Star Tycoon

Chapter 5 Brother Tian
Soon, Tian Ersan found the old woman.

It's fine to take in a used married woman, but the problem is that we also need to find out about her troubles.

This obedient adult woman is very useful to me right now; she can meet many of my needs.

The old woman was sitting at the door waiting, and when she saw Tian Ersan come back, she started nagging incessantly.

"Why did you only come in the afternoon? You didn't keep your word. Someone came to collect cardboard earlier, but I didn't sell it to him."

Tian Ersan said, "It's good that you sold them. Even if you collect the cardboard, it won't sell well."

The old woman said angrily, "No! I've already prepared this cardboard for you. It's not right for you to say you don't want it!"

Tian Ersan didn't want to argue with this old woman; he simply couldn't win an argument with her.

"Okay, show it to me."

The old woman was still in good health, and she quickly hunched over and carried over a bundle of cardboard pieces that had been pieced together from various places.

"That's all, fifty yuan will do," the old lady casually quoted a price.

"No way! You're trying to scam me! I came all this way, and you're just lying to me!" Tian Ersan said, turning to leave.

The old woman quickly shouted, "Forty!"

"Thirty!" the old woman continued to shout.

The old woman quickly chased after her, shouting, "Twenty! Take the twenty!"

As soon as Tian Ersan came out, he saw a van drive up outside, and several people dressed like gangsters appeared at the door of Zhang Shuya's house.

The people over there also looked towards Tian Ersan, about twenty meters away.

At this moment, the old woman came out and shouted, "Fifteen yuan is all for you! You're quite the businessman, kid! Take it, it's all yours!"

Tian Ersan laughed and said, "Let me see! It would have been better if you had said this earlier!"

After saying that, Tian Ersan went back into the courtyard.

The people over there were watching this side, and when they saw Tian Ersan and the old woman carrying out tattered cardboard, they knew they were junk collectors.

However, I still took a few more glances, since the young people who collect scraps are very young, especially one who looks quite good.

The old woman quickly sold the watered-down cardboard to Tian Ersan, and feeling guilty, she quickly closed the door.

Tian Ersan had no interest in checking this; after putting the cardboard on the tricycle, he rode away.

Both sides looked at each other, but the social groups didn't pay much attention to the cardboard and plastic bottles that Tian Ersan was carrying.

Tian Ersan walked past several gangsters with full-sleeve tattoos.

The two vehicles were not on the same track, and there was no friction between the van and the tricycle. The situation quickly calmed down.

After Tian Ersan had walked a little further away, the sound of picking locks and smashing doors came from behind.

"Get inside! If that damn woman dares to run, kill her!"

"Brother Biao, shall we wait at the exam hall?"

"Fuck you, there are cops everywhere, fuck you!"

Tian Ersan had already gone far away, but he still heard some of it.

That's right. Today is the National College Entrance Examination (Gaokao), and there are several times more people at the exam site and school gates than usual.

If a few bald, tattooed thugs approached that area, they would definitely be noticed by the police and parents.

Now that we live in the internet age, everyone seems to have a mobile phone on their face.

Tian Ersan quickly looked around. There were no cameras nearby, and he didn't know how powerful those people were or whether they could find Zhang Shuya's location.

Worrying is useless. We'll just have to take it one step at a time. If all else fails, we'll seek justice through cyberspace.

"Scrap collectors! We collect scrap! We recycle used cell phones, computers, books, newspapers, washing machines, and refrigerators!"

Tian Ersan quickly went back and found Zhang Shuya lying on the bed taking a nap, wearing a skirt. So he left a note and went out to sell scrap again.

I had just sold a bunch of scrap metal for a pittance, totaling a dozen or so yuan, when I received a call from Zhang Shuya.

"Brother Tian! Where are you?"

"If you need anything while you're out, just say so," Tian Ersan said on the phone.

Zhang Shuya felt relieved and especially at ease when she heard Tian Ersan's voice.

"Brother Tian, ​​I'm so glad you're alright. Those people called me more than a dozen times just now, and I didn't dare to answer them. Could you help me pick up my sister?"

Tian Ersan had already met with those thugs and confirmed that Zhang Shuya's family was indeed in big trouble. "Okay, but I don't know him."

