After Qin Shanhai arrived home, he saw that only his mother and younger brother were at home, and his father and eldest sister went to the village committee to join in the fun, put the bicycle at home, and walked to the village committee.

When I arrived at the place, the entrance of the village committee was surrounded by water, Jiang Gui was standing on the stage to speak, and several village cadres were helping on the side, and after a closer look, Zhong Guotao was also standing next to him.

"Xiao Zhong, Zhong Guotao, the grandson of Lao Zhongtou, the security officer appointed by our police station, everyone knows it, young people's brains are good, in order to let us Shanghe Village earn more income, Xiao Zhong got us a project to make money, the significance of this project is extraordinary, it is a project to earn foreign exchange, and I will let Xiao Zhong introduce it to you. Jiang Gui made an opening remark.

Zhong Guotao took the desktop microphone and said a little nervously: "Ladies and gentlemen, let me briefly talk about this project, knitting sweaters for export to foreigners, they will produce materials, we will produce handicrafts, and they will pay us for handicrafts when they are done, men's turtlenecks, a handicraft fee of 20 yuan, and there are a lot of people who can knit sweaters under the platform, right?"

There was a lot of discussion in the audience.

Erni, who had just been married in the village, said with a smile: "Twenty yuan is a lot, why do you say this foreigner is so stupid? Who can't knit a sweater for the eldest girl and little daughter-in-law in our village?"

"You will, that's not what I learned, if you want to knit sweaters, I'm an old qualification in our village, whoever wears a sweater in the family is not knitted by me, and I can knit any pattern. One for two or three days!" Erni's mother-in-law followed.

"Hey, Xiao Zhong, do you want to recruit you?" a man's voice sounded, and there was a burst of laughter around him.

Zhong Guotao smiled, "Mainly recruit women, experienced ones are preferred, you are a big man, if you have to do it, I can't stop you, you got the wool and needles, hide in the house and do it, don't let people see it, otherwise the people in the village will see it, don't laugh at you like a girl?"

The crowd laughed.

Zhong Guotao waved his hand: "Just kidding, don't laugh, let's listen to the radio broadcast that is played every day on the loudspeaker, let's listen to it? The Party Central Committee advocates that our peasants get rich through hard work, what is hard work to get rich? If you do it, you will be rich, if you drink a lot of wine and sleep every day, then you will not be rich, and you will be able to make a sweater, and you will also be hard working and rich, and you will be willing to do it. ”

Qin Shanhai finally found his father and eldest sister in the crowd.

"Satsuki, Dad. ”

"Brother, here. Qin Shanyue waved her hand.

Qin Shanhai squeezed to his family's side, and Qin De opened his mouth to ask: "The sea, this thing that Guo Tao made, why do I sound a little confused, foreigners don't know how to knit sweaters? Do you have to wear the sweaters we knitted? Give 20 yuan for handwork, which women and girls in our village can't knit a sweater? Besides, foreign countries have developed science and technology, and they are all machine-woven clothes, aren't they better than hand-knitted clothes?"

"I don't know, I'll ask Guotao in a while. Qin Shanhai responded.

"Xiaoyue and your mother, one person weaves one piece in three days, two people weave two pieces in three days, and twenty pieces in a month, two and two get four, that is four hundred yuan! Four hundred yuan, the sea!" Qin De counted with his fingers.

"Dad, listen carefully, I understand, foreigners like our hand-woven patterns, I believe in Brother Guotao, I am willing to do it, what a good thing!" Qin Shanyue said on the side.

"I'm inquiring, be steady. Qin De said cautiously.

Qin Shanhai said: "Guotao is stable enough, didn't you say it just now? Let's just take a look later. ”

Zhong Guotao on the stage continued: "If you are a skilled worker, it is no problem to complete one in two or three days, this time try it first, I drove at the door and loaded a hundred pieces of raw materials in the motorized three wheels, if everyone is satisfied, I will get more raw materials on the next trip, and I will raise my hand if I am willing to do it." ”

Many people in the audience raised their hands, and Qin Shanyue also raised their hands high.

Zhong Guotao handed the microphone to Jiang Gui, and Jiang Gui continued: "We have a quota of 100 pieces in the first batch, and the deposit for a raw material is 100 yuan, including wool and knitting needles. ”

"Do you still need a deposit?" Qin De sighed.

As soon as she heard that she wanted a deposit of 100 yuan, Qin Shanyue immediately put down her hand and stopped talking, the normal expenses of the family were only more than 100 yuan a month, and the economy was relatively tight, and there was no money to give a deposit.

The Shanghe Village Committee has three tiled houses, one of which has no white walls, bare blue and red bricks, and there are seven or eight long wooden stools in the house, some of which are still lame, and there is a broken wooden table with rotten holes in front of it, which is the meeting room of the village committee.

Usually no one comes here except for the village committee meeting, but today the house is full of people.

Jiang Gui maintained order at the door, and asked the older and experienced women in the village to try it first, Zhong Guotao took the drawings and said in front of the broken table: "The back piece, the first needle single-threaded rod needle starts with one hundred and thirty-seven needles, and the two rows of hollow needles are replaced by the second needle and one needle is one hundred and thirty-eight needles, and the front is the same as the back piece, and the slanted shoulder ...... begins to be closed at sixty-two centimeters."

"What are you talking about?"

"Yes, we can't understand what you read on paper, can you say it in local dialect?"

"If you don't understand this, why don't you show us how to show us knitting needles and wool?"

