Kong Zhenghui squinted and looked at Su Tianyu: "What do you want to say?"
"Nothing, I just feel a little strange." Su Tianyu also looked at him: "What do you think?"
"Haha, I know what you are thinking." Kong Zhenghui smiled and whispered back: "But I think it's just a coincidence, we don't need to think too much."
Su Tianyu was silent.
Kong Zhenghui introduced softly: "You don't know the situation in Longcheng. On the road, on the water, running outside, drilling into the no-man's land, each industry has its own rules and circles. The code gang has been online for many years, with many eyes and ears, and thugs everywhere. If you rely on water, they will target you. This is not abnormal."
Su Tianyu nodded slowly: "Maybe I think too much."
"Let's take a step back and say that if you come out to eat the food of the underworld, you will do it if the benefits are suitable, and you will disperse if they are not suitable." Kong Zhenghui saw it clearly: "We are just footwork, and we take the money we deserve, that's all."
"That makes sense." Su Tianyu agreed.
"Okay, that's it. I'll take my people back first." Kong Zhenghui said hello, and took his family members who had divided the money, got into the car and left the garbage dump.
Not far away, Su Tianbei distributed 81,000 yuan in cash to the three companies according to the corresponding amount, and the workers who participated in moving and transporting goods today, as well as the core children of the family, each took 500 yuan in extra money.
In fact, according to the living standards of Longcheng, this money is definitely not small. The income of one night is equivalent to the monthly salary of many ordinary people. And although this business is smuggling, the risks borne by the people working below are completely different from those of the three companies of Su, Bai and Kong.
If there is a problem, the upper level has to bear it; paving the way and building relationships also rely on the upper level, and the workers only need to do their work. So everyone has no objection to the division of accounts, but some people want to do this for a long time and earn more extra money to supplement their family expenses.
Su Tianyu made a net profit of 4,000 today, because Yu Mingyuan gave him 85,000 yuan. It can be seen that this boss is quite generous and values the Su family.
Su Tianyu was happy to make money. He quickly dealt with the follow-up matters and prepared to go back to sleep.
"Little... Little Brother Yu." At this moment, Da Xiong bared his teeth and came over happily and shouted.
Su Tianyu turned around: "What's the matter?"
"I made... I made money. I... I'll treat you to breakfast." Da Xiong invited with a smile: "Eat something good, go... go to the Cantonese restaurant for morning tea."
"Forget it, I'm going back to sleep."
"No... Don't you give me face? I want to treat you." Da Xiong spoke very directly.
"Haha." Su Tianyu grinned: "Okay, let's go."
"Okay." Da Xiong pulled open the door of Su Tianyu's Ford "bus" and bent down to sit on it.
"Where are you going?" Su Tianbei, Bai Hongbo, and a relative of the Su family also came over.
"Big Bear wants to treat me to a meal."
"Hey, Brother Big Bear, why don't you treat us to a meal?" Bai Hongbo asked the car.
After thinking carefully for three or four seconds, Big Bear nodded and said, "Okay... I... I'll treat you all, let's go together."
"It's bright!" Bai Hongbo opened the car door and got in.
In this way, the five of them drove the off-road vehicle for about five or six kilometers before arriving at the Cantonese restaurant, because Big Bear insisted on coming here.
When everyone entered the house, it was just dawn, the sun rose in the east, and the clouds were bright.
It was rare for Big Bear to take the initiative to order dishes, and he ordered a lot of shrimp dumplings, steamed fish balls, and sea cucumber porridge, which were not cheap.
After ordering, Bai Hongbo was about to pay the bill as usual, but Daxiong stopped him: "It's agreed that it's my treat, you don't have to pay, Brother Bai."
"You're quite particular, brother!" Bai Hongbo definitely didn't care about the money for breakfast, so he didn't argue and just drank the porridge.
