A life of success begins with being a landlord.

"It's better to show you than to just tell you."

I regained my composure and began to make amends to Erxia...

I didn't do my homework well, so I have to redo it.

This time it's much better, I feel like a fish in water.

But when I was halfway through my homework, I suddenly heard music coming closer and closer from outside the window: "Follow your feelings, hold tight to your dreams... Your footsteps are getting lighter and gentler."

That's the car stereo in Ding Zhili's small truck.

This guy went to collect wastewater after lunch and just got back.

At that time, there were no drunk driving checks, so Ding Zhili drove even though he had been drinking.

I was taken aback and tried to back out.

"It's alright, Brother Zu."

Erxia held my neck tightly and bit my ear: "I already told Ding Zhili that I'm your woman. So, he won't bother us at this time... We've closed the door, so he doesn't know you're in my room."

That makes sense, so let's leave it at that!

I simply let go, forgetting all the trivial matters around me, and only caring about cherishing the people in front of me.

……

An hour later, I sat up and lit a cigarette.

"Brother Zu, so you weren't lying to me after all..."

"What do you mean I didn't lie to you?" I asked, puzzled.

"The day before yesterday in 302, you said you could do it in an hour, and neither Sister Li nor I believed you. We never expected you to actually do it."

Erxia's face was flushed, and she leaned against my shoulder.

"You mean what happened that day? I've completely forgotten about it!"

I chuckled.

After finishing his cigarette, Ding Zhili knocked on the door: "Second Sister Xia, are you still taking a nap?"

"Get up, wait a moment." Erxia said calmly.

I threw away the cigarette butt, got dressed, got out of bed, and opened the door.

Ding Zhili happened to be in the courtyard when he saw me walk out of Erxia's room, and he couldn't help but open his mouth wide.

"Xia and I are taking a short rest this afternoon. Is there something you need?"

I walked over and handed Ding Zhili a cigarette: "Don't talk too much about what's between Erxia and me, don't be nosy."

I don't want Sister Li to know about this.

I wonder if she'll blame me, or...be jealous?

Ding Zhili smiled and nodded repeatedly: "I understand, Brother Zu. I only care about business, nothing else."

Erxia also came over and asked, "What's wrong?"

"After collecting the wastewater, we also have a batch of waste rubber rolls. I'll report them to you and put them into storage."

Ding Zhili led us to the small truck and opened the cargo bed.

This time, we also received quite a lot of goods, a whole truckload of waste rubber rolls.

Ding Zhili climbed onto the car and rummaged through it, finding two large boxes of brand-new film.

Erxia exclaimed in surprise, "How come there are still new rolls of film? Aren't these the products we sold?"

"The workshop foreman and the warehouse manager colluded to steal it."

Ding Zhili looked around and lowered his voice: "That's how it is in the factory, everyone steals. These brand-new rolls of film, we just change the packaging and the production number, and we can sell them as new."

Erxia stared in disbelief: "You can do that? If the printing factory finds out, won't they blame us and stop our cooperation?"

These two large pieces of new film are worth over three thousand.

The workshop director and the warehouse manager colluded to submit false accounts, and then sold the goods to us for only a few hundred yuan.

We'll bring it back and then sell it to a printing factory for another three thousand yuan.

To be honest, we really have let the printing factory down!

Ding Zhili shrugged: "If we don't accept them, the workshop foreman and the warehouse manager will sell them to others. I don't want to accept them, but I have to, otherwise the workshop foreman and the warehouse manager in the factory will make things difficult for us and say that our products are not good."

I nodded: "You decide what to do, but don't go too far."

There's a saying, "When you're in the game, you're not in control of your own destiny," and another, "If the water is too clear, there will be no fish."

There's a whole world of its own in the printing factory.

The boss can't keep an eye on his subordinates every minute, and the workshop director and warehouse manager can't be completely selfless and give every grain of rice to the public!

We dare not offend the workshop director and the warehouse manager.

