sinovels Chapter 1453: Benevolence and Righteousness Bring Wealth
Chapter 1453: Benevolence and Righteousness Bring Wealth
Chapter 1453: Benevolence and Righteousness Bring Wealth
As they were talking, Zhao Jun and Zhao Laohan walked to the door of the guesthouse.
"Master Zhao, come in and sit for a while. It's warm here." Zhao Jun's money was all under the back seat of the jeep. He couldn't possibly take out money in front of Zhao Laohan, so he invited Zhao Laohan into the house.
"I'm not going in." Zhao Laohan leaned back and dodged subconsciously, saying, "How can I go in with my face like this?"
"We don't know each other, what are you afraid of?" Zhao Jun held Zhao Laohan's arm and said, "Come on, go inside and have a cigarette before you leave."
When Zhao Laohan heard this, he thought it made sense, so he followed Zhao Jun into the house.
After Zhao Jun left, Wang Qiang, Zhang Yuanmin, Li Baoyu and Jie Chen fell asleep quickly. Only Li Ruhai lay there thinking about life.
Hearing the sound of the door opening, Li Ruhai quickly raised his head from the pillow. Seeing Zhao Jun coming in with someone, Li Ruhai sat up and hurriedly woke up Li Baoyu who was standing beside him.
"Oh, everyone is sleeping." Zhao Laohan felt a little embarrassed when he saw this.
The kang in the guesthouse was big enough to accommodate eight or ten people. Zhao Jun led Zhao Laohan to sit on the kang where no one was, and at this time Wang Qiang and others also got up.
"Nephew, this is..." Wang Qiang looked at Zhao Jun, and heard Zhao Jun say, "This is Master Zhao, he came to get money from me."
"Ah!" Wang Qiang heard this and quickly picked up the cigarette box from beside the pillow, took out a Yingchun and handed it to Zhao Laohan, saying, "Master Zhao, have a cigarette first."
"Hey." Zhao Laohan responded, took the cigarette handed to him by Wang Qiang with one hand and pulled the collar down with the other hand.
You have to show your mouth to smoke, and when Zhao Laohan showed his mouth, both sides of his face were also exposed.
Seeing the wound on Zhao Laohan's face, Li Baoyu was startled and asked directly: "Master Zhao, what scratched you when you were running in the mountains?"
"Baoyu." Zhao Jun called Li Baoyu softly, and Li Baoyu was stunned for a moment and said, "I don't think it was scratched by a tree branch."
After saying this, Li Baoyu saw Li Ruhai winking at him, so he shut up.
"Oh my!" Zhao Laohan used the lighter handed to him by Wang Qiang to light a cigarette, took a deep puff, and after spitting out the cigarette, Zhao Laohan sighed heavily and said, "That bitch of mine is so arrogant. The more you ignore her, the more she will show off."
When everyone heard this, they realized that he was having a fight with his wife.
Li Baoyu was a little embarrassed, and Wang Qiang tried to defuse the situation by saying to Zhao Laohan, "Women are like that. We should be generous men and not bother with them."
"I see you are not as old as me, so I call you brother." Zhao Laohan said to Wang Qiang, "Brother, I am wronged today. My wife didn't listen to some idiot and brought up all my bad debts from 20 years ago."
"Huh?" Wang Qiang was stunned, and then he heard Zhao Laohan continue to say: "He said I was a slut, this guy was playing at home."
After hearing what Zhao Laohan said, Wang Qiang resisted the urge to turn his head, but Zhang Yuanmin, Li Baoyu and Jie Chen all looked at Li Ruhai.
Li Ruhai shrank his neck and moved his buttocks backwards.
Wang Qiang quickly interrupted and changed the subject, asking Zhao Laohan about his gains from mountain running this winter.
Seeing the two people chatting, Zhao Jun quietly went out of the house, got into the jeep outside, pulled out the flour bag containing money from under the back seat, took out two stacks of Big Unity banknotes and put them aside.
Remembering that he had to buy a leopard-skin quilt later, he took out ten stacks of big unity notes and stuffed them into his pocket.
Cotton Monkey's pockets were also big, with ten stacks of Datongjie notes in his two side pockets. The two stacks that were to be paid to Zhao Laohan were held by Zhao Jun's hands.
