Chapter 143: If you stick your head out, you'll get a knife. If you hide your head, you'll
Originally, this was the return trip.
Wu Wei planned to stop in the provincial capital so that he could go to the Red Star Machinery Factory to buy a brick-making machine.
As a result, Qiao Guoliang's incident happened.
Not only was there one more person on the road, but there was also an extra expense.
Wu Wei was worried that Qiao Guoliang would do something else when he arrived in the provincial capital.
In addition, the current rotary kiln had just started construction, and the brick kiln factory was in ruins.
Even if the brick-making machine was purchased, there was no place to put it.
It would be better to wait until the rotary kiln was almost built after the New Year, and the brick kiln factory was almost finished.
Then come here to buy it.
After all, as long as Wu Wei kept dealing in treasury bonds, he would have no shortage of opportunities to come out.
So the return ticket that night was to go directly back to Pengcheng.
The three of us took care of each other along the way, and everything was safe.
At around three o'clock in the morning, we arrived in Pengcheng under the stars.
When we came out of Pengcheng Railway Station, the cold weather in the north suddenly hit us.
In addition, it was still dark, and it felt like he was thrown into an ice cellar.
Wu Wei immediately took the two of them to find a noodle shop.
Each of them had a bowl of hot noodle soup, and after swallowing it, he felt like he had come back to life.
Then he ran to the bus station not far away, took the first minibus ticket back to the county town, and rushed back to the county town without stopping.
Even so, it was still bright when he returned to Beilun.
As soon as he got off the bus, Qiao Guoliang excitedly took the phone number Wu Wei gave him and wanted to try it.
Wu Wei raised his wrist and looked at his watch, "It's strange that you can find anyone if you call at this time! If you have that time, you might as well go home and report that you are safe."
Qiao Guoliang thought about it and it was right.
It is true that it is easy to get in the phone at this time in the morning, but there is a high probability that no one will answer.
As for going home to report that he is safe?
Qiao Guoliang didn't need to think about it, he knew that this was a dead end.
Even if he brought gifts for everyone in his family in his bag, he didn't have the courage to do so.
But on the surface, he still tried to hold on: "Why don't you come back with me? Then we can hold a welcoming banquet and a thank-you banquet together, so that my mother won't have to work twice."
Wu Wei laughed when he heard it: "I have a lot of things to do, and I don't know when I can finish them."
Qiao Guoliang insisted: "I'll wait for you."
So Wu Wei could only take the two of them back to the Bayi Road courtyard first.
There was no one in the Bayi Road courtyard during the day.
Only Da Huang hid under the eaves, watching the house silently.
Wu Wei opened the door and entered the house. The three-burner coal stove closed the wind door, leaving only a few small gaps.
Even so, the warmth inside the house was incomparable to the outside.
Wu Wei and Ma Haitao took off the military coats that had been wrapped all the way, and then they found scissors and started to remove the stitches.
Qiao Guoliang touched the cup and poured a cup of tea.
Then he silently watched the master and apprentice take money out of the worn-out military coats.
At first, Qiao Guoliang was able to remain calm, after all, this way of hiding money was not uncommon.
But when the big unity on the eight-immortal table piled up more and more, Qiao Guoliang began to get restless.
Even so, the two military coats were only half unpacked.
How much money would it really cost to unpack them all!
After an hour or so, Qiao Guoliang finally got the answer, 130,000 yuan.
In comparison, he had worked hard, suffered a beating, and went to the detention and repatriation station to earn a few thousand yuan.
Not even a fraction of that.
After confirming that the number was correct, Wu Wei counted out 30 big unity notes on the spot and gave them to Ma Haitao, saying: "Count it as your hard work fee, take it back and buy a new car."
Ma Haitao subconsciously refused.
After all, he had not spent a penny in the past few days, and he had been eating, drinking, and running around.
Now, how could he get any hard work fee?
Seeing this, Qiao Guoliang said, "Take it!"
Then he said to Wu Wei, "If I had known, I would have fought you."
But Wu Wei said, "Can you take a beating or bluff with your body?"
"Ah, yes, yes, yes!"
Qiao Guoliang had given up resistance. After all, he had lost face in front of Wu Wei, his cheap brother-in-law.
After counting the money, Wu Wei roughly coded it and divided it into two parts.
Then he took the two silk scarves he bought at the First Department Store and stood up and said, "I'm going to do something. Haitao, buy a new car now. I'll be back soon. It's just right for the three of us to ride a bike back."
Qiao Guoliang was left alone, so he volunteered, "I'll go with you."
In this way, Qiao Guoliang accompanied Ma Haitao and rode Ma Jinbao's old bicycle to Xingfu Road.
Wu Wei also locked the door and went straight to the Bayi Road Bank.
First, I deposited a deposit slip for 80,000 yuan, and then took the remaining 50,000 yuan to the meat processing factory.
Today is Thursday.
Although it is New Year's Day, there is no holiday.
So when Wu Wei arrived at the meat processing factory, he easily found two factory beauties.
The three of them found an empty meeting room and counted the money in person.
Finally, Wang Jing held the banknotes in her arms, but still stretched out her hand to Wu Wei and said, "Where is the gift?"
Sure enough, this woman cares more about gifts than business.
Fortunately, Wu Wei had prepared and brought two identical silk scarves.
In the eyes of Wang Jing and Yu Lili, this was Wu Wei's equal treatment of the two.
But in Wu Wei's eyes, he just picked up a souvenir.
The price is not expensive, and anyone can use it.
After finishing all this, Wu Wei returned to the small courtyard of Bayi Road.
Ma Haitao's new car has been bought back, and he is riding back and forth on Bayi Road in front.
It felt so fresh, just like when you first learned how to ride a bike.
The three of them had a bowl of beef noodles at a noodle shop on Bayi Road to fill their stomachs.
Wu Wei then said to Qiao Guoliang: "Let's go, it's time to go back."
Now it was Qiao Guoliang's turn to hesitate, "How about we wait until dark before going back?"
Is he afraid of going back during the day and being embarrassed?
Wu Wei laughed and joked: "It's okay to go back later. It's just in time for the master to get off work. I'll give you a meal of bamboo shoots and fried meat, and you can save dinner."
Qiao Guoliang obviously had experience with this, and even his buttocks tightened when he heard it.
After a moment, he finally gritted his teeth and said: "No matter what, sticking your head out is a knife, and shrinking your head is also a knife. Let's go back!"
So the three of them each pushed a car and went out.
Ma Haitao was riding a new car, and Wu Wei's 28-bar was not old either.
Only Qiao Guoliang was riding Ma Jinbao's old car, which made a rattling sound all the way.
However, he had no time to care about these things. He was worried and was thinking about how to face his parents and the villagers.
All the way out of the Beiguan Bridge, Ma Haitao pedaled the new bike very fast.
Wu Wei was not far away in the middle.
From time to time, he had to look back and urge Qiao Guoliang, "Hurry up!"
Even if Qiao Guoliang was dawdling, he returned to Taoyuan Village in half an hour.
Wu Wei did not stop when passing by the fence yard, and did not stop when passing through the village office.
He pedaled all the way to the gate of the Qiao family compound.
Qiao Moli, who had been looking at the stone roller at the gate, jumped down and clapped her hands and said, "Brother Guoliang looks good, no missing arms or legs..."
Before she finished speaking, she was glared at by Lu Hong next to her.