Chapter 4 : Making Money with Brother

• "What's wrong? Worried that I'll go back on my word?"
• "No, it's just that you told me last night that the money for the return trip was borrowed..."
• Before falling asleep last night, Lin Fan had mentioned that he didn't bring much money back and still owed some to his classmates.
• "Cough, cough, I don't have money at the moment, but I think it shouldn't be difficult to earn tens of thousands."
• Lin Fan coughed twice and then laughed.
• The reason he was confident was because of the resources near Minghu Village.
• To the east of the village was a range of mountains that stretched for hundreds of miles.
• Within these mountains grew many valuable medicinal herbs. If he was lucky, he might come across some rare and old medicinal herbs.
• That would be enough to make him a millionaire overnight!
• And in the southeast direction, there was a fast-flowing river that connected to the sea.
• The aquatic resources in it must be abundant.
• Especially the lake behind the village, it was an endless expanse of water.
• Because it was deep and had strong undercurrents, it was almost impossible to develop.
• If they could come up with an effective way to fish, they could earn tens of thousands in just a few days, right?
• "Haha! Lin Fan, are you trying to avoid repaying Xu Niu's money?"
• Zhang Ling seemed to see through Lin Fan's thoughts.
• This guy was definitely relying on his martial arts skills, ignoring Xu Niu and Zhang Quanli's debt collection. They came to beat them up, but didn't give them any money.
• "What are you thinking? Of course, the debt must be repaid. That's the rule. I only taught Zhang Quanli a lesson because he laid hands on Aunt Chen. It's a different matter."
• Lin Fan said seriously.
• "Oh, then Lin Fan, once you have the money, I might have to wait until I graduate and start working to repay you in installments."
• "Who said you have to repay the money?"
• "Huh? No, that won't do. My mom won't accept it, and neither will I. It's a rule."
• Zhang Ling imitated Lin Fan's serious expression and said confidently.
• "Haha, you learn fast, little Ling."
• "Of course, I'm a college student!"
• "Little Ling, you deliberately emphasized the words 'college student', it's very misleading."
• "Ha!"
• Zhang Ling's cheeks turned red all of a sudden.
• "Lin Fan, I don't want to talk to you anymore."
• She said that, but Zhang Ling obediently followed Lin Fan's footsteps.
• "Haha, I'm not joking. Let's go make money now!"
• "Now?"
• Lin Fan nodded, it was now.
• "Lin Fan, aren't we too hasty? We have no preparations at all. Where can we make money?"
• Growing up in Minghu Village, Zhang Ling didn't think there was anything that could make money based on her knowledge.
• "Let's go and investigate first, see the situation."
• Lin Fan explained.
• "Alright."
• The two walked side by side.
• As they passed by the fields, they saw many villagers working in agriculture.
• When they saw Lin Fan, they joked that he must be Zhang Ling's boyfriend brought back.
• They praised him for being handsome and having a good temperament.
• This made Zhang Ling blush.
• Lin Fan patiently explained.
• When some villagers learned that Lin Fan, who had been missing for five years, had returned home, they were all stunned.
• After reacting, they dropped what they were doing and ran back to the village.
• They informed the village chief about this news.
• Especially, the villagers also learned an important piece of information, Lin Fan was not missing.
• Instead, he had obtained the opportunity to study abroad back then, but didn't have time to tell everyone before leaving!
• Sun Jianguo, the village chief, was working at home, thinking about how to develop Minghu Village.
• Several villagers came to him and said that there was a student studying abroad from Minghu Village.
• After understanding the situation, Sun Jianguo was immediately excited.
• "Great! This is really great! Lin Fan is the first university student from our village! I didn't expect him to study abroad!"
• "That's right, it turns out he wasn't missing, but went to study abroad in a hurry. We didn't receive any news."
• "Ah, this child has suffered a lot. He was the only one in his family. He was studying and working in the city at the same time..."
• ...
• Listening to the villagers' sighs, Sun Jianguo couldn't help but say, "If we had known that he was going abroad, we would have gathered some money to support him."
• "Village chief, Lin Fan is grateful. He just told me that he won't leave after coming back. He wants to stay in Minghu Village and develop here!"
• "Really! Did he really say that?"
• Sun Jianguo's eyes lit up. As the village chief, he only had some prestige in the village and didn't have much influence.
• If Lin Fan was willing to stay in the village, he would gladly give up his position as village chief to him!
• "Yes, that's what the Zhang family's girl said too."
• "The Zhang family..."
• After learning all this, Sun Jianguo immediately organized some people and brought some things to Zhang Hui's house.
• However, some people were unwilling and even tried to stop Sun Jianguo's actions...
• On the other side, Lin Fan and Zhang Ling arrived at the lake.
• Lin Fan had a deep memory of this place.
• This was Minghu Lake, named after the village.
• When he was young, he often came here to swim and fish.
• Standing on the shore of the lake, he could see the wide river channel that connected to the lake.
• According to the elders in the village, this river was connected to the bay.
• There used to be sea fish that would swim into Minghu Lake through this river.
• "Lin Fan, where are we going now?"
• Looking at the rippling Minghu Lake, Zhang Ling didn't feel anything special.
• She had come here alone yesterday to wash clothes.
• "Over there."
• Lin Fan pointed to the place where the river and Minghu Lake met.
• The water flow there was very turbulent.
• Ordinary people wouldn't dare to approach it. If they fell in, it would be very troublesome to get out.
• If they were swept into the undercurrent, even ten lives wouldn't be enough.
• Zhang Ling wasn't worried at all as she followed Lin Fan.
• His back was very broad, giving her a strong sense of security!
• Zhang Ling thought Lin Fan was here to enjoy the scenery and reminisce about his childhood.
• Little did she know that Lin Fan walked along a path full of weeds and arrived at the edge of the river.
• "Lin Fan, it's dangerous, come back quickly."
• "It's fine, I just want to see the water quality."
• Lin Fan scooped up a puddle of water and tasted it.
• "It's mixed with saltwater!"
• That meant that this river was indeed connected to the sea, and not too far away!
• Because downstream of the river was the mountain range, hardly anyone would explore the river or walk along it.
• "Chirp, chirp!"
• Just as Lin Fan was examining the water, there was suddenly a huge commotion in the river.
• "Lin Fan, come back quickly! There seems to be a monster in the river! I saw it!"
• Zhang Ling, who was standing on higher ground, turned pale with fright.
• She saw a huge shadow in the river not far from Lin Fan, even bigger than a person!
• The elders in the village used to say that there were monsters in Minghu Lake! There were man-eating fish bigger than the village gate!
• There were also fish with long whiskers that could swallow a small cow!
• "Don't worry, Little Ling, I can see it clearly. It's a big fish."
• Lin Fan turned around and smiled at Zhang Ling.
• His reflexes were much stronger than an average person's.
• He had already seen what was in the river before it made any movement.
• It was a big fish about one and a half meters long!
• It had a row of yellow fins on its back!