Du Village.
Du Fei's paternal uncle's family sat together.
"Husband, this is a chance to get rich, why are you informing second aunt's family?"
"Dad, you've always been shrewd, how can you be so foolish now?"
Du Wenyong's wife and son, Du Guobing, looked at him with some resentment.
Glancing at his wife and son, Du Wenyong sneered, "You two blockheads, have you forgotten how this house came to be? Would I do something that loses money?"
Back then, when Du Fei's family had trouble, Du Guobing introduced them to the loan shark Du Dabao, and later colluded with Du Dabao to transfer the ownership of Du Fei's house to his name without spending a cent.
Outsiders thought Du Guobing did it, but behind the scenes, all the ideas were Du Wenyong's.
Du Guobing anxiously touched the back of his head, "Dad, I'm good at eating, drinking, and having fun, but I hate using my brain the most. Hurry up and tell me, what exactly is going on?"
"Useless thing, do you really think Du Qifeng's money is so easy to get? I'm telling you, this money is hot and difficult to handle."
Du Wenyong poked his son's forehead with his finger, looking like he wished his son could become useful.
Du Wenyong's wife pushed his hand away and then rubbed Du Guobing's brow, saying, "Son, does it hurt? Old Du, just talk, why are you poking our son? Besides, Guobing is so promising!"
In Du Wenyong's wife's heart, her son was the best in the world.
Du Wenyong shook his head helplessly and sighed inwardly: Indeed, a doting mother spoils her child. Du Guobing was spoiled by his wife since he was young, which resulted in him being useless in everything he did as he grew up.
"Do you think we can get money from Du Qifeng just by signing our names?"
"I'm telling you, if it were that simple, with Du Qifeng's relationship with the village chief, would he be able to come up with this money?"
"Now it's all about legality and compliance. Even if Du Qifeng has connections in both the underworld and the legal world, he wouldn't dare to act recklessly openly. Therefore, our family signing alone is useless; the second family's members must also sign!"
A few days ago, the village chief's nephew, Du Qifeng, approached Du Wenyong, saying he wanted to develop tourism in Du Village and set up a farm stay.
The area happened to include his parents' graves, and he was willing to offer compensation.
Du Wenyong was naturally happy to make money.
But on the surface, he pretended to be a filial son, saying that his parents were buried and he didn't want to disturb their peace.
Seeing him like this, Du Qifeng made things clear: for 100,000 yuan, the relocation of the graves would be settled, otherwise, it would be considered being at odds with him.
Du Wenyong naturally dared not offend Du Qifeng.
Du Qifeng was no ordinary person; he was the nephew of the Du Village chief. He started venturing out into the world in his teens, had been to prison more than ten times, and was rumored to be doing very well now, with connections everywhere, not someone a small villager like Du Wenyong would dare to offend.
Besides, Du Qifeng was willing to offer 100,000 yuan in compensation, which was already showing him a lot of respect.
"I, I disagree with splitting that 100,000 yuan compensation equally with Du Fei's family for no reason!"
Du Guobing felt very uncomfortable thinking about splitting half of the 100,000 yuan.
Du Wenyong laughed heartily, "Don't worry, son, Du Fei's family won't get a single cent of that 100,000 yuan."
"Guobing, since your father said so, there's definitely no problem. This money will be saved for you to get married."
Du Wenyong's wife also looked delighted.
Hearing this, Du Guobing's face was covered in fatty flesh as he smiled foolishly.
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"Brother, you bought a car?"
Du Yunyun ran out excitedly when she saw Du Fei driving a car downstairs, circling around it.
Du Fei said, "This isn't my car, I borrowed it from a friend. It's too troublesome to change buses multiple times when returning to the village. You have class tomorrow, so we'll go and come back early."
After speaking, Du Fei opened the car door, letting Du Yunyun and Wu Chunmei sit in the back.
As for himself, he took the things from Wu Chunmei's hand and put them in the trunk.
"Brother, this car has four rings, it should be called an Audi, right?"
After putting away the luggage, Du Fei got into the driver's seat, and Du Yunyun in the back seat leaned closer to him.
"Yes, it's an Audi. Little sister, you recognize Audi too?"
Du Fei asked, slightly surprised, looking at Du Yunyun.
"Many families at our school have cars. Every day after school, the school entrance is filled with various cars. By the way, brother, can you pick me up from school in this car one day?"
As Du Yunyun spoke, she secretly watched Du Fei's expression, afraid he would disagree.
Before Du Fei could finish, Wu Chunmei, sitting in the back with Du Yunyun, spoke first, "Yunyun, our house is so close to school, it only takes a few minutes to get home, there's no need for your brother to drive to pick you up. I heard that gasoline for cars is very expensive, why waste money?"
"Oh, if you don't want to pick me up, then forget it."
Upon hearing this, Du Yunyun's face dimmed, and she sat back in her seat, looking disappointed.
Seeing Du Yunyun's dejected expression, Du Fei stopped his car from starting and turned to look at her.
"Little sister, what's wrong?"
Du Yunyun lowered her head, shook her head gently, completely lacking the excitement she had when she saw Du Fei's car downstairs.
"Little sister, we are the best of friends. You promised me before that no matter what happened, you would tell me. You wouldn't go back on your word, would you?"
Anyone could tell that Du Yunyun was troubled by her expression.
Hearing Du Fei's words, Du Yunyun slowly raised her head, "Brother, they call me a country girl, a beggar, and they secretly call me a bumpkin behind my back."
As she spoke, Du Yunyun's eyes began to redden.
"Yunyun, let's ignore these people. We go to school to study hard. As long as you study hard, the teacher will like you."
Seeing her daughter's distress, Wu Chunmei hugged her and tried to comfort her.
After hearing Du Yunyun's words, Du Fei finally realized that his sister wasn't having a good time at school.
Although everyone knew that school was a place for students to learn, and the most important thing here was to study hard and achieve good grades.
Yet, even students had a desire for comparison and showing off. Moreover, no matter what school it was, there would always be bullies and snobbish students. Even the school and teachers couldn't do anything about them.
After all, teachers couldn't be in the classroom all the time, paying attention to every student's words and actions.
"So that's what it is. It's a small matter. Starting next week, I'll drive an even better car and pick you up from school for a whole week, alright?"
Du Fei didn't lecture Du Yunyun about studying hard and ignoring others' opinions, but directly agreed to her request.
Upon hearing this, Du Yunyun's face immediately lit up with a smile, "Really? Then it's a deal, brother, you can't lie to me!"
"Oh! I can go home by car next week too, that's great!"
Wu Chunmei wanted to tell Du Fei not to spoil Du Yunyun so much, but seeing her daughter's smile return, she swallowed the words that were about to be spoken.