Mixed in 1980

Chapter 535 Second and Third Generations
It was quite unexpected to see the Chen family children appear on camera.

They are considered third-generation rich, but there is an old saying that wealth doesn't last beyond three generations. There are many such cases in reality, where the second or third generation is the end.

Some scholars have conducted research showing that the descendants of most families lack experience of the hardships of starting a business, have insufficient wealth management skills, and cannot keep up with the rapid changes in society... leading to the natural decline of the family.

With almost every generation, the wealth declines.

This led to the creation of trust funds in the West.

Our ancient ancestors saw this long ago, hence the saying: "Virtue passed down through generations lasts for more than ten generations; farming and reading are next best; poetry and books are next best; wealth and status passed down through generations last no more than three generations."

"The Chen family is destined to pass down its philanthropic legacy!"

In the comments section, someone pointed out that whether it's Chen Fan's generation or his children, they are all generous in doing charity work, and now they are nurturing the third generation.

It can ensure a worry-free life for three generations!
Many people watched the entire video and saw Zeng Ali teaching the girl: "Girl, do you know what's most important in life?"

"It's basically just clean."

"Whether at home or on your body, you must be clean so that you won't be looked down upon and can be respected by others."

As he spoke, he cupped the little girl's face in his hands and said, "Look how pretty you are after you've washed yourself. You'll definitely marry a good husband in the future."

……

Many people in the comments section were moved by this.

"Teacher Zeng is very patient, and what he said is very practical. I hope the girl can remember it well, as it will benefit her for a lifetime."

"Cleanliness is so simple, yet so complex."

"Whether it's Teacher Zeng or Teacher Zhao, they never showed the slightest disgust when the children were dirty, nor did they complain about the dirt when they were working. Their hearts were even purer."

At the same time, the official account of the Liyuan Charity Foundation also released a video with the same content but different editing.

A full fifteen minutes.

In addition to the assistance provided, the film also captured a lot of footage, including scenes of rural areas and the ten children of the Chen family playing in the countryside.

The scene was simply breathtaking.

How did rural kids play in the 1990s? They played exactly the same way—a bunch of wild kids, mischievous brats, little devils…

These are all interludes; the main focus is on providing assistance. The longer video reveals more details and shows the hardships faced by the five children.

This inevitably evokes a surge of compassion in many people.

In the comments section, some people said they wanted to donate some money to the children and also wanted to visit them in the Liangshan Mountains.

"The response has been very good."

The next day, as soon as Chen Yanyin woke up, she took out her phone to check the video she had posted. It had already received over two million likes and hundreds of thousands of comments.

The effect couldn't be more obvious.

After a night of traffic generation, the Liyuan Charity Foundation's account saw its number of followers surge to over two million, a truly remarkable figure.

After getting up, washing up, and having breakfast, Chen Yanyin went to her eldest sister's house. The layout was the same as her own, a three-courtyard house with an additional side courtyard.

The decorating style is very different from my own home.

I prefer comfort and simplicity, while my older sister prefers tradition and a more retro style, with many antiques displayed in the house.

Chen Yanyin curled her lips in disgust.

These are all vintage handicrafts; who would dare put the real thing here? My older sister's little one is easy to take care of, but the other one is not so easy to take care of; she can break things in the blink of an eye.

"Sis, have you checked online yet?"

"You came all this way early just to talk about this?"

Chen Yanxi helped his sister sit down and brought over a fruit platter: "The publicity effect is not bad, and the overall evaluation is quite positive."

“It’s quite positive!” Chen Yanyin emphasized.

After eating a strawberry, she continued, "If we keep going at this rate for ten years, the two mothers really have a chance to win the July 1st Grand Prize."

"If they didn't have the opportunity, would they have been capable?"

Although it was driven by self-interest, it was all practical work: "Especially my stepmother, she's just as lazy as you. If she didn't have the opportunity, would she go out and cause trouble?"

Chen Yanyin swallowed the strawberry: "That's true. My mom is a normal person who can't take care of herself. She won't act unless she sees the benefits."

Chen Yanxi chuckled and scoffed, "You talk as if you can take care of yourself."

"I'm lucky!" Chen Yanyin said smugly.

Chen Yanxi was furious: "I really want to slap you."

"You're the boss, so go ahead and smoke if you want. It's not like you've never smoked before." Chen Yanyin adopted a "what's the worst that can happen?" attitude.

Chen Yanxi raised his hand, looked at her protruding belly, and could only helplessly lower it.

Chen Yanyin giggled.

Normally, one wouldn't dare provoke Boss Chen, but pregnancy changes everything. By using the child to command others, even Boss Chen, with his explosive temper, has to put up with it.

"If you don't have anything important to do, get lost. I was planning to take a nap. I've been in the countryside for over two months, and my bones are practically falling apart," Chen Yanxi said irritably.

Chen Yanyin picked up another strawberry: "Wait, we haven't finished the strawberry yet. By the way, has the foundation done its cost accounting?"

“Following the approach of the first video, the burden would probably be quite considerable.”

"It is indeed quite large." Chen Yanxi nodded slightly.

He shifted to a more comfortable position and continued, "Anyway, they're not short of money, so let them do whatever they want. Our dad even paid for it."

"Then I won't worry about it." Chen Yanyin had originally planned to contribute some money.

When the old man takes care of things, it's none of my business.

Don't be fooled by the fact that the old man handed over all his assets to his three sons; he still has plenty of money in his private accounts. In his words, these are not divided among them.

It's meant to be given to my grandchildren in the future.

The three mothers are the same; they handed over all their assets, but didn't touch the funds in their private accounts. They plan to divide the money among their grandchildren and great-grandchildren in the future.

"Who are you to worry about this?" Chen Yanxi chuckled.

Chen Yanyin retorted, "Brother Chen, that's exactly right. I also have my own businesses, so why can't I worry about these things?"

Chen Yanxi smiled but didn't want to say anything.

The look of disgust on her face was obvious, which made Chen Yanyin grit her teeth in anger: "I'm going to worry about this anyway, just wait and see what you'll do."

"I'm waiting!" Chen Yanxi said sarcastically.

"I'm so angry! Just you wait!" Chen Yanyin got up and left, her teeth grinding together.

Chen Yanxi rolled her eyes, turned around and went back to her room to catch up on sleep.

Going to the countryside is indeed tiring.

For more than two months, I have been running around in the mountains almost every day. There are too many elderly people left behind in the mountains of Hanzhong, and they have countless stories to tell.

This trip broadened my horizons.

When I was little, I would go to the countryside with my stepmother every summer vacation until I went to high school. At that time, I felt that the countryside was poor and miserable.

That was a long time ago.

Since the beginning of the new century, economic development has entered a fast track, and rural areas have undergone tremendous changes. However, no matter how much they have changed, poverty still exists; it's just a matter of degree.

After a nice nap, Chen Yanxi still felt weak and didn't want to get out of bed, so she simply picked up her phone and started watching videos.

The official account of the Liyuan Charity Foundation has released a second video.

This video is of Azi.

The little girl that Zeng Ali and Zhao Yuanyuan met on the road was edited into the second episode.

Another broken family.

A father who died young, a mother who remarried, and three children with an injured grandfather... This kind of plot seems cliché, but it is a real phenomenon.

There are quite a few.

Unsurprisingly, the video sparked another huge reaction after its release, as this kind of emotional appeal easily evokes empathy. It's only because the account doesn't promote products that it received any criticism; otherwise, some people would definitely accuse it of exploiting others' suffering.

But the suffering is far more than just a little.

The foundation's account is updated daily. It doesn't depict the myriad aspects of life, but rather the myriad aspects of suffering, each one striking straight to the soul.

In just half a month, the account gained over ten million followers, causing a huge sensation and making the Liyuan Charity Foundation an instant success.

Chen Yanxi rested for half a month and visited the pregnant fourth sister and Jing Shu every day, inevitably teasing them: "Fourth sister, what about the big thing you're going to do?"

"Don't provoke me. I already have an idea. We'll get started once I've finished delivering the goods." Chen Yanyin gently stroked her belly, which had grown even bigger.

Chen Yanxi simply smiled at this.

This girl is impulsive and only acts on her own. If you don't push her along, her ideas will remain just thoughts and she'll never actually do them.

Do you really expect a salted fish to turn itself around?
For a salted fish to turn over, it needs a push. That's how Lao Si was. From the very beginning of his work in jade identification, he was always pushed step by step.

Chen Yanxi is really looking forward to her doing something big.

But no matter how much we look forward to it, we have to wait until she gives birth. The fourth child is really looking forward to the birth of this baby and is thinking about having a good baby all the time.

My little devil at home is just too much trouble.

Chen Yanxi has firsthand experience with this. How troublesome was Xiao Wu when he was little? He was truly a nuisance to everyone. If he hadn't kept him in check, he would have caused a huge mess.

The little devil is pretty much the same.

Raising this kind of child, all your love will turn into anger. You don't even need to think too much; the moment you see them, your first instinct is to give them a good beating.

During the sisters' casual chat, the official account of the Liyuan Charity Foundation posted another video.

The character has changed to Chen Yanxi.

"Sir, are you busy?"

The old man seemed not to hear her, so Chen Yanxi raised her voice, and then raised it again, several times in a row, before the old man finally responded: "Not busy, I'm taking a break."

