After drinking too much beer, Li He was not in the mood for dinner. He ordered a bowl of sliced noodles from a roadside stall and ate until his face was covered in grease.
"Boss, I'll have a bowl too."
Li He looked up. "Why don't you go freeload off Pinsong? What are you doing here?"
"Brother, you have to take care of me. I still have some money on me. I've eaten all kinds of good food."
Feng Lei had inherited Chang Jing's excellent genes and was extremely handsome.
Dressed in a checkered suit, his hair was combed to a glossy sheen, his thin figure, and his smiling eyes, he was able to charm many young girls who had just experienced their first awakening of love.
Li He chuckled. "Pinsong will be furious if he hears about this. When he heard that you were here, he had already arranged a meal."
The boss brought over a large bowl of noodles. Feng Lei leaned over and took a pair of chopsticks from the basket. "I know, but I have something to discuss with you."
"Didn't you say that I'll look for you tonight?" Li He slurped the last of the noodles and put down his chopsticks. He wiped his mouth and lit up another cigarette.
Feng Lei took out a wallet the size of a palm from his pocket and pushed it to Li He. "Brother, what do you think of this?"
"Leather?" Li He could feel it as soon as he touched it.
Feng Lei nodded. "Artificial leather. Brother, look. The surface is smooth, delicate, and shiny. It's also waterproof and dirt-resistant. It's not any worse than high-end leather. I want to produce this kind of leather for the luggage factory. Is there a future?"
"Not bad." Li He scratched it with his fingernail. "If you want to do it, then do it. Why are you asking me?"
Feng Lei said shyly, "Brother, we have to use foreign currency."
"How many times have I told you? If you need foreign currency, look for Huang Bingxin. That's what the Commercial Bank does."
Feng Lei said, "Brother, I've gone to look for him. Old Huang said that it's too much and he needs your approval."
Li He smiled. "How much?"
"Just one stretching machine alone costs more than 200,000 US dollars." Feng Lei was a little uneasy in his heart and thus spoke carefully.
Li He said impatiently, "Don't dawdle. Give me a total."
"I did some calculations. Including the stretching machine, the smoothing machine, and the miscellaneous items, it will cost about 750,000 USD." Feng Lei was afraid that Li He wouldn't agree, so he quickly added, "Brother, you haven't seen it before. I came all the way from Jiangmen, and there are shoe factories and bag factories everywhere. Once our leather is produced, we won't have to worry about sales at all. I guarantee that we'll be able to earn back our investment within a year."
"Alright, I got it."
Feng Lei asked uncertainly, "Brother, you agree?"
Li He nodded. "I'll tell Huang Bingxin. You can go see him tomorrow."
"Thank you, brother. Thank you, brother." Feng Lei was naturally very happy.
"Don't be too happy too early. I'll try to get him to give you a discount on the interest, but whether it's in RMB or USD will be up to him. I won't interfere in this. You guys settle it yourselves." Both of them were Li He's businesses, so it wouldn't be good for either of them to lose out.
Feng Lei said, "When the time comes, I'll be able to sell mine too. I'll let him do whatever he wants."
He finished the soup in the bowl in a few gulps, paid the bill for the boss, and left in a hurry.
Night had fallen, and the enchanting night sky was intoxicating. However, the presence of night did not quiet the place down. Instead, it became lively.
Many people walked out of their houses. Some were parents taking their children for a walk, some were old people exercising with their rackets, and some were practicing Qigong. Qigong had always been mysterious, and Qigong had always been a hot topic in recent years.
Whether there was such a thing as "Qi" and whether practicing Qigong was useful, even Li He himself could not say for sure. He could neither confirm nor deny it.
However, there was one thing he was clear about. There was a turbid Qi in his heart, and there was even a lot of resentment.
At night, he lay on his bed, tossing and turning, but he could not fall asleep. He felt uncomfortable in any position. He had no choice but to sit up and take a book from Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio. Even though he had read it several times, it did not affect him from reading it again.
When he was young, his favorite was the fox in Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio. Even in his dreams, he wanted to raise a fox like that. Not only could it play with him, but it could also become a wife and sleep with him when it grew up.
Then, he would raise a few more of them, so that they could have a few wives and marry a few more wives.
How wonderful would that be!
He would not even dream of such a good thing in the day.
It was only when he grew up that he realized that it was an impossible dream. Since ancient times, the entanglement between foxes and humans was not uncommon. The biggest problem with this kind of love that crossed species was the difference in body structure.
The next morning, Li He washed up and went out of his room. Chen Dadi asked, "Do you want to have breakfast first?"
Li He shook his head. "I can't eat. You can eat by yourself."
Chen Dadi patted his shoulder and said, "We've known each other for such a long time, and you treat me like a real brother. Don't be angry if I say something. You're too arrogant. Since you have to live, you have to be spirited. Both the people who care about you and the people you care about don't feel good when they see you like this. Isn't that right? "
"Thank you." Li He walked out of the hotel. He kept feeling that there was something he wanted to do, but there was nothing he could do. He felt frustrated and uncomfortable all over.
There was no suffering that one could not endure, and there was only happiness that one could not enjoy.
In the end, he drove to the hospital. He wanted to see He Zhaodi. He still couldn't let go of her.
Before he could take two steps at the door, He Zhaodi saw him. "What are you doing here?"
Li He said uncomfortably, "I wanted to see if there's anything I can help you with. You guys are unfamiliar with this place, so you have to get used to it. "
He Laoxi greeted him from the bed, "It's okay, it's okay. I don't dare to say that I don't know how to read, and I get lost when I go out. But Zhaodi doesn't have a problem. Even though she's a young lady, it's normal for her to be out for ten days to half a month. She knows how to look at the map, and if she can't find her on the map, she'll ask someone. "
He was a proud man. His daughter was worth several sons of other families. Based on the current conditions, when an elderly person fell sick, they would just have to endure it at home. If they survived, they would be lucky. If they couldn't, they would be unlucky.
Which child would have the ability to send their elderly to the big hospital in the city? Money would be spent like water. If they relied on farming, the money they earned from farming would be wasted.
Li He went along and said, "She's capable."
He Laoxi said, "Of course, of course. I'm not boasting. She doesn't hesitate to work hard … "
"Come, eat an apple. Don't talk nonsense." He Zhaodi didn't want her father to say anything more.
Li He said, "Your father is telling the truth."
He Zhaodi asked, "Have you had breakfast? I'll take you to breakfast."
"Not yet." Li He suddenly felt hungry when he saw He Zhaodi.
"I'll be right there. Wait a moment." He Zhaodi placed all the things that He Laoxi wanted within his reach.
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