Chapter 57 Father and Son Chapter Sinister
Chapter 57: Father and Son's Sinister Conversations
When Zhou Lao returned from work, he shouted through the door curtain, "Mom, why is there a new person coming into the Mou Laoyao family next door?"
After entering the house, I found that Zhou You was also at home, "You'er is back."
Mother stepped forward, took the things in his hand, and brushed the dust off his body.
Old Man Zhou was in a gossipy mood and talked excitedly about his experiences.
"Hey, I passed by the door of Mou Laoyao's house and saw a pretty young lady sitting there. She was so pretty."
"The ladies from wealthy families are no more than this!"
"He must have escaped from Sucheng. He must be rich or noble. Ordinary people can't raise such a color."
As they listened, Zhou You and his mother looked at each other. It couldn't be such a coincidence!
Could it be that the woman who was driven away by Zhou You turned around and walked into Mou Laoyao's house?
"The neighbors were all watching, saying they had never seen such a beautiful woman in their entire lives."
As Old Man Zhou was talking, he realized that the conversation had become dull and his son and wife looked a little strange.
"what happened?"
"His father, this is what happened..."
Zhou Youniang told the whole story in detail.
Father Zhou lit up a pack of cigarettes and frowned as he listened, "You'er is right. We can't take in women of unknown origin."
He told an old story.
Forty years ago, Old Man Zhou did not move to the city, but followed his grandfather Zhou You to find work outside the city.
At that time, I had heard of a bloody case that caused a sensation far and wide. A group of thieves tricked a rich man into opening his courtyard door, robbed him of all his money, and killed the entire family, young and old, without leaving a single person alive.
The origin of the incident was that the rich man's son took in a foreign woman because he was greedy for her beauty.
The foreign woman was the wife of the bandit leader, known as 'bait' in the robbery jargon.
It was this woman who opened the door at night, allowing the thieves to break into the compound and massacre the rich man's entire family.
"Not only robbers, but also scammers use similar methods. They send beautiful women to sneak into the target's home, find out everything about the situation, and then pick a dark and windy night to catch the whole gang."
Old Man Zhou works in a business and has no shortage of sources of information from all over the country, so he has extraordinary knowledge.
Now that he thought about it, the woman in Mou Laoyao's family was incredibly beautiful.
According to common sense, only noble officials are qualified to enjoy such a beautiful woman. How could she possibly be found among the common people and be picked up by others?
“It’s so scary!”
Zhou Youniang was so frightened when she heard this that her fingers turned white. Then she thought something was wrong.
"We are all common people, not very rich. Who would covet our place?"
"Women are just ignorant."
Father Zhou corrected him, "Those refugees in Sucheng were so poor that they had to rob even a piece of rag. What can't they do for a few meals?"
He told Zhou You, "The company's convoy has been robbed nine times this month, all by those refugees."
Zhou You asked, "Dad, you just got promoted. Are you affected?"
"No, not really. I am the head of a team after all, and I manage more than a dozen people."
When Old Man Zhou said this, he became proud, took out an embroidered purse from his bosom and threw it on the table.
The embroidery on the purse is exquisitely done by Zhou Youniang.
As far as Zhou You could remember, this purse had always been dry and had never been bulging.
However, this time is very different from the past.
The purse hit the wooden tabletop, making the crisp sound of silver coins colliding, and several large pieces of silver rolled out of the purse.
Under the light, the color of silver shines brightly.
"You'er, Dad has money now, you can spend it as you like."
At this moment, Old Man Zhou was extremely proud, as if his eyebrows had wings and were about to take off.
"Dad, where did you get all this money?" Zhou You's mother was a little worried. She had finally gotten a promotion, and she didn't want him to lose his job just for a few dollars.
The business company severely punished those who took bribes and would often beat the offenders to death and throw them out.
"It's all clean income, what are you afraid of?"
Old Man Zhou explained slowly.
It turns out that in a business, as long as you become a small boss, you will have many hidden benefits.
For example, the furniture and other things in the house are all purchased internally at cost price, which is no different from giving them away for free.
But this kind of benefit is only available to middle and senior management. If he is still a small fry, forget it.
In terms of monetary income, although wages have increased, the increase is not much.
The key point is that the head of the clerks may be qualified to take some "things" along with the goods escorted by the merchant company's convoy.
"In each caravan, a few cars are usually reserved for the employees of the trading company to deliver family letters, local specialties, etc."
"Don't be surprised, this is also an internal benefit."
This benefit is also only available to middle and senior management.
These days, there are bandits and pirates everywhere outside the city, making freight costs extremely expensive.
The trade routes that the businesses have opened up at great expense are filled with real wealth, and every bit of transportation capacity can be exchanged for real gold and silver.
No one would simply ask a caravan to deliver letters home; that would be such a waste of resources.
Therefore, the leadership within the trading company united together and divided up the transport capacity of those trucks by purchasing shares.
"I'm the head of the gang, and my quota is 150 kilograms of goods."
Buy 150 kilograms of in-demand goods locally and transport them to another city for sale. The profit can be as little as 30% to 40%. If the market soars, the return can be several times or even ten times.
The speed of making money is so amazing, no wonder the top management of the caravan are not interested in that little bit of salary.
Zhou Youdie's income this month is more than his entire year's wages combined.
Zhou You's father's face flushed as he pointed at Zhou You with pride, "I am where I am today, thanks to You'er."
"If he hadn't made the acquaintance of the young master, I, Old Zhou, would still be a worthless clerk."
He grabbed the purse and stuffed it into Zhou You's pocket, "You'er, practicing martial arts is a bottomless pit, spend it, don't save it, Dad will go and earn more for you."
"Dad, you are out socializing, don't you have to spend money?"
Zhou You knew, however, that personal relationships in a business company all required money to be maintained, and empty talk would only offend people.
"Almost forgot."
Old Man Zhou opened his purse awkwardly, gave large chunks of silver to Zhou You, and kept the remaining copper coins and small change for himself.
The father and son divide the money in a ratio of about 190:1.
Zhou You accepted the silver, about 70 or 80 taels.
I originally wanted to leave some money for my family, but my father's income was not low, so I had to take his money instead.
"By the way, Dad and Mom, I bought two amulets. You must keep them close to you."
The evil-repelling pill is placed in a hollow copper ball and made into a pendant with a silver chain.
Zhou You's parents each bought a pair of them. When they received them, they complained, "You're wasting money again. You're wasting money. If you have this spare money, you should buy yourself some more delicious food."
Zhou You watched them put on the evil-repelling pills and solemnly warned them, "When we asked for the talisman, the master said that you can't take it off once you put it on."
Father Zhou waved his hand and said, "Remember, I won't take it off even when I take a bath."
"You talk as if you only take a bath a few times a year," Mother scolded.
"I'm saving water and coal for my family."
Old Man Zhou insisted on being tough, and the family was filled with a happy atmosphere.
(End of this chapter)