Chapter 47: Buy My Mine Entrance

  He handed the car over to Old Zhao and really didn't care about anything else. Every day after collecting the car, 20% would wait for Old Zhao and the ticket seller to calculate the income and expenses of the day. 20% of it was done by himself, and he kept a clear account of the car's income and expenses. During the Spring Festival, it was the peak season for running cars, and Black Son had an additional income of over 20,000 yuan in one month.

  Everything is going smoothly, Heizi is delighted in his heart, as long as nothing goes wrong, following this development, the plan to buy a mine mouth at the beginning of spring will definitely be realized.

  It's time for the New Year, Heizi and Zhu Xiaofei ran to the city to buy a Jinbei bread car. Now that they have money in their hands, they can't sit on the ore truck to Gejiabao anymore.

  Nian Gen'er, Da Kui's injury has almost recovered, only Yin Le'er is still at home recovering. Hei Zi gathered everyone to eat a meal at the county town's big restaurant, and each person was given 5,000 yuan again. The Lunar New Year is an important holiday, so Hei Zi told everyone to put everything on hold and have a good celebration.

  On the 30th of December, Hei Zi and Zhu Xiao Fei lay on the kang in his house, calculating their accounts. From the beginning to now, more than four months have passed, they've experienced many things and earned a lot of money. Now, apart from having a new Zhonghua bus and a new Jinbei van, they also have over 10,000 yuan in savings. The two feel the joy of success, and start making plans for next year. Hei Zi thinks that next year he must own his own mine.

  Without a job, they were unencumbered, and Hei Zi and Zhu Xiao Fei stayed in Gejiabao until they were fifteen before leaving.

  Back in their rural courtyard home, the two of them enthusiastically swept and cleaned the yard and house. They hadn't been back for a while, so there was dust everywhere.

  Just after finishing the New Year's greetings, Er Cheng pushed open the door and came in. Seeing the two of them, he first bowed to wish them a happy new year, then said: "Hei Ge, Xiao Fei Ge, you guys are back!"

  Hei Zi felt tense as soon as he heard this and asked: "What's wrong, something happened?"

  "Nothing's wrong, Hei Ge, what are you getting anxious about?"

  "Hei Zi let out an 'oh' and said: I thought something was wrong."

  Every time something happens, Hei Zi would hear "You're back again", this time Er Cheng said it once, and Hei Zi thought something had happened again.

  Xiao Fei was dragged onto the kang by Er Cheng and said: "What's wrong, speak quickly, you're scaring your older brother to death."

  "Who was scared? I'm the one who's afraid," said Kuroko with embarrassment.

  "Like this, Fifth Sister came to my house several times. She wanted to find Little Fei Ge, I told her I didn't know when Little Fei Ge would come back. Yesterday she forced me to go and find Little Fei Ge for her."

  "Is she all right?" Hei Zi asked.

  Er Cheng shook his head and said: "I also asked her, she said it's nothing, but looking at her expression, she seems to be in a hurry."

  The fifth sister is a girl, and two big men going to her home to find something a bit inappropriate, so the two had to wait.

  At night, the two of them had nothing to do and followed Er Cheng to stroll around the village. Er Cheng took them to a household in the village where people were playing cards. Although they were not interested in opening a small gambling den now, they were willing to go to places with gambling dens, as there were many people there and news was readily available. Hei Zi and Zhu Xiao Fei needed to find opportunities to make money quickly, and they were anxious in their hearts. Without money, it would be impossible for them to have their own power.

  In rural areas, what is called a gambling den is actually just a group of people gathered together to play cards. As soon as two people enter the house, they see that the kang and the floor are crowded with people, some playing and others watching, and some onlookers are even more anxious than those who are playing.

  Many people in the house knew Hei Zi and Zhu Xiao Fei. When they arrived, someone made way for them and said: "Hei Ge, play a couple of rounds."

  Hei Zi didn't like doing this, he glanced at Zhu Xiao Fei and said: "Xiao Fei, you play, I'll watch."

