A 50-year-old man is reborn and becomes a complete slacker, leaving his scumbag children completely

"What! Fengsheng Brigade actually sold all the fish? Dozens of people are carrying fish out to sell every day? Where are they selling them?"

"Fengsheng Brigade has really become rich! They can sell over a thousand catties of fish a day? And lots of snails too? How much money can they make!"

"My God, they can make 200 yuan a day, and each family can get more than one yuan? This is money that is given to them for no reason."

"They're expanding further? Will the fish market grow even bigger? Is that true? Did they find some benefactor?"

Throughout Yiqian Township, many brigade leaders, upon receiving the news, sat in their offices and began to question their very souls.

However, many people gave up after thinking about it. Fengsheng Brigade does have water areas, which can indeed be used for aquaculture, but many of their brigades only have a few small rivers, making it difficult to develop aquaculture. So they can only look on with envy.

The situation was different for the Lingdong Brigade. At this moment, in the office of the Lingdong Brigade...

Captain Du Tianchuan's face was terribly gloomy, like a dark cloud about to unleash a torrential downpour.

"So this fish buyer came to our Lingdong Brigade first? Because we couldn't sell him any fish, so he had no choice but to come to Fengsheng Brigade?"

"I want to ask, which bastard from our brigade ruined this deal and handed over such a huge gold ingot to the Fengsheng Brigade!"

"You must find him! Whoever he is, he is a sinner for all time in our Lingdong Brigade! The entire Lingdong Brigade will grind him to dust and skin him alive!"

Du Tianchuan looked at the brigade cadres and squad leaders in the brigade and cursed angrily, spitting everywhere.

These brigade cadres and squad leaders remained silent. In fact, they wanted to curse even more than Du Tianchuan did. Who wouldn't want each household to receive one yuan a day? Who wouldn't want their village to have cement roads built for convenient transportation?

"Captain, we've been at the fishpond these past few days. It couldn't have been us who said it. Besides, if we really did encounter it, we would definitely tell you immediately, and then you would be the one to decide."

"Exactly, exactly. We don't usually spend much time in the brigade office. Even when we are here, how could we make such an important decision so easily?" "Is there some misunderstanding here?"

Someone below frowned and said, "I don't think it was one of them who did it."

"Who could it be!" Du Tianchuan said angrily, hands on his hips.

Just then, a squad leader suddenly said, "I remember one day when you went to a meeting in the township, Captain, Du Wu was in your office. Could it be that the fishmonger from that day came looking for us?"

He stopped there, his implication clear: he suspected it was caused by Du Wu's presence in the office that day.

"Impossible!" Du Tianchuan had absolute confidence in his son and retorted without hesitation, "If he really met the boss, my son would be more polite than anyone else. He has always admired those who do big business."

A group of people discussed for a long time in the office, but couldn't come up with a solution, so they prepared to disband and think of another way.

Just then, a large group of villagers walked in.

"Captain, I've gathered some information."

This villager happened to have relatives in Fengsheng Brigade, so when he went to visit them, he inadvertently obtained some important information.

"Quick, tell me about it!" Du Tianchuan hurriedly invited the villager in and made him sit in the main seat.

This was the first time that villager had received such treatment; it was the first time he had been able to sit in front of so many brigade cadres and have them listen carefully to what he had to say.

He spoke very cautiously and reservedly: "That fish buyer is none other than Hu Dahai from Qunyi Brigade. He has been buying fish in his own brigade."

Upon hearing this news, Du Tianchuan and the others were extremely excited, as if they had been given a clear direction in the darkness.

“Great news! You’ve brought great news to our Lingdong Brigade. With this news, we can go directly to Hu Dahai and discuss the fish-selling business.”

"When our Lingdong Brigade goes to sell fish, the fish from Fengsheng Brigade will be nothing compared to them. We are much closer to them."

"Yes, soon we will be able to build cement roads and every household can receive a share of the profits!"

The officers in the office cheered excitedly.

