The sun hung in the west, and a sultry wind blew through the wide open window on the second floor of Qin Ji Barbecue Restaurant. On the round table by the window, the wine glasses that had been touched together slowly withdrew as everyone looked hesitant.

Jiang Yuanguo watched several friends fall into deep thought, and chuckled in his heart.

A week ago, Jiang Yuanguo was laid off because of the company's poor efficiency, and after losing his job, he was rejected for job hunting. Difficulties in finding a job, car loans, housing loans and other family economic pressures weighed him down like a huge mountain. As a result, Jiang Yuanguo, who was old and young, had an idea in his mind - to engage in breeding.

The reason why Jiang Yuanguo came up with this idea was because his parents were doing this in the countryside. Jiang Yuanguo's parents are authentic farmers, hardworking and willing to work, raising chickens in the yard when they have nothing to do at home, and they began to send chickens after raising too much.

As soon as they came and went, they cooperated with the small restaurants in the town, and as long as there were adult chickens, they would give them to the second elder at the market price. In this way, they can still earn a lot of money a month, plus the state's pension allowance, the two old people have saved some money.

The second elder tasted the sweetness, so he began to try to raise sheep and pigs on a small scale. But they are all their own small domestic animals. It does not belong to the category of farms, so there is no need to consider any document issues.

And because the second elder has a good reputation, plus he has cooperated with a small restaurant to make chicken, he has come and gone, but he is also famous in the countryside.

It's just that this is only limited to a small range of supply, the second elder has subsidies, and there is also the money transferred by Jiang Yuanguo and his wife every month, and there are almost no problems in life.

Engaging in small-scale breeding to make money is purely reserved for Jiang Yuanguo by the second elder.

Thinking about the sheep, chickens and pigs raised by his parents in his hometown, and by chance with the nearby town, a subtle industrial chain has been formed, and it has lasted for several years. The three words of breeding are like seeds that quickly take root in Jiang Yuanguo's heart, gradually growing from a sapling to a towering tree.

With this idea, he started to call and found a few of his friends to prepare to pull them into the gang, after all, there is a lot of power in numbers. Moreover, in this way, the risk is minimal, and the things at home can be taken care of, and there will be no situation where the family's savings will be spent because of a headlong plunge into it.

Jiang Yuanguo invited a few friends here, ordered a few dishes, and told his friends what he thought at the wine table.

Jiang Yuanguo knew that this matter needed to be considered carefully for them, although they were old friends for more than ten years, they couldn't talk about friendship. Unexpectedly, when he opened his mouth, the three friends at the table fell silent unexpectedly.

"Far away, it's not that we don't fight righteously, it's like this, it's really a way to make money, mainly because we have no experience, and we don't have any majors, and it's hard to do it. After a while, the somewhat bald man sitting opposite Jiang Yuanguo slowly spoke. He raised his head and drank the wine in the cup, and sighed: "Yuanguo, you are just unemployed now, both old and young, and the car and house loan are repaid, this step is actually very risky, it's not that my brother doesn't trust you, if you want to do it, I can give you some savings, but I can't do it for partnership investment." ”

"It's fine. Jiang Yuanguo was disappointed in his heart, but he could also understand his feelings, and the two of them touched their wine glasses.

Listening to the bald man's words, the man opposite Jiang Yuanguo took a puff of cigarette and said, "Brother, we are all engaged in code, where are we good at business, let alone breeding, once we don't do it well, we will lose all our money." He exhaled a cloud of smoke, and there was some helplessness in his voice.

There is no way to do this, Jiang Yuanguo knows very well that this matter, whether he can impress the other party, is really not something that can be said in one sentence, now everyone thinks more, and there is no carelessness when he was young, so he also understands what the other party said.

Sighing, Jiang Yuanguo drank a glass of wine, his eyes fell on the silent man beside him, although he also had a guess in his heart, but he hoped that the other party could make another choice.

"Yuanguo, I still have 30,000 yuan in hand, just as a brother to support you to start a business, if you do it, brother is happy for you, if so, don't be in a hurry to pay it back, brother believes in you." ”

"Okay, I know, it's okay, thank you guys for your support to me, I will definitely remember this affection, come." Seeing the man's hesitation, Jiang Yuanguo knew what he meant. But soon he adjusted, took a deep breath, and raised his glass.

The four of them touched their glasses and continued to chat while eating.

They are all adults, Jiang Yuanguo also understands the difficulties of these friends, after all, when people are middle-aged, they carry the whole family on their shoulders, and if it is not for special reasons, they will not make too risky decisions.

He sighed, this is the case, after all, no one can predict whether this thing will be able to be done in the end. What's more, it is not uncommon for people to fail in entrepreneurship, and they don't want to bear the consequences.

It's good that it's successful, everyone is happy, and you can reap contacts and profits. If it fails, the one who loses it may be all the belongings. Everyone is a family person, and this consequence must not be affordable.

Moreover, in this situation, a few old friends are willing to support themselves with some money, which is already a great help to themselves.

He and his three friends began to drink and chat, and after a while, they were full of wine and food, and sighed as they watched their friends leave the barbecue restaurant one after another.

