In the past five or six years, the countryside around Persimmon Bay has gradually undergone a lot of changes. Zhuanghu people not only grow Chinese medicinal materials in a large area, but also go out to do small business more and more.

On the one hand, because of the widespread use of agricultural machinery, chemical fertilizers, and pesticides, the profits of growing grain began to decline, or even lose money, and the farmers had to find another way.

On the other hand, it is also due to the gradual improvement of the level of social consumption and the comparison with each other, so that they have to find ways to earn more money so that their living standards can keep up with the trend.

As a result, there are those who sell glass knives, springs, and dates to small factories, and there are also many people who go out to do small business; those who sell tofu sell tofu, those who sell cold powder sell cold powder, those who sell steamed buns, those who steam steamed buns, those who boil twist flowers, and those who beat cakes beat cakes.

There are those who have made money, there are those who have lost money, and there are even those who have slowly gained a foothold in the city and have not returned from their homes for many years. There is a young couple in Liuwan who built a new house by selling sugar gourds all year round.

There is a young man in Yunling, sharp-eyed and quick-handed, the cake business has become bigger, and even his parents and brothers and sisters have taken him out, in addition to selling them on the street, he also sent them to the canteens of other people's schools and factories, and he bought two yards in the village by beating cakes.

What's even more interesting is a young man surnamed Yin in Nantang Village. After people took their daughter-in-law out, they first pushed bicycles to sell steamed buns and sell breakfast in the provincial capital, and then rented a store to open a small noodle restaurant, and then the business became bigger and bigger, and even opened a restaurant.

Of course, there are also some people who do not go out but earn money in the villages, some raise chickens, some raise sheep, and some raise cattle; some buy cars to run passenger and freight transport, and some buy tractors and harvesters to go to the village to plow land and harvest for others. Even the medicinal herbs are produced with a tractor, and there is no need to rely on manual planing.

The widespread use of machinery has rendered ploughing cattle useless. Livestock, the production tool that the villagers have relied on for thousands of years, was liberated at once and became a source of meat for the people. As a result, the trade in cattle gradually became lighter.

On this day, Guiwa and several of their livestock brokers had dinner together, and they talked about the topic of reselling livestock. "Oh, it looks like our bowl of rice is getting worse and worse. "It's not unpalatable, it's just that you can't eat it." ”

"No, how can you take care of the business with just a few beef cows? "I've got to think of something else. "But we won't be the others. "Hey, I'm looking at a business opportunity. "What?" "This business can't be done by one person, and it takes a few partnerships." "Oh?"

"Do you have any willing?" "Before you say what to do, just ask if you are willing?" "If you are willing, you will have to say something if no one is cooperative." "Yes, yes. Guiwa replied. "That's one too. ”

"Alas, when I am old, I will do a business of livestock, and when I am gone, I will go home to rest. "This old guy, if you don't do business, why are you afraid of money?" "Haha, that's okay, let's do it for another two years." "That's pretty much it. ”

"After talking for a long time, what kind of business is it?" "You see, there are more and more people coming to the city, these people have to eat, right?" "You don't want to open a restaurant, do you?" "Open a restaurant? Do you cook or attract customers?" "So what are we doing?"

"Look at this bargaining grain and oil is a way out. "Hey, you still say that there is a play. "Now that the land is divided and the production is abundant, we must find a way." "Makes sense. "I noticed that the market prices in the nearby counties are different. "Yes, it's good to have a spread. "Well, this one is capable. ”

"In this line of work, first, the capital is not large, the more money you get, the less money you do, it's just a matter of big and small. Second, we all came from the countryside, and we are familiar with this thing, so we can't be fooled. Thirdly, you don't need many connections to do this business. ”

"Haha, I said that you are a military advisor, which is true. Looks like you've been planning for a while. "A living person can suffocate urine. You have to find a way out. ”

"For long-distance trafficking, the loss can be significant. "There have to be nests for temporary storage. "Acquisition, escort, and bridge crossing, all have money. "That's natural, the key is to get the price right. ”

In this way, they just did it, and they discussed it, and after scraping together the capital, they changed their careers and started buying and selling agricultural and sideline products. From the village to the city, I ran a lot of places, sometimes earning more, sometimes earning less, talking and laughing, living in hotels and restaurants, and living a so-so life.

One day just after the Gregorian New Year, an honest man in his thirties came to the Pingyang market, walking around the market, and went to the security station of the market to ask about the situation: "Director, I came to find the wife of the Ejia family, see if you have seen it." The man asked. "Well, it's just about law and order, not people. The director replied.

"Misunderstanding, Director, that's not what I mean. "It doesn't matter what you mean, anyway, you don't care about people's business. "Hehe, I can't speak, and I have the same knowledge as my forehead. Well, you may have seen it here at a sky-high price. Just inquiring, I'm in a hurry, so I'm looking for it. ”

"Oh. You are quite honest. What does your wife look like?" "In her early thirties, with big eyes, long eyelashes, and a pretty black face. "Your accent is the same?" "Well, from a village." ”

"She's not staying at home, what is she doing here?" "First she worked as a nanny for other people, and then she went into business with other people. "Oh. Then the man said some gossip he had heard about his wife.

While listening, Lao Han couldn't help but smile secretly: There is such a wreck in the world, and his wife has been running away with others for several years before she came to find it, so what are you looking for? But in a blink of an eye, he thought that he couldn't tell this man the truth, otherwise he would be entangled and couldn't get rid of it, and it wasn't his own business anyway.

So, Lao Han said to the man smoothly: "Oh, this market is big, and people come and go, and they can't figure it out, so you really haven't paid attention, you have to look elsewhere." ”

And what about the man? I couldn't listen to Lao Han say this, but I was unwilling, so I searched for two days in Pingyang, but I still couldn't find it, so I went back to the countryside by myself.

Actually, at this time, Guiwa was in the south with Sister Qiao and those friends. It turned out that they bought a lot of persimmons at a low price in Fenwan a while ago, and then escorted the car to the south together.

Who knew that it took all the way to be transported to the south, but people didn't stop on the street and sell it. There was no way, a few people had to move around, and finally dredged up the relationship, and entered the wholesale market of agricultural and sideline products, but they didn't sell much, it turned out that people in the south didn't eat much of this thing, and they couldn't sell much in a day.

Before I knew it, it was the cold season, and it was about to start spring, and the weather was going to get warmer. But it still rotted a little, and it didn't make any money.

However, Guiwa and Sister Qiao spent the Spring Festival in the south, knew a little about the market in the south, and also took a look at the scenery of the south, which was an eye-opener. I sighed that I really don't know the suffering of the north if I don't go to the south, and I don't know what it means to be "there is heaven above, and there is Suzhou and Hangzhou below." ”

This expensive baby is reluctant to do a small business, and always wants to buy and sell to make a lot of money. But as a result, business was good and bad, and he didn't make a lot of money, so he could only maintain a "city life" with his pretty sister.

Guiwa left her wife and children and lived with her pretty sister in the city. In fact, at this time, the couple went out to work, and they couldn't resist the temptation, and there were not a few marriage changes. From time to time, I heard of a big girl who went out to work, married to a foreign place on her own initiative, and even lived with a rich married man.

The words are divided into two ends. Let's say that on the second day of the Dragon Boat Festival this year, that is, at noon on the sixth day of the fifth lunar month, E'er packed zongzi and rode a bicycle back to her parents' house.

In the second half of the morning, E'er said that she would not go back and wanted to stay at her mother's house for a night. The sister-in-law and sister-in-law talked and laughed and cleaned up the room where E'er was a child. In the evening, we made noodles together, and after dinner, we sat in the courtyard and chatted.

"How's the moon baby doing now?" "Oh, it's just two times outside." "Didn't you become a battalion commander, and you also got a youth home for the village. "Ah, whatever, I don't make money. "The baby is laying the foundation for him to go back." "Beat him so badly, he can't even get a daughter-in-law. ”

"Listen, isn't Ping'er talking to Yuewa in front of your door, how can you talk ......" "Ah, it's talking, now Ping'er is back, but her father just doesn't want to." ”

"Are you back? and you didn't pass the pre-exam?" "Ah, I didn't pass the exam again." ”

"Outside, why don't you want to?" "Outside, I always think it's not good in our house." "Ah, there's something going on in the outhouse. ”

"It's not a price, but you want to be a soldier. "Oh, if you want to be a baby, you can be a baby, and it's not crooked to be a soldier." "Oh, I can't care, just let him toss. "Yuewa's brain is still enough, you don't have to boil it." ”

"You haven't been crooked in recent years. E'er said to her brother with a smile. "Well, that's it. Sister-in-law said. "Brother E's raised cattle for a few years, and he kept fluttering all year round, that's it, what else?"

"This society has become so fast that for six or seven years, the cattle don't work, they kill and eat. Haha, I can't think of it. ”

"Raising cattle is less troublesome than raising chickens. Look at the chicken raised by the second baby, he is buying feed and selling eggs, and he is very busy. "Raising chickens is fast. "The chickens are cute and sick, and the eggs can't be sold and they are on fire. "You can only draw one thing. ”

"The people in your class used to have a good life, but now it's your turn. Your brother-in-law quarreled with him at a sky-high price, and he couldn't hear it, so Yuewa became a soldier, and he went to college. ”

"Haha, if you want to say that, then you can't say it. "Your brother is saying that you are more obedient than Huan'er and Yezi. "Ahh ”

"However, this time, this man is not crooked to Huan'er. "Oh, no matter how good it is, it's a second marriage, and the man is older than her, almost fifteen or sixteen." Besides, she has no income herself, and she can't straighten her waist. ”

"I heard from people that Huan'er didn't open a small shop. "There should be a livelihood, otherwise, it depends on people's faces." "Ahh ”

"I can hear that Huan'er's little sister is not doing well. "You mean Qin'er?" "Well, I heard that people's in-laws look down on Qin'er. "I came back to see her father a while ago, oops, the look on the baby's face is not very good. "Seeing people's faces and living a good life, then my heart can be happy." ”

"Alas, if a rural person marries into someone else's city, that's not it, he has no technology, and he relies on men to support him, so he is not angry. "Isn't it a temporary job, but how can you say that you are supported by a man?" "Temporary workers? ”

"It's not easy for people in the city to live, they have to have a job, they have to get money for everything. It's not as good as ours in the countryside, there are still two acres of land, and you can't die of hunger. "Haha, people say that people in the city are chickens, so they have to eat their own food. "It's not the price people who say that, who is the life. "Ah, yes. ”

"Look at the leaves, that life is really bitter. The baby ran away, and the only child was in charge of the baby. "It's not easy for a woman to be inside and outside the house. ”

"Didn't the big boy go to college? "Hehe, the second baby is a troublemaker, and it's enough for Ye Zi to parry. "The second dog is still young. "Ah, it's smaller. "Oh, people often say, three-year-old looks old, forehead, well, it's not bad......"

In this way, E'er and her mother's brother and sister-in-law chatted for a while, and then went back to the house to sleep. The next morning, I went back to Qingxi.