sbdcsierra Chapter 1451: A Gentleman Loves Money and Recruits the Sea
Chapter 1451: A Gentleman Loves Money and Recruits the Sea
Chapter 1451: A Gentleman Loves Money and Recruits the Sea
Being scolded by Zhao Jun, Li Ruhai's face was full of surprise.
At this time, Zhang Yuanmin rushed over from the other side.
"Brothers, are you done?" Zhang Yuanmin said, and then Zhao Jun nodded and said to them, "Let's go inside."
When the three of them returned to the house, Wei Huaixin just hung up the phone.
"Zhao Jun, I'm sorry." Wei Huaixin said to Zhao Jun with a hint of apology: "I didn't expect you to come back so early, and I didn't prepare that...hard dish for lunch."
"No need, Secretary Wei." Zhao Jun said with a smile, "Anything to fill my stomach is fine."
"Then let's have a simple meal in the cafeteria at noon." Wei Huaixin said, "After that, we'll prepare a good meal in the evening."
After saying that, Wei Huaixin opened the drawer of his desk, took out an envelope, handed it to Zhao Jun and said, "Here is two hundred yuan. Don't think it's too little."
"What's this for, Secretary Wei?" Zhao Jun didn't take the envelope, but Wei Huaixin stuffed it into his hand. Then Wei Huaixin smiled and said, "This can't be called a reward. It's just our forest farm's thanks to you."
"That's fine." After hearing what Wei Huaixin said, Zhao Jun held the envelope and said, "Thank you, Secretary Wei."
"You got it wrong." Wei Huaixin said with a smile, "We should be the ones thanking you."
I went to the cafeteria and had some food.
After Zhao Jun and others finished their meal, they returned to the guesthouse to rest.
After entering the house and putting down the gun and other things, Zhao Jun said to Li Ruhai: "Ruhai, come with me."
Hearing what Zhao Jun said, Wang Qiang, Li Baoyu and others looked at Li Ruhai. Li Ruhai also looked at them, then followed Zhao Jun out of the guesthouse.
After the two men left the house, Zhao Jun asked Li Ruhai to get into the jeep.
After Li Ruhai sat in the passenger seat, Zhao Jun drove the car out of the Little Redwood Forest Farm.
Zhao Jun was not familiar with this area, but he did not go far. After driving two miles, Zhao Jun stopped the car on the side of the road.
Along the way, Li Ruhai kept stealing glances at Zhao Jun's expression from time to time. When he saw Zhao Jun looking at him, Li Ruhai grinned, revealing two rows of small white teeth.
"Ruhai." Zhao Jun called Li Ruhai and asked him, "Don't you remember? One time, I asked you to find a successor to Cui Yulan."
"Ah..." Hearing this, Li Ruhai nodded and said, "Brother, didn't you say later that you wouldn't find her?"
Cui Yulan was Zhao Jun's stepmother in his previous life. Seeing her and Zhao Youcai fighting each other, Zhao Jun angrily ordered Li Ruhai to find a stepmother for Cui Yulan, and she must be as good as An Jiahe.
But within two days, Zhao Jun found Li Ruhai again and stopped what he had previously instructed Li Ruhai to do.
The previous irrational decision was made out of anger. When the anger gradually subsided and he regained his rationality, Zhao Jun felt that he was wrong to do so.
The past life and this life are not the same. The grudges of the past life will disappear with your rebirth. You should live a good life in this life and accumulate virtues for your parents, wife, children, and sisters.
"Ah, big brother." Li Ruhai seemed to remember something. He felt in his pocket and said, "The money is still here with me."
When Zhao Jun arranged Li Ruhai to do something, he gave him money in advance. Later, the task was cancelled and Li Ruhai wanted to return the money to Zhao Jun, but Zhao Jun said, "I'll leave it to you first."
That's what he said, but Li Ruhai knew that Zhao Jun just gave the money to him.
At this time, Li Ruhai mentioned money in order to ease the atmosphere, because the atmosphere in the car was too heavy, making Li Ruhai feel very uneasy.
"Ruhai." Zhao Jun sighed and said to Li Ruhai earnestly, "Brother, sometimes I wonder if I have done something wrong."
"What's the matter, big brother?" Li Ruhai asked. Zhao Jun said, "I shouldn't have asked you to go on stage to talk about Zhang Laibao and Dou Baoguo the other day. Alas, as a big brother, I won't teach you well."
Zhao Jun spoke from his heart. Sometimes he wondered if Li Ruhai was like this now because of himself.
In his previous life, Li Ruhai was a gossip-monger, but he was just a chatterbox who loved to gossip about family matters.
Things like this are commonly known as gossiping about wives. Women only talk about this when they sit together and have nothing to do.
As an adult, Li Ruhai could no longer hang out with women. The men in the village didn't like him, and even his wife and children thought he was embarrassing. When he was at home, the mother and daughter hardly talked to him.
But Li Ruhai never made any big mistakes in his life.
But it would be a bit of an exaggeration to say that Li Ruhai can make things happen with a flip of his hand. But he can still stir up trouble in a village.
