Li Boshan took a day off the next day and sent Feng Yanhong to the county seat to take a bus back. Stationmaster Cao, who was always stingy, actually agreed to the holiday without saying a word.
The road back was mostly downhill, and when encountering muddy and slippery paths, Feng Yanhong took every step cautiously and fearfully.
"Hold my hand and walk slowly." Li Boshan held something in one hand and stretched out his hand to help Feng Yanhong.
With Li Boshan supporting her like this, she walked much more steadily.
Yincheng, a dry and rainless northwest country, was also a plain. She had never walked such a country road before, and she had never imagined that such a road between fields would be so difficult to walk.
"Is this always like this here?" If he wanted to go to the county town to call her, he would definitely have to take this small road. It would take too much effort to go back and forth like this.
"That's not entirely true. The drought period in summer is much better, but I heard from them that during the rainy season in the south, the countryside is almost like this."
For the first time, Feng Yanhong regretted not reconciling with the Wang family. If she had been willing to bow her head at that time, he might not have had to go to such a place to suffer such a crime.
Suddenly unable to hear Feng Yanhong speak, Li Boshan turned around and glanced, "Yanhong, you always take the responsibility on yourself. If it were me, I would definitely not reconcile with them."
"What about some things? They may not be good at the moment, but they may not be good in the future. We must look to the long term and not regret the past."
"Um."
"But in this case, I won't be able to bring my son here." Her original plan was that if the transportation was more convenient, she could buy a house here and occasionally bring her children to reunite with him for a few days.
The current situation is obviously unrealistic.
"If you want to come here, I can't let you come here again. If you walk halfway, you will look like a clay doll."
Feng Yanhong lowered her head and looked at her two trouser legs without saying anything. She looked at him again and found that he was no better than herself.
"I'll buy you some clothes and a watch when I get to town. I'll keep your watch for now and send you the invoice later."
Seeing her unconvinced look, Li Boshan grinned.
"knew."
There was another light rain late last night. The clothes she wore yesterday were not dry after all, and the clothes she was wearing were too dirty to look at. So she had to go to the town to buy a make-do suit.
Li Boshan put Feng Yanhong on the long-distance bus and waved to her while standing under the bus, but Feng Yanhong's tears flew down her face.
He quickly wiped away the tears on his cheeks and waved his hand towards the muddy man outside the window.
****
"Yanjun, wait."
Feng Yanjun turned around and frowned when she saw it was Chen Jianguo.
"I've had a hard time finding you. I'll treat you to a meal tonight, and you must come."
Chen Jianguo's smile reminded him of the days when they were still on the farm.
At that time, even if two people were working hard together, they would still laugh happily.
But what about now? With such a smile on his face, he couldn't help but think about the reasons.
"Is something wrong?"
Feng Yanjun asked knowingly, and of course he knew why, because Chen Jianguo had no way to retreat.
"Look at what you said, we brothers have to have something to do when we have a meal, right?" Chen Jianguo reached out to pat Feng Yanjun on the shoulder, but he sidestepped and dodged.
"I don't dare to call Mr. Chen a brother."
"If you have anything to do, just tell me here. I have an appointment tonight." He didn't dare to be negligent now. After all, he still had to make money to pay off his debts, and he couldn't just take his sister's money in vain, right?
"Yanjun, are you really going to push me to a dead end?" Chen Jianguo suddenly stopped smiling, his eyes filled with a little pleading.
"I'm going to push you to a dead end? Haha~"
Feng Yanjun couldn't help but laugh, and tapped the roof of the car a few times without rhythm.
"I brought you out to do business and taught you how to do business. In the end, you wanted to steal my suppliers and my market. If I hadn't discovered it in time, you might have driven me to a dead end!"
"You said we are brothers, then I want to ask you, have you really regarded me as a brother in the past year or so? Is it me who caused the situation where we are both losing?"
"Isn't it you! Isn't it caused by you targeting me everywhere and competing for the market with me?"
Feng Yanjun asked a series of questions angrily, with a surge of anger in his chest. If it were him in the past, he would have rushed up and wanted to beat this guy to death.
But he will never do this again now, and fists cannot solve their current problems.
"Do you think I want to do this? I can't work for you for the rest of my life. You know the conditions of my family and my whole family is still waiting for me. What do you want me to do?"
Chen Jianguo clenched his fists, and his emotions suddenly burst out.
Feng Yanjun laughed angrily at him. Sure enough, no matter how good the friendship was, it changed when it was attached to money and interests.
"What should I do? Have I ever treated you badly? Do you know what your salary level is? The salary I give you is as much as three months for others!"
"I never thought of stopping you from starting your own business, but you shouldn't ruin my future by starting your own business!"
Chen Jianguo was speechless. He stood there and swallowed, "Then what do you mean now? You just want to push me to death, right?"
"Chen Jianguo, no one wants to force you to death. Think about it for yourself. Aren't you committing suicide step by step?"
Feng Yanjun didn't intend to tangle with him anymore and drove away.
Chen Jianguo gritted his teeth as Feng Yanjun's car drove further and further away. He silently took out half a pack of cigarettes, took one out and lit it on the spot.
I looked up at the sign that prohibited fireworks, took a big puff, exhaled thick smoke, and left before the administrator came out.
The decisive battle between Feng Yanjun and Chen Jianguo has already decided the winner, but Chen Jianguo is still unwilling to give in and wants to save his company.
This is human nature, but he has already fallen down so hard here, how can he resurrect again?
Chen Jianguo's misfortunes today are all the root of his troubles back then. His unyielding greed is his punishment for today's crimes. He can't blame anyone else.
"Mr. Feng, there is a man who calls himself Brother Hei. He invited you to have dinner at the Xianhe Tower tonight. I didn't agree and said I would wait until you come back to reply."
Brother Hei is a local snake in Yincheng, and Brother Sheng had introduced him before.
It's just that he doesn't want to get involved with these people. His sister also warned him to do business honestly and don't try to do evil things. Therefore, his relationship with this black brother has always been just a nod and hello relationship.
.
Why did you suddenly invite him to dinner?
Feng Yanjun picked up the phone and called Wang Sheng instead of calling Brother Hei directly.
"Don't worry, there's nothing wrong. I'll just go with you tonight."