Chapter 140 Brother Bao and the Ants
“Mom, this roast goose is so good.”
A few days later, during lunch on the weekend, Azu picked up a piece of roast goose and praised it road. Kang Qirui tried it and it was indeed good, so he asked where he bought it, and his mother said she bought it at the street corner. "Uncle Chen won the big prize today? The roast goose is so delicious, unlike his usual gestures, hahaha." The usual roast goose is not so delicious.
While everyone was chatting, Diana looked melancholy, put down her chopsticks and said, "I don't want to eat, I'm full." Azu was stunned for a moment, and then he picked up a roasted goose leg. She said, "Diana, don't act polite, come and roast the goose legs for you."
Diana covered the rice bowl with her hand and whispered softly: "No, I won't eat." Azu shrugged and said nonchalantly: "You don't want to eat? Then I will."
"You are not allowed to eat. Don't imitate those common people." Diana continued to whisper in her voice: "Brother Bao, you used to eat very little of such good things as pearls and white jade pills. Why do you eat so much now?" ?”
Brother Bao? Kang Qirui and Zhu Wanling looked at each other and suppressed laughter. Sure enough, they were right. Diana actually imitated Lin Daiyu after watching "Dream of Red Mansions". Mom didn't understand, she asked: "Azu, who is Brother Bao?"
"Mom, Brother Bao is Jia Baoyu, the fourth brother and the fourth sister-in-law are now Jia Baoyu. One is Lin Daiyu, hahaha." Kang Qirui explained to his mother with a smile, and also teased Azu and Diana. Diana didn't understand the meaning of Kang Qirui's words at all. She nodded and said, "Yes, he is Brother Bao, and I am Sister Lin."
Azu was completely embarrassed. , wishing that there was a hole in the ground that he could get into. He pulled Diana back to the room without even saying hello. After they left, Kang Qirui and Zhu Wanling both laughed. The second sister-in-law said to the second brother at this time: "Husband, should we play like Azu Diana?"
"What are we playing?" the second brother asked.
"I am Pan Jinlian, and you are Ximen Qing." The second sister-in-law's words were so shocking that Kang Qirui's rice bowl fell off the table. He asked reflexively: "Then who is Wu Dalang and who is Wu Song?" After saying this, he asked He regretted it, because Lao Dou’s mother, brother and sister-in-law all stared at him.
After lunch, everyone watched TV and ate fruit in the living room. Of course, if there was anything to eat, Azu, a foodie, was indispensable. But as soon as he took a bite of fruit, Diana came out holding a copy of "A Dream of Red Mansions" and asked: "Brother Bao, is there a hoe in the house?"
"A hoe?" Azu was stunned for a moment. However, Kang Qirui immediately realized that Diana must have seen the section about Daiyu burying flowers. He suppressed a smile and said, "Yes, yes, there is one in the utility room. Go get it." The second brother bought it when he wanted to dig out the toilet for treasure hunting, but was stopped by Kang Qirui in time, and it was left in the utility room without being used.
Zhu Wanling rolled her eyes when she saw Kang Qirui watching the fun and not taking it too seriously. She felt that her husband was good at everything, but he just liked watching the fun too much, like a child. Diana was very excited when she heard Kang Qirui's words and said: "There is a fallen flower on the patio, I want to bury it. Brother Bao, I want you to be buried with him."
"Huh?" The second brother was shocked. .
"What conditions did you break? You have to be buried with me." The second sister-in-law said three times.
Azu stood up quickly and comforted the anxious old Dou mother, "Don't get excited, everyone. I'm used to this. It's okay. She meant to accompany Daiyu to the funeral, not to ask me to give it to her. Those flowers were buried with her." Then he came to Diana again and asked, "Diana, I remember Daiyu went alone, so you don't need me to go."
Diana shook her head. "Brother Bao also came later." She pulled Diana and walked into the patio garden. After more than ten minutes, Kang Qirui walked inside to take a look and found that they were really burying flowers. Kang Qirui was still watching it with gusto at first, but as he looked at it, he felt more and more strange.
After thinking about it, he decided to interfere in the emotional life of his family for the first time. He coughed to tell Azu and Diana of his presence. After they all looked over, Kang Qirui said: "Fourth brother, why do you like Diana?"
Azu didn't Thinking that Kang Qirui would ask him this question, he was stunned for a while and then answered in Diana's expectant eyes: "It's because she has the autonomy, independence and distinct personality of a foreign woman." Diana was completely speechless after hearing this. The people are sweet.
Kang Qirui nodded, and then asked: "Then if you ask her to learn from Lin Daiyu now, will she still be the independent and distinct Diana you like?" Seeing Azu and Diana both showing thoughtful expressions, Kang Qirui asked Rui left quietly and returned to the living room to continue watching TV with Zhu Wanling.
"What took you so long to go in? What is Azu Diana doing?" Zhu Wanling asked. Kang Qirui said proudly: "I went in to save two lost lambs." Zhu Wanling rolled her eyes and ignored Kang Qirui's boast. After Kang Qirui's soul torture, Azu and Diana decided to be themselves and no longer imitate Lin Daiyu.
A few days later, as soon as Mr. Er got up, he saw a lot of ants in the patio. He hurriedly went to get insecticide water to spray them to death, but was stopped by Lao Dou. Lao Dou also He said that he spent more than 2,000 yuan to buy these ants and raise them. When the second brother heard this, he shouted and called the whole family over. After hearing what the second brother said, everyone was stunned by Lao Dou.
