Chapter 016 Brothers
"How do you know we are rich?" Li Daming asked with interest.
The child sniffed twice and said, "I heard you and my dad talking about a big red envelope."
"Do you want it?" Li Daming asked.
The child said, "I can tell you what you want to know, but I want money."
The three of us looked at each other.
Li Daming was teasing him: "Okay, how much do you want?"
"Buy me a cell phone and I'll tell you," said the child.
I laughed angrily: "How much is a mobile phone? You have a big appetite at such a young age. Besides, how much do you know?"
"Don't worry about how much I know." The child showed a cunning look in his eyes: "I definitely know. Give me your phone and I'll tell you."
I was about to say something, but Li Daming gestured to me not to say anything and let him negotiate.
"What phone do you want?" he asked.
The child was so young, but his eyes were full of greed: "I want an apple. Chen Haoyang in our class used to have one. His father was the village chief and his family had plenty of money. He bought an apple and showed off every day. I want an apple."
I almost slammed the table and cursed: "Fuck... Do you know how much apples cost? You really have a big appetite."
Li Daming glanced at me , telling me not to get angry. He slowly said to the child, "What's your name?"
The child was extremely cautious, squinting his eyes and taking a step back, taking a subconscious defensive stance.
"Don't be afraid." Li Daming said, "We won't hurt you. We are all honest businessmen, we came from the city to do business with your father. But your father doesn't like money, he won't eat oil or salt, we have money but we can't spend it..."
Hearing what Li Daming said, the child moved his mouth and swallowed twice: "My dad is an idiot, a big idiot, I definitely know what you are talking about, but you have to buy me a cell phone!"
"How do we know whether you know or not?" Li Daming teased him, "If you still don't know anything after buying the phone, then you've fooled us all."
"No, I definitely know." The child was young and didn't know how to play tricks, so he kept repeating the same thing.
Li Daming looked at me and said, "Lin Cong, pay the money. I'm doing this for you."
I was so angry that my head was on the brink of collapse. How much does an Apple phone cost? At least five or six thousand. Well, I haven't done anything for this job yet. First, I asked Uncle Zhong to deduct five thousand, and then asked this kid to deduct another five thousand. In just two days, nearly ten thousand was spent.
Everyone was looking at me. I sat there trying my luck, wondering whether I should pay the money or not. Li Daming said, "You don't love money more than life, do you? Compared to your life, an iPhone is worth nothing."
I was very angry, but I had nothing to do with Li Damin. I thought about it for a long time and finally gritted my teeth and said, "Okay, I'll take it out."
I took out my phone, switched to the Apple Store app, and said, "I'll place the order right now. What's your address? I'll ship it to you."
The child's eyes lit up: "Don't send it to my house, send it to the supermarket at the entrance of the village first and write 'Cai Youhai' on it."
I was about to place an order when Li Daming stopped me. He took out two hundred yuan from his pocket and handed it to the kid named Cai Youhai: "We are businessmen and we have our own rules. You will not get the phone until the business is done. This two hundred is a deposit, take it first, and when the business is done, I will buy you the phone."
Cai Youhai thought about it and said okay. He took the 200 yuan and asked, what do you want to know?
Li Daming invited him to the table to eat together. I didn't expect that this kid was a drunkard. He drooled at the sight of beer. Li Daming asked for a box and let him drink as much as he wanted. I was still angry and sat beside him without saying a word. Uncle Zhong looked like a master and didn't say anything either. I just watched Li Daming and the kid drinking and chatting.
I found that Li Daming was really versatile. He could chat with a little kid, and his words were very charming, making the kid go around in circles.
Cai Youhai was drunk and said with a big tongue: "I don't know much about Wang Yue, the person you want to ask about, but I know a big secret of my father."
He spoke unclearly, but his face was still cunning. Cai Cheng's two sons were really talented. The one who was beaten was cruel and violent, and the one in front of him, Cai Youhai, was cunning and scheming. At a young age, he spoke in an adult's slick manner.
"What secret?" Li Daming asked.
Cai Youhai said: "My mother ran away a long time ago, but my father has another woman."
"It's normal to have women. They must be the older ladies in your village," Li Daming said casually.
"What? It's a little girl." Cai Youhai said mysteriously, "She's about my age. She's a famous bus driver in our school. My dad gave her some money. She lives in the woodshed behind our house."
We looked at each other. I felt very uncomfortable, especially when I heard this coming from a child. This incident itself was disgusting, and when Cai Youhai said it, there was no panic, misunderstanding or hesitation like a child, but rather envy and drooling.
"Did you see it?" Li Daming asked.
