Chapter 310

On the 11th, at 10 a. m., Lin Feng left Shu Capital Airport.

Outside the airport, more than ten vehicles were parked, all Audis and BMWs.

Guo Yanru stood beside a black Audi, and upon seeing Lin Feng come out, she immediately waved at him.

Immediately, the car doors around opened, and neatly dressed middle-aged men and women got out, enthusiastically coming to greet him.

Lin Feng shook hands with them, smiling.

Before leaving the airport, he had already received a call from Guo Yanru.

During the time Guo Yanru had been back home, she had already received several batches of these people.

The money was all Lin Feng's; Guo Yanru didn't feel comfortable making the decision, so she told Lin Feng about it.

After some pleasantries, Lin Feng got into the car and sat in the back seat of the Audi sedan with Guo Yanru.

The driver was not one of their own, and after they got in the car, the two talked only about family matters.

Zhao Xiaoyang and Wang Yu, meanwhile, got into the car behind.

The car sped along the highway; after leaving Shu Capital, a police car appeared ahead to clear the way.

At noon, they arrived at a hotel in the county town where Guo Yanru's hometown is located.

In the meeting room, after some discussion, Lin Feng signed three documents for investments exceeding 200 million.

One of them was an 80 million investment for the construction of a certain road in the county.

Another was a 30 million investment to build three nursing homes.

And another was a 120 million investment to build a bridge and two primary and middle school teaching buildings.

After having lunch at the hotel, they only returned to Guo Yanru's home at 3 p. m.

Guo Yanru would send a car to drive them away.

The family sat in the courtyard, cracking melon seeds and chatting.

Guo Yanwen complained, "Since they came back, people have been coming to the house every day without a break."

This time they let the brother-in-law spend over 200 million again.

Lin Feng had drunk quite a bit, his face flushed.

After Guo Yanwen's complaint, he laughed and shook his head, saying: "Money like this is trivial; we earned it outside, and giving a portion back to our hometown is only right."

This is doing good deeds; not just this time, I will continue to invest in building more roads and schools in economically disadvantaged places.

Qin Li wiped tears beside them, because after the county's major bridge, nursing homes, schools, etc., were completed, they would be named after Guo Qingyuan: Qingyuan Bridge, Qingyuan Elementary School, Qingyuan Middle School, Qingyuan Avenue…

This also counts as accumulating merit for her deceased husband!

"I'm going out for a walk!"

Lin Feng stood up.

In the morning he took a plane, left the airport and rode in a car, then sat in the meeting room; most of the morning he was basically sitting.

Besides, the weather today was excellent, the sky a clear blue, sunlight warm on his body.

Guo Yanru rose, linked arms with Lin Feng, and went out the door.

Zhao Xiaoyang wanted to follow, but Wang Yu pinched his arm.

Ouch!

Zhao Xiaoyang almost cried out.

But he quickly realized what had happened.

Guo Yanwen took out a deck of cards from the house, pulled in his second sister Guo Yanqiu, Zhao Xiaoyang, and Wang Yu, and the four of them played four-player landlord.

Zhao Xiaoyang and Wang Yu didn't know the rules of four-player landlord, but after Guo Yanwen explained, they understood.

What differs from three-player landlord is that it's no longer two versus one; in four-player landlord, after getting the landlord card, you can call someone to help, making it two versus two.

Of course, if your hand is good, you can also play one against three.

……

What struck Lin Feng as odd was that the surrounding houses were unusually quiet.

It's only the second day of the Lunar New Year!

Guo Yanru explained: "Over on the mountain side, relatives who married off their daughters have all gone to drink the wedding wine. We didn't go, but we sent the gifts, and by evening our house will be lively."

I've booked a farmhouse restaurant in town, and tomorrow I'll invite all our relatives, friends, and neighbors to come over for a meal.

"Mm!" Lin Feng nodded.

After walking over a hundred meters, Lin Feng pointed to a mountain trail and said, "Let's go climb the mountain!"

"Sure!"

Guo Yanru nodded.

Half an hour later, Lin Feng and Guo Yanru reached the hillside.

From the high vantage point, the mountain bends filled the view.

There was a feeling of refreshment and delight.

They found a rock and sat down.

Seeing Guo Yanru standing, he pulled her into his arms.

Lin Feng glanced around and realized that after sitting down, they could no longer be seen from outside.

Moreover, no one came over.

"Yanru…" Lin Feng whispered.

"Hmm?"

"Do you remember what I said about heavenly timing, earthly advantage, and human harmony?"

Guo Yanru understood Lin Feng's meaning as soon as she heard it.

The weather is great, this place is not bad, and the people are beyond words.

Such a nice place is perfect for telling stories.

Lin Feng began telling a story about a 'poor' person.