"So you guys don't read books or newspapers. Nowadays, many leaflets say that you can make a fortune by raising ants, and some people come to buy them. Just watch your old friend and me make a fortune." Faced with Lao Dou didn't panic at all when everyone asked him. After speaking, he went on to take the biscuits and feed them to the ants. "Old Dou, this is too wasteful, isn't it? Feeding biscuits to ants?" Azu said angrily.
"Ants like to eat sweet things." Old Dou said matter-of-factly, "Do you know? Why did Xiang Yu die? Because he let ants eat sweet things."
Old Dou's tone was particularly confident. , Kang Qirui carried forward his tradition of watching the excitement and not being afraid of big things. He suppressed a smile and said: "I don't believe it, Old Dou, and it doesn't matter at all." Old Dou really took the bait, and only heard him say: "Don't you understand? I Let me tell you, when Xiang Yu retreated to Wujiang, he saw the words "Xiang Yu died here" covered with ants. He thought it was God's will, so he committed suicide. "
"Oh, what a coincidence?" Kang. Qi Rui gave a timely compliment when everyone was still confused.
"It turned out that Liu Bang was the one who caused the confusion. He wrote the words 'Xiang Yu died here' on the ground with sugar water. The ants immediately climbed up. Xiang Yu thought it was God's will and decided to die." Dou laughed and explained.
I almost believed your nonsense. This is Kang Qirui's current psychological portrayal. The second sister-in-law said helplessly: "They just use sugar water. Sir, it's too wasteful for you to use biscuits." In the end, Lao Dou also had his own reasons, "These biscuits are imported, and ants will grow faster after eating them." , you can make money.”
"Old Dou, you must have read too many leaflets and been deceived." The second guy pointed out the problem sharply.
“Where’s the evidence?” Lao Dou was dissatisfied. "My stupid dad, they all say he is a liar. How can there be any evidence for the liar?" The second brother was helpless. Will raising ants make him rich? Even if I beat him to death, I wouldn't believe him. He is nothing but a liar.
"You guys are bad guys. I usually have nothing to do and you blame me. Now that I have found something to do, you still blame me." Lao Dou still didn't believe that he was deceived. At this time, he Seeing Diana coming in, she asked: "Diana, you usually tell the truth. Did you say that I was deceived by raising ants?"
"Yes, Dad, you were deceived." It's a lie." Diana handed the newspaper in her hand to Lao Dou, "Look, the newspaper said it was a scam." Kang Qirui turned to look at Diana and Azu. Well, he became familiar again. Diana, it seems that these two people are really thinking seriously about how to get along with their families.
"Ah? Didn't I lose more than two thousand in vain?" Lao Dou couldn't help but believe it when he saw the report in the newspaper. After Kang Qirui finished watching the excitement, he came out and comforted Lao Dou, "It's okay, Lao Dou. If you take it and return it now, you can still get the money back. You are not being cheated."
There are two main scams in raising ants. One is the illegal fund-raising fraud case of Donghua Group, and the other is the Ant rental fraud case of Ant Lishen. Both cases are still in a very developing stage at this stage, and ant farmers at this time can indeed make money. Until the moment before the execution of the man from the Donghua Group, many household heads who had benefited from ant farming joined forces to complain and plead for him. And the Yili Shen side is even more amazing. In 2003, the Yili Shen advertisement endorsed by Uncle Benshan was played repeatedly on CCTV and other TV stations across the country. The degree of brainwashing was no less than "use melatonin when giving gifts". In 2003, Yili Shen God’s sales are as high as 530 million.
It’s only 2002, and it’s still early for the scam to be exposed, so Kang Qirui said it’s still too late for Lao Dou to get a refund. As for other people who were deceived, Kang Qirui could do nothing. After all, they could still complain about the liar when the liar was sentenced to death. Kang Qirui would definitely not turn back.
“So many dishes?” When it was time to eat in the evening, everyone realized that today’s meal seemed to be particularly rich and sighed, and my mother said: “You old Dou went to get rid of those ants today, and they actually He also made more than 100 yuan. He just said that he would add food today. "Do you think this is really a scam? When I went to withdraw today, they not only didn't bother me, but they also gave me more money." If you give me more than one hundred dollars, it will be a blessing for me to support you for one day. I thought, if this is a scam, how can they not only refund the money but also give me more money?" Old Dou looked puzzled. When he said this, everyone else had similar expressions and became suspicious.
Only Kang Qirui still firmly believed that it was a scam. He explained to everyone: "Actually, this is a Ponzi scheme. The simple understanding is 'tear down the east wall to repair the west wall'. Let's first tell everyone Say how high the rate of return is, and then use the money of the people behind to pay the people in front as quick profits. Since the people in front have indeed received very generous returns, more and more people believe that more and more people will invest. After they defrauded enough money, they ran away.”
The first one to understand was Azu, who said with enlightenment: "That is to say, they haven't defrauded enough money yet, so they were afraid of exposing their secrets, so they refunded Lao Dou. And they also deliberately paid more money to create a It’s an illusion of making money.”
“Yes, so Old Dou, you will never buy ants again. They just use your psychology to make you think wow, he made a hundred dollars in one day. "How much can I earn from raising them for one year?" Kang Qirui continued to tell Lao Dou, "How many people will go to him to buy ants now? After you actually buy them, you can see. You won’t be able to find him in less than three months.”
Lao Dou did have the idea of buying it back and continuing to raise it. At this time, he also figured it out, but he still said stubbornly: “What am I doing? It’s time to go shopping. I’m just telling you about my experience today. It’s time to eat.”
(End of this chapter)