Chen Yuyan sighed and said, "Anna is a proud person and will not ask for help unless she has no other choice. She came to our door tonight, so she must be having a very hard time. Honey, can you help her?"
Ma Yunfei said firmly, "Wife, given the current situation, we're barely able to save ourselves. I'm willing but unable to help Anna. I can only apologize. Maybe I can help her when my business grows bigger in the future."
Just then, there was another knock on the door.
When Chen Yuyan opened the door, she saw Gao Yuan and Liu Huan standing outside.
They were each carrying a large fruit basket.
Chen Yuyan said in surprise, "It's so late, why did you two come here in the dark? Is something urgent?"
Gao Yuan said with a smile, "Sister, can't I just drop by your house for a visit if there's nothing wrong?"
"Please come in quickly."
Gao Yuan and Liu Huan entered the room.
Gao Yuan looked around, pursed her lips, and said, "Sister, your family is too frugal. I think: Brother Ma can't just work for the benefit of the people. He should at least think about himself. Look, the three of you are crammed into one room. This... this life is too poor."
Chen Yuyan said nonchalantly, "I'm used to a hard life. As long as I have enough to eat and wear, that's fine."
Gao Yuan advised, "At the tea party yesterday, the town mayor said that Brother Ma had even put his own money into it for the sake of the people. I think that's too much of a waste. People do need fame, but they can't lose money. They should have both fame and fortune."
Ma Yunfei said, "Little sister, the town mayor is exaggerating. To say that I gave my own money to the people is a complete fantasy."
Gao Yuan smiled and said, "My husband runs a small supermarket, selling daily necessities. Although we won't make a fortune, we can live comfortably. I heard that Brother Ma transports yams to City A every now and then to sell, and he always returns with an empty truck, right?"
Ma Yunfei immediately understood: Gao Yuan must have come so late at night to make sure she had something important to say.
Clearly, he wanted Ma Yunfei to bring back goods for her from City A.
In this way, she got a ride and didn't have to pay for transportation.
Ma Yunfei rolled his eyes and sighed, "The head of the town's transport team is a shrewd fellow. He would never let an empty truck come back. Every time, he has to find a source of goods to haul back to town. The head of the team said that no matter who wants to carry goods, no matter how much or how little, they all have to pay five hundred yuan."
Gao Yuan asked in surprise, "Isn't this team leader too greedy? Does he really want to pay five hundred yuan just for carrying a little bit of goods along the way?"
"Yes, we charge a thousand yuan per truckload to transport yams to City A, which is almost the same price as hiring a truck outside."
Gao Yuan stuck out her tongue and said dejectedly, "Originally, we wanted Brother Ma to bring some yams back to us from City A when he was selling them, but it seems that idea has fallen through."
Chen Yuyan kicked Ma Yunfei, meaning: Just bring some goods back for Gao Yuan on your way, why make things difficult for her?
Ma Yunfei pretended to be stupid and continued, "Hey! Outsiders don't know, they all think I have a lot of power, but in fact, I'm just a small pawn in the mayor's hands. I can't manage anything, I'm just a gofer."
Gao Yuan and Liu Huan sat for a while before saying goodbye.
On the way home, Gao Yuan asked, "Honey, do you think Ma Yunfei is deliberately declining because he doesn't want to promote our products?"
Liu Huan said dismissively, "Wife, Ma Yunfei used to be a big gambler, and now he's inexplicably become the mayor's godson. I think the mayor definitely knows his background and won't trust him. He'll just make him do manual labor. Actually, we shouldn't have come to see him tonight."
Gao Yuan cursed, "Damn it, a gambler is a gambler. Don't be fooled by the mayor's high-profile praise of him. He knows perfectly well that a big gambler is not to be trusted."
Liu Huan said, "Wife, you only come up with bad ideas. You even had the audacity to think that Ma Yunfei would bring us goods from City A. We wasted thirty yuan on two fruit baskets. Look, it's all gone down the drain."
“Honey, you can’t say that. Chen Yuyan is my god-sister after all, so it’s only right to buy her a fruit basket.”
“Wife, you’re wrong. These days, who cares about feelings? Everyone’s after money. As the old saying goes, ‘When you’re rich, even if you’re deep in the mountains, you’ll have distant relatives; when you’re poor, even if you’re in the city, no one will care.’ I don’t think Ma Yunfei really has any power; he’s just a handyman.”
As soon as Gao Yuan and Liu Huan stepped out, Chen Yuyan pouted and said, "Honey, I think you're being a bit unreasonable. You don't show any consideration for my friends."
Ma Yunfei retorted, "How am I not showing any consideration for feelings?"
“There’s some merit to your decision not to hire Anna’s truck, but it’s a bit unreasonable of you not to help Gao Yuan sell her goods.”
Ma Yunfei explained, “Honey, I’m not a heartless person. Think about it: if I help Gao Yuan carry goods, this will definitely reach the ears of the transport team leader. What will he think? He will definitely think that I took money from Gao Yuan. Originally, we were using the transport team’s vehicles for free. Now, we’re taking on another task. Wouldn’t that be asking for trouble?”
Chen Yuyan sighed and said, "That's true, people might even suspect us of doing side jobs."
"Yes, my business is just starting out, and I'm in the early stages of entrepreneurship. I have to be careful in everything I do. If I'm not careful, I'll end up with nothing."
Chen Yuyan asked, "Honey, I wanted to ask you last night: Was the poem you recited at the tea party really written by yourself?"
"Of course it's true. Do you think I would plagiarize? On the other hand, if this poem was written by someone else, I would say so publicly. I wouldn't steal it for my own sake and try to gain fame."
"Honey, you...you can write poetry?"
"It's just a hobby, I guess."
Chen Yuyan asked again, "Honey, why did the mayor and his wife come to the tea party? It really surprised me. If they hadn't come, the three of us would have been so embarrassed, sitting by the wall like fools, being ignored."
"Hehe... Wife, I invited the mayor and his wife here so they can back us up."
"Ah! So it was you who called me. No wonder you said you were going to relieve yourself and took so long to come back. I thought you had fallen into the latrine."
“Wife, I don’t care about losing face, but I can’t tolerate my wife losing face, and I can’t tolerate Yueyue being wronged. Since I am the mayor’s godson, I should make full use of this resource and not let it go to waste.”
"Honey, you're amazing! I'm starting to feel like you've become a completely different person."
“Wife, I have said it repeatedly: as someone who has reformed, you are a new person.”
Ma Yunfei knew that as time went on, Chen Yuyan would increasingly feel like a stranger to him.
Because Ma Yunfei's previous life was that of a famous economist, he and the Ma Yunfei who only graduated from primary school are worlds apart, completely incomparable.
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