Chapter 419: People Who Treat Money Like Dirt
When the sun was approaching noon, Su Mingzhe walked out of the back mountain with the wild child and returned home.

"Sit down, this is my home. I'm an orphan now and live alone. You don't have to be shy."

Su Mingzhe said this and asked the wild child to put down the wolf skin. He went into the house and found his old clothes and asked the wild child to change into them.

The wild child looked a bit funny in his baggy clothes.

After the wild boy changed his clothes, Su Mingzhe began to teach him how to nitrate wolf skins. After confirming that he had learned it, he let him busy himself at home and he carried the silver fox skin and rushed to Zheng Wu's house.

At this moment, several people gathered at Zheng Wu's house.

In addition to Zheng Wu and his wife, there were several cousins ​​in the family, all looking at the door with sad faces.

Zheng Wu's wife was the first to lose patience and sighed:
"Boss, you said so many people saw the white fox, how come no one was able to catch it?"

"You ask me, who should I ask?"

Zheng Wu looked upset and confronted him directly.

Yesterday he excitedly went to the mountain village near Xianhua Mountain to buy fox skins, but ended up running in vain. After running to more than a dozen villages, he only heard people talking about the legend of the white fox, but didn't see anyone catching one.

When he came back in a sulky mood, it was already late at night.

Today, Zheng Guangming, who heard the rumor about the white fox, also came here with a few brothers from the tribe. He wanted to see if the issue of the pure-color fox fur could be settled as the deadline had already arrived.

Zheng Wu's wife was scolded by her husband in front of outsiders. She wanted to get angry, but seeing that there were outsiders at home, she could only mutter: "Maybe someone caught it, but thought the price you offered was too low, so the other party didn't want to give it out?"

"A white fox fur is already selling for two hundred dollars, is this still low?"

Zheng Wu was also amused by his wife's words and couldn't help saying, "Originally a fox skin was only fifty yuan, but now it's four times the market price!"

"That's what my sister-in-law said."

Zheng Guangming waved his hand at this time, stopping Zheng Wu from teaching his wife a lesson, and said with a frown:
"Maybe we really set the price too low. After all, it's a white fox, and its fur is definitely more valuable than other pure-colored fox furs. How about this, Lao Wu, double the price to 400 yuan... No, 500 yuan. As long as the white fox fur is intact, 500 yuan per piece."

"Brother Guangming, are you confused?"

Zheng Wu was frightened by Zheng Guangming's words: "A fox fur coat requires at least a dozen or even twenty white fox skins. One is five hundred yuan, and twenty of them means ten thousand yuan."

"As long as someone can ship the goods, we'll give them the money!"

Zheng Guangming doesn't want to care about money at all now.

As long as the fox fur can be made and sent to the higher-ups, it will give my cousin a chance to make further progress, which is more important than anything else.

"Well, I'll go to the market and take a walk."

Zheng Wu had no choice but to go to the market and spread the word, raising the price of white fox fur to five hundred yuan per piece.

However, he added that this price is only valid for today and tomorrow.

After tomorrow, this price will no longer be valid.

Zheng Wu spread the word and took a walk around the fur market, confirming that no one had received the pure fox fur. He could only prepare to go home in frustration.

But before he could get home, he saw his wife riding her bicycle hurriedly to the market, out of breath, shouting:

"Shopkeeper, there's a man... a man... coming... coming... to sell fox furs..."

"real or fake?"

Zheng Wu didn't expect that the fox fur seller would come to his door just after he spread the word. He didn't care about his wife, grabbed the bicycle, and rushed home.

When Zheng Wu arrived home, he saw Zheng Guangming and other brothers greeting Su Mingzhe warmly.

In Su Mingzhe's hand, he was holding the white fox fur that he had been longing for.

"Brother, you saved my brother's life."

Zheng Wu looked at the thick bundle of furs and tears suddenly fell from his eyes.

If Su Mingzhe couldn't get this pure fox fur, Zheng Wu would be so anxious.

"Fifth brother, I'm glad you did your job. There are twenty white fox skins in total, which should be enough to make a fox fur coat."

When Su Mingzhe saw Zheng Wu, he untied the rope that bound the fox fur and let Zheng Wu check it.

Zheng Wu and his brothers looked through them several times and found that they were all top-quality fine-haired white fox fur.

"Brother, wait a minute, I'll get you the money."

Zheng Wu didn't waste any words. He ran into the house, took out the money he had prepared long ago, wrapped it in a piece of blue square cloth, and asked Su Mingzhe to count it.

Su Mingzhe counted very quickly. In just a moment, he counted five bundles and pushed the rest back: "Fifth brother, we agreed on five thousand yuan. This is too much."

"Not much, bro. Not much."

Zheng Wu didn't expect that Su Mingzhe would push out the money he had earned. While he was touched, he pushed the money in front of Su Mingzhe:
"Brother, you don't know. I just put the word out in the market that a white fox skin is 500 yuan. You sent me 20 pieces, and the money here is exactly 10,000 yuan, no more, no less."

Su Mingzhe was slightly stunned. He had just rushed here directly from home and really didn't know about this matter. However, he was stunned for only a second, and then pushed the money back again:
"Fifth brother, you are outside receiving the goods today, that is today's matter, but the price we agreed on a week ago cannot be changed. You want credibility, and I want credibility too."

It was agreed to be five thousand yuan, and that is five thousand yuan.

If Zheng Wu dares to give even a little less, I will not let him off easily.

But, even if it was a penny more, I wouldn't want him.

Su Mingzhe is a time traveler, and he wants to buy his own reputation with 5,000 yuan. Isn't this just a joke?
Zheng Guangming and others nearby were stunned to see that Su Mingzhe and Zheng Wu were actually pushing each other for 5,000 yuan.

