The person who wanted to pay the bill immediately handed me a CCB card. Without any hesitation, I immediately took out my phone, entered the debit card number, and transferred 50,000 yuan directly.
"Take a look, has the account arrived?"
The person who wanted to pay the bill took a look at the credit text message he received on his phone, nodded and handed me the IOU, and then left.
Zhang Bin immediately said to me: "Brother Chen, thank you."
"It's okay, but I want to know how much your dad owes out there? Are you always paying off his debts?"
Zhang Bin nodded and said in a deep voice: "Totaling it all together, it is estimated to be two to three hundred thousand, and now I have paid back half of it."
I sighed, reached out and patted his shoulder and said, "It's a shame that you have to pay the debt your father owes."
"It's okay. I have to pay it back. After all, it was very difficult when they lent it to us. We should pay it back."
I smiled bitterly, looked around his small shop again, and asked, "How much money can your shop make in a month now?"
"It depends on the situation. Business has not been very good recently. There is a new hardware store in town and the business is better than mine."
"Have you ever thought about changing your career?"
Zhang Bin smiled bitterly again and said: "What can I do if I change my career? I'm not as educated as you who went to college. After I graduated from vocational high school, I followed my relatives to do decoration work on the construction site. It wasn't until my father passed away that I came back to take over.
This store.”
I took a long breath and said: "I passed by the newly opened hardware store in town when I was going to the market yesterday and took a look. It is better decorated than yours, and they sell high-end goods. It's no wonder that your business is doing well.
Already."
Zhang Bin hurriedly asked me again: "Brother Chen, I know you are capable. How about you give me a reminder? What should I do now?"
"This... you really confused me, so don't mind if I tell the truth."
"I don't mind, Brother Chen, just say whatever you want."
I smiled and said, "It is difficult to change your current situation. I can see that you are not good at doing business. In fact, you can try other ways."
Zhang Bin lowered his head and sighed heavily: "Hey! I know, I am nothing."
I smiled coquettishly and said, "Don't say that. Didn't you say you were doing decoration outside? I think decoration is pretty good. You can recruit a group of people and find some work yourself."
My words seemed to wake up Zhang Bin, and he suddenly fell silent. After a while, he said: "I can find people, but there is no job!"
I smiled again and said: "You have been back for so long, haven't you learned about our town? Now many big bosses are investing in B&Bs and inns?"
Zhang Bin is still smart. When I said this, he suddenly became enlightened and said hurriedly: "Brother Chen, do you mean to take over these decoration jobs?"
"Do you have this idea? As long as you can take over this job, won't the debts you owe be settled?"
Zhang Bin suddenly became excited, but the passion on his face disappeared in an instant.
He sighed softly and said: "How can someone give me such a non-professional job in these jobs? Moreover, those inns and B&Bs must be designed by designers. I don't know how to design them!"
After Zhang Bin finished speaking, he smiled like a self-mockery.
This is the common mentality of people. They feel that they are not good enough and deny their own strength, so they don’t even think of trying.
I continued to say to Zhang Bin: "A Bin, have you ever heard of the saying that hard work pays off, right? As long as you really want to do this well, I believe there will be many ways."
After a short pause, I continued to patiently say to him: "They want design, but you can also go outside to find designers! We will provide them with whatever qualifications they want."
"But..." Zhang Bin still looked troubled.
"Anyway, I've already told you this. It's up to you whether you want to give it a try."
Zhang Bin was silent for a moment, and suddenly said to me very excitedly: "How about Brother Chen, you can work with me, and I will be responsible for recruiting a group of people to work."
"Me?" I smiled and said, "Abin, when I came back this time, I just wanted to live in the countryside for a while and didn't want to travel around anymore."
Zhang Bin sighed again and said: "I forgot, I'm sorry, Brother Chen."
"It's okay. I understand how you feel now. I can help you ask where you can get in touch with bosses who are really here to invest."
"Well, okay, then I'll give it a try."
"By the way, people must have the courage to try. Even if they fail in the end, it is still an experience, isn't it?"
Zhang Bin nodded heavily and said to me with special gratitude: "Thank you, Brother Chen. I really didn't expect this."
"It's too early to say thank you now. Just remember to treat me to a drink when you receive the order."
"Um."
Zhang Bin nodded, and suddenly took out a piece of paper and a pen, and said to me: "By the way, Brother Chen, you just helped me pay back the fifty thousand yuan. I will write you an IOU. I will have it in the future."
I’ll give you the money back.”
I waved my hand and said, "No need for the IOU. It's not necessary."
"Brother Chen, is this appropriate?"
"Why isn't it appropriate? I said no, so don't put too much pressure on yourself."
After saying that, I waved to him again and said, "Okay, think about it for yourself, I have to go back."
"Okay, Brother Chen, walk slowly."
When I returned home after buying goat milk powder, I happened to see An Lan drying clothes in the yard, and Xiao Man was playing with the two new members of our family nearby.
While An Lan was drying the clothes, he told Xiao Man: "Xiao Man, stop playing and let the dog rest for a while."
"Mom, shall we give the dog a name?" Xiao Man raised his head and looked at An Lan and said in a sweet voice.
An Lan lowered his head and glanced at Xiao Man, then smiled and said, "Okay, what do you think Xiao Man should call it?"
"Hmm..." Xiaoman pondered for a moment and suddenly said in shock, "Call me Maomao? Mom, do you think it sounds good?"
"Maomao? Why is it called Maomao?"
"Because they are so furry!"
An Lan smiled again and said, "What about the other one?"
"Let's call the other one Xiaohei!" I said as I walked into the yard.
"Dad is back!" Xiaoman shouted excitedly after hearing my voice.
I walked over, looked at the two puppies in the box, and then asked Xiao Man: "Xiao Man, is that the one you mentioned named Maomao?"
"That's it. Dad, look how cute it is with its fur." Xiaoman stretched out her little finger and pointed at the gray puppy in the box and said.
The other one was black, so I immediately said, "How about calling the other one Xiaohei?"
"Xiao Hei, why? Dad." Xiao Man asked curiously.
An Lan also looked at me curiously, and then I smiled and said, "Dad also had a dog at home when he was young, and his name was Xiao Hei."
"Does Dad also like to raise dogs?"
"Of course, but after Dad's little black dog died, Dad never had a dog again."
After saying that, I reached out and touched Xiaoman's head.
Just then, my cell phone rang.
I took out my phone and saw that the caller was Gao Sheng.