Chapter 208: Big People Are Little People Who Keep Working Hard
When I got up from the ground, Mr. Shu recognized me and stared at me in surprise: "Xiao Wan, is that you?"
I nodded. "Are you okay?"
Mr. Shu said wittily: "My old bones are about to break."
He walked over, held my hand, and tugged at it: "Yours is broken too."
I felt my hand go numb as he held it. My left hand was truly dislocated. He winked at me. I knew in my heart that he knew how to set bones.
When the police arrived, the butcher was indeed injured and took him a long time to stand up.
Take them all to the police station.
When I was about to get into the car, a woman came running over and said, "Chicken, chicken, your chicken."
The police took us to the hospital first.
I went to the orthopedics department. The doctor examined me, pushed and pulled the joint, and it closed. He said, "No bones are broken. Just put on a bandage and it will be healed in two days."
Mr. Shu wasn't seriously injured, and the butcher only had minor injuries. They were treated and taken to the police station.
This is my second time in the police station.
After questioning and taking statements, the police who stayed at the scene retrieved the video footage.
At this time, Shu Xiaoting also arrived.
A lot of people came outside, and I realized that they were all there to support us. It turned out that this butcher had been cheating on weights for a long time, relying on his strength to bully others in the market.
The police officers were a little afraid of Shu Xiaoting and said they would handle the case impartially.
At the time, since everyone was injured, though not seriously, and the butcher was at fault, we were acting in self-defense. They detained the butcher and allowed us to return home.
I pretended to the end, so I called Yifan and asked him to come to the police station to get the keys and drive over to pick me up and take me home.
Mr. and his daughter were extremely grateful to me. I said, "What's there to be grateful for? Mr. Shu, from now on, when you go shopping for groceries, just call Yifan."
As soon as I reached the gate, I took off the bandage and said to Yifan, "Throw this thing in the trash can."
He looked at me and asked in confusion, "How could this be lost?"
"Just do what I tell you to do, and I'll tell you later."
There was no one in the elevator, so I whispered to Yifan, "He's not injured. It was Old Shu who made it up. He has bone-setting skills, and you must learn them."
"I see."
When I got home, my mother discovered my flaw: "I always fall every time I go to the market, but I go there every day and never fall."
Yifan pointed at my butt, implying a stain on my pants. I simply took a shower and changed my pants. After I came out, Yifan said, "Your phone's been ringing a few times. Answer it."
Upon checking, I saw it was Teacher He calling.
"Hello, Teacher He."
"Oh, Mr. Wan, now that you're the CEO, I should call you Mr. Wan."
"What's Mr. Wan? Just call him Brother Shanhong."
"Let's just call him President Wan."
The two exchanged a few pleasantries on the phone before she told me the purpose of her call: she wanted to buy my house in Fengyanting.
The reason was simple. Her aunt didn't want to live with her two daughters and wanted to return to Wuxiang to retire.
I said, "Why would she need such a big house if she's alone?"
Teacher He smiled and said, "My aunt is more than ten years younger than my uncle."
"Oh." I understood immediately.
I said, "Okay, let's discuss this with my family."
She said, "Don't worry about the money. My uncle's house is going to be demolished, and she has the compensation."
After hanging up the phone with Teacher He, I made another call to ask my brother-in-law to come back for dinner.
After dinner, I told them that Teacher He called and said that my master Chen Erye’s wife, the master’s wife whom I had not met yet, wanted to buy a house and asked everyone to discuss it.
My mother said, "Shanhong, you should settle the bill first."
I did the math and said, "According to the market price at the time, 180 square meters would cost 1.2 million, plus 400,000 for renovations, and 100,000 for other electrical appliances and furniture. That's a total of 1.7 million."
The housing prices in Wuxiang have increased slightly, by about RMB 1,500 per square meter, which adds up to RMB 1.97 million.
I only spent half of the purchase price, buying the house, decorating it, and buying furniture, so the total cost was only 1.1 million."
My mother said, "Even if Mrs. Chen was looking for a companion, she wouldn't want such a big house. Teacher He must have used her aunt's name to buy it for herself, right?"