"Alright then," Du Tianchuan cleared his throat to quiet everyone down before saying, "To show that we take this seriously, tomorrow several of us brigade cadres will go to Hu Dahai's house to discuss this fish business with him."

"With so many of us going together, we've shown enough sincerity. We'll see how things go. If it really doesn't work out, we can offer a lower price or better service. As long as we secure this fish order first, we'll find a way later."

Du Tianchuan's words garnered approval from some of the brigade cadres:

"Yes, yes, that's how it should be. We can only get better service if we offer lower prices and better products."

"As long as we all go together with sincerity, we can definitely get all the fish orders back."

“Our fishponds are about the same size as those in Fengsheng Brigade. If they can sell fish, we can definitely sell fish too!”

And so, Du Tianchuan and the other cadres of the Lingdong Brigade decided to go see Hu Dahai the next day. Du Tianchuan also told Du Wu about this, asking him to come with him to broaden his horizons and gain experience, so that if the opportunity arose, he could follow in his father's footsteps and become the brigade leader.

When Du Wu learned that he was going to see a big fish buyer, he was overjoyed. He spent the whole night at home practicing how to speak and how to act when he met the big boss the next day. He even practiced his smile in front of the mirror for half an hour.

Just as the Lingdong Brigade was enthusiastically preparing to meet Hu Dahai...

In the Qunyi Brigade, Hu Guanbao's makeshift shack was unusually lively today.

Tonight, Zhang Yuzhen actually brought money to Hu Guanbao's shack and kept watch with him.

She took 40 yuan yesterday, and today she brought back a full 60 yuan.

Indeed, Zhang Yuzhen's parents really went all out this time, selling 30 yuan worth of blood each. After donating so much blood, they were both completely numb.

They gave all 60 yuan to Zhang Yuzhen, keeping none for themselves. Zhang's father, even weakly, said to her, "Yuzhen, your mother and I are incompetent and can't provide you with a good life. We've even had to rely on you to help us. But we have no choice; your brother's situation still needs to be resolved."

“We don’t want to make things difficult for you. You’ve done so much for us this time, and we’re worried that you won’t be able to explain it to Guan Bao. So your mother and I sold our blood and earned 60 yuan. You can take it all. Spend some quality time with Guan Bao today.”

Upon hearing these words and seeing her parents' even older and weaker faces, Zhang Yuzhen burst into tears.

The intense sense of loss and loneliness she felt earlier because her parents didn't seem to care about her vanished instantly. In its place, she was filled with overwhelming gratitude.

So she took the money and went to Hu Guanbao's shack that very night.

"Guan Bao, here's 60 yuan. Take it first; you'll need it to build the house. I'll stay here with you tonight."

Upon hearing this, Hu Guanbao's eyes widened in surprise: "What? You're actually going to spend the night with me here tonight?"

Zhang Yuzhen suppressed her discomfort and nodded, saying, "Yes, building a house isn't just your business; it's a joint effort between the two of us."

As she spoke, she helped Hu Guanbao wash his clothes and even pretended to give him a massage.

Hu Guanbao enjoyed his wife's service and turned a blind eye to Zhang Yuzhen's past problems.

If a wife is found like this, what else can a husband ask for?

“Guanbao, you see, my brother recently failed in business and offended his wife. Now Zhang Zude says he wants to start a business and needs some money. I want to lend the money we have for building a house to my brother first, since he's our only brother. My parents have even started selling their blood to earn money, and it really breaks my heart to see them like this.”

"Could we take our time building the house? This place will eventually be ours anyway. We can lend them the money first, and Zhang Zude will definitely pay us back once he makes his money. What do you think?"

Zhang Yuzhen seized the opportunity and, with tears streaming down her face, spoke softly to Hu Guanbao.

This was Zhang Yuzhen's idea. First, she used Zhang Zude's business venture as an excuse to pretend that she had lent all her money to Zhang Zude. Then, after a while, she would say that Zhang Zude's business had failed again, thus justifying the deficit.

She has already told her family about this and asked Zhang Zude to stay at his maternal grandmother's house for a few days.