Chapter 22 Down-to-earth
"When you meet someone you like, it's more than three or five hundred thousand......"
Looking at the shocked look of the two young people, Sun Chao had a wry smile on his face, he had collected a lot of superb prayer beads over the years, but no matter in terms of material, appearance or inheritance, none of his collections could compare to the agarwood rosary in front of him.
"Three...... Three and a half million......" The fat man looked at Fang Yi with a somewhat dull look in his eyes, and said, "Brother Yi'er, don't you really think about it? With this money, we can do anything in the city......
As the saying goes, wine is strong and courageous, and money increases the popularity of the poor, hearing that this inconspicuous string of beads can really be exchanged for so much money, the fat man has no idea where to run away from Fang Yi's fear in his heart, and he can't wait to sell the beads to Sun Chao instead of Fang Yi.
"Yes, Xiao Fang, you can really think about it......"
Seeing that the fat man was helping him persuade Fang Yi, Sun Chao also had a glimmer of hope in his heart, and said immediately: "You have just entered the city, right? Otherwise, if you are willing to cut your love, I can give you a house of 120 square meters in the city center, and then take 500,000 cash, what do you think?"
In 2000, the housing in the center of Jinling would be two or three thousand square meters, one hundred and twenty square meters, that is, three or four hundred thousand, plus 500,000 in cash, then the price of this string of beads would be close to one million.
"A house, and 500,000?"
Although his family moved to Jinling, the house was outside the city wall, and the total area of the house for a family of six was only more than 80 square meters, which was also the reason why the three guns were unwilling to squeeze together with their families before returning to the countryside to live.
"Brother Sun, you really can't sell ......"
The mere fact that he couldn't take a car without money made Fang Yi realize the benefits of money, but Fang Yi had his own bottom line in his heart, that is, he could make money with his strength, but he could never exchange his master's relics for money.
"A gentleman doesn't take the favor of others, but this is my abruptness......"
After hearing Fang Yi's words, Sun Chao smiled self-deprecatingly, took out a business card and handed it to Fang Yi with the agarwood rosary on his wrist, and said, "Xiao Fang, if you are in a hurry to use money in the future, you can find your eldest brother Sun to turn around, you just need to mortgage the beads to me and let me play for a while......"
Sun Chao could see that the young people in front of him looked like they had just entered the city, and they were definitely not financially well-off, he said this because he was afraid that Fang Yi would encounter difficulties in the future and give the beads to his hand, then he would regret it.
"Thank you, Brother Sun......" Fang Yi took the business card, and saw that there was only Sun Chao's name and a string of phone numbers on it, he hadn't called since he was so old, so he couldn't help but look at it a few more times.
"That's my mobile phone, it's on 24 hours a day, you can find me whenever you call......"
Sun Chao explained to Fang Yi that he generally has two kinds of business cards on him, one is for business partners, which has various titles, but only the phone number of the studio is left, and the one for Fang Yi is Sun Chao's personal business card, which is often only sent to friends who have good personal relationships.
"Haha, Sun Chao, you know that being rich is not everything, right?" Seeing that his son failed to convince Fang Yi, Sun Lianda laughed loudly, looking at Fang Yi with a look of love and appreciation in his eyes.
Sun Lianda is an old-fashioned style, the most important thing is loyalty, filial piety, courtesy, and righteousness, Fang Yi refuses to sell the relics left by his teacher, this kind of mental conduct is extremely valuable in Sun Lianda's opinion, because in the face of the temptation of nearly one million dollars, not to mention Fang Yi, a young man in his early twenties, many people who have been tempered by life may not be able to do it.
"Dad, I never said that money is everything......" Sun Chao had calmed down, pointed to the food he brought, and said: "Dad, you hurry up and eat, there is still bone broth stewed at home, I will bring it over at night......"
"Well, bring a little more, and bring a ...... to Xiao Fang" The more Sun Lianda looks at Fang Yi now, the more pleasing it is to the eye, if he doesn't know Fang Yi's specific situation and whether he likes antiques, Sun Lianda really has a trace of thinking about accepting a disciple.
"Okay, I'll fry two more dishes in the evening!" Sun Chao smiled and nodded, now Fang Yi refuses to sell this agarwood bead, it doesn't mean that he won't sell it in the future, and it won't be wrong to have a good relationship with the other party.
"Thank you, Old ...... Sun" In the face of the old man's kindness, Fang Yi didn't push back, as long as there were those medicine pickers who came to spend the night in the Taoist temple, the old Taoist priest would always prepare other people's meals, which was nothing in Fang Yi's opinion.
"Come, Xiao Fang, I don't eat meat, this rib is for you to ......" Sun Lao glanced at Fang Yi's food, and said: "The stir-fried vegetable oil outside is too big, and it is not good for your body to eat it, although you are young, you should also eat a little less......"
"What Elder Sun said is, I am used to eating coarse tea and light rice...... Fang Yi nodded when he heard this, he basically rarely eats oil in the mountains, and he is not used to eating two meals down the mountain, especially the fast food that the fat man called back, Fang Yi always has a bit of an obedient taste when he eats.
