Chapter 43 Xiaodong's Obsession
The two of them unknowingly shifted the topic from He Shu to Xiao Dong.
Xiao Dong has a younger sister who is still in school. They rely on farming at home and will hardly be able to provide any help to Xiao Dong in the future.
And it is impossible for Xiao Dong to go home and farm.
Zhao Qishui was also thinking about Xiaodong's future.
"Look at your Aunt Liu and Uncle Zhang. They have made themselves sick because of their children."
"If the children could have some success, not to mention becoming rich and powerful, and could support themselves, they wouldn't have to work so hard."
Zhao Qishui sighed: "Children are all debts."
Then he shook his head and smiled: "I am old and always worry about other people's affairs."
He Shu listened quietly, not knowing what to say.
Uncle Zhao is a good man, but unfortunately he has suffered so much. Uncle Zhao also longs for such a debt of gratitude from his children, but it is a pity that there is still no news about his son.
The next day, Zhao Qishui brought He Shu to the store and gave Xiao Dong a day off so that he could accompany He Shu to play.
He Shu was too embarrassed to do that. He really just wanted to help out in the store.
But Xiao Dong was so happy that he thought this was a rare opportunity and he begged He Shu to be dragged away.
"Come on, I'll take you to the gym to exercise. You can't just study, you have to be healthy too."
"Have you seen those scholars who took exams in the past, unable to even leave the examination room due to their weak bodies?"
He Shu smiled and said, "Brother Dong, you really know a lot. You also understand things from ancient times."
"Of course not, I read books, too." Xiao Dong puffed out his chest proudly.
The two of them arrived at the gym. Xiao Dong was already familiar with the people here, so it was no problem for him to take He Shu around and have some fun for free.
Moreover, Xiao Dong has his own cabinet here, and he has professional clothes for exercising.
Looking at Xiao Dong fully armed, wearing a narrow vest showing off his muscles, looking at himself in the mirror, He Shu really couldn't understand this hobby.
After turning on a treadmill for He Shu to run, Xiao Dong went to the other side to chat with several other muscular men.
He Shu looked around the place while jogging.
It was his first time in the gym. There weren't many people here, and most of them were around the same age as Xiao Dong, around 20 years old.
These people don't work and just hang out here all day. He Shu can't understand why. If they were working, it would be fine.
After running for a few minutes, He Shu came down. The air circulation in this place was not very good. His breathing became heavier after exercise, and all he could smell was the stuffy smell of sweat.
If you want to run, why not get up early and run outside?
Seeing that He Shu stopped running, Xiao Dong hurried over and said, "Why don't you run anymore? You have to run for more than half an hour for this to be effective."
"Brother Xiao Dong, this is the place you like?"
"Yes, those are my buddies over there. Come, I'll introduce them to you."
Xiao Dong took He Shu to find his friends, all of whom were "rough guys" and looked very strong.
Seeing Xiao Dong pulling the skinny rookie He Shu over, they immediately acted as masters.
One said He Shu was too thin and needed to gain fat, another said He Shu's legs were too thin and needed to exercise, and all of them touched and pinched He Shu's body.
There was another person who should be an employee of the gym. He kept inducing He Shu to apply for a membership card, and said that he was Xiao Dong's friend and would get a discount if he applied for an annual membership card.
He Shu suppressed his annoyance, said he was thirsty, and went to sit in the rest area.
After a while, Xiao Dong came over with some water: "What's wrong? Don't you like it here? I'll show you how to do it later. You'll like it after you see it."
He Shu shook his head: "Brother Dong, is your clothes expensive?"
"Of course, it's a foreign product." Xiao Dong quietly told He Shu, "I saved up for a long time and asked someone to buy it for me. It cost more than 300 yuan. Look, no matter how much you sweat, it won't get on your body. It dries quickly, you know?"
"Brother Dong, if you practice this, what can you achieve in the end? Will you be like an athlete?"
Xiao Dong shook his head, then nodded: "It's different from athletes, but there are competitions. You've heard of bodybuilding competitions, right?"
"Then how long do I have to practice to be able to participate? If I win a place in the competition, will I get a prize?"
"I don't know about that. Is there a chance? But even if there isn't, you still have to participate. Xiaoshu, you don't understand. Not everyone is eligible to go."
Xiao Dong talked a lot to He Shu, but He Shu didn't understand anything else. He just saw that Xiao Dong really liked this.
"Brother Dong, can this become a career? In other words, can it bring you income?"
Hearing He Shu ask this, Xiao Dong put away his giggling face and said, "Hey, actually I've wanted to tell my master a long time ago that I want to come here to work and be a coach."
"Being a coach? How long have you been training?"
"You don't understand. Our place is not that formal. I can be the boss if I have this frame."
"How much money can you make as a coach?"
Xiao Dong scratched his head: "1500, but if you can get people to apply for the card, there will be a commission."
He Shu was silent. If Brother Xiao Dong left, Uncle Zhao would be sad, right?
"So you don't want to repair cars anymore? You've been learning for several years, it would be a shame to just give it up. You once said you wanted to open a car wash."
"I also want to open a store now, but I want to open a gym."
Xiao Dong approached He Shu mysteriously again: "I tell you, the profit here is huge. Oh, I just don't know how to tell the master, he will definitely beat me up."
Xiao Dong stopped studying and came to follow Zhao Qishui. They were master and apprentice, and Zhao Qishui treated him like half a son, otherwise why would he get anxious and angry when he saw that he was not doing his job properly?
He Shu wanted to persuade Xiao Dong, but Xiao Dong was really obsessed with it and kept talking to He Shu about his future plans.
As a last resort, He Shu could only ask him: "Do your parents agree?"
"They don't understand anything. When I succeed in the future and take the money back, what else can they disagree with?"
He Shu sighed: "Brother Dong, I think you should think about it carefully and don't make a decision so quickly. You also said that this place is not formal at all..."
At this moment, He Shu looked at those people coming and going and they didn't seem to be good people.
I asked Brother Xiao Dong, and he said that the real boss is not here most of the time. These guys are all hired so-called coaches, and they probably don't even have a certificate.
Xiao Dong refused to listen to the advice. Seeing that He Shu didn't like this place, he changed his clothes and took He Shu away.
The two of them didn't go anywhere else and went straight back to the car wash. He Shu changed his shoes and helped a few aunts clean two cars.
The vacation passed in a blink of an eye and He Shu returned to school.
He didn't know when Xiao Dong would tell Uncle Zhao about his resignation, but everyone has the right to choose and of course must be responsible for their own choices.
What He Shu didn't know was that after school started, someone asked Xiao Dong about it when he went to the gym to exercise early after work one day.
They all knew that Xiao Dong worked at a car wash. Occasionally, when they were chatting, Xiao Dong would say that his master had raised a child who had no father or mother.
"The kid you brought last time, is he the one your boss adopted? He doesn't look like an orphan."
