Chapter 45: Seeking New Possibilities
Seeing Hu Mingchen's agitated reaction, Director Song nodded and smiled with satisfaction.
"However, you have to be prepared to endure hardships, and it is very hard to learn from me. ”
"Don't worry, I'm afraid of everything, but I'm not afraid of hardship. ”
"Well, you come to the river under the bridge every morning, and I'll be there every morning. But the time can't exceed half past six, your family lives in Huangni Village, can you do it?" Director Song immediately put forward a strict requirement to Hu Mingchen.
"Half past six...... No problem, I can definitely do it, I'll buy an electronic watch tomorrow. ”
On the one hand, Hu Mingchen's house is far away from the street, and if he arrives at half past six, Hu Mingchen will have to go out at least six o'clock, and he must run along the way.
On the other hand, the riverside under the bridge is a special place in Dug Township. Usually there is no one to go to that place at all, and that place is usually only crowded in two situations, one is to shoot the prisoner, in Hu Mingchen's memory, that place has shot at least three people, and each time there are crowds of people around and on the bridge. The second is fighting, and I don't know when it started, but the people who fight in groups around like to put the place where the fight took place.
Perhaps because of the peculiarity of that place, the locals are reluctant to go to that place to get contaminated, and even the residents on the street will not go to that place unless they have to.
But the place where Director Song met was so strange, even if Hu Mingchen agreed, his heart was hairy, and now it was dawn at half past six, but in winter, it was still dark outside at half past six.
"You don't have to buy an electronic watch, I'll give you a watch, it's a meeting gift, can you understand a mechanical watch?"
"This ...... Wouldn't it be okay for me to accept your gift like this? Besides, you gave it to me, so what about you?" Hu Mingchen hesitated and took the watch in his hand.
"I still have this kind of watch at home, hehe, you're afraid I won't have time. Director Song smiled, "Okay, you go back quickly, it's too late to worry about the family, let's go, let's go." ”
"What about those two people?"
"Bandage it casually, lock it up for one night, and then call the adults of their family to pick it up tomorrow, this kind of little doll cannot be severely punished, but their adults believe that they will not give them good fruit to eat. Go ahead. Director Song waved his hand and said casually.
Hu Mingchen took the watch given by Director Song and turned around and left the township compound.
In addition to the middle three-story building that belongs to the township party committee and the township government, there are also several two-story small buildings next to it, such as the township family planning office, the township finance office, the police station, the post office, and so on.
Most of the shops on the street are closed, and only a few houses have lights still on in front of them.
At the door of a house, Hu Mingchen stopped, and with the help of the light from the house, he picked up the watch and looked at it.
This is a military watch, the center of the watch has the word "eighty-one", next to it is the kind of display grid with blue luminescence, behind the manufacturer is Nanjing Watch Factory, this watch is very heavy in the hand, indicating that its quality should be quite solid.
Hu Mingchen put the watch on his wrist, although the strap is contracted, but it is still very long, compared to Hu Mingchen's small wrist, it is too big, only when you go to the city to buy goods, it will be appropriate to find a watch repairer to take off five or six grids.
There are few people wearing watches in Duge Township, so there is not even a master who repairs watches here.
Hu Mingchen came back so late, Hu Yandie and Hu Yujiao naturally wanted to interrogate him.
It was impossible for Hu Mingchen to tell them about the robbery he had suffered, which would only make them worry in vain. As a result, Hu Mingchen had no choice but to lie and make up other reasons.
Fortunately, Hu Yandie and Hu Yujiao, who saw Hu Mingchen bring back two pairs of sandals, had already attracted the attention of those two pairs of beautiful sandals, and they didn't think about whether Hu Mingchen's reason for making up was reasonable.
"Brother, are these shoes for us?" Carefully holding the pair of small leather shoes, Hu Yujiao asked happily.
"Silly girl, these are women's shoes, and the size is your size, if you don't give it to you, I can't wear it myself, I can't wear it." Hu Mingchen touched Hu Yujiao's brain pityingly and said.
"How much do these two shoes cost, I'm afraid they're not cheap. Of course, Hu Yandie also likes her shoes, but she still cares more about the price.
It's really not much money at home, and it's not rich at all.
"It's not too expensive, it's just a few dozen yuan, sister, you don't think about anything else, this is money, you should improve your life, and when I have money in the future, I will buy you better shoes and clothes." Hu Mingchen understood Hu Yandie's thoughts and comforted her.
