I'm incredibly ambitious after being reborn.

Chapter 31 Images in Rumors
On the 24th, a group of people came from Hedong Road, mostly from Anbian County. Sang Shouyi brought several lawyers who had been retained to Jiyang City to sign a contract with Zhang Daxiang.

The main thing was the "Golden Mulberry Leaf" thing. After all the miscellaneous expenses, I got a 10% discount and bought it for over 3.6 million.

However, it is not a one-time payment, but an installment payment.

The Sang family had no objections, nor did the local shareholders. In fact, the local shareholders said they would like to come to Mr. Zhang's wedding banquet to ask for a drink of celebratory wine.

That's what they say, but they only met once. The person who contacted Zhang Daxiang later was, unsurprisingly, a "white glove".

To pull off a business deal worth hundreds of thousands, he must be a very cautious person with a lot of ideas.

The advantage of installment payments is that they give Zhang Daxiang more cash on hand, which is why the second "Zhang Family Canteen" store was scheduled to open early.

Renting a storefront in Jiyang City is pointless; just buy it directly.

"Uncle Shouyi, from now on we are family. We will take care of each other in the future."

"Hey, how could I dare to talk about any favors? If it weren't for you, Boss Zhang... I'm afraid I'd be stuffed in a sack even if I went back to Anbian County."

The Sang family is now in complete chaos. The direct descendants of the Sang family compound have liquidated all the real estate they could sell outside, and are now desperately trying to protect the bonded factory in Zhangshui Port.

As for the collateral branches and the Sang family members beyond the fifth degree of kinship... well, good luck to them.

Especially in Dongsangjiazhuang, where Sang Shouye lived, if Zhang Daxiang hadn't appeared to take over, there might have been a bloody fight.

For those who can afford to hire "white gloves" (a euphemism for swindlers), several hundred thousand is just a drop in the ocean; but for some farmers who trust their own clansmen, they can't save several hundred thousand in a lifetime, and taking out three or five thousand to invest is already their savings of many years.

This matter didn't cause much of a stir in Jiyang City, after all, it was just a small company closing down and changing hands; but in Dongsangjiazhuang, it was a completely different story.

Especially after Sang Shouye died and returned home for his funeral, his creditors came to his door, which had a negative effect. The creditors of the rest of the Sang family also came to Dongsangjiazhuang as if to join in the fun.

Amidst widespread panic, months of unrest ensued.

It's said that some people went to the Sang family's old house to cause trouble, but those were just members of the Sang family. Who among the creditors went to the Sang family's old house?

They all went directly to Youzhou in Hebei North Road. No one from the Sang family who was successful would stay in this poor and remote place. They would only come back to their hometown to worship their ancestors and show off when they returned in glory.

The greatest wealth of the rich lies in their poor relatives and the poor people around them...

This is my favorite.

Zhang Daxiang's appearance saved too many people.

Of course, in the public opinion in Dongsangjiazhuang, the main character was not Zhang Daxiang, but Sang Yuke.

In rural public opinion, Sang Yuke became a classic image of a goddaughter who "sold herself to bury her father" and "sold herself to save her relatives."

As for Zhang Daxiang...

Whoever he is, he's just a nouveau riche from the South.

Some old men who had poured their life savings into the "Dongsangjiazhuang Asset Management Company" were so eager to kowtow to the "girl who was keeping the family business" from afar.

They still suffered from incomplete information dissemination. Even with a troublesome woman like Li Zhaodi, the information sent back to their hometown was mostly thanks to Sang Yuke selling herself so her husband could pay to buy "Golden Mulberry Leaf".

They even gave me an extra 40%, just because we share the same surname, Sang Yuke…

The main reason was that Sang Shouyi estimated the property would only fetch a little over two million. Because he lacked confidence, he naturally understated the price he reported back home, so whether the deal succeeded or failed wouldn't be his fault. Who would have thought that things would take such a dramatic turn? The daughter of the Shouyi family truly became the "Sang family's heiress," and her husband actually spent millions.

