While Aunt Li was busy in the kitchen, Zhang Shuzhen, unable to sleep, got up to help.

After a while, everyone got up one after another, washed up, and quickly ate their meal.

Just after finishing breakfast, Chen Weiguo and his wife brought their child over to wish everyone a Happy New Year.

Last year during the Spring Festival, everyone talked about buying a house, and later a few of them started looking for houses in Songjiang River.

If there's a ready-made one, buy it; if not, just buy a plot of land and build it yourself.

There was a vacant lot not far from the east end of Sheng Xiping's house, which Chen Weiguo bought.

In the summer, Chen Weimin and his wife helped hire a construction team and supervised the construction, and together they built five brick and tile houses.

The two families lived close by, so Chen Weiguo was the first to visit the Sheng family to offer New Year's greetings.

They had just sat down and chatted for a while when Wang Jianshe, Zhang Zhijun, Pan Fusheng, Gao Haining, and several others came over.

Everyone gathered together, chatting and laughing, creating a lively atmosphere.

Last year, Chen Weiguo was in charge of import and export affairs in various places and was extremely busy, only occasionally returning to Shenzhen.

At the company's year-end party, Chen Weiguo and the others went back, but Sheng Xiping and Wu Yucheng went to Heihe again, so they didn't meet.

It's rare for the brothers to get together, so they were all very friendly and chatted enthusiastically.

In the Heihe border trade, everyone who followed Sheng Xiping made a lot of money. Although Chen Weiguo and the others didn't go, they invested and also received a considerable share.

Especially the brothers and brothers-in-law of these people, they all made a lot of money.

Whether it's their parents or their in-laws, people nowadays listen to them without question.

With everyone having more money and living a better life, there were fewer conflicts, and this year's Spring Festival can be described as smooth and pleasant.

Everyone understood that Sheng Xiping was intentionally bringing them along. Otherwise, with his current financial resources, he wouldn't need anyone else to invest; he could have come up with the money for stockpiling goods himself.

Therefore, everyone was extremely grateful to Sheng Xiping.

"Xiping, my father-in-law and mother-in-law called specifically to tell me that I must thank you."

My brothers-in-law have all made a lot of money following your lead, and their families are doing much better now.

My father-in-law said that once my third and fourth sons go back home after the New Year, he'll start arranging marriages for them.

Chen Weiguo was so happy that his mouth stretched from ear to ear.

Chen Weiguo's wife, Zhao Juan, had many brothers and sisters in her family. They couldn't afford to support her anymore, so they sent her to Northeast China to marry into a suitable family.

Although Chen Weiguo and his wife have helped the Zhao family a lot over the years, the Zhao family's burden is too heavy. Zhao Juan's third and fourth brothers are both getting old and still haven't found wives.

Ever since Zhao Juan's two younger brothers went to Heihe, they've been receiving a decent monthly salary, and at the end of the year they even got a large sum of money.

The two brothers couldn't go back to their hometown for the Chinese New Year, so they sent the money home and also sent a telegram home.

When the Zhao family heard the news, they were overjoyed and called to express their sincere gratitude to Sheng Xiping.

(End of this chapter)