Era: 1979 From mountain man to richest man

Chapter 157 Lao Jin’s invitation, antiques, southern businessman
In the state-owned restaurant of Oriental Publishing House.

"That's about it."

Song Chaoyang briefly stated his needs.

Lao Jin nodded after listening:

"No problem, you can let her come here to eat every day from now on."

"If you have any questions, come to me."

Song Chaoyang didn't expect that Lao Jin didn't hesitate at all, and he was so happy when he agreed.

He even let the little girl come here to eat.

A blatant rip-off of the publishing house.

Although Song Chaoyang thought it was okay, he had other ideas, so he said:
"There's no need to eat. I rented a house for her. That place can be used for cooking."

Song Chaoyang said:

Hearing what he meant, everyone is gathering together?
However, Song Chaoyang thought about it and rejected his kindness.

"What's the point of exercising here? It's so convenient to eat here."

"You can just come and get it then."

"You don't know, our publisher only has children who study in Chengnan Junior High School, and they will come over for lunch."

Lao Jin heard Song Chaoyang's words and said quickly:

"If you don't take it, I'll find someone else to help."

"No problem tomorrow at noon, I'm free."

Practice her cooking skills.

"It will be nice for the two of them to take care of each other in school from now on."

After all, Song Chaoyang's original idea was to train his sister. If that was the case, he didn't have to force it.

"No, no, no..." Lao Jin shied away again.

"Thank you then." Song Chaoyang watched him put away the money, smiled at him and thanked him.

"It's not far from school anyway."

As soon as Lao Jin touched the envelope, he immediately knew what was going on and quickly pushed it away:

"When the time comes, go to the place I rent and I'll treat you to dinner."

"There are also some daily necessities. I will give her money, but some of them require tickets, and I need your help to solve them."

And he also prepared a recipe book written by himself for the little girl.

By the way, let this girl make whatever she wants to eat.

Lao Jin said nonchalantly at this time:
"Then let's bring them over together. We'll have a casual meal together as family members and we all know each other."

Then Lao Jin slapped his forehead and said:
"By the way, I also have a daughter who also goes to Chengnan Junior High School, but she is one year older than your sister. She will be in the second grade of junior high school this year."

"If there is any trouble that cannot be solved by herself, I will ask her to come to you."

Listening to Song Chaoyang's words, Lao Jin patted his chest and said:

"Our Oriental Hotel will do."

Maybe I will send her to the provincial capital to study in the future, and there will be no place to earn a living at that time.

The learning tasks these days are far less heavy than those of later generations, and it is completely possible for little girls to practice life skills in their spare time.

Song Chaoyang thought for a while and then said:

"If you are free at noon tomorrow, let's take them to meet."

Song Chaoyang said to Lao Jin:
"There are other people in my family."

Song Chaoyang still planned to let the little girl live independently first and develop her exercise habits.

After hearing what Song Chaoyang said, Lao Jin gave up:

Then he took out an envelope directly from himself, which contained the money to be given to Lao Jin. He stuffed it directly into Lao Jin's hand:
"This is my idea, please keep it."

"Oh, okay, just leave the money with me first. If your sister needs anything, just tell me."

"Okay, this is no problem."

"How can I ask you to help me for free? I don't have much money, so just take it." Song Chaoyang stuffed the money back again.

"Okay." Song Chaoyang responded. Lao Jin's efficiency was quite reliable.

"Let her cook by herself, so that she can exercise her self-care ability."

"If you want a ticket, I can get it for you tomorrow."

"Don't! Don't! One of us is following the other, and we don't want to do this."

After hearing Song Chaoyang's firm rejection of his kindness, Lao Jin stopped persuading him.

"How can you cook?" Lao Jin didn't know that Song Chaoyang could cook, so he quickly said:

When Song Chaoyang heard what he said, he thought it was right.

It's not too late to have this meal, so that the eldest sister and the others can see what the people in the city eat.

Although the skills of the chefs here are not as good as mine, they are definitely quite generous with the ingredients they use.

Many things are not available on the market.