When Zhao Jun returned to the house, Zhao Laohan was dancing with joy and telling Wang Qiang about his wonderful experiences in mountain running.
Zhao Jun didn't say anything. He sat aside and listened and waited quietly.
When Zhao Laohan threw the cigarette butt on the ground, he turned around and saw Zhao Jun holding two stacks of Great Unity in his hands and looking at him with a smile.
"Ouch." Seeing this, Zhao Laohan hurriedly took out the leather reel from his pocket.
"Master Zhao." Zhao Jun stood up and put two stacks of money next to Zhao Laohan's legs, saying, "Here are two thousand yuan, check it out."
"Ah?" Zhao Laohan was startled, looked at Zhao Jun in surprise, and said, "Didn't we agree on eighteen thousand?"
Zhao Laohan is one year older than Zhao Youcai. He has been traveling around the mountains to sell leather all year round. This is the first time in twenty years that he has seen someone actively pay more for goods.
"Master Zhao." Zhao Jun said, "Logically speaking, I am young and I am taking advantage of you, so I shouldn't say anything. But you are angry now."
As he spoke, Zhao Jun pointed at the leather roll in Zhao Laohan's hand and said, "How about this? You can't sell me leather worth two thousand yuan for eighteen hundred yuan. I can take it, but when you go back, won't your family still make a fuss?"
After hearing what Zhao Jun said, Zhao Laohan closed his eyes and said nothing.
Zhao Laohan understood what Zhao Jun meant. Zhao Jun thought that he had lowered the price proactively because he was angry.
When the couple quarreled, Zhao Laohan could not stay away from home forever. When Zhao Laohan returned home, his wife found out that he sold the leather for 200 yuan less, and she would find fault with him and start a fight.
Of course, this is what Zhao Jun said.
After all, the leather has been in Zhao Laohan's house for several months. Maybe they have already negotiated and decided to sell it at a discount.
In fact, Zhao Jun had also thought about this problem, and he took the initiative to raise the price in order to reduce Li Ruhai's guilt.
No matter what the reason, picking a fight between a couple is very immoral. Even if Zhao Laohan did something wrong outside, it shouldn't be Li Ruhai who exposes it.
Li Ruhai looked at Zhao Jun with mixed feelings in his heart. He guessed that Zhao Jun did this for him.
Zhao Laohan looked at Zhao Jun deeply and said, "Young Master, you are quite kind and righteous."
It is so difficult for people in the mountains to make money. That big piece of fur was obtained by Zhao Laohan by climbing on ice and lying in the snow. No matter how angry he is, he will not sell it at a lower price.
And ever since the supply and marketing cooperative confiscated his big white skin, Zhao Laohan and his family have been discussing it.
Before the New Year, I took some time to go down the mountain and into the city, and asked at the Shanhe Town Supply and Marketing Cooperative. If that didn't work, I would go to Daohua County. I didn't ask for much, as long as I could sell the white bark for 1,600 or 1,700 yuan.
So at that time, when Zhao Laohan was at the doorstep, he quoted Zhao Jun a price of 1,800 yuan, not because of his superiors, but because he had left Zhao Jun room for bargaining.
But what Zhao Laohan didn't expect was that Zhao Jun not only agreed immediately, but when it came time to pay, he also took the initiative to give him an extra two hundred.
Even though Zhao Laohan was not a very serious person, he was quite moved at this moment.
But Zhao Laohan didn't plan to tell Zhao Jun the truth. He also planned to keep the two thousand yuan. After all, with the two thousand yuan, Zhao Laohan could go home.
"Then look!" After hearing Zhao Laohan talk about the benevolence of the Zhao army, Wang Qiang said to Zhao Laohan proudly: "My eldest nephew is famous for his benevolence in our forest area!"
As soon as Wang Qiang finished speaking, he heard Li Baoyu say, "My brother is nicknamed 'Timely Rain for Mountains and Rivers, and Guardian of Yong'an!'"
Zhao Laohan didn't understand what Li Baoyu said, but he understood what Wang Qiang said.
