Chapter 215
Lei Tingjun certainly remembered.
How could he not remember?
His two uncles played a vital role in every difficult stage of his childhood.
However, times have changed, and Lei Tingjun has matured now. He no longer wants to dwell on the past.
When Lao Zhang saw Lei Tingjun looking at him, he smiled and said, "It's me, your cousin Zhang. Don't you recognize me? When you were in junior high school, you boarded at someone else's house for two years."
Lei Tingjun seemed to be thinking of something, then twitched the corner of his mouth and said in a low voice, "Uncle Zhang."
"Hey, that's more like it." Old Zhang was pleased to see that Lei Tingjun still listened to him. He put his arm around Lei Xiangshun's shoulder and said, "Your Uncle Xiangshun and I heard that you came to Honghe Township. Since you didn't come to see us two old men, we came to see you ourselves."
Lei Xiangshun was timid and had spent his whole life as a farmer in the mountain village. He was not very knowledgeable and was not good with words, unlike Lao Zhang. He just kept nodding and agreeing, "Yes, yes, yes. We came to see you."
"I asked your aunt to prepare a meal at home. When you're done with your work, come over for a simple meal," Old Zhang suggested.
"No need, I'm in a hurry, I have to go back to Pingdong this afternoon," Lei Tingjun said coldly.
Old Zhang sheepishly nudged Lei Xiangshun with his elbow.
Lei Xiang said casually, "Xiao Jun, it's been a long time since I've seen you. Why don't you come over to my house for a meal sometime?"
Lei Tingjun looked at his uncle with his dark eyes, then glanced at Old Zhang beside him.
Lei Tingjun had already guessed why the two of them appeared at the brick factory at the same time.
From the moment he returned and bought the brick factory, old classmates, relatives, and even people he had no connection with seemed to flock to him.
It truly proves the saying: "When you're poor, no one cares even in the bustling city; when you're rich, even distant relatives come calling."
Lei Tingjun didn't say anything, but took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and handed it to the two old men.
He lit one for himself and started smoking.
Lei Xiangshun has always enjoyed smoking and playing cards, but his wife at home manages his money strictly, so he has no money and can't indulge in these activities.
When they went to the market in the countryside, they would bring some grain and sweet potatoes to sell. After making a little money, they would quickly go to the teahouse to play cards.
Seeing his nephew smoking only Hongtashan cigarettes, Lei Xiangshun immediately believed Old Zhang's claim that Lei Tingjun had made a fortune.
This cigarette is very expensive!
It costs ten yuan a pack. If you don't have money in your pocket, you can't afford to smoke such expensive cigarettes.
Lei Xiangshun had no idea that Lei Tingjun himself didn't usually smoke this kind of cigarette; he smoked the one-yuan-a-pack Double Happiness.
Hongtashan cigarettes were something I carried with me when I went out to discuss business, to offer to the directors of those organizations.
He happened to have a pack of Hongtashan cigarettes on him today, so he took them out.
Not to mention Lei Xiangshun, even Old Zhang's eyes lit up when he saw the cigarettes Lei Tingjun pulled out.
When he saw the pure silver foreign brand lighter in Lei Tingjun's hand, the greed in his eyes was almost impossible to hide.
Lei Tingjun silently smoked half a cigarette before speaking: "Uncle, just say what you want to see me about. I don't have much time to spend here."
Lei Xiangshun felt a little hesitant to speak. Over the years, he hadn't really been able to help his nephew much. When the nephew was young, he had stayed at his house for a few years before being sent back to his hometown.
Although it was Lei Xiangshun's wife who forced him to do that.
Regardless, Lei Xiangshun agreed, though he knew what he was doing.
Lei Tingjun harbors a deep resentment towards his uncle.
However, he came here because his wife was nagging and pressuring him to come and ask Lei Tingjun for a reward.
He also said that if he couldn't even get a job from his nephew, he and his two children would have no face to stay in Honghe Township.
I might as well not live like this anymore.
Lei Xiangshun has always been afraid of his wife, which is to say he is cowardly and weak. Because his wife's family has powerful backers, she has always been the one who controls the money at home, and Lei Xiangshun has never had any say in front of her.
Gradually, he became more and more spineless and more and more afraid of his wife.
Lei Xiangshun hesitated for a long time, then finally spoke up: "Xiaojun, look at you... you've already bought the brick factory, could you, could you..."
Old Zhang picked up the conversation immediately, saying, "What your uncle means is, could you also arrange a job for him at the brick factory?"
Lei Tingjun showed no surprise whatsoever.
He threw the cigarette butt on his foot, stomped it out, then turned and walked into the brick factory grounds.
Old Zhang and Lei Xiangshun were taken aback, but quickly followed.
Lei Tingjun called Lao Cui over and asked him, "Where in the brick kiln are you still short of people?"
Old Cui glanced at Old Zhang and Lei Xiangshun, then casually said, "Well, what we need most right now are kiln workers with experience. But those who haven't done it for three to five months aren't very good at it and are likely to damage the brick blanks. Another thing we need is slag diggers to dig clay."
"However, digging mud and sand is a rather strenuous job, so it requires young and strong people."
Old Cui was very experienced. As soon as he saw Old Zhang and Lei Xiangshun come in with Lei Tingjun, he knew they were here to ask for work.
These two have been staking out their brick factory for over ten days, like thieves. Did they think he didn't know?
Old Cui was just pretending not to know.
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