Song Chaoyang simply agreed.

After making a brief appointment, Song Chaoyang left here with the little girl.

When I went back, I happened to see the post office open for work.

Song Chaoyang bought a stamp this time, then stamped the anonymous letter and threw it into the mailbox.

In addition, I asked about Professor Qian’s letter.

The result is true.

Song Chaoyang looked at the address where the letter was sent and found that it was indeed a reply he had sent later.

Professor Qian’s most trusted person should be the first person to receive the letter.

As a result, the letter was sent, but there was no response.

Unexpectedly, the second person who tried to send the letter actually responded and is still actively helping him with the operation.

Song Chaoyang did not open it, but put the letter away.

I plan to go back and give it to Professor Qian with my own hands.

Needless to say, this letter contained some words of encouragement for him.

Tell him not to give up hope or something.

After taking the letter, Song Chaoyang took the little girl and continued walking towards home. On the way, the little girl looked here and asked about there, remaining curious about everything.

Finally, the girl asked Song Chaoyang to bring some needlework back.

Song Chaoyang said to the little girl:

"You already bought the sewing machine when you bought it. You don't have to worry about the needle and thread."

The little girl finally came to her senses. From now on, I will no longer need to worry about these needles and threads.

I use higher-end things in my home.

When I thought about this, I realized that what I had never dared to think about before was now in my hands.

This makes the little girl feel like she is dreaming.

Song Chaoyang didn't expect that the little girl would be so emotional just for a little needle and thread.

I took the girl and continued walking back. This afternoon I was going to collect the antiques by the hospital.

Thinking of this, Song Chaoyang couldn't help but speed up his steps, and the little girl also hurriedly followed, no longer looking around.

The brother and sister walked all the way back and soon arrived at the door of the rental house.

Opening the door, the eldest sister and brother-in-law were cleaning the front room and warehouse with brooms.

They had nothing to do. They saw that the place was a little dirty and planned to clean it up.

As a result, some problems were discovered during this cleaning.

There was also a lot of fresh rat droppings in the warehouse, as well as several holes.

In fact, it is normal to have rats, but there are rat holes in the warehouse. If someone stores things in them, they will probably be ruined.

So my brother-in-law also found some broken bricks and stuffed them all into the mouse holes while cleaning.

The eldest sister simply suggested:

"I think I'll get another cat to keep here so that the food in the kitchen won't suffer."

"Girl lives here alone, and a cat can keep her company."

After listening to the eldest sister's suggestion, Song Chaoyang thought about it and nodded in agreement.

It would indeed be much better to have a cat where there are rats.

If you don't keep cats, mice will find there is food here, and they will come in groups and crazily buy it.

There are still a lot of people raising cats these days.

Most people use it to target mice. If you don't catch mice these days, no one wants cats.

Song Chaoyang said to the eldest sister:
"If you have time when you come back in the afternoon, you can take the bus to the edge of the city and have a look. If you ask someone there, you should be able to get a mouse-catching cat."

As a result, the eldest sister waved her hand and said to Song Chaoyang:
"You don't have to run that far. I just saw a raccoon cat with several cubs at the street office here."

"We spend a few cents to buy one. It's more cost-effective than taking the bus back and forth."

After hearing what the eldest sister said, Song Chaoyang immediately understood that the eldest sister and the others had gone out to stroll around after he left.

In this case, when you come back later, you can go directly to the street office and ask.

The most powerful rat hunter these days is probably the civet cat, which is a native cat and the most common cat.

He knows how to find food by himself and is quite considerate of his family.

Except when he is in estrus, he likes to wander around.

The rest of the time they are active in a fixed place.

There is no concept of birth control for cats and dogs these days.

Most of them start giving birth to cubs when they reach the estrus period, and they have several cubs in their lifetime.

Some owners feel that they cannot keep so many cats and dogs, so they sell or give them away.

Some simply just find a place to throw it away and abandon it.

Even worse, he was thrown into the water and drowned.

Of course, there are still relatively few people like this in the end.

