Starting from a short stick, becoming the master of the universe

Chapter 40: How much is left?

"Mrs. Chen, you speak first."

Jiang Cheng said hurriedly.

"Row."

Sister Chen smiled and said, "Didn't you send over a pound of meat and a pound of eggs last night? Sister Chen will cook them tonight. Can you come over for dinner? And Grandma Jiang, come over as well."

"I'm not going."

The old man smiled and shook his head, looking towards Jiang Cheng, "We can just go to the small town at night."

Mrs. Chen was not surprised and looked at Jiang Cheng again.

"This is the matter."

Jiang Cheng thought about it and finally refused.

"Mrs. Chen, there aren't many of those things. I bought them especially for you and Xiaoyue. If I go over to eat them, what's the point?
One more thing, I actually plan to find an opportunity after some time for our two families to sit down and have a big meal together."

Hearing this, Mrs. Chen immediately understood what Jiang Cheng meant.

A great meal.

The cost of this big meal would probably not be just a few dozen, but could be hundreds, or even two or three hundred.

"Small town."

The smile on Sister Chen's face disappeared, and she said with some concern: "Sister-in-law knows that you are making a lot of money selling roasted sweet potatoes now, but you can't spend it so lavishly. Feasts are for the rich. For ordinary people like us, it is enough to have one meat dish on the table."

"Mrs. Chen, I understand what you mean, but I'm not the kind of person who gets carried away when I make money. I did make a lot of money these past two days, but the pressure is getting greater and greater. This is something I want to discuss with you, Mrs. Chen, and Grandma."

Jiang Cheng's face turned serious.

"What, what happened?" Mrs. Chen's heart skipped a beat.

The old man next to him also looked nervous.

"It's like this. In the past two days, many people saw that I had two furnaces running. Knowing that I was making money, they wanted to borrow money from me."

"You borrowed it?" Mrs. Chen's heart was in her throat.

When it comes to borrowing money, it's easy to lend it out but difficult to get it back.

"How could that be? Sister Chen specifically reminded me before, but I didn't borrow any." Jiang Cheng said, sighing, "But the trouble is yet to come, because my business is so good, I've discovered that many gangsters are secretly watching me."

“I was lucky these past two days and managed to avoid them, but I don’t know if I will be so lucky in the next few days.

If they catch us, they will definitely take all the money we have."

Hearing this, the room suddenly became quiet.

After a while, Mrs. Chen advised, "Xiao Cheng, if they catch you, just give them the money. Don't act on impulse and get into a conflict with them."

"Yes, a small town." The old man's eyes showed deep worry.

When business was slow before, she would feel very distressed if someone robbed her of a hundred or two hundred yuan.

Not to mention that Jiang Cheng can now earn four or five hundred yuan a day. She was heartbroken to see so much money being robbed.

But compared to money, she was more worried about her grandson's safety.

You can earn money again if you lose it, but when a person is gone, he is really gone.

"Mrs. Chen, I understand what you mean, but I'm worried that they won't just stop me once. Before, my business was average, and they came to me every few days. Now that my business is good, I'm afraid they will come to me every other day, and there will be more than one group. If they come to me every day, then I'm actually working for them. At the end of a month, I may not even be able to collect enough money for the stall fee."

Jiang Cheng was helpless.

Mrs. Chen also fell silent.

This was also what she was worried about before.

People are afraid of being famous, just like pigs are afraid of being fat. Business is generally OK, but if it is good, all kinds of monsters will notice you.

"How about modifying the car again?" Mrs. Chen glanced at the tricycle beside her.

It's better to earn less money than to have it all taken away by others.

"I've thought about it, but since those people have already noticed me, I'm afraid it might not be useful to do this."

"..."

Mrs. Chen's face was full of anxiety.

Now, she didn't know what to do.

Seeing this, Jiang Cheng knew that the time was almost right.

"Mrs. Chen, Grandma, I have thought of a solution that I think is feasible and I would like to discuss it with you."

"any solution?"

"I heard that the martial arts schools on the street have been recruiting students. If you become their members, you don't have to worry about being bullied by those hooligans outside, or even the Wild Wolf Gang."

"Really?"

The old man asked impatiently, like a drowning man grabbing a life-saving straw.

"I've heard my husband mention this before."

Mrs. Chen recalled, "According to him, there seem to be two types of members in the martial arts hall, one is ordinary and the other is advanced. If you are an advanced member, not only can you learn kung fu in the martial arts hall, you don't even have to pay the money to the Wild Wolf Gang. But the money was too much and we couldn't afford it at that time. Xiaocheng, do you mean to say that you want to join the martial arts hall?"

"I have this idea."

Jiang Cheng nodded and repeated what Bai Wei said in front of everyone that day.

"Yes, that's right."

Mrs. Chen took a deep breath. If she wanted to become a senior member, she had to pay five thousand yuan every month, and she couldn't interrupt it unless it was absolutely necessary.

Because once it is interrupted, you have to pay the Wild Wolf Gang again.

What will the Wild Wolf Gang do then?

Imagine that there is someone who has been paying you protection money. Suddenly one day, he pays for someone else. Not long after, he comes to pay for you again. Will you still ask him to pay the same amount as before?

If you are a regular member.

It doesn't make much sense.

You have to pay on both ends.

The good thing is that you don’t have to worry about being robbed by gangsters on the way back, and if you don’t renew your membership one day, the Wild Wolf Gang won’t do anything to you.

"Xiaocheng, you want to become a member of that martial arts school, right?"

Mrs. Chen asked.

"Yes."

Jiang Cheng nodded and said, "In this way, you don't have to worry about being spotted by those gangsters on the way back and having your money robbed. If you are a senior member, you don't have to pay the Wild Wolf Gang anymore. Mrs. Chen, you don't know that the Wild Wolf Gang is fighting with the Iron Fist Gang outside.
If the Wild Wolf Gang loses, then the Iron Fist Gang will be in charge of this place, and they may have to pay membership fees again. If they pay directly to the boxing gym, then not only the Wild Wolf Gang, but also the new gangs that come in at that time will not have to pay membership fees to them. "

After saying that, Jiang Cheng looked at Mrs. Chen, wondering how the latter would react.

"Yes."

Mrs. Chen digested the information in her mind and nodded, "For others, becoming an ordinary member of the martial arts gym is not very useful, but it increases the burden. If you become a senior member and you don't have money one day and can't renew your membership, you will easily be bullied.

But it's different for you, Xiaocheng. You can earn more than 400 yuan a day now, and it's not difficult to earn tens of thousands a month. So you don't have to worry about not having money to renew your subscription.
Sister-in-law supports you to find a martial arts gym to join and become a senior member. Then you won't have to pay any money to the gang that manages this place. But you should have 5,000 yuan on you now, right? How much do you need?"

(End of this chapter)