Siheyuan: Start with a Truck Driver

But Liu Haizhong didn't completely believe Zhang San's words.

"I've also heard about Lao Zhang. The antique dealer you mentioned is just an antique dealer on the black market.

As far as I know, the big antique dealers never show up on the black market. "

Liu Haizhong is a man who knows these things.

After all, most of the antique dealers who appear on the black market are small dealers.

The real big antique dealers, because they have strong funds and are afraid of being discovered by the authorities, will never appear on the black market.

They were introduced by some old customers and have established a huge network of relationships over the years. All transactions are conducted in secret.

Even if you want to track them down, there is no way to track them down.

Zhang San originally thought of using this method to lower the price of Liu Haizhong so that he could take advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune.

But he never expected Liu Haizhong to understand so clearly.

But he didn't feel discouraged or depressed.

Instead, he became excited. He lowered his voice and said, "I know everything you said in Liu Haizhong. But you should know it too. People don't look down on those big antique dealers at all. You are just making small fuss."

Liu Haizhong knew that Zhang San was testing him, but he didn't care.

"Old Zhang, let me tell you the truth. This time I have as many as seven or eight antiques in my hands. And each of them is a rare and exquisite piece. They just came out of the soil and have not been many years old. Don't worry, this business will definitely make people happy. You make a lot of money."

After being affirmed again, Zhang San also started to think about it. He thought about it carefully and really thought of someone.

That person can transport the antique directly.

And the antiques he needs are all relatively high-end.

Ordinary antiques cannot be seen at all.

Zhang San nodded towards Liu Haizhong and said: "Liu Haizhong, just wait for my news. We will contact you immediately and let you know when there is news."

Liu Haizhong also knows that if he continues to push now, Zhang San will definitely continue to lower the price.

So I could only suppress the anxiety in my heart, nodded and said: "Okay, brother, I'll leave this matter to you. When the matter is completed, I will definitely reward you heavily."

The two chatted for a few more words and then left.

After Liu Haizhong returned to the courtyard, he also started to develop new plans.

That is to use money to buy off the residents of the courtyard.

He has money now.

Although I haven’t received the money yet, I can give it to them once I have it.

In this day and age, not everyone is so honest, and there are also many people with bad intentions.

There are two in the courtyard.

One family is Lao Zhou's family, and the other is Lao Wang's family.

Liu Haizhong went to Lao Wang's house first.

Lao Wang himself is also a worker, a fifth-level worker, and he could have received a salary of more than 40 yuan per month.

But he is such a lazy person that he doesn't want to work in the workshop at all, and he especially likes to hang out with a group of friends.

You have to spend money to hang out with other people.

Lao Wang's salary is enough to live a wealthy life, but it is definitely not enough to go out for fun, so every time it is not until the end of the month, both pockets are clean.

So Lao Wang made a crooked idea.

He put the waste materials in the workshop into the pocket of his cotton-padded jacket, preparing to take them out and sell them to scrap points.

Who would have thought that he was not very lucky. As soon as I reached the gate, I was caught by the security officer.

Generally speaking, when security officers encounter this kind of situation, especially if the quantity of entrained materials is relatively small, they will not go online.

Usually, workers are asked to write a letter of apology, and then they are released with a small fine.

But Lao Wang was particularly unlucky, and happened to meet the factory director next to him.

The factory director was a straight-tempered person, and when he saw Lao Wang, he dared to bring things home. At that time, Lao Wang was punished, and he was reported to the superiors and Lao Wang was fired.

Because I lost something worth a few cents, I can get a salary of dozens of dollars every month.

Lao Wang was very sad and started to break things from then on.

He hangs out on the streets with his friends every day. Although he can get a little money, he is still the kind of person who goes hungry nine times out of ten.

It is not an exaggeration to say that Lao Wang's family was the poorest family in the courtyard before.

Compared with Lao Wang's family, Qin Huairu's family is like a landlord's family. Their family usually eats one meal at a time, and one meal can often last three days.

Liu Haizhong sometimes felt sorry for their family and would give them some steamed buns.

When Liu Haizhong came to Lao Wang's house, Lao Wang was squatting under the quilt.

Liu Haizhong knocked on the door a few times, and when no one opened the door, he opened the door and came in.