My father said, "It's okay to put up a sign. After all, Mr. Chen is her uncle. We are doing this for her uncle's sake, so of course we have to give him a discount."
My brother-in-law said, “Yes, we want a discount.”
I glanced at Xiaolin.
Xiaolin said, "You decide."
My mother also figured it out and said, "Shanhong, the money is yours, so you decide how much it's worth. I originally thought that we bought this house out of respect for your master, so the extra money should be given to your master."
I clapped my hands and said, "I've been waiting for you to say that. Let's just put it at 1.8 million. I spent 1.1 million myself. Xiaolin worked hard on the renovations, so I'll give her 100,000. My parents will get 200,000. The remaining 400,000 will all go to Master and his wife."
Xiaolin said, "I'll give my 100,000 to my parents. I can earn it myself."
My mother touched Xiaolin's head and said, "My daughter-in-law is like a daughter to me."
I said, "That's settled."
My father rarely praises others, but at this time, he praised me: "Shanhong, you have ambition."
I called Teacher He, and she happily agreed immediately, asking me to go back to Wuxiang tomorrow to handle the paperwork.
The next day, I invited my brother-in-law to drive to Wuxiang, and met Teacher He’s parents and Teacher Chen’s wife, whom I had never met, for the first time at Teacher He’s home.
Mrs. Chen must have been quite beautiful in her youth. Now in her fifties, she still retains a certain charm. Her skin is smooth and plump, and her hair is black, without a single strand of gray. Whenever we meet, she offers a cigarette and even smokes one herself.
I didn't ask who actually bought the house and who would live there. After dinner, I went through the transfer procedures with Teacher He. The process went smoothly.
Teacher He was also very happy and immediately went to the bank to transfer the money to my card.
After completing the formalities, we returned to Upstate.
My brother-in-law sighed, "From now on, Wuxiang has nothing to do with us."
I was also filled with emotion and said, "If Master hadn't left Wuxiang, we wouldn't have gotten out. Life is full of accidental factors, and these accidents make up our destiny."
We didn't talk for a long time, and I felt a little sad and a little relieved.
My brother-in-law didn't say anything. He lowered his head to scan his phone. Suddenly he looked up and looked at me: "When did you transfer 50,000 yuan to me?"
"You've been a huge help to me along the way. Fifty thousand dollars can't express my gratitude to you, so just consider it a token of your appreciation. A person must first love the people around them."
My brother-in-law said, "You're right. Some people don't even know their parents are feeling unwell. If their dog sneezes, they'll rush to the vet and take a taxi. There are a lot of men and women like that in the city."
At that moment, Wei Yiming called. I didn't answer, but drove to the harbor and asked my brother-in-law to drive before I called back.
"Brother Wei, what's the matter?"
"I want to return the fifty thousand dollars to you, just in case something went wrong."
"I told you, you don't have to give up. If you fail, I won't ask you for anything. What's the matter?"
He hesitated for a moment and said, "Then I'll try it."
"It's not just a try, but we should put all our energy into this matter. Try here, try there. It's better to dig one well than ten."
"Okay, since you encourage me so much, I'll do it now."
"I'm telling you this: you have to work with the goal of becoming a big shot, like Grubišić."
"Yeah?"
"That's absolutely right. What is a big shot? It's the little guy who keeps working hard."
After hanging up the phone, my brother-in-law asked what happened.
I told him everything.
He burst out laughing and said, "You are just a person with wild imagination. Otherwise, how could there be a Buddha statue growing on a tree?"
I was surprised and asked, "You know?"
"Of course I know, but I've never told anyone. So I support you in studying with Master Hongyi. A person's future depends on finding an environment suitable for their growth."
I've known for a long time that you're not cut out for making noodles. A piece of fine steel is useless if it's only used on the back of a knife."
"That 50,000 yuan is still not enough. I'll give you a red envelope of 16,888 yuan."
"Hahaha, take it easy. Don't act so capriciously just because you have money."
"You can be willful with your brother-in-law."
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