  Since Hei Zi returned from the army, Xiao Fei hasn't played cards again. Feeling a bit itchy, with nothing to do today, he sat down and said: "Come on, let's play two rounds."

  Hei Zi sat watching as Xiao Fei played, when he suddenly felt someone standing beside him. He sensed that something was off, and before he could turn around, a slender hand reached out to grab Xiao Fei's ear.

  "Who is it? Stop messing around, I've got a good hand here." Zhū Xiǎofēi said while arranging the cards in his hand.

  "In the midst of the chaotic noise, a woman's voice stood out: 'Oh, young man, you're quite bold, daring to tease me?'"

  Hearing the voice, Xiao Fei didn't even turn his head and threw down his card, saying: "You all play first, I have something to do."

  Xiao Fei was dragged away by Wu Mei with his ears pulled back, bringing a burst of laughter from everyone.

  Xiao Fei left without anyone showing up, so Heizi had no choice but to play in his place for now.

  After playing several rounds, a man with a red face said: "Let's stop playing."

  Hei Zi could tell that this man wasn't born with a red face, his face was dyed red by iron ore, the red color of the iron ore had penetrated deep into the skin on his face, no matter how he washed it, he couldn't wash it off.

  The man was about to leave, and the other two people unhappily said: "Why are you leaving? Let's play for a while longer."

  I'm out of money.

  It's very embarrassing for a man to say he has no money in front of many people, and since he said so, it means he really reached the point of poverty, not that he lost all the money he had on him, as villagers are used to going home to get more after losing.

  He took out five or six 10-yuan bills and said: "Take it and have some fun first, if you leave, everyone won't be able to have fun anymore."

  "I don't have money to pay you back." The red-faced man said with embarrassment.

  Hei Zi didn't know if he was blushing now, it's hard to tell from his face.

  "Heizi smiled and said: 'No need to pay back, let's just have fun.'"

  Hei Zi picked up his cards again and said: "Big brother is a miner, right? The price of minerals has gone up in the past two years. You guys should be making a lot of money from mining, shouldn't you?"

  The red-faced man sighed and said: "The price of coal has indeed risen, but my mine is not making money, it's still losing."

  A few people played cards while a red-faced man muttered to himself, his mine was a small one, he took a few people down the pit to dig for coal, over the years they made around 3-4 million, but unexpectedly before the new year, the mine collapsed, killing one and injuring two, all the money they made was gone, during the new year, the families of the injured were still asking for money, he had been forced to a point where he couldn't take it anymore, came here to play cards to clear his mind, but ended up losing, now he even has thoughts of death.

  Those who played cards with him would fall silent as soon as he started complaining, and just quietly played their cards, as if they were all afraid of being tainted by his bad luck.

  He played a few more hands with the red-faced man and lost again. He let out a sigh, threw down his cards and said: "I'm so fed up I'd rather drink rat poison and die."

  Heizi saw that Ti was bringing up his sad past, and hastily said: "Big brother, there's no flame mountain that can't be crossed. What are you afraid of? A real man has to take responsibility. If he's injured, we'll think of a way to earn money to treat him, don't always mention death."

  Hei Zi was playing cards while persuading the red-faced man, when suddenly Zhuo Xiao Fei and Wu Mei appeared behind him. After hearing Hei Zi's words, Wu Mei said: "Hei Zi, why don't you just buy his mouth?"

  The man with a red face had long wanted to sell the mine, but unfortunately no one would buy it. Everyone in the village knew that his mine was jinxed and had killed people, so even if he lowered the price, they wouldn't dare to buy it.

  Hong Lian'er's husband heard Wu Mei's words and seemed to have grasped a lifeline, following Wu Mei's words: "Hei Zi brothers, why don't you just buy our mine? I'll sell it cheaply to you. I'm really short of money. The families of the two injured men are almost tearing my house down."

  Hei Zi was moved by the words of Hong Lian Er Hanzi, but he had no ability to buy it now. A red mine would cost at least tens of thousands of yuan, and he didn't know where to get so much money.