"What, you still plan to do business?" Hu Jianjun sat on a tree stump, looking at Hu Mingchen who was standing in front of him with some surprise.

After dinner, Jiang Yucai took Hu Yandie and Hu Yujiao to the ruins of the collapsed old house to see if they could find some useful items, while Hu Mingchen called Hu Jianjun to the side under a few orange trees, saying that he had something to discuss with him.

And Hu Mingchen didn't beat around the corner, and directly told him at the beginning that he was going to open a video hall.

"Yes, if you don't do business, if there is no living water coming in, even if the house is repaired, our family's life will be a pool of stagnant water. Hu Mingchen replied to Hu Jianjun's gaze.

"But the problem is, if you take the money to open that video hall, won't the house be repaired? How much does it cost to build that thing?" Hu Jianjun doesn't want to have the problem of stagnant water or living water in the future, what he is concerned about now is that if the funds are insufficient, the house will not be repaired, and there will be no place to live during the Chinese New Year.

"I don't use all the money to do business, I owe Boss Wang the money, I plan to pay him back only 2,000 first, and the extra 2,000 will not be paid first. I don't know how much it costs to build a video hall, but I guess more than 10,000 is needed. So I'll give you another 10,000, plus what you have, it's 20,000, you can take 20,000 yuan to operate it first, and as for the thousands of dollars you owe to others, you can delay it until the end of the New Year, and then return it to others after the New Year. Anyway, the house can't be repaired all at once, plus the time to burn the bricks, I'm afraid it will take three months, and I should be able to earn some by then, and then I will add 10,000 yuan to come in. Hu Mingchen told his calculations.

In the long run, Hu Mingchen still decided to tighten his belt to build the video hall, if he didn't do it now, it would be even more difficult in the future.

Although it is the most difficult and constrained time in the family, the more this time, the more Hu Mingchen has to sort out the direction and the more he has to stick to the goal.

"Do you need so much for a video hall? What if you can't make money at that time, or if you lose money? Our house can't be built with walls without a roof, right? Thirty thousand yuan is very tight to spend on repairing a cement bungalow, and I did some preliminary calculations, but I'm afraid I won't be able to get it without 40,000 yuan. ”

"You won't lose money, it just depends on how much you earn and how little you earn. If I need 40,000 yuan, then I have to do it, even if I don't do it, there is still a gap of 10,000 yuan. Why don't I give it a try, Dad, you can let me give it a try. Anyway, our family is already like this, no matter how bad it is, how bad can it be?" Hu Jianjun increased the amount of 10,000 yuan, but did not make Hu Mingchen feel more pressure, but instead regarded him as a positive reason to work in the video hall.

Hu Jianjun did not immediately answer Hu Mingchen's request, but broke and broke a branch.

Hu Mingchen stood on the spot, he knew that his father was hesitating and tangled, so he didn't bother him.

At this moment, Hu Mingchen does not intend to persecute, it is more important to let him figure it out by himself. This is a time when the family must come together to face the challenge.

After half a ring, Hu Jianjun stood up from the stump: "If you want to do it, you can do it, I don't know what a video hall is, as long as you think you won't lose money." It's okay to hold on to 20,000 yuan for two or three months, but if you really want to repair the house, you have to make up at least 15,000, I hope you can earn so much money in the next few months. ”

Although Hu Jianjun agreed, from his tone, Hu Mingchen could hear that he was not so hopeful.

Earning 15,000 in three months, that is, earning 5,000 a month, this is not ordinarily difficult in Duge Township. Anyway, Hu Jianjun himself didn't dare to think about it.

Although his family said last month that a single business earned more than 20,000 yuan, in Hu Jianjun's view, it was more due to luck rather than the inevitable result of ability. Therefore, for earning a minimum of 15,000 in three months, Hu Jianjun thinks it is unlikely.

It's just like Hu Mingchen said, even if his family doesn't repay the money and doesn't do business, the money in his hand is not enough, and it is difficult to borrow money again. To put it mildly, his family doesn't even have a house, who would dare to borrow more money from them?

In this case, if his son Hu Mingchen wants to make a fuss, Hu Jianjun simply lets him. Anyway, the money is earned by his credit, and repairing the house, no matter what, is also the responsibility of Lao Tzu, not the responsibility of his son.

"I did my best. Hu Mingchen didn't say it completely.

He had never opened a video hall, and there had never been a video hall on Duge Street, so it was hard to predict whether it would be successful or not.

I didn't go to school for two days, and on the third day, Hu Mingchen and his sisters had to go to school normally, and Hu Mingchen also resumed his practice of following Song Qiaoshan.

I didn't see Hu Mingchen for two days, and Song Qiaoshan didn't ask for any reason, and Hu Mingchen didn't explain. It's like there's no break between them, Song Qiaoshan still asks for whatever he wants, and Hu Mingchen does his best to fulfill Song Qiaoshan's requirements.

