Good Man Operation Guide

“Mom, let me tell you something.”

Lin Shiheng stood up, walked behind Mother Lin, and massages her shoulders. “I want to go out and venture out into the world.”

Mother Lin was stunned, “go and do a good job, what will you do out there Shiheng? you don’t have any skills, can’t you just stay at home honestly?”

“Mom, I read in the newspaper these days and said that the country is going to make a big move. If I stay here, I’m afraid I’ll be caught and jailed.”

Mother Lin looked surprised and hurriedly turned around and grabbed her son’s hand. “How? How could you go to jail? Aren’t you doing a good job for your boss now? Why would you be caught?”

“Oh, Mom, take it easy and listen to me tell you slowly.”

Seeing that the old lady was in a panic and at a loss what to do, Lin Shiheng, fearing that she would be in a hurry, squatted down and looked at her straight in the eyes, and spoke with a relaxed expression.

“I’m not fooling around like I did before, but before those brothers all look up to me and call me brother when we meet. In the eyes of some people, won’t I, Lin Shiheng, look like I’m still hanging out with them? If the country really does something big, who would care if I’m honest now? I’ve committed a crime in the past, and I’m still connected with that group of brothers, I’m still going to be arrested.”

Upon hearing this, Mother Lin’s hands trembled with fear. “Well, what are we going to do? Why don’t you stay out of touch with them now?”

“People give me face, call me brother, and usually give me some conveniences. If I suddenly ignore them now, and this group of people feel tension, get anxious and angry. What would they do to me then?”

This was pure make believe. Lin Shiheng’s name in many people’s ears, was that of a Dinghai Shenzhen, it was the automatic attack type. It wouldn’t let anyone hear it be unhappy, or feel unhappy when they hear it.

(TNote: Dinghai Shenzhen = The Compliant Golden-Hooped Rod; also known as Ruyi Bang or Jingu Bang, is the poetic name of a magical staff wielded by the immortal monkey Sun Wukong.)

Mother Lin didn’t know these things, she was coaxed, and immediately believed it. She forgot that her son wanted to wander outside. She hurriedly put down the clothes she was still sewing, stood up and went to pick up his clothes for him.

“You have to go. Hurry up. Mom will give you all the money at home. You can look for a job outside. Don’t worry about me. I’ll take care of it at home.”

“Er… Mom, wait, there’s no hurry yet.” Lin Shiheng hurriedly grabbed the old lady. “I have to go to the county to explain what’s going on. It would take two or three days. I’m telling you now, I just want you calm your heart.”

“and…”

He looked around mysteriously, and when he saw that Mother Lin was looking over with worry, he quietly approached her and whispered, “the Ke family at the east end of the village, the fishing family, their daughter is my girlfriend, and while I’m away… Mom, you keep an eye on her for me.”

Mother Lin’s eyes suddenly widened, leaving even her worries behind.

“You have a girlfriend?”

“Shh… ”

Lin Shiheng hurriedly made a silence gesture, “don’t tell others in advance, I have this meaning. Her parents don’t agree with me, besides, it’s not that you don’t know her grandmother’s temperament of wanting money. If I don’t make something of myself, it’s useless to say it out loud.”

As soon as this was said, Mother Lin’s attention was quickly diverted, remembering Ke Jialing’s appearance, her face showed some joy. “She’s a good child, and she is good at studying as well as having a good temperament.”

Thinking and considering, she was worried again.

But it’s too good. Although her son is the best in the world in her heart, Mother Lin had not reached the point where she couldn’t see between right from wrong. Compared with the Ke family’s child, her son was really nothing much.

Although there was a job, he still had to leave and go to unfamiliar cities.

Wouldn’t the girl be unable to wait?

Besides, wasn’t her son always refusing to talk to those scholar types? Why is he still making friends with others at this time?

Mother Lin was thinking, she suddenly thought of something, and suddenly clapped her hands. “I remember, the last time you save that girl, Wasn’t it the Ke’s girl?”

At that time, she still thought that she was from the same village, which was a good relationship. She didn’t think that after a period of time, the two were still getting along with each other.

“Yes, that’s her.”

Lin Shiheng looks serious. “Mom, I’m not here these days, so don’t always think about going to the field. I’ll transfer money for you.”

“How can this do?”

Mother Lin refused without thinking. “You’ve already had a hard time outside. How can I spend your money? Mom can farm and support myself. You, ah, save your money outside and wait to use it for marriage.”

“No.”

“Mom, listen to me, I’ll tell you … my girlfriend’s parents have always been very reluctant to get close to me. I have flattered them several times, but they all stay away from me.”

Lin Shiheng said confidently, completely ignoring the fact that the original owner went to Ke’s parents several times for protection money.

“Because they were avoiding me, I didn’t tell them about our relationship. I wanted to wait until I made a name for myself outside. I was afraid they wouldn’t agree, so I wanted you to get in touch with them more. You’d better talk more. Think about it, ah… when I come back, and you have a good relationship with them. If I mention this again, they would be too embarrassed to disagree. Right, Mom?”

Mother Lin listened thoughtfully. “It seems so.”

“That’s it.”

