In short, family disputes are really hard to resolve, but despite the arguments, whether it's a wedding or a funeral, everyone still shows up. Today, someone made a pot of tofu and wouldn't forget to share some pieces, and tomorrow, after harvesting dozens of watermelons, they wouldn't forget to bring over a couple.

When men argue with men, women don't get involved—they only try to mediate and don't add fuel to the fire.

When women argue with women, men don't get involved—they only try to mediate and separate them, so it rarely happens that both couples argue at the same time.

Even though everyone argues, they usually won't become lifelong enemies.

After getting out of the car, Yi Anguo took out the prepared cigarettes, tore open the pack, and gave one to each man, then brought out candy for the women and children, handing some to each of them.

After greeting everyone and chatting casually for a couple of minutes, everyone dispersed.

After all, Yi Anguo had just returned to the village and hadn't settled in yet, so of course, everyone wasn't going to stick around for long.

Now it's about time for dinner; if they don't leave now, are they expecting to stay and eat?

Yi Anguo was quite satisfied with his house. The security and driver certainly couldn't stay there; aside from Yang Hai and two others staying behind, the rest returned to Jian'an City to stay at a hotel.

There's a saying about Qingming Festival—three days before and after—so tomb-sweeping doesn't necessarily have to happen on the actual day of Qingming Festival.

The next day, all of Yi Anguo's four sisters, brothers-in-law, and nephews arrived, including those studying at school.

Everyone went to their parents' graves, swept the tombs, added fresh soil, and rebuilt the mounds to make them taller.

Then, they hired someone to engrave on their parents' tombstones, adding in the daughters-in-law's surnames and the grandchildren's names.

By doing this, the content on the tombstone became much richer, not just with sons but also the surnames of several daughters-in-law and the names of three grandchildren.

As for ancestral rituals, Yi's village was too small, so there wasn't a family temple built. Ancestral worship could only take place at home with a simple incense table.

Afterward, Yi Anguo took everyone on a tour to the mountains and waters near Yi's village.

Even though Yi's village wasn't large, it had mountains and water. The other nearby villages were the same. Yi's village was just a natural village, which, along with more than a dozen other surrounding villages, formed one administrative village called Kao Shan Village.

It was named Kao Shan (or "By the Mountain") Village because it was right at the foot of the mountains, which had many precarious peaks with dense forests. During wartime, many people hid in the mountains to escape the chaos.

Invaders once tried to force the villagers out of the mountains by setting them on fire, but luckily a storm put out the fires, sparing the deeper mountain forests from being burned.

After the invaders left, the villagers gradually came out of the mountains and returned home.

The people were unharmed, but the hateful invaders destroyed many village buildings and houses, especially livestock, leaving none behind, having eaten or taken them all.

It's said you survive by living off the land; during the hardest times, nearby villagers depended on the mountain for survival.

Even with the invaders carrying out their scorched-earth policy, villagers could still find food on the mountain and wouldn't starve.

The mountain had wild chickens, rabbits, as well as wild fruits, vegetables, mushrooms, and the streams were full of fish and shrimp, so there was always something to eat if you tried hard enough.

"Wow! The scenery here is really nice! The air is particularly fresh, with mountains and water—no wonder you want to develop this place into a scenic tourist area," Hu Qian said, taking a deep breath of fresh air.

"The scenery here is indeed very nice, especially the fruits orchards, wetland pines, flat grasslands, and the lakes, along with the Fairy Lake Reservoir on the mountain. With some development and promotion, setting up some infrastructure, it could definitely succeed," Chen Ting agreed.

"What do you think, if while developing this tourist resort area, I invest to build a filming base for costume dramas here?" Yi Anguo suddenly came up with the idea.

"Building a new filming base for costume dramas, wouldn't the investment be a little too large?" Hu Jing expressed concern.

"Moreover, there are already many film bases domestically, especially Jiang Jian's film city, which covers fifty thousand acres and had an investment of 3 billion US Dollars. If we create one too, it'll be hard to compete with them."

"If the investment is too low, it won't be competitive, but if it's too high, the risks will be larger."

"Actually, although there are many film cities domestically, the market hasn't saturated, and each film city has its own characteristics. While competition exists, they don't exactly conflict," Chen Ting analyzed.

"If we want to develop a tourist resort area here, building a film city next door seems like a great idea."

"There're certainly risks involved, and not small ones, but the investment is worth it. If successful, it'll be a golden opportunity for the local villagers—they won't worry about earning money anymore."

"Furthermore, we aren't talking about an all-at-once investment! We can initially set up a filming area, test its effects, and then decide the future direction."

"For instance, build a Song Dynasty city or Ming and Qing architecture complex first. Anguo Group has also invested in film companies, so at worst, we can initially film our own costume drama."

"If our costume drama becomes an overnight hit, it'll really boost the reputation of the film city, and it'll surely attract other production crews to collaborate with us."

"Alright! Let's happily decide on it—to simultaneously build the tourist resort area and the film city," Yi Anguo slapped his forehead, making the decision.

"Chen Ting, the investment tasks for the resort area development and the film city construction are entrusted to you."

"Hey, hey, hey! Why should I be in charge? This is Anguo Group's investment project, not Chen's Enterprise's," Chen Ting protested.

"Wrong! This is our Yi family's investment project. Are you sure you want to refuse?" Yi Anguo glared sternly at Chen Ting.

Seeing Yi Anguo's serious expression, Chen Ting immediately surrendered, saying, "Since it's the Yi family's investment project, it's my duty as part of the family. Leave it to me."

"Whether investing in the resort area or the film city, my purpose isn't about making lots of money, but to give back to the land that gave birth to and raised me, to give back to my hometown," Yi Anguo continued.

"Of course, if we happen to make some money along the way, that's great too, and I certainly won't reject it."

Since following Yi Anguo to Shenzhen, Yi Xiaoman and Yi Xiaolin over the past three years have undeniably progressed significantly, visible to all.

So, this time when Yi Anguo returned to the village, everyone hoped for the chance to go out with him to make a fortune.

They were all your cousins, so why do only those two get to go out with you and make big money, while others can't?

Although Yi Anguo announced the investment to build a tourist resort area and film city, ensuring that everyone would get employment and earn money,

Everyone felt that no matter how good and profitable the job might be, working by Yi Anguo's side would offer better prospects!

Gradually, some elder cousins began visiting, hoping Yi Anguo could help their children.

Aside from elder brothers, some elder sisters also came for assistance, hoping Yi Anguo would help their nephews.

Honestly speaking, Yi Anguo didn't even recognize some of these elder sisters' kids.

When he was a child, he occasionally visited the elder sisters' homes during New Year, but after growing older, he rarely went, only meeting them at home during New Year visits between his father and the sisters and brothers-in-law, typically not drinking together.

The reason seemed to originate when Yi Anguo's eldest and second sisters got married, and his elder cousins didn't visit them during New Year, so his father simply decided that Yi Anguo didn't need to visit the elder sisters either.

Yi Anguo certainly had no issues with the sisters but didn't have much affection for their kids.

The simple reason being, none of these elder sisters' kids had ever addressed him as uncle—not one.

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