Reborn in 85: Starting with a family split and becoming the richest man, the ungrateful wretch regre

Lin Hongshan clapped his hands and said, "You'd be best to ask Zhou Zhimin about this. That guy loves reading all kinds of picture books. He knows everything about the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Water Margin like the back of his hand!"

"He must have connections. Let's find a way to get some stock. We can definitely lease it back or sell it!"

Lu Yang smiled and said, "It seems I really need to meet with Zhou Zhimin as soon as possible."

After chatting for a while, Lu Yang asked Lin Hongshan to make the arrangements, and he went straight back to school.

Two days later, Ge San arrived, and Lu Yang ran to Zhengjia Village to see him after school.

Upon seeing him, Ge San jumped up with a smile and said, "Yangzi, I've brought you what you wanted!"

Lu Yang smiled and opened the package, revealing two ginseng roots inside.

"San'er, you've done me a huge favor."

Ge San patted his shoulder, wiped the sweat from his brow, and asked, "Do you have a fan in this shop?"

"There are fans in every private room. Bai Yiyi helped us get the bottom price, so it's quite cheap."

Lin Hongshan continued.

Ge San breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good, otherwise I would have died of heat here."

He rolled up his sleeves and continued, "Your uncle came to the restaurant again a few days ago and threatened that if you don't go back, your brother won't be allowed to go to school!"

Lin Hongshan frowned immediately, a hint of anger flashing in his eyes: "What right do they have?!"

"I have to go back!"

Lu Yang said calmly, "Do you have a way to deal with your family?"

Lin Hongshan scratched his head and sat down again: "I can't handle it."

Ge San looked at Lu Yang and asked, "Do you have any good ideas?"

Lu Yang calmly said, "There are three options. The first is to separate and have your mother move here with your younger brother."

"Secondly, bring your younger brother to school so you can take care of him. Thirdly, it will allow you to get rid of the two of you."

Lin Hongshan lowered his head and began to think, without saying a word.

Ge San looked bewildered: "I can get to the first two, but what about the third one?"

Lu Yang took out an IOU from his pocket and handed it to Ge San.

Ge San unfolded the document and his eyebrows twitched: "Wow, 30,000, with a 5% interest rate, I'll never be able to pay it back in this lifetime."

Lu Yang nodded and said, "That's exactly how it should be. Du Miao from the county will definitely help with such a small favor."

Ge San and his group also knew that Du Miao was a local tyrant in the county.

Lin Hongshan immediately said, "The first two are easy to say but too difficult to do, unless we never go back to the village for the rest of our lives."

“My dad is different from your dad. He’s very shrewd and would never do anything as stupid as your dad.”

"So they will never be disgraced, while given my family's character, my reputation will definitely be ruined!"

Ge San scratched his head, looking equally frustrated: "Indeed, Yangzi was also severely criticized after leaving the village."

"But later, everything that happened to the Lu family was too outrageous, so now they all say that you made the right decision to separate the family."

Lu Yang spread his hands and said, "Then only the third one is left."

Lin Hongshan looked up and asked, "Is it easy?"

Lu Yang said seriously, "You have to stand up for yourself, otherwise no one can help you."

“My dad took my university spot, and he was in the wrong, so it was easy for me to separate from the family.”

"But you can't. You don't have any leverage over your father, so when dividing the family property, you must call all the elders who have the final say in your Lin family, as well as the village secretary and village head, and divide it all neatly and efficiently in one go!"

"With so many people present, even if the Lin family wanted to take disciplinary action against Hongshan, they wouldn't dare."

Lin Hongshan slapped his thigh and mustered his courage, saying, "Okay, let's do it this way!"

Lu Yang continued with a more drastic measure: "Back then, the two of us were the most likely to get into high school in our junior high class."

"If you had continued your studies back then, you would definitely be doing just as well as me now. We can't let the same regret happen to Hongjiang!"

Lin Hongshan made up his mind and mustered his courage, saying, "I'll do whatever you say. This time, I'm going to make my dad and mom divorce!"

Lu Yang was taken aback, not expecting Lin Hongshan to make such a decision so quietly.

Lin Hongshan picked up the wine in front of him and drank it all in one gulp: "Yangzi, before the family split up, at least your dad didn't beat your mom."

“My dad beat my mom horribly. Five years ago, on New Year’s Eve, just because my mom was cooking dumplings and forgot to cook the sauerkraut filling, my grandma complained a few times, and my mom talked back, my dad broke my mom’s ribs in front of ten people!”

"Can you imagine? Even when dealing with an enemy, you wouldn't break someone's ribs on New Year's Eve. There were more than a dozen people, and only my brother and I stopped them. Everyone else just watched the show and even sat on the sidelines laughing. I will remember them for the rest of my life!"

Lu Yang fell silent. He knew before that Lin Hongshan's family was struggling, but he never expected that such a thing had happened to them.

Ge San sighed deeply, feeling a tightness in his chest.

The three of them drank for a long time, and didn't rest until midnight.

The following morning, Lu Yang stopped the principal on his way home.

The principal looked at Lu Yang with suspicion: "What do you want?"

Lu Yang handed the two ginseng roots to the principal and said, "They're nothing valuable, just a specialty from the north. I'm giving them to you to try."

The principal opened the box with a puzzled look, then froze: "You're being too generous. Ginseng isn't exactly a cheap thing, is it?"

Lu Yang smiled and said, "It's very expensive here, but much cheaper where I'm from. This is wild ginseng; cultivated ginseng is sold by the kilogram!"

The principal was even more shocked. He said incredulously, "Really?"

Lu Yang couldn't help but laugh: "Really, I'm just a small business owner, I can't afford anything too expensive."

"Didn't you want to see me about something? Just say it."

The principal put away the gift and quickly asked.

He couldn't bear to return the gift; it was hard to buy such a thing. His wife had been in poor health, and the doctor had advised her to drink ginseng soup to help her recover.

Lu Yang knew that the principal was looking for ways to buy wild ginseng, which is why he asked Ge San to bring it from the north.

Lu Yang said politely, "Didn't you say you would help me with the business registration? I have three businesses to register now: two restaurants and one bookstore."

The principal stared at Lu Yang, suddenly speechless. He suddenly felt a bit superfluous; Lu Yang was rich and had a lot of tricks up his sleeve.

Even if he doesn't help, Lu Yang will definitely find a way to get the business registration documents sorted out.

However, he happened to bring it up himself, and Lu Yang got in touch with him.

"Alright, I'll ask someone to take care of it for you."

The principal hung the ginseng on the handlebars and said helplessly.

Lu Yang quickly said, "I'm going home for winter break. If I have time, I'll go to Changchun and bring back some wild ginseng."

"I'll give you a discount then."

The principal smiled and said, "Okay, I'll go now. I'll have someone deliver it to your shop after the formalities are completed."

Lu Yang watched the principal leave before hurriedly returning to the school library to study.