After taking a sip of beer, he took out his wallet and looked at the photos of his daughter and wife, Jiang Yuanguo was obviously a little absent-minded. Thinking back to what happened after he was fired, his mind was full of his mother's medical expenses, his daughter's interest class expenses, and car loans and housing loans, and huge pressure swept over him like a tide.

As the only son in the family, Jiang Yuanguo, who was born in a farmer, worked hard to be admitted to the computer major and did not have any bad habits. Down-to-earth and hardworking, serious study, after graduation, he worked as a technician in an Internet company, which was considered to be sitting in the office area, and his salary also increased with the length of service.

Within a few years, Jiang Yuanguo married his young wife Du Yunfang. Du Yunfang is the second eldest in the family, and it can be said that she grew up in the palm of her hands by her parents and eldest brother, but she is not a little arrogant, but empathetic, gentle and virtuous.

The two fell in love, and they had a lively and lovely daughter after a year of marriage. In order to give the baby a better life, Jiang Yuanguo's mother moved from the countryside to take care of her granddaughter, and all the cattle, sheep and chickens raised at home were handed over to his wife. Du Yunfang quickly found a job in a textile factory, and Jiang Yuanguo also worked harder, and the whole family worked hard for a better tomorrow.

Nowadays, the salaries of the two of them are not very rich, maintaining daily expenses, paying off the mortgage and car loan, leaving some living expenses for their parents, and saving a thousand yuan. It's not rich, but it's not worrying about eating and drinking.

Everything went according to the couple's plan, in order to let their daughter get a better education, they also gritted their teeth and enrolled their daughter in a more famous local key primary school.

However, no one thought that he would usher in a turning point in his life at the age of thirty-eight.

After being dismissed, he had three or four interviews, either in the wrong direction or using his age as an excuse to refuse his employment.

He knew that if he continued to interview, some company would recruit him. But at this age, you definitely won't get particularly good treatment.

That's why he wants to embark on the road of farming.

If not, what should the situation at home do? He is also in his thirties, and he can't let the pressure on his family increase.

Jiang Yuanguo, who was caught in a memory, was patted on the shoulder by the waiter and pointed to the sky outside. Jiang Yuanguo looked up and found that the sky was getting gloomy at some point, and it might be raining.

Jiang Yuanguo hurriedly settled the bill and left the hotel.

He sat in the car and didn't rush back, but took out his mobile phone and made a call to Fa Xiao.

In response to the rumbling thunder, the voice of Fa Xiaojiang Xiaoliang came from there: "Yuanguo, I'll drive, I'll call you later." ”

The phone was hung up, and Jiang Yuanguo had to sit in the car and use his mobile phone to search for some knowledge about farming. Not long after, there was a muffled thunder outside, and a drizzling rain began to fall.

At the same time, Jiang Xiaoliang's phone called.

"Hey, Yuanguo, what's the matter with you calling me?" Jiang Xiaoliang was also raining over there, and he unconsciously raised his voice.

Jiang Yuanguo said: "Xiaoliang, that's the case, I want to build a farm recently, and I'm going to be in our village, and I want to find two people to work together, do you have any ideas?"

Jiang Xiaoliang has many children in his family, he is the second, although he has not read any books since he was a child, he is down-to-earth and hardworking, and now he is married, has two children, and runs transportation in the city.

"What? You want to do this? Have you forgotten the one that raised sheep in our village two years ago? You can still see bones in the pit over there!" Jiang Xiaoliang spoke straight, but he was warm-hearted. Hearing that Jiang Yuanguo wanted to do farming, his voice unconsciously raised a few points, and immediately told him everything he knew about farming.

The people in his own village, the neighboring villages, and even the people he talked about in the urban area were basically either yellow or about to be yellow.

Jiang Yuanguo also heard the meaning and did not force him. It was Jiang Xiaoliang's words that made him even more worried.

In the end, Jiang Xiaoliang said: "But if you really want to do it in Yuanguo, call your brother, and there is no ambiguity that your brother can help." ”

"That's okay, thank you Xiaoliang, you can get busy first. ”

After hanging up the phone, Jiang Yuanguo called several other relatives. Somehow, the news of his layoff spread throughout the circle in just a few days, although the relatives did not say it, but the meaning of the words was not very daring, but they believed in Jiang Yuanguo's character and were willing to lend him money without interest.

After a circle, the partner was still not found.

The bean-sized raindrops hit the car window and made a dull sound, Jiang Yuanguo took a deep breath, leaned on the car seat and spit out for a long time, looking at the address book in the mobile phone, he really had no motivation to fight.

The next day, Jiang Yuanguo received a lot of transfer records, all from his friends and relatives.

Looking at the amount of money lying in the bank card, Jiang Yuanguo suddenly felt dazed.

If someone is in partnership, they can still discuss many things, but now he is equivalent to fighting alone.

Looking at the gloomy sky, Jiang Yuanguo's original determination to engage in breeding gradually wavered.

All day, he locked himself in his room and was sullen, and it was not until his wife Du Yunfang came back that he told his wife about his thoughts and situation.

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PS: This is an essay written for the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the number of words will not be too much, it mainly reflects how the working people create their own lives with their own hands, which belongs to the realistic theme of the essay, and the alternate history essay I created belong to two styles, you can take a look at the adaptation.