to be quite high-ranking officials."

"The county party secretary is here, and there are even officials from the province? How does Xiping know all these people?" Sheng Lianjie was extremely curious.

When my second brother's family went back last year, they could tell that Sheng Xiping was doing quite well, but they never expected him to be doing this well.

I never imagined that a happy occasion in my family would even attract the attention of the county party secretary.

Sheng Lianjie was the commune secretary, and the fifth son of the Sheng family worked in the municipal party committee, but neither of them had achieved such a position, so he couldn't understand how Sheng Xiping had managed to do it.

"That person in the province, well, that's a long story."

Xiping picked up a child from the provincial capital. We raised him for over a year before his parents came looking for us. That's how we met, and the two families started treating each other as relatives.

I don't know much about those people in the county. I've only heard Xiping mention that they had a meal together in Guangzhou, so I guess we know each other.

"That's probably why they came over to the wedding and show their support." Sheng Liancheng didn't mention his son's plan to invest in building a factory, only speaking vaguely.

"Huh? Really? Just because we've met and had dinner before, they're coming to support us? County leaders, they're all too busy."

Sheng Lianjie clearly didn't quite believe his brother's explanation. After all, he had served as the commune secretary for many years and knew a thing or two about the intricacies of officialdom.

Without a certain vested interest, would the county head and party secretary just casually come to your house for a wedding banquet? That would be ridiculous.

Sheng Liancheng shook his head. "I really don't know about this. My eldest brother has been working hard outside these past few years and has suffered a lot, but he should have made some money."

The eldest brother took care of all the wedding arrangements for the second and third sons, so we didn't have to worry about it.

"I'm already this old, I can't help the kids much, and I shouldn't ask around." Sheng Liancheng was well-versed in the essence of Tai Chi, avoiding the important issues.

Sheng Lianjie could tell that his second brother didn't want to say more.

"Brother, I'm asking about this for no other reason than to hope that if Xiping comes up with any money-making ideas in the future, he should also think about things back home."

As you know, our hometown is poor. There's little land and a large population, so life is tough. We work hard all year round, but we don't earn much money.

Many people from the village have come to Northeast China to try their luck as migrant workers. Xi Zheng and Xi Hong also had this idea, but I managed to stop them.

Sheng Lianjie sighed as he said this. Who willingly begs others? Isn't it always out of desperation?

“My sons Xiwen and Xiwu aren’t cut out for studying. They only graduated from junior high school and don’t have any connections to get jobs. I’m thinking of arranging for them to join the army.”

Sheng Liancheng remained silent for a long time before finally sighing, "Third brother, since you've put it that way, I'll ask Xiping later to see if he has any ideas."

Sheng Liancheng was also quite helpless. These were his brothers from the same mother, and those were his nephews. His relatives were having a hard time, so could he really just stand by and do nothing?

But how to manage it is not up to him; he can only pass on a message to his son and see what his son says.

"Hey, hey, brother, just talk to Xiping. I'm not borrowing money, and I don't want anything from him."

My nephew is smart and knows how to make money. Ask him to help me think of any profitable jobs in our hometown and give me some pointers.

Sheng Liancheng had observed and listened carefully over the past two days and knew that his nephew seemed to be involved in some kind of import and export business, helping many places sell local specialties and the like.

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