As the sun sets, the fiery afterglow reflects the red sky.

Outside the Jianshe Road Police Station, Guo Yongkun had been waiting for a while.

Finally, two familiar figures walked out of the door, it was Hao Yanbing and Guo Yongnian.

The case has been concluded, the two parties have reached a settlement, and after the police station has completed the process, the person has been released.

"Yongnian, change your temper in the future, and do it beforehand, otherwise you think the taste of prison is so good?"

Hao Yanbing spoke earnestly.

He is actually a few months older than Guo Yongnian, but because of his rich experience, he looks very mature and stable.

"Thank you, Brother Yanbing. ”

So Guo Yongnian is also willing to shout brother.

"Don't thank me, I didn't help much, if you want to thank me, thank Kun. ”

Hao Yanbing came here and took a deep look at Guo Yongkun, anyone who has such a younger brother will feel proud.

In other people's families, the elder brother takes care of the younger brother, but his family is the opposite.

"I know. ”

After Hao Yanbing said goodbye, he went back, as the captain of the criminal investigation team, his work is still quite hard, especially now that the public security is not very good, he often can't see people, and sometimes he hasn't seen him home for ten and a half months.

"Kun, how much did it cost?" Guo Yongnian looked at his younger brother with some shame.

"Not much. ”

"How much is it?"

"What's the point of knowing?" Guo Yongkun said helplessly.

"I'm going to make money to pay you back. Guo Yongnian gritted his teeth.

As an elder brother, he always asks his younger brother to beg for money, what's the matter?

It's good that he didn't mention this, but when he mentioned Guo Yongkun, he was a little big.

Is this the end of the matter?

There are no cherry blossoms

His brother has been fired from the third food factory, and the reason why the news has not been revealed is because Brother Tietou is in charge of the wind in the factory.

For this reason, he must come over today, but Guo Yongkun didn't let him.

You know, it's not just a job, it's a tradition

The deceased father left behind, but now it is broken.

Once the old mother knew, how could she accept it?

And because he has a criminal record, it is impossible for his brother to enter the state unit now.

Otherwise, if you change your factory, you may be able to get by.

"Let's go, let's go to the hotel first. ”

Home is designated not to be returned, before thinking of a solution.

Along the way, Guo Yongnian still didn't give up and kept inquiring.

"Okay, tell you, seven thousand yuan!"

However, as soon as he heard this number, Guo Yongnian suddenly lost his words, only to feel that a big mountain descended and pressed on his shoulders, making him breathless.

"Kun, where did you get so much money?"

"Brother, you don't care about this matter, do we still need to worry about this?"

Guo Yongkun was a little irritable, he had been thinking about another question, but his brother held on to it.

"Okay, I won't ask. ”

Guo Yongnian nodded, and then said, "Kun, you have a lot of ideas, can you help my brother think of a way to make a lot of money?" No matter how dirty, tiring, and difficult things are, I can do them!"

Guo Yongkun didn't know where he was still not relieved, and said with a wry smile: "Brother, it's not the point to make money now, the point is what you should do, and then you can get your mother to agree to your resignation from the third food factory." Do you understand?"

"That'...... What do you do?"

"I'm not thinking about it. ”

"Why don't you ......," Guo Yongnian pondered, "I'm also like light, and I can make a lot of money with my mother if I get a scrap yard attached to it, and she should be able to agree." ”

"Not School"

Guo Yongkun shook his head, he had already thought about it, but it was impossible for the old mother to agree, how much money she could earn was another matter, although she loved money very much, but between her son's future and money, she would definitely choose the former without hesitation.

After all, in the ideology of Rao in this era, what future can a person who collects rags have.

At the last gathering of educated youth, wasn't what happened to the light a good proof?

How is opening a scrap yard worth working in a state-owned factory?

The most realistic problems are not the same in terms of the difficulty of dealing with the object.

And in 1981, such a year, it was really difficult for private individuals to make a decent and affordable livelihood at the same time!

Speculation makes it useless for you to have money, people still don't look down on you, and you still break the law.

Suppose you have a craft, you support yourself by it, and you do some business, such as getting a street food or something, but no one will gossip.

But again, how can it compare to working in a large state-owned factory?

Usually people who do this business are just forced to be helpless, they can't get into the factory, and life makes them have to do something to make ends meet.

"Kun, are you thirsty? I went to buy a bottle of water, but I didn't drink anything. ”

When the two passed by a supply and marketing store, Guo Yongnian licked his chapped lips.

"Bring the bottle. ”

Guo Yongkun nodded, watching his brother walk into the store, while he waited outside the door.

In these years, there is no mineral water, and the soda is all in glass bottles, and the bottles have to be returned to others after drinking.

Of course, it is also possible not to refund, it is a matter of a penny.

Not long after, Guo Yongnian walked out with two bottles of orange soda, which had already been opened, Guo Yongkun took it and poured it, and finished it in one go.

It's really hot, even if it's almost dark, it's still steaming. Unfortunately, this soda is not ice, it can only quench thirst, and has no effect on cooling.

Guo Yongnian drank a little slowly, Guo Yongkun waited for him, carrying an empty bottle in his hand, his eyes glancing around, but he inadvertently glanced at a sign in the store.

Hanging on the wall, it is very conspicuous, just like the business license of later generations, and there is a red stamp on it, which is printed with three big characters - consignment store.

His eyes lit up instantly.

By the way, in the era of planned economy, private skirts are not completely incapable of making a decent living, they can only be very rare and so rare that people are difficult to remember for a while.

And the consignment store is one of them.

This has a lot to do with the rapid growth of the population and social development, and the former supply and marketing system can no longer meet the daily needs of the people.

