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2 Neon Devils, the feelings of the older generation about their family and country
Opening a store is a long-term plan, and I can’t think of a specific operation plan for a while.
But Lin Ran assured that this is definitely a profitable business, and a huge market is waiting for them in the future.
Starlight flashed in the eyes of the four of them, waiting for Lin Ran to come up with his idea.
After having afternoon tea, Lin Ran said: "Everyone, it's getting late now. Let's go back to work first."
"Okay." Wei Chengbin agreed, and then said, "If Mr. Lin is still alive and wants to find us, we will still live in the same place."
"Aren't you planning to move yet?" Yang Jianlong asked.
After all, I just made a small amount of money from the auction, why don’t you enjoy it quickly.
"We are used to this kind of environment. It's hard to accept a better place for a while," Wei Chengbin said.
"What a strange hobby."
After saying that, several of them laughed.
Wei Chenbin was actually reluctant to part with his tools and raw materials. After all, they were brought here from his hometown in Henan through great hardships. If he wanted to move to the city, naturally he couldn't bring them with him.
Lin Ran would not force others to do anything. Since they were unwilling, he would not force them anymore, which would also make it easier for him to find someone.
Since they lived not far apart, they didn't have Yang Jianlong's car.
Yang Jianlong drove Lin Ran home, carrying a small suitcase containing 4000 yuan, which was his harvest today.
The family members had actually just returned from the fields, and were slightly startled when they saw Lin Ran getting out of the car with his suitcase.
Yang Jianlong left immediately, and his family members gathered around him and asked with concern: "Xiao Ran, what are you holding in your hand?"
Lin Ran didn't show off, he entered the door and opened the suitcase directly, showing it to his family.
They had never seen so much money before, and they were so surprised that they opened their mouths from ear to ear after seeing the boxes full of banknotes.
"So much money?!"
"Where did this money come from?"
"How many are there in total?"
The family members asked different questions, which made Lin Ran helpless: "I'll answer them one by one."
"The total amount here is 4000 yuan. I earned it by participating in the auction today and selling the collection to foreigners."
Lin Ran briefly described what happened today.
Lin Wanjun was fine, but her parents had a trace of sadness on their faces.
"You sold Tang Sancai and traditional Chinese paintings to foreigners?" Lin's father looked at Lin Ran in confusion.
"Yeah." Lin Ran nodded.
The family members, who were originally very happy, were now enveloped in a layer of gloom.
"It's not good to sell to foreigners," Lin's father said.
"That's right, no matter how short of money the family is, they can't sell this thing to foreigners, right?" Mother Lin also agreed.
It was beyond Lin Ran's expectation that his parents could be so aware.
"Dad, Mom, what's wrong?" Lin Wanjun asked curiously.
Father Lin said: "Although we are poor, cultural relics are the property of the country after all and are proof of our history. What is the difference between selling them to foreigners and being traitors?"
Seeing that his father had elevated himself to the level of a traitor, Lin Ran had to explain.
"Dad, of course I am not selling them genuine products, but handicrafts made by ourselves!" Lin Ran explained.
Lin Ran knew that his father was a stubborn person and also a tight-lipped person.
His plan should be known to his father.
Therefore, he told his father about Wei Chengbin and Li Yuanhao.
The family members were even more stunned when they heard it. Even the plot in the story meeting did not have such ups and downs.
"You mean, the things you made were sold to foreigners as cultural relics. In fact, you made them a week ago?" Father Lin couldn't wrap his mind around it for a while. It took him a long time to understand the relationship. .
Lin Ran nodded immediately: "That's it."
Father Lin looked into Lin Ran's eyes. There was no sign of lying. He felt relieved and said with a smile, "That's good."
Lin Ran was also very confused about this change in his parents' attitude.
"Dad, Mom, do you also know about cultural relics?" Lin Ran didn't understand. According to his memory, the people in the village were not interested in external things at all.
"I don't know." Father Lin said calmly, "But we also came from the war years. When the neon devils came into the village, the first thing they did was to go to the landlords' houses to rob their collections."
"That's right." Mother Lin also had a gloomy look on her face, "Your father and I were still young at that time, and we could only watch the neon devils carry box after box of things back to their base."
"It's so abominable!" Father Lin couldn't help but knock on the table as he recalled that time.
Lin Wanjun was shocked.
Lin Ran was okay. He felt quite touched. He didn't expect that although his parents were of low status, they also cared about the prosperity of the country.
"Xiaoran, if you meet the neon devils in the future, don't be polite to them, lie to them as much as you can." For a simple farmer to say such words, it shows how much impression the neon devils have in their hearts. Too bad.
"Definitely." Lin Ran thought to himself that the neon devils had also stolen a lot of cultural relics from their Chinese country, and he would have to settle things with them if he had the chance.
"It's not the neon devils' turn yet. I just made some money from the foreign devils of the Eight-Nation Allied Forces." Lin Ran said, and he decided to give all the money to his family.
"Dad, Mom, do you think this money is enough for us to build a new house?" Lin Ran said with a smile.
Originally, the family was still a little anxious about building a house. They bought the foundation and to start construction, they also needed to purchase materials and hire workers.
After all, building a house doesn’t happen overnight, and you have to prepare some money in advance.
The family didn't have much savings left, and they didn't know what to do with it.
It's better now. After getting the money, everything is no problem.
"That's enough, that's enough." Lin's father smiled broadly, "Xiaoran still has the ability."
"Dad =, I'll leave it to you to contact the engineering team." Lin Ran said, since he specializes in the art, it's okay to ask him to conduct appraisals of cultural relics, but to ask him to contact the engineering team to break ground, he really doesn't have the connections in this area. .
On the contrary, my father has built houses for other people before and has plenty of experience.
Father Lin agreed: "Okay, Xiaoran, you can keep the money first. I only need 500 yuan as a deposit for the engineering team."
Originally, Father Lin was still thinking about buying two hundred square meters of land. How much raw materials would be needed to build a house for them?
Now, what he was thinking about was how to buy more comfortable materials to make their house look taller.
He had been to other villages before and felt envious when he saw other people's small foreign-style houses.
I thought I would never be able to live there, but I didn’t expect that my son would be so ambitious. With this money, they would be able to live in a luxurious little bungalow!