Chapter 97: Returning Home in Glory

About an hour later.

The vehicle drove onto a wide and smooth rural concrete road.

Su Xin looked at the side of the road, which was clearly newly widened, and asked, "Dad, is this the road you paid to have widened?"

Su Zhengming pointed ahead and said:

"From here all the way into our village, the entire road has been widened into two lanes. Not only does it make it easier for everyone to travel, but it also allows larger agricultural vehicles to enter and exit."

"And that road at the east end of the village, the whole thing has also been widened into two lanes, so there's no need to worry about traffic jams during the New Year anymore."

Su Xin nodded: "That's great."

"By the way, Dad, this is my first time returning home in glory, so I brought some money back. Later, could you help me distribute it to every household in the village? After all, my career is stable now and I'm not short on funds; just consider it a small token of my appreciation for my hometown."

Su Zhengming's eyes narrowed into slits as he smiled. He did not refuse and nodded, saying:

"That's a good idea. When poor, one should improve oneself; when rich, one should benefit the world. After achieving success, it is indeed appropriate to be reasonably generous."

"But how do you plan to distribute this money? By household or by head?"

"I haven't made up my mind about that either, Dad. Just decide for yourself."

Su Xin waved his hands repeatedly, declining to choose.

As his career developed better and better and his status in society grew higher, if he still had to make every decision upon returning home and act with authority, it would make his parents feel increasingly insignificant and lost.

Even between parents and children, such long-term interactions would slowly create a rift.

Therefore.

Su Xin knew very well that when getting along with parents, the most important thing was invisible respect. Leaving these daily matters for his parents to decide would make them feel that they still had value.

Hearing his son's words, Su Zhengming didn't think that much about it and began to think seriously.

After a while, he tentatively said:

"Xiao Xin, how about I distribute it based on the number of people in each household?"

"By the way, how much money did you bring?"

Su Xin pointed to the portable safe in Wang Zhao's arms in the passenger seat and said: "It's all in there, there's five million."

Su Xin's hometown is called Su Jiazhai, which has about fifty households in total and a population of just over two hundred, making it a small village.

Su Zhengming muttered: "Five million. There are about two hundred people in our village. Twenty thousand per person, and there should still be some left over."

He looked at Su Xin and asked tentatively: "Son, what do you think?"

Su Xin smiled: "Dad, you can just decide. Anyway, this money is for you to manage; spend it however you like."

As the two talked, the vehicle arrived at the corner of the road at the entrance of the village, and a luxurious, spacious large villa appeared before Su Xin.

Su Xin had never lived in a villa before, having only seen them online at most. Now, seeing his family's old building transformed into a brand-new large villa with his own eyes, he felt quite a sense of novelty.

At this moment.

Zhang Chunhua and several neighbors were sitting near the entrance of the villa chatting.

When Su Zhengming's white sedan slowly approached, several of them looked over.

"That should be Zhengming's car, right?"

"Calculating the time, it should be about here."

"Xiao Xin finally decided to come back for a visit. He got such good grades before and got into Jing University, but he never came back to host a banquet."

"And in these past few months, his company has grown larger and larger. I heard from my Xiao Fang that Xiao Xin's company has earned at least several billion."

"Don't say that, Xiao Xin must have been busy with work the whole time, which is why he didn't have time to come back. If he hadn't worked so hard, his company wouldn't have developed so quickly."

"Chunhua is blessed! Xiao Xin is so successful; not only did he buy a house and car for the family, but he also repaired the road for the village. Everyone owes him a favor."

"This kid, I could tell since he was small that he was different from other children—well-behaved, obedient, clever, and good at his studies."

While the group was discussing.

The vehicle slowly drove onto the road next to the entrance of the villa courtyard and stopped steadily.

Su Xin was the first to get out of the car, smiling and greeting everyone one by one.

Su Zhengming stayed in the car to give directions to Xiang Lianyun, driving the car into the garage through the side gate.

"Xiao Xin, I haven't seen you in a few months, and I see you've grown quite a bit taller!"

"It's different now that you're a big boss. Your temperament is completely different from before, and you look much more spirited and handsome too."

Everyone greeted him enthusiastically.

Su Xin also smiled and exchanged pleasantries with them.

Su Zhengming and the other two soon walked over as well.

"Yun Sao, I heard your Xiao Wei was in a car accident outside a few days ago. Xiao Xin kept thinking about going to visit, but work was just too busy and he couldn't get away. In the end, he decided to prepare a red envelope as a gesture, just to buy some Fruit."

As Su Zhengming spoke, he took two stacks of money from Wang Zhao's hands and handed them to a middle-aged woman.

This money consisted of brand-new, unopened bills just withdrawn from the bank. Everyone knew at a glance that these two stacks of money amounted to twenty thousand yuan.

The middle-aged woman hurriedly declined.

Finally, under the persuasion of Su Zhengming and Su Xin, she accepted it with a face full of smiles.

The eyes of the others were filled with unconcealable envy.

"By the way, there's also Da Zhige. He works in renovation away from home and it's hard for him to come back even once a year. Xiao Xin thought that as a younger generation, he rarely has the chance to visit, so he also prepared a small red envelope as a small token of his appreciation."

Su Zhengming said, then took another two stacks of money and handed them toward Yun Sao.

The people nearby had eyes that shone even brighter.

Yun Sao held the two stacks of money in her hands, feeling a bit at a loss for a moment. Finally, under the persuasion of Su Xin and Su Zhengming, she blankly accepted them.

At this time.

Su Zhengming took another two stacks of money...

At this point, everyone finally understood: Su Zhengming was clearly just finding a random excuse to distribute money to the villagers, and it was twenty thousand yuan for each person.

This left them full of envy, while at the same time, they began to feel immense anticipation in their hearts.

Since Su Zhengming was giving money to Yun Sao in public, how could their share possibly be missing?

Furthermore, the bodyguard behind Su Zhengming was holding a black briefcase in his arms, and some people had already caught a glimpse of the edges of the red banknotes inside.

This was clearly prepared for the people in the village.

At this moment, Yun Sao was completely stunned.

Su Zhengming, however, just smiled, stuffed another twenty thousand yuan into her hands, and then walked in front of the others, handing out money one by one.

With Yun Sao's example, everyone naturally did not decline too much and accepted the money one after another.

A few minutes later.

Holding stacks of brand-new banknotes, everyone revealed smiles of heartfelt joy.

The middle-aged and elderly people remaining in the village mostly relied on farming for a living, and their annual income was usually only twenty or thirty thousand yuan; after deducting expenses like fertilizer and pesticides, there was basically not much left.

Now, the money Su Zhengming gave them ranged from forty thousand at the least to over one hundred thousand at the most, which was equivalent to several years of their income.

For most of the families among them, this was a huge sum of money.