Zhao Fengfan's future father-in-law Cong Fuhua is a well-known local millionaire. When he got married, Zhao Fengfan couldn't help but think: The rich man's father-in-law would definitely come up with a generous dowry.

However, Zhao Fengfan never expected that the dowry brought by his bride Cong Shuiyu in a large truck would be a large stone weighing more than ten tons. The big stone was unloaded in the yard of his house, and it would take a small bend to enter and exit the house.

This stone as a dowry is the Lingbi stone, which is the first of the four famous stones in China. It is said to be worth 600,000 to 700,000 yuan, but Zhao Fengfan is still a little unhappy, thinking that since this stone is worth so much, why don't you sell it and buy some other dowries to give away? Otherwise, you can give money directly. I don't know how to do the stone business, and such a big guy has become a burden at home. Cong Fuhua seemed to see Zhao Fengfan's thoughts, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Fengfan, don't underestimate this stone, it can help you get through difficulties when you need it most."

Zhao Fengfan's married life was smooth sailing. A year later, he had a lively and lovely daughter, but this time practical problems also arose.

Zhao Fengfan and Cong Shuiyu were both born in the 1980s, and they never knew the hardships of running a family, nor did they save any savings. After the birth of their daughter, Cong Shuiyu quit his job, and the burden of the whole family was placed on Zhao Fengfan alone, and life suddenly became stretched. Cong Shuiyu often complained that Zhao Fengfan was not capable and could not let his wife and children live a good life. Zhao Fengfan felt that he was very wronged.

At this time, Zhao Fengfan thought of the Lingbi stone that was placed in the courtyard.

Zhao Fengfan asked around and knew that exhibitions would be held in Jiangsu and Zhejiang from time to time, and many people's stones would be pulled there to sell, often at a good price. So Zhao Fengfan rented a truck, used a crane to lift the stones on the truck, and transported them to a city in Zhejiang. It was really a coincidence that there happened to be a strange stone exhibition in the city, and a few trucks loaded with stones were parked outside the exhibition hall. Zhao Fengfan found a vacancy and parked it, waiting for the buyer to come to the door.

But a few days passed, and no one cared about his Lingbi stone. The truck that Zhao Fengfan rented even for the driver cost six or seven hundred yuan a day, plus the exhibition fee and other expenses, which was not a small amount. If he couldn't sell it and pull it back in the end, he would lose twenty or thirty thousand yuan, and he borrowed the money. Just as Zhao Fengfan was worried, a Hummer stopped by his truck, and a middle-aged man who looked like a boss got out of the car and circled his Lingbi stone for half a circle, saying, "How much do you want to sell this stone for?"

The stone was originally going to be sold for 700,000 yuan, but after looking at the situation in the past few days, Zhao Fengfan decided to sell it cheaper, but he was a little lucky, so he didn't offer first and said tentatively, "Then how much are you willing to pay?" The middle-aged man laughed and stretched out a hand. Zhao Fengfan's heart moved, although the price was 200,000 less than he originally expected, it was still barely acceptable, so he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, 500,000 is 500,000, deal."

The middle-aged man shook his head and said, "You are mistaken, I said 50,000."

"What?"  Zhao Fengfan couldn't believe his ears, the other party only bid 50,000 for 600,000 or 700,000 stones, so there is no need to be so outrageous to joke. The middle-aged man seemed to have guessed Zhao Fengfan's mind and said, "There is no standard price for stones, and it is completely on the market. Now the market is so bad, if you are not flexible, you can only pull it back. How about this? I will come back in a few days, and you may have a different idea by then."

