At half past nine in the morning, Zhang Jiaming and Lu Xiaokun rode a tricycle to the gate of the Xicheng Farmers' Market and put out the leftover firecrackers sold last night. Due to the small number of people who bought guns in the morning, Zhang Jiaming lay on a cardboard box to write his winter vacation homework.

The gun stall of the two people on the opposite side has already been set up, and because Zhang Jiaming robbed a lot of business yesterday, the two of them looked a little unfriendly.

Twenty minutes later, Zhang Jiaming finished today's homework, Lu Xiaokun consciously took it for reference, Zhang Jiaming said with a smile: "Xiaokun, you also use your own brain, how can you always copy other people's homework." ”

Lu Xiaokun smiled, "Jiaming, I can't do it myself, I'm not a student at all." ”

Zhang Jiaming shook his head helplessly and said: "Yesterday, a customer bought seven firecrackers, you can calculate the wrong account for others, Xiaokun is still useful to read more books, you can't do it, you can ask me, I will teach you, if you always copy homework like this, how can you improve!" ”

"Okay, I'll listen to you, Jiaming, you can tell me about this question." Lu Xiaokun said and handed the winter vacation homework to Zhang Jiaming.

"This question is actually not difficult, but I have to go around my brain a little in the middle, come and sit down and I'll tell you." Zhang Jiaming took a pen and used a cardboard box as straw paper to explain the problem-solving skills to Lu Xiaokun.

"Little classmate, did you two sell firecrackers here last night?" An old man came over on crutches and asked.

"Yes, uncle, it was the two of us who sold guns here yesterday." Zhang Jiaming nodded and replied.

The old man gave a thumbs up and said, "Old man, I am eighty-five years old this year, deaf and dizzy, but last night I was shocked by the firecrackers you sold and shook my eyes. He told me that I bought it from you, and I walked around this morning, and came over to buy two hangers to keep for the Spring Festival. ”

"Thank you, grandpa, for appreciating the light, grandpa, your red complexion is so good, not at all like an eighty-five-year-old person, that is, you are fifty-eight years old this year, and others must believe it." Zhang Jiaming picked up a good old man.

"What do you say? Be louder, I can't hear you. The old man said.

Zhang Jiaming opened his voice and said important words three times, and the old man seemed to hear clearly, and happily hugged his fists to express his gratitude. Lu Xiaokun accepted one yuan and put the firecrackers in the old man's basket.

Seeing the old man leave satisfied, Zhang Jiaming was very happy in his heart, because this old man came to admire him, which showed that his electric light cannon was a hit, and this kind of word of mouth from neighbors is the best advertising.

After a while, some people came to buy firecrackers, and a passerby asked an aunt with a firecracker in her hand, "Auntie, is this firecracker so small or not?" ”

"It's ringing! It's louder than the big ones! And when I put it at night, the light is like lightning, and our neighbor bought it yesterday, no, when I came to buy vegetables, I also hung it home along the way. The aunt held a firecracker in her hand and began to advertise Zhang Jiaming's firecrackers.

"In that case, what, the little classmate will also give me two hangings and two hundred rings."

A passer-by who didn't want to buy firecrackers also handed over one yuan when he heard the conversation between the two, "Little classmate, bring me two hangings too." ”

was busy until two o'clock in the afternoon, there were fewer people buying vegetables at the farmers' market, Zhang Jiaming and Lu Xiaokun were temporarily idle, Zhang Jiaming counted the remaining firecrackers, and there were only more than 100 left for 200 and 100 sounds.

Zhang Jiaming bought Lu Xiaokun a fire and a bowl of bean brains, and left him more than 20 yuan in change to keep looking for money, Zhang Jiaming advised: "Xiaokun, while there are few people now, I will go to Uncle Zhou's house to get a cannon, you are here to watch the stall yourself, be careful when settling accounts and looking for money, and don't make mistakes." ”

Lu Xiaokun took a big bite and replied: "Okay, I know, Jiaming, you go early and return early, and when there are more people at five or six o'clock, I really can't resist it alone." ”

Zhang Jiaming held the handlebar in one hand and the fire in the other, kicked the tricycle and hit the road.

More than half an hour later, Zhang Jiaming locked the tricycle, held a whole large front door cigarette bought by the small shop at the door under his armpit, and knocked on the door of Zhou Wei's house with sweat.

