014. I picked up a penny on the side of the road
"Grandma, I'm back!"
"Did you do well in the final exam?"
"Almost, I can be admitted to university!"
"Good... I heard that the third child of the Zhao family ranked in the top ten in the county, and it is estimated that he can be admitted to a key university. ”
"Uh, Grandma, don't use Zhao Wen to stimulate me, don't worry, I will definitely do better than him." ”
"Then I'm relieved!"
In the past six months, the family has become rich, life has become richer, her son's academic performance has improved, he has a good future, Gu's mother's smile has increased, she is also energetic all day long, and her body is also showing signs of improvement.
Seeing his mother's smile, Gu Meng breathed a sigh of relief, he made money and studied, and was busy tirelessly, isn't it just to make the family happy, now that he has done it, he will make persistent efforts.
"Grandma, where's Brother?"
"Busy in the backyard, you go and ask him to come out to eat!"
"Good!"
When Gu Meng was selling shoes, he didn't let go of the business of striking iron, making kitchen knives, chopping woodcutters, and repairing farm tools, most of which were done by his brother.
Although Brother is a little stupid, he can concentrate on things and be single-minded, no one calls him out, he can stay in the iron room for a day, and he has reached a point where he forgets to sleep and eat.
Because he was attentive enough, the craftsmanship of striking iron became more and more exquisite, and Gu Meng was ashamed of himself.
There was a clanging sound in the iron room, Gu Yong swung the hammer high, and smashed the iron clay on the ground tirelessly.
In the past six months, Gu Yong has eaten well, Gu Yong's figure has become stronger, his shoulders are as wide as the door panel, he is twenty-five years old this year, and he has actually grown two centimeters, and his height has reached 188CM, Gu Meng is only 185.
The two brothers stand together like two towers.
When people saw the two brothers, they couldn't help but be amazed: "What a pair of bright young men!"
After Gu's mother heard this, the laughter could spread throughout the town.
"Brother, it's time to eat!"
When a claw hoe was welded and cooled, he shouted.
Gu Yong carefully inspected the hoe before he raised his head, held the horn hoe and smiled: "Look! Brother, I have taken the horn." ”
He often stayed by the fire, his skin was dark and shiny, and he grinned, showing a mouth full of white teeth, which was even more silly.
Gu Meng also laughed, "Brother, you did a good job, better than me, let's eat!"
"Okay, eat!"
After resting at home for a day, Gu Meng took a batch of finished shoes into the city and came to Liu Changshan's yard.
He Hongjun is also there.
The weather is extremely cold today, and the mountain wind is blowing, and the cold can penetrate into the cracks of the bones.
The three of them nested in the house, set a table of wine and food, and chatted while eating.
"How's the business?"
"It's not bad, it's almost the New Year, and there are a lot of people who buy boots!" He Hongjun held a cigarette at the corner of his mouth, and his round face was full of pride.
In the past six months, Gu Meng has been busy going to school and handed over the business to He Hongjun.
With his financial support, He Hongjun became a foot trader, driving donkeys through various mountain villages in Linzhou, and last month he also went to Hanzhong, Ankang, Shangluo and other areas to sell things in remote mountain villages. In addition to selling kitchen knives and leather shoes, he also brought some other small goods, such as whistles, balloons, small scissors, nail clippers, stationery, etc., and made a small profit.
This kid made a fortune, got up, smoked good cigarettes and drank good wine, shoes and clothes were brand new, typical of a little nouveau riche.
The nouveau riche laughed a few times and said, "Mengzi, the shoes are almost sold out, you are on vacation, take the time to do more." ”
Gu Meng shook his head and said, "There are only more than eight hundred pairs of useful out of a thousand pairs of waste soles, and now they are all done, and there are no soles." ”
"You can go to the city and buy some more soles!"
Last time we picked up a bargain, we met a batch of unqualified soles, five cents a pair, and qualified soles I asked, two dollars a pair, plus two or three pieces of leather, at least five yuan to protect the capital, now there are not many people who are willing to spend so much money to buy shoes. ”
He Hongjun thought about it and understood, but he was a little unwilling: "Then what are you doing when you sell out of shoes?"
Gu Meng thought for a while and said, "Collect gastrodia! Junzi, and Master Shan, if you believe me, just collect some gastrodia and stock it up!"
In the past six months, he earned more than 4,000 before and after, almost all of which was used to buy gastrodia, a total of tens of thousands of catties, some of which he entrusted He Hongjun to recover in other places.
One and a half tons were put at home, and three tons were placed here in Liu Changshan.
First, the transportation here is convenient.
The second is that it is safe here, hoarding goods is strange, it is speculation, and it will be sentenced if it is known.