When he saw Lao Wang, he asked in surprise: "Lao Wang, what did you do? It's already ten o'clock in the morning, why haven't you gotten up yet?"

Lao Wang sat up and yawned, looked at Liu Haizhong and said, "It's Uncle Liu. You may not know, but I just bought my own pants yesterday."

Selling pants? Liu Haizhong frowned in surprise, looked at Lao Wang and said, "I remember you only have one pair of pants. If you sell the pants, how will you go out in the future?"

Lao Wang laughed loudly and said twice: "Although I don't have pants anymore, my wife still has pants. Can't it be enough for the two of us to take turns going out every day? He is going out now to pick up vegetables and leaves at the vegetable market. When I get back later, I’ll have pants to put on and get up.”

Hearing this, Liu Haizhong was speechless.

He has seen shabby houses, but he has never seen one as shabby as Lao Wang.

But that's okay, it's more conducive to Liu Haizhong's plan. .

Liu Haizhong felt a little disgusted when he saw that the bed was all black and dirty everywhere, so he stood there and talked to Lao Wang.

"I came to see you today because I have something I want to discuss with you."

"Tell me what's going on in my bangs. I'm so sleepy now and I still want to sleep. Please finish it quickly so I can sleep." Lao Wang frowned and said.

Liu Haizhong sighed and said: "Old Wang, you may not know yet, but Xu Damao from our compound is preparing to deal with me."

When Lao Wang heard this, he was Lele. How could he not hear it?

Don't look at him, don't think he stays in the house all day, but he is a well-informed person.

Xu Damao already knew it as soon as he joined forces with several people in the compound.

In addition, Xu Damao came to his home to look for him, but the money offered by Xu Damao's boy was too little, so Lao Wang was unwilling to cooperate with Xu Damao.

"Liu Haizhong, you are looking down on me, Old Wang. Xu Damao was here yesterday."

Hear this. Liu Haizhong's heart suddenly sank.

He knew very well that Lao Wang was going to make the lion open his mouth.

Liu Haizhong frowned and said: "Old Wang, you know Xu Damao well. Don't look at him smiling all day long, but he is actually very vicious inside.

I could have been a leader back then, but later I was replaced by Xu Damao. This is a lesson learned from the past. You must learn this lesson deeply. "

Lao Wang snorted coldly and said: "Liu Haizhong, you think too highly of me. I, Lao Wang, am not the kind of person who wants to be a leader. I just want to fill my stomach now, and I will work with anyone who can fill my stomach." mix.

Liu Haizhong, don't blame me for being a selfish person. I can't do anything else. Look at what kind of life I'm living now.

There wasn't even any noodles left in the noodle vat.

The last time I went to the subdistrict office to apply for subsistence allowance, I was rejected. "

Liu Haizhong knew this.

These days, only the elderly, weak, sick and disabled with physical problems can apply for the subsistence allowance.

How can a healthy person like Lao Wang not be able to support himself if he works seriously?

That's why the subdistrict office did not approve his application for minimum living allowance.

But how much does it cost to bribe Lao Wang now?

Liu Haizhong hesitated in his heart for a long time and said: "Old Wang, look at this, I will give you ten dollars. When Xu Damao holds a conference, you must stand up and stop Xu Damao."

Hearing this, Lao Wang jumped out of bed excitedly.

He originally only wanted to bring a three-to-five towel, but he didn't expect Liu Haizhong to be willing to give up ten yuan. This shows that Liu Haizhong is really rich.

Lao Wang hesitated for a moment, feeling that he should ask for more, but after thinking about it carefully, he decided not to.

If Liu Haizhong is really pissed off and can't even get ten dollars, that will be trouble.

"Liu Haizhong. Don't worry. We are brothers and I should help you if something like this happens. As long as you give me the money, I promise to handle the matter properly for you."

I saw Xu Damao's boy standing alone in front of others, but there was nothing he could do in front of me. "

Liu Haizhong still believed in what Lao Wang said.

This guy is a scoundrel to begin with, and what he does best is stir up trouble.

But he didn't give all the money to Lao Wang, but gave Lao Wang five yuan first.

"Old Wang, you take the money first, and I will give you the rest after the conference is over."

Lao Wang knew very well that Liu Haizhong was guarding him, but he didn't care.

After all, no one in the compound dared to owe money to him.