Although the middle-aged man was so certain, Zhao Fengfan still couldn't accept this reality. Seeing that the exhibition had come to an end, his stone was still unwanted, and it was almost a foregone conclusion to pull it back. Twenty or thirty thousand yuan was doomed to be lost, and Zhao Fengfan did not know that the stone could be sold for a good price in the Year of the Monkey and the Horse Moon. At that time, Zhao Fengfan became annoyed. On the day of the exhibition, the middle-aged man appeared again in a timely manner. Zhao Fengfan was so determined that he thought his father-in-law had only given 20,000 yuan as a dowry, and sold the Lingbi stone, which was said to be worth 600,000 to 700,000 yuan, to the middle-aged man at a low price of 50,000 yuan.

Zhao Fengfan ran back with the empty car, but his mood was not at all relaxed. The original expectation that the stone would be sold and the family would live a comfortable life for a few years now seemed to have come to nothing. After Cong Shuiyu found out, he didn't blame him much, he just said: "Fengfan, now that the stone is gone, there is nothing to count on, and we can only rely on ourselves in the future."

Only then did Zhao Fengfan realize his responsibility as the head of the family. He quit his comfortable but low-paying job, used the remaining 20,000 yuan from selling stones to attend a cooking training class, and bought a small restaurant in the county seat to start a catering business. Seeing that her husband had worked so hard to make money, Cong Shuiyu was too embarrassed to stay at home any longer. He entrusted his daughter to his grandmother and rolled up his sleeves in the store. Over the years, the small restaurant gradually became famous and returned more and more customers. What surprised them even more was that the owner of the local Hongbin Restaurant took a fancy to the character of the two people and wanted to give them the prosperous restaurant at a cost of one million before the fallen leaves returned to their hometown.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, but a million dollars is too far away for them. So Cong Shuiyu thought of borrowing from his father. However, to their surprise, Cong Fuhua said nothing about the money, but said: "When Shuiyu got married, didn't I marry a stone worth 600,000 to 700,000 yuan? You sell this stone and borrow some more from the bank, and you will have one million yuan." Zhao Fengfan's face was red and he hesitated to say, Father-in-law, it's not that you don't know that I have sold the stone for 50,000 yuan. You smell me. Cong Fuhua glared at him and said, "Then you can buy it back. Otherwise, I will not lend you money !"

After coming back from his father-in-law's house, Zhao Fengfan had to rush to Zhejiang again, although he knew that the hope of this trip was extremely slim. After many inquiries, Zhao Fengfan finally found the middle-aged man who bought his stone back then. Unexpectedly, the middle-aged man returned the stone to him at the original price. Zhao Fengfan pulled the stone to the market back then. At this time, he was pleasantly surprised to find that the stones here were selling like crazy, and Zhao Fengfan's Lingbi stone was quickly bought for 700,000 yuan. With this money, he successfully built the Hongbin Building.

On the first day after Zhao Fengfan and his wife officially took over Hongbin Building, Cong Fuhua came. Zhao Fengfan was surprised to find that the middle-aged man who bought the stone and returned it to him was the one who came with him.

Cong Fuhua smiled and introduced, "This is my best friend Ji Deqing. You can have today, but he has made a great contribution." It turned out that Cong Fuhua and Ji Deqing had long seen that Jiangsu and Zhejiang had strong economic strength and was a market with great potential, but this market still needed to be cultivated for a few years before it could form a climate. But Zhao Fengfan was in a hurry to sell the Lingbi stone, so Cong Fuhua deliberately let the wind guide him to the Jiangsu and Zhejiang markets, and when he was frustrated, he entrusted Ji Deqing to buy the stone at a low price for safekeeping. In fact, if the Lingbi stone had been shipped to an area with a relatively mature cultural atmosphere, it could have been sold for a high price of 500,000 to 600,000.

When Zhao Fengfan found out what was going on, he felt that he still didn't quite understand. He said, "Dad, it wouldn't be better if you led me to the mature area to sell the stones from the beginning. Why bother?"

Cong Fuhua said: "Silly boy, I said that this stone is to help you tide over the difficulties when you need it most. If you sold it at a high price at that time, would you still have it today?"

Only then did Zhao Fengfan understand and think to himself, no wonder his father-in-law got rich.