"Xiao Chen, I know you've made a lot of money, it's just ...... Mom and Dad should be back soon, and if we don't get it right, we'll have to spend money, and we can still save some, you know?" Even if Hu Mingchen said that, Hu Yandie still took out her sister's posture to tell him everything.
"Sister, I understand, don't worry, I won't spend money indiscriminately, buy shoes for you, it doesn't belong to spending money indiscriminately, as long as you like it. Hu Mingchen nodded.
"You only bought it for us, but what about yours? Didn't you buy it for yourself?" Seeing that there were only two pairs of shoes, Hu Yandie asked.
"My liberation shoes are still fine, I can wear them, so I won't buy them for the time being, wait for the next time, make more money, and I'll go to the city to buy them." Hu Mingchen said with a lie.
It seems that Hu Mingchen dislikes the shoes sold in Duge Township is not good, but in fact, he really deliberately left himself behind in order to save money. In addition, his liberation shoes, the upper of the shoe has begun to tear holes, where is still good.
"Then remember to buy yourself a pair next time. ”
"Don't worry, sister, can I still treat myself badly? Do you like your pair?"
"Well, I like these shoes, Xiaojiao, take the shoes and put them away, you are not allowed to wear them at ordinary times, and you will wear them when you go to eat and drink, understand?" After telling Hu Mingchen, Hu Yandie turned to Hu Yujiao again.
In the countryside, good clothes are only worn at two times, one is the day of the show, and the other is when relatives go to eat wine. This is true even for adults, let alone children.
"I can't wear it to school tomorrow!" Hu Yujiao also planned to wear it to school tomorrow to show off, but she became a little depressed when Hu Yandie said this.
"Sister, I don't think you need to restrict it like this, you can wear it for food and wine, and you can wear it for school, as long as you don't wear it to work in the fields. Don't worry, you will have a lot of beautiful shoes and clothes in the future, Xiaojiao can wear them for her if she wants to, it's okay. Hu Mingchen is confident that the conditions at home will get better and better, so he does not agree with his sister's prudence and frugality.
"That'...... Okay, but you have to be careful not to accidentally kick it. After hesitating, Hu Yandie agreed.
In fact, Hu Yandie didn't want to wear a pair of good shoes to school, her shoes with broken soles have been teased by her classmates more than once, and she also wants to show off and raise her eyebrows.
Hu Yandie is a sister again, but she is still a fifth-grade child, even if she is more mature than her peers, the childish childish heart still exists.
"Aha, you can wear new shoes, you can wear new shoes, sister, don't worry, I will definitely protect you. Receiving the answer, Hu Yujiao immediately became excited.
And Hu Yandie also smiled and took her new shoes to the room to admire and try them on.
A pair of shoes worth more than 20 yuan can make his sister and sister so happy, Hu Mingchen really feels a lot of emotion.
For other people's families, for people in the city, dozens of dollars of shoes are nothing. But for Hu Mingchen's family, this can be regarded as a boutique gift.
In the final analysis, because of poverty, that is, poverty, my sister and sister have not worn anything good, not even a pair of decent shoes. Mom buys it for my sister, and it comes cheaply, a lot of things, my sister has to wear it for my sister when she wears it, and sometimes I don't have money to buy it, and my sister has to wear my mother's.
As soon as he thought of this, Hu Mingchen's desire to make money and make a fortune would become stronger and firmer.
Exhausting all means and using all kinds of means, Hu Mingchen also wants to earn more and more money. The current earning cannot fundamentally change the family's embarrassment, at most it can only be alleviated.
Hu Mingchen is already thinking about the possibility of making money in addition to selling cards.
Selling cards is good, but the amount of money is not very large, whether it is a child studying on the street or a child studying in an elementary school in the mountains, pocket money is always very limited, and the possibility of making a fortune from them is almost zero.
And Hu Mingchen gradually discovered a situation, that is, if this card continues to spread deeply, it will not be good for children. If nothing else, the fact that they would rather not spend money on food is not conducive to their physical development and health.
Of course, it is impossible for Hu Mingchen to stop the business of selling cards all at once, at least before finding other ways to make more money, Hu Mingchen can only endure the pain of wronging those little dolls.
At this stage, Hu Mingchen still needs money, more capital, he can't do that kind of woman's kind thing.
The shaping and great achievements of a general are the result of countless people's lives.
In the business field, this law also exists, and in the stage of primitive accumulation, there will inevitably be some people who have to contribute or sacrifice to it.
No way, those little children, you can only contribute a little more for your entertainment and Hu Mingchen's development.