"The firewood room is next to the toilet at the back." Cai Youhai said: "My brother and I stood on the toilet with our shoulders together and peeked in..."
"That's enough," I interrupted him. I couldn't bear to hear any more. It seemed that Cai Cheng was a repeat offender. It was a miracle that such a man could still be at large.
Uncle Zhong suddenly opened his eyes and said, "Little friend, if you can help us do one thing, not only will you have a mobile phone, but I will also give you a tablet computer."
Cai Youhai's face was glowing, and he urged Uncle Zhong to speak.
Uncle Zhong said, "When it gets dark tonight, you take us to sneak into your house, and then take us to the outside of your father's room, and the mission will be completed."
Cai Youhai nodded: "It's easy. But you have to be careful, don't let him find out. My father is a ruthless person, and I will be in trouble too."
“After the matter is done, mobile phone and tablet.” Uncle Zhong reiterated.
"I believe you, you are all good people." Cai Youhai tightly grasped the two hundred yuan in his hand and said, "Give it to me after tonight."
Uncle Zhong nodded: "Don't worry."
Cai Youhai spent the whole afternoon with us. I had a lot of questions in my mind, but I couldn't open them because he was there. Uncle Zhong seemed calm and composed. I sighed in my heart and decided to take it one step at a time, hoping for a good result.
In the afternoon, Cai Youhai took us to an Internet cafe. I paid for all his expenses. He played games in the Internet cafe with a microphone, shouting and yelling, and the whole Internet cafe was filled with his noise. Several people who were surfing the Internet nearby were very unhappy and wanted to come over to teach him a lesson, but they were stopped by Uncle Zhong.
Uncle Zhong had a face full of pimples, and he was dressed in a black silk robe. He had an extremely ferocious look when he glared at me, and he had a strong aura. Most people didn't dare to do anything to him.
There was no one sitting around us, and Cai Youhai played games all afternoon. Under Li Daming's instruction, I bought a pack of cigarettes for Cai Youhai to smoke. This guy smokes cigarettes better than me, and can even blow smoke rings.
I asked him, do you need to call your brother along?
"That's my brother, Cai Youshan." Cai Youhai said, "Why ask him to do anything? Just take good care of me."
Li Daming and I looked at each other. This kid and his brother both have ulterior motives. If we let them grow up wildly, we wonder what kind of person they will become when they grow up.
We played until dark and finally came out. I was so embarrassed. This guy not only played games, but also asked me to buy skins, a set of Dragon Year commemorative goods, which cost me another 500 yuan.
After dark, we had a simple meal, and the whole village was plunged into darkness. There were few street lights in the village, and around 7pm, there were only a few lights from each household, and the village roads were pitch black. If you were not a local, you would have bumped into a wall while walking.
Cai Youhai took us home while burping. When we were almost at the door, he asked us to wait outside while he went in to check the situation and then came out to call us.
I held my breath and said, "Don't stand us up, kid."
"Don't worry." He wiped his mouth: "I also need a mobile phone and a tablet." He chuckled and went into the yard.
His house had three large tiled houses, two of which had lights on. He came to the main house like a loach and slipped in with a whoosh.
I sighed: "Uncle Zhong, do you have a solution?"
"Let's give it a try." Uncle Zhong said, "People like Cai Cheng are ignorant, barbaric and cruel. Direct communication won't work. We can only try other methods."
He didn't say anything, and I couldn't ask, so I could only wait. The kid didn't come out for a long time, and I gritted my teeth and thought, when this matter is over, I must slap him in the face and teach him a lesson on behalf of his father. No, his father is a good-for-nothing.
At this time, two dark figures emerged from the yard. They were the brothers Cai Youhai and Cai Youshan. When Cai Youshan saw us, he looked us up and down and asked suspiciously, "You want to buy a mobile phone for my brother?"
Li Daming waved his phone and said, "The order has been placed with the Apple Store. It will be delivered in three or four days."
"I want one too." Cai Youshan said viciously, "If you don't give it to me, I'll make trouble and neither of us will be good!"
My head was about to explode, and I stared at him closely: "This is not in our conditions."
Cai Youhai looked like a scoundrel, picking his nose and saying, "I can't help it. I didn't expect my brother to be at home, so you guys should buy it for him. I promised him."
I was furious and growled, "You promised nothing, nothing! You just have a bad habit."
In the darkness, Cai Youshan's eyes widened and sparkled, and he said cruelly: "Okay, you won't buy it for me?! I'll shout and let my dad kill you! None of us will be good!" He shouted as soon as he opened his mouth.