While everyone was eating breakfast, Daxiong tentatively asked Su Tianyu: "Little... Little Brother Yu, can I live in the newly rented third floor in the future?"
Su Tianyu was stunned: "Why do you want to live there? Aren't you going home?"
"It's freer there." Daxiong lowered his head and drank the porridge: "I don't see anyone there, no... otherwise, I can pay a little rent every month."
Yu Mingyuan had asked Linda to rent a three-story building by the sea before. The main purpose of this building was to store speedboats, ropes, motors, chains and other tools for work, because these things could not be used every time. And there must be a gathering place for workers before each work. They can't always gather at the garbage dump. It's too conspicuous.
Su Tianyu glanced at Daxiong. Although he had many doubts in his heart, he habitually didn't ask about family affairs: "Okay, if you want to live here, you can live here. You don't have to pay rent. There are a lot of things there, and someone needs to look after them."
Daxiong was very happy to hear this: "Thank... Thank you, Brother Xiaoyu. When you are free... I will treat you to a good meal."
"Haha, Daxiong, when are you going to get married?" Bai Hongbo asked casually.
"As long as you work hard and save enough money, you can... buy a house and get married. Soon... soon." Daxiong replied.
"You can marry, but you can't marry the third sister." Bai Hongbo said with a squint: "That's my Bai Yueguang, your future sister-in-law."
"It's Nima." Su Tianbei cursed indignantly.
Daxiong's face flushed when he heard this, and he lowered his head and stopped talking.
"Damn, people say that he doesn't have a good brain, but you see, he knows his life plan better than me!" Although Bai Hongbo is a bit rude, he has never teased Dabai in a vulgar way. Although his words seem out of tune, they are his true thoughts.
"You don't have a plan?" Su Tianyu asked.
"To be honest, I don't have any plan, I'm quite confused." Bai Hongbo pouted and replied: "I don't like these things very much, but... I can't do it without doing it. My father is old, and there are a lot of people waiting to cook at home... Alas, men, when they are adults, they don't live for themselves anymore."
Su Tianyu smiled, turned his head to look at Su Tianbei and the relative of the Su family and asked: "Second brother, Haozi, what plans do you two have?"
"Make it bigger and stronger, and create more glory!" Su Tianbei replied concisely and clearly.
"Okay." Su Tianyu nodded: "What about you, Haozi?"
The young man across the street is called Zhang Hao, he is the child of Tianbei's uncle. His father died in the Chinese Navy in his early years. He and his mother were left alone and went to the Su family, which had some property in Longcheng.
Zhang Hao was a man of few words and worked hard. He could be found almost anywhere in the Su family compound. Su Tianyu knew him when he was a child and had always had a good impression of him.
Zhang Hao listened to Su Tianyu's question, thought about it carefully and replied: "I don't have any plans, I just want to make some money so that my mother can live a good life."
"Yes, people live, to put it bluntly, just want to have a good life." Bai Hongbo raised the bowl of porridge and shouted: "Come on, for a good life tomorrow, drink it."
"How can you drink porridge!" Su Tianbei was speechless.
"Oh, that's what I mean. Drinking alcohol early in the morning is damn unhealthy." Bai Hongbo grinned and said: "Today is quite memorable. We have done it on the first day. I hope it will get better and better in the future."
The five young people smiled at each other, picked up the bowl of porridge and drank it.
In the early morning, everyone left the porridge shop together, facing the dazzling sun, and dispersed.
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Daxiong took the key to the third floor from Su Tianyu and walked home happily.
It was a little after eight o'clock in the morning.
In a dilapidated building on Tufang Street in Zhannan District, Daxiong climbed up the seven-story steps and opened the door of his house with the key.
Tufang Street is a famous slum in Zhannan District. The buildings here are all semi-welfare housing built by the Longcheng Relief Bureau for those who have no security, no job, and no ability to work. Except for water and electricity fees, no other fees are required.
