Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

Chapter 4 Persuading Hu Bayi
If Hu Ming hadn't stepped in to help Wang Kaixuan get the jade back, Big Gold Tooth would probably have earned at least four thousand this time.

It's truly a case of "no business for a year, but enough to live off for three years when it does open."

Hu Ming was a top student in the history department, but his knowledge of archaeology was no less than that of a world-class archaeological expert. After all, his first reward included the life knowledge of an archaeologist.

So when Hu Ming came to the capital, he also had the idea of ​​getting into the antique business.

After eating hot pot, the group returned to Fatty Wang's rented room.

at night……

The fat man lay in bed, still thinking about what had happened during the day. He felt somewhat restless and tempted.

He thought to himself: This is much more profitable than selling cassette tapes. If Lao Hu were to support me, and with the addition of the brilliant Mingzi, wouldn't it be easy?
The fat man grew increasingly excited as he thought about it!
At this moment, Hu Ming saw the fat man get up and come over.

Fatty Wang said to Hu Ming and his companion, "Old Hu, Mingzi, you guys think that selling a jade pendant for so much money is incredibly lucrative. Why don't we try this business too?" Upon hearing Fatty Wang's suggestion...

Hu Bayi thought about it and felt something was amiss, then said to Fatty Wang, "Making it is fine, but where are we going to get things to sell?"

Seeing an opportunity, Fatty Wang said, "I remember you and Mingzi both know how to raid tombs..."

Before Wang Pangzi could finish speaking, Hu Bayi directly refused, saying, "Going into the tomb? Don't even think about it."

The fat man shouted, "Old Hu..."

Hu Bayi interrupted again, saying, "You fatso, let me tell you, I would rather die than do such a despicable and unlucky thing."

Fatty Wang asked, puzzled, "Why?"

Hu Bayi said irritably, "Why? My grandfather used to run a tomb raiding business for a while. But he ran into a giant zombie and almost lost his life. Later, he thought it was bad luck and stopped doing it."

"Besides, aren't you afraid of dying?" Old Hu said, then ignored the fat man and rolled over to face the wall.

"Old Hu, logically speaking, tomb raiding is bound to be risky, but if we prepare in advance and carry a few black donkey hooves, we won't be afraid, right?" the fat man said somewhat unwillingly.

Seeing that Hu Bayi ignored him, Fatty Wang continued, "Besides, as the saying goes, there's a proper way to acquire things. Although tomb raiding has a bad reputation, it's all because of some unscrupulous outsiders. They're not even part of the tomb raiding business, so they don't know the rules."

Old Hu, tell me, these ignorant bastards are causing chaos and destruction everywhere, how can they not be hated? Old Hu, tell me, can you tolerate it?
Besides, the history of tomb raiding has existed since ancient times. I've heard from others that the four famous schools of tomb raiding—Mountain Moving, Ridge Unloading, and Tomb Raider—specialize in this. The Tomb Raider Captain was an ancient military officer title, first established by Cao Cao during the Three Kingdoms period. In layman's terms, it was a unit that raided tombs for the emperor, specializing in excavating graves and stealing valuables to pay for military expenses.

To put it bluntly, we're just making a little money by tomb raiding. To put it nicely, aren't we just taking this money that was taken from the people and returning it to them?

Think about it, you still have so many people to help. How can you manage without money?

At this moment, no matter how much the fat man talked, Old Hu simply wouldn't agree and ignored him.

Hu Ming, standing to the side, was dumbfounded as he watched the fat man spewing profanities. He knew the fat man was talkative, but he didn't expect him to be this talkative.

Seeing that his attempts to persuade Hu Ming were futile, the fat man turned to Hu Ming, who was watching the show, and said, "Mingzi, why don't you say a few words?"

Upon hearing this, Hu Ming shook his head with a wry smile, lay on the bed, and said calmly, "Fatty, I agree to what you just said about going into the tomb."

Upon hearing this, Hu Bayi said, "Aren't you afraid your parents will scold you?"

Hu Ming said, "Have you thought about the brothers who died before, and what their families are like now?"

Hu Bayi stood up and said to Hu Ming, "Then we can do other things, why do we have to rob tombs?"

Hu Ming then stood up and looked calmly at Hu Bayi, saying, "What other things can you do? How much money do we have now to help our brothers and their families? I'm not saying we have to go into tombs. We can go into a big tomb and use the money we get to start a business later. Otherwise, with how much money can we make working outside like this? It's good enough if it's enough for us to live on."

Hu Bayi nodded upon hearing this and lay back down on the bed.

At this moment, Fatty Wang looked at Hu Bayi, who was lying on the bed thinking, turned his head and gave Hu Ming a thumbs up, and then he continued, "Mingzi is right. We can go to the old Party Secretary's place in the countryside. I remember there are a lot of ancient bottles and jars there."

Upon hearing this, Hu Bayi opened his eyes and said, "We can give this a try."

Hu Ming nodded and said to the two of them, "Let's go to sleep first. Tomorrow we'll go out and buy some things to give to our fellow villagers when we get back."

Hu Bayi and his companion exchanged a glance, nodded, and then lay down to sleep.

The next morning...

The group of people, who were sleeping soundly, were suddenly awakened by a hoarse, raspy roar.

"You fatso, come out here!!!"

"You come out here!!!"
"Holy crap, it's Big Gold Tooth!" Upon hearing the voice, the fat man immediately sat up in bed and listened carefully. It seemed that there were many people following behind Big Gold Tooth.

Upon hearing this, Old Hu said, "You fatso, how did Big Gold Tooth find this place?"

Fatty Wang said sheepishly, "Let me think... it must be because when I sold him the jade last time, I casually mentioned to Big Gold Tooth that I lived here!"

Hu Bayi looked at Fatty Wang speechlessly and said, "Are you stupid? Giving out your address to outsiders."

The fat man then said, "What should we do now?"

Before Hu Bayi could speak, Hu Ming got up from the bed and walked to the door.

Hu Bayi said to Fatty Wang, "It's alright now. Mingzi used to be the number one in the military region's martial arts competition. I doubt anyone outside could beat him."

Upon hearing this, Fatty Wang suddenly remembered that Hu Ming had practiced kung fu before.

While the two were discussing, Hu Ming opened the door and saw that there were more than a dozen people in the yard besides Big Gold Tooth.

Hu Ming frowned upon seeing this and asked Big Gold Tooth, "Is this all there is?"

Seeing Hu Ming's reaction, Big Gold Tooth laughed angrily and said, "Brothers, charge!"

Seeing this, Hu Ming didn't waste any time and went to meet them alone.

five minutes later……

Only Hu Ming and Big Gold Tooth, who was standing opposite him, remained in the courtyard; everyone else had been injured and lay on the ground.

Hu Ming just watched Da Jinya quietly, while Da Jinya's legs were weak and he was sweating profusely.

At this moment, Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang also came out. Fatty Wang looked at the person on the ground and said excitedly to Hu Ming, "Mingzi, I will call you Master Ming from now on. Awesome!"

"Master Ming, Master Hu, Master Fatty, please be magnanimous and let me, Big Gold Tooth, off the hook. I, Big Gold Tooth, will repay you handsomely when I get back. Also, it was all my fault for being blind and not recognizing your connections, gentlemen. Please accept this as a token of my appreciation." With that, Big Gold Tooth pulled out a roll of banknotes from his pocket. Big Gold Tooth was now filled with regret; why did he have to provoke this devil?

(End of this chapter)