Chapter 15 Qi Yang's Ambition
"Brother, aren't you afraid they'll say you're a traitor?" Zuo Shan asked worriedly.
"If you don't tell and I don't tell, who will know that I gave you your spot? Besides, I made them five hundred silver coins from this deal. Even if they find out, they won't dare to say anything," Qi Yang said dismissively.
Given Zuo Shan's personality, she should have refused on the spot, but thinking of the time bomb inside her, she hesitated.
Now is not the time to be stubborn. You can't buy baby formula with backbone, so it's better for her to be more practical.
At worst, when her baby becomes successful in the future, she can lend a helping hand to Qi Yang's child, which will be considered repaying his favor.
"Brother, thank you for giving me this opportunity! But I must transfer the train ticket to you. I can't take advantage of your kindness and make you spend money!" Zuo Shan understood and stopped being coy, speaking frankly.
Qi Yang was stunned for a moment. He originally thought that it would take a lot of persuasion to convince her to accept his good intentions, but he did not expect that she would nod after hesitating for less than a minute.
“Okay, the ticket is 5 silver coins, transfer it to me.” Qi Yang stretched out his hand and showed his wristwatch.
Following the original owner's memories, Zuo Shan brought up the transfer page and directly transferred 450 silver coins to him.
Qi Yang panicked when he saw the display: "Why did you spin so many times?"
“Brother, I’ve been wanting to transfer the silver coins you’ve deposited with me to you for a while now, as well as the old tools you brought me the last two times. It’s perfect to transfer them all together today, so as to avoid any more trouble,” Zuo Shan said.
"I think you're deliberately trying to distance yourself from me, aren't you? You can't leave yourself without any money, what if you need it someday?" Qi Yang was a little angry.
"No, brother, don't worry. I was lucky today. I detected a low-radiation alfalfa leaf and sold it for 120 silver coins. I'm rich now!" Zuo Shan said, half-jokingly.
She shouldn't flaunt her wealth. Although Qi Yang seemed to treat her well, who knew if he would have any ulterior motives if he found out she had more than 1,500 silver coins in her account?
"Okay, then you must remember that if you ever need money urgently in the future, just come and tell me. We are the closest people in the world, so you must never treat me like an outsider."
"I've recently saved up some Snow Cloud Brocade Stones, and I've already taken them to the weapon-forging workshop to have a dagger made. I'll bring it to you next time I come," Qi Yang said, before taking his leave.
Every time he came to see her, he would inform his wife in order to prevent her from making unfounded suspicions. Therefore, he always kept his time very short, staying there for no more than fifteen minutes.
Even though he can earn some money now, he is still a live-in son-in-law, so he can't go too far.
He had carefully extracted those snow cloud brocade stones from a pile of discarded parts, piece by piece. It was only because he understood the structure of the parts that he could do so. If an ordinary person had smashed them open with force, they would have only gotten useless fragments.
On the way back, Qi Yang clenched his fists tightly, and he had to work very hard to resist the urge to turn back.
From a very young age, she was his only playmate, and even her nickname, Little Fan, was given to her by him.
Later, when they were able to walk, their parents went scavenging together, and the two of them went along to play.
Later, they both joined the ranks of scavengers. After losing their parents, they depended on each other for survival and grew up together, stumbling and struggling.
He originally planned to spend his life with her, but later, by chance, he went to District 49.
He found that life there was much better than in his District 50; although most people were still starving, very few children were dying of hunger.
Furthermore, the scavengers there have a much lower chance of being directly attacked by mutated beasts. He listened to a lot of stories from an old man in District 49 and finally understood that District 50 was the most miserable and difficult place on the entire Green Algae Star.
In his view, within the already much better 49th district, there are still 48 districts, each with an even better environment than the last.
At that time, he thought that he couldn't just struggle to survive in District 50 for the rest of his life. Maybe one day he would have to watch helplessly as Little Fan died.
But what could he, born in District 50, possibly do to change this situation?
Later, he accidentally found a book on mechanical repair among his parents' belongings. It contained the most basic repair skills and was said to have been left by his great-great-grandfather.
His parents weren't very educated, so they learned to read and do basic arithmetic using the elementary school textbooks on the wristwatch. They could understand official announcements, do simple calculations, and avoid being scammed when exchanging items.
Most of the scavengers in District 50 are like this. They don't have much time to study, let alone the opportunity to go to school. From birth, they are forced by hunger to scavenge in the wild from dawn till dusk.
Their children were the same; for example, he and Xiao Shanzi could only reach the third grade level of elementary school. They hadn't had time to learn more advanced knowledge before their parents passed away.
Living is difficult enough, so they naturally have no interest in learning more.
After that, he suddenly had the motivation to study, completed the entire primary school curriculum through self-study, and then began to delve into the ancestral mechanical repair book.
Perhaps he was very talented in this area. None of his fathers, who had also read the book, were able to grasp its essence, but he not only mastered it, but was also able to attempt to repair machines that were even more complex than those described in the book.
But even if he had the skill, no one would come to an unknown boy to repair machines; he could only fix the scavenging tools he and Xiao Shanzi used.
Later, he went to the convenience store to exchange some items and met the owner's daughter, Lin Dandan. He could tell that Lin Dandan had a good impression of him.
He suddenly had a bold idea: if he could marry Lin Dandan, the only daughter in her family, the Lin family's small shop might become his in the future.
He can turn the small shop into a repair shop, gradually learn more about machinery, and one day become a senior mechanic.
Then he could buy a house in District 49, or a safer area closer to the center, so that Little Fan could live a stable life from then on.
Fortunately, when he expressed his feelings for Lin Dandan, she immediately fell into his arms and secretly went to register their marriage.
Lin's parents were furious and accused him of plotting to seize their family property, forcing them to divorce.
He took the opportunity to suggest that he would only occupy four square meters of their home to open a separate repair shop, and he would earn his own food expenses.
Hearing this, Lin Dandan became even more determined in her choice and refused to divorce him no matter what. Helpless, Lin's parents had no choice but to agree to his request.
Qi Yang first found a batch of scrapped tools that the Lin family had acquired but hadn't yet sold. He borrowed fifty silver coins from Lin Dandan to buy spare parts and then repaired these tools one by one.
In the end, the repaired, broken tools were sold for more than two hundred silver coins.
After this incident, Lin's parents recognized his skills and no longer wanted them to divorce. They even helped promote their son-in-law's culinary skills.
The shop owner naturally knows more people, and with the shop itself as a guarantee, some people try to bring in cheap, broken tools to repair it.
As it turned out, Qi Yang's skills were indeed up to the test, and over time, his reputation as a mechanical repairman spread throughout the 50th district.
Because of his low fees, even some mercenaries from District 49 would come to him to repair their weapons.
"Little fan, just wait a little longer, and I will definitely make sure you live a good life!" He vowed fiercely in his heart once again.
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