Chapter 22: The First Store
When I went to my old uncle's house, it just so happened that my old uncle was having lunch at home today, and when I opened the door and saw the two of them,
"Hey, Chengcheng, Zhaoxin, why are you here? Come in and sit!"
Xu Xuecheng's eyes were sharp, and he saw that the old aunt at the table was sitting on the left, and there was a girl sitting opposite, thirteen or fourteen years old, with two small braids.
"Yo, auntie, eating, my daughter is back!" Xu Xuecheng put the fruit from the supply and marketing cooperatives in the bag on the coffee table as he walked inside.
"Alas, you kid, why are you buying so many things, you haven't eaten all the apples last time. This is my daughter, Ye Ziran, who just came back from her grandmother's house during the summer vacation, Ziran, call my brother~" The old aunt put the bowl down and was preparing to take the dishes and chopsticks in the kitchen.
The little girl turned around and shouted crisply, "Brother~"
With a red, fluffy face, the little girl dangled two ponytails pulled to her back, squinted her eyes, her eyelashes turned upward, and when she laughed, two small dimples bloomed on her face, a pair of tiger teeth white and crystalline.
"Ye Ziran?"
Xu Xuecheng finally remembered, and he said why did this name sound so familiar.
When I went to school in the county No. 1 middle school in my last life, there was a strange phenomenon, as soon as the meal arrived, the boys in the class gathered under the big camphor tree at the door of the cafeteria, a group of people took books, and some of them deliberately combed their hair into the middle with water, imitating Aaron Kwok, crooked his mouth and blowing up the corner of his hair, just hoping that a classmate named "Ye Ziran" could take a look at himself when he walked by.
Xu Xuecheng also went, but at that time, he was wearing his father's shortened trousers, wearing a school uniform that was washed to white, and his flat head was not blowing in the most earthy storm at the moment, crowded in the crowd, looking at Ye Ziran wearing a white dress and walking under the camphor tree, like an ugly duckling looking up at the flying swan, the distance between heaven and earth may only be in a dream, and they have soared in the sky side by side!
The old aunt stopped, "You know?"
Xu Xuecheng reacted, and quickly shook his head, "No, Ziran is so beautiful, follow my aunt!"
The old aunt snorted, "One mouth is the same as smearing honey, I don't know how many girls will be deceived in the future!"
At the table, Xu Xuecheng was absent-minded for a while, patronizing and bowing his head to pick up rice, occasionally raising his head, taking advantage of the gap in chatting, the afterglow passed the pair of ponytails, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise slightly!
"Chengcheng, what do you think?" Ye Zhaoxin suddenly stabbed him.
"Oh~, ah, what are you talking about?" asked Xu Xuecheng.
"I discussed with my old uncle, the warehouse should be briefly renovated first, and the materials needed by the supply and marketing cooperatives are available, mainly to open the store first, and then take your time! Didn't you listen?" Ye Zhaoxin said again, with a puzzled expression, obviously he asked him when he just said it, and nodded his head, why did he forget it in the blink of an eye!
"Oh~oh~, no problem, that's good!~" Xu Xuecheng smiled, "I just got distracted, I'm sorry, old uncle!"
After eating, the old uncle accompanied the two of them to lie down in the supply and marketing cooperative, and when they went out, Xu Xuecheng closed the door and couldn't help but glance into the house.
Ye Ziran shook two black and shiny braids, peeling an orange, the orange peel was very yellow, petal by petal, stuffed in the lips, biting down, there was yellow, orange and orange juice splashed on the back of her hand, she bowed her head, took her lips and blessed it, sucked, and stretched out her little tongue to lick the tiger teeth, the pale red gums flashed with crystal, and she smiled brightly!
The materials were all in order, Xu Xuecheng let his cousin go to the warehouse in one go, anyway, this military land, lock the door, generally no one dares to approach, when he went back, Ye Zhaoxin also pulled Xu Xuecheng and said, "Chengcheng, what's wrong with you?
