Chapter 8: "Counting Money and Counting Cramps"
"Comrade farmers have a strong physique, two packs of oryx a day; The workers, peasants and soldiers have heavy responsibilities, and they travel to the cave three times a day. Uncle, take the cigarettes, don't worry...... I'll get you money. ”
Just after the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, the car from the countryside to deliver eggs to the non-staple food company came again. The eldest cousin, Wu Xiaozhu, took a hitchhike early in the morning to deliver three boxes of low-grade cigarettes back, and finalized the orders for the next month with those small shops. Of course, it is better to collect money first and then give cigarettes, as a successful businessman, doing business with other people's money is the king.
The secondary schools have not yet opened, and the factories have not yet opened. As soon as Wu Xiaozhu was sent away, the charter carried a large wooden box and started his career selling cigarettes at the door of the workers' cinema with the largest number of people.
Yellow Osmanthus, Double Happiness, Red Double Happiness, Dazhongjiu, Da Production, Pegasus, Golden Monkey, Daqianmen...... There are cigarettes that can be bought in the sugar, tobacco and liquor company, and there are even two yuan a box, which can be called high-end peony and Chinese.
In those days, not only were there no supermarkets, there were very few shops, and almost all of them were state-run. If you want to buy something, you have to run a long way, you have to queue, and you have to look at the face of the salesperson. In contrast, the smiling and door-to-door service of the charter has incomparable advantages.
No, as soon as I shouted a few times in front of the movie theater, a group of people buying cigarettes and watching the excitement gathered around.
"Yellow osmanthus is a dime, unpacked on the spot, it is never damp, hurry up!"
"Bring me one!"
"I'm three, it's three cents!"
"Don't worry, don't worry, they are all available, for the convenience of the people, I have free matches here...... "Smoking addiction, it's good if you can't see it, you want to smoke it when you see it, a few young men are scrambling to pay for it, and they are so busy that they are in a hurry.
"No matter whether you earn or lose, you will draw red plums! Uncle, you must be a leading cadre, and I wish you a high rise in the New Year. ”
"I'm sorry uncle, peonies don't sell unpacked. Think about it, this cigarette is so expensive, you buy one and unpack it, who will I sell the rest to? ”
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After a while, the six boxes of yellow osmanthus that had just been unpacked were sold out, and the whole box of red plum, oryx, Sanyou Cave and Daqianmen also sold more than a dozen packs. There are too many coins for five cents, one cent, or two cents, and it can really be said that you can count the money until you have cramps!
Ding Aiguo was afraid that he would be bullied, and after learning that he was selling cigarettes here, he and a police officer in the bureau hurried in a jeep. Thinking that the rash past would affect his business, he just watched from a distance across the road, until there was no one outside the movie at the beginning, and then walked over with a smile.
"Tashan does not fall and the clouds do not disperse, and the public security officers draw blue arrows. Uncle Ding, I don't have a blue arrow in this small business, so you will be a good friend first. ”
Looking at the dead face of the charter, Ding Aiguo was amused, and scolded with a smile: "You kid, where did you learn these smooth words." The public security officers also draw blue arrows, a pack of more than ten yuan, can I afford to smoke me? ”
While striking a match for him and the policeman, he smiled and said, "Don't buy what you smoke, don't smoke what you buy." Isn't it just a blue arrow, when I am developed in the future, I will honor you. ”
"San'er is sensible," the policeman took two puffs, and held up his good friend, who is usually barely smoked, to look at it, and then took out five cents and threw it into the wooden box: "This is cigarette money, the first day of business, we can't take advantage of you." ”
The charter was not happy, grabbed the money and stuffed it into his hand, "Uncle, aren't you slapping me in the face, I can't ask for this money." ”
"If you want to accept it, you will take it," Ding Aiguo's face was straight, and he lowered his head and asked: "There is no one before the movie ends, where are you going to sell it next?" ”
"Go to the farmer's market first, then go to the park, and when you finish turning these two places, the next one will start soon, anyway, these three places are the next few days."
This kid is really a bit business-minded, and he goes to places where there are many people. Ding Aiguo nodded slightly, and said with a concerned face: "Be careful, if you meet someone who is not good for you, just turn around and tell me, don't suffer the loss in front of you." And also...... It's the time to grow your body, don't just sell cigarettes and don't even eat. ”
"Got it, uncle, I'm not a child."
