"I know we don't have much money to rush for time, but we can't exhaust our bodies. ”

The second grandmother handed a steamed bun to Tang Zheng and said very distressedly.

"It's okay, I'm not tired. By the way, do you know how much money I'm making today?"

Tang Zheng took a big bite of steamed buns, and drank a few sips of porridge before deliberately pretending to be excited to change the topic.

The less time you spend alone with your second grandmother, the better, especially for long nights, so as not to make mistakes of principle.

"How much did you earn?"

The second grandmother felt a lot lighter when she helped carry the woven bag just now, and she was also a little excited when she heard Tang Zheng say this.

It is not easy for the two of them to come to Rongcheng from their rural hometown to work hard, and a few days ago, in order to go to Shencheng to get this batch of goods, they put all the family funds that they had saved for half a year with thrift.

After working so hard and taking such a big risk, of course the second grandmother also wants to earn more.

"Guess. ”

Tang Zheng deliberately aroused the appetite of the second grandmother with a coaxed face.

“100？”

"Guess more, guess more. ”

“200？！”

“680！”

Tang Zheng proudly took out a large handful of banknotes from his pocket and put them on the table, and the eyes of the second grandmother who looked at it were straight.

"My God, the money we earn in a day is almost equal to half a year's salary of the village mayor. ”

The second grandmother couldn't even take care of eating, and she counted the banknotes one by one excitedly.

earned 680 yuan in one day, which she couldn't have imagined before, and many rural families did not have so much income throughout the year.

"I only took more than 2,000 yuan of goods last time I went to Shencheng, according to my estimates, when this batch of goods is sold out, our capital should be more than 5,000, and next time we can get more goods at a time." The main reason is that the distance is too long, and you have to delay for six or seven days to come and go, and the time is wasted on the road. ”

"So we have to clear the goods on hand as soon as possible, and strive to get back a day or two after the delay on the road. ”

Tang Zheng explained while eating, saying so much, in fact, it was just to go to the night market to set up a stall at night to pave the way.

He roughly estimated that if it went well, the goods would be emptied in three days, and then he would be able to return four or five thousand dollars, and he would be able to prepare for leaving an inheritance.

"When the time comes, I will only take the profits I have made in the past few days, and I must leave enough money for the second uncle and the second grandmother to do business, otherwise it will be too bad. ”

Tang Zheng glanced up at the second grandmother, and couldn't help but feel a little guilty.

If he hadn't taken away the profits he made this time, maybe the second grandfather would have become a 10,000 yuan household earlier.

There is no way to feel guilty, the prices in this era are very low, of course, the wages of workers are also very low, the average worker in the factory will not be paid more than 100 yuan per month, and the kind with a position is slightly higher, but it is not high.

Rice costs 3 cents a pound, which is still the best quality.

Like the first batch of individual industrial and commercial households like Tang Zhenger, making money is like opening a hanging, earning more in one day than many people in half a year.

Thinking of the current income of the second master and the prices of this era, as well as the comparison between income and prices decades later, Tang Zheng's sense of guilt suddenly decreased a lot.

"Otherwise, I'll go to the night market with you after dinner, and I can also give you a hand. ”

The second grandmother, who was distressed by her man and didn't want him to continue to work hard at night, also changed her mind after listening to Tang Zheng's explanation.

The two great people worked hard from the countryside to the provincial capital, isn't it just to earn money and live a good life.

Tang Zheng thought for a while, nodded and said, "It's okay, then you will help me collect money on the side when the time comes." ”

He actually subconsciously wanted to refuse, every time he spent one more minute with the second grandmother, the guilt in his heart deepened, and he always felt as if he had pried the corner of the second uncle.

The second grandmother counted the banknotes, and happily stacked them neatly to hand them over to Tang Zheng, but the latter asked her to put them away, anyway, she was going to the night market to help collect the money at night.

The second grandmother was afraid that the money would be lost and that she would encounter thieves, so after thinking about it, she simply hid the 100 tickets in her shoes under the closet, and only used a handkerchief to put the coin purse in her pocket.

Tang Zheng smiled and didn't speak, just cares about eating.

The older generation of people have this habit, even decades later, his grandmother will habitually use a handkerchief to wrap money, even if it is only a face value of 1 yuan of change, it will be neatly stacked with a handkerchief and wrapped close to the body.

After eating, the second grandmother collected the dishes and washed the dishes, and Tang Zheng was clearing and loading the goods next to him.

"Let's go to the nearest night market in Zhangjiayuan, where there are a lot of people at night, and it is convenient to take a car. ”

After packing up the things, Tang Zheng and the second grandmother went out with a bag.

"Listen to you, you can go wherever you say. ”

The second grandmother followed behind Tang Zheng's ass with a bag, which had the meaning of a husband singing with a wife.

"It's better to be a woman from the past. ”

Tang Zheng secretly sighed, how many women in twenty or thirty years will follow their men to carry woven bags all the way to the night market to make money?

The two waited on the side of the road for a few minutes, just in time for a minibus to return to the city.

Tang Zheng and the second grandmother came to the night market in Zhangjiayuan at just the right time, and it was the busiest time in the night market at eight o'clock in the evening.

There are everyone who sells barbecue, ice water, clothes, cassette tapes, and walkmans in the night market.

Tang Zheng and the second grandmother set up the stall, and after a while, someone came around.

However, the young people who visit the night market are obviously much more sophisticated than college students, and the price is also more slippery than one another, and the most important thing is that there are several people selling clothes and jeans on this street, and the prices are also messy.

Those who can come out to set up stalls to do business during this period are better than monkeys one by one, and they all understand the truth that time is money, and they all know that it is the king to dispose of the goods as soon as possible and quickly take down a batch of goods.

The same bell bottoms are sold for 80, 75, and even 70.

The lowest price is 70, which seems to be the bottom line shared by several vendors.

Tang Zheng can't help it, he can't sell 70 for others, he has to sell 85 for a head iron, they are all about the same bell bottoms, and there is no more zipper behind the butt of his pants than others.

I was busy until nearly ten o'clock, selling a total of more than 600 yuan, and the profit was only more than 300.

There are no buses and minibuses at this late hour, and the two of them can only go back with a woven bag leg, but fortunately, the Zhangjiayuan Night Market is not too far from where they live, and they can walk there in forty minutes.

On the way back, although Tang Zheng's mood was not too high, the second grandmother was very happy, and she chattered on the road and told Tang Zheng about the life she wanted to live in the future.

"Dahai, when you go to Shencheng twice to earn money, let's buy you a motorcycle, so that it is convenient for you to go out and set up a stall, and it is not so hard. ”

When she was about to get home, the second grandmother suddenly went up and grabbed Tang Zheng's arm and said.

In the summer, he wore less, but the second grandmother suddenly pulled it, and Tang Zheng immediately felt a ball of heat and softness, so frightened that he jumped out of the distance as if he had stepped on a spring.

Tang Zheng's subconscious reaction also startled the second grandmother, she looked at her man blankly, she always felt that something was weird, but she couldn't tell what was wrong.