Xu Xuecheng patted Ye Zhaoxin, "It's okay, I'll go back and rest for a while, see you tomorrow!"
When he got home, Xu Xuecheng pulled Wang Meilan and discussed spending the night in the city for the past two days, "This round trip, less than 5 hours, how can I spend so much time on the road every day, and I know people in the city, don't you know, na! Just last time, the person is the director of the China Merchants Bureau, an official who is bigger than the secretary of the commune, I call the old uncle, can I still sleep on the road?"
Wang Meilan said a few words, but was refuted by Xu Xuecheng, and simply put down the apron, "Where do you like to sleep, I can't control it anyway, you can go if you want, when school starts, I think you can toss for a few days!"
Xu Xuecheng was taken aback and looked at the calendar, "August 19, 1980, there are still 12 days before the end of the summer vacation!"
Early the next morning, Xu Xuecheng put 200 yuan in his pocket and climbed onto the Gongnong-7.
When he arrived in the county, Ye Zhaoxin had been waiting there for a long time, and he didn't ride his small three-wheeled cargo carrier.
"yes, what about your little three-wheeler, and you don't do the procurement work?"
"How can I dare to throw away the iron rice bowl, my aunt can't kill me! Isn't the store decorated during this time, and I can't look at it, I found someone to take over my class, and the salary belongs to him! People are easy to find. Ye Zhaoxin pulled Xu Xuecheng out of the farmers' market, "I've already found the people who go to work, don't you want to personally guide them on how to decorate, let's hurry up!"
When I arrived at the door of the warehouse, seven or eight men were already waiting there, squatting in a row on the side of the road, seeing Ye Zhaoxin coming, he quickly got up and shouted "Hello boss!" Xu Xuecheng was not lightly frightened, and hurriedly pulled a few uncles and uncles into the warehouse.
"You don't have to call me boss, I'm from Xujiawu Commune, my name is Xu Xuecheng, everyone calls me Xuecheng, it's so hot for everyone to come and help with the work, the salary is raised, 3 yuan a day!" Xu Xuecheng gave a sweet date as soon as he came up.
As soon as these uncles heard the news, they all became excited, and they were no longer estranged from Xu Xuecheng.
"We give the money every day, and we will pay it after work, but I want everyone to listen to me when I work, what I say, you can do it, will it?"
As soon as a few men heard Xu Xuecheng say this, they didn't talk immediately, and finally a thirty-five or sixteen-year-old carpenter replied, "Xuecheng, my age should be about the same as your father, don't be surprised, this decoration is not as simple as you think, it's not a playhouse, you may not have learned, I'm afraid it's not good to pretend to be when the time comes!"
Well, looking at the expression on this uncle's face, Xu Xuecheng probably almost pointed to his nose and said to himself, "You little kid knows a lot of wool, listen to your decoration and a bunch of!"
"Uncle, what you say is reasonable, but listen to me, I'll say first, if you think it's not good, let's discuss it and then change it, okay?"
Several craftsmen glanced at each other, and the thirty-five or sixteen uncle came out to answer, "Na Cheng, don't blame us for not doing well in the end!"
Xu Xuecheng smiled and promised, "Don't worry, if you don't do well, you will not complain about me, and your salary will definitely be a lot for you!"
The uncle may think that this is not kind, and asked in a low voice, "I really want to do what you said, we are all veterans who have been doing it for at least decades, and the shops and other things are also pretended, and we will ensure that you will complete it with quality and quantity!"
Xu Xuecheng had to emphasize to them again, everything will be done according to the boss's wishes, and it's okay if it is messed up, in the words of the little boss Xu Xuecheng: "Why is it so hard to pretend? Anyway, it will be dismantled and reinstalled in two years, and it will not be easy to dismantle it when the time comes."
A few craftsmen didn't dare to listen to this: Loser's thing, whoever repairs a new house and demolishes it after two years, isn't it okay to take money and send it to the fire!