Thinking that the large number of firecrackers he ordered from the Chunguang Firecracker Factory would arrive in Yangjiang today, Zhang Jiaming felt irrepressible joy in his heart

Early in the morning, Zhang Jiaming called the Chunguang Firecracker Factory to verify, and the people in the factory told Zhang Jiaming that the truck that delivered him firecrackers had departed from Shangqiu early in the morning and would arrive in Yangjiang City at about one o'clock in the afternoon.

Zhang Jiaming stood at the gate of Lu Xiaokun's yard and kept looking at the intersection on both sides, seeing that it was almost three o'clock now, and the truck delivering firecrackers didn't even see a shadow, Zhang Jiaming was anxious, and now he was facing the embarrassing situation that customers were vying to buy firecrackers and he had no goods to sell.

In eight or four years, even landline telephones have not yet become popular, let alone mobile communications, and even BB machines will not be launched in the mainland market until five or six years later.

Time passed another half an hour, anxious Zhang Jiaming finally saw a Yuejin truck with a Central Plains license plate from the intersection, the truck approached, Zhang Jiaming saw the driver's door printed with the mark of Chunguang Firecracker Factory, so he hurriedly waved to the driver.

The truck stopped in front of Zhang Jiaming, and a young man in his twenties jumped out of the cab, looked at the house number behind Zhang Jiaming, and asked in a Central Plains accent: "Is it the firecracker you want here?" ”

"That's right! No. 76, Shengli Road, Xiangyang Street Hat Factory. Zhang Jiaming pointed to the big iron gate behind him and said, "Master, please drive the car directly into the courtyard." ”

"Medium!" The driver jumped into the truck and cautiously drove the car into the yard.

Seeing the truck pulling a full load of goods into the yard, more than a dozen small stevedores hula surrounded him, ready to start work.

Zhang Jiaming said to Lu Xiaokun: "Xiaokun, you take a few people to pull a tricycle of firecrackers to the market to sell, leaving seven or eight energetic classmates to unload here." ”

"You're the boss, we'll all listen to you." Lu Xiaokun said with a smile, turned around and greeted a few children, filled the firecrackers on the truck directly with the tricycle, and went out in a race against time.

Zhang Jiaming commanded the remaining seven or eight children to begin to unload boxes of goods into the empty room vacated yesterday.

The truck driver sat on a small bench and watched the group of children busy, and finally couldn't help asking, "Why are these children busy, and the adults of the family?"

"The adults in our family are doing business outside, I can be responsible here, big brother, don't interrupt first, I'm counting here, let's talk about it later." Zhang Jiaming replied with a smile.

Zhang Jiaming knew that the driver's eldest brother saw that the people who dealt with him were all children about ten years old, and he felt a little unsure, but he was involved in such a big deal, and he didn't even see the face of an adult.

After an hour of concerted efforts, a truck full of firecrackers was finally successfully put into storage, Zhang Jiaming finished the total, and said to the driver's brother with a smile: "One box is not much, one box is a lot, just right!" ”

The driver's eldest brother also smiled honestly, and took out a receipt from his pocket: "This is a receipt, a total of 16,300 yuan, you settle the money for me, I have to rush back." ”

"Big brother, don't be in a hurry to go, it's hard to drive for a day, it's more than five o'clock now, you have to drive back to Shangqiu at two or three o'clock at night, and it's not safe to drive in the dark, and the road is not easy to walk, it's better to be steady and steady during the New Year, so let's do it, you live in Yangjiang for one night, and all the costs of eating, drinking and living will be borne by us!" After Zhang Jiaming finished speaking, he quietly observed the reaction of the driver's eldest brother.

The driver's eldest brother thought for a while and said, "Actually, I have travel expenses, how can I still let me pay for it?" ”

Zhang Jiaming was amused when he heard this, and said: "If it is not in the way, all expenses will be paid by us, and you will take back the invoice to the factory and reimburse it." ”

"Oops, that's embarrassing!" The driver said.

Hearing this, even if he agreed, Zhang Jiaming said to a few small stevedores: "A few of you go to the stall to help first, and I will rush over after settling the driver's eldest brother." ”

These children are now obedient to Zhang Jiaming, the temptation of the two yuan is too great, and the thought of having two more yuan waiting for them tonight, these children happily go out.

The driver's eldest brother asked, "Do I still drive?" ”

Zhang Jiaming replied while locking the warehouse door: "Let's go by car, there is a parking lot there." ”

According to Zhang Jiaming's guidance, the truck drove into the parking lot in the backyard of the guest house of the Municipal Machinery Industry Bureau, this guest house Zhang Jiaming has followed his father several times, and is relatively satisfied with the environment here, the most important thing is that the chef here has good skills, there are several specialties in the whole Yangjiang City are also quite famous, to retain a person's heart, first of all, you have to keep his stomach, Zhang Jiaming hopes that the driver's eldest brother is a foodie, can live here for two more days, so as to leave him time to return the funds.

In front of the service desk of the guest house, the front desk waiter asked the young man lying on the counter, "Comrade, what price would you like to live in?" ”

The young man was silent, and a small head popped up next to him and said, "Give me the best single room!" ”

"Are you sure you want the best room? The best room costs 15 yuan a day, and you have to deposit a day's room money for another day. ”

Zhang Jiaming took out three stacks of unity from his schoolbag and put them on the counter, "This is three hundred yuan, and when you check out, you will refund more and make up for less and settle the bill together." ”

The waiter checked in for the driver in surprise, and then Zhang Jiaming took the driver's eldest brother to the guest room, and the waiter opened the door, and there was a twelve-inch color TV in the room, a Simmons bed, and a carpet on the floor.

Zhang Jiaming asked, "Big brother, are you still satisfied?" ”

"Satisfied, satisfied! To tell you the truth, little brother, it's the first time for my eldest brother to live in such a good room. The driver nodded incessantly in reply.

"Big brother, I'll take you to the restaurant for some food." Zhang Jiaming said.

"Good! Let's go, I haven't eaten lunch yet! The driver put the artificial leather black bag in the guest room and followed Zhang Jiaming to the restaurant.

Zhang Jiaming sat opposite the driver's eldest brother, Zhang Jiaming pushed the menu to him, "Big brother, you can order whatever you want, don't be polite!" ”

The driver's eldest brother pushed the menu back again, "The guest is as good as the host, and I can eat whatever I want." ”

Zhang Jiaming picked up the menu and said to the waiter: "A plate of sweet and sour carp, a plate of mushroom stewed chicken, a plate of vinegared shredded potatoes, a plate of cold pork belly, and a bottle of hardcover Yanghe Daqu, I want these first, not enough." ”

During the period of waiting for the food to be served, Zhang Jiaming talked with the driver's eldest brother for a while, and learned that the other party's surname was also Zhang, Zhang Jiaming paraphrased a jargon on the market and said: "Our surname Zhang was a family five hundred years ago, so I will call you Brother Zhang in the future." ”

"Medium! I'll call you Brother Zhang in the future! The driver's eldest brother also happily agreed.

Soon the waiter served the wine and food to the table one after another, Zhang Jiaming poured a full glass of wine for Brother Zhang, and poured a small glass of wine himself, and said: "Big brother, it is fate that we drink at the same table today, come and have a drink with our two brothers!" ”

As soon as the two clinked glasses, the first glass of wine went down.

That big brother Zhang picked up a piece of yellow-orange-orange sweet and sour carp, and said in a Central Plains accent: "Huh! We are indeed ape dung! ”

"Brother Zhang, for the sake of ape dung, let's have another drink!"

Zhang Jiaming drank a few glasses of wine with his distant relative five hundred years ago, and then was praised by the distant relative who was already drunk, and saw that the wall clock on the wall was almost seven o'clock, so he decisively found an excuse to withdraw.

When Zhang Jiaming took the last bus to the Xicheng Farmers' Market, he saw from a distance that his gun stall had been lined up at the door, and the formation was spectacular, and more than a dozen children were busy on the stall.

Seeing that Zhang Jiaming was back, Lu Xiaokun excitedly took Zhang Jiaming's hand and asked, "Jiaming, guess how many firecrackers we sold this afternoon?" ”

Zhang Jiaming looked at the dozen or so empty cardboard boxes behind him, and stretched out three fingers in disbelief and said, "Three thousand hangings?" ”

"It's almost four thousand!" Lu Xiaokun replied happily.

Today's firecracker sales have risen sharply, Zhang Jiaming felt a little unexpected, he analyzed it and thought that first of all, the quality of his firecrackers is hard, won the reputation of customers, and secondly, the unique landscape formed by this group of children has also played a great role in fueling the fire.

Zhang Jiaming thought that the business of the two people who were brought to the Dongcheng farmers' market by himself was very bad, and he was a little reluctant to go, so he decided to inform the two to go to Lu Xiaokun's warehouse early tomorrow morning to pick up the goods.

Seeing that the time was close to eight o'clock in the evening, Zhang Jiaming decisively announced the end of work, and after sending the completion money to each child, Zhang Jiaming added, "I will take care of the rice tonight, a bowl of stuffed wontons and two poached eggs per person." ”

The group of children was so happy that they almost lifted Zhang Jiaming up and threw him in the air.

Seeing these children who had been conquered by Lu Xiaokun through his fists one by one, he admired himself in a blink of an eye, Zhang Jiaming couldn't help but sigh, the power of capital is infinite, and it feels good to be rich!