Zhao Laohan did not touch the money beside his legs. Instead, he opened the leather roll with his own hands and showed it to Zhao Jun on both sides. Then he said, "This is from a mother and a son, not a man. Do you want it?"
Females are cheaper than males. If a male costs two thousand, a female will cost less than two thousand.
Zhao Laohan said this to Zhao Jun to tell him not to buy it publicly, and also to give him a chance to regret.
"Yes!" Zhao Jun nodded and said with a smile, "I think the fur outside is pretty good, Master Zhao, I'll take this skin."
Zhao Laohan heard this and raised his hand to hand the albino sable skin to Zhao Jun. When Zhao Jun took it, he felt a little excited.
Just from this piece of skin, you can earn at least four or five thousand!
Zhao Jun returned the leather to Wang Qiang. Seeing Zhao Laohan putting the two stacks of Datuan into his pocket, Zhao Jun hurriedly said to him, "Master Zhao, check the money!"
"What are you checking?" Zhao Laohan waved his hand and said, "No need."
"Ah?" Zhao Jun was stunned, then said: "Master Zhao, if you don't check, you won't have anywhere to find me after I leave."
"Isn't the two thousand you gave me enough?" Zhao Laohan asked. Zhao Jun said, "Yes, it is enough."
"It's enough." Zhao Laohan said with a smile: "If you want to fool me, why did you give me two thousand? Wouldn't it be better if you gave me eighteen hundred?"
After hearing what Zhao Laohan said, Zhao Jun, Wang Qiang and others also laughed.
"But..." At this time, Zhao Laohan raised his hand to Zhao Jun and said, "You have to let me find you."
"Hmm?" Zhao Jun was startled, and then he heard Zhao Laohan say, "Wait until I get this big white skin, and then I can send it to you."
"Ah, that's what happened." Zhao Jun smiled and said, "Master Zhao, if you want to find me, just call Yong'an Village, Yong'an Forest District, and ask for Zhao Jun."
"Yong'an Village, Yong'an Forest District... OK!" Zhao Laohan wrote down Zhao Jun's words, and then said to Zhao Jun: "Xiao Zhao, I should actually arrange for you to have a meal at my house. But you are also eyeing my house, hehe..."
"Ah, haha." Zhao Jun also smiled and said, "Next time, there will be a chance next time."
"That's fine." Zhao Laohan stood up and said, "Then you guys should take a rest. I'll go back."
"Master Zhao." Zhao Jun stood up immediately after hearing this and said, "I'll go with you."
"What are you going to do?" Zhao Laohan looked at Zhao Jun with a puzzled look on his face, and then he heard Zhao Jun say, "I want to go to the home of that old Sun you mentioned. I want to see his little quilt made of leopard skin."
After hearing what Zhao Jun said, Wang Qiang and others became interested.
Leopard skin is very valuable. Isn't it enough to play one today? Do you want double happiness?
"You want to buy it?" Zhao Laohan said to Zhao Jun, "It's not a ready-made leather."
The "ready-made" mentioned here means neat and tidy.
The so-called regular leather has no head or tail, but has neck skin, and limbs have thighs but no calves.
After hearing what Zhao Laohan said, Zhao Jun asked, "Why doesn't he dress up?"
"I've seen his. I always go to his house when I have nothing to do." Zhao Laohan gestured to Zhao Jun and said, "Normally when we peel the skin, don't we start from the crook of the knee?
After he finished cutting it, he sewed the four legs together with the body. When he was sewing, they cut it, and then sewed it again, so that this side was perfectly square.
"Ah..." Zhao Jun nodded slightly. What Zhao Laohan said was not difficult to understand.
Small quilts are generally square in shape, especially since the Sun family used to be landlords. If they could use leopard skin to sew a small quilt, they must be a very particular family.
But the leopard is irregular, so in the process of making it regular, it must be trimmed.
Thinking of this, Zhao Jun asked Zhao Laohan again: "Master Zhao, did he tell you how much he wanted to sell it for?"
It just so happens that Zhao Laohan is here, so I can ask him first so I can have an idea.
"He originally wanted to sell it for fifteen or sixteen thousand." To Zhao Jun, Zhao Laohan told him everything he knew.
