At noon, a small eatery was filled with a table full of rough men.
Including the Qin Chuan and Qin Gang brothers, there were eight of them.
Liu Long said that many workers had already left because the building was completed, and those remaining were only handling the finishing touches.
Qin Chuan was the youngest. The five men under Liu Long, ranging from thirty to fifty in age, were all skilled workers and had monstrous appetites.
Plates of meat dishes, bowls of steamed buns and rice were almost devoured in large quantities.
There were also cases upon cases of beer. The meal was incredibly satisfying, and everyone's face was flushed with good health.
Qin Chuan and Qin Gang had also become like family with these rough men, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.
During the meal, Qin Chuan took advantage of going to the restroom to calculate the bill. The meal for so many people, including the drinks, only cost eighty yuan, averaging ten yuan per person.
One had to sigh at how affordable the prices were in this era.
"Brother, I'm telling you, you can really buy a mobile phone now!"
"I, Old Liu, have always been good at judging people. I think you'll have great success in the future. Although a phone is expensive, if you bite the bullet and buy it, you'll earn back the money for several phones very quickly."
As the meal neared its end, Liu Long, his face flushed red from drinking, put an arm around Qin Chuan's shoulder and said.
"Don't worry, I'll go buy one after we leave!"
"We brothers will definitely keep in touch from now on!"
Qin Chuan felt that he really should buy a mobile phone. It was truly inconvenient without one. He was a man who would accomplish great things in the future, so how could he do without a phone?
After the meal, Qin Chuan took down Liu Long's phone number, and they agreed to set off for the village early the next morning.
Leaving the small restaurant, the brothers once again got on their dilapidated three-wheeled motorcycle and headed straight for the hospital.
Since they were already in the city, they naturally had to visit their parents.
Passing by a mobile phone store, Qin Chuan called out to stop.
"Third brother, are you really going to buy a phone? Those things are expensive, they could build two brick houses for our family!"
Qin Gang noticed Qin Chuan's movement and couldn't help but say.
He knew Qin Chuan still had several thousand yuan on him, but he felt it was a pity to spend so much money on just a phone.
Qin Chuan also showed some hesitation. Honestly, given his current financial situation, buying a mobile phone was indeed a luxury. But when he thought about how convenient it would be to handle things with a phone in the future, and how it would generate even greater profits, he decided to buy one.
Qin Gang didn't know that he had gotten ten thousand yuan from Zhang Long and Wu Erma. He still thought that the five thousand yuan deposited at the police station came from the beautiful factory director Li Ya.
With the remaining five thousand yuan, it was enough to buy a mobile phone!
"Brother, we're not buying this phone to show off, but to make big money! One phone will create countless more phones. By then, not only will you have one, but Dad, Mom, Eldest Brother, and Sister-in-law will all have one!"
As Qin Chuan spoke, he walked into the phone store.
Seeing this, Qin Gang could only grit his teeth and follow. When he saw the small and delicate mobile phones behind the counter, his eyes immediately showed a look of obsession.
This mobile phone store had a complete range of products. Besides mobile phones, they even had car phones and pagers. However, hardly anyone bought these two items anymore. Everyone preferred the small and delicate mobile phones.
By the year 2000, car phones and pagers would be completely obsolete, and various mobile phones would become mainstream.
"Boss, how much is this Nokia?"
Compared to Qin Gang, Qin Chuan was much calmer. If he didn't really need a phone, he wouldn't have looked at the phones of this era.
Even though they were much smaller and more portable than car phones, their functions were too limited. They didn't even have games. They could only make and receive calls, and the signal was poor in many places.
"Handsome guy, you have excellent taste!"
The owner was a middle-aged man who was very enthusiastic when a customer came in.
"This phone is the Nokia 6110, which was released not long ago. It's the world's first mobile phone with a built-in game. Our county only has it at our store; you won't find it anywhere else!"
"I got it through special channels, otherwise, it would be difficult to get even in the city!"
Qin Chuan finally showed a hint of interest: "It has games? What games?"
The owner quickly turned on the phone and operated it. When Qin Chuan saw that it was the game Snake, his expression immediately turned grim.
Forget it, such a phone was not worth having!
"How much is it?"
Qin Chuan finally asked the price.
"Six thousand five hundred!"
The owner replied.
Qin Chuan's expression could no longer be hidden. He directly refused: "Do you have any phones for one to two thousand yuan? As long as the quality is decent, give me one."
Seeing that Qin Chuan had no intention of buying, the owner's interest immediately waned. He lazily pointed to a Motorola phone behind the counter: "This one is two thousand yuan, and the quality is fine."
"Then I'll take this one!"
Qin Chuan decisively made up his mind. Motorola's quality was also excellent and trustworthy.
"Also, get me a SIM card!"
Hearing that Qin Chuan wanted a SIM card, the owner became enthusiastic again. Before long, Qin Chuan walked out with his phone, too lazy to even take the packaging box, only asking for a charger and a battery.
"Third brother, you drive, let me play with the phone!"
After leaving the phone store, Qin Gang excitedly asked Qin Chuan for the phone.
Qin Chuan casually tossed the phone into the air. Qin Gang, startled, quickly reached out to catch it, his face changed.
This was a phone that had just cost two thousand yuan, more expensive than building a flat brick house. What if it broke?
A short while later, the brothers arrived at the hospital and made their way to the inpatient department as if they knew the place well.
However, upon reaching the inpatient department, they were surprised to find that the corridor was crowded with people, blocking the passageway.
Everyone was pointing and whispering towards a ward.
"What kind of big event happened here?"
Qin Gang muttered in surprise.
Qin Chuan was also curious. Just then, they suddenly heard someone loudly cursing his parents' names. The brothers' faces immediately changed, and they directly sped up their pace, squeezing through the crowd.
When they saw the situation inside, their eyes immediately turned red.
In the ward where his parents were staying, Li Yuan San's family was cornering Qin Shu Ren and Jiang Cui Hua against the wall, yelling at them, spitting everywhere.
There was even a bloodstain on Jiang Cui Hua's face, clearly scratched by hand.
Qin Shu Ren's face was flushed with anger. He tightly protected his wife with his body, preventing Li Yuan San's family from harming her further.
"Li Yuan San, you son of a bitch! You're looking for death!"
Qin Chuan, who had always considered himself to have great self-control, was filled with a surge of hot-blooded anger at this moment, not to mention Qin Gang, whose temper was always volatile.
As Qin Chuan cursed, Qin Gang had already turned into an enraged tiger and charged into the ward.
Anyone who stood in his way, regardless of gender, was forcefully pushed aside and stumbled.
During this time, someone attempted to resist but was directly knocked back with a punch by Qin Gang, his face turning pale.