Spring Breeze Twenty Years

Chapter 489 I'll lend you

Xinghai strode over to the village office, which was actually just the village chief's house. Siwei and the others gathered around Manager Huang and his group, saying, "Xiaowei, don't worry, none of them will escape. If they dare to run, we'll take them down. What will we do then?"

Xiao Wei said, "Wait a minute, I'll send someone to call someone. It'll take about half an hour. Fourth Uncle, you should take my Fourth Aunt back inside first, and we'll talk when Uncle Li arrives."

Fourth Uncle nodded and said to Fourth Aunt, "Stop talking, go back inside. Can't you tell who's family? You spendthrift!"

Fourth Aunt was really angry. She didn't dare to argue with Fourth Uncle, so she lowered her head and walked into the house without looking at anyone.

Manager Huang was starting to panic, no longer as calm as before. He said, "What are you doing? Why are you restricting our freedom? This is illegal, you know? If you continue like this, you can forget about doing this project ever again. Get out of the way."

Xiao Wei said, "You just wait here quietly for a bit. I already said I'd compensate you for my car if you're not a scammer, so what are you panicking about?"

Manager Huang said, "Why should I panic? We came here with good intentions to help everyone get rich, but you not only don't appreciate our kindness but also call us swindlers. And now you're blocking our way. What are you trying to do? I don't want to deal with you anymore. Get out of our way and we're never coming back to this place. We'll just stay poor like this."

Siwei glared at him and asked, "What did you say? Who's poor? Looking for a beating?"

Manager Huang said, "You guys are all turning down such a great project of mine. Who else would be poor if not you? Five hundred thousand! Five hundred thousand! Do you even know how much that is?"

Xiao Wei laughed and said, "Hey, Manager Huang, do you believe what you say every day? You have 500,000? If you have 500,000, why are you out here swindling farmers out of a few hundred yuan? You have 500,000 and you're driving this truck? Is this truck even worth 20,000?" Back then, a Songhuajiang mini-truck really wasn't worth 20,000.

Manager Huang said, "This is truly a poor and desolate place. There's a reason why people say that the mountains are poor. They can't accept any advanced ideas. Just you wait, I'll call the police to arrest you as soon as I get out. If you have the guts, keep blocking our way and don't let us leave."

Xiao Wei said, "Your ideas are too advanced; I really can't accept them. Just go back to the car and wait a bit."

Manager Huang said, "With such a big project and such a busy schedule, how can we have time to waste here with you? Don't you want to make money yourselves and instead hinder others from making money? Get out of the way. Do you believe I'll just walk out?"

Xiao Wei said, "Is your little truck as fast as mine? Besides, you're so rich, don't you know cars? Do you know what kind of cars these are? Go ahead and crash into them, see if you can afford to pay for the damages." In those days, ordinary people weren't as familiar with cars as they are now. Except for those who dealt with cars or really rich people, all cars looked pretty much the same to them. They were all cars anyway, and they couldn't afford them anyway.

Manager Huang glanced at the car Xiao Wei was leaning against and licked his lips. He really didn't recognize it. Anyway, it was more expensive than his car. Besides, there was a group of people surrounding it. If he hit it, he wouldn't be able to escape. He would get a beating.

Siweizi asked, "Sir, is this sedan chair yours?"

Xiao Wei nodded and said, "Yes, I bought it at the beginning of this year. It's inconvenient to run errands in the city without a car."

Siwei looked at the Omega and said, "Then why did you buy two? Was it cheap?"

Xiao Wei said, "That one belongs to my buddy. What are you guys doing these days?"

Siwei said, "Farming, of course. Plant in the spring, harvest in the fall, and do odd jobs in the county or city when you're not busy. What else can you do?"

Xiao Wei said, "I haven't thought about going out. I'd like to do something in the county or city, maybe start a business."

Siwei said, "How can I not think about it? I just don't have the money. How much can you earn if you work hard all year round? Last year, I spent the whole winter in the city and only earned about a thousand yuan. I looked around in the city, and setting up a counter to sell clothes seemed like a good idea, but renting a counter and stocking the goods would cost twenty or thirty thousand yuan. I can't afford it. What if I lose money? How will I pay it back?"

Xiao Wei turned to the others and asked, "Changyuan, what do you guys do?"

Chang Yuan said, "That's what everyone does, farming. They try to cultivate more land, what else can they do? Last winter, Siwei was able to find some work in the city, but I only stayed in the county for a few days and couldn't find any work." They only have time to look for work after the autumn harvest, but it gets cold in Northeast China after the harvest, and even carrying bricks is difficult. Besides, work in the city is hard to find; there are more unemployed people in factories and mines than in the countryside.

Xiao Wei thought for a moment and said, "Can Si Wei find a way to sell clothes?"

Siwei scratched his head and said, "You can rent counters at the underground shopping mall and Global Mall. I haven't asked about Yongfeng; they're all storefronts. As for sourcing goods, I heard it's in Fengtian, something like Wu'ai, but I don't know where that is. That's all I know."

Xiao Wei asked, "Aren't there any places in the county that sell them?"

Siwei nodded and said, "Yes, now private individuals are allowed to enter shopping malls and such, but business in the county is definitely not as good as in the city, there are only a few people there."

Xiao Wei said, "You guys should think it over and see if you want to do it. If you do, all of you can do it together. I'll lend you money and you can go to the city."

Siwei suddenly turned his head: "Really? Xiaowei, you're making a lot of money now?"

Xiao Wei laughed and said, "How much money is considered a lot? You've made some, but you should discuss it with your families. If you want to go to the city, calculate how much it would cost. I'll give you some money to work on first, and you can pay me back when you've made some. After that, when you all have some spare cash, we can discuss whether to work separately or as a partnership, okay?"

Siwei thought for a moment and said with some difficulty, "It's a lot of money, Xiaowei, tens of thousands. Let's forget it, don't make things difficult for you."

Xiao Wei threw his cigarette butt on the ground and stomped it out, saying, "It's okay, a few tens of thousands of yuan is nothing, why should I be upset? You guys rent two counters first and take turns watching the goods. Once we've made some money, we can split up and work separately."

I know Fengtian well, and I know where to get the goods. Just come find me there. If I'm not there, I'll arrange for someone to take you. You'll get used to it eventually. Besides, we brothers aren't afraid of anything in Fengtian. We'll get to work. I'll find someone. Don't let anyone mess things up.

Siwei and the others got excited and asked, "Really? You're not kidding?"

Xiao Wei slapped each of them on the head and said, "When have I ever lied to you?"

Siwei scoffed and said, "I've been coaxing you since you were a kid, otherwise why would you call me a devil?" Everyone laughed. Xia Maosheng, with a cigarette in his mouth, watched the fun from the side and grinned foolishly.

Xiao Wei pointed at Xia Maosheng and said, "This is Xia Maosheng, from Longcheng, a cadre in the Bureau of Government Offices, my buddy. Old Xia, this is Siwei, this is Changyuan, this is Gazi, this is Liuliu, this is Laizi, and the one who went to find someone is Xinghai, we all grew up together."

Xia Maosheng greeted the group with a smile and offered them cigarettes. Since they were all young, they quickly struck up a conversation.

(End of this chapter)