"Okay, deal."
Wu Di figured out the key point, took out the twenty yuan he had scraped together from his pocket, and handed it to He Tao.
He Tao took the money and consciously stepped aside, smiling as he held the money, thinking that he could go to town to find girls to play with again tonight.
Hmm, Little Red was pretty good last time, and Little Green is also good. How about the two sisters go together?
Seeing He Tao happily counting the money, Wu Di frowned and said, "He Tao, don't forget what you promised us."
"rest assured."
He Tao snapped out of his daze, stuffed the money into his pocket, and said with a smile, "I don't know where Ye Dongnan went today, but I will definitely take him to Pingba Village tomorrow afternoon. You can just wait for him at the village entrance."
Having received the answer, Wu Di immediately tugged at Hou Baolin's clothes and left.
He Tao was naturally delighted to receive the money and went back home. He planned to have dinner and then go to town to find Xiao Hong and Xiao Lü; he had to win them over today.
Twenty yuan is quite a lot.
He only earns about thirty yuan a month. His family doesn't seem to lack money, but only He Tao knows that every time he asks He Yongshou for money, it's like squeezing out a tube of ointment, giving him only five cents or a dollar at a time.
I was really afraid He Tao would get angry, so I only gave him three or five yuan.
Sometimes He Tao even wondered if his father was hiding something from him, since He Yongshou didn't work but always seemed to have money.
After leaving Hejia Village, Wu Di and Hou Baolin got back onto the borrowed donkey cart.
Hou Baolin asked, puzzled, "Fatty, why did you give him twenty yuan? Does he even deserve it?"
Deep down, he looked down on He Tao.
Wu Di chuckled and said, "Hehe, you don't understand. It's better to pay to avoid trouble. Beiping sent us to find He Tao, so they must know that he won't speak up easily. Since Beiping hasn't said anything, why should we care?"
"Besides, given the situation just now, would He Tao have let us go if we hadn't paid him? Everyone in the surrounding area knows we've made a fortune following Beiping, and there are plenty of people who want to rip us off. Just this year alone, at least six or seven relatives have asked my dad for money. If my dad hadn't been smart, the money we brought back would have been borrowed out long ago."
Upon hearing this, Hou Baolin scratched his head somewhat embarrassedly.
Upon seeing this, Wu Di glared at him and said, "You didn't lend the money out, did you?"
"This..." Hou Baolin blushed with embarrassment and stammered, "My aunt... came to our house a few days ago and said that my cousin is getting married and borrowed a thousand from my dad."
"What?"
Wu Di raised his voice a few decibels.
That's a thousand yuan. In the countryside, who can just casually take out a thousand yuan?
Let alone a thousand, not many families can even get a hundred yuan after the New Year.
Hou Baolin naturally knew what Wu Di was thinking; he figured the money was gone for good and would never come back.
But what can we do?
I can't refuse to lend money to my own aunt, can I?
Besides, he brought back tens of thousands of yuan, so lending out a thousand wouldn't be a problem.
Wu Di thought for a moment and sighed, “You’d better be more careful. If one person does, another will follow. Look at Beiping, he doesn’t go out much and doesn’t associate with them. Those people don’t even have a chance to speak up. We are all relatives and friends. I know at least six or seven people who have spoken up, and there are many more I don’t know about. Who knows how many more people have spoken up?”
"We're okay, but it's our parents who are having trouble."
One village chief and one brigade party secretary.
Everyone has a few friends and a few good relationships.
Hou Baolin naturally trusted Wu Di and nodded: "Don't worry, I'll tell my dad when I get back. Besides, my dad doesn't lend money out casually. It's just that my aunt came, and there was no other way. My cousin is really getting married, and there was really no other way."
He paused, not wanting to continue the topic, and quickly said, "Wait a minute, if you give He Tao twenty yuan, will he be able to take Ye Dongnan to Pingba Village tomorrow?"
He still has some concerns in this regard.
After all, He Tao doesn't have a very good reputation.
Wu Di smiled and said, "Don't worry, He Tao may be greedy and lecherous, and have a bad reputation, but he will still do what he says. Otherwise, wouldn't he lose face?"
If someone takes money but doesn't deliver, who will trust He Tao in the future?
He Tao wasn't stupid; he naturally understood the reasoning behind it.
Wu Di also knew that He Tao was definitely concerned about his image. It was just a matter of Ye Dongnan; taking him to Pingba Village would be a piece of cake.
Well, it would be a piece of cake for He Tao, but it might not be so easy for them.
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