Brilliant Years 1991

Chapter 177 The brides who have dominated for fifty years
After breakfast, the two girls went back to their own place and fiddled with things for a long time. Especially Huang Jiaying, whose clothes were still in the house she bought in the Education Bureau staff quarters, she had to go back there.

In short, it was almost nine o'clock before the two girls finally felt that they were barely close to their "best state" and finally agreed to get on the bus.

This time Cao Yukun drove the car himself, with his two wives sitting in the back seat. But he was not driving his big Mercedes, but the American-spec Saab Class that the factory had recently purchased and imported through a special foreign trade channel. It is now considered Huang Jiaying's boss car. It is said to be the eighth generation that was just launched this year. It is very likely the first one introduced in China. It is very domineering. Although the corners are a bit rounded, it is still a big box.

In short, it perfectly suits Huang Jiaying's taste - although she is not big in stature, she has a big heart. This car had just been registered and delivered to Shanghai, and she fell in love with it at first sight and insisted on driving such a big car.

When I got home it was less than ten o'clock and the house was already bustling.

Moreover, although it was not a major holiday, Cao Yuhui and Cao Yumin were actually asked for leave to be brought back, and their aunt and uncle also came - in short, it was a much more grand and solemn event than what Cao Yukun had expected, which was just to bring the two girls home to see their family.

I feel that the status of Huang Jiaying and Xie Xiaoyu is more in line with this matter.

Cao Yukun himself seemed like an outsider.

They were both a little nervous.

But it didn’t matter, as soon as they got off the car, they took over the entire village.

Xie Xiaoyu's appearance was already one of the best, and today she deliberately spent nearly an hour getting dressed. Although Huang Jiaying might be slightly inferior to her in terms of appearance, she was also a very beautiful beauty. The key point was that she had been "bullying around" at the beverage factory for the past two months, and she had actually developed the aura of a head of the family. Especially when she returned to her hometown, it was obvious that she was not a simple person.

In short, the appearance of the two beauties was something that, looking back fifty years ago or fifty years later, it would be impossible for such a small village located in the mountains of Fuping County to have such a shocking scene again.

To be honest, although Cao Yukun is ridiculously handsome, and most of it is definitely inherited from his good looks, but in fact, if you look closely, his father, mother, and even his second uncle and eldest aunt are all good-looking, and even Cao Yukun's brothers and sisters, cousins, are all handsome men and beautiful women, but they are all ordinary people with regular eyebrows and eyes, very good-looking and durable, but none of them are as stunning as Cao Yukun in appearance.

So in fact, Cao Yukun's appearance is the result of gene accumulation and mutation.

He is an exception.

Therefore, the looks of the two brides are actually enough to overwhelm the Cao family members whose looks are of average value!

And there were two of them at once!
Of course it's amazing!

My mother pulled this with one hand and that with the other, and I couldn't stop laughing.

She knew how to behave. Although she knew that Xie Xiaoyu was pregnant and came from a very prominent family, Huang Jiaying's father was the president of the Agricultural Bank of China in the county. Under normal circumstances, her family, who were just peasants, could not reach that level. Moreover, she heard that the girl was helping her son manage the factory and was the most useful one under his command, with a very high status. Therefore, she was impartial and greeted both of them at once.

I've told them this on the phone before, today I'm just bringing them back to get to know my home and have a meal, there won't be any wedding banquet.

Since everyone in the family has recognized him, there will be no wedding banquet. Even my second uncle and second aunt from Xizhou City were not invited. However, my eldest aunt and uncle who lived nearby were still called over - you said we should have a banquet, so just invite your aunt to the banquet!
Coming back here, it can be said that Cao Yukun was in the most humble place. He would give cigarettes to almost everyone he met, either uncles, aunts, or grandparents.

But after going around in circles and seeing an opportunity, when the father and son were smoking in the yard, he couldn't help but complain, "Why do you need so many people? It's like a big deal!"

Comrade Cao Weiguo was smiling rarely today. He almost never stopped smiling and even seemed to talk more than before. But at this time, when he heard his son's complaint, he turned his head to look at his son who was becoming more and more prosperous and wealthy, and opened his mouth to say one sentence.

"You know shit!"

Well, you know shit, so you know shit. You can’t talk back even if you get scolded.

At this time, Cao Yukun, who was worth over 100 million yuan and considered himself a big shot, was the only person in the world who was truly scared and would not dare to run away even if he was beaten.

If he says he knows shit, then he knows shit.

Cao Yukun had no choice but to run around with a shameful look on his face while smoking and drinking tea.