Children of this age are in the period of expressing themselves. They feel like adults, but they are unable to bear the responsibilities of adults.
Li Ruhai has come to this point today due to his own reasons, but also due to the instigation of Zhao Jun.
Just think about it, if there was no Li Ruhai, it would not have been so easy to suppress Zhang Laibao and drive out Dou Baoguo.
But the successive successes made Li Ruhai's personality more flamboyant.
Even though this kid is always beaten at home, he is very opinionated. In Northeastern dialect, it is called: zhú (zhú) Yaozizheng.
The meaning of this word is to act on one's own will and not listen to others' advice.
In fact, Li Ruhai has been doing whatever he wants in the past six months, from his speech on "The Legend of Little Pigsy" at the party to his competition with Wang Meilan for the position of director of the Women's Department.
No matter how angry his family and friends are, they will not kill him. But who can tolerate him when he goes out?
Today, Zhao Jun didn't notice that this guy actually set his sights on the supply and marketing cooperative. If this had happened 20 years ago, he would have been dead.
Of course, even now, that is not possible.
"Brother, you can't say that." Li Ruhai looked at Zhao Jun and said, "Besides my father and mother who gave birth to me and raised me, the person I am most grateful to is you. If you hadn't taken me to the forest farm, my life wouldn't be so wonderful. Look at Ma Yang, we were classmates, what is he like? What am I like?"
"You..." Zhao Jun opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say. Li Ruhai's mouth was too powerful, even Zhang Yuanmin couldn't get a word in, let alone Zhao Jun.
But Zhao Jun knew that he could not let this kid go astray, so Zhao Jun organized his words in his mind and said to Li Ruhai: "Ruhai, I haven't studied as much as you have, and I don't have much education, but I have heard a saying that a gentleman loves money or something like that."
"A gentleman loves money but gets it in a proper way." Li Ruhai said the complete sentence for Zhao Jun.
"That should be it." Zhao Jun responded, and then asked Li Ruhai: "You should know what this sentence means, right?"
"Brother, I know." Li Ruhai pursed his lips and said, "Brother, I also know what you mean."
Zhao Jun looked at Li Ruhai without saying anything. Li Ruhai looked up at Zhao Jun and said, "I shouldn't have collected big skins at the supply and marketing cooperative."
After hearing what Li Ruhai said, Zhao Jun wanted to slap him in the face. What kind of words are these!
But between encirclement and suppression and recruitment, the Zhao army chose recruitment.
"Ru Hai." Zhao Jun said, "You understand the reason, so I won't say more."
After saying that, Zhao Jun started the car and drove back.
But when he arrived at the entrance of the supply and marketing cooperative, Zhao Jun stopped the car.
"Brother?" Li Ruhai glanced out the window, then turned back to Zhao Jun and said, "Didn't you say you wouldn't accept it?"
"Can't you give them an explanation if you don't accept it?" Zhao Jun smiled, pushed the car door and got out.
Li Ruhai didn't understand what was going on, but he got off the car and followed Zhao Jun into the supply and marketing cooperative.
Some forest workers had just finished lunch and came to buy cigarettes, while others took advantage of the lunch break to play chess in this room.
Seeing Li Ruhai and Zhao Jun coming in, Liu Changshan hurriedly winked at Li Ruhai, meaning that there were many people around now and don't say anything now.
Zhao Jun smiled and nodded to Liu Changshan, then did not go over to talk to Liu Changshan, but went to the side to watch others play chess.
Li Ruhai followed Zhao Jun, but unlike Zhao Jun, Zhao Jun watched others play chess without saying a word, but this guy really couldn't keep quiet.
Li Ruhai used to hang out in the convenience store every day, and often watched people playing cards and chess. He knew how to play mahjong, small cards, poker, and chess, and could give people some advice from time to time.
The lunch break at the forest farm ends at one o'clock, so at 12:50, the workers got up and went out.
After everyone left, Zhao Jun walked to the counter, clasped his fists towards Liu Changshan and said, "Master Liu."
"Hey." Liu Changshan nodded to Zhao Jun, then asked Li Ruhai, "Didn't I tell you to come tomorrow morning?"
"Master Liu." Zhao Jun interrupted and said, "We don't want that big skin anymore."
"Huh?" Liu Changshan was stunned and then frowned.
At this time, Li Ruhai's face turned red. This kid has a lot of problems, but he is honest in business, otherwise he wouldn't be able to be a broker in the village.
Li Ruhai felt very embarrassed as he had gone back on his word after making an agreement with someone.
"If you don't want it, then don't want it." Liu Changshan didn't say anything unpleasant, but instead seemed like he had put down a burden.
He is already in his forties and of course knows that it is wrong to do so, but he has two unmarried sons at home and the family needs money.
As soon as Liu Changshan finished speaking, he saw Zhao Jun take out an envelope from his pocket.
This was the 200 yuan Wei Huaixin gave him. Zhao Jun poured out the 20 big unity notes from the envelope. After finding eight and putting them in his pocket, Zhao Jun put the remaining 12 back into the envelope.
Seeing Zhao Jun put the envelope on the counter and pushed it towards him, Liu Changjiang hurriedly asked, "What do you want to buy?"