If we offend petty people, they will speak ill of us to the boss and ruin our business.

This is the world of martial arts, this is human nature.

Ding Zhili reported to me that he planned to start refining silver tomorrow.

I told him to do it the day after tomorrow, and I'll come help and learn along the way.

I think we must thoroughly understand the core technology of silver refining, and not let Ding Zhili control it.

Seeing that it was getting late, I took a shower and planned to go to the Jinlong Hotel for the negotiation banquet that evening.

But just as I was about to leave, my old squad leader called and said that a woman with two children was looking for me.

"What woman, with a child?"

I asked the old squad leader to give the phone to the woman.

On the phone, a woman from out of town, speaking broken Mandarin, stammered, "Landlord, hello, I'm Kuai Dafa's wife, his wife..."

Kuai Dafa's wife?

I was slightly taken aback, but tried my best to remain calm: "Is that fat guy, Kuai Dafa? Are you his wife? What do you want with me?"

"I can't get through to my husband, he's gone missing, so I came all the way from my hometown to look for him."

The woman sighed and pleaded, "Landlord, I know he used to live here. Do you know where he went? Kuai Dafa's mother is still alive, and his child is still young. The family can't do without him..."

Oh my god, the orphan and widow have come looking for us?

I suddenly felt overwhelmed and didn't know how to answer.

The woman sobbed on the phone, "Landlord, I've brought my two children here. If I can't find Kuai Dafa, I'm afraid I won't be able to go back..."

"Okay, don't cry."

I still felt soft-hearted and sighed, "You can stay in Sanlichuan for now. I'll come back tonight and we can talk. I have something to do tonight and won't be back until later."

The woman was very agitated, but then said, "But I have nowhere to stay..."

I instructed the old squad leader to let Kuai Dafa's wife and children stay in room 204 temporarily, and I would discuss it further when I returned.

After hanging up the phone, I consulted with Ding Zhili, Uncle Ding, and Erxia.

Sister Li is sleeping and can't be woken up at this time. Besides, this matter has little to do with Sister Li.

When Ding Zhili learned that Kuai Dafa's wife had come looking for him, he was also very surprised: "I know, it must be that Kuai Dafa was locked up in Zhangshutou and his family couldn't contact him, so his wife came looking for him."

I asked, "What do we do now? We've already stolen all of Kuai Dafa's goods..."

Kuai Dafa's goods have all been taken back to Hongxing Village, but they are still there and haven't been dealt with yet.

Erxia remained silent and did not offer any opinion.

Ding Zhili gritted his teeth and said, "No poison, no manhood. We'll deny it to the death. Tell his wife we ​​don't know where Kuai Dafu went."

Uncle Ding was kind-hearted. After pondering for a moment, he said, "At worst, we can just return these things to Kuai Dafa... From now on, tell Kuai Dafa to get lost and stop competing with us for business."

"Don't think of things as so simple."

Erxia reminded us: "First, we need to confirm whether Kuai Dafa is still alive and whether he is still at Zhangshutou."

I was startled, and my heart skipped a beat.

Indeed, Zhangshutou is not a good place; anyone who goes there will suffer greatly.

Kuai Dafa is obese and usually lives in good conditions. I wonder if he can handle it if he goes to the shelter.

Ding Zhili frowned: "Kuai Dafu must still be at the camphor tree, otherwise his wife wouldn't have come looking for him."

"Erxia is right. I'll ask around and confirm Kuai Dafa's situation before we talk about anything else." I nodded.

Ding Zhili grabbed me: "Brother Zu, you're not planning to return Kuai Dafa's things, are you? It's tens of thousands of yuan! Think it over!"

I frowned and remained silent.

Uncle Ding glared at his nephew: "Returning the things and cutting ties with Kuai Dafa is the best course of action. Why make enemies and cause a life-or-death struggle?"

Erxia and I exchanged a glance, somewhat surprised.

I never expected Uncle Ding to be such a principled person.