After dinner, I went out for a stroll. Passing by the house rented by Hu Bayao, I heard the bustle of people inside, so I opened the door and walked in. I saw it was lively. Many people were sitting around drinking at "Zhaojinhua".

Two cases of beer were opened on the floor.

Hu Bayao was among them, and I quickly walked over.

The others looked at me, but since they didn't know each other, they didn't say hello.

Hu Bayao immediately opened a bottle of beer and handed it to me, then took me and introduced him to them: "Mu Yi, my nephew. Please take good care of me in the future. Mu Yi will give you a toast soon." After that, he went one by one.

Introduce it to me.

"This is Mayor Jia, please pay respects."

I quickly picked up the bottle, touched it next to Mayor Jia’s bottle, and then drank it with my mouth. I thought to myself, if I drank all the bottle, I would have to lie down if I didn’t respect him.

. He quickly looked at Hu Bayao.

He hurriedly said: "Just drink two fingers and that's it."

I stopped quickly and saw that I had drunk three fingers.

"This is Minister Mu Xia, the armed minister of the township government."

"This is Secretary Laha of Heibao Village."

…

Every time he introduced someone, I said hello, and then I touched a bottle and drank three fingers of wine. After the introduction, I almost drank both bottles of beer into my stomach. I drank too fast and felt like I had a headache.

A little dizzy.

After the toast, there was nothing else to do, so I took a stool and sat next to them to watch them play cards.

It’s not a big game, it’s just a base money of two yuan. The first player will bet for at least two yuan if he doesn’t look at the cards. The next player can either follow the bet or look at the cards. If he still wants to follow after seeing the cards, it will cost him five yuan.

.This is the so-called "boring two against five". And so on, "boring three against eight, boring four against ten..."

It seems that they are all playing for fun. Everyone is playing "by luck", and occasionally someone "takes advantage" (that is, pretending to have a big hand while having a small hand, and raising money to scare opponents who have a bigger hand than themselves).

And give up following the bet and let yourself "win with the small."

After playing for a while, a man slightly older than me came out from the back of the room and said, "The pigs are ready."

Hu Bayao said: "Everyone has a little fun at the end, and after playing, it's time to eat."

I saw Township Chief Jia say: "No more playing, no more playing. Once the mixture is ready, serve it up and eat it."

Minister Mu Xia said: "No, I finally got a good card and you won't come. I'll eat it after I've done it."

Mayor Jia threw away his cards and said, "I'll give you a sample of that. I'm a gambler. I don't want to play anymore. I want to wash my hands and eat meat."

Everyone laughed and threw away their cards and went to wash their hands and eat.

After washing my hands, a large pot of chili noodles mixed with roasted pork was brought to the card table, as well as a large pot of pickled cabbage and potato soup.

Hu Bayao said: "Everyone eats meat and drinks. If you want some food after eating, just go and scoop it into the rice cooker."

Then everyone opened the wine again, grabbed the fire with their hands to roast the pork, and started eating. While eating and drinking, they told some dirty jokes.

After they had eaten and drank enough, everyone agreed to continue playing "Golden Flower Fraud". Mayor Jia said he had something to do and stopped playing, so everyone dispersed.

After everyone left, Hu Bayao and I were left.

I asked: "Uncle Hu, you have many friends."

Hu Bayao: "Have you seen any 'knowledge', young man?"

I shook my head.

Hu Bayao: "Some of them are cadres from the township government, some are cadres from the village, and some are from mixed society."

Me: "What's the secret here?"

Hu Bayao may have drunk a little too much, so he said to me under the influence of alcohol: "There are many 'knowledges' here. Do you think it is easy for me, Uncle Hu, to be the contractor? Let me tell you, it is not easy. For a small boy

A small river embankment project only costs tens of thousands of yuan, but if I eat a little bit of it layer by layer, it will basically be gone by the time it comes into my hands."

Me: "In that case, wouldn't it mean that you have nothing to do?"

Hu Bayao: "So, if you want to make money, your brain must be flexible. Slowly you will understand. Look at these people eating and drinking here today. Although it is only a small amount of a hundred dollars, but the more times it is, it will be a big deal."

Expenses. There are other expenses. Like drizzle, you have to sprinkle some here and there. Otherwise, you won’t be so smooth."

I said: "I think you two look like good friends."

"What a bastard. They are all close friends. I just want them to have some projects in hand. To do the projects, I need to build good relationships with them. All aspects of the relationship, such as the County Water Conservancy Bureau, the Agricultural Machinery Bureau, the Agriculture Bureau, etc.

It’s very difficult to build a good relationship. These are the places where the trouble is hard.”

I also agreed with him in a daze. I thought, it’s not easy to make money. You have to please so many people and maintain so many relationships. Why can’t it be simple, clear and refreshing, and someone can send out projects?

, some people go to pick up the project, and some people build it, everyone is Dingmao, Dingmao is Mao. Don't do these troublesome and laborious things. How good would it be to use your money, time, energy, and even intelligence on the project!

I think so, but I don’t think it is realistic. It’s just that I have neither social experience nor social experience. I can only think about it simply, but thinking about it is in vain and is of no use at all. Neither

You can change reality, but you can't change others. You can't even touch the "fire door", let alone clear the "doorways" inside. You have to find ways to find opportunities in order to make a career in society.

Get a job, earn some money, support yourself first, and survive.

Me: "Uncle Hu. If you can't make money, you know so many friends, why don't you find some opportunities to make money?"

Hu Bayao: "If you are in the world, you can do what you want, and you can stop if you don't want to? You know why I don't say hell about your salary, right?"

Me: “I really don’t know this.”

Hu Bayao: "Let me tell you the truth. In fact, I owe a lot of money."

Me: "It stands to reason that when you do a project, you should at least check whether you can make money before doing it. If you can't make money, you shouldn't take it, right?"

Hu Bayao: "Brother, let me tell you, in theory it is like this. But in practice it is not like this. When you take on a project, okay, you have to pay for the materials, right? You have to lend part of the workers' wages to others, right?

?Do you have to pay for the food expenses of the workers? If someone is injured, do you have to pay for the medical expenses? To tell you a bad thing, I often "talk nonsense" and deceive people for money. Why? Because of the project payment

If the payment cannot be completed, if the payment cannot be completed, the money for materials raised by She can only be delayed without payment, and the wages of the workers can only be delayed as long as possible. If they cannot delay and are blocked by others, they will find a way to pay a little. I am not running away.

Are you here to rent a house? Do you think I have been renting it for a long time?"

Me: "One year?"

Hu Bayao: "A month. Maybe within a month, someone else will find this place and I will run away again."

Me: "Then do I have to follow you?"

Hu Bayao: "That's not the case. Don't worry. You may not make much money by following me, but at least you will accumulate some experience and you will also come into contact with all kinds of people. I think you will still gain something.
Chapter completed!