Journey 1995:Non-Stop

Chapter 26 Love Affair
Business is truly a wonderful thing.

The customer came to negotiate 900 per square meter, but the boss refused to sell it. But Yan Hui came to negotiate 850 and sold it to him. Outsiders might not understand the reasoning behind this, but Yan Hui already understood it.

Business isn't simply about "making a profit." Daily customer acquisition is challenging, and profit margins must be guaranteed. But when encountering clients like Yan Hui's, the "making a profit" mentality reverts to its original focus. After all, Yan Hui knows the bottom line and has extensive store connections, making it easy to find a store that offers the same price.

Even so, Yan Hui was still a little dissatisfied. If he had not had to go back to his second brother today, Yan Hui felt that he could negotiate the price with the timber store owner and get a commission of 70 or 80 yuan per square meter!

From start to finish, which took about half an hour, Yan Hui earned 150 yuan, which is what he would normally earn in four or five days.

This money made Yan Hui a little hesitant. He was not sure whether he should continue to move wood for his second brother, especially since the small hidden thorn in his hand was always hurting him.

However, after hesitating for only a few seconds, Yan Hui immediately decided that he could not stop here with his second brother.

Working here for my second brother is considered a "serious job" in the eyes of many people around me, so don't underestimate it.

For example, if Yan Hui was in a hurry with this job, he would definitely be able to borrow a few dozen dollars from people around him, because everyone knew that Yan Hui had pawned his salary with his second brother, and some people also knew that Yan Zhihang was his uncle.

In short, this job has made him successful in the market. Old Guo, who came to say hello today, was very envious of Yan Hui's high-paying job.

After receiving the 150 yuan, the cash on Yan Hui officially exceeded 3000 yuan. He gradually realized that he should put the money in the bank. It was not a good idea to keep it on him all the time.

But the question is, will the bank accept this little money from me?

Although Fourth Uncle had given Yan Hui a good sum of money a few days ago, Yan Hui still felt that his uncle's cooperation with that ginseng merchant was unreliable, which made Yan Hui wary. He still had to put the money in the bank, otherwise he would have to hide it.

Yan Hui would not feel at ease no matter where he hid.

Yan Hui thought about it and returned to his second brother. Da Kai came to ask him again, and he just laughed it off. This made Da Kai very dissatisfied, but he couldn't say anything.

In the evening, Shan Ge came to find Yan Hui and talked about going to the train station to watch the timber at night.

This was something that Fourth Uncle had instructed him to do, so Yan Hui took it very seriously. He immediately followed Brother Shan to the train station.

Shipping goods from the train station is a very simple process. First, you need to submit your plan, which usually requires at least one railway car. After submitting your plan and waiting for the station to approve it, you can move your goods there and then wait for a free railway car to load the goods onto it. Generally, the freight cost for a railway car is several thousand yuan, depending on the distance.

After the goods are loaded and the freight is paid, the train station will issue a waybill, which can be sent directly to the buyer by mail.

Freight trucks are definitely slower than postal mail. The postal mail mentioned here is not the letters that Yan Hui sends on a daily basis, but express mail, which is more than ten times more expensive than postal mail.

Yan Hui came here mainly to help Fourth Uncle with the moving process, which was not a big deal. Fourth Uncle did not need Yan Hui's help with the moving, but he did not pay Yan Hui for it.

Yan Hui's fourth uncle had his own lumber processing plant and his own trucking crew. He hadn't previously understood why his fourth uncle hadn't arranged for him to work there, but later figured out that his fourth uncle was probably worried he wouldn't do his job well. Sometimes it was just like that: the closer the relative, the harder it was to arrange work.

This is the truth, but Yan Hui still feels a little uncomfortable.

After arriving here, Yan Hui found that his fourth uncle's moving team was almost done moving. Yan Hui watched from the side, from beginning to end. After the wood was moved, he continued to wait here. After waiting for about an hour, his fourth uncle came over, collected the freight from the station, and completed the formalities. Yan Hui could then leave.

"Thank you for your hard work, Xiaohui," said the fourth uncle after he finished his work. "By the way, there are a few letters in the store. Come and pick them up when you have time."

"Okay uncle, are you going back to the store?" Yan Hui was still thinking about getting a ride in his fourth uncle's car.

"I have something else to do tonight, you can go back by yourself."

"Okay." Yan Hui nodded.

Yan Hui was very familiar with the route from the station to the timber market. When the weather was cold, he lived at the freight station and made the trip twice a day. But today, Yan Hui was clearly feeling a little unwell. He didn't know what was wrong with his fourth uncle today, but he felt neither too hot nor too cold.