The old lady was also grinning from ear to ear today. When she saw her eldest grandson smoking under the eaves outside the house, she came over and tugged at his T-shirt. When he bent down, the old lady said, "These two ladies are really nice!"

Cao Yukun just laughed.

The old lady's face was full of wrinkles from smiling.

She asked again: "Do they fight? Do they quarrel?"

Cao Yukun replied: "No."

So the old lady became even happier and asked again: "Which one is pregnant?"

Cao Yukun turned around and pointed to his grandmother. The old lady looked at him and smiled even more.

But the mother, who had been enjoying her daughter-in-law in the house, came out to prepare lunch. When she saw her son, she came over and asked in a low voice, "Does the Song family have any objections to you bringing them back?"

Cao Yukun pursed his lips, "They don't dare to show their claws to me!"

His mother laughed at first, then got angry, glared at him, and finally laughed again, punched him lightly on the chest, and left.

In fact, Cao Yukun had no intention of bringing his woman back.

His original plan was that whoever had a baby would bring the woman and the baby back together so that the family could see the baby and the baby's mother. The main reason was that he couldn't afford to bring both of them back. With so many babies, if they were brought back separately, there would be a question of who would come first. Why should the other person be the first? I came later than her? If we brought them together, we were afraid of a big uproar!
Just think about it, what kind of scene would it be like if Song Yuqian, Xie Xiaoyu, Huang Jiaying, Hu Zihong, Li Qingxia, Zhou Aimin and Guo Chaoqiong were brought back to such a small mountain village?
The jealous people wanted to set off a bomb and blow up the Cao family!
Such bizarre and shocking gossip, without anyone deliberately spreading it, could spread to hundreds of miles away in a very short time - who has ever seen such a bizarre thing? Is this still a new society?

What’s more important is that no matter how awesome Cao Yukun thinks he is, he feels that he cannot handle this situation.

The reason why he brought him back this time was, firstly, because his father had said something before, and secondly, because... he really needed to take this opportunity to settle things with Huang Jiaying and Xie Xiaoyu so that there would be no fire in his backyard.

First of all, Xie Xiaoyu is pregnant, which is a big deal.

It would be fine if Song Yuqian was not here, and Cao Yukun was not afraid of them as for the Song family. But the problem was that Huang Jiaying was the housekeeper whom he valued very much, and he dared not fail to win her over.

There were many things that would be assigned to her in the future. During the time when she was away from Fuping County, she had done a great job in reorganizing the internal affairs of the beverage factory, and indeed had demonstrated considerable management ability and talent, which made Cao Yukun very appreciative - anyway, he felt that the same thing would be no more than this even if he did it himself.

Then I have to give Xie Xiaoyu an explanation about her pregnancy.

At least let her know clearly that her status is no lower than Xie Xiaoyu's!
Well, that's what happened anyway.

It feels great to have many wives, but it is actually very tiring to deal with all of them.

Just like last night, if I hadn't mentioned that I would take them both back to my hometown and let them meet my parents, do you think Xie Xiaoyu would be so easily persuaded and would so easily agree to let her and Huang Jiaying live in this garden together and take care of each other?

Think beautiful!
Of course, Song Yuqian is missing this time, so it’s obviously not perfect... But as I said before, Cao Yukun is indeed not afraid of the Song family now.

In fact, since he traveled to this world, especially since he started to deal in subscription certificates, in the eyes of irrelevant people, it seemed that Cao Yukun had only picked up girls except for hitting the jackpot twice and making a fortune. But in fact, he had never stopped learning.

It's just because he himself knows very well that he only has thirty years more experience than people of this era, and has more "god-like" judgment ability on the direction of many things.

When it comes to actually getting things done, interpersonal relationships, and the ability to grasp details, when I started out, I was still just a white-collar worker, a programmer, an ignorant and incompetent office worker.

Therefore, he would observe whoever he met, and whenever he gained a little, he would think carefully about and learn from the other person's strengths.

The first people he used as role models were his two wealthy fathers-in-law in the county.

He didn't know how many times he had pondered their ways of dealing with people and doing business, and how many times he had given his own comments and reference ideas.

Like Xie Zhaofang, he was vigorous and decisive in his work, but he was rough on the outside but meticulous on the inside, and had the aura of a rough and tough gangster. So in this small place, he quickly became famous with his unique abilities.

But his personality and style actually have both advantages and disadvantages.

Firstly, his personality determined that his network of connections could never be expanded and his popularity in the county was very poor. It didn't matter when he was starting out, but this distinctive label, and his actually very strong personal abilities and charisma, made him soar and rise quickly.

But once he reaches his current level, it becomes difficult to climb up.

