After school at noon, Ding Hongxing went to the game hall, during this time he played for the Agricultural Bank, and he came to the game hall less, which made him feel a little guilty, and he had some time today, of course he had to come to the game.

When he came to the game hall, Ding Hongxing saw that the business here was still good, which made him very happy.

Chen Jianxin pulled Ding Hongxing into his office, handed him an envelope and said, "Hongxing, this is your dividend last month." ”

Ding Hongxing opened the envelope and counted it, there was a thousand yuan in it, and he asked, "Brother Chen, are you giving too much?" Business was much worse last month than it was during the summer vacation. ”

Chen Jianxin waved his hand casually and said, "Last month's business was a little worse, but there was also a profit of more than 8,000 yuan, so I made up a whole for you." ”

Ding Hongxing is not a calculating person, he thanked him and put the envelope in his arms. He asked Chen Jianxin: "Brother Chen, is there an eyebrow about the new façade?" ”

As soon as he mentioned this, Chen Jianxin frowned: "It's too difficult to find a suitable façade." ”

Ding Hongxing hurriedly comforted: "Brother Chen, don't worry, take your time, isn't there still three months?" ”

Chen Jianxin nodded and said, "I can only take my time, it's useless to be in a hurry." ”

Ding Hongxing had a thousand yuan on his body, and rushed to Xinshengqiao as fast as he could after school in the afternoon, because Yang Lianzhong usually closes the stall before dark, and if he slows down, he will probably not be able to touch Yang Lianzhong.

But Ding Hongxing hurried slowly, and when he arrived at Xinsheng Bridge, he still didn't meet Yang Lianzhong, he casually asked the stall owner of a stall next to him: "Master, has Master Yang closed the stall?" ”

The stall owner was also preparing to close the stall, and when he heard Ding Hongxing ask him, he stopped his movements and said, "You said Yang Lianzhong?" He seems to have not been to the stall for more than ten days. Are you going to buy stamps, lad? Why don't you buy it from me, I have all the goods here. ”

Ding Hongxing heard that Yang Lianzhong had not been out of the stall for more than ten days, and he felt strange in his heart, so he casually said a few perfunctory words, then rode out of Liulin, found a public phone, and dialed Yang Lianzhong's house.

The phone rang only twice, and it was answered, and an eager voice said: "Lao Hu, is there a buyer?" ”

Ding Hongxing heard that it was Yang Lianzhong's voice, and he said to Yang Lianzhong: "Master Yang, it's me, Ding Hongxing, why didn't you come out of the stall today!" ”

When Yang Lianzhong heard that it was Ding Hongxing, he said disappointedly: "It's you, Xiao Ding, I have something at home these days, and I can't go out of the stall." ”

Ding Hongxing asked, "Can you tell me what happened?" ”

Yang Lianzhong seemed to remember something again, and his voice became eager again: "Xiaoding, do you want to buy stamps?" Come to my house! ”

Ding Hongxing knew that Yang Lianzhong must have encountered something big, otherwise he would not be so anxious as he was calm, so he asked the address of Yang Lianzhong's house and looked for it all the way.

Yang Lianzhong's house is not far from the Xinsheng Bridge, it is a private house built near the Liulin River, Ding Hongxing asked several people to ask, when he saw the Yang family's house, he nodded secretly, this house was still very well built at that time, which shows that Yang Lianzhong has made some money in the stamp business over the years.

Yang Lianzhong waited at the door, and when he saw Ding Hongxing appear at the entrance of the alley, he hurriedly beckoned: "Xiao Ding, here." ”

Ding Hongxing walked over, Yang Lianzhong's two wolf dogs barked wildly, Yang Lianzhong scolded a few times, the wolf dogs shrank back, Yang Lianzhong let Ding Hongxing into his house, let him sit down on a mahogany Taishi chair in the hall, and made him a cup of tea.

Yang Lianzhong's tone on the phone was very eager, but he really acted in front of Ding Hongxing, although he was anxious, but there was still no shortage of etiquette, which also showed that he was a very cultivated person.

So after Ding Hongxing sat down, he didn't go around in circles, and asked straight to the point: "Master Yang, what's wrong?" ”

Yang Lianzhong hesitated slightly, but he and Ding Hongxing were old acquaintances who had known each other for several years, and they were also very relieved of his conduct, and since he had just called Ding Hongxing to the doctor in a hurry, it was not appropriate not to say it at this time, so he told the truth of the matter.

It turned out that Yang Lianzhong's lover had been in poor health, and her physical condition had deteriorated sharply recently, so Yang Lianzhong sent her to Jiangcheng for examination, and it was found that she was suffering from uterine cancer, and the time was not short, and she had to be operated on immediately. This bad news made Yang Lianzhong stunned, but he knew that he was the man in the family, and he had to hold on at this time, so he called his mother-in-law and sister-in-law to go to Jiangcheng to take care of his wife, let his daughter follow his grandparents, and go home to find money.

Speaking of which, Yang Lianzhong's family foundation is still quite thick, after all, he has been in the business of stamps and other collectibles for many years, and he has a very good vision, making more money and losing less, but most of his savings are invested in collectibles, and the family's cash is only one or two thousand, which is far from what is needed for surgery.

