Chen Tao's younger brother is called Chen Shi, who is about to graduate from secondary school and plans to stay in school as a teacher.

Without sending money or looking for relationships, it is almost impossible for secondary school students to stay in school.

So, two days before the Chinese New Year, Chen Tao took his younger brother to visit the principal's house. Stuffed a huge amount of 5,000 yuan, it is really a huge amount of money, the principal has never confiscated so much before, and praised Chen Shi on the spot, and said that good students like this must be given priority.

Then, Chen Tao stopped by to visit her aunt.

Her aunt used to be a farmer, because she was so beautiful, she was fortunate enough to marry a lame man in the city, and once crossed the peasant gate to eat iron rice bowls, and replaced her father-in-law as a cotton mill worker.

When Chen Tao was in the cotton mill, she was taken care of by her aunt, so she brought a lot of gifts for the New Year.

As soon as the sister and brother came to the tube building in the factory area, they met Chen Tao's former colleagues. When those colleagues saw that Chen Tao was dressed fashionably and generous, they were immediately envious, and hurriedly inquired if it was very easy to make money in the Special Economic Zone.

Chen Tao didn't dare to tell the truth, after all, he used to play fraud, and only said that now he is working with a private boss, and if he wants to go to the Special Economic Zone, he must apply for a border pass.

This matter is not over, only two or three days of work, the entire factory area has spread, saying that Chen Tao is a young lady in Shencheng.

Even Chen Tao's aunt was pointed at when she went out. The aunt went back to her parents' house to inquire about the situation, and the whole family knew about it, and Chen Tao's cousin-in-law spread the rumors all over the village.

Chen Tao said on the phone: "Now my parents and younger brother don't dare to go out, last time I sent money back, more than 100,000 yuan, everyone in the village knows, and now they say that it is my money from selling my body." Can these fools sell so much? Why don't they sell it!"

"Who made the rumor?" asked Song Weiyang.

Chen Tao said: "Sun Lin, it's the bastard who tricked me into going to the deep city." He also went home for the New Year, probably because he was afraid that I would expose his old bottom and jump out and bite me. This is nothing, those female workers who were deceived by Sun Lin to be a young lady actually helped the bad guys to speak this time, and they spread everywhere that I was not working well in the deep city, and I only worked for a few days before I went to be a young lady and sell for money!"

"They're also afraid of being exposed, so they can only throw dirty water on you. Song Weiyang said.

Chen Tao said: "Brother Song, you have a good brain, you must help me this time, otherwise our whole family will have to move out." ”

Chen Tao seemed to be really anxious, and actually called Song Weiyang "Brother Song", which was her exclusive title when she was in the Special Administrative Region.

"Okay, wait for me, let's put on a good show again," Song Weiyang thought for a while and said, "By the way, call Lao Zheng too, the duke was forced by him to drive home and pretend, and it is not okay to lack luxury props." ”

……

A day later.

Song Weiyang and Zheng Xuehong gathered at the provincial railway station.

Zheng Xuehong was wearing a brand-new suit, rolled down the window and asked, "How will you act this time?"

Song Weiyang smiled: "Old routine, I am Taiwanese businessman Ma Gongzi, and you are my driver." ”

"Yes, I'm familiar with this routine, hurry up and get in the car!" Zheng Xuehong was actually very excited, probably addicted to deception.

After driving for several hours, they finally came to the bottom of the mountain in Chen Tao's village, and the two people who came to take advantage of the excitement were directly dumbfounded when they looked at the potholed mountain road.

I can't hit the accelerator with my foot on the accelerator, it has just rained, and it is a mountain road. The wheels slid straight and sank deeper and deeper into the mud puddle, splashing the body with muddy water.

"How did you go up the mountain last time you sent Chen Tao home?" asked Song Weiyang.

Zheng Xuehong said: "I didn't go up the mountain." Chen Tao didn't want to cause a sensation, so she asked me to park the car in town, and then she went home to get the passbook and withdraw the money. The broken credit union in the town took out more than 100,000 yuan to make an appointment for seven days, and I slept in the town for a week. ”

"What then, let's go to the village?" Song Weiyang said with a wry smile.

Zheng Xuehong came up with an idea: "Go back to the town and find someone to push!"

Song Weiyang said: "That's a good idea. ”

In fact, the town is also in the mountains, but there is a county road passing through it, and the road is easier to walk than the real mountain.

During the Spring Festival, the town is a bit deserted, and the market will not open until at least after the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, and all you can find are the town's households.

Zheng Xuehong drove the car to the center of the town, opened his throat and shouted: "We are Taiwanese businessmen, and now we want to go into the mountains and recruit eight people to push the cart! As long as we push into the mountains, one person will be given 10 yuan!"

Song Weiyang said: "100 yuan!"