Secondly, his knowledge, experience and ability made him incapable of continuing to expand his career. At most, he could only take a step beyond cotton textile and start working on silk, and then move on to other businesses. He did not need anyone to persuade him, as a smart man like him knew his own business and would not dare to do so at all.

Actually... Of course, maybe over the years, he himself has figured it out. In fact, with a personality and character like his, if he wants to keep going and become more and more successful, instead of being stuck and unable to move forward like he is now, there are prerequisites.

If you can get one of the two, you will be able to become rich.

One is that you have someone above you, and you have particularly strong connections, who can support you at critical moments, and the core people can give you some pointers so that you can take the first step with confidence.

The second is that you are brave enough to accept failure.

And it is another attempt and failure after success.

Be able to bravely try new industries and sectors without fear of failure - of course, to put it bluntly, this is still a question of ability.

Take Cao Yukun for example. He dared to try new things. Before the VCD thing even started, he had already started planning to buy the first VCD in China as soon as it was launched on the market and find someone to disassemble and study it. In the case of Aijia Electric Appliances, he could clearly see the business opportunities in things that others looked down upon.

To be honest, if he wasn't a time traveler, his ability and vision would be incredible.

My father-in-law Xie Zhaofang obviously doesn't have this ability.

So he could only be trapped where he was. Perhaps in the future, he could expand his textile and silk industries, which would be his limit. Cao Yukun always felt that he should have seen through this. Otherwise, with his character, even if it was the persona he created for himself, he would not bow down in front of him so easily and give his most precious daughter to him without even saying a word.

He wanted to find a way out of the predicament within himself!

As for the other father-in-law...to be honest, if Cao Yukun was still a little bit afraid of Xie Zhaofang, then to be honest, he was really not afraid of Song Hongxing at all.

When he was dealing with subscription certificates in Shanghai, Cao Yukun was actually imitating Song Hongxing all the time.

To become famous, you must establish yourself as the richest man in Fuping County.

You have to be kind and able to laugh and joke with anyone, so you have a very good reputation and are very popular.

You should be low-key when doing things, and never stand out or try to be the only one to have the most benefits.

So later, Cao Yukun took tens of millions and escaped from the Magic City unscathed - but also because of this, he realized very early that his father-in-law's character was, to put it nicely, an old fox, but to put it bluntly, he was actually the most typical lack of courage!
If this had happened under normal circumstances, it would have been safe for him to do so. But don't forget that what everyone is about to face is the most turbulent thirty years of economic development in the past five thousand years of Chinese history!

His character and his prudence are destined to lag behind the times.

Being a little rich is already the best he can do.

Cao Yukun had made several attempts before, but Comrade Lao Song never dared to make a move.

Ever since that day when Cao Yukun ran to his house and said in front of the Song family that if Song Yuqian gave birth to a child for him, he would transfer 39% of the shares of the instant noodle factory to Song Yuqian, which made Song Hongxing breathe a sigh of relief, Cao Yukun knew from that time on that he would never have to be afraid of him again in his life.

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The two of them slipped out quickly.

It just so happened that Cao Yukun was about to go out, so he took the two of them with him to see the new house.

The new house at my grandparents' side has been built, but it's definitely too damp. They wanted to move back in, but my parents wouldn't let them, so they're still living here. It's September now, and the autumn wind is about to blow, which is a good time to get rid of the dampness. They can renovate it around the Mid-Autumn Festival, and by the end of the year when my second uncle and aunt and their family come back, they'll be able to move in.

Cao Yukun took the two of them over for a look.

He didn't know much about architecture, but at least he could understand beams and frames. Seeing the many finished wooden windows and doors in the house, he couldn't help laughing. The old man insisted on making them himself, so who could stop him?

He had no choice but to point at the things on the ground and said to Xie Xiaoyu: "Wait until the baby is born, and you'll see. The old man will definitely make a stroller for you!"

Xie Xiaoyu just smiled.

Huang Jiaying praised, "Grandpa's cooking skills are really good! I think it's pretty good!"

Well, although they didn’t get a marriage certificate or have a wedding banquet, but when they entered the house just now, after Cao Yukun introduced them, they directly called them Dad, Mom, Grandpa and Grandma, which meant that they considered themselves the wives of the Cao family - of course, they were eager to do so!
After walking around and looking at his grandfather's new house, Cao Yukun took them out again and went to see his own new house.

As a result, as soon as I entered the large yard that was surrounded on all sides, I saw someone in the yard.

The man heard the noise at the gate and turned around, his face suddenly full of surprise, "Hey, Mr. Cao!"

Wow... Zhang Youguang really knows how to pick the time and the place...

(End of this chapter)