Chapter 76 I Don’t Pay
Yangcheng is the end of the Beijing-Guangzhou Line, a major railway artery in China, so there are many machine repair factories, supporting factories, vehicle factories and other units surrounding the railway.
These units are large in scale, and their family quarters are large and filled with employees, children, and family members related to the railway system.
These people see each other all day long. Although they may not be able to tell the situation of each other's three generations of grandparents and grandchildren, if there is a little news joke, it is guaranteed to spread to several compounds within a few days.
Just during these few days, a few country people came from the north and started selling hemp candy and collecting rags in this family quarters.
Although they couldn't sell much sugar or collect much rags every day, they persisted and occasionally asked if there were any fellow northerners in the family quarters.
These country people, of course, are Hao Peng and others who "carried a pig's head to the temple gate".
Hao Jian sent a telegram to Li Ye for help. Li Ye was not a god who could solve their suffering with a simple wave of his hand. He could only give them some feasible ideas.
Li Ye asked them to look for local people for help, but of course they couldn't just look for them blindly. Nowadays, some migrant workers have seen the "business opportunity" and it would only take a few minutes for them to be cheated.
The identities of the people in the unit’s family quarters are not that complicated. They are all employees of the unit. If they are defrauded of money today, the news will spread everywhere tomorrow. That is not just embarrassing, but they will be taken away by the XX Department and beaten to death.
Of course, people with jobs would certainly not like small vendors like Hao Jian who are only slightly better than migrant workers, so the specific group of "northern fellows" is very important.
It is impossible that such a large state-owned unit is staffed entirely by locals; the father’s generation might all be from “all over the world”.
Therefore, if there is a fellow villager who shows willingness to help, Hao Jian will definitely not hesitate to give money and give the other person a satisfactory explanation.
This is just like Jin Peng finding a job for his wife. You are afraid that you can't find someone who can do the job. But if you really find someone, there will be no problem that money can't solve.
Maybe people in later generations do not understand the meaning and power of “Northern fellow”, but Li Ye actually saw it once on a train when he was quite young in his previous life.
That was the green-skinned train from the island city to Guangzhou. Basically, there were no seats available, and whoever grabbed a seat got it.
A man from Dongshan was halfway on his journey when he met three people trying to grab his seat.
A man who was eight feet tall was forced to stand up with his face flushed and his neck thick. He said some "ridiculous" words in desperation.
"I'm from Dongshan XX. I ran into this shit when I was out today. I'm not asking for help from everyone in the fight. I just hope the men of Dongshan, young and old, can help me bear witness that they were the ones who asked for a fight first."
Then the man rolled up his sleeves and prepared to fight.
But the work was not done.
Because after he finished speaking, most of the people in the carriage stood up.
No one made a fuss or shouted, they just watched coldly.
Those three ruffians didn't dare to take action in the end.
Li Ye was completely stunned at the time. It was already the late 1990s! The righteousness of the Dongshan people had not completely dissipated!
So he estimated that in this era of 1982, there would always be a few warm-hearted fellow villagers. As long as Hao Jian was willing to work hard, the success rate should not be low.
But what Li Ye was most worried about was that Hao Jian had already thought about withdrawing at this time.
There were so many smart people in the 1980s, but many of them ended up being forgotten by the crowd.
Why? Many people are content with just a small fortune. Once they have solved the problem of poverty and food and clothing, and have a wife, children and a warm bed, they are satisfied.
When the sesame candy business at home is booming, wouldn’t it be great to make a thousand dollars a month?
Do you have to travel thousands of miles to do a business that could cost you everything or even lead to jail time?
So the sentence "people who don't succumb to fate" was actually written more for Hao Jian to read.
However, Li Ye underestimated Hao Jian's ambition. It took him less than a week to identify two feasible candidates.
"Old Hao, that's enough. I think Section Chief Bai is a good choice. His hometown is only 200 miles away from us.
Even though his wife dislikes me, as long as I go to her house, it’s almost certain that I can make money as long as I can solve the shipping problem.”
"We've been out for almost a month. If we don't go back, our family business will be in trouble."
Jin Peng missed home, and more importantly, he missed his wife, and he just wanted to go back as soon as possible.
The merchants in the clothing wholesale market are difficult to deal with, so just buy from them at high prices. At least you can make double the profit when you go back, so what else do you want?
But Hao Jian always felt that something was missing, so he just said, "Wait a little longer, look for a few more days, and if there is no more suitable one, go find Section Chief Bai."
After a few days, there was really no more suitable person, so Hao Jian, Jin Peng and others came to the family area of the machine repair factory in advance, hoping to wait for Section Chief Bai to get off work and pay him a visit.
Today is a weekday, and Hao Jian and his friends arrived a little early. The family area was quiet and empty.
The four of them found a corner and squatted together to smoke.
At this moment, a wheelchair slipped out from a building not far from them and stopped directly in a sun nest against the wall.
A young man in his twenties was sitting in a wheelchair, squinting at the sun, probably because he felt the sun was glaring.
But then he closed his eyes comfortably, as if he was enjoying the feeling of the sunshine on his body.
Hao Jian's eyes lit up.
The young man's clothes were very clean. He was not a disabled person who had no one to take care of him at home.
His hair was clean and his face was rosy, and it was obvious that he was living a good life.
He only had one leg, but he was wearing a brand new pair of trousers, a shiny leather shoe, and even his socks were new.
