"Last night, someone drove a car back home. They drove around the village and stopped in front of many houses. The car was huge! Oh, and the lights were brighter than the lights in our house. With just a flick of the lights, it was as bright as daytime!"
"I saw it too. It's the first time I've seen a car like this, but I don't know who it belongs to..."
"They were guessing it was the bastard who left a few years ago, but the car didn't even head east. This bastard hasn't come back in all these years. Maybe he's not doing well and is too embarrassed to come back?"
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Early in the morning, the village became lively. Everyone was talking about the van that came to Guangyuan Village last night, and they were very curious about the returning car.
What kind of family can drive back here?
This deserves a closer look.
"Let's go look for it. The car must still be in the village after it's driven back. We'll know which family it belongs to if we look for it," someone suggested.
Some people had been walking around the village early in the morning, and when they heard this, they immediately went out to look for him.
The village was particularly lively this morning. Everyone was heading out of their homes, looking around the village to find out which family had driven back last night.
"Found it, found it, we see where the car is!" Not long after, someone shouted in the village.
"Where is it?"
"It's the house in our village that has been empty. Someone has moved in and the car is parked at the gate of the yard!" The person who delivered the news was very excited.
Everyone was shocked when they heard the news.
"Is it the room to the west? The one near Li Jianping's house? No...it's been more than ten or almost twenty years. No one has lived there, right?"
"That family is actually still alive? No one has been around for all these years. I thought they had an accident and were gone!"
Compared to the shock brought by the car, it was even more shocking to see someone suddenly move back into the house that had been empty for more than ten years.
Out of curiosity about this family, everyone walked towards Li Jiuyuan's house.
"Oh my goodness, is this the car we saw last night? It's so big, how many people can it seat?" Someone couldn't help but sigh as he looked at the van parked at the gate of the yard.
"Whose family are they from? I heard that this family seemed to have passed away a long time ago and hasn't come back in these years. I guess they made a lot of money outside?" The villagers all looked envious.
Everyone gathered around the car, looking at it again and again, unable to take their eyes off it.
"I counted, this car can seat eight people. Even a crowded oxcart can seat that many, but it can't go as fast as this car!"
"You said it was crowded. You were counting the seats. I think this car is crowded. There is no problem with more than ten people sitting there."
The villagers gathered around the car, talking about it in a flurry. If they were not afraid of not being able to afford the compensation if it was damaged, they would have touched it and even wanted to sit on it to experience it.
Most of the villagers had never seen a car before. They only took a quick look last night, and since it was night, they couldn't see clearly.
"I remember now, this is the house of the eldest son of the Li family!" Some older people in the village looked at the house, thought about it carefully, and finally remembered which family it was.
“???”
The younger people all looked puzzled. No one had been back for nearly twenty years. It was normal that no one knew about it except for a few elderly people in the village.
"Who is the boss of the Li family?" Everyone looked at each other.
"You may not know Li Jiuyuan, but after he moved out, he rarely came back. He was usually away, and in the past he would only come back to live in the village during the Chinese New Year. But he found a beautiful wife a few years ago. I don't know if they have children... but he hasn't come back much since he got married."
Thinking of the old man of this family, he stroked his white beard and recalled the past. His memories were already a little vague, but his impression of this family made him feel a little emotional.
"This family was wealthy in the early years, so it's not surprising that they can drive back now."
The villagers gathered around the old man and listened to him talk about Li Jiuyuan's family.
"Then why didn't they come back?"
"I don't know. It seemed like eighteen years ago that I saw them return to the village once and entrusted Li Xin to Li Laoer. I never saw him again after that..." The old man shook his head and was not very clear about the specific situation.
When the villagers heard the name Li Jianping, they had a lot of questions. Although they were not familiar with Li Jiuyuan, they were very familiar with Li Jianping.
"Li Xin... is Li Jiuyuan's daughter? Wasn't she adopted by Li Jianping?"
"I feel a little confused. What happened?"
Everyone asked the questions in their hearts. Li Xin and the others knew everything, but they only knew that she was adopted by Li Jianping. They were not very clear about who her parents were. They also knew that her life in the Li family over the years was not easy.
"No one knows what the eldest son of the Li family does, but he brought his daughter home in a hurry. I thought his family was in trouble..." The old man sighed. He didn't expect to see Li Jiuyuan again in his lifetime.
"So, Li Xin is Li Jianping's biological niece? He treated his niece like this, and now that her biological parents are back, won't they cause trouble for him?"
The villagers were not really worried about Li Jianping, they just wanted to watch the show. They felt that with the sudden return of this family, the village would probably become lively!
"I heard from Li Jianping that Li Xin's parents died a long time ago! And he has always had his eyes on this house. I heard from the village chief that he wants this house."
"Bah! How shameless!"
The villagers all knew what kind of person Li Jianping was, and they all started cursing him. After all, they didn't have a good impression of Li Jianping.
Not only that, now that they know that Li Jiuyuan's family is so rich and can even drive a car back home, those who are more active in thinking have already started to curry favor with him.
At this moment, most people unconsciously stood on Li Jiuyuan's side and helped speak.
"Li Xin got married last year, and Li Jianping accepted a betrothal gift of 1,888, which is no small amount of money."
"To be able to afford such a high betrothal gift, their family must be wealthy. This family will be very powerful in the future... I don't know what Li Jianping is thinking. With such a big brother around, I have to curry favor with him no matter what I say. Wouldn't this family be very successful?"
Some villagers were talking at once, and they all felt sorry that Li Jiuyuan was not their eldest brother. If they knew that his family was so rich, they would be willing to raise Li Xin in their home.
"They are obviously brothers, but one can make a lot of money outside, while the other stays in our small village, being lazy and eating nothing. How can there be such a big gap between them?" Someone sneered.
When Li Jianping came out of Li Jiuyuan's house, he saw the outside was surrounded by villagers. He was startled at first, and then he heard their gossip, and his mouth twitched.
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