"It's too much, don't scare people. Zheng Xuehong said.

"That's what I want. Song Weiyang said with a smile.

"You can do it," Zheng Xuehong shouted again, "100 yuan per person, just give it if you push the mountain!"

The households in the town are also farmers, and they usually have to farm. Before part-time work became popular, their income was only from selling agricultural and sideline products, and they couldn't earn a few hundred yuan a year - selling two big fat pigs had a few hundred, but they had to be fed for more than a year, and other income was about nothing.

Hearing Zheng Xuehong's shout, the residents of the town ran out frantically and stepped forward to inquire:

"Boss, do you really give 100 yuan?"

"Which village to push?"

"Can you give 50 yuan first? I'm afraid you won't admit it. ”

"Boss, choose me, I have a lot of strength!"

“……”

Zheng Xuehong made a fox and fake tiger appearance, and said with his hands on his waist: "Our boss is a son who comes from a bend, and he will give 100 if he says 100." You, you, you, and you...... You all come here, give a deposit of 20 yuan first, and give the remaining 80 yuan when you get to the place. ”

Seeing that there was really money to take, those townspeople went crazy.

"Boss, don't look at Niu San as stronger than me, in fact, he is not as strong as me. ”

"Chen Lao Er, you fart, Lao Tzu's strength has always been greater than yours. ”

"If you're not convinced, let's try it!"

"Boss, I'm a stonemason, I smash rocks every day, and my strength is greater than all of them. ”

"Why don't you choose me? I can still run with a 200-pound load. ”

“……”

Song Weiyang rolled down the window and looked like a second ancestor: "Don't fight, pick another 16 people." Working in three shifts, resting when you are tired, what is there to fight for a few small dollars. ”

Zheng Xuehong immediately said: "You, you, you, and a few of you, all come over for change." There are 24 people in total, and those who are not selected are not allowed to make trouble again, otherwise we will go to other towns to pick people. ”

The 24 people who were selected immediately glared angrily at the rest of them, they were all the strongest, and if this rich business was disrupted, they would definitely beat the troublemakers out of the.

Zheng Xuehong divided the 24 people into three groups, asked them to follow, and then drove away slowly.

The shadow of the car is gone, and the situation in the town is still in place.

"24 people, that's 2,400 yuan, this person is really a fool. ”

"What kind of fool? People are rich big bosses, and a few thousand dollars is not a matter at all. ”

"2,400 yuan, enough for me to raise a big fat pig for six or seven years. ”

"At least eight years!"

"I've seen this car before, and it's parked in front of the credit union. ”

"I've also seen it, the license plate is six 6s, it's easy to remember. ”

"It would be nice if he found someone to push the cart every day, and after a few days, the baby would have the money to get married. ”

“……”

No matter how difficult the dirt road in the mountains is, it is easy to be pushed by 24 people.

For 100 yuan, they really worked hard, so they almost carried the car all the way over. Not only did they not feel a loss, but they all seemed to take advantage of it, and occasionally a flat section of the road that did not require a cart, these people also gritted their teeth and smiled and pushed forward.

They do not lack strength, nor are they afraid of hardship, they only lack the opportunity to make money, and they are afraid that they will not find hardship.

The large-scale migration of migrant workers to the city was around 1990. The railway department was completely unprepared for the Spring Festival, and for two consecutive years the national railways were paralyzed during the Spring Festival, so they could only mobilize manpower to violently block it.

At that time, migrant workers were not called migrant workers, and the newspapers uniformly called them "blind streams".

Blindly flowing into the city's population.

It's 1994, the railway system has been upgraded, and the big crash of the railroad will not happen again. However, the information in remote rural areas is backward, and the vision of the peasants is also narrow, and without acquaintances with them, they do not dare to go to the city to work, and even if they do, they cannot find a job.

Listening to the shouting trumpets behind him, Song Weiyang sighed with emotion: "The laid-off workers are bitter, and the peasants are even more bitter." ”

"Who's to say it isn't, but at least it's better than it used to be. Zheng Xuehong said.

The real hard work of the peasants has not yet come, and it is coming soon.

From 1994 until the abolition of agricultural taxes, that was the real suffering, and even some rural areas were even more bitter than in the 80s.

Ahem, I want 404 if I talk too much.

From morning to afternoon, Song Weiyang finally came to the mountain village where Chen Tao was.

More than 20 people and a car came at once, and the whole village was alarmed and ran to see the excitement.

Song Weiyang pushed the door and got out of the car, put his hand in his trouser pocket and said: "100 yuan, who washed my car." ”

"Me!"

"Boss, I'll wash it!"

The man with the cart immediately shouted.

Song Weiyang said: "You stand in line and wait for the money to be distributed. When I get to someone's village, the money should be earned by the family, who in the village wants to wash my car? Also, call your village chief!"