However, at the end of the practice and when they were about to separate, Song Qiaoshan stopped Hu Mingchen and handed him an envelope at the same time.

"Uncle Song, this is ......" Looking at the envelope, Hu Mingchen did not reach out to pick it up.

"I heard that your house was washed down by water, take it, don't be too little. Song Qiaoshan continued to hold the envelope.

Hu Mingchen's house was washed down, in the surrounding areas of Duge Township, most people know about it, and it is reasonable for Song Qiaoshan, as the head of the police station, to know this news.

What happened to Hu Mingchen's family, the township also made appropriate statements, 100 catties of rice, 400 yuan, less is less, but it is not bad, and the township is actually not rich.

Hu Mingchen's nose was sour, but he still endured: "Uncle Song, my family can get through the difficulties for the time being, you ......"

"I said you kid is crooked, you don't look like a man at all. If you take it, you will take it, mother-in-law, mother-in-law, otherwise you won't come to learn from me in the future. You are my apprentice, and if your apprentice's family is in trouble, shouldn't the master help you? Seeing that Hu Mingchen still wanted to refuse, Song Qiaoshan suddenly became popular, not only raised his voice, but also forcibly stuffed the envelope into Hu Mingchen's hand.

This time, Hu Mingchen has to accept it if he doesn't accept it.

Holding the envelope in his hand, Hu Mingchen was excited, a stream of acid rushed to his head, and as soon as his knees were bent, Hu Mingchen knelt down.

"Thank you, master. ”

"Get up, get up, don't do this, get up. As soon as Song Qiaoshan raised his hand, he dragged Hu Mingchen up from the ground: "I'll tell you, man, kneel to the sky and kneel to your parents, and others, don't kneel casually." ”

Hu Mingchen's kneeling was not more to thank Song Qiaoshan for sending charcoal in the snow, he was more for the word "master".

After studying with Song Qiaoshan for a few months, Song Qiaoshan has always only accepted Hu Mingchen to call him Uncle Song, and never asked Hu Mingchen to call him master, and it is the first time to bring these two words out today.

Although the title "uncle" sounds intimate and intimate, compared with "master", it lacks a layer of rigorous relationship framework logic.

For example, as long as it is a man of the same age as Hu Jianjun, Hu Mingchen can call him "uncle", but "master" is not something that anyone can call and anyone can accept, and there must be a closer inheritance relationship between them.

In our traditional culture for thousands of years, the status of the master is very respected, in the countryside, the shrines of each hall house are basically written on the heaven and earth monarch teacher, which is sacred and inviolable.

Therefore, when Song Qiaoshan mentioned the master and apprentice, Hu Mingchen's kneeling was equivalent to confirming and consolidating the master-apprentice relationship between them.

"As the saying goes, one day is a teacher and a father for life, in this case, you and my father are the same, and you should be kneeling by your apprentice. Hu Mingchen said.

Song Qiaoshan was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that Hu Mingchen was kneeling for this, not the money he helped.

"You kid can really climb up the pole, okay, I'm a doorless and unsectarian, and I can be regarded as having an apprentice. Song Qiaoshan smiled self-deprecatingly.

"If you accept other apprentices in the future, then I will be a senior brother, isn't it equivalent to opening a mountain and establishing a sect. Hu Mingchen smiled and said, "Master, it stands to reason that I should have restrained you, but today you are indeed ...... Isn't that a bit out of order?"

"Then you can give me more in the future and honor me more?" Song Qiaoshan quipped.

"That's two different things, master, just like this, I really can't swallow your money, I want to return it to you, and you won't want it." You see if this will work, I plan to open a video hall on the street, even if you invest in joint stocks, how about it?" Hu Mingchen rolled his eyes and put forward a new suggestion.

"I gave it to you, how to use your home, that's your family's business, how you like to drip and drip. Wait, you said you want to open a video hall on the street?" Song Qiaoshan waved his hand, not taking Hu Mingchen's investment joint stock seriously at all.

"Yes. Then Hu Mingchen explained to Song Qiaoshan why he did this.

"It's right that you can take one step and see two steps, I don't understand how to do business, but...... You can't engage in those colored things to make money, otherwise, even if you are an apprentice, I will not be able to spare you. ”

Although Song Qiaoshan has never done business, he also knows that if he wants to do a good business, many video halls are crooked and heretical, and they are full of colored films.

Although I don't believe that Hu Mingchen can do those things at a young age, the preventive shots that should be given should be given in advance.

"Master, don't worry, I will abide by your teachings, I will never do that kind of illegal and disorderly, messy things, no matter whether I can make money or not, at least I can't discredit you, you say yes? I don't care now or in the future, what I do must be regular. Hu Mingchen patted his chest and reassured.