Zhou Dayong didn't know that Zhenhua despised him in his heart, and he was still complacent there, and the more he talked, the more energetic he became.

Qi Lei's mother brought the food and said to Zhenhua: "Zhenhua, you have taken care of our family for so many years, and my aunt is grateful in my heart. It's only to blame Qi Lei for hurting you and burdening you, it's rare that you have been helping us......"

Zhenhua hurriedly comforted: "Auntie, don't say that, it's nothing." ”

Lan Yuzhi sighed, and said: "Qi Gui is not small, twenty-three this year, twenty-four next year, and there is no clue about family affairs...... Zhenhua, can you tell Yilan to see if there is a suitable girl from her mother's family and introduce Qi Gui to her?"

"Okay, I'll go home and talk to Yilan. Zhenhua readily agreed.

In fact, Zhenhua knows that this is not easy! Qi Gui wants to talk about family affairs in the local area, which is even more difficult than Qi Lei back then. His family owes hundreds of thousands of debts, whose girl is willing to jump into this fire pit?

But Qi Lei's mother said it, and Zhenhua could only agree first.

Lan Yuzhi sighed again and babbled a lot of words of thanks.

In the past few years, her hair has turned gray by half, her body has become more rickety, and she looks very old, as if she is in her last years.

For Lan Yuzhi, the family's debts are a big mountain, and the marriage of the second and third children is two big mountains. The weight of the three mountains made this humble country woman even more humble.

Zhuang Xiaodie came over with a rice bowl and said, "Actually, I think it's easier to let Qi Gui and the third child go to work in the garment factory, it's easier to find a partner, the garment factory is full of little girls, it's not easy to trick a wife to come back?"

Zhenhua smiled: "Just like Qi Lei lied to you back then?"

Zhuang Xiaodie smiled: "I wasn't deceived by Qi Lei back then, I wanted to come by myself." If you want to lie, I also deceived Qi Lei. ”

Zhenhua smiled and said, "I think what Fluttershy said just now makes sense. Qi Gui went to work in a garment factory, and it should be easy to ask for a wife. ”

After so many years of reform and opening up, a wave of migrant workers has emerged. After Zhuang Xiaodie, there are several other daughters-in-law from Dongwan Village, all of whom are brought back by the young men from working outside. The son of the tofu maker Qiu Houjun, who is honest and doesn't know how to call when he pulls his ears, also brought a little girl back from outside and has already given birth.

For a family like Qi Gui, the only way is to ask for a wife from the outside.

Lan Yuzhi sighed: "But Qi Gui will be out of the school this year, and he can be regarded as a master carpenter." Now when I go to the garment factory, haven't I learned the woodworking skills in vain in the past two years?"

Zhuang Xiaodie said: "Let him go out and trick a wife to come back, and then become a carpenter after he gets married, and it won't be delayed." ”

Zhenhua very much agreed with Zhuang Xiaodie's words, and said with a smile: "What Fluttershy said is very reasonable, but you can't say that you cheated on a wife to come back, this is too ugly, you should say that you should go out and talk about someone coming back." ”

Zhuang Xiaodie was straightforward and said, "It's a liar! After letting Qi Gui go out, don't talk about the family's debts, you can't mention a word." When he gets married, let him split up and live separately, and the debts owed by Qi Lei will be repaid slowly, and it will not affect Qi Gui's life. ”

Zhenhua nodded silently, it seemed that this was the only way.

Lan Yuzhi thought about it and said, "Okay, let Qi Gui go to work in other places after the New Year, try your luck." ”

It is true that a poor man has to rely on luck to ask for a wife.

It was luck that Qi Lei brought Zhuang Xiaodie back that year, and it was also luck that he later met Zhang Guoning of Jian'an Company.

However, luck now seems to be far away from Revival.

It's been more than a year since he was the king of rags, and Qi Lei still hasn't improved. Although I earn more money than working at a scrapyard, I work harder, I have no fixed place to live, and I am often bullied by the locals.

Any business is a river and lake, and collecting rags is no exception.

When Qi Lei collected the rags, he was often insulted by the local rag king, and was called 'pounce on the boy' or 'decrepit boy'. The bosses of the scrap station are not friendly to Qi Lei, and it is normal to reduce prices.

"Things are expensive to leave their hometowns, and people are cheap to leave their hometowns!" Qi Lei finally sold his tricycle to the scrap yard in the autumn of '96, fled from Guangzhou, and returned to Nanjing again.

Nanjing is very close to my hometown, there is no problem with language communication, and occasionally you can hear the local accent of Anhui.

Qi Lei first found a factory and worked part-time to make a living, while slowly looking for opportunities.

Once when he was strolling on the street, Qi Lei saw Zhenhua's cousin Zhao Chengquan and couldn't help but have mixed feelings.

Zhao Chengquan was selling black rice in an alley, and he was busy on the ground, and he didn't see Qi Lei.

Qi Lei hid in the distance and watched for a long time, wanting to ask about the news of his hometown, but he finally held back. If you are mixed like this bird, what face do you have to meet the villagers?

Since that time, Qi Lei has been hiding in the factory all day long, living in seclusion, and never going shopping when he has nothing to do.

In the blink of an eye, it was the wax moon again.

Qi Lei settled his salary, resigned from the factory, and continued to wander the streets, looking for business opportunities.

Every night, there are a lot of people who set up stalls, selling clothes, children's toys, CDs and used books.

Qi Lei observed for several days in a row and found that the vendor who sold optical discs had the best business.

So, Qi Lei bought a pack of cigarettes, chatted with the vendor who bought used books and CDs, helped take care of the stall on the side, and begged others to accept him as an apprentice.

The business of buying and selling goods is the simplest, and Qi Lei feels that he can do it.

The vendor was pestered by Qi Lei for a few days, ate a few meals with Qi Lei, smoked a few packs of cigarettes from Qi Lei, and finally agreed to Qi Lei and took Qi Lei to buy goods.

Used books are bought in the scrap yard. There is a scrap station dedicated to collecting waste paper, and there are a lot of used books.

The purchase of CDs was from a wholesaler.

Qi Lei bought a tricycle, began to buy goods, walked the streets and alleys every day, or set up stalls on the roadside with a large flow of people, and started the Nth business.

At that time, DVD players were just emerging, and pirated discs were very popular with their absolute advantage in price. Qi Lei sells hundreds of discs every day, making a lot of profits, which is ten times more than the income of a part-time job!

Qi Lei felt that the second spring in his life should have arrived.

Before the Spring Festival, Qi Lei remitted another 3,000 yuan to Zhenhua, but there was still no payment. Qi Lei felt that Zhenhua and himself had the same heart, and he must know that he sent it himself. As for the use of these 3,000 yuan, Qi Lei also asked Zhenhua to arrange it himself. He believed that Zhenhua would consider it at his discretion and distribute the money well.

When Zhenhua received the remittance and found out that it was sent from Nanjing, he couldn't help laughing at home and said to Yilan: "Qi Lei, this kid, has been transferred back to Nanjing." The 3,000 yuan must have been sent by him. ”。

Yilan thought for a while and said, "It seems that Qi Lei is not having a good time in the south, so he has returned to his former birthplace and wants to try his luck." ”

"I hope he has good luck and turns over soon. Zhenhua sighed and went to Zhuang Xiaodie to report the good news.