Lin Shiheng added: “They are fishermen. Mom, you are a farmer. If you farm every day, you would miss meeting them. How about this? I will set up a stall on the roadside for you and put some books there. Then you will sit there and wait for others to buy books, right next to the Ke family’s fish stall. If you are so close to each other, you can chat every day, your feelings will come up.”

“When the stall closes in the evening, I’ll ask my buddies to put the books away for you and put them at their home first, and bring them back the next day. It won’t be difficult.”

Sounds like a good idea.

Mother Lin was a little moved. In her heart, the marriage of her son, who had always refuse to start a family, was definitely a big deal. It was rare for him to have someone he liked and wanted to marry. How could she not help as a mother?

“Would it be too much trouble for your brothers? Don’t we have a cart at home? I’ll just push it myself.”

“It’s nothing, brothers must support each other.”

Mother Lin had agreed to come, but she still had some hesitation, “if I don’t farm, what about our land?”

“It’s all right. Just give it to Uncle to plant and let him give three portions of grain. Uncle’s family has a lot of people. If it is really not possible, give it to Aunt’s house. Isn’t there a lot of people in her home?”

Listening to Lin Shiheng offering the farm for Aunt Lin, Mother Lin ignored all her previous worries and looked up in surprise, “Shiheng, do you really want your Aunt to plant our land?”

Lin Shiheng knew why she was so surprised. The original owner always hated the people on his paternal side, including Aunt Lin. Although she was oppressed by her own mother-in-law, she also scraped together food to feed her nephew, the original owner, but she was never appreciated by him.

Aunt Lin did not marry very well. At the age of 16, she was married to Zhang Guanzi from the village by Grandma Lin. Although Zhang Jianzi was a cripple, he was diligent and nice to this wife, but Aunt Lin’s mother-in-law was as difficult to get along with as Grandma Lin. Since Aunt Lin gave birth to her daughter, everything was wrong in her eyes. Aunt Lin once ran back to her mother’s house after being beaten by her mother-in-law, but after she was driven out by Grandma Lin, she never ran back, no matter how painful she was beaten by her mother-in-law.

Mother Lin asked Lin Shiheng to help her sister-in-law, who had been helping her family, many times, but the original owner turned a deaf ear.

In his eyes, the Lin’s, except for himself, should die.

Perhaps the original owner’s heart and soul were only given to his mother and the group of beauties. In the original plot, he had already spent all his family’s money at that time. It was all thanks to the money given by Aunt Lin and Ke Jialing that he was able to escape. They saved his life, but unfortunately neither of them got rewarded.

Although Ke Jialing received a sum of money, she drowned while helping her parents catch fish. Aunt Lin didn’t last long and was beaten to death by her mother-in-law a year after the owner left.

When the owner knew about the incident, he sighed with emotion. He didn’t want to avenge her. He didn’t even think about how his Aunt’s only daughter would live without her mother.

***

Lin Shiheng picked up the small bench, still looking familiar to Mother Lin, “I’m going to leave, aren’t I? If I give the land to Aunt, she can also take more care of you.”

Knowing that this was the filial piety of her son, Mother Lin felt warm in her heart, “then give half to your aunt, half to your uncle, let them give two portions each.”

“Yes, I will come back from the county town tomorrow and tell them.”

Lin Shiheng responded happily and went back to his room. He slept through the night.

***

When he went to the county town and walked trough the main avenue, Liu Zi eagerly welcomed him, “Shi-ge, the things been completed.”

“It’s done?”

Liu Zi gallantly took Lin Shiheng to an old motorized tricycle cart and uncovered the cloth on it to show him.

“I especially did it myself. Look, they are all big watermelons. When you knock it, the sound it makes is very beautiful.”

Lin Shiheng checked them one by one, nodded with satisfaction, and handed Liu Zi the money in his arms.

Liu Zi hurriedly took it, counted it twice without any scruples, struggled for a few times, and took out a few “Elder brother, too much, it’s too much.”

“It’s okay, for running errands.”

Lin Shiheng waved carelessly and went straight to the driver’s seat.

Liu Zi didn’t understand “Elder brother, are you going to take this watermelon to the city to sell? But the cost of watermelon, car rental, gas, and the money you gave me, even if you sell it at the same price as the city, you will incur losses.”

Before, he was a watermelon farmer with his family, and naturally knew all about these things.

The man sitting in the cart seat turned his head, his handsome face had sharp eyebrows.

“Do you know how much one of these watermelons could sell?”

Liu Zi immediately reached out and drew a number.

Lin Shiheng asked again, “If I cut it open and cut it into twelve pieces, what about selling it at one fifth of this price?”

Liu Zi hesitated and counted with his fingers for a while, “make profit!”

“Brother, you are so smart!”

“But this way, you will also earn too little.”

“Ng! ”

Lin Shiheng started the cart and drove out directly. His voice drifted into Liu Zi’s ears along with the wind.

“I won’t cut it, but squeeze watermelon juice. City people like this, I can sell a cup of watermelon juice for the price of a watermelon.”

“Go!”

Liu Zi just stood there, his brain just couldn’t figure it out.

How could a cart of watermelons sell for so much more when it came to Shi-ge?