……

Tàiyáng is about to set.

Guo Yanru, who came out wearing high heels, finds it easy to go up the mountain but hard to come down.

When going up the mountain, she is energetic.

After coming down from the mountain, she looks lazy.

When heading home, it's not easy to go out the front gate, so she sneaks back through the back gate.

Lin Feng, meanwhile, wanders into the courtyard gate.

"Brother-in-law, where is my older sister?"

Guo Yanqiu sees Lin Feng returning alone and asks curiously.

Lin Feng widens his eyes and says: "She finds it inconvenient to walk in high heels, so she came back first! You didn't see her when you were playing cards, did you?"

Guo Yanqiu scratches her head.

Wang Yu looks up and glances at Lin Feng.

As for whether Guo Yanru has come back, she knows best.

Seeing that it's only past five, Wang Yu stands up, stretches, and says: "Let's stop playing! Xiaoyang, let's go out for a stroll."

Saying that, she pulls Zhao Xiaoyang out the door.

She also wants to go climb the mountain.

Qin Li comes out of the kitchen at this moment and says: "Don't go out, I've boiled some sugar eggs."

While eating the sugar eggs, everyone only then realizes that Guo Yanru has actually come back.

Guo Yanru says with a lazy face: "I was tired this afternoon, so I came back to take a nap."

……

In the evening, Qin Li asks Guo Yanqiu and Guo Yanwen, the sister and brother, to prepare dinner.

Neighbors who went to drink wedding wine return home one by one on electric tricycles.

Lin Feng stands at the courtyard gate, smiling as he greets everyone and hands out cigarettes.

Soon after, the Guo family's Yuan Zi is filled with people, like a big meeting.

Many young people have returned home.

Everyone looks at Lin Feng with reverence.

Someone asks Lin Feng how to make money next.

Lin Feng smiles and says: "I've looked at housing prices across Shuchuan's counties and cities, especially Mianyang in Shuchuan; a good location now costs only about three or four thousand."

If you have money, you can invest in buying a house; in about four or five years, I estimate the price will rise to around ten thousand.

Not to mention getting rich, doubling your money is no problem.

Actually, the most profitable is still stocks.

But Lin Feng estimates that these people here, if they buy stocks now, won't be able to hold on until the 2015 stock market surge.

"That would also require three or four hundred thousand, which we don't have!"

Someone says.

Lin Feng smiles without saying a word.

He has already pointed out a clear path; if these people can't even scrape together money for a house, then it's not his fault.

Of course, only a small fraction of the young people sitting in front of him will believe his words.

"Feng Ge, can you help out a bit? We'll write an IOU."

Someone asks.

As soon as the words fell, everyone widened their eyes, looking at Lin Feng with anticipation.

Lin Feng laughs and says: "Sure! But I don't lend small amounts; the minimum is five million, with interest the same as the bank's."

Moreover, this money must be used to buy houses, with monthly interest payments; if you agree, let's consider this settled by tonight and not bring it up again tomorrow.

"Hehehe..."

Everyone burst out laughing.

Around 8:30 p. m., the people in one Yuan Zi all dispersed.

After chatting for over an hour, no one had the courage to step forward and borrow money from Lin Feng.

Five million is not a small sum.

Calculated at the bank's loan interest rate, the annual interest would be over ten thousand.

Moreover, this money must all be used to buy houses.

What if the housing prices don't rise by then?

Such a large sum of interest money would definitely be lost.

Moreover, many people thought Lin Feng was just joking.

Many people muttered, "No wonder someone like Lin Feng can make big money; he's practically a sly expert."

If they were willing to lend a few hundred thousand without restrictions on how to invest, they would definitely 'borrow'.

By then, if they can't repay, they'll just drag it out as long as possible!

They're all fellow villagers; surely they wouldn't push someone into a dead end, would they?

Opening their mouths, they demand five million, which must be used to buy a house, with monthly interest payments?

When the time comes, house prices won't even cover the interest; selling the house, Lin Feng pockets the money, and the loss is still his own.

……

In the evening, after closing the courtyard gate.

The family sits in the living room watching TV.

The house at home has already been renovated once, and money was spent on a simple interior decoration.

The decoration in the living room looks no different from that of apartments in the city.

Qin Li, sitting on the sofa peeling fruit, frowned and said, "Guo Xiao Si is shameless, actually having the nerve to ask for a loan, treating us like the God of Wealth!"

Guo Yanwen laughed and said, "My brother-in-law is impressive; if it were me, I wouldn't know how to answer—how embarrassing!"

Lin Feng said lightly, "In this lifetime, to get rich, besides opportunity, one also needs courage."

I've already pointed out the clear path for them; I estimate few will believe it, and they also lack the kind of daring to go all-in.