Rebirth 78: Hunting for Treasure in the Mountains, Spoiling My Wife and Daughter to the Heavens

"You can't hit me after I've said that?"

"I promise I won't hit him!"

"What about my uncle?" the little boy asked timidly.

"Even if the Emperor himself were to beat his nephew, it wouldn't be his problem!" Old Liu said angrily, grumbling.

"He won't hit you. If he dares to hit you, I'll hit him back." Lu Weiguo rolled up his sleeves, revealing his well-built muscles.

The little boy first looked on with envy, then gave him a look as if he were looking at a fool, as if to say, "My uncle works for the police."

Even the subordinate police stations are in charge of dozens of people. What's the use of just having muscles?

However, the little boy sensed Lu Weiguo's equal attitude towards people and pulled Lu Weiguo aside.

I will begin answering Lu Weiguo's question.

This scene infuriated Old Liu so much that cold air was practically emanating from his nostrils.

"Recently, a few people have come to exchange grain, but they only want a small amount of refined rice and all of it is the lowest quality cornmeal."

And they demanded a lot of it. In our village, that stuff is mostly used to feed chickens; very few people eat it, yet they offered a high price.

I brought quite a lot over from the village.

When asked, the little boy even specified the exact number.

Children are quick-witted and have good memories.

Moreover, the little boy was clearly exceptionally intelligent; by the end, he had even described the characteristics of the other children.

Three people from that group came.

He has a slight limp in one leg and likes to walk on tiptoe.

He had a hunchback, and his back looked like he was carrying a pot.

The most unusual person was the one following behind them, who didn't speak and seemed to be non-existent.

"How should I put it? He's like an ordinary person. If he hadn't paid at the end, I wouldn't have noticed him several times. He's the kind of person who would walk right past you without you even noticing."

After listening to the little boy's words, Lu Weiguo and Lao Liu exchanged a glance.

This trip was definitely worthwhile.

They used their watch tickets to exchange for money in order to buy food.

Moreover, this is largely because there are too many abducted children, and they cannot even leave the county town.

That's why they decided on a whim and replaced so much inferior grain.

It's probably for the children too.

Child trafficking is only valuable when the child is alive; once the child is dead... it's not like the heinous acts of organ trafficking that have occurred in later generations.

Step out of the courtyard.

Lu Weiguo became curious about the little boy's background.

Despite being only thirteen or fourteen years old, he communicates very smoothly and is more organized than some adults.

"That's my nephew, surnamed Zhou, named Zhou Chuxi. A few years ago, my poor sister got married. I thought he was an educated man who would treat my sister well."

But after the child was born, that beast reverted to his true nature, beating and verbally abusing my sister while constantly claiming it was for her own good.

After being tormented like this for ten years, I finally realized that something was wrong with my sister; she seemed to have mental problems.

The beast, seeing something was wrong, tried to run away with Zhou Chuxi in his arms, but the boy had a tenacious spirit and had run back from the south on his own.

Just to take care of her mother, she even named herself Zhou Xingwang, meaning to make that beastly old Zhou's family prosper.

That kid just wants to be successful now, so he can take good care of his sick mother.

As Old Liu spoke, he began to choke up. Everyone says that a mother's brother is the greatest, so how could he not feel sorry for this nephew who was protecting his sister?

Lu Weiguo shook his head and sighed, then patted Lao Liu on the shoulder.

As expected, cultured people have "foresight." So, isn't your mother just a future PUA?

The most righteous are often the lowly butchers, while the most ungrateful are often the scholars.

This statement is absolutely true.

After all, most of the people who have received an education in this era come from well-off families. They are cultured, but they are also worldly-wise, cold-hearted, and ungrateful.

"What about your sister? Aren't you going to do anything about her?"

"How could I not care? But with my meager salary, I have to support my family, and there's not much left. That's why I turn a blind eye and let this brat hang around here."

Fortunately, your little brother Huang He is a good person; he never makes things difficult for the unfortunate, only ripping off the wealthy who buy high-end goods.

Old Liu doesn't interfere with the black market; even if he does, he'll give Huang He some face.

That's probably why.

It was also said that Huang He was a fool with good fortune, and his righteousness had indeed saved him from a lot of trouble.

"Alright, I'll have Huang He take better care of your nephew from now on. But this kind of buying and selling isn't the right way to do things. It would be better for him to go to school if he has the chance."

Lu Weiguo didn't mean that middlemen didn't make money, from the 1980s to the mid-1990s.

Middlemen make a lot of money; in fact, many wealthy people earned their first pot of gold by being middlemen.

but!

Everyone knows about making money, but nobody knows how dangerous it is.

Go to the Russians, and you can earn ten thousand yuan in one trip.

But nobody knew that out of ten people who went, it would be good if five came back.

People only see the good aspects, but ignore the dangers.

This is survivor bias.

The child was still young, so there was nothing wrong with him studying, especially with Huang He taking care of him.

When we open a leather factory, I'll get a job as a workshop foreman or something. That's much better than going out and taking risks.

"Okay, I've got it." Old Liu sighed.

"Your sister is sick and needs money, right? Don't worry about that. I'll lend it to you interest-free. You can just pay me back a little each month."

Lu Weiguo was serious, but Lao Liu took it all as a joke.

These days, who borrows money without paying interest?

But we can wait until we leave the black market.

Old Liu, smoking a cigarette, asked sheepishly, "How much can you lend me?"

"Borrow as much as you need," Lu Weiguo said earnestly.

"You rich bastard! You have a thousand, don't you?"

A thousand or a hundred ten-yuan bills, put together, would be taller than a head.

These days, who has a thousand dollars to carry around with them all the time?

"Okay, you write an IOU and I'll give you the money, but I want to make it clear beforehand that the money is for your sister's medical treatment. You have to pay back at least ten yuan every month. I don't want you to pay it back; I want your nephew to pay it back."

Old Liu was instantly dumbfounded.

one thousand!!

That's a thousand dollars!!

Is this rich dog really that wealthy?

Moreover, given their relationship, it was as simple as signing an IOU; they could lend money whenever they wanted.

Lu Weiguo withdrew the money very quickly.

Go to Yuan Mengjie's place and find Huang He to ask for it.

Once you see this stack of 10,000 yuan notes, some new and some old, you can build three large tiled houses in the countryside.

You can buy a house with a yard in the county town with your household registration.

That's enough to buy an official position, and you just handed it over like that?

"You're really going to lend it to me?"

"Are you taking this as a joke? That child is pitiful. With this money, we can guide him onto the right path. The child is the most important thing, and besides school time, he can work with Huang He."

"Ten yuan a month is just enough to pay me back. The child will be under our watchful eye all the time, and we can't let him go astray." In just a short while, Lu Weiguo had already planned out his child's future.

Zhou Chuxi, since you want to be successful, then your Uncle Lu will take you out to make your way in the world and make you successful!

"Weiguo, I owe you."

"What are you saying? We're brothers. If you feel indebted to me, hurry up and get some wiring connected for my new house, and think about getting the wiring for that too!"

Lu Weiguo said with a smile.

"Get out of here, you brat! You can't even utter a decent word in three sentences! Hahahaha!"