Chapter 148: Playing Mind Games With Me, Huh?
“Money is a bastard, if it’s gone, we’ll earn more.”
Fan Wu Ye muttered, but his mind conjured up the embarrassed state from before when they had no money.
Thinking again that he really wasn’t someone who could hold onto money, he ultimately said nothing more, cheerfully kicking the five silver dollars into his pocket.
Whatever, whatever, five silver dollars wasn’t a small amount, it was as good as the monthly pay that many people earned through hardship, enough for his own spending for several days.
“Sister, let me tell you, you must not go out on the street selling cigarettes anymore, you’re about to become Cao Family’s concubine, you can’t make that kid Cao Weida lose face.”
Mohe’s face reddened again, “Who is his family’s concubine. I’m not talking to you anymore, I’m going to make food.”
“Hey, you haven’t agreed to your brother yet!”
“Aiya, not selling means not selling, it’s like anyone really wants to sell.” Mohe pretended to be angry, “Anyway, if I don’t go work, I can only eat your food and drink your drinks, I’m not in a hurry.”
“Eat, drink, eat and drink as much as you want! Anyway, the money is all with you, spend it freely!” Fan Wu Ye acted so generously,
“Besides, more than half of that is what that kid Cao Weida gave you, isn’t it perfectly right and justified to spend your own money? Don’t be polite with your brother.”
Mohe’s face reddened again, but her heart felt warm: “I don’t know what you’re talking about, alright brother, I really need to make food now, I’m starving.”
Speaking of food, Fan Wu Ye remembered and said again:
“Right, that kid Cao Weida said not to skimp on food and drink, don’t eat that cornmeal or coarse grain pancakes or anything, throw them to those people around, we’ll eat good food and drink good drinks!”
“Come on, brother has money now, I’ll take you to eat at restaurants.”
“Aiya, brother, why eat at restaurants, such a waste.”
“Waste what waste, we have money now, can’t we eat something good!” Fan Wu Ye’s attitude was firm, “That kid gave so much money precisely because he’s afraid you’ll eat poorly and dress poorly, if that kid finds out you’re still eating coarse food and vegetables, won’t he roll his eyes at your brother! Your brother can’t afford to lose that face!”
“Come on, go eat good food with brother, from now on, let that cornmeal and coarse grain pancakes and such go to hell!”
“Aiya, brother, brother! If I don’t eat those, is that not enough? There’s still flour at home, I can make noodles to eat, that shouldn’t count as skimping on myself.” Mohe could only say this helplessly, her brother was like a child, once his temper flared no one could dissuade him, she could only stroke the donkey’s fur along its grain.
“Flour, ah, that works.” Hearing it was noodles, Fan Wu Ye didn’t insist anymore, in these times being able to eat flour was already quite rare.
Mohe opened the cabinet, taking out a grain bag from the very back, the grain bag was only two finger joints thick, and narrow, by later generations’ standards, this bit of flour was just enough for one meal.
Fan Wu Ye followed behind, “Mohe, what do you think about what I told you a few days ago?”
“What matter?” Mohe asked, turning her head in doubt while taking out a bowl and scooping flour.
She didn’t dare make it all at once, leaving half and tying it back up properly.
This bit of flour was what she gritted her teeth to buy the day before yesterday, wanting to make her brother two meals of dumplings, he’d nagged about it several times, she remembered it all.
“Hey, how did you forget, a few evenings ago, I told you to rent the west wing room for you.” He looked again at the flour in her bowl and shouted: “You girl, is this bit of flour enough for anyone, make it all, make it all, if it’s gone your brother will go buy more!”
“It’s already plenty, I eat little.” Mohe was somewhat reluctant, these days it wasn’t that fine grain couldn’t be bought, the key was how expensive it was, and hard to get.
If not for lacking filling, she was still planning to make dumplings, which would save quite a bit of flour.
“Listen to brother, make it all, we’ll live large for once.” Fan Wu Ye waved his hand and decided directly, reopening the grain bag that was about to go back into the cabinet, grabbing an old wooden basin and dumping all the flour into it,
“After we eat, I’ll go rent the house for you.”
Fan Wu Ye’s house had only one inner room, Mohe naturally wasn’t suited to live in the same room as her brother, so she could only live in the living room outside the room.
The living room area was somewhat large, without a kang, it was still okay now, but when it was cold before, that was truly hard to endure.
Especially when wanting to clean hygiene, it was very inconvenient.
A few days ago when she was cleaning her lower body hygiene, her brother had a stomachache and wanted to use the toilet, scaring her into rolling and crawling into the bedding, aggrieved to the point of tears.
When Fan Wu Ye came back and saw his sister aggrieved, thinking about what just happened, he guessed the gist, so he thought of renting a house for Mohe, so she could sleep well at night too.
But at the time the two were short of cash, couldn’t even eat their fill, how could Mohe bear to spend money renting a house, so she refused.
