Spring Breeze Twenty Years

Chapter 765 What do I owe you?

Zhang Wang said, "Xiao Wei came without warning, I wasn't prepared at all. There's a whole bunch of stuff at home, you can pick some vegetables and eat them, and sell some if you can't finish them. I'll take the grain, Xiao Hui can keep the chickens, ducks, geese and dogs, you can keep the pigs. See if there's anything else you can use at home, I'll bring it over for you."

Xiao Wei looked at Zhang Fu and asked, "Will you farm the land? You can live in the house."

Zhang Fu shook his head: "No, I don't farm. I work myself to death and don't make any money. I can't even afford to buy a piece of clothing all year round. I'll just stay in the county. My friend said he'd take me to the city to make big money. He said I could make several hundred a month."

Xiao Wei asked, "What are you doing?"

Zhang Fu said, "I haven't gone yet. I'll tell my parents when I get back."

The old man said, "That's all bullshit. Making big money, several hundred a month? If it were that easy, wouldn't people make it themselves? Waiting for you? Is it all because of your dad that he gives you everything? You're a brainless piece of trash. You're making so much money that you come back asking for it? Several hundred a month? Tell him you'll pay him back once you make it. What are you going to take from home?"

Zhang Fu said, "You need capital to make money, right? You can't just go around talking nonsense. They're not my father, why should I?"

Xiao Wei asked, "What do you do? What kind of work makes money? How much investment is needed?"

Zhang Fu said, "My buddy can get cheap pagers. He brings them back from Fengtian and sells them. He gets thirty yuan for each one he brings back."

Xiao Wei frowned: "Is it an old one or a counterfeit?"

Zhang Fu said, "I don't know either. I've never been there. How many times have I been to the city in my entire life? And now that I have a chance to go out, they won't even pay me. Forget it, I might as well just stay here in this remote mountain village and die here."

Xiao Wei asked, "How much will it cost?"

The old man said, "You just casually mention two thousand, don't you know how much your family earns in a year? You act like you print money yourself, so capable. Ask your second brother how much money he took from home when he went out to work? Where did it come from? If you're so capable, learn from your second brother and earn it yourself. If you earn millions, I won't take a penny, you can spend it however you want."

Zhang Fu turned to Zhang Fu and asked, "Second Brother, how much money did you take with you when you went to Fengtian?"

Xiao Wei said, "It's over ten thousand, what's wrong?"

Zhang Fu said to the old man, "Listen to this, over ten thousand yuan! How can you make money without a substantial investment? You're not even willing to spend two thousand? Am I being unreasonable?"

The old man said, "Why don't you say that the money was earned brick by brick by your second brother himself? Why don't you say that your second brother gave your second uncle money before he passed away? Why don't you compare the two?"

Xiao Wei said, "You can definitely make some money dealing with pagers. Once you find a supplier, you don't have to worry about selling them. But Xiao Fu, smuggled goods are illegal, you know? Also, where do you get the used ones? They're all stolen. Aren't you afraid of getting arrested?"

The old lady exclaimed and sat up, "Is it illegal? Oh my goodness, you can't do illegal things!"

Zhang Fu waved his hand and said, "What law is it illegal? Lots of people do it. The whole street behind the city's post office is full of people selling this stuff, and I haven't seen anyone get arrested by the police. If others can do it, why can't I?"

Xiao Wei said, "If you actually set up a shop and get a license to sell, no one will arrest you. At most, you'll be implicated and fined. But if you're selling goods online, that won't work. If you get caught, there's no escaping it. Do you understand?"

Zhang Fu said, "I didn't steal or cheat. I just bought it from my supplier and then sold it in the city. Why are you arresting me?"

The old man sighed and asked Xiao Wei, "How many people did you recruit in the county?"

Xiao Wei said, "This batch has about a hundred people, and there will be another batch at the beginning of the year. We'll have to recruit more later. I plan to recruit from the county and then from outside the county. They're all from the same village, so they're easy to manage, and I'm not afraid of anything else."

The old man said, "Your fourth uncle has collected so much stuff, do you have a place to sell it? Don't get yourself into trouble trying to help someone, it's not worth it."

Xiao Wei said, "It's alright, there aren't many this year, mostly dried goods, easy to handle. I'm planning to expand next year, mountain products sell well in the city now. Did your fourth uncle tell you?"

The old man said, "Well, he said he doesn't plan to farm the land next year, and he asked if I wanted to. If not, he plans to rent it out. What are you planning to do with the land here?"

Xiao Wei laughed and said, "I wasn't planning to plant this for Xiao Fu, but he doesn't want to. If you want to plant it, go ahead and plant it. If you don't want to plant it, you can rent it out."

The old man lit a cigarette, took a puff, thought for a moment, and said, "I can't grow enough. I'd like to, but where will the money come from? With Wangzi gone, I'm all alone at home; I can't manage. This mother and daughter are just spectators; I can't count on them."

Xiao Wei said, "What if we hire someone? Will that be enough to qualify? You do the math. If it's enough, we'll hire someone to do it, so you won't have to work so hard."

The old man thought for a moment: "Let me calculate it, there's plenty of time anyway. What are your plans for the second son's house?"

Xiao Wei said, "My dad doesn't care about any of this anymore; he just dumped it on me. I haven't thought about it yet."

The old man said, "Sell it, it's no use anymore. You're not going to come back anyway, what's the point of keeping it? It'll collapse in a year or six months if no one lives there."

Xiao Wei said, "Okay, then you can arrange it for me and see who's buying. What's the price now?"

The old man said, "Twenty thousand yuan, I guess. Your front and back yards aren't small, so they can be worth some money. Add in the granary, rice stacks, fruit trees, and stuff, it shouldn't exceed twenty thousand. You still have both cellars, right?"

Zhang Wang said, "Yes, I'm using it, it's working fine. The hopper had a slight leak, I fixed it."

Zhang Fu said, "Second Brother, didn't you say I could live in that house? Why are you selling it now?"

Xiao Wei said, "Okay, I said I'd give you the land and the house after two years of farming, without asking for a single penny. That promise still stands."

Zhang Fu said, "Just sell the land and give me the house, that's all. I have no use for the land, and farming doesn't make money."

Xiao Wei laughed and said, "If that's the case, what use is the house to you? When you move to the city and make a lot of money, who will live in it?"

The old man said, "Zhang Fu, stop trying to sell your second uncle's house. Even if I gave it to you, you wouldn't be able to sell it. Who would dare to buy it without your second uncle's signature? You've really made something of yourself, daring to think of anything."

Zhang Fu said, "That's true. He's already so rich, why would he need a few more houses? Twenty thousand yuan isn't even enough for one of his car wheels. What's the big deal? I already have the capital. At worst, I'll make a lot of money and pay it back. What's so great about that?"

The old woman's eyes lit up: "That's right, Xiaowei, why don't you help Xiaofu? Yours is useless anyway, and you said you could give it to him. Now that he has a chance to go out and earn money, why should he still be farming? Right?"

Xiao Wei shook his head and said, "I'll say it again: if you farm the land at home for two years, the house and the land will be yours. I keep my word. Otherwise, you can forget about it. I'd rather sell it cheaper and give it to a respectable family."

Then the old lady said, "What you're saying, Xiaowei, is unreasonable. How can your own brothers be worse than outsiders? Why don't you take Xiaofu to Fengtian? You've recruited so many people, right? Let Xiaofu help you manage them."

Xiao Wei looked at his stepmother and asked, "What do I owe you women?"

The old man sighed and said to Xiaowei, "Don't pay any attention to them."

(End of this chapter)