No matter how many branches you have in the supply and marketing cooperative, it is impossible to extend to every street and every community, and if you have to travel a long distance to buy a bottle of soy sauce, the people will have opinions.

In this context, the supply and marketing system has launched a new initiative, that is, the consignment store, which is similar to the sales department of later generations.

The difference is that there is no need to find a source of goods, the goods inside are uniformly supplied by the supply and marketing cooperatives, and the unified pricing is required, and the bills required are also indispensable, the profits are not so high, and the taxes are naturally there.

However, it is definitely a decent livelihood.

Later generations of young people in their eighties and nineties recalled, and perhaps still had the impression that there was a store not far from home at that time, and sometimes the family had no money, and they would go to get some salt and MSG on credit.

Some are just thankful, who would look down on them?

Guo Yongkun knew a person who worked as a consignment store in his last life, and later opened a supermarket in the 90s, bought Santana, and when his son got married, he also bought a piece of land and set up a six-story townhouse, leaving only one household for his own use, and renting out the rest, and living a good life.

And it just so happens that they don't have a consignment store in the happiness area yet.

"Brother, I thought about what you were doing. ”

Guo Yongnian was pouring a big sip of soda, almost choking, and after coughing twice, he hurriedly asked, "What are you doing?"

"This!" Guo Yongkun stretched out his hand and pointed to the door.

Guo Yongnian's eyes lit up, he was interested, joking, opening a store to sell things, who doesn't love it, look at the faces of those salesmen, sometimes they ignore it when they shout.

"Competent?"

"You can do it, but you have to find a way. ”

Guo Yongkun nodded, and at this moment, a person couldn't help but pop up in his mind - Zhang Hantao.

Regardless of the era, connections are very important, especially in today's mainstream society where money is not important!

Even if the consignment store is capable, it is difficult for ordinary people to get qualifications.

So it is necessary to trust the relationship.

And Zhang Hantao's father is the leader of the city's supply and marketing cooperatives, as long as he is willing to help, the matter is basically fine.

"Do you have a way?"

"Try it. ”

After all, Guo Yongkun and Zhang Hantao are not too familiar, and they are afraid that they will talk too much and make his brother Bai happy.

Of course, there are still some things to grasp him, and if his social skills are fully fired, few people can withstand it in these years.

"Oh......"

"Brother, you go to the hotel by yourself, I won't go, I'll go back first. ”

What Guo Yongkun is thinking at the moment is to go home first to explore the bottom of the old mother, and the premise of this matter is, of course, that she must agree first, otherwise it will not be perfect.

He took out his scalped-back wallet and gave his brother twenty dollars, as well as some bills.

……

Night.

The heat is unbearable.

There was really no one to sit in the house, so the three members of the old Guo family simply moved out of the table and Mazha and ran outside the door to eat.

For dinner, it was noodles, crucian carp noodles, the noodles were hand-rolled by the old mother, and the crucian carp was bought from street vendors, probably from the Yangtze River.

After all, meat tickets are limited, and there is a quota of three catties per person per month, so you have to save some food.

"Mom, why hasn't your eldest brother come back, this job is too hard, usually the delivery day and night are reversed, and now he is still on a long trip, and the security is not very good recently. ”

Guo Yongkun was snorting noodles while seeming to gossip.

"Who isn't. ”

Li Xiumei sighed and said: "But he has done this errand, and he can't help it, unlike you who hold a pen, it's more comfortable." ”

"Or ...... Let my brother change jobs?"

"This kid, what nonsense, how can the job be so easy to change!" Li Xiumei glared at him angrily.

"Mom, I have a way, I'll come out and you listen, see if it's okay"

"Oh?"

Li Xiumei was interested, not because she felt that this matter was reliable, but because of women, who hasn't gossiped a little?

Didn't you see that a guy next to him also had ears standing up and a curious face?

"That's the case, some time ago we weren't a gathering of educated youth, there is a young man named Zhang Hantao, his father is the leader of the city supply and marketing cooperative, he told me, now the supply and marketing cooperatives have some consignment stores...... In fact, it is a supply and marketing store on the street, but now the policy has been relaxed, allowing private individuals to act as agents. ”

When Guo Yongkun said this, the old mother had not said anything, but Guo Mei jumped up all of a sudden.

"Okay, let the big brother come back and drive!"

To be honest, if his brother really opened a consignment store, Guo Yongkun was very worried that he would be eaten by this girl.

"Is it reliable?"

Li Xiumei frowned, hesitated for a while, and asked again, "Does that mean you have to quit your job in the factory now?"

"That's for sure, this is originally a state treatment, do you still want to take both ends?"

After finishing, Guo Yongkun also added, "Mom, this opportunity is very rare, if you miss it, it will be gone, the eldest brother works too hard, and it is dangerous to travel often." Our district just didn't have one, let him come back and open one, and he can take care of the family, and he will definitely earn more than now. ”

"That's it!"

Guo Yongkun had an extra strong helper, and he didn't eat anymore, and he didn't let go of his old mother's arm.

Li Xiumei slapped her with her hand, and then asked, "How much can you earn?"

Guo Yongkun really didn't know about this, so he could only estimate, "What's the matter...... There are always hundreds of dollars a month. ”

"So much!"

I had to, Li Xiumei was tempted.

"Mom, then you see ......"

"Don't worry, let me think about it first. ”

Li Xiumei bit her chopsticks and thought about it, the reason why she didn't agree immediately was mainly because she considered the dead ghost.

If he knew that his son quit his job and quit, I don't know if he would be angry!

There is no mistake