When Song Chaoyang and the others came back, the eldest sister and brother-in-law had almost cleaned all the places.

The mess was swept away and the entire front room and warehouse looked brand new.

If you plan to activate it at this time, just place the goods.

Song Chaoyang could tell that the eldest brother-in-law still had some thoughts, otherwise he wouldn't be so concerned about this place.

Of course, it's hard for him to ask if others don't tell him. After all, everything is being tightened these days.

And he was originally going to lead the engineering team at Wangjiahe Dam.

It's probably hard for him to tell if he has any other plans. While the eldest sister and brother-in-law were cleaning in front of the house, Gouwazi and Xiaorong'er were placed in a room to take a nap.

When they were asked to get up, both children were still a little unhappy.

In the end, the little girl stuffed a fruit candy into each of them before coaxing the two of them.

When leaving home, my mother brought her a lot of candies.

These are all her treasures.

Carry it with you at all times.

Then everyone rushed towards the hospital.

Originally, the eldest sister said that she would get the inspection report in the afternoon, so there was no need to be in such a hurry.

He actually wanted to save on bus fares.

But Song Chaoyang was thinking about the antique seller next to the hospital.

I told my eldest sister to go early to avoid queuing.

So the eldest sister had no choice but to follow Song Chaoyang and the others onto the bus.

Not long after, the group arrived at the gate of the county hospital again.

After getting off the car, Song Chaoyang looked around at the entrance of the hospital, looking for the figure of the man, but he still didn't find him this time.

He was a little speechless. Do we really have to wait until the afternoon?
The result was just as they entered the outpatient department building.

In the registration hall downstairs, someone was holding a cup and asking people:
"Comrade, I am in urgent need of money. This cup is an antique passed down from my family."

"do you want?"

The person in question pushed him away directly:

"Antique? Are you kidding? Your broken cup is still an antique. Go away, I'm busy."

The man looked to be in his thirties, wearing patched clothes and a pair of tattered straw sandals. He was sweating profusely.

The dark skin is full of vertical and horizontal ravines.

It looks like he is from the countryside.

"Comrade, I'm in need of money. This cup is an antique passed down from my family! It's from the Ming Dynasty!" At this time, he got entangled with an old man who looked like a cadre of his work unit.

After hearing this, the old man waved:
"Let me see."

The middle-aged man immediately handed over the cup in his hand excitedly and said directly:
"If you like it, take the one hundred yuan!"

"One hundred yuan?" When the old man heard this amount, his eyes widened immediately. He didn't even look at it. He waved his hand and said:

"Forget it!"

"Eighty, eighty is fine!" The middle-aged man handed the cup back.

As a result, the old man just waved his hand, ignored him and left quickly.

"Liar..." Others looked at him and whispered.

The eldest sister and brother-in-law walked in front and deliberately avoided this person.

Song Chaoyang, on the other hand, looked him up and down and stopped in his tracks.

He recognized that this person was the antique seller in his previous dream.

He is still in the outpatient building of the hospital, selling to people everywhere.

I didn't go outside the hospital at all.

Seeing Song Chaoyang stop, the man also noticed him.

After looking up and down Song Chaoyang's clothes, he immediately trotted over and said to Song Chaoyang:

"Do you want an antique, gay? It's a family heirloom!"

"I want eighty for antiques from the Ming Dynasty!"

After saying that, I felt that the price was not very good, so I quickly changed my mind:

"No, just give me seventy."

Song Chaoyang didn't say anything, and directly reached out to take the cup in his hand.

He concentrated on taking a look at it with his Qi Observation Technique.

Sure enough, I found that it was an old object with a hazy atmosphere.

Song Chaoyang instantly confirmed that this was indeed an antique.

When Song Chaoyang was looking at antiques over and over again.

The man anxiously said to Song Chaoyang:

"You can see that he works in the unit."

"My wife is having a baby and needs money right now."

"Please help me."

"I really have no choice, otherwise I wouldn't be selling the antiques in my house."

Before Song Chaoyang could answer, the eldest sister and brother-in-law who were walking in front noticed that Song Chaoyang was stopped by this man, so they immediately turned back.