So Yang Lianzhong looked for his friends and business partners everywhere, wanting to transfer the family's collection to them at a low price, but in the past two years, the collectibles market has been full of sorrow, everyone has sold more and bought less, and Yang Lianzhong's collection is difficult to sell.

Yang Lianzhong has been back for a few days, and the harvest is not big, only a few friends have bought thousands of yuan of things, but this is just a drop in the bucket, it can't solve the urgent need, some people still want to take advantage of the fire to rob, the price makes Yang Lianzhong unbearable, even if Yang Lianzhong's collection is sold to him, it is not enough for the operation fee! Of course, Yang Lianzhong refused to sell.

Just now, Yang Lianzhong called a business partner Lao Hu again, not long after he called, Ding Hongxing's phone called, and he thought that Lao Hu had found a buyer for him, so he called Lao Hu when he picked up the phone.

When he knew that it was Ding Hongxing, his first reaction was disappointment, and he thought about it, last time Ding Hongxing took more than 1,000 yuan to buy stamps, and said that he had a rich relative who was interested in collecting, maybe he could help himself, so he called Ding Hongxing.

Seeing Yang Lianzhong's haggard appearance, Ding Hongxing knew that he was really in trouble, so he asked, "Master Yang, don't worry, how much is the difference in the operation fee?" ”

Yang Lianzhong said: "My wife's sister called yesterday, and she said that the doctor said that the operation fee would be at least 60,000 or 70,000 yuan, and now I have raised 30,000 or 40,000 yuan, and there is still a gap of 20,000 or 30,000 yuan, and the cost of postoperative recovery is not a small number." ”

As he spoke, Yang Lianzhong shook his head, a dignified seven-foot man, his eyes were red, it seemed that the relationship between him and his wife was very good.

Ding Hongxing asked again, "Master Yang, how many collections do you still have?" How much is it worth? ”

Yang Lianzhong said: "I have a lot of collections at home, not to mention the coin card, these furniture at home are also old things that I got back, if you meet someone who knows the goods, the mahogany chair you sit on can be sold for tens of thousands." I roughly estimate that these things at home, at the current market price, can always be sold for one or two hundred thousand. ”

There are so many good things at home, but they are forced to look like this by these tens of thousands of dollars, Ding Hongxing also sighed secretly, he can only blame Yang Lianzhong for his bad luck, when the collection market is in a downturn, and now there are really not many people who can take out tens of thousands of cash at a time.

Ding Hongxing thought for a while, took out the 1,000 yuan from his personal pocket, handed it to Yang Lianzhong, and said, "Master Yang, you take the 1,000 yuan first, and then I'll go back to my relative to discuss and see if I can think of a way again." ”

Ding Hongxing handed the money to Yang Lianzhong, and then got up to leave, Yang Lianzhong was anxious all of a sudden: "Xiao Ding, you come in and take a look at the stamps, and take a thousand yuan stamps and leave." ”

Ding Hongxing turned around and said, "Master Yang, don't worry, I'll go and think of a way for you first." ”

Looking at Ding Hongxing's departing figure, Yang Lianzhong held the thousand yuan in his hand, and the whole person was stunned, in order to raise money in the past few days, he didn't know how many relatives and friends he had found, but except for his own brother and a very small number of friends, almost no one was willing to help him, but he took advantage of the fire to rob a lot, but he didn't expect Ding Hongxing, a customer, to help him so generously.

This thousand yuan is not much for the astronomical amount of surgery fees, but Ding Hongxing is only a teenager, this is a huge amount of money for him, after staying for a while, Yang Lianzhong wanted to catch up with Ding Hongxing and return the money to him, but Ding Hongxing walked very fast, and disappeared for a while.

When Ding Hongxing returned home, he saw that his mother had already put the food on the table, and his father was also sitting at the table ready to eat, so he asked his mother, "Mom, what about the 3,000 yuan yesterday?" ”

Shen Shuzhen stopped and asked, "Where is the three thousand yuan, I haven't moved a penny, did someone else ask us to return the money?" Then mom hurry up and give you the money. ”

Ding Hongxing said: "No, it's me who has an emergency." ”

Ding Yuejin and Shen Shuzhen glanced at each other suspiciously, Ding Hongxing was only a teenager, what could he use so much money in an emergency?

Ding Hongxing said: "Someone in a friend's family of mine is sick and is waiting for surgery and needs money, so I want to lend him the 3,000 yuan." ”

Ding Yuejin and his wife were even more puzzled, and Shen Shuzhen said, "When did you have such a friend?" How did we not know? ”

Ding Hongxing explained: "Don't I like stamp collecting? This friend is in the stamp business, I used to ask him often to buy stamps, he is very good, never overpriced me, but also taught me a lot of philatelic and collecting knowledge, can be called half of my teacher. Yesterday I learned that his lover had cancer and was going to have surgery, so he was anxious to use the money, and wanted to sell all the stamps at home to raise money, but he couldn't sell so much for a while, so I thought about lending him the 3,000 yuan for emergency purposes first. If you're not at ease, he can use his stamps as collateral, and the price of those stamps will increase in price every two years. ”