As expected.
Bai Lu smiled and gestured for Xiao Dazhuang to sit down.
He took the corn from Xiao Dazhuang, peeled off a few leaves, and took a bite.
"It's delicious."
The cold, menacing aura emanating from the person sitting next to him immediately vanished.
Xiao Dazhuang is free.
Luo Shiliu and Wang Hao are still in dire straits.
It wasn't very painful, just like polio, where the numbness started from head to toe.
Fortunately, Bailu didn't forget them.
After eating two bites of corn, he accepted the steamed bun from Wang Hao and the tea from Luo Shiliu.
"Actually, we've already had breakfast. Please sit down. Acheng asked you to come here to discuss work, and we were just talking about work."
Three adults and one child: "..."
They were talking about work, and they got so close they almost kissed...
Why do they seem a little skeptical?
A cold slash.
Okay, whatever my sister-in-law says goes!
Xiao Cheng took a sip of tea: "If you have your own development plans, you can withdraw now. The road ahead will be difficult and dangerous, and there is no guarantee that you will become rich and powerful."
Luo Shiliu and Wang Hao jumped up as if they had been pricked by needles as soon as they sat down. Xiao Dazhuang was also stunned, and the three pairs of eyes stared as wide as bull's eyes.
"Have your brother and sister-in-law made up yet?"
"We spent the whole night by the river feeding mosquitoes! We sacrificed our blood to keep our brother company! We drank our fill of alcohol to keep our brother company! Hasn't the misunderstanding been cleared up yet?"
"Just how huge and terrifying is this misunderstanding?! If it really comes down to it, can we at least step in and help?!"
Bai Lu finally understood why the irritable child had appeared the day before yesterday, when Xiao Cheng had just returned from another province.
The big boss's true colors were exposed, his face turned as black as the bottom of a pot, as dark as the sea, and he wanted to punch someone.
"I'm asking you a question."
If you keep talking nonsense, you might as well go to the Western Paradise.
"We're not backing out." Luo Shiliu, Xiao Dazhuang, and Wang Hao all shook their heads vigorously.
It's not that I'm afraid of Xiao Cheng.
They never intended to withdraw.
Over the years, they have traveled with Xiao Cheng to cities large and small, and seen all kinds of places.
I've seen all sorts of industry secrets, from bribery and dirty deals to shady exploitation.
They are fully aware of many things that ordinary people cannot see or access.
Money isn't so easy to earn.
The last time I went with Xiao Cheng to sell cedar wood in another province, they learned that the market conditions in other provinces are similar to those in the local area, and the better the economy of a city, the more complicated the market becomes.
There is more open and covert struggle.
They had seen people at the South City Railway Station carrying bulging snakeskin bags, rice, and oil, heading out to work.
I've also seen migrant workers returning home, still carrying snakeskin bags and plastic buckets filled with toothbrushes, mouthwash cups, bowls, and other items, eager to get back home.
With good development in their hometown, who would want to leave their home and go elsewhere to earn a meager living?
The outside world is indeed wonderful, with both wealthy skyscrapers and impoverished underpasses.
For those who go out to make a living, who can guarantee that they won't be the one living under a bridge?
Luo Shiliu's grandfather is old.
After a lifetime of hard work and toil, as life progresses, the body can't keep up. There are frequent backaches, rheumatism, and bone pain... The only hope of the elderly is that their descendants will have enough to eat and wear, and live a life free from worries about food and clothing.
My only wish is to have family by my side in my twilight years.
To leave without regrets.
Over the years, Luo Shiliu has worked for Xiao Cheng. Even when he is not at home occasionally, his grandfather knows that he is at Xiao Cheng's house, or Wang Hao's house, or Xiao Dazhuang's house.
If you want to find him, you can walk through the streets and alleys in less than ten minutes.
If he goes to another province, his grandfather won't be able to find him.
Grandpa praised Xiao Chengbailu for being smart more than once, and said that he had a promising future working with his elder brother and sister-in-law.
You can earn money and live a good life from home.
Luo Shiliu understood what his grandfather meant.
Xiao Dazhuang's reason for not wanting to go out was simple: he only had one mother.
With no one to rely on, Liang Lixia raised Xiao Dazhuang with great difficulty. Apart from the occasional help from her younger brother, their livelihood depended on the shoe repair stall she ran on the street.
Recently, under Xiao Chengbailu's guidance, Xiao Dazhuang made money by opening a sugar-roasted chestnut teaching class. He wanted Liang Lixia to stop running the stall, as shoe repair was hard work and she was easily pricked by hard needles.
Liang Lixia said that there are rich people and poor people in the town, and not everyone can buy new shoes anytime, anywhere.
She's the only shoe repair stall on the street. If she doesn't open her stall, what will happen to people whose shoes are broken and who don't have money to buy new ones?
In the past, I set up a shoe stall to make a living; now I set up a shoe stall so that old friends have a place to stay when they come.
Liang Lixia didn't have any grand dreams; she only hoped that Xiao Dazhuang could work hard with Xiao Cheng and Bai Lu.
Her son earns a lot of money, while she earns a little. She saves every penny to buy candy for her future grandchildren.
Xiao Dazhuang doesn't want a grandson; he just wants to work hard to earn money and give his mother a good life.
Wang Hao's family includes a bedridden father, a mother with declining eyesight, a newborn child, and Chen Chunli.
Developing his career in his hometown is the best thing for him, what he hopes for most, and the lucky choice he desires most.
All three of them are upright men, do they not have ideals or lofty ambitions?
—Of course.
But one can realize their lofty ambitions in their hometown and achieve their ideals with the support of their closest relatives and friends.
That would be perfect.
"Have you all made up your minds, brothers?"
Luo Shiliu, Wang Hao, and Xiao Dazhuang were jolted back to reality by Bai Lu's bold declaration of brotherhood and nodded vigorously.
"I've made up my mind!"
"Never changed, never quit!"
"Following my sister-in-law means we get meat, and following my brother means we get spicy snacks! We want to eat spicy snacks and meat together!"
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