The three places were turned down, and there were not many best-selling cigarettes such as yellow osmanthus in the wooden box, and the charter had to go home to replenish the stock. hurriedly picked up a bowl of rice, and then went out to sell it. It wasn't until a movie ended in the afternoon and it was getting dark, so I dragged my tired body home.
The second sister had already cooked the meal, and her mother Wu Xiulan had also gotten off work, but no one could take care of eating. Because there's something more important to do, and that's counting money!
"Ninety-five, ninety-six, ninety-seven...... Mom, I'm ninety-eight, how much are you? ”
Growing so big, Zhang Lin counted so much money for the first time, and he was excited, and after counting it, he went under the table to look for it, for fear that he would accidentally drop the money on the ground.
Wu Xiulan was happy that her son could earn money, but she became frightened when she counted it, and she said uneasily after a while: "My seventy-six yuan and five cents, San'er, if I am not wrong, you earned more than forty yuan this day?" ”
"Fifty-six yuan and three cents to be exact," the charter smiled and said casually, "This is just the beginning, if you count the cigarettes sent back by my cousin, we have already earned one hundred and thirty-six." ”
"Oh my mother, it's all up to my salary for four months!"
It's good to be rich, Zhang Lin exclaimed heartlessly: "More than 100 a day, more than 3,000 a month, Mom, it won't take half a year to say this, our family will become a 10,000 yuan household!" ”
Wu Xiulan didn't see it that way, and after thinking about it, she asked again and again: "San'er, is this considered speculation?" ”
Mother's worries are not unreasonable, I didn't see that the fool who sold melon seeds in the neighboring province was arrested and released because he made some money, and he was released and arrested.
The charter nodded his head and said with a serious face: "If you go around publicly, it will be counted, so let's keep a low profile and make a fortune in a muffled voice, do you know?" In the end, we will not tell whether we can make money or not, and how much money we have made. In these years, we are supporting the bold to death, starving the cowardly, and then washing our hands when we have earned enough. ”
Zhang Lin was afraid that someone would rob her, so she hurriedly stuffed the money into the canvas bag, and muttered while stuffing it back: "Yes, no one will tell you." ”
I can't help it, now that I've tasted the sweetness, is he willing to let him wash his hands and not dry it? Besides, with so much money in front of him, it would be false for Wu Xiulan, who had been poor for half her life, to say that she was not moved, and after weighing it several times, she also nodded and said: "You're right, let's keep a low profile, when others ask, they will say that they make a few dollars a day, get up early and be greedy for darkness, and they can barely make ends meet when their legs are broken." ”
After taking stock of the day's income and was about to eat, Zhang Lin picked up the bowl and asked, "San'er, the eldest cousin is working with you, how much should we give him?" ”
Although she didn't say anything, the reluctant expression betrayed her.
The charter put down the chopsticks and explained: "Second sister, being able to earn more than a hundred today does not mean that you can earn so much every day." Bargaining cigarettes can only be done once a month, after all, the demand is so great that it is easy to be saturated. Of course, we are expanding our sales to a few more stores next month. So he will come back tomorrow and the day after tomorrow to go out with me to sell, and then send back the next month's cigarettes at the end of the month.
As for how to divide it with him, I think so, let's eat and live, first open a salary of 50 yuan a month, give 40 yuan to my uncle, and give him 10 yuan for pocket money, and then rise when the business grows bigger in the future. After all, he just came out of the countryside, he was too simple, he couldn't withstand the temptation of those bad tendencies in society, and having more money in his pocket would be bad. ”
I usually go to work during the day, and when I come back from work, I have to take care of my mother-in-law, and I rarely ask about Zhang Hui, Zhang Lin and the three sisters and brothers, like most people in this era, they are all big and small. Listening to her son's all-round arrangement, Wu Xiulan really realized that he had grown up, and he was so old that he almost didn't know him, and suddenly felt powerless.
Perhaps, perhaps, this home should be handed over to him in the future.
Thinking of this, Wu Xiulan silently went back to the room and took out a wooden box, and carefully placed it in front of the sisters and brothers. On the top is my father's military merit medal, followed by the preferential treatment certificate of the martyrs' families, then my father's photo, and at the bottom are two passbooks of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China.
"San'er, these eight hundred is your father's pension, these three hundred and six are my usual savings, and my mother will hand them all over to you, and our family will rely on you from today on."
The mother cried and laughed, not knowing whether to be sad or happy.
Mother and son are connected, how can the charter not know her thoughts, shook her head and said: "Mom, don't do this, you are the pillar of our family, you can put this passbook away, I can't afford such a big responsibility." ”
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