CHAPTER 646: CHAPTER 646: THE NEIGHBOR’S KID WHO DOES WELL

Today, West River Village is bustling with excitement; it’s Chen Hai’s wedding day and the whole village is abuzz.

Chen Hai has invited everyone in the village, such generosity is really impressive, and people in the village are praising Chen Hai for his capabilities. As someone who walked out from a small mountain village like West River, Chen Hai indeed is doing quite well.

"Xiaohai, this kid, he’s really amazing, so promising!"

"Exactly, Dato is so blessed to have such a good son!"

"Xiaohai is really outstanding, he must be the richest person in our village now!"

"The richest man in West River Village is Xiaohai!"

In West River Village, the most grand and tallest building, with interior and exterior decoration, white tiles on the outer walls, this is where Chen Hai’s home is, very conspicuous.

A few villagers gathered around, showering Chen Hai with praise.

And such compliments could be heard everywhere.

Chen Datou, Chen Hai’s father, straightened his back, standing tall as if he had it corrected specially, walking with his head held high, so proud, so confident.

Wherever he went, villagers were there with compliments for him, and praises for his son.

"Congratulations, Dato, on getting a daughter-in-law today," an elderly man said cheerfully.

Chen Datou laughed, "Thank you Uncle De, have a few more drinks."

"Brother Dato, you’re very lucky, Xiaohai is so promising and I hear his wife is beautiful too. Truly envious," an uncle said with a smile.

Chen Datou laughed heartily, "Where, where, isn’t your Ah-Yong working as a sales manager in a big company? That’s impressive too!" Chen Datou said.

The uncle said, "That’s nothing, it can’t compare to Xiaohai!"

"Uncle Dato, is Brother Hai’s company hiring? I just graduated from technical school, and even doing odd jobs there would be great," a young man approached, trying to cozy up while enthusiastically offering Chen Datou a cigarette.

Chen Datou took the cigarette, let the young man light it, took a puff, and said, "Well, you need to ask Brother Hai about that. I’ll see when I can find the chance to ask for you."

The young man kept flattering, "Alright, thank you Uncle Dato."

Chen Datou was very pleased, his son was truly promising, allowing him to walk with pride in the village, surrounded by envious voices wherever he went, he couldn’t help but feel a little elated.

Today, at his son’s grand wedding, as they invited everyone in the village, people old and young, men and women from the village all came to help, the entire village was bustling with excitement.

Chen Datou looked at the scene, very satisfied, it was all because his son was successful. Otherwise, how could the villagers give him such face?

Right at this time, Lin Fan’s father Lin Dagui was walking by carrying a pot of meat, today Father Lin and Mrs. Lin had also come to help early in the morning, as their two families had always had a good relationship, Chen Hai and Lin Fan used to be playmates in the past.

"Dagui, how come I haven’t seen Little Fan at all today? He’s not coming, is he?" Chen Datou asked, deliberately raising his voice.

Instantly drawing the attention of many, they all looked over.

Lin Dagui smiled apologetically, "Little Fan had something to do and went to the city, I’ve already told him to hurry back."

Chen Datou frowned and said, "Went to the city, what could be more important today than Xiaohai’s wedding?"

Lin Dagui said, "I’m not really sure, maybe he went to see a patient."

Chen Datou was somewhat displeased. Originally, Chen Hai was surpassing Lin Fan in everything, giving him a sense of superiority in front of Lin Dagui, but it just so happened that Lin Fan actually knew some medical skills, which somehow scored him back some points.

"Ha, looks like Little Fan is really a busy man, even going out to see patients on a day like today," Chen Datou said sarcastically.

Lin Dagui said, "I’ve told him to come back, and he said he’d be back soon."

Chen Datou said, "Alright then, I initially suggested for him to be Xiaohai’s groomsman, glad I didn’t let him."

Villagers began to chatter.

"Lin Fan isn’t here today? Could he be ashamed?"

Everyone laughed out loud.

"Maybe, Xiaohai is so successful, while on the other hand, Lin Fan isn’t doing as well."

"Working as a food delivery guy in the city, how can he compare to Xiaohai!"

"Perhaps he knows his place and went away to avoid embarrassment?"

Lin Dagui heard all these mocking words, but being honest and simple, not good at arguing, he could only act as if he didn’t hear and continued working.

Villagers quickly forgot about Lin Fan, the lively moment arrived, Chen Hai brought the bride back, and villagers all ran over to watch.

A procession of joyous bridal cars drove into the village.

The leading car was a brand-new Audi A8, not rented, but Chen Hai’s newly bought wedding car, just purchased, very impressive.

Following behind were all luxury cars like BMWs.

"Wow, Xiaohai is really wealthy!"

"I heard this Audi is worth hundreds of thousands!"

"Wow, truly amazing, Xiaohai is incredible!"

The villagers all had expressions of admiration, nothing was as important as money, the wealthiest is the most impressive, the richer, the more impressive, this was the villagers’ simple value.

After all, isn’t everyone toiling for daily meals, working hard for money? The desire for money forms such a view, he who has money is the master.

Why do the villagers look down on Lin Fan? Even though he has great medical skills, he still cannot compare to Chen Hai in the eyes of the villagers, simply because Chen Hai is richer than Lin Fan.

"Xiaohai, this kid, really good at associating with a Big Boss, doing so well!"

"The tallest house in the village, the most expensive car in the village, together that’s worth millions, truly amazing!"

"Xiaohai also married a city girl, they say her parents do business in the city too, bound to be very wealthy in the future."

"Truly amazing, so envious I could die."

Amidst the villagers’ exclamations and discussions.

The procession had arrived, the front Audi stopped, a young man in a suit got out, this was today’s groom, Chen Hai.

Chen Hai couldn’t be called handsome; he wasn’t tall, even a bit short and stout, but he gave an impression of being sharp, with intelligent gleams in his eyes, such people indeed know how to manage well.

Social dynamics are like this: people who know how to manage well thrive, those who don’t often get overlooked, work skills are secondary, as knowing how to manage well means you can do well even if your work skills are not that great.

Similarly, two employees join a company at the same time, in the same position, one knows how to manage well, the other is introverted and honest, over time, the differences become apparent, the introverted and honest one just focuses on doing his own work, not knowing how to manage relationships, often goes unnoticed, the one who manages well quickly blends with colleagues and wins the boss’ favor.

When an opportunity for promotion arises, choosing between the introverted, honest one and the one who manages well, it’s not certain, but most of the time, the one who manages well gets the chance.

Gradually, the introverted, honest one stays put, or even fares worse, while the one who knows how to manage well has already risen steadily.

"Xiaohai, this kid, was sweet-talking since childhood, I said early on that he would be promising," an old man smoked his dry tobacco, laughing.