"I'm not buying anything." Zhao Jun pointed at Li Ruhai beside him, and then said to Liu Changjiang: "My younger brother told you, Master Liu, that one big skin will cost three yuan. If there are thirty-nine pieces, we will charge one hundred and twenty yuan."
"You said you don't want it?" Liu Changshan asked in surprise, but Zhao Jun smiled and said, "Master Liu, although I am young, I am always good at doing things. What I said is what I mean. I have to take the money now."
After hearing what Zhao Jun said, Li Ruhai looked at Zhao Jun in a daze. Li Ruhai knew that Zhao Jun had bought back his face with one hundred and twenty yuan.
One hundred and twenty yuan is not a small amount.
If Li Ruhai had ruined the deal because of his own problems, he would not have been willing to pay the other party one hundred and twenty yuan as compensation!
"I can't take this money." Liu Changshan picked up the envelope and handed it to Zhao Jun, saying, "What's this? That big piece of skin...if you don't want it, then don't take it."
"Master Liu." Zhao Jun pulled his hand away and did not take the envelope. Instead, he smiled and said, "I heard that your two sons will get married after the New Year. Then this money can be regarded as my gift. Is it okay? Consider it that we are friends."
"That's... no need!" Liu Changshan was a little anxious when he heard that. He walked out from behind the counter with the envelope in his hand, but heard Zhao Jun say, "Master Liu, even if the deal doesn't work out, we still have friendship. Maybe we can still do business together someday."
As soon as Zhao Jun finished speaking, there was a noise at the door. Liu Changshan was about to give the envelope to Zhao Jun, but Zhao Jun grabbed Li Ruhai and left.
Liu Changshan wanted to chase him out, but he saw an old lady carrying a basket coming in and asked, "Changshan, what are you holding? Are you going to send a letter?"
"I...ah, nothing." Liu Changshan couldn't tell anyone what was in the envelope. He raised his hand with the envelope and gestured to Zhao Jun, who walked to the door and turned back to nod at him.
Watching Zhao Jun and Li Ruhai leave, Liu Changshan stood there with mixed feelings, muttering, "The deal failed...but the benevolence and righteousness remain."
After coming out of the supply and marketing cooperative, Zhao Jun and Li Ruhai got on the jeep.
"Brother." As soon as he got in the car, Li Ruhai took out money from his pocket and said, "I can't let you pay for the 120 yuan. I have to give it to you no matter what."
"Forget it." Zhao Jun pushed away the hand holding the money. Zhao Jun couldn't argue with Li Ruhai, so he had no choice but to show Li Ruhai with practical actions.
Zhao Jun started the car, turned around and drove into the forest farm.
When they returned to the guesthouse and entered the room, they saw Wang Qiang, Zhang Yuanmin, Li Baoyu and Jie Chen sitting on the kang smoking.
Zhao Jun sat down on the edge of the kang and turned to Wang Qiang and the others and said, "Uncle, Secretary Wei gave us two hundred yuan today. We are not as rich as the sea, so the five of us will each have forty yuan for pocket money. I will give you the money tomorrow."
Zhao Jun left home with 50,000 yuan, but the money was stuffed under the back seat of the jeep.
At this time, Zhao Jun had only the remaining 80 yuan in bonus and more than 50 yuan in change in his pocket, which was not enough to share among the four of them.
Wang Qiang and others naturally had no objection to Zhao Jun's words. After Li Ruhai heard what Zhao Jun said, he pursed his lips and looked at Zhao Jun.
This child had shown his loyalty to Zhao Youcai, Wang Meilan and Zhao Jun, which was why Li Baoyu called him a slave of three surnames.
At this moment, Li Ruhai did not express his determination to Zhao Jun, but he had made up his mind in his heart that he must listen to Zhao Jun from now on.
After smoking a cigarette, Wang Qiang and others lay down and prepared to take a nap so that they could attend the celebration banquet in the evening.
Li Ruhai also lay down, but he insisted on lying next to Zhao Jun.
After lying down, Li Ruhai did not nag at everyone like he did last night, but whispered to Zhao Jun: "Brother, you are a gentleman."
"Huh?" Zhao Jun was stunned for a moment, then he figured out what was going on and said with a smile, "Your elder brother is not a gentleman, but we have to learn to be a gentleman."
"Yes! Yes!" Li Ruhai nodded repeatedly and said, "Brother, I know I was wrong. I can't go down the wrong path even if I don't make the extra 10,000 yuan."
"Oh, that's right!" Zhao Jun looked at Li Ruhai happily, but then he laughed and said, "But silly boy, it's not more than 10,000 yuan. We can only make 100 yuan from selling public big skins. Let's treat his 39 pieces as public ones. We can't even make 4,000 yuan."
"No, big brother." Li Ruhai said, "I heard from Master Liu that there was a mountain runner in Beicun who had a big white leather, but the supply and marketing cooperative confiscated it."
"What?" After hearing Li Ruhai's words, Zhao Jun sat up suddenly!
The day before yesterday, there was a shortage of 1,000 words. I will make up for that 1,000 words in this chapter.
(End of this chapter)