In the past, I only heard stories about some people viewing money as dirt, but today they saw the truth.

However, at this time, the brothers were just watching the fun.

Zheng Wu and Su Mingzhe pushed for the money. As bystanders, they couldn't ask for it.

At this time, Zheng Wu's wife came in and heard the two men pushing each other for the five thousand yuan. She hated her husband's brain and hurried over, laughing and advising her husband: "Boss, since this little brother insists on the price you agreed on, don't waste his kindness."

"What do you know, old woman? I've already said it, you have to pay me!"

Seeing his wife interrupting him, Zheng Wu was so angry that he started to curse:

"You know nothing, get out of here!"

Zheng Wu's wife really gave Zheng Wu face. Even though she was scolded by her husband in front of so many people, she just smiled awkwardly and went into the house quietly.

"Fifth brother, let's not be in a stalemate."

Seeing that Zheng Wu's attitude was also very firm, Su Mingzhe thought of Zheng Wu's reputation in the market in the past as a man of his word. He could only frown and suggest:
"If you give me this money, I definitely won't take it. Since you insist on giving it to me, why don't you use this money to help me build a few shops in the market, rent them out, and donate the monthly rent to the schools in our county as scholarships for outstanding students. What do you think?"

"That's a good idea! This little brother's idea is the best."

Zheng Guangming, who was standing next to him, did not expect that Su Mingzhe would actually make such a suggestion. As a public official, he keenly realized how much help it would bring to the Zheng family if this matter was handled well.

Zheng Wu didn't expect that his cousin Zheng Guangming would agree to Su Mingzhe's proposal.

However, he felt relieved that the money had a place to go.

As an old businessman, he has lived half of his life with the word "trust".

Now it’s good enough that he can keep his promise. He won’t worry about how to deal with the money.

Seeing this, Su Mingzhe did not stay any longer. He picked up his five thousand yuan, put it in his backpack, and said goodbye to everyone.

Zheng Wu and others wanted to invite him to dinner, but Su Mingzhe declined directly.

It took more than a month to collect all the fox furs, and the Zheng family must be in a hurry to deal with them, so he would not delay the Zheng family from discussing matters.

After Su Mingzhe left, Zheng Guangming and others took the fox fur to an old craftsman.

The old craftsman carries out the initial processing, which is the further processing after saltpetering.

By the time the old craftsman had finished the work, Zheng Guangming had already contacted his cousin Zheng Yicong.

When Zheng Yicong heard that all the pure-colored fox furs were available, and they were fine-neck white fox furs, he was overjoyed and rushed back by train as soon as possible.

When Zheng Yicong and his secretary arrived at Zheng Guangming's house, they saw the white fox furs he had been longing for spread out on the table one by one.

"Brother, what do you think of this fox fur?"

Zheng Guangming and Zheng Yicong are both people within the system. If Zheng Yicong has room for improvement, it is equivalent to his own progress.

"Not bad, really good, thank you for your hard work."

Zheng Yicong asked about the price of the white fox fur: "Is five thousand yuan enough? Don't let Xiaowu pay for it."

On the phone, Zheng Yicong heard that someone sold twenty white fox skins to Zheng Wu for five thousand yuan.

When Zheng Yicong saw these white fox skins, he was a little skeptical.

This kind of top-quality white fox fur can be purchased for only five thousand yuan?
"Brother, this white fox fur was indeed bought for 5,000 yuan, but there is another story behind it."

Zheng Guangming told the story of Zheng Wu and Su Mingzhe pushing and shoving for 5,000 yuan, and frowned:

"It's all my fault. If I hadn't asked my fifth brother to go out to protect himself from the wind, he wouldn't have wasted the five thousand dollars."

"Ah."

Zheng Yicong nodded after hearing this:

"You can't let Fifth Brother pay for this. How about this? I didn't bring enough money when I came here. I only brought 8,000. You can take out another 2,000 and give it to Old Fifth."

After hearing this, Zheng Guangming said quickly:

"Brother, I was originally planning to give the money to my fifth brother myself."

Zheng Yicong didn't care whether what Zheng Guangming said was true or not, he just took it seriously.

After taking out the eight thousand yuan he had brought with him, Zheng Yicong hurried away with the white fox fur and his secretary.

Zheng Guangming looked at the 8,000 yuan left by Zheng Yicong, gritted his teeth, took out his own savings, raised 10,000 yuan, and sent it to Zheng Wu's house.

"Old Five, I'm here to give you money."

Zheng Wu took Zheng Guangming into the house and was surprised to see the ten stacks of money Zheng Guangming brought with him:

"Brother Guangming, why are you giving me so much? Didn't Brother Yicong say 5,000 yuan?"

Zheng Wudu was mentally prepared to lose that 5,000 yuan.

"This money is for you, just take it. This is all Brother Yicong's idea. As an elder brother, can I really let a younger brother like you pay for something?"

Zheng Guangming put the money down and instructed Zheng Wudao:
"Didn't Su Mingzhe tell you to take the 5,000 yuan to buy a shop? Just buy the one in your fur market."

Due to its geographical location, Pujiang has extremely developed commercial activities.

The sale of shops and houses, which is not seen in other places, is also allowed to be traded privately in this county.

After hearing what Zheng Guangming said, Zheng Wu reacted instantly:

"Brother Guangming, what you mean is that after buying the shop, I will keep it for my own use, and then rent it out at the market price and donate it to the school for scholarships, right?"

"Just understand it in your heart."

Zheng Guangming didn't want to explain it in detail, so he just nodded and turned away.

Zheng Wu's eyes were rolling around.

(End of this chapter)