"I know, I know." Huang Guang nodded quickly, "As long as Brother Jing is willing to take me with him."
An Jingzhi looked the other person up and down, as if to see whether the other person was sincere or had some other plans.
Just when Huang Guang's scalp was numb from being looked at by him, An Jingzhi said, "Okay, since you are willing, then continue to follow me. Go home and prepare. We may have to go on a long trip in the near future. Not to the north."
Huang Guang was a little confused when he heard that they were not going to the north, but he didn't ask any more questions.
…
The next day, Huang Guang saw his younger brothers buying supplies everywhere.
No, these people are no longer his brothers.
The few people who were willing to hang out with him because of his courage and bravery looked at Huang Guang with disdain and said sarcastically, "Brother Guang is becoming more and more cowardly."
"Not everyone can play in the north. Be careful or you might lose your life." Huang Guang reminded out of their brotherhood of many years.
However, his reminder was seen by several people as a cowardly remark.
"Brother Guang is afraid of us brothers but not us. If you don't want to make money and are willing to be someone's dog, then go do it yourself. We brothers don't want to do the job of serving others. Anyway, the road is there. They are allowed to go but we are not allowed to go?" Huang Guang's face looked a little ugly after being humiliated by his former younger brother.
He opened his mouth to say something, but seeing the mocking faces of several people, he turned and left.
I could vaguely hear a few younger brothers discussing something behind me.
"Brother Guang is really old and his spirit has faded."
"Yeah, how ruthless was Brother Guang back then? He could take on three people at once and still not suffer a loss. He led us brothers to sweep across the street."
"And you still call him Brother Guang? He's worthy of being called Brother Guang when he's like this? Let's go, let's not bother with him. Let's go buy some more things and try to earn more. Those people's money is so easy to make, but it's a pity that we only found out now. We don't even know how much they earned. Damn, they only gave us so little, like they're treating beggars like beggars? The more I think about it, the angrier I get!"
Huang Guang never looked back, never argued, and never reminded again.
Is it so easy to make money in the north? These people have come all this way, but they are still obsessed with money.
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After An Jingzhi had almost prepared everything, he planned to explain to his family and then head south.
He thought it was just a matter of a word, but he didn't expect An's mother to suddenly call him.
"Jingzhi, wait a few days before going out." Although An Jingzhi said he was going out to work, didn't she know her son well? What kind of work could he do? He was just going out to play.
"What's wrong, Mom?" An Jingzhi asked puzzledly while sitting next to his mother.
Mother An looked at her son's features and said, "You little brat, you're better looking than your brothers, but you're such a hassle. You can't even find a wife, and you don't want to do any work. If you had listened to your family's arrangements, wouldn't your children have grown up long ago?"
"Don't go out for the next few days. I have found a marriage for you. Your father also asked someone to use his connections to find you a moving job. Although it's a bit tiring, you should work for two or three years. After we have accumulated enough experience, I will ask your father to use his connections to find you an easier job. If you have a job, girls won't look down on you. Otherwise, do you want to be single for the rest of your life?" Mother An looked at her son kindly.
"Your elder and second brothers got married early, but don't worry, Mom is saving your share of the betrothal gifts for you. You'll definitely get one."
Perhaps it was because although An Jingzhi was not at home every day after he came, nothing happened and he did not say those heartbreaking words. An Changhua still couldn't let go of his son and used his connections to find a job everywhere.
But these days, some factories are barely able to operate, and some are even closing down. So where are the job opportunities? After searching everywhere, I could only find some manual labor like carrying things.
An Jingzhi was a little confused by what his mother said, "Mom, do you mean that my dad has been coming home late these days because he is looking for a job for me?"
"Yeah, what else can your dad do? Apart from home and the factory, where else can he go?"
An Jingzhi rubbed his brows and asked, "Has my dad confirmed the job?"
"What else can I say? Is your father sure? If he gets the job and you don't go, then all our money will be wasted, right?" This kind of thing has happened in the family before. It was only after learning from the past that An's mother came to find out her son's opinion.
Hearing that the job had not been decided yet, An Jingzhi breathed a sigh of relief. "Mom, listen to me, I'm going back to the south for something real. I haven't been away from home these few days, but it's not like I'm just running around. Doesn't our country encourage people to start their own businesses? I also have some ideas, so I'm going to the southern market this time to check it out. I don't have time to think about personal relationships right now. Please also talk to my dad. You don't have to help me find a job."
"Nothing will happen, right? My child, you should just go to work at the factory quietly and stop getting involved in these things. What will I do if something happens again?" Mother An pulled An Jingzhiren's arm with a worried look on her face.
An Jingzhi patiently explained, "Is everything okay, Mom? It's been several years. Look, hasn't that breakfast shop on the street in front of us been open for two years? Nothing's happened. Do you know how much they make in a day?"
An's mother shook her head. She was busy with a lot of things at home every day, so how could she ask how much other people earned in a day?
"At least two or three hundred." An Jingzhi's words were like thunder, exploding in An's mother's ears.
"What did you say?" An's mother looked at him in disbelief. "How do you know how much people make in a day? You're not just talking nonsense to fool me, are you?"
"Mom, why should I coax you? Just do the math and you'll know how much their ingredients cost. You buy groceries every day, so you definitely know better than I do. Look at the customer flow from morning to night. Although there aren't as many at night as in the morning or at noon, the number of people is still there. Two or three hundred a day is still considered low."
After doing some calculations in her mind, An's mother was stunned where she stood. Two or three hundred yuan a day was indeed too little. Although she seldom went out, she knew how popular the breakfast shop in front was. Sometimes she would spend a few cents to buy one or two meat buns for her grandchildren to try.
Two or three hundred a day, which means she can earn her old man’s monthly salary in one day.
He is a self-employed person, a self-employed person that all of them look down upon. Who would have thought that he could earn so much?
"Jingzhi, do you mean you also want to be self-employed?" Mother An asked hesitantly.
"No, I'm just going to the south to investigate before I decide what to do. Mom, I'm not saying this for any other reason. You know how tough things are getting in these factories. Many factories can't even pay wages. If you ask Dad to arrange for me to work there, I might not even get a permanent position for two years before they can even pay me. So I'm planning to find a way out on my own."
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