"Is Brother Yang at home?" Tengfei shouted as he entered the yard.
Before the voice fell, the dilapidated door opened and a man as tall as an iron tower came out of the room.
He looked to be in his thirties, wearing a long-sleeved, worn sweater, and had a weathered face. The only thing that caught Wan Feng's attention was his pair of eagle-like sharp eyes.
Although Wan Feng had never been a soldier, this chilling look showed that he had been on the battlefield and seen blood.
But apart from these eyes, there seems to be nothing else about this man.
"Brother Yang, I brought a friend to see you."
Yang Jianguo seemed unfamiliar with Tengfei and looked at him with confusion: "You are..."
"I'm from Sancha River in the south. My last name is Teng, and my father is Teng Erniu."
It is obvious that the name Teng Erniu is more famous.
"Oh! So you are from the Sancha Lao Teng family. Come in and sit down."
Wan Feng was the first one to enter the house, and he felt a sense of oppression as soon as he entered.
The room felt very low, as if the roof was only two meters high, which made him subconsciously shrink his neck.
In fact, the ceiling was still very high, at least two and a half meters high, but the dim light gave Wan Feng the illusion that the ceiling was lower.
The ceiling and walls were covered with yellowed newspapers, and you could barely make out the People's Daily and Guangming Daily.
The floor of the room was empty except for a pair of tattered boxes and two high stools. It was really a bare house.
There was a photo frame on the wall, which was a must-have for every household at that time, with seven or eight photos scattered inside.
The original color of the kang mat could no longer be seen, and there were traces of stitching in the middle. A woman was sitting on the kang with an expression like a frightened rabbit.
"This is the way it is at home, don't be disgusted, please sit down."
Wan Feng and Teng Fei sat on two stools on the ground.
"I wonder what you want from me?"
Wan Feng watched Yang Jianguo roll a cigarette, pulled out a box of filters from his pocket, threw it to him, and then said straight to the point: "I'm looking for you. I heard from Tengfei that you are very skilled."
"That was in the past. I don't do it anymore. My wife is afraid."
The terrified expression on the woman's face on the kang said it all.
"Don't be afraid. I'm not here to hire you to beat me up. Let's cut to the chase. I'm from another place, Longjiang. I rented half an acre of land from Tengfei's family to build a greenhouse to grow Clivia seedlings. I'm worried that my greenhouse will be destroyed by bad guys in the future, so I need someone to protect it. Do you understand me?"
"You mean to hire me to help you look after this greenhouse?"
Wan Feng nodded. "That's what I mean. As long as you ensure that my greenhouse is not damaged, I will pay you 40 yuan a month."
The monthly salary of 40 yuan made Yang Jianguo tremble.
Last year, under the contract responsibility system, he contracted two mu of land and only earned more than 60 yuan a year. Now someone is offering him 40 yuan a month to look after the greenhouse. It feels like a dream.
"Is this true?"
"You can go with us to the scene and see if it's true?"
Yang Jianguo turned around and glanced at his wife.
"Let's go and take a look." The woman spoke in a low and weak voice.
Yang Jianguo stood up and walked out of the house. He borrowed a bicycle from his neighbor and followed Tengfei to Tengfei's home.
I could see the greenhouse from a distance before I even reached Tengfei's house.
"This is my greenhouse, it's full of flower seedlings."
After the introduction, Wan Feng took them into the greenhouse.
There are pots of flower seedlings next to each other in the greenhouse. Now the seedlings have been divided into pots, and each seedling is growing vigorously in each pot.
"This is my greenhouse, filled with newly cultivated flower seedlings. If you agree to stay and work here, your mission will be to protect these seedlings from being destroyed or stolen. If nothing goes wrong by the end of the year, I'll give you a bonus. This flower cellar isn't big, but it's not easy to guard it all by yourself day and night. Do you have any comrades to call over?"
"Yes, I actually have two former comrades-in-arms within a radius of 180 miles." Yang Jianguo said without thinking.
"How's your skill?"
"About the same as me."
"Yang Jianguo, I need people who are loyal to me. I don't want to see those who are full of schemes and tricks. What is the character of your comrades?"
Yang Jianguo patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, young man. I, Yang Jianguo, am a well-known upright man in this area for dozens of miles. Although I also hope to make a lot of money, I have made money with a clear conscience. I have never made money with a dirty mind in my life. My two comrades are just like me, both are real men."
Although Wan Feng had a good impression of Yang Jianguo, he was still worried when he didn't see his comrades.
Wan Feng pulled out a handful of cash from his pocket and counted out 130 yuan. "This is my advance payment for one month's wages for you and your comrades. Go find your comrades tomorrow. The remaining ten yuan is for your travel expenses. I hope I can see them tomorrow."
Yang Jianguo was a little moved when he took the money.
This money is extremely important to him now. His wife is ill and needs to take medicine all year round. This is an expense that makes him unable to raise his head.
Now the money is enough to buy his wife's medicine for three months.
"I'll go now, and if all goes well you'll be able to see them tomorrow morning."
Wan Feng nodded: "Go ahead, Brother Teng, take Brother Yang to the bus station."
Tengfei and Yang Jianguo left the greenhouse and took Yang Jianguo home on their bicycles before taking him to the bus station.
Yang Jianguo kept his word and brought two people to Tengfei's house at around nine o'clock the next morning.
Both of them have bright eyes.
Wan Feng asked about the zodiac signs of three people. These three people were the same age, and their zodiac signs matched Wan Feng's exactly, the kind that were compatible with both energy and wealth.
Yang Jianguo’s two comrades-in-arms were named Han Meng and Zhao Gang.
"Do you hire someone to look after the Clivia? Even if this thing is worth some money, it shouldn't be necessary for you to hire three of us to look after it. Can we earn back the money we paid for this?" Han Meng asked doubtfully.
"Whether I can earn back my wages is my business. If you agree, the wages will be 40 yuan per person per month. You can live here, but I won't take care of your food. I estimate that I will hire you for at least three years. What do you think?"
In fact, the Clivia had already bloomed in June 1985, but Wan Feng deliberately added a year longer, which was a confusing trick.
Yang Jianguo and the other two discussed it and accepted Wan Feng's employment.
"Your mission is simple: protect this flower cellar. Natural disasters are none of your business. The main issue is human destruction and theft."
In fact, such a thing should not happen this year, because the Clivia has not yet reached its crazy growth. The Clivia started to go crazy in the summer of 1984.
But Wan Feng doesn't care about the wages, it's just a few dollars.
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