Back to 1984: I built a chicken farm on a barren mountain.

"You scoundrel, do you have eggs?"

When Han Laosi opened the door, it was indeed Hou Laizi's sleazy face. He was very suspicious of Hou Laizi, but seeing Hou Laizi's mysterious appearance, he reluctantly welcomed him into the courtyard.

"Won't you let me talk inside?"

Hou Laizi said with a grin.

Han Laosi didn't like Hou Laizi and said:

"Let's say it right here. What do you mean by saying you have eggs?"

"What does 'can' mean? It means you need eggs, and I have eggs."

"Hey bastard, don't try to fool me this early in the morning. What do you mean?"

"I have as many eggs as you need. Understand? I collected all the eggs from the nearby villages a few days ago."

When Han Laosi heard Hou Laizi say this, his heart skipped a beat. It turned out that it was Hou Laizi who had taken the eggs!

Seeing that Han Laosi was intimidated, Hou Laizi grabbed his arm and said:

"Come on, let's go to my house, I'll show you the eggs."

Han Laosi was dragged and pulled all the way to Laizi's house by Hou Laizi. He didn't even have time to put on his clothes or shoes properly.

When they arrived at Hou Laizi's small courtyard, Han Laosi found that although the courtyard was small, it was quite tidy. They say you can't judge a book by its cover. Despite Laizi's slovenly appearance, his house was quite clean.

Hou Laizi's yard had a pigsty, which was similar to a shack. There were no pigs in it, but there were large baskets woven from thorns inside.

Hou Laizi pointed to the large baskets and said to Han Laosi:

"Fourth Brother, let's go in and take a look. I know you best; you won't believe me no matter what I say until you see the eggs."

According to age, Han Laosi should be the same age as Hou Laizi's father, but in Chenjiazhuang, there are all sorts of relatives and friends, so in a roundabout way, Hou Laizi is exactly the same generation as Han Laosi.

But when Han Laosi heard Hou Laizi call him "Fourth Brother," he felt awkward. "Who do you think you are, you little brat? You're talking to me like a brother."

Without uttering a word, he went into the pigsty and reached out to open one of the large baskets.

Once you open it, you'll find it packed full of eggs, all of uniform size and with clean shells.

Han Laosi immediately changed his expression, grabbed Hou Laizi's arm, and said:

"Old brother, are these really the eggs you collected?"

"Would I lie to you, Fourth Brother? Let me be honest with you. I was collecting eggs to swindle Chen Wenfeng. That guy got cocky after making money and started looking down on me. So I got a few buddies and we collected all the eggs from the nearby villages, planning to rip him off. But when I went to him, he said I had taken all his customers."

"What do you mean I stole them? It's because he charged too much; all these customers are now with me."

Han Laosi was naturally unwilling to admit that he had poached someone else's girlfriend, and Hou Laizi didn't refute him, but simply said:

"Fourth Brother, do you want these eggs?"

"I want them all. I'll take them today."

"Don't rush, Fourth Brother, we need to discuss the price."

"How much do you want for the price?"

"I was thinking of selling them to Chen Wenfeng for 15 cents each, but for you, Fourth Brother, the lowest price is 13 cents each."

Upon hearing the price, Han Laosi immediately became unhappy. However, he couldn't afford to fall out with Lai Zi, since he had nowhere else to buy eggs. He composed himself and said:

"Hey rascal, good brother, I only make twelve cents selling them in the county town. I can forgo a profit, but I can't lose money! How about you give them to me for one cent each?"

Hou Laizi thought to himself, "This Han Laosi is truly shameless. He wants others to work for free just to make money." So he stated very clearly:

"I'll take it for a dime and give it back for another dime? Am I crazy? Do I have nothing better to do? Anything less than thirteen cents? No way."

After saying that, Hou Laizi went inside, leaving Han Laosi standing in the yard.

Han Laosi is now in a dilemma. He originally thought that dealing with Chen Wenfeng would be enough, and Chen Wenfeng was indeed as easy to defeat as he expected. But then, this hothead Hou Laizi came along as an unexpected complication.

"I'll figure out how to deal with you after this is over!" Han Laosi followed Hou Laizi into the house and said.

"Brother, let's talk again. How about 12 cents? I'm already doing all that work for 12 cents."

Han Laosi thought that Hou Laizi would pester him for a while longer, but to his surprise, Hou Laizi agreed directly, but demanded cash on delivery.

make a deal!

Han Laosi no longer had time to carefully consider things. As was his usual habit, he would consider the details of a matter repeatedly, and this time was no different. However, many unexpected changes suddenly occurred, which made him impatient or did not allow him to have the patience to think.

To prevent any unforeseen complications, Han Laosi and Hou Laizi immediately counted the eggs, which totaled 4215, amounting to 505.8 yuan.

He planned to send 3000 coins to the county seat and the remaining 1,000-plus coins to the town.

When Han Laosi took the money and hauled the eggs away, the weight that had been hanging over his heart finally lifted.

Early the next morning, Han Laosi rode his bicycle to the county town. He had 800 eggs on the back seat. He figured he couldn't deliver them all at once, so he would deliver them in several trips.

After riding his bike for a while, Han Laosi finally had time to think about what had happened in the past few days. Something felt strange about everything.

Before he could figure it out, he rode to the edge of the county town.

He was about to get off the bus to find a place to relieve himself when he saw more than a dozen people walking towards him.

The leader of the group wasn't very tall, his shirt was open, and he had a cigarette dangling from his mouth. He reached out and stopped Han Laosi, saying:

"Hey, what are you carrying in all those big and small baskets?"

Han Laosi realized he had encountered some thugs, so he quickly got out of the car and said politely:

"It's a bag of eggs, being delivered to the city."

"Sell us a few eggs, we'll stir-fry them as a snack with our drinks."

The gang leader said. Han Lao Si was immediately perplexed and quickly replied with a forced smile:

"Young man, these were all pre-ordered by others, so it's not convenient to give them to you."

The gang leader had a violent temper and spoke in an unfriendly tone:

"What, you think we won't pay? We want to buy, but you won't sell—that's disrespecting us!"

The thugs behind the gang leader immediately chimed in:

"What's wrong with you? Eggs are for sale, aren't they? Why can't we sell them to you if we want to buy them!"

Old Han was no ordinary farmer; he had traveled all over the country. Seeing that the thug leader was angry, he immediately took a few eggs from the basket on the back seat and said:

"Brothers, I'm just a deliveryman, I can't make decisions for the boss. Consider these eggs a gift from me, please do me a favor."

The gang leader glanced at the eggs in Han Laosi's hand, gave a wink to the person behind him, and one of his underlings immediately took the eggs from him.

"You're so sensible. Then we won't stand on ceremony."

"A few eggs, no need to be polite. I'll be going now."

Go!

Han Laosi quickly got on his bike and left.

One of the thugs said to the other thug:

"Brother Dao, you think a few eggs are enough to get rid of us? That's so beneath you."

Brother Dao looked at Han Laosi's retreating figure and said:

"Let him go. Brother Long has instructed us not to get involved in his business dealings."