After a long while, He Daqing finally felt that his legs and feet belonged to him again, and then he pulled Yi Zhonghai into the house.
"Hey, Lao He, what on earth do you want to do by being so mysterious?" Yi Zhonghai was confused by him and spoke with a little emotion.
"Of course I have something to talk to you about, and it's not a small matter."
As soon as he entered the room, He Daqing saw that Cai Quanwu had already put on his clothes, waved his hand and asked him to go out.
Cai Quanwu didn't say anything either. He nodded to Yi Zhonghai and walked out.
"Okay, can you tell me what's going on?"
"Well, I want to borrow some money from you."
"Borrow money?"
When he heard that it was about money, Yi Zhonghai couldn't help but become serious: "Your family is doing well now, how can you be short of money?"
"You earn cash every day from riding a tricycle. Your family shouldn't be short of money, right?"
"Hey, if it's just for food and drink, why would I ask you to borrow money? The money my brother and I earn from riding our tricycles is more than we can spend every month."
"Then why are you asking me to borrow money?" Yi Zhonghai asked with a frown.
“It’s about work.”
He Daqing didn't elaborate on the explanation, but simply said, "I found a job at the steel mill through connections, but it's not like they can just give me a job, so the money I have is a little tight."
"For work!"
Yi Zhonghai had an understanding look on his face. They all worked in the factory, so how could they not understand that jobs required money to buy, so he nodded and said, "Okay, work is a serious matter. I'll lend you the money you need. You can just write me an IOU when the time comes."
"Old Yi, I knew you were nice enough."
Hearing that Yi Zhonghai agreed so easily, He Daqing's face was full of joy, and he uttered five words very easily: "Take 2,000 yuan."
"How much?"
Yi Zhonghai's eyes widened, and he looked at He Daqing in disbelief, and shouted, "Old He, how much did you say?"
"Two thousand dollars!"
He Daqing answered as a matter of course.
"Two thousand?"
Yi Zhonghai roared again, and then said angrily: "Lao He, are you kidding me? When did jobs in the steel mill become so expensive? A job actually costs two thousand yuan?"
“Of course it’s not such an easy job.”
Knowing that Yi Zhonghai had misunderstood, He Daqing explained: "I plan to skip the temporary job directly. Besides, I have a younger brother, and I want to get him a formal job, so the cost will be a little higher."
"Official job?"
Yi Zhonghai frowned deeply. "Lao He, you haven't been deceived, have you? I've been working in the factory for so long, and I've never heard of a way to skip the temporary job and become a regular employee directly!"
"Hey, this is the difference that matters."
He Daqing chuckled: "But you don't usually pay much attention to things like this, so it's normal that you don't know."
"Just lend me the money. Don't worry. My brother and I both have regular jobs, plus Sha Zhu's job, so we have three employees in our family. Our annual salary is around a thousand yuan. I promise to pay you back in full within three years."
Yi Zhonghai was a little skeptical about He Daqing's words. If he had asked for one or two hundred, or even three or five hundred, he would have lent it without hesitation because they had been neighbors for many years.
After all, they have known each other for so many years, and he also understands He Daqing and Sha Zhu, but this is not three or five hundred, but two thousand yuan!
Even with his salary, it would take him two or three years to save enough money, which is one-eighth of his net worth. If he lends it out and cannot get it back, he will be seriously injured.
He also hopes to leave the money to his children so that they can use it for their retirement when they are old.
"Why, Lao Yi, you still don't believe me?"
Seeing that Yi Zhonghai didn't respond but looked at him with a distrustful look, He Daqing seemed to have been insulted and shouted, "We've been neighbors for so many years, and you don't trust me? Am I the kind of person who borrows money and doesn't pay it back?"
"Besides, even if you don't believe me, don't you think Sha Zhu will believe you? When have we ever borrowed money and not paid it back?"
When Yi Zhonghai heard He Daqing mention Sha Zhu, he nodded slightly in his heart and felt some trust in him.
It's just two thousand yuan. Compared with such a little trust, isn't it too much?
"Lao He, can you give me less? I'm not lying to you. I do have money, but it's all in the bank, so I don't have that much to take out."
Yi Zhonghai planned to compromise and see if he could borrow less so that the risk would be smaller.
"How much can you borrow?" He Daqing looked dissatisfied.
"Eight hundred."
"No, this is too little, Lao Yi, don't think I don't know you. Apart from anything else, you definitely didn't save enough for this year's salary. Adding the living allowance you left over from last year, you should have at least fifteen thousand in your hands."
He Daqing calculated briefly and said, "How about this? I won't let you borrow 2,000. Just lend me 1,500. I'll pay you back over three years, 500 per year. That way, the risk won't be too great, right?"
"One thousand five hundred?"
After pondering for a moment, Yi Zhonghai nodded: "Five thousand is fine, and I won't ask you to pay interest or anything. We have been neighbors for many years, but you must not do anything wrong when the time comes!"
"Don't worry, five hundred yuan a year is more than enough for me, Shazhu, and my brother to make ends meet."
He Daqing was very confident that by then his family's annual salary would be 1,200 yuan, not including their rest time. If they used the tricycle to make a few trips, they could probably earn some pocket money.
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