The Yu family compound was brightly lit.

Three round tables covered with bright red tablecloths were placed from the main room all the way to the courtyard.

On the table was a dazzling array of delicacies from land and sea; the steamed turtle alone was enough for an ordinary family to enjoy for half a month.

Yu Bo spent a lot of money to move the entire kitchen team, including the staff and ingredients, of the only state-run restaurant in the county.

At this moment, his old face was flushed from drinking, and he held a glass of clear Moutai liquor high in his hand. His voice was so loud that the lanterns under the eaves swayed slightly.

"today!"

"This is a big day for the Yu family!"

"This is a transformative day for the business community of Hongshi County!"

He glanced around at the table at the heads of several core departments in the factory, whom he had invited to keep him company.

Without exception, their faces were plastered with fawning and awe-inspiring smiles.

Yu Gaoyang, who was sitting at the main table, was already quite tipsy.

He suddenly stood up, brazenly placing one foot on the mahogany chair, one hand on his hip, waving his arm with the other, his tongue practically lolling out.

"My dad... is right!"

"Wait until tomorrow! No, this noon! We'll sell that batch of ginseng... to that big boss from the port city!"

"We are the richest people in Hongshi County!"

He turned his head, his bloodshot eyes greedily staring at Lin Xiumei sitting next to him.

Lin Xiumei was already showing, her lower abdomen was slightly protruding, and her face had a sickly blush that was a mixture of happiness and pride.

"Xiumei! Did you see that?!"

Yu Gaoyang pointed to the table full of delicacies, then pointed to himself.

"This is the kind of life you should be living!"

"Follow me, Yu Gaoyang, and you'll be the wife of a billionaire!"

Lin Xiumei's eyes were filled with a fascination.

She puffed out her already small belly, gently stroking it with one hand, her voice both sweet and alluring.

"Gao Yang, I knew you were the best."

"Unlike some people, even if they get lucky and buy a run-down factory, they are still a country bumpkin at heart."

"They'll never amount to anything in their lives."

Her voice wasn't loud, but every word was filled with deep contempt for Lu Qingshan and Lin Xiulan.

She could almost see herself riding away in a gleaming black sedan, right in front of that bitch Lin Xiulan.

"Oh, my good daughter-in-law!"

Yu Bo's wife, Yu Gaoyang's mother, at this moment changed her usual picky and harsh attitude towards Lin Xiumei, and was as affectionate as if she were her own daughter.

She picked up a piece of turtle skin and carefully placed it into Lin Xiumei's bowl.

"Xiumei, you are truly a great contributor to our Yu family!"

"Not only is she carrying our Yu family's golden grandson, but she's also such a lucky charm for her husband!"

"Look at you, the moment you walked in, our family's fortune just couldn't be stopped!"

"Eat more, eat more, and nourish your body!"

The family was all happy and harmonious, as if all the previous arguments, violence, and scheming had never happened.

It was as if the huge fine of 87,000 yuan was just a trivial incident.

In their eyes, the future is already a bright road paved with money.

After several rounds of drinks...

Yu Bo became even more talkative.

He put down his wine glass, lit a cigarette, crossed his legs, and began to comment on the various "figures" in the county with the air of a victor.

"That Lu Qingshan, I admit, is a bit clever."

He exhaled a smoke ring, his eyes carrying a condescending judgment.

"However, the vision is too narrow!"

"Forty thousand yuan to buy a dilapidated coal briquette factory that's about to go bankrupt? That's short-sighted!"

"He has absolutely no idea how real money is made!"

Yu Bo patted his chest triumphantly, as if he were the business god who could strategize and win from afar.

He felt that the money Lu Qingshan made by reselling mountain products and engaging in speculation was all small-scale.

Only his kind of large-scale operation, which leverages hundreds of thousands of dollars with a single transaction, is true "business operation".

Yu Gaoyang immediately took over the conversation, his eyes filled with ruthlessness.

"The first thing we'll do once we get the money!"

He waved his hand fiercely.

"We'll completely crush Lu Qingshan's lousy 'Xiushan Industry'!"

"I'll make sure that lousy factory can't even sell a single piece of coal ash!"

"I want him to kneel before me and beg for food!"

"And that bitch Lin Xiulan!"

Lin Xiumei added fuel to the fire from the sidelines, her voice sharp and her tone full of resentment.

She stroked her belly, but her face showed a distorted expression that was completely out of place for a pregnant woman.

"I want her to see with her own eyes how her man went from a so-called 'Boss Lu' to a groveling dog!"

She was so jealous of Lin Xiulan that she was almost going crazy.

Why is it that woman, who is inferior to him in every way, able to receive Lu Qingshan's favor?

Why is she allowed to live in a courtyard house in the provincial capital?

But it doesn't matter anymore.

Soon, all of this will change.

She, Lin Xiumei, will become the most glamorous woman in this county, and even the entire region.

Lin Xiulan, on the other hand, only deserves to look up at herself from the mud.

The banquet lasted until late at night.

The guests in the courtyard had long since left, leaving only the Yu family of three, who were still gathered around the leftovers, tirelessly boasting and daydreaming.

In the end, all three of them got drunk.

Yu Bo slumped over the table, muttering, "The richest man...mine..."

Yu Gaoyang and Lin Xiumei embraced each other, fell asleep on the sofa in the main room.

Their dreams were filled with countless scenes of unity and the desperate pleas of Lu Qingshan and his wife kneeling on the ground.

The night was very deep.

One by one, the lanterns in the courtyard went out.

Nobody knows.

When the hands of the clock clicked, they struck midnight.

At dawn.

What awaits them is not the throne of the richest man filled with mountains of gold.

Instead, it was a guillotine called "reality," which had been prepared for them long ago.

……

the next day.

early morning.

The sky was just beginning to brighten.

Hongshi County was still shrouded in a thin, gray fog.

A black Volga sedan with a provincial license plate drove in silently from the entrance of the county town, like a ghost.

In a county town in the 1980s, a car like this would be enough to attract everyone's attention.

The car didn't stop anywhere and drove straight towards the county guesthouse.

In the back seat.

Su Haiming, dressed in a smart woolen overcoat, was slowly wiping his pair of sunglasses.

Sitting next to him was He Bin, the deputy director of the provincial foreign trade company.

He Bin's expression was somewhat solemn.

"Boss Su, are you really confident this time?"

Su Haiming put on his gleaming sunglasses, a smile curving his lips.

He looked out the window at the rapidly receding, dilapidated street scene of the county town and chuckled softly.

"Director He."

"Yu Bo said that all the best ginseng from Changbai Mountain is in his possession. Don't you want to take a look?"

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