Zhang Shuya quickly said, "She said at noon that she's waiting for you at the cake shop east of the lab! Could you please pick up my sister, Brother Tian? Thank you!"

Tian Ersan remembered that it was his younger sister who was taking the college entrance examination. "How come you and your sister are more than ten years apart? Don't you have any other younger brothers or sisters in between?"

Zhang Shuya explained, "When my son died, his family had another son, so they sent her to our family to raise, and we investigated from the outside."

It is indeed common for families with many children to send their daughters away, especially families with no sons but many daughters. They will send away daughters who cannot be raised and register them in the household registers of relatives or acquaintances.

For someone who has lost a child, having another relative's child, who is only two or three years old and doesn't understand much, to take care of them is definitely a good thing.

However, since she's called "little sister" instead of "daughter," she was probably already a bit sensible when she was sent here.

"It's alright." Tian Ersan readily accepted the request. "Remember to give me some face in front of your sister tonight and be polite to me, otherwise she'll really think I'm a junk collector."

Zhang Shuya laughed and said, "Definitely! If it weren't for Brother Tian, ​​we would have been sold to the bathhouse to work as prostitutes. Linlin calls me 'sister,' so don't talk about her. She has a strong sense of pride."

"No problem." Tian Ersan agreed, but then felt something was off.

Since they both knew they were going to be sold, why didn't they run away beforehand?
Judging from their experiences, Tian Ersan sensed some possibilities.

It's unlikely to be a matter of a love for learning. If someone had exceptionally good grades, the school would have taken care of it long ago.

Good students tend to be more confident, and they are more likely to consult with teachers when they have problems; they are less afraid of teachers.

Now was not the time to dawdle. Tian Ersan put away his phone and looked at the old lady loading the truck at the scrap yard, and the old man watching them.

Men usually make the decisions here.

Because it involves a lot of scrap that is easy to steal and easy to convert into cash.

Tian Ersan looked around and quickly said to the old man staring at him, "Boss, my cousin rides her electric bike to school without a helmet. Do you have any helmets here? I'm afraid she'll fall off."

The old man was mainly puzzled as to why a fifteen or sixteen-year-old would collect scrap.

The well-informed old man had seen many young people and children selling scrap metal, who would sell books and household stock in order to access the internet.

But the waste paper and old bottles that Tian Ersan was selling didn't seem like their stuff; they were too worn out, like the kind of waste that had been buried in the ground for years.

"Yes, give me ten yuan." The old man quickly called his wife to watch over it, and then went inside and came out with two helmets of different colors.

There are always many everyday items at a recycling station.

For example, cables, steel bars, manhole covers, guardrails, billboards, wheels, and car bodies.

Bicycles and tricycles are also available.

Anything that can be easily taken is likely to end up here.

Tian Ersan quickly got two helmets and then rode his tricycle home.

After parking the car in the shop, Tian Ersan greeted Zhang Shuya and then closed the shop.

Tian Ersan quickly arrived at the repair shop across the street.

It was a little past 3 p.m., and only Zhou Fa, who was taking a nap, was outside the repair shop.

"Boss, boss," Tian Ersan called softly.

Zhou Fa quietly opened his eyes, but he didn't seem to be sleeping soundly.

"What's up?" Zhou Fa sat up and looked at Tian Ersan, who had started collecting and selling scrap today.

Tian Ersan noticed a large plastic water cup next to Zhou Fa's chair, which was filled with tea.

People who do manual labor don't seem to like drinking cola much; they only drink it when they feel their mouths are tasteless.

Tian Ersan explained, "I need to pick someone up from school. I'm not afraid of it myself, but it would be embarrassing for people to ride a tricycle to pick someone up. I wanted to borrow your electric scooter to pick someone up."

There are quite a few electric bikes here, but only a few bicycles.

Besides repairs, replacements and resales are more profitable.

Do whatever makes money; there are no special rules.

“Okay.” Zhou Fa was easy to talk to. He took out his keys from his pocket and pointed to the electric car that could be driven.

Borrowing money is a different story, but borrowing an electric scooter is perfectly normal, especially since we're neighbors across the hall, so there's no need to worry about the person running away.

Tian Ersan thanked him, quickly put on his helmet, and went out to pick up the person.

(End of this chapter)