He is a student, and there is the Zhao family staring at him, if he is arrested, his future will be over, and he has to be cautious.
In the past, he persuaded the two to follow to collect Tianma, but Liu Changshan didn't know what lessons he had learned in the past, so he became timid and cautious, and didn't dare to take a little risk.
It's the same this time, Liu Changshan shook his head with a dry cigarette, "Forget it, I won't mix!"
"Mengzi, will the price of gastrodia really rise?"
He Hongjun was worried about losing money, so he hesitated and asked again and again.
"Yes, I've told you all eight times, why don't you believe it?"
Gu Meng smiled bitterly and said patiently: "I went to the city to see, the pharmaceutical factory has been built, and it will be put into production in the first half of next year, one of the important products is gastrodia powder, if you have money, you will collect a little, and if you don't collect it, it will be too late!"
He Hongjun thought for a while, gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I believe in you!"
He followed and voted 500 and collected more than 1,000 catties.
He was still too timid.
This is the difference between the perspective of the reborn and ordinary people.
Gu Meng knows that Tianma is stable and long, and he knows how much room for profit there is, so he will stud.
He Hongjun didn't know, he was only willing to invest because he believed in his friends, just like everyone knew in the nineties that they could make a lot of money by doing business in the sea, but how many people had the courage?
Gu Meng didn't say anything more about this, it was good to be stable.
Under his influence, the price of local gastrodia in Qiushan County rose slightly, and in half a year, the purchase price of gastrodia in the pharmacy rose from three cents to five cents, and the price of gastrodia in the city rose to six cents.
The gastrodia market is bullish, and there are more people digging gastrodia.
The Zhao family began to eat a large amount of gastrodia.
Gu Meng didn't want to watch the Zhao family get rich, but the Zhao family had the right to be rich and had people, so what should I do?
Headache!
But it didn't take long for the opportunity to come.
On the fifteenth day of the lunar month, He Hongjun went to the bus station to sell shoes, and Liu Changshan went out to collect the rags as usual.
Gu Meng remembered something, put down the book in his hand, and followed to help.
When the two returned in the afternoon, there was an old-fashioned dresser on the rickshaw, and some broken stools, and a cart full of miscellaneous things.
Among them, the dresser is the most conspicuous, carved mahogany, mottled with red lacquer, and some years old.
When he moved out of the car, Gu Meng's hand was loosened, and the dresser fell to the ground and fell to pieces.
"Clank!"
A red cloth bag fell from the dresser, unusually conspicuous in the pile of garbage.
The red cloth bag was opened, and it was wrapped in five gold bars, goldfish-shaped.
It's finally here!
In his previous life, Liu Changshan went out to collect the rags and brought back this dresser.
Two days later, Liu Changshan was ready to repair it and sell it as second-hand furniture.
While repairing, he found the bag of gold in the mezzanine of a jewelry box.
At that time, Gu Meng was watching from the side, but now he has become the discoverer, and Liu Changshan has become a bystander.
When Liu Changshan saw the gold, he showed a surprised look, and he took a few puffs of cigarette pot: "Xiao Gu, these gold are worth a lot of money, what are you going to do?"
Five gold bars weigh half a catty, and now the price of gold is 65 yuan per gram, and the state prohibits gold and silver trading, and it can be sold for more than 10,000 yuan in the black market, which is comparable to one million in later generations, and it is indeed very valuable.
Gu Meng knew that this was a test of character, if he accepted this bag of gold with a clear conscience, Liu Changshan would not say anything, but he must have a mustard in his heart.
Gu Meng shrugged his shoulders, "As an outstanding class cadre of the three good students of Green Ridge Middle School, of course I have to collect gold." ”
"Would you like to give it back?"
Liu Changshan couldn't believe it, Gu Meng was short of money and loved money, but in the face of tens of thousands of huge sums of money, he was not moved?
He squinted his eyes at Gu Meng, and admired him even more in his heart, this kid has a future!
"What do you mean? This is the rags you collected, and it cost a dollar, this is your thing. ”
"Hehe!" Liu Changshan grinned with black and yellow smoky teeth: "I don't have the life to get rich, if I am greedy for gold, I will not be able to sleep, you can watch it!"
"Master Shan, let's go and return it together!"
The gold was put into his pocket, Gu Meng put the broken dresser back on the tricycle, he was going to take this set to see the owner, otherwise what would be the matter with handing over a bag of gold for no reason?
"Go ahead, it's too cold for me to run!"
"Master Shan, what if I run away with the gold?" Gu Meng joked.
"Anyway, you found out, you have the final say!"
Liu Changshan smoked a cigarette and walked into the back room without looking back.
"Master Shan, I'm leaving!"