"Gangzi found clients for my dad? Gangzi still lives in the county?" All of a sudden, Lin Yun caught something in his mother's words. His heart stirred, and he quickly asked, an undertone of relief in his voice.
Gangzi, or Zhao Gang, was his best mate and good friend when they were in school. Together, they skipped classes, tangled with each other in fights, and frequently visited his home for meals.
Five years later, people had changed significantly; it was common for the bond of camaraderie and friendship to fade or even disappear. Lin Yun, having experienced five years in society, knew this all too well. After all that time, the fact that Zhao Gang had still helped his father find clients showed he had not forgotten their friendship.
"Gangzi is still in the county. After you left, he repeated his last year of high school and got into college. But after two years, he came back, apparently due to some problem. These two years, he's been selling fruits in the wholesale market. Now, we have hardly any clients left.
The vegetables your dad had delivered, part of them were kept by Gangzi, who sells them on his own stall on behalf of us, without asking for a dime. Back when your dad used to sell vegetables in the city, Gangzi often lent us a hand as well..." Lin Yun's mother said, sounding wistful.
As people advanced in years, they had seen too much of the warmth and coldness in human relationships. That a friend of Lin Yun's had helped the family this much even years after Lin Yun left spoke volumes about the person Gangzi is. Lin Yun had chosen his friend wisely.
Pity, life was so unfair. Such a good person had to repeat high school for a year before he made it to college, only to come back after two years there. Who could imagine something like this happening?
"Dad, I'll go and visit Gangzi, and take these vegetables to the county when I go. Just tell me where to make the delivery!" Lin Yun said, looking at his father.
"Dad, I flew back, I'm not tired at all. Plus, you know I've been into martial arts since I was little. In good health as I am, it's a good time for me to visit my master as well!" Lin Yun said, having noticed his father was about to say something.
"That works, too. You should know where the wholesale market is. Gangzi's stall is in the middle of it. You should find it easily. Leave one third of the vegetables with him for selling. Deliver the rest to a restaurant.
Gangzi knows where it is. Why don't you invite him for a meal while you are there? He's done a lot for our family recently." Lin Yun's father agreed, nodding a little.
"I'll get 2000 yuan for you. Take it to Gangzi. He's helped our family a lot these two years. Not to mention finding us clients, he's also helped to sell our vegetables at his stall. We really can't pay him nothing for all the toilsome work he's done. But we can't simply give him money, either, he wouldn't accept it.
You might handle this better..." Lin Yun's father said, turning to fetch the money.
"Father, you don't need to fetch the money. I have it." Lin Yun quickly said.
"Mother, this cash here is for you and father to spend freely. Here are two cards for you and father to use. Feel free to spend the money inside." More words followed as Lin Yun dug out fifty to sixty thousand yuan from several pockets along with two gilded cards, and put them in his mother's hands.
Truth be told, he had kept all this money in the trading space all along, where he also preserved a lot of cash as back-up funds. Right now, he just used his intention to grab the money. But with so much money, he obviously had to pretend that he was taking it out from several pockets.
Immortal Origin County was just a small town, four or five hundred thousand, for a typical rural family to make that much money... how difficult would that be?
Could it be that making money had become easy for rural families in Immortal Origin County now?
"All this is the fault of competition, building houses, buying cars, paying dowries, which family isn't in debt? But there's nothing we can do, that's how it is in the countryside now. Many girls want to marry well, it's getting harder and harder to arrange marriages..." noting Lin Yun's surprise, Father Lin sighed slightly.
"But our Little Cloud is capable. He's sent back a total of over two hundred thousand. Now we have fifty to sixty thousand and there should still be some money in these two cards. We needn't worry about Little Cloud's marriage funds..." Mother Lin laughed.
There was a sense of pride in her voice.
Many in the neighbourhood had built houses, but their family still lived in a bungalow. Seeing others talking about getting daughters-in-law, marrying off... and not a single matchmaker had set foot in their house. How could Mother Lin have not felt a hint of loss and competitive spirit?
She had always been proud of her son. Even though Lin Yun hadn't been home in years, he'd sent them over two hundred thousand in total over the years—how many sons could do that?
At this moment, she was even more proud.
Lin Yun had been gone for five years, and had brought back hundreds of thousands. How many sons could demonstrate such talent?
Which family didn't worry themselves sick over marrying off their son? Their house, on the other hand, had Little Cloud earning all the money needed, no debt necessary!
Hearing his mom's words, Lin Yun gave a bitter smile.
He didn't expect his mom to be thinking they wouldn't have to worry about marriage funds at this point...
If Mother Lin knew how much money he was making now, what would her reaction be?
But Lin Yun didn't voice this, preferring to let his parents find out themselves and give them a surprise.
And as for the matter of finding a wife...
If he let his parents know that he'd found a girlfriend like Xia Qingqing, how surprised would they be?
Yeah, better not talk about it yet, let Xia Qingqing come, and then give his parents a surprise.