vrcanaries Chapter 149: Busy raising a family in a foreign land 149
Chapter 149: Busy raising a family in a foreign land 149
When Lu Pingsheng came back, the yard of Wei Miao's new home was already filled with the fragrance of osmanthus flowers.
When Wei Miao got the news and rushed back to Juhua Lane, the door of Lu Pingsheng's house was wide open, and Cui Liping and his younger brothers were still moving things.
"Mr. Lu, there is no imperial examination nowadays, why are you reading these books?"
Lu Pingsheng held the teapot, shook his head and smiled:
"I don't like watching plays or listening to music, I just love reading. Books can hold a golden house and a beautiful woman."
Cui Liping and his younger brothers were confused by what they heard and thought that the hobbies of rich people were novel.
"Brother, why did the bronze plate around your neck get replaced with jade?"
Cui Liping, who was still moving things toward the alley entrance, spat and said:
"I don't know where that one was lost, so my sister-in-law gave me this instead."
When others heard him talking about women, they laughed obscenely and asked them when the wedding would be.
Cui Liping glanced at Mrs. Dong's seductive back and smiled contentedly, "Soon."
After closing the door, Lu Pingsheng opened one of the boxes, removed the cloth on top, revealing the neatly packed yellow croaker inside, and said proudly:
"Yes, they are all yours."
Wei Miao is now just like Xu Ayu. He is no longer excited when he sees the box full of yellow croakers.
"How much is this box?"
Lu Pingsheng reported a number and touched his nose guiltily.
Wei Miao took out a small notebook from his pocket, wrote and calculated for a while, and said seriously:
"Brother Lu, you still owe me a box of gold."
Lu Pingsheng held his forehead with his hand, thinking that the little brat was really hard to deal with.
Wei Miao looked at him with a tense face and said very seriously:
"Brother Lu, since you cheated me, in addition to paying me back the money I deserve this time, I want you to increase our share of the next batch of goods by 10%."
Lu Pingsheng had nothing to say. It was he who was not upright first.
But he really had no money, and he wanted to get away with it this time and double the supplies to the little brat next time.
After all the penicillin was shipped to Hong Kong Island, it was then transported to the organization through special channels. He could give up his share of the money, but he could not lose out on the little boy's share.
The gold brought back was the money from selling sulfa drugs.
He divided his money into several parts and spent it all. If he was not afraid that the little brat would not see the money and get anxious about it, he would have spent all the money he had now.
"Ah Miao, I know I was wrong and I won't dare to do it again next time, so can you please not punish me?" Lu Pingsheng said softly.
Wei Miao is impartial and just. The book says that deceiving friends is unkind and breaking one's promise is unjust.
How could she let Brother Lu be an unkind and unjust person?
Lu Pingsheng watched with lack of interest as Yang Qiushi and two other men moved things to the underground secret room.
"Ah Miao, I have bought a lot of raw materials for sulfonamide this time. You can take Mr. Wu and his two students to work overtime to make it. It would be even better if you can teach them."
Wei Miao nodded. The people who rented houses in the alley were all sent by Lu Pingsheng’s organization.
Only a very few of them knew each other, and the rest did not know each other's identities.
But according to Lu Pingsheng, these people came from the southwest and are trustworthy comrades.
Among these people, the only one who knew Lu Pingsheng's identity was Mr. Wu.
Mr. Wu had only one goal, which was to learn how to make sulfa drugs and penicillin.
Lu Pingsheng made a deal with her. After she taught Mr. Wu the method, he would not ask for a share of the sulfa drugs and penicillin produced by Wei Miao in the future, and he would not provide raw materials or sell them.
Wei Miao was very satisfied with the result.
Lu Pingsheng never expected that the brat would be so easy to deal with. This time he was cautious and was a little careless, so the brat caught him.
"Ah Miao, my mother is not here, I can't even enjoy my meal."
Lu Pingsheng lost all his money and urgently needed food to fill his heart.
Wei Miao said: "My mother now cooks for the master and servants across the street, and earns two hundred dollars a month."
Lu Pingsheng curled his lips, "When did the Zeng family become so stingy."
Wei Miao was delighted to have earned some money. When he heard his words, he asked casually, "Zeng family? Zeng Xingsheng is from the Zeng family?"
Lu Pingsheng nodded and said with some admiration:
"The old man of the Zeng family was a powerful official's aide and the first generation of major industrialists in China. He created eleven 'firsts' in China, including shipping, telegraph, textiles, coal mining, railways, banks, and universities. All of them were founded by him." (Note 1)
For a family like this, a mere two hundred dollars is just the money for a cup of tea.
When Lu Pingsheng saw Uncle Bao for the first time at Wei Miao's house, he already knew this man's identity through his ability to recognize people by their voices.
I feel quite sad for the youngest son of the Zeng family.
God said, "Excessive wisdom will bring harm, and deep love will not bring longevity." This person has both of these.
He was smart but not strong since childhood. His childhood sweetheart cousin married an important figure in the Republic of China. After the old man died, this most beloved young master was sent away in a short time.
But even though he was kicked out of the Zeng family, he used his existing wealth to become a major shareholder of several department stores and even had his own separate shipping route.
Lu Pingsheng intended to make friends with this person, and he even had a bigger plan in the works.
Wei Miao didn't feel that he was at a disadvantage after hearing this, "But the two of them only spend twenty dollars a month, and my mother feels very uneasy about the rest."
Lu Pingsheng thought about Wei Miao's smart yet kind parents, and once again lamented that the little bastard would be reincarnated.
The two were chatting about this and that when they heard a knock on the door.
Yang Qiushi, who had just washed his face, went to open the door.
Little Nanjing stumbled in and said, "Brother Lu, A Miao, save my dad."
Lu Pingsheng said quickly: "Speak slowly, what's wrong?"
Little Nanjing's eyes were filled with fear, his lips turned pale with terror, and he couldn't utter a complete sentence after opening his mouth several times.
Wei Miao and Lu Pingsheng looked at each other.
Wei Miao handed him some water and said, "Little Nanjing, is your father injured or sick?"
Little Nanjing looked into Wei Miao's dark eyes, and his shaking body calmed down a little.
"Just now, several people with guns came and took Cui Lijuan away. My father injured someone in order to protect her, and they took my father away with him."
Lu Pingsheng frowned, "Just now?"
The tall and thin boy nodded, "Just now."
Wei Miao asked: "You didn't say why?"
Little Nanjing was cleaning the house when he saw Cui Lijuan running back home in a hurry. She no longer did what she used to do to tease her father.
As soon as she returned home, a group of vicious-looking people entered Cui's house and dragged Cui Lijuan out in a short while.
Near noon, when the sun was at its highest, the alley was empty and only little Jiangsu could hear Grandma Cui's cries for help.
Seeing Cui Lijuan being dragged away, the cowardly man mustered up the courage to protect her with a knife, and injured one person when she was caught off guard. However, he was also dragged up by the gang and stuffed into a car at the entrance of the alley.
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Note 1: It is a fiction, and borrows from other characters, so there will be some discrepancies~ Don't blame me~~~