Zhao Hong got up at 5 o'clock on the second day of the holiday, took the more than five yuan he collected, took the sack, and rode on the bicycle that had no color except for the bell that did not ring everywhere and set off.

The summer morning was exceptionally cool, there were no people on the road, and there was occasionally a dim incandescent street lamp at the intersection, Zhao Hong carefully rode his bike, avoiding the potholes on the road, and after spending 40 minutes arriving at the wholesale vegetable market about 5 kilometers away.

It was a little brighter, and the streets were still quiet. But the market was crowded with people, cars, horse-drawn carriages, tricycles, farmers who wholesaled vegetables, and second-hand vegetable sellers who bought vegetables, shouting one after another, because of the weighing disputes, and the inherent order was revealed in the chaos.

Zhao Hong walked slowly among them, observing, weighing the goods that could be purchased with money in his pocket. I didn't buy a scale, I could only estimate how to sell corn, and I could count it, and I wouldn't use a scale anyway. Raw can be sold, and cooked is even better!

Zhao Hong picked a peasant-like person into a sack of corn, the corn is not big or small, white and tender and a little yellow, 22 yuan a dollar, Zhao Hong sighed in his heart The prices of this era were picked one by one. The old farmer next to him grinned his teeth, "Lost, lost." ”

Zhao Hongle didn't say anything anymore, just listen to these words, and if you can buy it, you won't win, you will sell it. The cunning of farmers was understood by Zhao Hong after he dealt with them more, especially after working in the seed company, the farmers who came out to sell vegetables in the late eighties were all capable people, none of them were simple, and they were full of tricks.

Zhao Hong finally bought enough corn, filled sacks, and resisted hopefully and wanted to leave, pulling and pulling hard, he almost fell down.

The old farmer next to him looked at Hehe Zhile, "It's not good for a young posterity, haven't you ever done physical work?" Zhao Hong was also flushed, and his heart was also happy, forgetting that although he was already 1.75 meters tall, he looked like an adult, but he really didn't do any heavy physical work, and people in the city didn't have any heavy physical housework, and since he used the gas stove, there was nothing.

"Uncle, I'll go to the cart first. Come here and get it again. Zhao Hong shook his head and said.

The old farmer waved his hand imposingly, "Go, hurry up!" he replied happily.

Zhao Hong finally put a sack of corn on the bicycle with the help of the farmer's uncle, but he couldn't ride it anymore, so he could only push it.

Thanks to the farmer, Zhao Hong went out of the market and carefully pushed the bicycle back slowly.

The sky is slowly brightening, but there is no sun, some gloomy sky blows gusts of wind from time to time, Zhao Hong didn't look at the weather forecast yesterday, and is about to face his sister's college entrance examination, how dare he go to watch TV?

It's still cool, and the number of bicycles on the road to work is gradually starting to increase. People were saying hello while riding, talking about the people and things around them, and occasionally someone urged them to hurry, it should be raining today, and the pedestrians on the road began to speed up.

Zhao Hong was also a little anxious and wanted to hurry home, but more than 100 catties of corn were really hard to push, and Zhao Hong himself weighed 100 catties, not as heavy as corn, and it was getting more and more difficult to walk. Sweat poured down his forehead, his glasses were a little blurry, and the sweat was sour in his eyes.

The rain finally came, the summer weather changed as soon as it was said, the dense rain soon drenched Zhao Hong, sweat and rain could not be distinguished, sweat irritated eyes were sore, Zhao Hong couldn't help but burst into tears.

In the wind and rain, Zhao Hong still wanted to continue to hurry, the rain had soaked his clothes, the breeze was blowing, and the cool slowly became a little cold, but his eyes could no longer see the road clearly, and his glasses were blurred.

Zhao Hong found a dilapidated shed on the side of the road and went in to hide. I quickly took off the outer clothes and wrung them out vigorously and put them back on, and the chill was slightly reduced. Jumping around, hoping that my body would get hot, I ate a steamed bun slice in the rain, and I finally felt a little better. It's just that the joints of the fingers are a little painful and itchy.

The rain has been falling, basically not decreasing, and getting heavier and heavier, waiting for more than half an hour, the flow of people on the road is basically gone, and occasionally a pedestrian with an umbrella is trying to move forward.

Can't wait any longer, Zhao Hong looked outside, gritted his teeth and pushed the bicycle into the heavy rain again, trying to stick to the direction of his house.

If you can't see clearly with your glasses, you can simply remove your glasses, if your clothes are wet, you simply take off your clothes and go bare-chested, and your shoes are already filled with water, and you don't have to care if the road is muddy or water. Zhao Hong shouted to himself in his heart, "Come on, come on!" With instinct, he walked step by step, the road was getting closer and closer, and hope was ahead......

There is never a shortcut on the road of life, and it is possible to gain a lot of effort as much effort as possible. If you have put in the effort but still do not have the expected gain, it means that the effort is still not enough, and perseverance can have the time to achieve the goal.

