Siheyuan: Big City, Small Love

Chapter 368 Buying wine

In the next four days, He Lai helped Li Huaide improve the kerosene lighter every day. With the continuous improvement of the appearance and the improvement of kerosene, He Lai finally got the effect that satisfied him.

Later, He Lai specially made a large bottle of kerosene for lighters and sold it together with some parts, which made it easier to attract customers.

During these days, since the production task of the steel rolling mill was not very heavy, Li Huaide reported the matter of the lighter to Director Yang. After discussion, the factory leaders agreed to mobilize the employees to make a large number of lighters to cope with the upcoming Canton Fair.

In this way, the steel rolling mill started production and soon produced two thousand lighters, which were enough to cope with the Canton Fair.

After all, if an order is placed, the steel mill can start production.

That day, He Lai went home as usual and then went to Wu Juan's place.

Wu Juan looked at He Lai and slowly said, "Xiao Lai, do you really want to go to that Canton Fair?"

"Ah? I don't want to. I guess that place must be full of people. Mom, don't you know me? I hate crowds the most."

He Lai smiled at Wu Juan and spoke casually.

"You are so dishonest every day. It's easy for you to fool your mother!"

Wu Juan cursed, waved her hand, and said, "Come here."

When He Lai heard what Wu Juan said, he could only walk over and squat in front of Wu Juan and said, "Mom, what's wrong?"

Wu Juan took He Lai's head and said softly, "Little Lai, you are grown up now. If you want to go, go ahead. Your mother shouldn't stop you.

I know you value this event, but you have to promise me that you will take good care of yourself, don’t run around, and don’t be late for work. I can’t live without you, understand?”

There was no way. People in the hospital kept talking about He Lai being busy with the Canton Fair in the factory, and He Zhan's indirect hints finally broke Wu Juan's determined heart.

"Thank you, Mom. I will come back on time. I promise." He Lai also hugged Wu Juan and said.

"Hey, I've come to terms with it. You were in school every day before and never came back, so I just assumed you were going to school outside. It was only for half a month anyway."

Wu Juan said while touching He Lai's face.

"Do you want anything, mother? I'll bring it back for you?"

"As long as you come back, I won't need anything."

"I heard there's a lot of seafood in Guangcheng, how about I get some back for you?"

"Mom won't eat it. It will probably take two or three days to get here by car, and the food will get smelly."

"Then my son will bring you some fruits. I heard there are a lot of fruits in the south, and they are all very cheap, such as bananas, pineapples, and dragon fruits! I heard there is also a kind of fruit called durian, which smells bad but tastes really good!"

"Okay, my son brought it, so I will definitely eat it, but don't take too much, so that others won't be jealous."

...In this way, Wu Juan agreed to let He Lai go south to attend the Canton Fair.

After dinner, He Lai lay on the bed. After many twists and turns, he finally had to go to Guangcheng. Unfortunately, there were only a few days left, so he had to hurry and get things done.

I'll go to the black market tonight to see if the Erguotou is ready. I'll go to Mr. Feng tomorrow to ask about the disguise technique.

He Lai thought of a plan and went to sleep.

He didn't get up until eleven o'clock in the evening, climbed over the wall, left the yard, and headed straight for the black market.

The black market became lively again. Apparently, because He Lai was throwing away food indiscriminately, many people came to join in the fun.

He Lai didn't care about all this and went straight to Ma Liu.

"Master, you're here." Ma Liu greeted He Lai immediately when he saw him.

"Is everything ready?"

"It's done, it's done. Shall I take you there now?"

"lead the way."

……

Then He Lai followed Ma Liu to a small courtyard next to the black market.

"Master, look, there are ten huge jars, and each jar contains one hundred kilograms of Erguotou." Ma Liu said with a smile.

He Lai glanced at the wine jar next to him, walked closer to take a look, put his hand close to it to feel it, and only withdrew his hand after confirming that there was indeed wine in it.

"Master, the winery has run out of grain to make wine, so they only have these ten jars of wine. They are all stored for more than ten years. I dare not cheat you. I thought you would definitely need them, so I just bought them all."

Ma Liu looked at He Lai cautiously and said in a low voice.

The winery was indeed about to go bankrupt, but the age of the Erguotou Ma Liu had not been faked, it was indeed more than ten years old, and he had not done anything tampering, after all, He Lai was his big customer.

If He Lai buys all these wines this time, he can make at least seven or eight hundred!

"It's okay, as long as the wine is fine. I'll take the wine and give you the money now. Please help me find a few people and a few carts, and I'll take it away now."

He Lai took out two stacks of money from his pocket and threw them to Ma Liu, saying.

"Okay, please wait a moment, I'll find it for you now."

Ma Liu agreed and went to find a cart and some people. This time he made a fortune!

Soon Ma Liu found ten people and five carts.

They moved all the wine jars in the yard onto a cart. One person pulled the cart while another supported it, and they followed He Lai.

He Lai brought them to the side of Shichahai and asked them to stop.

"Here's twenty dollars, two dollars each, divide it among yourselves. I have only one request, come back to pick up the car in two hours, and don't stay around or peek. If I find out, I won't give face to your Ma Erye, understand?"

He Lai took out twenty yuan, handed it to one of them and warned him.

"I understand, I understand. We'll leave now." The younger brother who took the money immediately told the others to leave.

He Lai waited there for a quarter of an hour, then walked around the area. After finding that there was indeed no one there, he quickly returned, put the wine into the space, and left.

He Lai was bored, so he went to the ghost market to see if the old porters were still there.

When He arrived at the ghost market, he found that there were still a group of old men setting up stalls.

He Lai walked up to the first stall owner and deliberately shone the flashlight on his face again.

"Hey, why are you so blind as to shine a flashlight in the old man's face?"

Blind Old Yi was still brooding over what happened last time. He not only blamed himself for his poor eyesight, but also started to curse He Lai.

"You old jerk, I won't buy your junk this time!" He Lai could only smile bitterly.

"Hey, it's you, young man. Don't go, don't go. Please stay. I apologize to you. My eyesight is not good."

Although blind old Yi had poor eyesight, his ears were quite sensitive and he recognized He Lai's voice immediately.

Soon, Blind Old Yi's voice reached the ears of several stall owners nearby. Knowing that He Lai was coming, they all gathered around him. After all, He Lai really had food!

"Why are you all here to set up stalls?" He Lai asked curiously, casually distributing cigarettes to these old men.

"Why not set up a stall? We are all in our 50s and 60s and can no longer work. Setting up a stall can only make a few bucks. Otherwise, we will just wait to die."

One of the old men answered.

"Old man, is it unlucky to say the word death at night? I am terrified of this ghost market of yours. Last time I came, I almost didn't dare to come. Everyone just sat there, unable to move at all!"

He Lai smiled bitterly.

"Hey, I don't believe you're scared. Hurry up and collect my things so I can take the food back!"

Old Man Yu replied with a smile.

"I don't have a box, I'll take it if you give me one!"

"Okay, I'll give it to you, but that box is also a good thing, you have to exchange it for a pound of meat!"

"Kao, I don't want it. I can still take it back with a piece of rag."

"No, it must be a good box. You'll know when I bring it to you. In 40, someone liked it and offered dollars, but I didn't sell it to him. Wait for me for a while."

After Old Man Yu finished speaking, he ran out. The old man was quite nimble and disappeared into the alley in a flash.