Li Zhaodi had only come here because she smelled the aroma, initially thinking of spending 20,000 to 30,000 yuan. But by the end of August, she was truly envious. Her second sister's family had not only turned their fortunes around in the blink of an eye, but they would probably be able to retire and wait to take care of their grandchildren.

So, based on her envy, the information she sent back to her hometown was exaggerated and fabricated, which would be an understatement.

This woman described "Nanxingtou" directly as a solitary estate, with only one household, namely her niece's family.

They also described "Shizipo" as a highway service area, assuming that anything with a sign on the construction site was already built.

Hotels, gas stations, auto repair shops, food streets, shopping malls... she made up all sorts of things, which made her husband, Wang Fakui, almost want to quit his job at the Youzhou construction site and head south to find work elsewhere.

To exaggerate one point into eight is already quite outrageous, but in Li Zhaodi's words, the Zhang family had a bed of white jade and horses of gold. That's how it's written in the play, and that's exactly what they did.

Furthermore, they crafted a large golden rooster for Sang Yuke, weighing eight catties, eight taels, and eight qian.

You ask why it's so heavy, and why it's a big golden rooster?

Because "a woman who is a year older than her husband is destined to marry a golden rooster."

When this incredible news reached the ears of the professional matchmakers in Anbian County, they immediately became known as the "Crooked-Mouthed Dragon King," meaning they now had a target for matchmaking.

As for how many people Sang Yuke's husband supported, both Li Zhaodi and Li Laidi gave the same answer: "more than a thousand households."

Zhang Daxiang's father-in-law almost turned in his grave.

Li Zhaodi boasted like this because she "saw it with her own eyes"; Li Laidi boasted like this to bolster her own confidence, because the better her daughter married, the more secure she would be when she returned to her hometown.

Then they invited the third sister, Li Pandi, and the fourth sister, Li Xiangdi. On the contrary, it was Sang Yuke's only uncle, Li Gensheng, who called to say that he would come to Jiyang later for the engagement banquet.

After Sang Yuke's third and fourth aunts arrived, she was taken by her two older sisters to "inspect" the construction site.

By this time, the first "Zhang Family Canteen" store had already started operating, and two more rows of prefabricated houses and parking sheds had been added to "Shizipo". In addition, there was the construction site of "Nanxingtou". The vibrant scene made Li Pandi and Li Xiangdi think that their eldest and second sisters were too modest...

If he's hiding his wealth from his own family, his nephew-in-law must be a multi-millionaire and a local tycoon.

So the four sisters boasted in two separate groups, and not only the Li family, but even the Sang family, who originally felt indebted to Sang Yuke, were now thinking about whether to prepare a generous gift for the "girl who was in charge of the family business".

They had to support their niece so that they could continue their relationship in the future. As the "family members," they couldn't let the "daughter-in-law of the family who was keeping the family business" take the initiative, could they?
The "Sang" in Sang Yuke refers to the mulberry tree belonging to the old Sang family.

While the Sang and Li families were celebrating, Zhang Daxiang announced something else in the ancestral hall, causing many children to groan in distress.

“Starting in September, all students will have extra tutoring classes. I’ve already recruited tutors, and after the start of the semester, everyone will focus on improving their academic performance, with the goal of getting into a good university. The fees will be allocated from Shizipo every six months. I don’t care about the first and second banks, but for the third bank, regardless of whether your family is well-off or poor, please come over!”

Zhang Daxiang said he only required three lines, but he would accept any large or small banks that were willing to come.

This is just a trial run. Once more people get into high school and university, it can be rolled out to the entire family.

The old men supported him, but they also wanted to hear what Zhang Daxiang really thought.

As a result, Zhang Daxiang was not afraid of the ancestors' spirits appearing in the ancestral hall at all. He directly stated that in a few years, it would be too expensive to hire people from outside, and that it would be more cost-effective to hire people from his own family.

Then it wasn't just his own grandfather Zhang Qihui who was furious; even the great-grandfathers of the "Zhi" generation cursed him as "a beast" after Zhang Daxiang left the ancestral hall.

(End of this chapter)