The cigarette in Hao Jian's mouth fell to the ground at some point, then he suddenly stood up and strode over.
When Jin Peng and others saw this, they hurriedly followed.
The young man in the wheelchair was enjoying the sunshine with his eyes closed. After hearing footsteps, he realized that four people were approaching in a spearhead formation.
He quickly pulled out the crutches from under the wheelchair and performed a "spear flower" at the same time.
Jin Peng, who had learned the skills from Li Zhongfa for a few days, secretly exclaimed in praise. This one thrust was enough to deal with any wild dogs or cats.
Hao Jian quickly waved his hands in front of his chest and said apologetically: "Brother, don't get me wrong, we are not bad people.
We are honest people from the north. We sell some sesame candy and collect some rags. Many people in your unit know us. "
The young man held his cane very steadily, unmoved.
Hao Jian continued to explain helplessly: "We are really not bad people. Look, we have a letter of introduction. We came to Guangdong Province and originally wanted to do clothing business, but we had no choice."
Hao Jian did not beat around the bush and spoke frankly about his difficulties, and expressed his willingness to "pay for help."
People are already so alert, do you still want to try to build relationships with them and get close to them?
Nonsense, just get out of the way and talk in detail.
But Hao Jian talked for a long time, and the lame young man didn't say a word.
Are you talking about a bird?
Hao Jian felt dry in the mouth and turned to look at Jin Peng helplessly.
Jin Peng smiled, took out a Daqianmen cigarette and handed it over.
"Brother, do you want to smoke?"
The young man said nothing and did not move.
Jin Peng was also a little worried. He saw a faint mark on the young man's right middle finger. He must be a heavy smoker, at least he used to smoke.
But if the other party didn't accept the challenge, there was nothing he could do.
Jin Peng pointed at the young man's cane and asked with a smile, "Brother, is this your stabbing skill?"
"I also trained with a grandfather for a few days before, but my family didn't allow me to join the army."
According to Jin Peng's judgment, this cripple was most likely coming from the battlefield in the south. His neat short haircut and cold eyes exuded a unique aura.
But no matter how long Jin Peng talked, the lame man just didn't say a word.
Jin Peng helplessly spread his hands and said to Hao Jian: "Forget it! Our Mandarin is not good enough and they can't understand us."
Hao Jian and Jin Peng both have heavy accents, and they rely on their northern accents to take advantage of the fact that Mandarin is based on northern accents. Even so, sometimes when talking to people from Guangdong Province, they have to guess and gesture.
This is still good. If the situation were reversed, we would be in a mess!
If you don't believe me, you people from Huguang can go to the north and speak your native dialect. If northerners can hear just a few "doudou" in your voice, they'll think you're amazing.
Seeing that there was no way to communicate, Hao Jian had no choice but to agree with Jin Peng's opinion and go find Section Chief Bai.
But before leaving, he took out a bag of sesame candy and carefully placed it on the young man's wheelchair.
"I'm sorry, brother. We are all rough people. We tried all kinds of methods to save our lives. I scared you. Sorry, sorry."
Hao Jian and others turned and left.
The young man sitting in the wheelchair looked at the backs of Hao Jian and Jin Peng, and a sneer suddenly appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"Hey, why do you think I can help you?"
Hao Jian and Jin Peng had already walked a long way before they heard the young man's question.
Very standard Mandarin.
Hao Jian turned around and walked back, looking at the cripple. After thinking for a while, he said, "Because I think you may be someone who is unwilling to succumb to fate."
The lame man's head tilted to the left, looked at Hao Jian for a moment, and then tilted to the right.
Then he shook his head and said, "You didn't say that."
Hao Jian was embarrassed for a while, but he forced himself to say, "Why didn't I say that?"
The lame man sneered and said, "Because you have no confidence in what you said."
“.”
The lame man added: "And when you said this, the friend behind you was laughing."
Hao Jian suddenly turned around and glared at Jin Peng.
[Is it easy for me to pretend? Why are you meddling in this?]
Hao Jian turned around and said to the lame young man, "May I ask what your name is, brother?"
The lame man didn't say anything, but asked directly: "Do you want to get carriages? How many carriages?"
Hao Jian almost grinned. The goods worth 20,000 yuan could not even take up half a carriage!
"Ahem~"
Hao Jian coughed and said, "We mainly hope to solve the transportation problem. It would be even better if we can find a connection with the clothing wholesale market.
The merchants there are so exclusive, they gave me four dollars for a jacket, but only two or twenty or three dollars to others."
The lame man interrupted, "Two."
Hao Jian: "What?"
Cripple: "Two dollars, I can beat you two dollars a piece, but what can you give me?"
“.”
Hao Jian and Jin Peng looked at each other, somewhat unconvinced, but felt it was worth a try.
Hao Jian thought quickly in his mind, and finally remembered the scene when Li Ye fooled him.
"Brother, do you want a reward? Or a commission?"
The lame man looked at Hao Jian quietly for a few seconds and said, "I want to invest."
“.”
Hao Jian was surprised again. Although the young man in front of him had a lame leg, he had a good brain.
He continued to ask: "So how much money are you going to invest?"
“Heh~”
The young man chuckled and said, "I won't invest any money, I'll just take the shares, and we'll split the profits 50-50."
[Fuck, you are even more cruel than that bastard Li Ye! ]
(End of this chapter)
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