"Dad, I don't want to do farm work at home anymore. As soon as Guo Xiaoqing and Guo returned home, Guo Xiaoqing couldn't help but say.

"What else can you do if you don't do farm work? You can't study, do you have any skills!"

"Anyway, I'm going out to work, not doing farm work!"

"Why?"

"No, I just don't want to do farm work anyway. ”

Guo Gang was silent, and sighed after a long time, "It's not easy outside, I can't guarantee the rest at home, but at least I can eat enough, you listen to my advice, or ......"

"No, I've had enough of these two months at home, and I really can't stand it anymore when I'm either working in the fields with a hoe or chopping wood in the mountains. ”

"Lao Tzu won't let you go out! You're only 16 years old, what can you do when you go out now? There are no relatives or friends outside. ”

……

The two quarreled and quarreled, and finally they were about to fight, Guo Ganggang slammed the door and ran out of the door, ran to Guo Qu's house, sighing.

"Uncle, I think my cousin's idea is right. ”

"That......'s right," Guo Gang saw that it was Guo Qu who was talking, and the fart words that were about to blurt out were held back again, "That's right, what! Your cousin is still a child, what can you do when you go out? The family is unwilling to plant a few acres of land, and it's not too lazy to do it when you go out." ”

"Uncle, how many years have you been farming at home?" Guo went to pour a cup of strong tea for his uncle, and then asked.

"It's been more than 20 years, I started farming at the age of eighteen, and it took five years of farming to get your eldest uncle, and the next year I had your cousin. Guo Gang thought about it, and then said.

"Did you make any money?"

"No, at first I barely starved to death, but then there were people in the village who went out to work one after another, and I took their land to plant, and they came back for the New Year to take half of it, and they grew food on their land, and I sold the rest, barely enough for your cousin to go to school. ”

"Which do you think you have given more or gained?"

"It depends on God, if the wind and rain are good, it will be a good harvest, and if there is a drought and rising water, you can barely get by eating bread noodles. ”

"That's what I think, uncle, don't mind. Guo went to pour himself a glass of water, and then took another sip of water, and then said, "This kind of crop, at most, is just barely making ends meet, and if you usually want to buy a new set of clothes or something, you have to carry the grain back and sell it on the street, is this true?"

Guo Gang nodded, which was a tacit acquiescence.

"You see I've been doing it for the past few months, it's very difficult at first, and I'm barely making ends meet, and then after collecting a few scraps, I'm a little richer, but my parents are back, and the expenses are big, except for the money to repair the house, the family has little money. ”

"But it's okay to live, my family and I, each of us have several sets of clothes and pants, we eat enough every day, and we don't grow crops tired, is this true?"

Guo Gang nodded again.

"So, judging from what I'm saying, it's better to collect waste than to grow crops, isn't it?"

"Collect waste to make money!" Guo Gang personally participated in the collection of waste and sighed.

"So, why do you want your cousin to grow crops at home?"

"Then you can't go out to work, your aunt went out the year before last, and only got on the train, but her feet were squeezed into the window and broken, and this hasn't reached Guangdong Province yet!"

"I didn't say that I had to let my cousin go out to work, and besides, it's much better to work now than to grow crops at home, you have to admit this, otherwise why would more and more people go out to work. ”

"He doesn't go out to work, and he doesn't farm at home, so I don't know if he can do anything like that. Guo Gang took out a well-off cigarette, lit it and smoked it, and it could be seen that he was already thinking about where the child should go.

"Let him sell clothes with me. Guo went to take a good time.

Guo Gang made a move in his hand, he really didn't think that Guo Qu would let Xiaoqing sell clothes, after all, he was already very moved by being able to give him some money for collecting scrap.

"This ...... No, that's a disadvantage for you. ”

"No, uncle, let me tell you, I often feel that there is not enough manpower these days, selling clothes and pants in the township, the business is really bad, I originally wanted to go to the city to sell, but there is a lack of manpower. Besides, if I go to the city, but there is no one to do the business in the township, I am a little reluctant. ”

Seeing that the uncle wanted to speak, Guo Qu said again, "I know, you want to say, don't I still have my mother at home." However, my mother can't read a few words, she has never been exposed to these things, and it is impossible for her to be familiar with selling clothes right away. And she has to cook for us, otherwise we will have a busy day and we will have nowhere to eat. ”

"My cousin is different, after all, he is a person who has gone to elementary and junior high school, and he can still recognize a lot of words, and besides, the reader's brain turns quickly, I believe it won't take long for him to learn it. ”

"Okay, that's it, anyway, it's winter, and the crops are almost harvested, so you can plant less next year, just enough for your family to eat." ”

"It's a big night, it's time to fall asleep, go back, you are two fathers and sons, he is your son, how can you be angry?" Go back, I'll have to go back tomorrow. ”

"Oh, by the way, uncle, tomorrow you pull the scrap to the city to sell, remember to sell another yellow label car, and in the future, one will be used to collect scrap, and the other will be used to sell clothes, so that there will be no delay, otherwise you will not have to put it away." ”

These days, because there is only one tricycle, his father and his uncle always collect one day in this township, and then go to that township to collect one day, which is very bad, after all, every place they go, it takes time to persuade the people to let them take out the waste and sell it.

Although this can effectively avoid local counterparts and avoid conflicts, it is not flattering in terms of efficiency.

Uncle Guo nodded and left.

The room was quiet, and after taking a shower, Guo went back to the house to sleep.

Early the next morning, his cousin got up and stood outside the house waiting for him, and it seemed that his uncle went back and talked to Guo Xiaoqing for a long time.

"Come on, let's go to Huaxi Field today, and I'll teach you how to sell clothes and pants." ”

The two came to the supply and marketing cooperatives on the street, drove the car to the old wooden house, lifted the big bags of clothing to the car, and then took a few stools and planks and fixed the planks, stools and pockets with ropes, and then Guo went to drive the car to Huaxi Street.

"This business, first of all, the eyes must be good, to see all directions and listen to all directions, there are a lot of people rushing to the scene, when there are many people in front of the stall, there are more than a dozen people, at this time the eyes must be bright, otherwise I don't know how many clothes and pants are lost. ”