newbobooks Chapter 462 Negotiating Business
Chapter 462 Negotiating Business
Unable to understand the situation for a while, the group of people did not rush to take action.
Zhou Guo was eating steamed buns and drinking water.
A group of people immediately stared at the food in her hand, swallowed their saliva, and gurgling sounds were heard.
This is the sound coming from their stomach.
Finally, a man who looked to be about 22 or 23 years old, probably the oldest among them, stood up, looked around, didn't see anyone else, came up, squatted down, looked at Zhou Guo and said, "Little boy, why are you here alone, where is your parents?"
Zhou Guo ate his steamed bun with his eyes open without saying a word. He looked like a poor child abandoned by his family.
Another one who looked younger than him came up impatiently and said, "Hey, you have a basket of steamed buns, which one person can't finish. Can you share some with us?"
He just asked if it was possible, but he was not polite at all with his hands. He stretched out a pair of dark hands and grabbed it.
Seeing this, Zhou Guo reached out his hand.
There was a crisp sound of "slap", and the boy cried out, retracted his hand like lightning, and glared at Zhou Guo: "You, you kid, how can you be like this? You hit people. If you hit me again, don't blame me for being rude."
As he spoke, he rubbed the back of his hand and was about to stretch out his hand again. Zhou Guo quickly stretched out his hand and slapped him again. This time he used force. The crisp sound was like a slap in the face, and the back of the boy's hand was numb.
The young man was furious, and said viciously: "Little girl, I thought you were young so I didn't bother with you, but I didn't expect you to be so ruthless. You asked for this, so you can't blame me. Today, you have to give me this steamed bun, whether you want to or not, it's not up to you."
As he said this, he stretched out his hand towards her.
None of the other teenagers standing nearby offered to help, and even the oldest one did not speak to stop them. These days, it was already very difficult to live to see the next day's sunrise. Apart from one's own life, how could one care about the lives of others?
Zhou Guo snorted coldly and lifted his leg lightly.
Then, the young men saw their brother, who rarely failed, fall backwards, his head and body curled up into a ball, and roll back three or four feet before stopping. They could not help but feel shocked and angry.
They all rolled up their sleeves. "You, you little bitch, how dare you hit my brother? Do you know who we are? You dare to attack me when there are so many of us. You are really brave. If I don't teach you a lesson today, you don't know how high the sky is, and how thick the earth is!"
"Stop!" The oldest one quickly reached out to stop them, looking at Zhou Guo and said, "Little sister, what on earth are you doing here?"
It was obvious that her kick was not simple. Facing so many people, she did not look panicked at all. She was a real capable person. It was better for them not to cause trouble.
Zhou Guo raised his eyes and looked at him. This man was quite considerate. He smiled and said, "I'm here to discuss a business with you."
"Business?!" Everyone looked at her in surprise, looked her up and down, and then laughed, "What kind of business can a little kid like you have with us? Are you a fool abandoned by your family?"
Zhou Guo didn't look at anyone else, just the one who was leading the group.
After all, he is in his twenties and has been wandering around for many years, so naturally he has some experience and courage.
He held out his hand to tell the people below to stop arguing, then sat down, frowning slightly, a little skeptical, "Do you really have business for us?"
Zhou Guo asked back: "Are you going to do it?"
The man nodded without hesitation and said, "Yes, as long as we have food to eat, we will do whatever you ask us to do. We will do anything except murder and arson."
Zhou Guo raised an eyebrow. He didn't expect them not to commit murder or arson. "I didn't realize that you guys are quite conscientious. You don't commit murder or arson, but you do a lot of robbing and looting. You even rob the poor people."
The man's face turned red, and after a moment he said seriously: "We are also trying to survive. Besides, what we robbed were all unimportant goods. They can survive without the goods, but we can't survive without these things."
Zhou Guo waved his hand and said directly: "I am not interested in knowing your past, but you must not mess around when you work for me now, otherwise I can replace you at any time."
The man nodded.
Zhou Guo said, "I will be transporting a batch of goods to Dingcheng and Yunzhou in a few days. You can split up two groups of people to help me transport the goods. It will take about two or three days. Each person will be paid 100 coins per trip, and food will be provided. Do you want to do it?"
100 Wen per person? And food included?
Everyone couldn't believe that there was such a good thing in the world. There were twenty-six of them, and each of them had a hundred coins. So, how much was that?
The standing brothers looked at each other, unable to figure out how much money they could make.
The young man in the lead had eyes as bright as the sun and asked, "One hundred coins per person, you didn't cheat us?"
In fact, even if they have no money, they will do it as long as they can have food.
Zhou Guo laughed, "Why would I lie to you? With so many of you, are you afraid that I will default on my debt? I should have several more trips to come. If I lie to you, will I stop shipping the goods later?"
When they heard that they could do it several times, they couldn't sit still and asked excitedly: "Can I get 100 coins each time?"
Zhou Guo nodded and said slowly: "Everyone can get 100 coins each time."
"Ah! Let's do it, brother, let's do it! With so much money, we will definitely be able to survive this cold winter!"
The young man was also very excited. His hands were shaking with excitement and tears were almost falling from his eyes. He opened his mouth and said, "I promise you, when are you leaving?"
Zhou Guo said: "Don't worry, I will come to inform you the day before I leave, but before that, you have to clean yourself up."
He looked them up and down.
A group of young people shrank back uncomfortably, "Of course."
Zhou Guo nodded, pointed at the steamed buns in the backpack and said, "Give these away."
Upon hearing that the money was to be divided, before the young man could say anything, the younger brothers behind him could no longer hold back and were ready to fight. However, they did not dare to take action without the order from their eldest brother.
Zhou Guo saw this and became well behaved.
The young man nodded.
The younger brothers behind him shouted and brought the backpack over. They divided the food among themselves in a short while. However, they did not eat the food after getting it, but happily put it in their arms.
The young man was very grateful to her. Seeing that her eyes were full of stars, he asked excitedly, "What's your name?"
"Zhou Guo." Zhou Guo gave his name simply and neatly.
The young man rubbed his hands and said, "My name is Wu Jiang. Everyone calls me Jiangzi or Lao Jiang. Since your name is Zhou Guo, we will call you Sister Guo."
The younger brothers behind him shouted in unison: "Sister Guo!"
Zhou Guo's ears were numb from the shock. Hearing this address, he quickly waved his hands and said, "No, no, I'm so young, how can you call me sister? Change the address and call me by my name."