Is there a problem with the cooperation with the ginseng merchant?

do not know.

In short, Yan Hui was in a bad mood. As he walked, he arrived at the small square where he had sung before.

Because it was night, there were still quite a lot of people here, but after Yan Hui got closer, the boss still warmly invited him to come over and sing for free.

Unable to refuse the kind invitation, Yan Hui sang three or four songs in a row, attracting quite a few people here, and then left.

After singing a few songs, Yan Hui felt much better and prepared to go to Dongmen Market to buy some food.

Yan Hui's consumption concept has changed now. He had 3000 yuan on him, which is the income of many people for most of the year. He directly bought three meat buns and a bag of snacks worth 5 cents.

As Yan Hui ate his meat buns, he looked at the market again and felt a sense of hope. Calculating the money he had, Yan Hui knew he had to rely on himself.

Rely on yourself.

Of course, he has always relied on himself.

While walking and eating buns, Yan Hui ran into Dakai.

There was another person next to Dakai, who looked to be about 20 years old. He was wearing a black coat that looked quite new.

"Yan Hui, come here, let me introduce you. This person is Brother Bao. He is very famous in this market!" Da Kai saw Yan Hui and took the initiative to introduce the person next to him.

"Hello, Brother Bao," Yan Hui greeted him briefly and prepared to leave.

"You're buying snacks?" Dakai saw the spicy strips in Yan Hui's hand and felt a little jealous. "Your uncle is so good to you."

"Who is his uncle?" Brother Bao asked inexplicably.

"He's also from the market, a boss."

"Boss?" Brother Bao was a little unconvinced, "Are you very rich?"

"I don't know about that, but he should be quite rich, driving a Jetta!"

"Yo!" Brother Bao snorted twice and looked at Yan Hui, "Your uncle is so rich, are you rich?"

Yan Hui wasn't actually that scared. He had never been afraid of anyone in a fight, but he thought less trouble is worse than more. He dug into his pockets and said, "Brother Bao, I'll spend whatever my uncle gives me."

"Indeed, the money he earned is from his uncle." Dakai helped explain.

"Same as you." Brother Bao glanced at Dakai, a little unhappy, but didn't say anything. He pointed at Yan Hui and said, "Okay, get out of here."

Yan Hui was still eating a bun and didn't say anything. He just left, then turned around to look at the man and took note of it.

Cursing people for no reason, do you really think you are a nobody? He wasn't afraid of this "Brother Bao", or even afraid of Da Kai teaming up with this guy. He was mainly worried that if they started to fight, the money on him would be easily exposed.

Yan Hui is not someone who will be bullied!
Thinking about this, Yan Hui gradually went to the market. By the time he arrived at his uncle's store, he had finished eating all the meat buns. He went to get the letter and took it back to his room.

With the lights on, eating spicy noodles and reading the letter, Yan Hui's mood suddenly improved.

There are four letters this time.

One is from home.

My parents, grandparents, and younger sister are all doing well. My older sister is also doing well and she even showed some special concern for Yan Hui, which makes Yan Hui feel warm inside.

He had gone up the mountain before and hadn't written home for a long time. His family was still a little worried, so they were very happy to receive the letter this time.

The second letter was from his cousin.

Yan Hui's cousin was very kind to him and often took him out to play when he was a child. He left home to start a business very early and is now working at Jianye, also in the timber business.

There was no other meaning in my cousin's letter. He just expressed his concern and asked about the situation of timber in Fengtian.

Yan Hui understood this. He immediately took out a pen and paper and wrote back to his cousin.

The third letter was from the third brother. Yan Hui opened it with great anticipation. At the beginning of the letter, it said that the letter mainly talked about two things.

The first story is longer and is about something that happened in the village. Yan Hui reads it very carefully, and although not much happens, it is still interesting to watch.

The second thing was just one sentence. It said that the previous news that Liu Yu was getting married on April 16 was fake. Not long after sending the last letter, he knew that he had been deceived, but he never had time to tell Yan Hui.

Damn, this kind of news can still be fake? I'm really impressed.
Yan Hui took several minutes to digest the short letter before opening the fourth one.

The fourth letter was sent about a month ago, but Yan Hui only received it today. The only possibility is that Fourth Aunt threw the letter aside after receiving it, and only remembered it when she gave it to Yan Hui this time.

This letter is from the second brother.

