Wulan likes the excavator guy Sun Ziqiang!
This young man works meticulously and honestly. He is said to work one shift every day, but in fact he starts work at five o'clock and does not come back to eat until ten o'clock!
What about the afternoon? I left at four o'clock, and I didn't come back until seven or eight o'clock.
The same goes for turning the soil on the mountain. Not only is it done cleanly and meticulously, but it is also leveled and made into gentle slopes. Canals are dug on each gentle slope.
So, even if he eats three big bowls of rice for three meals a day, he still has to take two tea eggs at night to save for the next day. Wulan likes it very much!
Honest, so honest!
Now, he answered cheerfully: "I'll leave you a salted duck egg tonight, and two eggs for tomorrow morning - can you drink? Come drink with your uncle, the freshly brewed wine is delicious!"
"I will, I will!"
The young man was not polite at all. He stretched out a finger and said, "I drank almost a pound of Erguotou with them before!"
Of course, he didn't say anything about lying drunk all day after drinking.
Young people care about their face and cannot lose when bragging.
They were chatting happily, but Zhou Maozhu looked at him in confusion: "This is..."
Wu Lan then remembered that they had never met before! He quickly introduced them:
"Isn't my mountain going to be reclaimed? This is the guy I hired to drive the excavator before. His name is Sun Ziqiang. He is very practical and capable. If you go to my mountain, you will see how meticulous the work is! The guy is very young, but he is amazing. He even bought the excavator himself!"
excavator?!
Zhou Maozhu was shocked!
As expected, Zhou Tianyu felt his father's gaze and couldn't help feeling depressed again.
The group of people were busy preparing for dinner.
Before the dishes were served, Zhou Maozhu looked at the young man who had bought an excavator for him and couldn't help asking, "Xiao Sun, how old are you this year?"
Sun Ziqiang said cheerfully: "I'm 20!"
Only twenty?!
Zhou Maozhu was shocked: "You bought an excavator for 20 yuan?"
Sun Ziqiang smiled innocently: "Uncle, I started working right after I graduated from high school. I learned how to operate an excavator and how to repair it for a year. I worked as a substitute for two years and saved more than 200,000 yuan, which is just enough for the down payment of this excavator!"
"College students work and make money with their brains. It's much easier than what I have."
Zhou Maozhu couldn't help but look at the college students around him - no, some college students not only don't make money, but also have no brains.
Zhou Tianyu: ...hold your breath secretly.
Zhou Maozhu sighed: "That's not great... Can you make money driving an excavator as a substitute? With more than 200,000 yuan, why don't you buy a house as a down payment?"
Sun Ziqiang was a little embarrassed: "It's not very profitable. In the past, the market was good and I could earn 500 or 600 yuan for filling in for a shift. Now it's only 300 or 400 yuan."
"I also want a house for the down payment. I even went to look at houses, but they were all too small. I was thinking about earning some money and building a house in my hometown."
In fact, it was Song Tan's house building that made him decide. After all, he hadn't started a family yet, so he didn't care about medical care or education. It was more reasonable to renovate his parents' old house.
But his parents disagreed and wanted to buy a house for his younger brother first... Sun Ziqiang was honest but not stupid, so he simply gave up on having any house and directly bought an excavator!
"Then... you can earn more money by driving an excavator yourself!" Zhou Maozhu felt more and more sour - they were all children, how come the boy was so capable
Sun Ziqiang sighed, "You don't make much if you open your own business. For example, Song Tan's business only makes 1,500 per shift."
You have to burn oil, diesel is already seven yuan. Excavators also need maintenance, and now when the air conditioner is turned on in the hot weather, the fuel consumption is even higher...
All in all, I only earn about 400 yuan a day.
These are things that laymen cannot imagine, especially the maintenance of excavators, which is the most expensive. He was about to explain when he heard his seventh cousin shout:
"Come on, the food is here. I'll get some salted duck eggs for us to drink with!"
With this interruption, Zhou Maozhu passed the conversation to Song Tan without waiting for Sun Ziqiang to explain.
"Tan Tan! You are very knowledgeable. Tell me, is it okay for Tianyu to stay in Beicheng?"
Song Tan gave a very considerate smile.
Zhou Tianyu looked up and saw Song Tan smiling gently, speaking in a gentle voice: "Uncle, you are underestimating our Zhou Tianyu. I heard that he now earns 10,000 or 20,000 yuan a month? That's incredible. Many of my classmates only earn a few thousand yuan now."
Indeed it is!
Zhou Tianyu thought, finally there is someone who understands!
"Besides, big cities have their own advantages."
"Like Zhou Tianyu, he's a boy, so it's normal for him to spend money lavishly. But once he grows up, he knows how to save money. If he saves 10,000 yuan a month, he will have more than 100,000 yuan a year, which is enough for you and your aunt to save for many years in your hometown."
Song Tan said this with particular sincerity.
"Where can we get such a high salary back in Yuncheng?"
But when Zhou Tianyu listened, he always felt that something was strange, but it seemed to make sense - was it saying that big cities are good
He hesitated twice and nodded decisively: "Yes, that's right!"
Song Tan then smiled more gently.
"Besides, housing prices in Beicheng are expensive, but not as expensive as in the capital. I heard that you can buy one square meter in remote areas for 150,000 yuan. Zhou Tianyu is only in his twenties this year, so there is no need to rush! It is normal to get married in your thirties or forties in big cities. By then, he will definitely have saved enough for the down payment."
Fifty thousand per square meter
Thirty or forty years old?!
The veins on Zhou Maozhu's forehead started to throb! His wife frowned even more, unable to accept that her son was still single in his thirties or forties!
Zhou Tianyu, however, was unaware of anything. Instead, he felt that what Song Tan said made sense—that’s what he thought!
"Besides, he is in sales, so he is not afraid of being fired. Every industry needs sales. He is also not afraid of losing his mortgage when he is old and unemployed, and then the house is taken away by the bank..."
Stopped paying… Bank took away… Fired…
Every word challenged Zhou Maozhu's nerves, so much so that he suddenly twisted his face into a smile and asked Qiao Qiao:
"Qiao Qiao, you used to...your cousin who knows how to spend money, how does he save money?"
While having dinner that day, Zhou Maozhu heard Zhang Yanping bragging about how he had gone from living paycheck to paycheck to being able to save money. He didn't take it seriously at the time, but now when he thinks about it again, he feels even more upset.
"Ah?" Qiao Qiao was also surprised by the sudden question, but he was an honest boy, especially when Brother Yan Ping boasted about his savings to everyone, so he answered:
"Brother Yanping said that although he was paid 2,500 yuan a month, he was provided with food and lodging, and he couldn't order takeout or get express delivered to his home, so he really didn't have much money to spend... So he worked for four and a half months, and not only did he get stronger, he also saved 9,500 yuan!"
9500… This is too low…
Zhou Maozhu hesitated.
But Qiao Qiao then said, "But Brother Yanping doesn't work, he's just in charge of the online store. Teacher Xinjun makes 5,000 a month, and he also says he has nowhere to spend it, so he saves it all!"
5000? Save them all
Zhou Maozhu turned his head and slowly stared at Zhou Tianyu.