The eldest sister came over and said hurriedly:

"Third brother, what are you doing?"

"Isn't it just a broken cup? We have a lot of them at home."

After speaking, he leaned into Song Chaoyang's ear and whispered:
"This man is a liar."

Brother-in-law Liu Yong also said:
"Brother, if you want something like this, I will get you some from home."

"Better looking than this one."

Their words made the man sweat with anxiety, and he quickly explained:
"No, mine is an antique."

"It's the real deal."

"I'm not a liar!"

But the more he said this, the more people around him became suspicious.

Song Chaoyang waved his hand, signaling to the eldest sister and brother-in-law not to worry.

Let them get the physical examination report first and take a look at this antique here.

The eldest sister saw that Song Chaoyang was being deceived and immediately reminded him:
"Oh, Third Brother, what do you know about antiques?"

"Besides, aren't there so many ancient tombs on the mountain?"

"That's from the Tang Dynasty."

"..." Song Chaoyang was speechless.

You can't sell antiques in the mountains.

This is a family tradition.

Both properties are different.

Song Chaoyang didn't want to explain to his eldest sister, so he once again asked them to hurry up and get the report. He knew what to do.

The eldest sister and the eldest brother-in-law looked at each other and knew that they could not persuade Song Chaoyang now.

So I had no choice but to nod my head and take my child to get the physical examination report.

Now that the eldest sister and brother-in-law have left, Song Chaoyang is ready to spend money to buy things.

At this moment, someone suddenly came over.

In a voice with a slight Cantonese accent, he asked Song Chaoyang:

"Comrade, can you show me the cup in your hand?"

When Song Chaoyang heard this, he turned his head and looked at the other party.

I discovered that it was actually the out-of-town businessman who accepted the cup in the precognitive dream.

This is also a middle-aged man in his thirties or forties.

He had a big oily haircut and gold-rimmed glasses.

Wearing a white shirt, bell-bottom pants, and holding a briefcase in his hand.

It looks quite "business".

This look is exactly like the businessmen dressed in Hong Kong movies in the late 70s and early 80s.

As he spoke, his hand had already reached towards the cup in Song Chaoyang's hand.

That's not polite at all.

Song Chaoyang frowned slightly, put the cup away, and avoided his grabbing hand.

"I look at things first." Song Chaoyang said to him.

When the other party saw that he hadn't grabbed it, he changed his smile and said to Song Chaoyang:

"Oh, comrade, I also like the cup in your hand."

"I plan to use it to give to an elder. I hope you will be noble and give me face."

Song Chaoyang shook his head, took out the money from his body, and gave it to the man selling antiques.

The man counted the numbers and immediately bowed to Song Chaoyang:
"Thank you, thank you comrade."

After saying that, he took the money and headed directly towards the obstetrics and gynecology department.

Seeing Song Chaoyang so decisively buying the antique with money, the man from out of town also scratched his head:
"You...you comrade..."

He came here mainly to check the market.

I happened to hear that a veteran cadre was hospitalized here, so I planned to send something to him.

But this time I came in a hurry and didn’t bring anything with me. I just had to buy something as a gift.

There is no shortage of watches or anything else.

So he wanted to give something commemorative and elegant.

As soon as he got downstairs, he saw someone selling antiques. He looked on and wanted to watch the price drop before selling.

After all, it is not his character not to take advantage of others.

As a result, he was directly intercepted by Song Chaoyang.

He was a little over the top now, so he thought about it and said to Song Chaoyang:

"In this case, comrade, I will give you 100 yuan directly for this cup."

"Give me some face and transfer it to me."

Song Chaoyang almost rolled his eyes, give him face? No one knows him, so he has a shameless face.

So Song Chaoyang smiled and said:

"Sorry, I like this cup too."

"I won't part with 100 yuan."

After hearing this, the other party said excitedly:
"You just bought it for 70 yuan, and you have already earned 100 yuan for 30 yuan!"

"Comrade you, don't be too greedy."

(End of this chapter)