This was what Chen Yanxi encountered on his first trip into the mountains.

The old man is hard of hearing and has very poor hearing.

In subsequent communications, Chen Yanxi almost always yelled, making it seem like he was scolding an elderly person.

"Sir, could I have a glass of water?"

"Sure, come in."

The old man took out a thermos, poured three cups of hot water, and handed them to Chen Yanxi and the two photographers who were with him, though the cups were a bit worn.

It looks dirty.

Chen Yanxi didn't say anything, took the cup, held it with both hands, and took a small sip: "Grandpa, are you all alone at home?"

"Yeah, it's just me."

"Where's the child? He's not with the younger one."

"The children, the children are all dead. The eldest has been dead for thirty years, the youngest for more than ten years." The old man squinted his eyes, as if recalling something.

"You don't have any grandchildren?" Chen Yanxi continued to ask.

The old man grinned slightly: "Yes, I left a little girl with her mother in the city."

Does your granddaughter come back to visit you often?

The old man stretched out his fingers and counted them: "Eight years. He hasn't come back for eight years. His son said he went to Guangzhou and only calls occasionally. He's hard of hearing and can't hear clearly."

"Do you miss your granddaughter?" Chen Yanxi asked.

"Of course I want to, how could I not?"

The story in the video becomes a voice-over.

Chen Yanxi talked with the old man for a long time, and his eyes even reddened. Hmm... I always feel that some people are born to be played by fate.

They won't let anyone die until they've endured all the suffering.

The old man lost both his parents when he was very young. He grew up relying on the kindness of others and even begged for a period of time.

They later got married.

The eldest son was born, and many years later, the younger son was born, but the wife died in childbirth.

A year later, the eldest son died of illness.

The youngest son grew up safely, got married, had a daughter, went out to work, but died on the construction site.

It has a bit of a "lone star" vibe to it.

There were such rumors in the village, to the point that daughters-in-law took their daughters to work in other places, but dared not let their daughters come back, for fear that they would be cursed to death.

The elderly also know this.

Although he missed his granddaughter, he never asked her to come back. He always thought that as long as his granddaughter was well, it didn't matter whether she came back or not.

This is the old man's story.

"I shouldn't have watched this video."

Blogger Amu wiped away his tears. He had watched every single video from the foundation since its very first episode, and he cried every time he watched one.

Sometimes he wondered about it.

There isn’t a single story that isn’t tragic. How did the Chen family manage to uncover these unfortunate people?

Seeing this, he admired the old man even more.

If I were in that situation, I would have gone crazy. But the old man was very optimistic and lived on with such strength, much like Fugui in the novel "To Live".

He might be more miserable than Fugui. At least Fugui was once rich, but the old man was not. He suffered all his life from childhood to old age.

He was luckier than Fugui, as his granddaughter was still alive.

Will the eldest princess allow the grandfather and grandson to reunite?

"Big Princess" was a nickname given to Chen Yanxi by netizens during the biohazard war, but netizens all know that this "Big Princess" is a ruthless person.

Everyone vividly remembers the time when Chen Lao Er was whipped 36 times, leaving 36 bloody welts.

However, no!
Chen Yanxi asked volunteers from Guangzhou to look for the old man's granddaughter. The granddaughter had promised to come back, but was stopped by the old man's daughter-in-law.

She believes in fate and can't afford to gamble!
Chen Yanxi didn't do nothing either; he got the elderly person a hearing aid, gave them a Feixing mobile phone, and taught them how to video chat.

The elderly woman video-chatted with her granddaughter that same day.

Aside from that, all that's left is some money. That's all there is to it, but it's enough. The old man's smile never stopped as he video chatted with his granddaughter.

"After watching this video, I have a lot to say, but I don't know what to say."

"Fate is unpredictable!"

“The old woman is pitiful, but her daughter-in-law can’t be blamed either. Some things are unseen and intangible, but that doesn’t mean they don’t exist.”

"It's enough that the old man is happy."

“That’s right, the eldest princess has done a perfect job, indirectly reuniting the grandfather and grandson.”

"The elderly woman is already very content. She has a hearing aid, a Feixing mobile phone, and can see her granddaughter's face and hear her voice clearly."

"The eldest princess is very kind!"

"This kindness is ingrained in her bones and cannot be acted out. You can see it from her conversation with the elderly; she showed no impatience whatsoever throughout."

"This is what a true heiress looks like!"

……

The comments section has exploded, with Chen Yanxi receiving a lot of positive feedback, and the Chen family's charitable work has reached a new level.

There are many more videos like this.

I'm still maintaining a daily update schedule. Someone has calculated how much money I'd lose in a year at this pace.
(End of this chapter)