Xu Erlong smiled, not embarrassed, and said to Huang Zhiguo: "Sorry, I didn't see you when I turned around just now. I'll give you two yuan later."
Huang Zhiguo became embarrassed.
As expected, I am not embarrassed, it is others who are embarrassed.
He said to Xu Erlong: "No, no, no, you don't need to give me any money."
"What a shame, you helped me move the goods, of course I have to pay for it."
Xu Erlong does not intend to be harsh on people regarding these money.
He has been a Bangbang himself and knows how hard it is for everyone to earn some money by working hard.
This time, Huang Zhiguo felt even more embarrassed.
He waved his hands repeatedly: "No need really, I'm just helping. We all live in this guest house and we help each other. You help me and I help you. It's a courtesy."
Xu Erlong currently does not know that Zhang Jinfang helped Huang Zhiguo.
When Huang Zhiguo said you help me, I'll help you, we help each other, I thought it was just a polite word.
Thinking about his insistence on not using effort and money, and looking at Huang Zhiguo's clothes, he really doesn't look like someone who makes money by selling his efforts.
Xu Erlong was also embarrassed. He insisted on giving people money so as not to look down on them.
He walked to the lobby of the front guest house.
Next to the counter in the lobby of the guest house, there is a small glass cabinet, which acts as a canteen.
Here, we sell some daily cigarettes, matches, toothpaste and other supplies for the convenience of tourists staying in the guest house.
Xu Erlong looked at the counter and saw several bottles of Tianfu Coke.
Tianfu Coke is their local brand. At its peak, it even occupied 75% of the domestic cola market. In 1985, it was even rated as a state banquet drink.
A famous drink of the generation, Tianfu Cola, this advertising slogan is a resounding signboard.
Who has lived through that era and hasn’t drank it?
Tianfu Coke and Lemon Soda are the childhood memories of countless people.
It's a pity that such a glorious drink has an infinitely sad ending.
Xu Erlong asked the round-faced eldest sister to open two bottles of Tianfu Coke for him. He invited Huang Zhiguo to drink Coke as a thank you for Huang Zhiguo's help.
Huang Zhiguo held the Coke bottle and drank carefully.
This was the first time he drank this kind of cola with the flavor of Chinese herbal medicine. He was a little surprised when he took the first sip. After a few more sips, he felt particularly good.
It is said that the raw materials are all composed of traditional Chinese medicine ingredients, do not contain hormones, and have special effects against aflatoxin.
The two of them were in the lobby of the guest house, chatting briefly.
From chatting, Xu Erlong learned that Huang Zhiguo was a salesman from an arsenal out of town and was here on a business trip.
The two were chatting animatedly, and Zhang Jinfang came over with a washbasin: "Erlong, where are your changes of clothes? Bring them here and I'll wash them for you."
"Mom, I'll do it myself." Xu Erlong stepped forward and took the clothes himself.
How dare you ask your mother to help you with the laundry for such a grown-up person?
He took the washbasin and turned to leave. Zhang Jinfang was careful and heard Xu Erlong cough twice. She asked: "Erlong, are you sick?"
"No." Xu Erlong cleared his throat: "Maybe I just have a little discomfort in my throat."
Huang Zhiguo said: "I have pears over there. I'll give you two more pears. The stewed rock sugar snow pears will be good for your throat."
Seeing this man go into his room to get pears, Xu Erlong couldn't help but secretly think that this man living in the guest house is really enthusiastic. First he helped move the goods, and now he is busy getting pears.
He went to wash some clothes and hung them in the backyard to dry, and then looked at the leather shoes in his room.
The goods were brought back and piled up in the house, and he himself temporarily had no place to live.
Xu Erlong shouted to Zhang Jinfang: "Mom, I'm going out for a walk."
He left the guest house and first went to check out the house he bought.
The newly painted walls have already dried, and the walls are painted with lime water. There is no need to worry about formaldehyde or the like. You can move in in two days.
After seeing this house, Xu Erlong went to check out the renovated front house.
This decent-looking house has now been renovated and brightened, and the surrounding walls have been painted white, sweeping away the previous darkness and bad luck.
The floor was also smoothed with cement and painted with a layer of light blue paint.
Since we plan to use this front room to sell leather shoes, we need to pay more attention to the layout.
Before that, he had already found a carpenter and ordered a batch of shelves, which were twenty-five centimeters wide and one meter long, and could be adjusted and combined into shelves of varying heights.
Now, he had this batch of shelves delivered and began to build the display racks according to his requirements.
Afterwards, he rode his bicycle back to his hometown and asked Yu Ping, Qian Ya and others to come over and help him.
He wanted to open his business in time for the National Day, so naturally he had more manpower to help.
Unfortunately these days, communication is inconvenient, so if you want to find someone, you can only ride your bicycle around to find someone.
Yu Ping, Miss Tooth, is currently playing cards with others in the village.
Now that the work in the fields was done, everyone had a lot of free time, so they gathered together in twos and threes to play cards.
Nowadays, life in rural areas is getting better and better.
As long as you are not lazy, the food produced by every household will be enough to feed you.
Raise some more chickens and grow some vegetables in the private plot, and your life will be moist enough.
Some bright-minded and courageous people are also starting to explore ways to get rich.
But most people have not yet liberated their minds and are unwilling to take risks.
Although I feel envious when I see others making money, I don't necessarily have the courage to let them do it themselves.
During the slack time, everyone started playing cards.
When I first started playing cards, I just put some notes on my face as entertainment. But after playing for a while, the novelty disappeared, and people sought greater excitement and began to bring bets.
At first, it was just one or two cents, but now it has gradually developed into a bet of one cent or two cents.
When Xu Erlong came over and saw it, he was out of luck and had already lost several dollars.
Seeing Xu Erlong coming over, Qian Ya threw away the cards in his hand: "I won't play anymore, I won't play anymore."
"No." Several other people grabbed him and said, "We are having so much fun, and you actually want to run away?"
"I've already lost a few dollars, so I'm giving you an advantage. I'll ask you to pay for it next time." Qian Ya said, breaking away from everyone, getting up and coming over.
Xu Erlong had a slight smile on his face.
A little gambling for fun.
But many people can't control themselves, and gambling from childhood gradually develops into big gambling.
He felt that it was still an appropriate time to remind Qian Ya and Yu Ping not to mention the word gambling.
No matter how much wealth you have, once you get into this, you may lose everything.
Yu Ping, who was missing his teeth, Huang Xiaogang and others followed Xu Erlong to the yellow jue tree at the entrance of the village.
"Second brother, you haven't come to see us for a while." Huang Xiaogang said eagerly.
He had no confidence in the days when he did not follow his second brother. He was afraid that he would go back to the old days, and he would eat one meal without finishing the next.
"I'm here to find you, aren't I?" Xu Erlong smiled.
"Second brother, what do you want us to do this time?" Huang Xiaogang's eyes lit up.