When Yan Hui first arrived in Fengtian, he talked to Yan Yan about the second brother.

The second brother is a very interesting character. Among Yan Hui's sworn brothers, he is considered to be a better student and smart. The second brother did like Yan Yan in elementary school, but later
Later, he probably didn't like her anymore. Boys of this age group are actually very easy to fall in love with other people. Yan Yan had been away for a few years, and Lao Er had already changed.

When Yan Hui first came, he talked about the second brother with Sister Yan. Seeing that Yan Yan had a good impression of the second brother, he did not expose the matter.

Now, Yan Yan is about to take the college entrance examination, so it is even less likely that Yan Hui would mention this matter.

The person the second brother likes now is Liu Yu mentioned by the third brother.

Yan Hui also likes Liu Yu.

More than half a year ago, when Yan Hui's leg had not yet been injured, one night, Yan Hui's sworn brothers were all there, chatting about the topics that boys love to talk about most.

"Who do you like?"

Yan Hui was the first to speak, he was the fifth.

He said he liked Liu Yu.

Later, when the second brother was asked, he said that he didn’t have any girl he liked.

Yan Hui didn't know at the time that the second brother also liked Liu Yu, but the second brother didn't say anything when he saw Yan Hui say it.

Later, Yan Hui broke his leg. The fourth brother came to visit Yan Hui and told him about this. Yan Hui had nothing to say. He still thought that the second brother was really nice.

Thinking of this, Yan Hui opened the letter and read it from beginning to end.

"Gan Linliang!" Yan Hui couldn't help but curse out loud.

After reading the second brother's letter, Yan Hui finally understood why there was such a big difference between the two letters from the third brother.

Not long after Yan Hui arrived in Fengtian, the second brother went to Liu Yu's house to propose marriage!
Not only did he propose marriage, he also asked the third brother to tell Yan Hui that Liu Yu was going to get married!

This is the first letter!

The problem later was that the second son failed to propose marriage!

After a while, the second brother's proposal failed completely and he knew that he had no hope. So he wrote a letter to Yan Hui, telling Yan Hui that he had proposed marriage but failed, and he could still pursue him when Yan Hui came back.

Okay, okay, let’s do this. I treat you as brothers, and you guys are plotting against me!

He really believed the letter from the third brother! Damn it!

Yan Hui paused for a full twenty minutes before taking out a piece of paper and scribbling over 1000 words. This was a reply to the second brother! You, the 16-year-old, were already proposing marriage. You're incredible!

I have to say that this letter had a very strong impact. Yan Hui even wanted to call the second brother. If the second brother's family didn't have a phone, he would find a phone and curse back. He would even be willing to pay 10 yuan a minute!

After writing the letter, Yan Hui still felt uneasy, so he wrote another letter to the fourth brother.

The fourth brother has been working for a long time, and Yan Hui had little contact with him before. It would be better to let the fourth brother ask about this matter, so it would be safer.

What are you going to do?

Yan Hui looked at the spicy strips in his hand and found that he had not finished eating a single one.

At this time, Yan Hui's IQ was comparable to Sherlock Holmes. Before Yan Hui came to Fengtian, the second brother did find Yan Hui and asked about Yan Yan. Yan Hui was very happy to hear it at that time.

After all, he already knew that the second brother liked Liu Yu. When he heard the second brother asking about Yan Yan, he thought that the second brother really wanted to "give Liu Yu to him". In short, when the second brother asked about Yan Yan, Yan Hui felt more at ease!
Second brother, you are really good.
Wait, wait until Yan Yan finishes the college entrance examination, and see how I will expose you.
Thinking of this, Yan Hui suddenly felt something was wrong. "Exposing" him like this wouldn't hurt the second brother, but would only cause Yan Yan more inexplicable trouble. All he could say was that when Yan Yan asked about the second brother again, he could be more indifferent.
As for the matter about the second child, we can only talk about it after we go home for the New Year.

It was already very late when all the letters were written, so Yan Hui packed up and went to bed. The next day, he found an opportunity to go to a place called 724 and quickly mailed the letters.

Yan Hui and his sworn brothers had a very deep bond. From childhood to adulthood, whenever a fight arose, one of them would take on the other four, and they would never back down. Yan Hui had no real brothers, but with these four, they were close, having sworn brotherhood together. So, even if he was angry last night, he wouldn't be so angry the next day. But regardless, he still had to give the second brother a beating when he got home.

After figuring out these things, Yan Hui returned to his second brother and continued his work for the day.

Moving wood.

(End of this chapter)