Zhou Wei's father opened the door, and when he saw Zhang Jiaming, he said: "Jiaming, you are really here, my colleague just sent the firecrackers." ”

Zhang Jiaming put the big front door on the table, and said before Uncle Zhou could speak: "Uncle Zhou, we are not outsiders, but your colleagues have helped me, I have to thank you, don't you?" This cigarette is only a slight gesture of affection. ”

Hearing Zhang Jiaming say this, Uncle Zhou didn't want to say anything, pointed to the cardboard box in the corner and said, "Well, Jiaming has all the goods you want there, Uncle Zhou will help you move downstairs together." ”

"Don't worry, Uncle Zhou, I still have something to discuss with you."

Zhang Jiaming put the money on the table, and then said, "Uncle Zhou, from tomorrow, can you bring me more firecrackers?" ”

"I'm afraid it's a little difficult." Uncle Zhou explained: "The cab space of the diesel locomotive we drive is limited, and the limit of bringing you these goods has been reached, and it is really not possible to increase it, Jiaming, I hope you can understand Uncle Zhou." ”

"Uncle Zhou, I understand you." Zhang Jiaming replied.

Based on Zhang Jiaming's understanding of Zhou Wei's father in his previous life, this is a bold and upright railway worker, and there are not so many crooked intestines in his stomach, Zhang Jiaming believes that what Uncle Zhou said is the truth.

Uncle Zhou helped Zhang Jiaming move the firecrackers to the tricycle downstairs, and did not forget to tell him, "Ride slowly on the road!" ”

Zhang Jiaming pedaled the tricycle and thought, seeing that it will be Chinese New Year's Eve in a few days, this firecracker every day is definitely not enough to sell, the living can not let the urine suffocate to death, no, I have to find another way, at this time a bold idea arose in his mind.

Zhang Jiaming parked the tricycle in front of the sales department of the Post and Telecommunications Bureau, took out a firecracker from the cardboard box, and entered the sales department, "Comrade, I want to make a long-distance call." ”

"Come and pay the deposit." A female staff member said irrationally.

Zhang Jiaming paid a deposit of two yuan, came to the public phone with the deposit slip in his hand, and dialed the phone number left on the outer package of the firecracker.

"Hey, where is it?" A man with a Central Plains accent on the other end of the phone asked.

"Are you here Shangqiu Chunguang Firecracker Factory?" Zhang Jiaming asked.

"I'm a Chunguang Firecracker Factory, what's the matter?"

"I want to buy some firecrackers from your factory, can you quote me the price?"

"Ten thousand hangs the batch, three cents a hang, if you want more, it can be cheaper."

"If I want 50,000 hanging, what is the minimum price you give?"

"50,000 is not a small amount, I will give the lowest price of two cents and four hangs."

"Do you give deliveries from other places?"

"As long as it is not more than 500 kilometers, our factory provides free delivery, but you have to send a deposit of 1,000 yuan first."

Chunguang Firecracker Factory is an old factory, the reputation is guaranteed, Zhang Jiaming is not worried about whether the other party's money will be delivered, but the conditions are still discussed, "Comrade, do you see if the deposit can be remitted a little less, remittance 500 lines?" ”

"Medium! When the money arrives, it will be delivered to the driver, and the balance will be handed over to the driver when the time comes. ”

"Okay, then thank you, comrade, I will remit the deposit to your factory today and tomorrow."

If you hang firecrackers for 50,000 yuan, you will get more than 10,000 yuan in cash, which is undoubtedly a huge amount of money in this era, and it is not something that an ordinary family can easily get, but nine-year-old Zhang Jiaming smiled confidently and was not afraid! The mountain people have their own tricks! Zhang Jiaming hung up the phone and took the deposit slip in his hand to the counter to settle the phone bill.

"It's a total of four cents and nine, and I'm looking for you for five cents and one." The clerk throws the change money on the counter.

Holding the five cents and a penny in his hand, Zhang Jiaming felt a little unhappy, it was so troublesome to make a phone call in the eighties, and the phone bill was so expensive, but when he pushed the door out and breathed in the fresh air of the eighties, all the unhappiness disappeared, and then he thought that his replanned life journey was about to begin, so he pedaled the tricycle fast with high morale.