Volume 1 Chapter 0099 Clivia, Executioner
"Master Nan, I found the person you asked me to look for."
The door of Nan Yi's office was pushed in from the outside with considerable force, and it slammed against the wall with a loud bang.
Nan Yi, who was interrupted, glanced at Men San'er and said unhappily, "Damn it, have you never learned what etiquette is since you were a kid?"
"How could I have known that this door was so fragile? I have found the person you asked me to find. Do you want to meet him?"
"Is it the one at the end, or the one from two days ago?"
Nan Yi asked Men Saner to find a master orchid grower a long time ago, but there has been no news from Men Saner for more than a year. Two days ago, he asked Men Saner to find an expert in growing orchids. After hearing what Men Saner said, he couldn't figure out who he had found.
"No matter if it's that one that I finally found, or that one that I found two days ago, I found it all." Men San'er had a "praise me" expression on his face, looking very proud.
"Tell me about the situation."
Nan Yi stood up, picked up the thermos and poured a cup of warm water for Men Saner.
"The person I found is called Li Xiangrong. He is not very old, but he has a family heritage. His father is Li Fukang."
"Li Fukang?" Nan Yi asked with eyes wide open, "Don't tell me that Li Xiangrong's grandfather is called Li Lianying."
"Hey, Master Nan, have you heard of this person too?"
Nan Yi shook his head. "I've never heard of him, but when I heard the name Li Fukang, I immediately thought of Li Lianying. Isn't Li Lianying's son?"
"Yes, Li Xiangrong is Li Lianying's grandson, but not his biological grandson. He was adopted by Li Lianying from his brother. It is said that after Li Lianying died, his property was divided into four parts and given to his four step-sons.
Among these four stepsons, only Li Fuyin had a kind character and managed to keep the family property. The other three either indulged in prostitution and gambling or performed operas and chanted Buddhist scriptures. In a short period of time, they squandered the family property.
Li Xiangrong's father was only a teenager when his family fell into poverty, and he was left with nothing..."
"Fuck you, I asked you to tell me a legendary story, damn it, just tell me." Seeing that Men Saner was about to give another long speech, Nan Yi couldn't help but curse.
"Master Nan, please don't be impatient. We will get to the point soon."
"Then be brief and to the point. Don't use old lady's foot binding—it's long and smelly." Nan Yi waved his hand and said.
"Okay, okay, let me put it simply. Li Xiangrong's father had a hard life, so he followed Jia Yizhen, a famous master eye-sitter during the Republic of China period, and learned a lot of skills from him. Later, these skills were passed on to Li Xiangrong. That's all."
"The situation at home."
"My father is dead, but my mother is still alive. However, she is sick and has no job, so there is no place to get her medical expenses reimbursed."
"Don't you have any treasures hidden at home?"
"How can we hide it? People like Li Xiangrong were the focus of attention in the past few years. Their house was searched more than 800 times, and their land was plundered. Any good things were taken away by those red... bastards."
"Okay, this guy sounds like a reliable person. Let's talk about him and get to know him better someday. Let's talk about the one who grows orchids."
"The one who grows orchids is a middle-aged man from Chuncheng. He has been growing orchids since he was a child. This has been going on for nearly 40 years. He is especially good at Clivia and is definitely an expert among experts."
"What's your name?"
"Zhang Yunshui."
"Well?"
"Zhang Yunshui!"
Men Saner repeated it again.
"You're not trying to fool me?"
"Master Nan, how dare I fool you? You are really called Zhang Yunshui."
"Oh, I was overthinking that." Nan Yi waved his hand and said, "What does this Zhang Yunshui you are talking about do?"
"He is an ordinary worker at the Second Steel Rolling Mill. He has a son named Zhang Run, who is also an educated youth. He just returned to the city not long ago and currently has no job. Life at home is a bit tight."
Nan Yi chuckled, "It's good to be tight. When times are tight, let your son take over the job early, and then you can retire and do something outside. After working for three to five years, you can save tens of thousands of dollars."
"Master Nan, can this orchid be fried?"
"Yes, your brain is becoming more and more active. As soon as I start, you can think of me speculating on orchids." Nan Yi praised, and then said: "This orchid, like the monkey stamp, has the basic conditions for speculation.
Moreover, compared with the monkey stamps, the orchid has more room for value appreciation, so the profits that can be made from it are naturally higher.”
"Master Nan, will this business be over in three to five years?" Men Saner grasped the key words in Nan Yi's words just now.
"Well, it's a one-time deal."
"Then I'll go talk to Zhang Yunshui about it. If he's reliable, I'll take him in."
"Well, take some photos of the orchids he raises and bring them back. If I agree, you can give him 2,000 yuan as a resettlement allowance, and then let him return to Chuncheng to raise orchids."
"Just orchids, nothing else?"
"I'll rent a small hill in a rural area near Spring City and find a few people to help me raise orchids. I'll only raise them and not sell them. When I'm free, I'll often go to the city to check the market for orchids and regularly send a price list of orchids with photos attached."
“Don’t we need our own people to stir up the market?”
"Not necessary for now, let's wait and see."
"Okay, then I'll finalize Zhang Yunshui first." Men Saner responded, and then asked, "Why were you surprised when you heard the name Zhang Yunshui just now, Master Nan?"
"Oh, nothing. Zhang Yunshui is Runtu's real name, so I was shocked. I thought you saw it somewhere and were deliberately trying to make fun of me."
"Runtu? The one from 'Young Runtu' written by Lu Xun?"
"Yes, that's the one from Zazhu."
"Is there really such a person?"
"Nonsense, that's true. Go ahead and check out Li Xiangrong and Zhang Yunshui's background again, and be more thorough."
"Okay, wait for my letter."
After Men Saner left, Nan Yi stopped reading and took a copy of "Story Club" from the side, turned to the middle, removed the staple, and took out the papers one by one.
He folded it left and right, cut half a piece of paper and rolled it into a straw-shaped cylinder. He put the folded parts together, and soon a paper revolver appeared in Nan Yi's hand.
Nan Yi made another one by following the same pattern.
After examining the two Mauser pistols on the table for a while, Nan Yi took one in each hand, with his left hand holding it vertically and his right hand holding the Mauser pistol horizontally, muttering to himself, "The blockade is getting tighter and tighter, which means the end of the Japs is coming! Japs, here is Li Xiangyang with two guns!"
After playing with the two "guns" childishly for a while, Nan Yi smiled and shook his head. He put the two "guns" into the drawer and solemnly sandwiched them between two books.
Then, he took out a work manual from the drawer, opened the cover, opened the inner pages, picked up the Hero pen on the table, took off the pen cap, shook his hand, and wrote a big title on the notebook - "Group Plan for the 1980s".
He started another line and wrote a subtitle: "Starting from controlling the childhood of those born in the 1980s, and the subsequent plan of repeated harvesting for the next fifty years."
