The Zhao family claimed to be Hanlin scholars of the Qing Dynasty. Before liberation, they hurriedly went abroad with their wealth, thinking that foreign countries were a paradise without war. They spent a huge amount of money to board a ship with their families, but were dumbfounded when they got off the ship.
There is indeed no war abroad, but there is discrimination.
The former Hanlin of the Qing Dynasty was not recognized by anyone abroad. The national strength was weak, and the yellow people had been "yellow monkeys" for many years.
Most of the money the Zhao family brought abroad was soon spent. The family opened a restaurant and a laundry in Chinatown. When life was the most difficult, all the family members, young and old, had to help out in the store, and they lost all the style of the Hanlin family. Things were normal up to this point, and the Zhao family's experience was very common in that era.
On the contrary, Wen Ying admired the Zhao family for being able to make a comeback from being laundry shop owners.
But Xie Qian had a strange look on his face, "The Zhao family's turnaround depends on marriage."
Although the Zhao family was in poverty, they were willing to cultivate their children and grandchildren. Every member of the Zhao family was educated. Zhao Dong had an aunt who was admitted to a prestigious university and met her boyfriend from a wealthy family at school. The boyfriend was very sincere to Zhao Dong's aunt and proposed to get married after graduating from university.
The boyfriend's family did not agree. The man was a well-known person in the local area, while Aunt Zhao Dong was just the daughter of a laundry shop owner who went to college with loans.
"Later, Aunt Zhao Dong married into the man's family. However, she married not her college boyfriend, but his father."
Xie Qian paused, and saw that Wen Ying's eyes were wide open.
Such an operation is indeed unexpected.
The original mismatch in family background, coupled with the huge age gap, seemed to be smoothed out. After all, the woman was in her prime, marrying a man old enough to be her father, and no one would ask too much of her family.
Even more outrageous things are yet to come. After Aunt Zhao Dong rose to fame through marriage, she realized that marriage could help the Zhao family cross class boundaries. She used the connections she had made after getting married to find a good backer for her younger brother.
This younger brother is Zhao Dong's father. With the help of Zhao Dong's aunt, he met a wealthy Malaysian woman who settled in the United States. He stayed with the rich woman for many years and built some careers with the rich woman's financial support. The Zhao family finally moved out of Chinatown, and Zhao Dong and his siblings lived a wealthy life.
Zhao Dong was already a few years old when Zhao's father "made friends" with the rich Malaysian woman. After hooking up with the rich woman, Zhao's father quickly divorced his wife and even ignored his son, concentrating on accompanying the rich woman.
The wealthy woman was older than Zhao Dong, and she had never married his father. When Zhao Dong was a teenager, she passed away, prompting his father to quickly reconcile with his ex-wife and have another child, Zhao Qian. Of the Zhao siblings, Zhao Qian was truly born into wealth, while Zhao Dong had to endure hardship. His aunt and biological father viewed marriage as a springboard, undoubtedly influencing his perspective. While the Zhao family may be wealthy now, the emptiness in Zhao Dong's heart is unfilled.
It’s useless without money.
If you don't have money, you are inferior.
As long as you can make money, you can do anything.
These are probably Zhao Dong’s mottos.
Wen Ying's eyes almost popped out of their frames!
Because she thought of Zhao Dong's efforts to make Zhao Qian and Xie Qian "friends". In Zhao Dong's eyes, Xie Qian was equivalent to the father of the boyfriend that Zhao Dong's aunt married, and the rich Malaysian woman that Zhao's father hooked up with. She was the gold mine that the Zhao family could not do without for continued development. It really was a family tradition - it was a nice thought!
With the way Xie Qian looks, he should just sit there and wait for others to bring him mountains of gold and silver to enjoy. But Zhao Dong, this scum, actually wants Xie Qian and wants to spend his money.
Where does this face come from?
Don’t you even look in the mirror to see if you are worthy?
Wen Ying had the urge to roll up her sleeves and beat someone up.
Seeing her glaring eyes and red face, Xie Qian knew that she was very angry. As for why she was angry, Xie Qian did not understand for a moment.
Whenever this happened, Xie Qian felt that girls' minds were hard to guess.
What's so good about the Zhao family's affairs?
It was just at this time that the morning self-study get out of class was over, so the two of them didn't need to pass notes anymore. Xie Qian asked her what she was angry about. Wen Ying took two deep breaths and said, "It's okay. Go on. After you've talked about the history of the Zhao family's rise to power, isn't it Zhao Dong's turn?"
Xie Qian nodded. "It's nothing surprising. Zhao Dong probably got inspiration from his aunt and biological father, and his ambitions grew even greater. He set his sights on a senator's daughter. After they investigated the Zhao family's past, they used some trickery to drive Zhao Dong out of the United States."
Because Zhao Dong's aunt and father were successful and the Zhao family was able to live a wealthy life again in the United States, they felt that they had returned to the upper class. When Zhao Dong wanted to get married, he no longer cared about any older rich women. He wanted to find a white, rich and beautiful woman with similar age, appearance and education.
However, Bai Fumei's father, a politician, was very tough. After learning about the Zhao family's situation, he directly drove Zhao Dong out of the United States, leaving him no chance to turn things around.
The Zhao family thought they had established a firm foothold abroad, but this time they were humiliated.
The Zhao family returned to China not to return home in glory, but to seek refuge.
Of course, outsiders didn't know about these things. After Zhao Dong returned to China, he was regarded as a returning elite in Chengdu. It was not difficult for him to fool the newly rich Chinese people.
"Is your information accurate?"
"The Zhao family's affairs have long been circulated in the Chinese community, but my cousin's husband didn't know about it before, which is why he became close to Zhao Dong. It's easy to find out with a little patience."
Now Jiang Youjia couldn't even hold his head up in front of his wife Lin Lin and Xie Qian. Lin Lin despised his poor judgment in making friends. The Jiang family was, after all, a family of cultured people. What kind of a jerk was Zhao Dong? The whole family was counting on selling marriages to cross the social ladder. If the money was enough, even marriage didn't need to exist. Zhao's father's relationship with a wealthy Malaysian woman was a precedent.
Thinking of Zhao Dong targeting Xie Qian, Lin Lin felt nauseous and wanted to vomit!
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