The people in the room asked. Zhong Guotao was stunned, because he only cared about talking about price and promotion, and he didn't think of this stubble at all, thinking that he could just do it according to the drawings and instructions and according to other people's requirements, but now it seems that it won't work, because he can't knit sweaters at all.

Theory and practice are not connected, which made Zhong Guotao stunned for a long time, and the more he looked at it, the more chaotic it became.

Sister Ma in the village is very skillful, usually it is not a problem to cut clothes, knit a sweater, or weave a scarf for children, and she volunteered to go on stage to compare the illustrative drawings in Zhong Guotao's hand, and she still has no clue after reading it for a long time, because Sister Ma is not highly educated and can't understand these terms.

A room full of people are stupid, the raw materials have also been brought, and the meeting has been opened, but there is no way to operate!

"What's wrong Guotao?" Qin Shanhai led the eldest sister to watch the excitement at the door, and when he saw this scene, he asked.

Zhong Guotao turned his head, "Hey, the sea, Xiaoyue is also here." ”

"Brother Guotao. Qin Shanyue greeted.

Zhong Guotao nodded, pulled Qin Shanhai and said, "The sea, come, you can help me take a look at this." ”

Qin Shanhai took the illustrative drawings and looked at them, and Qin Shanyue also came over to take a look.

"I can basically understand the front, what does this mean by adding one hundred and thirty-eight stitches?" Zhong Guotao asked.

Qin Shanhai also had an ignorant expression, and looked at it for a long time, wondering: "I don't know either!"

"Look at the fancy of the picture, isn't it the kind of braided style we knitted sweaters?" Qin Shanyue interjected.

Sister Ma leaned over and said, "It's a braid, and the pattern should be from one hundred and thirty-eight stitches to start weaving braids." ”

"Yes, the sleeve starts with seventy rows of diamond-shaped flowers, is it from seventy needles to start arranging diamond-shaped flowers?" Zhong Guotao asked.

Qin Shanyue thought for a while and replied: "My brother's sleeves are sixty-four stitches, if he is fat, he will start knitting patterns with sixty-six stitches, and if he is fat, he should be a large dress." ”

"That's right, foreigners are taller than us. Let's weave one first!" Zhong Guotao pulled Jiang Gui and said: "Uncle Jiang, I'm careless! I should send a sample to try it first, this time let's be troublesome, find someone who is familiar with it, and try to weave a sample first." ”

"You look at the whole thing, one day earlier and one day later, it's okay!" Jiang Gui responded.

"Xiaoyue, you and Sister Ma are discussing it, get a finished product out, and weave it like this in the picture!" Zhong Guotao turned his head and asked Qin Shanhai again: "Okay?"

"Ah, okay. Qin Shanhai responded.

Qin Shanyue said happily: "Okay." ”

......

Shanhe County, department store.

Guan Xiaojuan walked in front, Gao Daquan held it in his hand, carried it on his shoulder, and added a lot of things together, shoes, clothes, leather bags and a few sets of boxed cosmetics, sorted out his things, and did not forget to free one hand and cover it in his arms.

The two of them went one after the other, attracting the attention of many people, and two young sales ladies couldn't help but cover their mouths and laugh and whisper.

Guan Xiaojuan is crazy these days, or she eats all over the street, all kinds of snacks and special foods, eat them in different ways, eat a few bites of everything, throw them down and leave, and continue to find the next one, Gao Daquan follows behind, explaining and paying the bill.

Sometimes it's playing, buy a ticket to the playground and go around for a walk, nothing is over, throw down a sentence of boring, change the park again, it's not ten minutes and it's annoying, I want to go to the cinema, the opening is not five minutes, I just leave, I am crazy, but I still accompany the smiling face, regardless of the reason.

It's good today, don't say a word, come to the mall to buy it, scan a few glances at each counter, point with one hand, let the waiter wrap up a few goods, and then lift your legs and leave, tall and full of farts to pay the bill, no complaints, even so, what I got was Guan Xiaojuan's cold eyes.

Looking back at Gao Daquan's full body of goods and the embarrassed expression on his face, Guan Xiaojuan couldn't help laughing, but immediately put on a straight face and asked: "You see you're stupid! You can't hold anything well, what are you holding in your arms with one hand? Do you still hold a fat doll in your arms?"

Gao Daquan took out his right hand from his arms and said with a smile: "Isn't this the hot drink you bought at the entrance of the mall just now, let me hold it, I think it's cold, don't be cold, it's not good to drink it and make your stomach upset, I'll warm it in my arms." Hey. ”

Guan Xiaojuan's arrogant expression froze for a moment, and she didn't say anything for a long time, and stammered: "Oh...... You...... You can drink some too. ”

"It's okay, I don't drink it, if you want to drink it, hurry up, it's still hot!" Gao Daquan said with a smile.

"I ...... Don't drink. Won't you put your things down and rest for a while?

"I, you stopped, I don't know when you will leave, if you want to stop, I will put down the meeting, I am afraid that you will leave after you say a few words, isn't it difficult for me to put it down and put it on my back?" Gao Daquan replied honestly.

Guan Xiaojuan looked around and sat down on the rest bench next to her, "Don't go, you can rest." ”

"Good. Gao Daquan put the things next to the stool, handed over the oranges and said, "Xiaojuan, drink some, it'll be cold for a while." ”

"I don't drink it!Can you understand!?" Xiaojuan roared, tears streaming down her face.

"Huh? Xiaojuan...... Why are you crying? If you don't drink it, forget it, I'm sorry, you see, I don't know you don't like to drink this, this ...... Isn't that what you want to buy?" said Gao Daquan incoherently.