Chapter 107: Rebuilding the Old Residence

In the following days, Chen Yang did nothing but trade stocks and watch TV dramas, hardly going out.

Besides T+0 trading Xingcheng Heavy Industry and Yuncheng Bio, he also picked a few relatively stable blue-chip stocks for experimentation. However, apart from Xingcheng Heavy Industry and Yuncheng Bio having a natural profit-making trait, the T+0 trading results of the other few stocks were unsatisfactory. After he sold them all off, he still lost five hundred thousand.

Having learned this lesson, Chen Yang stopped daydreaming and focused on harvesting the two stocks Xingcheng Heavy Industry and Yuncheng Bio. By the weekend close, his account balance rose from forty million to forty-five million.

During this period, Xingcheng opened three branches of a popular-people's agricultural products supermarket, business booming. Qingshui City's three new stores also opened, business equally bustling. Due to insufficient manpower, Du Yue'e recruited several laid-off workers from the Red Star Food Processing Factory to help.

Moreover, some mid-level leaders of the Red Star Food Processing Factory entrusted Zheng Yunchuan with a message, hoping to meet Chen Yang in person for a deep discussion about the factory's future. Chen Yang refused.

Currently, the factory's acquisition efforts are stalled; Chen Yang cannot appear too eager, or the government will surely raise the price temporarily, and the workers in the factory will also demand many extra conditions.

Nevertheless, Chen Yang still showed them some goodwill. He approved Du Yue'e renting a bus in the company's name specifically to pick up and drop off employees coming from the Red Star Food Processing Factory.

After the cargo diversion, the workload of the supermarket here at Double Forest Market also decreased. The idle Du Yue'e began discussing a baby-making plan with Lin Feng.

Chen Yang also wanted to make a little toy with a handle to play with at home, but his formidable wife disagreed and dragged him to the countryside home early Saturday morning.

Setting aside past lives, Chen Yang had not returned to Chen Family Village for five years. Seeing the Chen family old residence already razed to ruins, even after several months of psychological buffering, Chen Yang could not suppress his anger. All are fellow clansmen of the same lineage; how could some act so heartlessly, unjustly, shamelessly, and immorally!

"Husband, even if you have fire in your heart, suppress it first." Lin Wei saw Chen Yang's grim face, lowered her voice to console: "First finish the task Aunt assigned." These days, Chen Chunmei calls Lin Wei every day to nag about the old residence, making her feel she's quickly becoming an unfilial daughter-in-law.

Chen Yang cautiously stepped into the ruins of the old residence; each step felt like treading on the strings of time, emitting a faint yet muffled sound. He carefully scanned the surrounding broken walls and scattered debris, and childhood memories surfaced one by one in his mind, instantly turning into light and shadow.

"Chen Yang, you've finally come back!" Chen Dalei, hearing that Chen Yang had returned, deliberately rode his motorcycle from Coiled Dragon Town back here. Seeing Chen Yang dazed at the broken tiles of the old residence, he continued: "The house collapsed at night; many furnishings and farm tools were taken away. Recently, some kind-hearted people have returned the furnishings, temporarily stored at my place. Go check what's still missing later."

"Thank you, no need." Chen Yang shook his head; his family had no valuable antiques or furniture. What remained were merely some childhood memories evoked by the scene.

At this time, the people gathering beside the old residence gradually increased. Village Party Secretary Chen Dingfang also received the news and rushed over from home: "Chen Yang, the village has already held a meeting discussing this; you can rebuild the residence anytime."

"Uncle, have all the villagers signed their agreement?"

"Never mind them; as long as I and the village committee agree, it's fine."

"That won't do. According to the rules, all villagers must agree before reconstruction." Chen Yang held a poor impression of most villagers; he needed to guard against certain people jumping out to cause trouble during the building process.

"Rest assured building; my word still carries weight." Chen Dingfang patted his chest, full of confidence in his authority over Chen Family Village.

Chen Yang did not heed his words. Rural situations are very complicated, especially involving homestead and land issues. Not to mention the village party secretary's face; even if the town mayor came, it might not help.

"Uncle, why not call everyone together to discuss?" Lin Wei feared Chen Yang would make the situation too stiff, so she took the initiative to handle communication.

Chen Dingfang knew Lin Wei's identity and had seen her accompany Deputy Mayor Xu to Coiled Dragon Town for inspection. This title "Uncle" made him feel quite pleased.

"Alright, come with me to the village office; I'll use the loudspeaker to summon everyone for a meeting." After saying that, Chen Dingfang strode toward the village office. The onlooking villagers knew they also had to attend, and they followed his steps.

About an hour later, all Chen Family Village villagers gathered outside the village office. After signature voting, Chen Yang finally obtained the right to rebuild the old residence. Moreover, the original scale was expanded, granting a full 160 square meters of land.

"Chen Yang, life in Coiled Dragon Town has improved overall, yet our Chen Family Village still suffers famine. Are you interested in returning to make some investments?" Chen Dingfang waited until Chen Yang signed before voicing the idea he had long kept to himself.

Chen Yang said: "Although I was born in the countryside, I don't know much about rural affairs. Uncle, if you have a suitable project, please speak up. If we can help, we will certainly contribute our modest effort."

Chen Dingfang momentarily didn't know how to respond. He actually had a few projects he considered decent, but other villages had taken them first. If duplicated, Town Mayor Zhou Zhenglong would surely object; if mishandled, he would be scolded again.

"Uncle, this is after all a major matter for the village's development; why not hold a village meeting to discuss before deciding?"

"Okay!" Chen Dingfang felt a bit disappointed seeing Chen Yang unwilling to provide development ideas.

Chen Yang's purpose in returning was to repair the old residence and fulfill Chen Chunmei's instruction. Seeing the ancestral residence settled, she prepared to return to fetch water. Chen Yang entrusted the foundation work and inspection of the new house reconstruction to Chen Dalei. With him and his family overseeing, the result will surely be good.

Of course, before that, Chen Yang still needed to get a design for the new house. In this era, rural house construction is casual: build the walls, tile the roof, and it counts as a new house. Chen Yang has standards for living; he must also build himself a luxury villa.

Chen Yang found Liu Shijie and asked him to help draft a European-style luxury villa design. In the past few days, Liu Shijie, following Chen Yang in the stock market, had also made a small profit. In high spirits, he directly produced two design plans for Chen Yang: one European-style, one classical Chinese-style. He even suggested sending a construction crew to the countryside to help Chen Yang build the house.

Chen Yang declined Liu Shijie's goodwill. As long as there is a design plan, rural construction teams can equally build the house well. The village, willing to let him build, surely also has the intention to take on the construction project. As long as quality passes, this money can be earned by them.