A life of success begins with being a landlord.

They are indeed relatives, and very close.

Gold Tooth is the uncle of Knife Boy Xiong's second brother's child.

This relationship is in our hometown; they're honored guests, practically imperial relatives.

If a relative like mine comes to visit, we have to take out the only hen in the house that's incubating eggs and kill it to serve the guests.

"What kind of relatives are we talking about? My sister-in-law died a long time ago. With my sister gone, I have no close relatives. I took pity on him and let him eat in Sanlichuan. The 26 houses don't belong to him; he's just helping to collect some rent."

Daozai Xiong snorted and pointed at the gold-toothed man: "If you dare to bare your teeth at my brother again, you can go back to picking manure."

"Brother Xiong, Brother Zu, I was wrong, I won't do it again next time."

The man with the gold teeth covered his mouth and pleaded indistinctly.

"Get lost, or I'll throw nuts at you." Daozai Xiong raised his hand, as if to hit him.

The man with the gold teeth ducked down, turned around, and ran away.

The plump woman paused, then picked up a gold tooth from the ground: "Hey, gold tooth, your gold tooth..."

Without looking back, the man with the gold teeth darted across the road and slipped into the stairwell of building number 26 on the opposite side.

The plump woman held the gold tooth, caught in a dilemma.

"Sister-in-law Fatty, why don't you put your gold teeth in your own mouth?"

Dao Zixiong laughed loudly and stood up: "With your weight and a mouthful of gold teeth, that's what you call 'overwhelmingly wealthy.' If you stomped down Sanlichuan Street, the whole of Dongguan would shake!"

The plump woman chuckled, her chubby face shaking with laughter.

Chunyan and I laughed too.

That bastard Dao Zixiong has a pretty good sense of humor.

"Brother, I'm leaving now. I'll treat you to drinks in a few days, and we'll have a good chat."

Dao Zixiong patted my shoulder and turned to leave.

I called out to Daozai Xiong, "Brother Xiong, how is Ah Wen now? Can I go see him?"

"Awen is fine now, don't go see him for a few days."

Dao Zai Xiong turned around: "Ah Wen still needs to be hospitalized; his emotions have been unstable these past few days."

I nodded: "Give my regards to Awen."

"understood."

Dao Zai Xiong waved his hand and strode away.

Chunyan suddenly tugged at me and whispered, "Old Wang, why didn't you mention helping me find a job earlier?"

"Damn, I forgot..."

Then I remembered what I was doing, but Daozai Xiong had already gotten into the car and disappeared.

"Wait a couple of days, Chunyan, I have his phone number," I comforted Chunyan.

"Okay, I'll take care of you, my old patient, for the next couple of days. I won't be working." Chunyan stuck out her tongue.

I glanced at the cloth bag on the table, shook my head, picked it up, and took Chunyan home.

302, the lights are bright.

I drew the curtains, slowly opened the cloth bag, and was immediately dumbfounded.

Is a brand-new 20,000 yuan bill just a little pocket money?

Chunyan was too frightened to speak, and the only sound in the living room was our breathing.

There were also two brand-new cell phones, gleaming with a captivating light.

One is silver, and the other is red.

The SIM card is included; you can use it as soon as you receive it.

Dao Zixiong was quite thoughtful; he made arrangements for both Chunyan and me.

"This is too much money, I need to call Sister Li..."

It took me a while to come to my senses.

Chunyan nodded repeatedly: "Yes, it's so much money, you should call Sister Li."

I picked up my old mobile phone, but then put it down and picked up my new cell phone to call Sister Li.

The call went through, but Sister Li didn't answer; she hung up on me.

I shrugged and switched to my old mobile phone.

"Yaozu, is something the matter?"

The voice on Sister Li's end sounded strange, as if she was out of breath: "If it's not urgent, wait a moment... I, I'll call you back."

"No rush, Sister Li."

I hung up the phone and wondered what Sister Li was doing.

Perhaps constipation is causing the person to be sitting on the toilet?

Chunyan picked up the red cell phone, her face flushed with excitement, looking at it from left to right, reluctant to put it down.

"Chunyan, have you ever used a mobile phone before?"

"No, I've never even played with a pager before," Chunyan said with an embarrassed smile.

"I'll teach you."

I invited Chunyan to sit next to me and taught her how to use a mobile phone.

Actually, I'm a newbie too; this is my first time touching this thing.

The two of them, through a combination of guesswork and deception, fiddled with their two cell phones and the old-fashioned mobile phone, trying to unlock a few basic functions of the phones.

Chunyan, clutching her phone, said, "I... I can't keep Daozaixiong's phone, can I?"

"Yes, we can have them. You helped out last night by taking care of Ah Wen and Ah Mei."

I hardened my heart and said, "If he gave it to me, just take it. Why not take it if it's free?"

Last night, Chunyan did a lot of work, helping to rescue Awen and Amei, and she also got covered in blood.

"You can have it, Lao Wang. I don't need it..."

Chunyan pushed the phone towards me.

But there was a clear sense of reluctance in his eyes.

Just as I was about to persuade Chunyan to put her phone away, Sister Li called.

"Sister Li, you were right. Dao Zixiong came to thank me, giving me 20,000 yuan and two cell phones." I reported, then added:

"One of the cell phones is for Chunyan, because Chunyan helped a lot last night."

"Twenty thousand yuan for two cell phones?"

Sister Li hesitated for a moment: "Then you should keep it. When I get back, I'll say a few polite words to Dao Zai Xiong. He's giving it to you sincerely and doesn't care about this little bit of money."

I wanted to say something more, but Sister Li had already hung up the phone.

"Chunyan, Sister Li wants you to put your phone away."

I pushed the red phone back to you: "Take it and play with it, consider it a gift from me."

"It's so expensive, I can't afford it."

Chunyan shook her head again: "I need to make a phone call. I have 200 cards. I can just borrow your phone."

Back then, there was a type of phone card, similar to a shopping card, with varying face values.

After you buy it, scratch off the password area, enter the password, and you can make phone calls from the landline at a cheaper rate.

"Take it. What kind of woman is Wang Yaozu's woman if she doesn't have a cell phone?"

I mimicked Dao Zaixiong's tone, crossing my legs: "If you don't take it, you're disrespecting me, Wang Yaozu. In Dongguan, anyone who dares to look down on Brother Zu will face serious consequences, you know?"

"Shameless! Who's your woman?"

Chunyan chuckled, holding up her phone: "This can only be kept here with you. If my dad sees it, it'll be terrible."

Just then, there was another knock on the door.

I opened the door and saw the person outside. I was instantly enraged: "You fat bastard, you dare to come here?"

Outside the door stood the fat guy from room 404, Kuai Dafa.

"Don't be angry, brother. I'm here to pay your rent, not to cause trouble." The fat man bowed and scraped. "Isn't the rent due? I'm bringing it to you."

"Who's your brother? Don't try to claim kinship with me, that gold-toothed guy is your real brother!"

I glared at him, preventing Kuai Dafa from entering: "Go back and wait. I'm coming over to collect the rent right away, and while I'm at it, I'll check if you've turned my house into a doghouse."

This is what Sister Li instructed: when collecting rent, check the house while you're at it.

Because the tenants are all sorts of people, they can do anything.

It is said that last year, in a multi-story self-built house diagonally across the street, a tenant was making landmines in his home, which caused the doors and windows to be blown off, killing one person on the spot and seriously injuring another.

The fat man panicked and handed over a stack of banknotes:

"I'm perfectly fine with the house, there's nothing much to see. Just take the money, you can go see it again in a few days, it'll be the same. Look at you, you're still injured, you can't run around everywhere, right?"