"The time is too tight at noon, I'll buy a salted duck in the evening, I guarantee that you will love it......" glanced at Sun Lao's food, and then looked at his scrambled eggs with tomatoes and shredded potatoes, and the fat man also felt a little embarrassed.
"No, just stir-fry a green vegetable and make a fish......" Fang Yi shook his head, he often heard his master say a sentence, that is, what runs on the ground is not as good as flying in the sky, and what flies in the sky is not as good as swimming in the water, and in general, the nutritional value of fish is actually the highest.
"Okay, I'll find a restaurant for the old turtles we brought in the afternoon, and let people stew ......" The fat man nodded, the two old turtles that I originally planned to sell, this would come in handy.
"Hmm, little brother, is it a wild turtle?" Hearing the fat man's words, Sun Chao asked.
"Absolutely wild, caught from the reservoir......" replied the fat man.
"Then don't go out to find someone to do it, take it with me, I'll bring the stew soup ......over at night," Sun Chao laughed when he heard this, and said: "I've been trying to buy a wild turtle for my dad to make up for it these days, but I haven't met a wild one, where is your turtle......?"
"Isn't that it......" The fat man brought a bamboo basket from the corner of the wall, which contained the two old turtles he had caught yesterday.
"Oh, this old turtle is not small......"
Sun Chao is not only a painter, but also a gourmet, as soon as he looked at the skirt of this old turtle, he knew that these two old turtles must be wild, and his eyes suddenly lit up, "One stewed soup and one braised boiled, you all eat in this ward at night, let you taste my craftsmanship......"
"That's a good ......" Although the fat man was a little reluctant, he still nodded, after all, these two old turtles were worth two or three thousand yuan, but when he thought about Fang Yi's injury, the fat man didn't say much.
"You take these 3,000 yuan, it can be regarded as I bought the old turtle......" Just as the fat man was turning Xiao Jiujiu in his heart, Sun Chao took out a stack of money from his pocket and put it directly on Fang Yi's bedside.
"Brother Sun, there's no need for this, right?" Before Fang Yi could speak, the fat man's mouth was prevaricated, but the hand quickly loaded a stack of money from the bedside into his pocket.
"You kid, won't you pretend to be reserved?" Sun Chao pointed at the fat man and laughed, looking at the honest look on the fat man's face, Sun Chao really couldn't get angry, the real villains in this world are often more cute than hypocrites.
"Golden pool, is it a pool made of gold?" the fat man looked dazed, pretending to be stupid.
"Hahaha......" The fat man's words made Sun Chao laugh loudly, and Sun Lianda almost didn't spit out the mouthful of soup that he had just drunk into his mouth.
After Sun Lao had eaten, Sun Lianda packed up his things, carried the bamboo basket and left, and Fang Yi, who had been lying for a few hours, had a lot of soreness and numbness on his body, and he could already do it with both hands to support his body, but if he wanted to walk on the ground, he still needed someone to help him.
"Fang Yi, Sanpao and I want to discuss something with you......" After helping Fang Yi to go to the bathroom and returning to the ward, the fat man's face became stern when he spoke.
"Hmm, what's the matter?" Fang Yi was stunned for a moment when he heard this.
"It's about our future work......"
The fat man opened his mouth and said: "When I went out to buy food, I summed it up with Sanpao, instead of us working for people in Jinling City, it is better to do some small business, so that it is more free, and secondly, you don't have to look at people's faces, and you can learn a lot of things when the time comes, what do you think?"
"Do you do the antique business?" As soon as the fat man's words fell, Fang Yi reacted, daring to love him for not talking casually before, but really wanted to engage in this business.
"Yes, there are big practices, small practices, although we only have 20,000 yuan...... No, the capital of 23,000 yuan, but buy some worthless small things to set up a stall, as long as our third brother can endure hardship, how much can we eat?"
Although the fat man has never been engaged in the antique business, but he has seen stalls in some scenic spots, and the fat man believes that there is absolutely no genuine goods on those stalls, and whether they can be sold depends on a mouth.
It's no fun to let the fat man learn to identify antiques, but to say that he opens his mouth to fool people, the fat man asks himself that this is his own strength, as the saying goes, fighting with people is endless, after thinking about this, the fat man is determined to do this business.
"Hmm, little fat man, what you said is not bad, in the antique business, the most afraid is that you have the psychology of getting rich overnight by picking up leaks......
Before Fang Yi could answer, Sun Lianda on the side interjected, not to mention, Sun Lianda couldn't look down on this little fat man before, but now the fat man's words made him change some ideas.
After living for most of his life, Sun Lao has seen a lot of people in the city who have a hundred yuan on their bodies and want to be a million people with a high business heart than the sky, but it turns out that these people with low eyes and masters have not been able to get rich in the end, and they are still doing nothing.
On the contrary, there are some people from the countryside who are down-to-earth and never ambitious to do things, and after working hard in the city for more than ten years, the achievements of these people are often much higher than those in the city during the same period.
And the little fat man in front of him, although his speech sometimes seems a little exaggerated, in Sun Lianda's view, this kind of down-to-earth thinking is the most fundamental thing that can achieve a career.