After Aunt Luo's retirement arrangements were settled, Luo Hao and Luo Chunlei's family stayed in the countryside.

After a few days of sightseeing, Luo Chunlei and Han Xue had used up half of their annual leave, so they returned home early.

Luo Hao didn't leave, thinking he could help his older brother reorganize the current business and see how to make it bigger and stronger.

Given Luo Jun's character, maintaining the status quo is definitely the best option for him. He doesn't want to take any risks, as he might end up losing his principal.

"Big brother, playing it safe is certainly not wrong, but don't be complacent. Kunkun is at the age to get married, so we'll have to buy him a house eventually!"

Luo Hao laughed at him.

Houses in county towns aren't cheap anymore; they cost 700 to 800 yuan per square meter. A 100-square-meter house would cost 70,000 to 80,000 yuan, and with renovations, it would cost over 100,000 yuan.

He could afford the money, but considering that it's better to teach someone how to fish than to give them a fish, he felt more at ease letting Kun Kun learn some skills on his own.

News of Luo Hao's affair quickly reached Lu Wanqing's ears.

It just so happens that an amusement park is going to be built by the river, which will also promote tourism. Kunkun is quite familiar with this place, so it would be perfect to let him be in charge of it.

Kun Kun was a little hesitant at first, as he wasn't familiar with these engineering matters.

Lu Wanqing told him to rest assured that the project could be handed over to Wang Xu's construction company. As for what amusement facilities to introduce and how to operate them, she would send him to an existing amusement park in the city to learn for a few months, and he would understand everything.

Kun Kun figured that since his uncle supported him in doing it anyway, he might as well go all out and take over.

Back then, Lu Wanqing helped my family so much; this is a good opportunity to repay her.

And so, after acquiring the amusement park project, Wang Xu immediately began demolition work and construction.

Luo Hao and Lin Chunhua were very interested in this project and often took Tao Tao to the county town for a stroll. In the past, it would take an hour or two to ride a bike from the village to the county town, but now that they have a car and the roads are better, it only takes fifteen minutes.

That day, the two returned from the river and strolled around the roadside stalls, hoping to buy some vegetables to cook.

"Porcini mushrooms, I haven't had them in ages." Lin Chunhua suddenly pointed to a small stall and pulled Luo Hao's arm to walk over.

She also told Tao Tao that this used to be very valuable and tasted great, and that she would make soup for him that night.

When they saw the stall owner, the two were dumbfounded.

"Wang Tiegang, is that you?" Lin Chunhua exclaimed in surprise.

So many years have passed, and she has never inquired about Wang Tiegang, nor has she ever imagined encountering him again.

She was genuinely a little surprised to encounter it so suddenly.

Wang Tiegang is only in his forties, but he looks like a sixty-year-old man. His thin body is hunched over, and he is obviously a bit hunchbacked.

He couldn't believe that the person in front of him was Lin Chunhua, wearing a fitted dress, her face fair and wrinkle-free, seemingly even more beautiful than twenty years ago.

She exuded an inner pride, much like the rich heiresses seen on television.

Standing next to her was Luo Hao, dressed in high-end casual wear. He was handsome, dashing, and debonair. The two of them looked perfectly matched.

"You're back." Wang Tiegang's eyes darted away, and his voice was so low that only he could hear it.

How heartbreaking and embarrassing! Twenty years ago, it was Lu Wanqing who suggested that Lin Chunhua go up the mountain to pick porcini mushrooms to sell for money. At that time, the money from selling porcini mushrooms could be equivalent to several years' worth of work points, and life would suddenly become much better.

Unfortunately, he didn't know how to cherish her and insisted on getting involved with the widow, losing his perfectly good wife.

Now, selling porcini mushrooms is the only way he can make ends meet; life remains difficult.

Lin Chunhua selected some porcini mushrooms and paid him one hundred yuan.

Wang Tiegang tried to ask her for money back, but was stopped.

"Keep it, use it to buy something for your child."

Lin Chunhua had been deeply hurt by the man in front of her, but when they met again, she still couldn't bring herself to humiliate him.

However, after hearing her words and looking at Tao Tao behind them, Wang Tiegang's face turned red.

He doesn't have any children!

The widow claimed to be pregnant with his child, but when the child was born, it didn't look like him at all, and she realized she had been taken advantage of.

After falling out with the widow, he had affairs with several other women, but none of them bore him children.

It was only then that everyone realized he was infertile.

He can't earn money and can't have children, so what woman would want to be with him?

He's a real beast. He was infertile, yet he treated Lin Chunhua so badly, making her suffer from gossip and slander.

He put the money into the purse at his waist and said nothing more.

Knowing I'm ashamed, I'll just remain numb.

Suddenly, a silly-looking village girl with two braids appeared behind him.

"Gangzi, have some." She stuffed a candied hawthorn into Wang Tiegang's mouth.

When Lin Chunhua saw the village girl, she was so surprised that she couldn't close her mouth.

How did Huaihua end up with Wang Tiegang?

Back then, when Huaihua was sent to a mental hospital, she kept paying the hospital fees. Later, the hospital informed her that she no longer needed to pay and that the patient had been discharged. She thought Huaihua had recovered and gone home.

Unexpectedly, she remained mentally unstable and foolish, and even started dating Wang Tiegang.

"How did the locust flowers end up here?" she asked, puzzled.

Wang Tiegang didn't hide anything: "Two years ago, her parents sent her to my house and told me to take responsibility. I thought that since no woman wanted to be with me anyway, I took her in."

As for the rest, he didn't know. It wasn't until later, when Lin Chunhua sent someone to the hospital to inquire, that he learned that Huaihua had briefly regained her senses and then notified her family to come and pick her up.

But after she returned home, she fell ill again. Her parents felt she was a burden and, unable to find Lin Chunhua, simply sent her to Wang Tiegang's place.

To atone for his sins, Wang Tiegang did not refuse and even became husband and wife with Huaihua.

Now, Huaihua has the intelligence of a few-year-old child and relies entirely on him to earn money to support himself.

Perhaps, it's a kind of happiness to never remember what you used to be like.

......

Wang Tiegang brought the locust flowers home. The old house, built twenty years ago, was dilapidated and on the verge of collapse.

The eldest brother and the third brother each built separate houses next door, two-story buildings, which were quite impressive.

When he returned, his sister-in-law Xu Di came up to him and asked if he had bought the snacks he asked her to bring back.

After receiving the snacks, he said with a grin, "I'll pay you next time."

Wang Tiegang's eyelids drooped, and he was too exhausted to pay attention to her.

Despite being richer than me, she always tries to take advantage of me. If it weren't for not wanting Huaihua to be bullied, I would have taken action long ago.

Seeing that Wang Tiegang was acting strangely, Xu Di thought that her behavior had hurt him, so she came back, gave him ten yuan, and asked him what had happened.

"Nothing much, I just ran into Chunhua. Her current husband is Luo Hao, and they're back in the village for summer vacation," he said simply.

Xu Di, however, was quite intrigued and asked with great interest what they were doing and what they had come to the county town for.