"Don't worry, just leave this matter to me and I guarantee that it will be completed smoothly for you."

"Then I'll help you, Lao Wang."

After Liu Haizhong left the Wang family, he came to the old Zhou family in the backyard.

The situation of Lao Zhou's family is different from that of Lao Wang's family. There is a difference.

The couple had two throats in their early years, but over the years they both became seriously ill and couldn't. To work.

Although they have subsistence allowances provided by the neighborhood, they still live a very hard life in the face of high medical expenses.

Just knocked on the door.

In bangs, I saw Lao Zhou and his wife squatting in the house looking at the match box.

Perhaps to save electricity, the lights were not turned on and the room was dark.

Liu Haizhong frowned and said: "Old Wang, what are you doing? The current electricity bills are calculated according to the light. Even if you don't turn on the lights, you still have to pay the same electricity bill every month. Why do you need to save such a small amount of electricity? ?”

The electricity bills in the courtyard are not charged according to the electricity meter.

It is calculated based on the number of electrical equipment used by each customer.

One light bulb counts as one quantity.

Therefore, in Liu Haizhong's view, it is meaningless for Mr. and Mrs. Zhou to save electricity bills like this.

When Old Zhou and his wife saw Liu Haizhong come in, they both stood up quickly, wiped their hands and said with a smile: "You may have misunderstood, we are not saving electricity bills for our family, but saving electricity bills for our compound.

Think about it, energy is so scarce now.

Many factories cannot operate because they have no electricity. If we save a little electricity, workers can produce more, and industrialization can be realized as soon as possible. "

The old Zhou family member also said: "You see, we have no way to contribute because of our health problems. We can only save a little electricity in our daily lives. This can be regarded as doing our little bit."

After saying this, Liu Haizhong suddenly couldn't laugh or cry.

Both of them are like this now, and they still want to contribute to industrialization.

I don’t know if their ideological consciousness is really high or if there is something wrong with their brains.

It's just that Liu Haizhong can't care about these things now.

He took a chair and sat down, looked at Lao Zhou and said with a smile: "Lao Zhou, how is your family's life now?"

Lao Zhou spread his hands and said: "Liu Haizhong, we are all neighbors in the compound, don't you know that others don't know?

The two of us can't do anything now, and we only have a minimum living allowance of five yuan a month, so what are we going to do?

We paste match boxes every day and earn three to two yuan a month.

It’s not enough money to buy medicine. "

It's a pity for Lao Zhou and Lao Zhou's wife to talk about.

Especially Lao Zhou, whose father turned out to be a factory worker.

But because his father doted on his younger son more, when his father retired, he handed over his job to his younger son, who was Lao Zhou's younger brother.

If he had given his job to Lao Zhou, Lao Zhou would be able to have all of his medical expenses reimbursed and still receive wages from the factory, and his life would not be so miserable.

Of course these things have nothing to do with Liu Haizhong.

He smiled and said: "Lao Zhou, Lao Zhou's family, the reason why I came to you today is because I want to discuss something with you. You may have heard that Xu Damao is preparing to deal with me."

Hearing this, Lao Zhou waved his hand and interrupted Liu Haizhong: "Second uncle, are you kidding me? Xu Damao is the steward of our compound, how can he deal with you?"

Liu Haizhong took a deep look at Lao Zhou, and then remembered that Lao Zhou and his wife rarely appeared in front of people, and they did not chat with those old ladies.

"Here's the thing, wasn't I deceived by Qin Huairu a while ago?

Then, I was detained for a few days by comrades from the police station for falsely accusing the senior man in our compound. I had already changed my ways, and the comrades from the street police station also forgave me.

But this guy Xu Damao took the opportunity to attack me.

You want to drive me out of my position as the second uncle.

You are also old residents of the compound. We have a very good relationship. You have to help me with this matter. "

Liu Haizhong told the story of the incident, and then looked at Lao Zhou expectantly.

Lao Zhou looked a little hesitant.

The couple seldom intervened in matters within the compound.

Especially Liu Haizhong and Xu Damao, who are related to this matter.

These two people are not easy to mess with. If you really offend them.

It might cause big trouble.

Lao Zhou said awkwardly: "Maybe you know us, but we don't know about this matter, and the two of us are not in good health, and we don't want to participate in this quadrangle conference.

So I can't promise you. "