Daxiong's father was once a soldier, and he was seriously injured in the inland battlefield of the Chinese District, his left hand was blown off, and he was awarded the third-class individual merit. After he retired from the army, he followed the migration troops to Longcheng. At the beginning, he was also allocated a relatively spacious house and received a sum of military compensation.
However, Father Wu has three sons. If he lives on the compensation money from the army, he will sooner or later run out of money. So after he retired from the army, he followed several comrades in Longcheng to start trading in scarce materials. However, due to bad luck and the tightening of policies, he eventually lost a lot of money.
Since then, the Wu family moved to this slum, and Father Wu also worked in the dirty gang with the Su family for a while. To put it bluntly, Su Zhengcai arranged a sinecure for him in the company because of his friendship with him in the army. Later, Father Wu's health became worse and worse, so Daxiong took his place and joined the dirty gang as a worker.
Daxiong opened the door and entered the living room of the house. At a glance, he saw Father Wu sitting at a dirty table eating breakfast and drinking white wine.
Father Wu had this habit. He drank three times a day, and after drinking, he either lay on the bed to read or sleep.
The Wu family's house is about 60 square meters in total. The environment is very shabby. The furniture in the house is more than ten years old, and it is filled with a rotten smell.
Daxiong's eldest and second brothers have already started working and no longer live at home, so Wu's father rented the east room to a middle-aged couple who run a breakfast stall. He and his wife live in the west room, and Daxiong's room was converted from a balcony, and the space is basically enough to fit a bed.
After Daxiong came back, he shouted a little stiffly: "Dad...you...you got up?"
"You don't come home every day, what have you been doing?" Wu's father shouted loudly.
"I...I and a few friends from the company helped the Su family transport some goods at sea." Daxiong responded hesitantly.
"Shipping goods at sea??? Smuggling?! You are so stupid, you just do whatever others tell you to do?" Father Wu cursed: "We should have been caught that night, do you know how many years you will be sentenced?"
"They all followed suit, and the people in the Su family did it themselves, it's okay." Daxiong replied, turned around and walked to the balcony.
"How much money did they give you? Huh?!" Father Wu shouted again.
Daxiong returned to the balcony, lowered his head and began to pack his luggage.
"Fuck, why did I give birth to such a stupid person like you! You step on others' drawings, and your head is full of shit." Father Wu was drinking and cursing outside.
Daxiong packed his things as quickly as possible, then walked out of the balcony with a broken luggage bag and locked the door.
"What do you do?"
"I found a night watch job, and I'm going to live there... there..." Daxiong stuttered back, "I won't be back for a while."
"I'm asking you, how much money can you make by going out to sea with them?" Father Wu asked with his eyes wide open.
Daxiong thought for a while, lowered his head and took out 454 yuan from his pocket, put it on the table and said, "I gave you 500 yesterday, here you go."
Father Wu took the money and his tone softened a lot: "Don't be stupid, be careful when doing things, and run away if something is wrong."
"Got it."
"Well, I'll save this money for you, and don't cause trouble outside!" Father Wu replied.
"I'm leaving." Daxiong carried his bag and walked out of the house.
...
Outside, the sun was bright, and Daxiong unconsciously showed his signature smile as soon as he left the house.
After a long journey, Daxiong arrived at the three-story building by the sea, put his luggage neatly on the ground, and began to clean up a bedroom on the top floor.
The weather was hot, and Daxiong took a rag and a broken mop and cleaned the house carefully. Although he looked rough and stupid, he was very delicate and methodical.
After cleaning, Daxiong brought up several broken cabinets downstairs and put them in the house.
Bending down to take out his luggage, Daxiong sorted them out one by one, and finally placed a small handmade wooden sculpture that looked like the third sister on the bedside table, and a very worn-out Superman model toy glued with transparent tape.
After everything was done, Daxiong lay on the ground, wiping the sweat with his arm, looking at the bright sunshine outside, and grinning inexplicably.