Seeing Lu Gui, Bai Ke was taken aback.

Could it be that this king and calf stopped going to school and started to do business?

Bai Ke was originally two grades higher than Lu Gui.

After Bai Ke entered middle school, starting from the next class after him, the primary school system was changed from a five-year system to a six-year system.

Bai Ke immediately opened Lu Gui's three grades.

Bai Ke is now in the second grade of junior high school, and Lu Gui is still in the fifth grade of primary school.

Bai Ke hasn't been to Hongqi Primary School for more than half a year, so he hasn't seen Lu Gui.

I didn't expect to see Lu Gui for many days, and Lu Gui became like this.

Originally, Bai Ke wanted to be like Jiang Wen, and take Lu Gui with him from time to time to let him make a little money.

But sister-in-law Lu Yanan is an upright person.

After Lu Lao Er caused trouble for the photo studio, the sister-in-law never let the family get involved with the Bai family's business anymore.

Therefore, it is not good for Bai Ke to cross the kang on the pot table and drag Lu Gui over.

But what's going on now?

"Lu Gui'er!" Bai Ke shouted and walked over quickly.

When the pedestrians on the road heard this, they all looked sideways.

Seeing Bai Ke, Lu Gui was pleasantly surprised, and ran over with a fart.

"Brother, why did you get here?"

Bai Ke stiffened his face: "I still ask you, what are you doing here?"

Lu Gui pointed to the southerner: "Brother Huai, who rents a house in my family, I came with him to sell shoes." ”

Bai Ke glanced at it, and the southerner hurriedly nodded at him.

Although Lu Gui is three years younger than Bai Ke, he is only one year younger than Bai Ke, and his size is about the same as Bai Ke now.

The southerner was shorter than both, with a short face, almost no chin, a collapsed nose, and big, round eyes.

Looking at the kind of slab shoes with ochre red bottoms on the ground under his feet, Bai Ke remembered that this guy was probably a small businessman in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

At the moment, the shoes sold in stores usually cost six or seven yuan a pair.

This southerner sells cricket shoes for only three dollars.

And for these three dollars of shoes, they can earn at least five cents a piece.

Most people don't understand how they can make shoes so cheap.

Bai Ke has the experience of the previous life, so he can naturally understand.

The kind of board shoes sold by people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang look quite beautiful.

Ochre sole, black velvet upper.

In fact, the base is made of synthetic plastic, which is easy to deform in hot weather and brittle in cold weather.

As for the black striped velvet, it is also the leftover material left by the garment factory, which has poor elasticity and is easy to tear.

Despite the many drawbacks.

But you get what you pay for, and it's worth it to wear such cheap shoes for a season.

Especially in the spring and autumn seasons, it is basically not worn out.

However, the weather is so cold now, who still buys board shoes.

Looking at this situation, most of the old brothers in the south are shaking off and preparing to go home for the Spring Festival.

"Brother Huai, which Huai is yours?"

"Huai of the Huai River, hehe. ”

"There is still such a surname. "Bai Ke had never heard of this surname in his previous life, but he actually encountered it in this life.

It's only 1983 now, and in any case, this big brother Huai can be regarded as a senior in the economic tide.

"Brother Huai, if you work hard, you may be able to become a big boss in the future. ”

"How could it be," Brother Huai touched his head, "The land at home is not enough to plant, so we came out to do business." It's better for you in the Northeast, there are so many big factories, everyone can go to work and guard their wives and children. ”

One side of the water and soil to support the other side.

The reason why the people of Jiangsu and Zhejiang are diligent and willing to work is largely because they have many people and few places, and there are not many large factories supported by the state.

They had to leave their homes to earn a living.

And Northeast people are not necessarily born lazy.

There are fewer people and more land, and there are many large factories that can arrange jobs, who wants to run around.

Lu Gui pointed at Bai Ke and said, "My brother is a big boss!"

"Really?" Brother Huai's eyes suddenly lit up, "Doing business at such a young age?"

"Where, help my brother do something in his spare time. ”

"What kind of business does your brother do, please introduce me if you have time." ”

Brother Huai said, took out the stone forest cigarette, Bai Ke hurriedly refused, Lu Gui just wanted to stretch out his hand, Bai Ke glared at him, and he quickly retracted again.

"Hehe, we're kids and don't smoke. ”

Brother Huai put back the cigarette and stretched out his hand again: "Huai Dongliang, what do you call it?"

"White guest. ”

Lu Gui also reached over and shook Huai Dongliang.

Bai Ke asked, "Brother Huai, what kind of business does your family do?"

"My family is all small business, a garment factory, a shoe factory. ”

"I'll just say, the fabric you make shoes is the leftovers of your clothes, right?"

"yes, haha. We don't have enough leftovers of our own, so we buy some from other factories. ”

Huaidong Liang's family opened two small workshop-style factories.

Huai Dongliang's parents and two sisters are all working at home, and he and an older brother and a younger brother are running sales all over the world.

Bai Ke saw that Huai Dongliang looked a little anxious, although he looked twenty-seven or eighteen years old, he might be younger, so he had to ask tentatively: "Brother Huai, how old are you this year?"

"I'm 20 years old. ”

"Then you're as old as my big brother. ”

"Oh, what business is your eldest brother doing?"

Lu Gui rushed to the side and said: "My brother-in-law's business is doing a lot, what ......?"

Bai Ke glared at Lu Gui, and Lu Gui hurriedly changed his words: "It's my sister's object......"

"It's just to open a photo studio, sell some electronics, do some engineering, and make some shirts or something......"

"Shirts? Well, maybe we can work together. You haven't eaten at noon, do you want us to sit in the hotel for a while? ”

"No, I've already eaten it. How did you sell this morning?"

The white guest looked at the shoes on the ground, and then at the woven bag on the side.

It is estimated that there are 100 pairs of shoes in this woven bag, but in addition to the twenty pairs on the ground, there is half a bag in the woven bag.

So it doesn't seem to have sold much this morning.

Huai Dongliang sighed: "Hey, only about twenty pairs were sold." ”

"It's not the right season. Bai Ke said.

"I can't help it, I've pressed down more than 1,000 pairs this year. ”

"Then save it for the next year. ”

"But it's still occupying the warehouse. ”

It turned out that Huai Dongliang rented two partial houses in the Lu family, one of which cost 80 yuan a month.

If Huaidong Liang wants to go home during the Spring Festival, it is impossible to take back the remaining board shoes.

But he felt that spending 80 yuan was too wrong.

And Lu Gui's father and mother don't want Huaidong to use the bias in white.

80 yuan is a matter of minutes for white customers, but it is a lot of money for people with a small business like Huai Dongliang.

In this year, 80 yuan is enough for his round-trip expenses.

Bai Ke smiled: "What's the matter, if you can trust me, just let me go." ”

"Thank you so much. ”

"Then you wait for me, and we'll go back together when the stall is closed." I'm selling tapes there. ”

Bai Ke returned to Uncle Niu, and accompanied Lao Niu to sell cassettes and handheld game consoles for a while.

waited until the stall was about to close, only to see Huai Dongliang carrying a sack, and Lu Gui carrying a shoe support and a package.

It turned out that Huai Dongliang usually carried a sack around selling shoes like this.

Bai Ke used to think that Uncle Niu was quite able to endure hardships, but now it seems that Huai Dongliang is even more able to endure hardships.

Such a sack of shoes is not very heavy, but it is too large, and it is really not a trivial job to carry it to catch the bus to and from the countryside to catch the market.

After returning to the city, Bai Ke transferred a 130 from the shirt factory and pulled Lu Gui's 10 sacks of shoes to the warehouse of the shirt factory for storage.

"Alright, let's come back when it's warmer. Bai Ke comforted Huai Dongliang and said.

"yes, that ......"

But Huai Dongliang had a stumbling expression, and he stopped talking.

When he left the warehouse a few meters away, Huai Dongliang mustered up his courage: "Or, write me a receipt." ”

Bai Ke smiled: "By the way, how did you forget about this matter." ”

One or two thousand yuan is a drizzle for Bai Ke, but it is a lot of money for Cai Dongliang.

The most important thing is that it is a spirit of contract that is lacking in the northerners.