When Zhao Laohan said this, everyone was shocked and Zhao Jun even exclaimed "Ah".
If Li Ruhai hadn't come up with the gimmick of "sitting back and getting rich", the leopard skins that the Zhao family gang and Zhao Youcai had killed wouldn't have been sold for so much money.
"He put two pieces of cloth together." Zhao Laohan explained: "Both sides are covered with fur."
Zhao Laohan's words surprised everyone. It turned out that it was not just one leopard skin, but two!
At this time, Zhao Laohan continued, "First, he went to the supply and marketing cooperative to ask how much a leopard skin cost. They said seven or eight thousand. He was very happy and took his little quilt away.
When they saw it, they said it was not good. Why? First, the leather was not well-made, and second, his quilt was 40 or 50 years old, and the hair was not shiny anymore.
"It's been too long. It's not oily anymore." Wang Qiang added. Zhao Laohan nodded and said, "Of course. Old Liu from the supply and marketing cooperative is quite nice. I called him in the city and asked him. He said he could give him 1,000 yuan."
"Ah?" Everyone was surprised and happy when they heard this. They were surprised because one thousand yuan was too little, but they were happy because if they could collect the skins themselves, wouldn't they make a fortune?
Just wait for fortune to come, it's enough to sit under your buttocks, who cares if the hair is shiny or not! Who cares if the hair quality is good or not!
"Did he sell it?" Zhao Jun asked the key question. Zhao Laohan shook his head and said, "Can he sell it? He took the quilt into the city and asked the supply and marketing cooperative in the city. How much do you think they gave him?"
"How much is it?" Zhao Jun asked. Zhao Laohan raised his hand, extended his thumb and index finger, and said, "Tell him five hundred."
"Why is it missing?" Wang Qiang asked. Zhao Laohan smiled and said, "Lao Liu asked over the phone. The other party didn't even see what he had. After he took it, he said it was worthless."
"Then he didn't sell it either?" Zhao Jun asked again, fearing that old man Sun would sell the quilt out of discouragement.
“No.” Zhao Laohan shook his head and said, “He took it back again and asked Lao Liu to find someone to sell it for him according to the one thousand yuan he had agreed to before.”
Zhao Jun hurriedly asked, "If I give him one thousand, will he sell it to me?"
"Why did you buy it?" Zhao Laohan said, "You definitely can't pour it out. The fur is not shiny at all."
"I can't dump it out, so I keep it for my family." Zhao Jun said so, and Wang Qiang added: "Well, my sister and my brother-in-law are rich, so they like these messy things."
After Wang Qiang finished speaking, he saw Zhao Laohan looking at him, and Wang Qiang smiled and said, "My family used to be a landlord."
"Ah..." Zhao Laohan clicked his eyes and thought that these rich people were spendthrifts, otherwise how could the Sun family make quilts from leopard skin?
"Then you will come with me?" Zhao Laohan asked Zhao Jun. Zhao Jun stood up and said, "Master Zhao, I will go with you."
"Brother!" As Zhao Jun finished speaking, Li Ruhai stood up from the kang and said, "I'll go with you."
Zhao Jun really wanted to take Li Ruhai with him, after all, this kid was good at negotiating business, but when he thought of Sun Laohan's wife, Zhao Jun shook his head at Li Ruhai, then looked at Wang Qiang and Zhang Yuanmin and said, "Uncle, big brother, you two come with me."
Li Baoyu and Jie Chen are stupid, while Wang Qiang and Zhang Yuanmin are steady.
Wang and Zhang readily agreed. They got up, put on their clothes, and left the guesthouse with Zhao Jun and Zhao Laohan, walking out of the forest farm to Beishan Village.
When I entered the village, I found that the green scarf was no longer hanging on the tent. When I passed Zhao Laohan's house, I saw that there was no one in the yard. They must have cleaned up the battlefield.
Zhao Laohan led the three people to the village. About two minutes later, Zhao Laohan pointed to the fenced yard in front and said, "That's his home!"
As Zhao Jun walked, he stretched his neck to look into the yard, and saw an old lady in the garden, rubbing her hands in the snow with a colorful quilt.
(End of this chapter)