His sister was so sensible, how could he as her brother not feel heartbroken, but he himself was a poor wretch, what could he do.
One cent baffles the hero, he truly felt it.
Now it was different, he Fan Wu Ye had money!
But he didn’t get carried away and forget his sister, the first thing he thought of was to settle the house matter for his sister.
Mohe was naturally moved, as a girl living in the bustling living room, many things weren’t convenient, she naturally wanted her own private room.
But thinking again she refused, “Forget it brother, renting a house is so expensive.”
She wanted to say that she probably wouldn’t live there a few days anyway before following Cao Weida, better to save some money.
But she was embarrassed to say it, and thinking of Ruizi Mansion’s second daughter-in-law becoming Cao Weida’s concubine, the third one already made her heart stuffy enough, pushing back to be the fourth
Anyway she’d already agreed, better early than late, she didn’t want to give herself another sister.
She hemmed and hawed for a long time, head down avoiding his eyes, stammering: “Brother, hurry with that matter”
“What matter?” Fan Wu Ye didn’t react at first, but seeing his sister shy-faced almost steaming, stomping her foot in bashful shyness, he immediately knew what she meant, and laughed:
“After I eat I’ll go tell that kid, once I say it, that kid’s back molars will drop from joy.”
“It’s taking advantage of that kid, my sister so obedient, sensible, and pretty following him, he’ll have to cultivate good fortune for several lifetimes.”
Mohe giggled upon hearing it, her mind couldn’t help conjuring the two times Cao Weida saved her, thinking she was about to become his woman, without the rejection of being a concubine, sweetness bubbled up in her heart.
On the other side, having transported the antiques to a courtyard house, sending off the carter and stowing all the antiques into the space at once, locking the door, he patted his butt intending to head straight home.
But his butt hadn’t even touched the stool when he was told Little Ear had something for him, to go back to the police station.
“???”
Cao Weida was somewhat speechless, how was it endless, “Xiangzi, take me to the police station.”
Xiangzi, idle and exercising in the courtyard for fear of slacking, immediately answered: “Coming.”
After getting out of the car, Cao Weida first sent Xiangzi back, just entering the police station main gate, Little Ear came running hurriedly.
“What matter so urgent?” Cao Weida asked while walking inside.
“Big Brother Cao, those ‘suspicious elements’ we caught want to talk to you personally.”
Talk personally?
Cao Weida raised a brow, “They softening?”
“Aren’t they softening,” Little Ear said gloatingly: “Those cheap bones, before acting like heaven is old, earth is second, after hearing the fate of those two damn things Ma Daxian, each one scared trembling, crying and shouting to see you.”
Cao Weida sneered inwardly, these people really were cheap bones, if not shown some severity, they wouldn’t know what fear is!
He was actually quite disappointed, this was nothing yet, how did they compromise.
He was still planning to talk with two ‘bosses’ a day, conveniently completing the day’s KPI quota.
Who’d have thought they’d chicken out so fast
Don’t you know I run out every night killing people and it’s tiring!
Still want to meet me to talk?
Do you have that status?!
No way, KPI must land on their heads, at least let this old man rest a few days first!
“I won’t handle this personally, you talk to them for me, remember, forty percent of the profit, not one cent less!”
“Whoever dares half a word of complaint, no nonsense with them, drag them out and beat them first.”
“Also, list out those under them who are utterly wicked, make them hand over two people each from their families, if they can’t, let them make up with their own lives!”
“After handing over the people, secretly detain them all, don’t let outsiders know.”
Money, he wanted, KPI, he also needed!
At the same time, sow discord in the trust between these damn ones, make disaffection between them!
Killing defames the heart, he liked it most.
“Got it.” Little Ear asked no questions, agreed straight away, then hesitated and said:
“Big Brother Cao, what if those merchants don’t have such people under them?”
“Nonsense, if not, what do you have them hand over.” Cao Weida glared irritatedly, “Those properly doing business, as long as not too excessive, just have them pay ransom, fine amounts varying by shop scale.”
“From five hundred to five thousand silver dollars, you decide the amounts, finally give me a list summary.”
“As for those merchants truly with conscience, a token amount is fine, don’t make it hard on them, they’re our compatriots, why be so harsh.”
At this point, he suddenly stopped, slapping Little Ear’s forehead, laughing and cursing:
“Damn it, playing mind games with this old man, huh! Does this old man seem like someone without conscience?!”
Little Ear’s neck shrank, hehe smiled, not embarrassed at all at being seen through.
Cao Weida rolled his eyes, not unhappy about it,
“This old man is your boss, can you not ask me everything? For non-major things, can’t you use your brain to handle it yourself?”
“Everything needing this old man to oversee personally, this old man isn’t Nezha, won’t three heads six arms, you want to work me to death!”
“In the future for such trivial matters, handle by your own conscience, only come ask if really undecided, don’t report everything to me.”
