At noon, the two aunts arrived.
My eldest aunt is a bit plump, with kind eyes and a gentle demeanor. She looks very much like my father. My eldest uncle Dai Ning is dressed in a shirt and tie, and looks very successful.
When he saw Chen Xia and the others, my uncle took the initiative to extend his hand and shake hands. As a businessman, he is quite tactful and always treats people politely.
But I heard from my great-grandfather that my uncle was also a "second-generation Hong Konger" and not a native Hong Konger. The two daughters did not come with me, probably because they all need to go to school, right?
On the contrary, my aunt was tall and slim. She wore a professional dress, her hair was tied up, and she wore a pair of glasses. At first glance, she looked like a smart and capable woman.
When Chen Shuqin saw Chen Xia and the others, she circled around them a few times and then shouted excitedly:
"Ah, you really do look a bit like Brother Bingkun when he was little. You must be Chen Xia, right? Your father and I used to play together when we were little. Alas, I haven't seen him for decades, and he's gone."
The eldest aunt is 43 years old this year, the younger aunt is 40 years old this year, and if Chen Bingkun were still alive, he would be 47 years old and would be their eldest brother.
Because Chen Defa was always "making his way around" when he was young, he delayed getting married, and instead his younger brother had a child first.
Sisters Chen Shufen and Chen Shuqin also lived in Qingfeng Village when they were young. They moved to Hong Kong with their parents in 1949, so they still have impressions of their hometown and their eldest cousin.
Chen Xia also likes this outgoing little aunt very much. Her carefree personality is very similar to her elder sister Chen Lan in her previous life. It is the easiest to deal with such people.
On the contrary, my aunt is much quieter, and my uncle is a shrewd entrepreneur. Although they are polite on the surface, it is not certain whether they accept these poor relatives in their hearts.
Chen Xia quickly called Gu Lin, Chen Qiu, and Chen Dong to their feet, and together they respectfully called out, "Hello, auntie, hello, uncle-in-law, hello, pretty auntie."
"Haha, Dad, the second child in the eldest brother's family is quite interesting and not afraid of strangers."
Hearing her little daughter yelling, the eldest aunt poked her head out of the kitchen and said, "Look at Xiao Xia, she already has a wife at the age of 20. Now look at you..."
Chen Shuqin was instantly struck and nodded Chen Xia's head: "You, you made me get scolded again."
Chen Shufen quickly slapped her sister's hand away: "Xiao Xia already has a wife, you should give him some face, he's not a child anymore."
Gu Lin and Chen Qiu covered their mouths and laughed, and then several women gathered together to talk about their experiences in Hong Kong.
The uncle-in-law and Chen Xia were talking about the current situation in the mainland. At this time, several big families in Hong Kong had already begun to invest and set up factories in Shekou, Shenzhen.
The Chen family's clothing factory has more than 300 employees and can only be regarded as a small and medium-sized enterprise in Hong Kong. It is not yet eligible to participate in the first round of investment, and everyone is waiting and watching.
At that time, Hong Kong was definitely a paradise for manufacturing. Because of the convenience of the free port, Hong Kong produced and then exported to South Korea, Japan or Southeast Asia. This made Hong Kong's economy become one of the "Four Asian Tigers" after World War II.
However, with the rise of the mainland, the advantages of land and labor costs have become obvious, and Hong Kong's manufacturing industry has gradually shifted to the mainland. However, high-end technology and manufacturing have not kept up, but the real estate, financial and tourism industries have been vigorously developed.
Therefore, the several financial and economic crises that Hong Kong has experienced since 1982 have often manifested themselves as sharp rises and falls in real estate prices.
Chen Xia knew that there had been two real estate crashes in Hong Kong. One was after China and Britain signed the handover agreement, and the other was when Soros was causing trouble. After that, the price continued to rise to the highest in the world.
Chen Xia had already made up his mind that if he had the chance in the future, he would definitely come to Hong Kong to buy some houses, whether he lived in them himself or rented them out. Houses were no longer just houses, but had completely become a kind of financial property.
As long as the banks don’t collapse, housing prices won’t fall. If anyone has to die, the banks will die first.
After the meal, my great-grandfather, great-grandmother, and two aunts each took out five red envelopes, four of which were given to the people who came to Hong Kong, and one was given to Chen Chun.
This is also a custom in Yuezhou. When a child visits someone's home for the first time, he or she must be given a red envelope, called "chicken matches". Although Chen Xia and his family are adults, they still need to give the red envelope.
Chen Xia, Gu Lin and Chen Qiu were fine. They just held the red envelopes and kept expressing their gratitude.
Chen Dong couldn't help it, and quietly opened one of them. It contained a thick stack of Hong Kong dollars, which were really big bills. All of them were 1,000 Hong Kong dollars each. One red envelope contained at least tens of thousands of yuan.
Chen Xia's personality is like this. If you treat him politely, he will be even more polite. Of course, if you treat him rudely, don't blame him for being rude.
Since the great-grandfather's family was so generous as to give away half a building, Chen Xia didn't want his house to appear stingy.
Then he took out a wooden box from his "Qiankun bag", inside which were three high-quality ice-type jadeite bracelets in bright green and two mutton-fat jade pendants.
As soon as Chen Xia opened the wooden box, Chen Shuqin exclaimed and immediately took it and looked at it carefully.
"Xiao Xia, where did you get these jadeite and mutton-fat jade? Dad, Mom, Big Sister, and Brother-in-law, let me tell you, these are really great treasures. Our company is full of high-end jewelry."
The old lady was very angry when she heard this: "Second brother, it's not easy for you to make money in the mainland. Take this bracelet back or ask your aunt to help you sell it. Don't be so stubborn."
At this time, even my uncle was surprised. Although they had no vision in other aspects of the business world, they all knew something about valuable goods. Even if these bracelets and jade pendants were not top-notch, they were definitely high-end goods.
Is this mainland Chen family so rich?
Chen Xia felt very relieved to see that his great-grandfather and his family were not greedy for money.
In other urban novels, the poor protagonists would be despised wherever they went and would encounter all kinds of difficulties when visiting relatives. Chen Xia and his friends were quite lucky because they received the sincere love of their elders.
He was about to open his mouth to explain, but Chen Dong beat him to the punch:
"Grandpa, Grandma, Aunt and Uncle, take these. The Second Brother has a lot of this kind of glass. Last time when I got married with my eldest sister-in-law, the whole bed was filled with this kind of red, green and colorful glass."
Chen Xia and Chen Qiu just wanted to cover their foreheads.
Gu Lin, the naive girl, actually nodded in agreement, revealing a jade pendant she was wearing. "Well, what the fourth brother said is a bit conservative. He probably has a box full of jade pendants like this."
Chen Shuqin took a closer look at the jade pendant: "Wow, it's imperial green glass, a whole box full?"
At this time, she looked at Chen Xia as if she had seen a ghost, and then asked in a trembling voice:
"Dad, didn't you say that our hometown, Yuezhou, is very poor now? Does Yuezhou also produce jade?"
The old man and the old woman, the eldest aunt and the eldest uncle were completely shocked, their eyes wide open and unable to speak.
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