Sail across the sea

Chapter 78 It's Like When I Was Young

"Eat slowly, it's all yours, I'll buy it if it's not enough."

"Brother Long, you don't know, I only ate one pear melon I picked up on the side of the road today."

"It's miserable."

"Actually, it's nothing. I was used to being hungry when I was a child, so Renren passed."

"Was your family poor when you were a child?"

"My family is also very poor now, otherwise I would not have thought about going out to do business."

"Yeah, if it wasn't for the poor family, who would come out to start a business at a young age."

"Brother Long, was your family also poor when you were young?"

"That's for sure. At least you are still from the city, and your parents are paid wages. My whole family is farmers, so that's called being poor."

"So, Brother Long, are you in business now?"

"Hmm,... I mainly do it for others. By the way, Xiao Biao, what are you going to do next?"

"I want to find some odd jobs in Renqiao first, save some money, at least save the 20 yuan I lost, or my dad will beat me to death when I go back."

"Aren't you ready to do business?"

"decide as things go……"

"Xiao Biao, I think you are very ambitious, and you will definitely be a big boss in the future. How about this, I will lend you some money, and you can buy some goods from Renqiao and sell them back. When you earn back your money, Give it back to me, what do you think?"

"What? Brother Long, what you said is true!"

Yin Xiaobiao stood up suddenly, he didn't even bother to put half a steamed bun in his mouth.He stared blankly at Ke Shuilong, unable to believe what Ke Shuilong said just now was true.

"You sit down, you don't have to do this."

Ke Shuilong gestured to Yin Xiaobiao.

Only then did Yin Xiaobiao realize that his reaction was a bit extreme. He sat down, still looking at Ke Shuilong, and asked, "Brother Long, you and I just met, why do you..."

"It's nothing." Ke Shuilong put on an appearance of a kind uncle, "When I saw you just now, I felt that I fell in love with you. The way you looked just now is very similar to when I was young..."

"Uh……"

Yin Xiaobiao rolled his eyes.

Come on, you're young now, okay?Just now I thought you were a policeman, so I didn't dare to look at you seriously. Now that I see clearly, you are at most three or four years older than me, okay? As for pretending to be such an old man?
Thinking this way in his heart, Yin Xiaobiao didn't dare to talk nonsense, he said with a smile: "Brother Long, when you were young, you also..."

"I didn't go out of town like you, but sometimes I came to the city to sell vegetables. I carried vegetables and walked dozens of miles to the city. The food I brought rotted halfway, and I had no money Sometimes you have to go hungry all day when you eat on the street.”

Ke Shuilong recalled.

"It turns out that Brother Long has also suffered so much." Yin Xiaobiao said.

"That's right. So when I saw you, I remembered that... what was it called?" Ke Shuilong scratched his scalp, unable to remember.

"Brother Long, do you want to say that he is also a fallen man in the world?" Yin Xiaobiao spoke out for Ke Shuilong. After all, he just finished the college entrance examination, and his cultural background is much stronger than Ke Shuilong's.

"That's right, that's it. I heard what my cousin said." Ke Shuilong nodded happily, "You are the one who has fallen now. I saw it, so I want to help you."

"But, Brother Long, how much money can you lend me?" Yin Xiaobiao asked timidly.

"200 yuan, is it enough?" Ke Shuilong asked.

"200 yuan!" Yin Xiaobiao widened his eyes.

Ke Shuilong pretended to be understated, and said: "If you want to buy goods, 200 yuan is the minimum. Like you used to, if you come to Renqiao with 20 yuan, how many things can you get approved? You buy 20 yuan People won’t give you wholesale prices for money, but if you buy them at their retail prices and then sell them back, how much money can you make?”

"That's it..."

Only then did Yin Xiaobiao realize that he had indeed overlooked a big problem.

Yin Xiaobiao's father, Yin Liang, is an employee of the Cangtang Supply and Marketing Cooperative, so Yin Xiaobiao knew the concept of wholesale and retail since he was a child, and also knew that the wholesale price is much lower than the retail price.

However, after all, he has never done business by himself, and when thinking about problems, he will ignore the difference between wholesale and retail.After being awakened by Ke Shuilong's words, he realized that he was too unprofessional to buy goods with a mere 20 yuan.

"But, Brother Long, how dare I borrow so much money from you?" Yin Xiaobiao said in fear.

Ke Shuilong said: "Why are you afraid? If you want to do business, you must have the courage. If you dare not take 200 yuan, how can you make your business bigger?"

"I mean, Brother Long, don't you worry about me running away with the money?" Yin Xiaobiao finally spoke his mind.

This is 200 yuan, which is worth half a year's salary of my father. Can I stand the temptation?
This Brother Long, who has never lived with him, dared to lend him 200 yuan. Does this mean that he trusts himself too much?
How can I be so trusted by the other party.

Ke Shuilong shook his head and said, "I'm a very good judge of people. When I saw you, I knew that you were not the kind of dishonest person. Besides, didn't you just show me your student ID card? I know where you are from, if you run away with the money, I won't go to your house to find you?"

"That's right, Brother Long, my student ID card is definitely real. I'll write you an IOU and promise to return the money to you within a month. By the way, I can also give you five yuan... , no, ten yuan, as interest!"

Yin Xiaobiao gritted his teeth and made a promise to Ke Shuilong.

Ten yuan is already an astronomical figure for Yin Xiaobiao.However, people are rushing to lend him money, and the cost is 200 yuan per mouth. Shouldn't he pay 10 yuan in interest?
If he has 200 yuan as capital, he can wholesale more products back, and maybe earn 400 or 500 yuan.

At that time, it is totally appropriate to take out 10 yuan to reward Brother Long.

"Okay, then we've made a deal!" Ke Shuilong said.

He stood up and said, "Don't sleep here, the sea wind is strong here at night, and you will get sick. I'll take you to find a hotel to live in, and I'll accompany you to buy goods tomorrow morning.

"You are not familiar with Renqiao. You don't know who to buy things from, and you don't know how to negotiate the price. Maybe you will be cheated by others. I will take you there, and I will definitely not let you suffer."

"Okay, I'll listen to Brother Long!" Yin Xiaobiao also stood up and replied loudly.

He has already figured it out, no matter what purpose Ke Shuilong wants to lend him money, at least there should be no malicious intentions.Now that he is penniless and has no value to use, is he still worried that Ke Shuilong will lie to him?

Perhaps, Brother Long is what people often call Huo Leifeng, who is happy to help others without asking for anything in return.

I just want to always remember Brother Long's kindness.

(End of this chapter)