Chapter 234: Rural Absurd Past Events Chapter 234: So, What Are You Still Considering?

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Wang Dashan was stunned upon hearing this, looking at Cheng Cheng in disbelief.

"Auntie Cheng, you're not joking with me, are you?"

Wang Dashan's reaction was perfectly normal, after all, he and Cheng Cheng weren't very close; they were merely client and intermediary. Although Wang Dashan had communicated with Cheng Cheng quite a bit to sell this villa, it was all just for work, and there was no friendship between them.

"No joke, I'm just investing for fun. Anyway, a small intermediary company like yours wouldn't cost much."

Cheng Cheng said this calmly.

Opening a real estate agency of modest scale would require an investment of at most a few hundred thousand yuan; if one was frugal and ran the business as the boss themselves, a hundred thousand or so might be enough to get the company running.

A hundred thousand or a few hundred thousand yuan might be an astronomical figure beyond Wang Dashan's reach.

But to a rich woman like Cheng Cheng, it was as insignificant as a single hair on nine oxen—truly nothing.

Perhaps the investment Wang Dashan needed was just one month's pocket money to Cheng Cheng.

"Then Auntie Cheng, how much do you plan to invest in me?"

Wang Dashan was overjoyed inside, feeling he had met a benefactor.

Cheng Cheng said without hesitation:

"However much you need to open a company, I'll invest that much."

However, although Cheng Cheng had plenty of money, she wasn't stupid enough to give it away for nothing.

She changed her tone:

"But I have one condition."

Wang Dashan's heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly asked:

"What condition?"

Cheng Cheng said:

"Let's be friends. From now on, when you have time, come to my newly bought villa more often to chat with Auntie and relieve her boredom."

A wry smile appeared on Wang Dashan's face.

He knew things weren't that simple.

"Auntie Cheng, what you want isn't just as simple as chatting to relieve boredom, is it……"

Wang Dashan said weakly.

Cheng Cheng smiled faintly, answering a different question:

"By the way, there's a BMW sitting idle at my home. If you're afraid transportation is inconvenient, I can lend you that BMW to drive. Anyway, that car is just sitting idle, so I might as well do you a favor. By the way, have you gotten your license?"

Cheng Cheng had already put things this plainly. Although she hadn't pierced the final layer of pretense, even if Wang Dashan were as stupid as could be, he probably could see her true purpose.

"I got my license in the army... Auntie Cheng, how about letting me think about it for a few days?"

Wang Dashan didn't refuse immediately. Although the two years of training in the army had always told him to be a man who stands tall and upright, the temptation Cheng Cheng dangled before him was simply too great.

A single thought might change his life completely.

"Fine, Auntie isn't in a hurry. Think it slowly, and contact me once you've decided."

Looking at Wang Dashan's flustered expression, Cheng Cheng couldn't help but laugh.

Wang Dashan then asked:

"Auntie Cheng, may I ask a question—do you have a husband?"

Cheng Cheng smiled:

"My husband died ten years ago."

Wang Dashan said "Oh," then said, "That's a pity, dying so young……"

But Cheng Cheng had no qualms about it, telling Wang Dashan:

"What's so pitiful? Besides, he didn't die young either. When he passed, he was already ninety-two."

Wang Dashan was stunned again, his face full of astonishment.

His mind was a bit muddled.

Cheng Cheng's husband had died ten years ago, and he was ninety-two when he passed!

And ten years ago, Cheng Cheng was only in her thirties!

She actually married an old man who could be her grandfather?

At this moment, Wang Dashan seemed to finally understand why Cheng Cheng, in her forties, could become a rich woman with more money than she could spend.

It turned out that in her most beautiful years, she chose to take a shortcut that required the least effort!

And now, she was also inducing Wang Dashan to take the same path she had taken!

"Are you very surprised, even finding it inconceivable?"

Cheng Cheng smiled on her face, appearing very generous and unembarrassed, feeling no shame about her own marriage.

"A little, perhaps……"

Wang Dashan gave an embarrassed laugh and answered weakly, afraid of displeasing her.

"Actually, there's nothing surprising about it. Do you know what's most important for a person living in this society?"

"What is it?"

"The most important thing is to recognize your own advantages, then bring them into play, turning them into social resources, money and power. As for other things, such as morality, conscience, reputation, and so on, they are merely used to constrain the poor at the bottom, with the purpose of keeping the lowest people forever honest and staying at the bottom as beasts of burden. Never believe in that nonsense."

Wang Dashan was speechless.

It was simply hard to believe that such words would actually come from the mouth of a middle-aged woman like Cheng Cheng, who looked so gentle and virtuous.

He strongly resisted this line of reasoning from Cheng Cheng, yet he had to admit that, judging from the current situation, the results Cheng Cheng had achieved made it obvious that what she said held a certain logic.

She married a man in his seventies or eighties while still young, and she certainly endured no small amount of mockery and abuse, but she also gained tangible benefits in return.

Ever since her husband died, she inherited all the family property.

Now her money is so much she could never spend it all; as long as she doesn't touch gambling or drugs, doesn't engage in high-risk large investments, her second half of life is destined to be stable and comfortable, and she will never have to worry about having no money to spend.

"But isn't the reason people work hard to earn money precisely for honor, to bring glory to their face?"

Wang Dashan was still quite influenced by his parents, especially his father, who imperceptibly shaped him during his growth process, making him feel that face and dignity were also quite important.

"You're wrong there. Earning money is for a better life; face and dignity can't be eaten as a meal, and if you don't have a better life, who will give you face, who will give you dignity? There's a saying in economics: 'The economic base determines the superstructure.' Once you possess the economic base, face and dignity will naturally follow. Take me now for example — I'm still the Women's Federation Vice President and a Top Ten Outstanding Female Entrepreneur of that county town back in my hometown. Although the Vice President title is just a plaque, every time I return to my hometown, many leaders with standing in the county come to welcome me. That's enough face, isn't it?"

Wang Dashan listened to these words and was deeply shaken.

This clashed completely with the education he had been exposed to from childhood.

The education he had been exposed to from childhood told him that one must be law-abiding and content with one's lot, must have conscience and morality, must be honest and trustworthy, must advance step by step, must rely on one's own efforts to struggle, must absolutely not take shortcuts, and must not walk crooked paths.

But Cheng Cheng's reality was that Cheng Cheng took shortcuts and not only successfully obtained wealth, but also successfully gained reputation.

"Fame and profit are often bound together; when you have profit, fame will naturally follow, but if you have no profit, then no matter how you struggle, it's impossible to obtain fame. Countless men come begging me to give them an opportunity, and I don't even glance at them, while you, Wang Dashan, now have an opportunity placed right before you."

A smile appeared on Cheng Cheng's face, and then she asked Wang Dashan a sentence:

"So, what are you still considering?"