"Of course it's bad! Damn it, it's all your fault! I've been busy from morning till night." Chu Xiaoxin took the beer, clinked glasses with Song Tianyao, took a sip, and then said dejectedly, "Likang is managed by my fourth uncle's eldest brother, Chu Shuheng, but now the Pharmaceutical Factory you were working on, that Shun Brand Flower Pagoda Candy, is making a lot of money. It's more popular with the poor than traditional Chinese medicine for treating infantile malnutrition, like Ganji Powder Cai deworming Zhe Gu Cai. Ganji Powder requires three doses to be barely effective, but the Flower Pagoda Candy, which costs one yuan for three candies, works on the same day. Plus, the free medicine we gave away before was like free publicity. One yuan a serving, three candies a serving, even the poor can afford it. Now the orders are all going to Southeast Asia. Those bastards from various Pharmaceutical Associations are swarming around me like flies, asking me to give them more of the Flower Pagoda Candy. They're driving me crazy."
"Having a lot of money can be a hassle, but it's not as troublesome as it was back then, Big Brother, when you wanted to go to a nightclub but had no money in your pocket, right?" Song Tianyao put down his beer and said to Chu Xiaoxin with a smile.
Chu Xiaoxin let out a long sigh, "A-Yao, why don't you come back and help me? As long as you're willing to come back, I 'Dad definitely transfer Chu Shuheng away immediately and let you continue to manage Likang. It's completely different now compared to when you were by my side. Chu Shuheng is far inferior to you. At least when you were here, I didn't have to worry about anything. Now, I have to make all the decisions."
"Let's talk about helping you in a couple of years, Big Brother. I'm here today to ask you for a favor. Do you have any friends in United States Francisco's San Francisco Chinatown? I'm planning to go to San Francisco in the next couple of days and need someone to act as my guide." Song Tianyao lit a cigarette for Chu Xiaoxin and asked.
Chu Xiaoxin lit a cigarette and glared at Song Tianyao: "I knew you wouldn't invite me for drinks for no reason."
Then, holding a cigarette, he thought for a few minutes before saying, "Tang Weiyuan, whom I used to drink with often, I remember he mentioned having an uncle or uncle-in-law in San Francisco. I'll ask him for you tomorrow. What are you going to do in United States?"
"I'm looking into some things, preparing to do some small business to make a living," Song Tianyao said to Chu Xiaoxin, flicking his cigarette ash.
When Chu Xiaoxin heard Song Tianyao mention doing business, his first question was, "Are you short of money?"
"It's a small business, I shouldn't be short of money. If I do need money, I'll talk to you, Big Brother." Song Tianyao picked up his beer and clinked glasses with Chu Xiaoxin again.
Chu Xiaoxin didn't ask Song Tianyao what kind of business it was or whether it was profitable. Instead, his first question was whether Song Tianyao needed money, which touched Song Tianyao.
"Don't think that just because you're not working for me anymore, I, Chu Xiaoxin, will change my officials with the new emperor. If you have any difficulties, just tell me." Chu Xiaoxin patted Song Tianyao on the shoulder and said, "You call me 'Big Brother' and have supported me to this day. If I don't help you when you need it, what kind of human being would I be?"
Chapter 202 Lin Yujing
In a small building Mid-Levels Ngau Tau Shan, after washing her hands, Lin Yujing began to meticulously write down the scriptures in small regular script on a scroll with a brush:
"The Buddha said, 'Be careful not to create negative karma.' My late father, Lin Xizhen, the owner of Lin Garden, and my late husband, Mr. Song Chunren, tragically met untimely deaths. Their families are heartbroken and devastated. Through the inconceivable power of the Buddha, they have been liberated from the cycle of reincarnation. I wish to extend my invitation..."
Just as she finished writing the entire scripture post, the beeping of a car horn sounded outside. She walked out of the lonely little building, and far away on the bumpy mountain road, her fifteen-year-old daughter Feng Yunzhi, was politely getting out of a Ford 49. She stood outside the driver's window, bowed politely to the driver to express her gratitude, and then picked up her schoolbag and walked towards her mother who had come out to greet her.
"Mom, I'm done with school."
Lin Yujing stood outside the small building and gave a slight bow to the driver of the car in the distance, who was out of sight. After the car turned around and drove away, she and her daughter entered the small building. Although it was a two-story building halfway up the Mid-Levels, Goose Ngau Tau Shan was not like the scenic mountaintops of Mount Gough or Tai Ping Shan. This was a barren mountain slightly south of Causeway Bay, with no scenery and, due to its high altitude, it did not attract dignitaries to build houses here like Tai Ping Shan and Mount Gough. Apart from the Lin Stage Theater at the foot of the mountain and a film set rented by a film company on the west side of the mountain, there was only this two-story building Mid-Levels.
This building was also built before the war. Although it was renovated after Lin Yujing and her daughter moved in, it still gives people a sense of dilapidation. Coupled with the amusement park facilities on the mountaintop that have been abandoned for more than ten years, this place is more like a strange and terrifying place.
"Mother, I didn't have an appetite at noon today, so I left some lunch at home. We'll eat it together tonight." After entering the small building, the first thing Feng Yunzhi did was to take out her lunchbox from her schoolbag. When she opened it, the box was full of delicious food and dishes. Most notably, there was an abalone on top of the lunchbox. The whole box of food seemed to have been untouched by her. Lin Yujing touched it and found it was already cold to the touch.
She frowned slightly and said to Feng Yunzhi, who had already turned around to prepare for his homework, "Mother isn't hungry. Don't leave any leftovers from lunch next time. You're growing, you need to eat more."
"Hmph, Auntie Xiang already told me that Uncle Kang and the others haven't sent the money for groceries this month. Mom, don't worry, I'll be an adult soon. I'll definitely study hard, then earn money to pay off their groceries, move out of the Lin Family, buy a big house, and bring Grandpa to live with us. Oh, and I'll also bring Brother Yiu..." Feng Yunzhi put his schoolbag on the living room table, then lit the kerosene lamp to prepare for his homework, speaking in a relaxed tone.
Earlier, when they went down the mountain to fetch water, Sister Xiang maid who had served Lin Yujing and her daughter for many years, was carrying two buckets of water on a shoulder pole when she came in. She happened to hear Feng Yunzhi's words, Lin Yujing also looked over at her. Sister Xiang grinned and said, "I told my Gu Niang mother. If you want to blame someone, blame me."
"How could you say such things to her? Every time something happens, she pushes it onto you, and you always take the blame for her." Lin Yujing smiled faintly, took the bucket from Sister Xiang's carrying pole, and accompanied her to pour the water into the water storage tank in the kitchen.
Then the master and servant busied themselves preparing dinner. By the time dinner was ready, Feng Yunzhi had finished his homework, quickly packed his schoolbag, cleared the dining table in the living room, and set out the bowls and chopsticks. The three of them were about to start eating when Lin Yujing sat down. Just then, the voice of Wen Jingyuan, the old servant who lived at the foot of the mountain and guarded the mountain for the Lee Family, rang out from outside the door: