In the afternoon of the same day, under the leadership of Zheng Zhishang, Uncle Wu and Uncle Chen, riding the old tricycle they bought, started their first attempt to collect waste.

It is not difficult to collect waste products, even if you are illiterate, you must be able to count, over-weigh, and look at it. The difficulty lies in the continuous receipt of large-scale, high-quality waste products, so as to obtain the maximum profit.

At this point, after all, he was the first person to eat crabs, and with the help of Aunt Tan Lin, the cardboard boxes, cardboard, and waste products on the upper floor of the department store, plus the owners of the grocery stores in the market, several schools, residential areas and other places with a lot of waste products, all had a good relationship as early as possible.

is basically monopolized by Zheng Zhishang alone. If it weren't for meeting the little girl Lin Yu. Taking care of the little girl in the hospital, and later before and after the opening of a fast food and many other affairs, Zheng Zhishang took up a lot of time.

Those who joined the waste collectors later had difficulty snatching a piece of meat from Zheng Zhishang's mouth, so they could only pick up some leftovers that Zheng Zhishang had missed.

If they are too young, too young, and lack of strength, it will be difficult for them to grab even this little bit of leftovers.

You must know that in this era, the recycling of waste products is extremely low, and not all waste products will be wanted by recycling stations. A lot of waste paper, bottles and cans that can be recycled can only be disposed of as a living time.

Uncle Chen and Uncle Wu are lucky, because they have Zheng Zhishang's help, don't look at him as he is still very young, but they have a good relationship with those grocery store owners in the market, aunts and aunts in several residential areas. The high-quality waste products of others are only left to Zheng Zhishang.

Others want to take it, but they don't sell it. Of course, this is not only related to Zheng Zhishang's fair price and never short of catties or two, but more importantly, Zheng Zhishang is young and has a poor background, and he has also won the sympathy of these people.

In this regard, Zheng Zhishang is sometimes glad that his young age is sometimes an advantage.

After all, people in this period have not yet experienced the great economic development in their previous lives, and the concept of money supremacy is not so deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. It's still extremely simple and loving.

Under the leadership of Zheng Zhishang, the treatment of Uncle Wu and Uncle Chen was not bad, and they slipped in the market for less than two hours, and the three of them collected two or three high-quality scrap vehicles.

Weng Fatzi's recycling station, Uncle Wu and Uncle Chen are reluctant to go, in addition to the personal relationship with Weng Fatzi, the main thing is that Weng Fatzi is harsh and cautious. In the end, after some discussion between the two, the scrap of the car was transported to a recycling station in the suburbs to be sold.

Although the distance back and forth has increased a lot, fortunately, they are riding bicycles, unlike Zheng Zhishang, who is completely hand-pulled. In terms of efficiency, it is not slower than Zheng Zhishang pulling waste products to Weng Fatzi's recycling station.

"Lao Chen, I now know why Xingxing can open a restaurant at such a young age. This trip was more than a month of hard work at the recycling bin. Uncle Wu counted the money in his hand and said with an excited smile:

Uncle Chen also smiled happily and counted the money in his hand.

I don't know what Uncle Chen and Uncle Wu muttered. I saw the two of them, and they both took out a part of it, and Uncle Chen looked embarrassed: "Xingxing, let you follow us for a day, delaying a lot of your own affairs, I will discuss it with Lao Wu, and I can't let you follow us in vain, this money, I hope you don't mind......"

"What are you doing, put it away, I'll help you, not so that you can work for me and give me dividends or anything." Zheng Zhishang also immediately raised his little face, but he didn't accept the money.

"Xingxing, people say, apprenticeship, do you still have to charge apprenticeship fees? What's more, you still introduce your previous customers directly to us. Uncle Wu also persuaded:

Zheng Zhishang waved his hand and said, "Uncle Wu, Uncle Chen, you put it away, I won't take this money, I don't want to help you in business, I also want to help myself." I've been collecting scrap for a few months, but I've been preparing to stop doing it for a long time. ”

"It's just that the grandmothers, aunts, and uncles I met during the time of collecting waste made me feel a little reluctant, after all, with their help, I have where I am now. However, now that the two of you have taken over, I have nothing to reluctant. As long as you are fair and don't do things that have no conscience, you are the best thank you to me. ”

Uncle Wu nodded with a smile and said, "Okay, since you don't accept it, we will force you, but this money still has to be given to you, the capital of Lao Chen and I to collect waste products is borrowed from you, and now we don't have much money, so I will pay you back some of the interest first." ”

Uncle Chen also nodded in agreement, and said, "Yes, what about the bank's interest?" ”

Looking at the two, Zheng Zhishang was speechless for a while, the two of them had to share the money with themselves.

In fact, this time I lent the two of them a lot, but not much, a lot of less, a total of more than 700 yuan, of which Uncle Wu borrowed 300 to buy a tricycle. Uncle Chen borrowed a lot, not only the money to buy the tricycle was borrowed from Zheng Zhishang, but even the principal of more than 100 yuan for collecting scrap products was also lent to him by Zheng Zhishang.

Compared with Uncle Chen, Uncle Wu's life is a little better, which is also the heavy burden on Uncle Chen's family, not only to take care of the family, but also to provide for his daughter to go to school.

This money, in this era, is an ordinary civil servant and worker, and more than a year's salary can be regarded as a huge amount of money. For Zheng Zhishang, who is preparing a branch, this money, although important, with this money, the preparation funds will be more sufficient, but it does not have much impact.

"Borrow my money, don't be in a hurry at first, and then you will collect scrap, and there will be a lot of money to be used. When you have plenty of money, you will be able to repay me as well. Zheng Zhishang politely rejected the two again, but looking at the hesitation of the two, he then smiled and said, "What, Uncle Chen, Uncle Wu, it's still early to go to work, and you plan to get off work." ”

"Right...... Right...... Hurry up and go collect the scrap again......" Uncle Wu, who had tasted the sweetness, also immediately came back to his senses and said with a smile:

I have to say that the enthusiasm of the two is very high, one afternoon, using the speed of the tricycle, the two are completely tireless, back and forth between the city and the suburbs three times, until sunset, the two of them waved. In the end, the two proposed to invite Zheng Zhishang to dinner together at the same time.

Zheng Zhishang politely refused: "No, another day, I still have to pick up Yaya." ”

No, I have long told the little girl that she will be obedient at Grandma Zhong's house, and she will go to class with her in the afternoon to learn tailoring. But in a blink of an eye, it's evening now, and if I don't pick her up and go home with her, I don't know what that sensitive little girl will think.

Don't really think that you won't want her anymore, you won't obediently learn from Grandma Zhong in the future, and stick to yourself every step of the way.

After separating from Uncle Chen and Uncle Wu, Zheng Zhishang hurried to the vocational compound of the Chinese Medicine Hospital.

To Zheng Zhishang's relief, Grandma Zhong didn't blame anything for not coming over in the afternoon, but just cared about what she was going to do in the afternoon. But the little girl was sad at that level.

It's completely different from what Zheng Zhishang worried about before. Seeing that Zheng Zhishang didn't rush over like before, but looked a little aggrieved, muttered a little cheek, pouted, and muttered with an unhappy face: "Brother, you don't talk about credit, you said that you would come over to accompany Yaya to learn to paint in the afternoon." ”

This made Zheng Zhishang stunned, but when he saw that Lin Yu, the little girl at this time, was even happier in his heart, he was with Lin Yu before, and he always felt that Lin Yu was missing something. It was only at this time that Zheng Zhishang understood that the little girl was actually the same as other ordinary children, but she was more sensible and had not shown it in front of her before.

With a bright smile, he said: "Yaya, I'm sorry, Brother didn't come over because of something this afternoon, but Brother promised that he would not release Yaya's pigeons in the future." ”

"What is it that releases pigeons?" Lin Yu tilted his head, but he was also confused.

"Uh" This made Zheng Zhishang pause slightly, but it was not that the little girl was only three years old, it was really difficult to understand, what it meant to release pigeons, Cancan explained: "That is, the meaning of not keeping promises, in short, what Brother promised Yaya in the future will definitely be abided by." ”

"Really ......"

"Of course, when did Brother lie to you." Zheng Zhishang patted his small chest and promised:

"Xingxing, it's not too early, let's stay and eat with Yaya tonight." Grandma Zhong looked at the two of them and said with a smile:

Since the last time Grandma Huang waited for herself and Yaya to go home for dinner, she waited until the night alone, and she hadn't eaten dinner yet. Zheng Zhishang tries to take Yaya home every day and eats with Grandma Huang.

Even sometimes, in the afternoon, I would take classes with Grandma Zhong and learn tailoring, but it would be very late. I won't stay here to eat. I know in my heart that no matter how late I go home, there is always a grandmother at home, although I have no blood relationship with myself and Yaya, but an old man who is closer than my grandmother, is silently waiting for me and Yaya to go home.

Zheng Zhishang smiled apologetically, declined Grandma Zhong's kindness, and left Dr. Zhong Jinzhen's house with the little girl.

…………

"It's so hot......" Zhong Tongqian, who was wearing breeches, a suspender shirt and two ponytails, was lying on a bamboo rocking chair, playing a rocking fan, and moaning painlessly.

This set of clothes is naturally from Zheng Zhishang's hand, which is also designed by Zheng Zhishang according to the clothes of the 21st century in his previous life.

A few days ago, primary and secondary school students ushered in the summer vacation for them to celebrate, and Zhong Tongqian was finally liberated from the school classroom.

Since seeing the beautiful dresses that Zheng Zhishang designed for the little girl, the little girl begged Grandma Zhong to make them for her too.

Zheng Zhishang didn't expect that Grandma Zhong actually smiled and said: "Yaya's skirt is not made by me for her, it is all made by star tailors, if you want it, look for stars." "Lift the ball to Zheng Zhishang.

As a result, the little girl believed it and really ran to Zheng Zhishang, and said in the tone of her sister: "Xingxing, make clothes for my sister." ”

In fact, even if Zhong Tongqian didn't come to Zheng Zhishang, Zheng Zhishang would have designed a few sets of summer clothes for her, and even the fabrics had been prepared, but when Grandma Zhong didn't agree, she said: "There are enough clothes for Qianqian, don't make them for her, make one or two more sets for Yaya and yourself." ”

But no, since making a skirt for the little girl to the present, although there are still a lot of fabrics, Zheng Zhishang has never thought of giving himself a new set of clothes.

On the contrary, it was at the insistence of Grandma Zhong that she designed a short-sleeved T-shirt men's style children's clothes and a pair of breeches for herself. Originally, Zheng Zhishang just wanted to tailor one set, but he didn't expect Grandma Zhong to secretly cut two sets of different colors for him according to Zheng Zhishang's body shape.

As for Zhong Tongqian's summer clothes, because Grandma Zhong can't help, Zheng Zhishang doesn't know the size of the little girl, and she is not tall, so she can't step on the sewing machine.

Without Grandma Zhong's help, Zheng Zhishang couldn't step on the sewing machine, so he didn't make it for her, and he stayed on the paper, and never made it for the little girl.

Hearing Zhong Tongqian's words, Zheng Zhishang couldn't cry or laugh, and said, "Sister Qianqian, I'm so young, how can I make clothes?" If you want to make clothes, you should also find your grandmother? ”

"Liar, you don't know how to make clothes, Yaya's skirt, who made it for her. Hurry up and make me a set of clothes that are as beautiful as Yaya. ”

Zheng Zhishang couldn't help but be stunned, is this little girl in junior high school? Whether there is serious study in the school, how to say a word, it is not clear, and I can't help but think of making fun of the little girl, and said with a smile: "Sister Sissi, do you want to make a dress as beautiful as Yaya's, or as beautiful as Yaya's clothes?" ”

"Oops...... I don't care, you're going to make me a beautiful dress anyway. Zhong Tongqian also discovered her own language disease, and she didn't know how to answer for a while, so in a hurry, she waved her hand and played her own little tricky words:

In fact, Zheng Zhishang is not disgusted by Zhong Tongqian's little rudeness. Don't look at Zhong Tongqian's temper, in fact, in addition to not liking school and liking to play, it's still pretty good, and she doesn't have a young lady's illness.

When I met Zhong Tongqian for the first time, not to mention how quiet and well-behaved the little girl was, she was simply a good girl, but she had been with Zheng Zhishang for a long time, and after getting more and more familiar, the little girl didn't treat Zheng Zhishang as an outsider at all.

Zheng Zhishang smiled and said: "I also want to make you a beautiful dress, but unfortunately I really can't do it, have you ever seen a seven-year-old child, can you be a tailor?" If you want to make clothes, you still have to go to your grandmother. ”

"I just looked for her, and she refused to do it for me, so I came to you......" Zhong Tongqian said with a look of grievance:

"Then I can't help it." Zheng Zhishang shrugged helplessly and said:

"Didn't you learn tailoring with my grandmother for so long? Why haven't you learned it yet? ”

Hearing Zhong Tongqian's words, Zheng Zhishang was also helpless and depressed, and glanced at Zhong Tongqian and said: "You think it's a good house, how can it be so easy, without a year or two of hard work, where can you learn ......?"

This is true, any craft, if you want to learn it, it takes some effort. However, if he just barely made a set of clothes, Zheng Zhishang could completely make it, of course, provided that the problem of the pedal sewing machine was solved first.

In the end, Zhong Tongqian was annoyed, Zheng Zhishang had to agree, and helped persuade Grandma Zhong to do it for her, and she personally designed it for her, so the little girl let Zheng Zhishang go.

However, to Zheng Zhishang's disappointment, Grandma Zhong did not agree, but refused outright.

There was no way, Zheng Zhishang had to think of a way, got a pair of tall shoes, barely stepped on the pedal of the sewing machine, and made such a set of summer clothes for Zhong Tongqian.

As a first-time tailor's clothes, the craftsmanship naturally cannot be compared with Grandma Zhong, but fortunately, the style is beautiful, and Zhong Tongqian is not so particular. Later, Zheng Zhishang learned that although Grandma Zhong said that she would not help, she actually helped Zhong Tongqian revise it in the end.

As soon as you look at the needles and threads, you can see that they are from Grandma Zhong's hands.