In the wind and rain, Zhao Hong finally returned home after nearly 3 hours. Taking advantage of the fact that no one at home hurriedly changed out of the soaked clothes from the inside to the outside, from top to bottom, wiped the whole body with a towel, and the hard friction made the whole body hot before stopping, and went to the kitchen to cook a bowl of ginger soup and drink it, at this time I felt alive again.

I put a sack of corn in an inconspicuous place in the utility room first, and went home to sleep first.

At noon, the parents get off work on time, which is the biggest benefit after the business is not profitable. The parents were busy preparing lunch, and Zhao Hong wanted to help but was kicked out. Both parents are still young, and they are full of vitality in their 40s, but it is not more than 30 years later, a hand trembling, and a high blood pressure stroke.

Zhao Hong couldn't help but feel a little anxious when his parents were old. Don't look at the parents are very healthy now, but there will be many occupational sequelae in the future, especially the mother's high blood pressure and heart disease, which has a lot to do with the toxic and heavy physical labor she engaged in when she was young.

My father was timid and cautious, his body was thin, he had always worked in a state-owned enterprise, and in the future, he went to work in a private company, and he would always get sick for a few months after working for a few months. My father was also very angry and helpless, my mother had no education, and she had done more than 30 years of manual work, and she couldn't do anything, and she ended up sick.

It is necessary to find a project for them that does not have much risk, has acceptable returns, and requires low physical strength and ability, and must be arranged as much as possible, otherwise they may not be able to take it over. And after all, they are still relatively young, and if they don't have a job, they will be very lost and lonely.

Zhao Hong pondered silently beside him, he couldn't let his parents know about being a trader now, so they didn't have to worry about it. My parents have worked as factory workers for many years, and they have little contact with the outside society, and they have become a little out of touch with the society, and their thinking is still stuck in 5 years, or even 10 years ago, and they still regard doing business as speculation (in fact, doing business and speculation have many things in common).

At half past 12, my tired sister came back and started the college entrance examination after two days off.

Zhao Hong comforted his sister, "There is no problem. Didn't your teachers say that you will definitely be able to get into college this year!"

There was a hint of a smile on my sister's tired look, "Well, that's what the teacher said, but it still depends on the performance." ”

Zhao's father and Zhao's mother nodded quickly, comforting my sister to rest for a while, relax and relax, and strive to play her ideals. After all, he is the second person in his family to take the college entrance examination, and he still has this experience.

In the afternoon, after waiting for her parents to go to work, my sister continued to look at the review materials.

Zhao Hong went to the kitchen outside alone to cook half of the corn, more than fifty, carried two buckets full of cooked corn, and rode to set up a stall near the downtown cinema.

The rain basically stopped at noon today, the sun came out in the afternoon, the air after the rain was much moister and fresher than before, the temperature was not as hot as the summer days ago, and there were many young people who went out for entertainment, especially in the cinema. In 88, in addition to the cinema, there were not many entertainment venues, and the cinema was a paradise for young people who fell in love.

There are still some street vendors operating outside the movie theater, such as melon seeds and peanuts, ice cream, and sugar gourds, but Zhao Hong has only one cooked corn, and all of the more than 50 have been sold in less than two movies, and one of them has been sold for two cents, which is too profitable! Now there are few people doing business, and the snack vendors basically have about 70 percent of the profits.

Zhao Hongle counted the money a few times, and the cost came back and doubled the profit, and there was still half of the cooked corn at home, if it was all sold, it would be more than 20! There was no cost except for the 0.5 yuan sanitation fee. The capital of five yuan quadrupled a day, Zhao Hong was very satisfied, and rode back happily all the way, while singing out-of-tune songs with a voice that had just finished changing.

I got home at five o'clock. Boiled porridge and washed vegetables. Zhao Hong thought about doing more housework in the future.

Zhao Hong saw his sister who was still reading, and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Sister, here you are, five yuan, I have spent it if I need it these days." ”

My sister looked up at Zhao Hong and said with some uneasiness, "Where did you get the money?"

Zhao Hong smiled a little proudly and said, "I made money selling ripe corn today." There should be tomorrow!, just don't tell your parents. Let me save some pocket money!"

My sister nodded, shook her head again, and said, "You should pay attention to your own safety, and you can't pull down your studies." ”

Zhao Hong hurriedly promised that he would only do short-term work for a period of time and start studying in a few days.

My sister's college entrance examination also began, and the tense and depressing atmosphere was very strong, only Zhao Hong was more relaxed. The college entrance examination in 88 is all about volunteering first and then taking the exam, in fact, my sister has decided to go to Normal University, if there is no change, she is a mathematics teacher in a key middle school.

The sad days always pass slowly, and the three-day college entrance examination ended in the common torment of candidates and parents.