Starting out as a drug dealer in 1988

At this time, Wei Chunlan was working in the private plot behind the house. When she saw Zhao Wenhao open the back door and come in, she hurriedly put down her hoe and trotted over.

"Wenhao, you're back! Have you had breakfast? Mom will heat you up."

Wei Chunlan has a low level of education and doesn't know what words to use to express her worries these days.

A mother worries about her son even when he is thousands of miles away! These past few days, she had lost her appetite. It was her son's first time traveling far away, so as a mother, how could she not be worried?

Zhao Wenhao felt this deep love, he put his arm around Wei Chunlan's shoulders and walked towards home.

Wei Chunlan had never seen her son like this before, and felt a little embarrassed.

"Mom, look." In the bedroom, Zhao Wenhao stuffed the money he earned from this trip into Wei Chunlan's hands like he was presenting a treasure. "These are all earned by me. Don't worry, our family's foreign debt will be paid off soon."

Looking at the thick stack in her hand, Wei Chunlan was a little bit unbelievable. She knew how much money her son had, but she didn't expect that after only three days, his money would have doubled.

"Wenhao, you haven't done anything bad, have you?" Wei Chunlan's face was quite solemn. "Although our family is not rich, we can't do anything that harms the world."

Zhao Wenhao gave the first money he earned to Wei Chunlan just to make her happy, but he didn't expect to arouse her suspicion.

"Mom, don't worry, I won't do anything bad. This money is really earned."

Zhao Wenhao explained the price in Yangzhou to Wei Chunlan in detail to relieve her from further worry. He also told her to keep it a secret and not tell anyone for the time being, otherwise they would not be able to establish an exclusive deal.

People of this era were isolated from the news, and no one knew that there was a Chinese herbal medicine distribution center in Lin Province, and the price was more than twice that of Ping'an County.

Upon hearing such good news, Wei Chunlan's face lit up with smiles, but she immediately covered her mouth. She didn't want to spread such news, as her family still owed a lot of foreign debts.

"Mom, take this money first, and then go buy me some honeysuckle. The more the better. If someone can buy it on credit first, that would be great. We can guarantee payment within five days."

Zhao Wenhao pushed the money back and gave some instructions.

Wei Chunlan nodded repeatedly. Where could she find such a good thing? Of course, she had to take advantage of the enthusiasm and do it quickly.

"Your second uncle has quite a lot of money. I didn't feel comfortable going there last time. I'll go over there later and tell them to buy it on credit first." Wei Chunlan carefully put the money into her trouser pocket and turned around to leave.

Zhao Wenhao quickly pulled Wei Chunlan aside and said, "I'll go to my second uncle's house. I'm not familiar with the other families, and they might not buy my story."

Because of Zhao Aiguo, although the two families lived in front and back houses, they did not have much contact with each other.

But Zhao Wenhao knew that his second uncle Zhao Aimin was quite fond of them, the younger generations, and often secretly brought them some food without telling his second aunt Zhou Li.

During the Chinese New Year, in addition to the New Year's money given openly, the second uncle would secretly put another portion into Zhao Wenhao's pocket.

"Okay, you can go." Wei Chunlan had no objection and hurried out of the house.

Zhao Aimin was a skilled bricklayer. He was also hardworking and, when work was unavailable, he would do odd jobs in the county. Furthermore, his wife, Zhou Li, though stingy and scornful, was also a capable person, so overall, life was pretty good.

When Zhao Wenhao walked over, Zhou Li was drying something at the door. Seeing Zhao Wenhao coming, she forced a smile and said, "Wenhao, you're here. What's going on?"

"Second Aunt is busy. I have something to talk to Second Uncle about. Is he still at home?" Zhao Wenhao hurriedly explained his purpose.

I definitely can't talk to Zhou Li directly about this matter. If I tell her, she will definitely not give him credit. I can only go to Zhao Aimin, that might still be a possibility.

"Ai Min took Huizi and Xiangzi to fish in the ditch ahead." Zhou Li pointed to the front.

Zhao Wenhao didn't say much. He just said hello and left.

Soon, he arrived at the riverside and saw an adult and two children building a dam there.

"Wenhao, you're back!" Zhao Aimin waved at him when he saw him approaching. "Your mom was still complaining about you yesterday. Luckily, nothing happened to you. I heard you went to the provincial capital to sell honeysuckle. How's it going? What's the price there?"

"I didn't sell it in Xuanzhou. I went to Minyang Province. The price there is pretty good." Zhao Wenhao did not hide anything, but he did not explain everything.

Zhao Aimin washed his hands and jumped onto the shore. "You're quite good, you're more capable than your father. You actually ran off to Lin Province by yourself."

"Brother, come down and help us. We just caught a black fish, but it ran away." Zhao Wenhui was still building a dam in the water and waved to Zhao Wenhao.

At this moment, Zhao Wenhao had no time to play with the children. He only wanted to make money quickly, pay off his foreign debts, and then implement the next plan.

Zhao Aimin knew his nephew must have something to ask him, so he pulled him aside and asked, "Just tell me, what is it?"

"My mother told me that you have a lot of dried honeysuckle at home, and I want to take it. But I don't have any money now, so I need to wait a few days before giving it to you." Zhao Wenhao did not hesitate and directly stated his purpose.

Zhao Aimin hesitated for a moment before saying, "Well, your second aunt will definitely have an opinion about this. When she's making dinner in the evening, I'll carry the honeysuckle over to you so she won't nag me anymore. I still have over ten pounds at home, and I'm planning to send it to town in the next two days."

More than ten pounds of dried honeysuckle can be exchanged for more than 100 yuan in town.

Zhao Wenhao knew his second aunt's personality, and he guessed that once she found out, she would have another big fight with her second uncle.

He could completely understand it. After all, he had already borrowed money from his second uncle, and now it was equivalent to lending him more than 100. The relationship between the two old brothers was not harmonious, so it was not easy for them to do this.

He kept this kindness in his heart, and when he became rich one day, he would definitely repay them a hundredfold.

Therefore, Zhao Wenhao did not act pretentiously and made the agreement directly with Zhao Aimin.

In the evening, Zhao Aimin came over with a snakeskin bag on his back and put it directly at the door without even entering the house.

In just that afternoon, Wei Chunlan used the more than 400 yuan in cash she had and the money she had received from other people's homes to stockpile a total of 128 kilograms of honeysuckle.

However, Wei Chunlan promised that the credit amount would be settled within five days, at a price of 7.2 yuan per kilogram.

This was also something Zhao Wenhao had specifically instructed. If you don't give them some benefits, why would they give you these things?