After listening to the story of Zhou Jianping going south to Guangzhou twice to sell bananas, Zhou Jianliang admired this uncle and brother, "Jianping, you are a hundred times stronger than the second brother, don't look at me walking sideways in the village, compared to you, the second brother is nothing." My world is in the village, and your world is too vast. It's just that I didn't expect you, a guy who usually looks a little dull, really have a bit of a brain in this regard. ”

"Don't say that, now thinking back to the first time I went to Guangzhou, the sin I suffered, the suffering, you can't imagine that the unkempt appearance at that time was not as good as a begging, what is even more palpitating is that the first time I had no experience, more than half of the bananas that came in were rotten when they were transported to Huaxing City, and I lost all my money."

"Uh, you lost money the first time, where did you get the capital the second time?"

"Hey! My dad is still angry with me about this. The first time I lost almost your 200 yuan, I found the trick, learned the experience, wanted to try again, so I borrowed money from my parents, and the 200 or 300 yuan in their hands was said to be for my future family, and my father said that he would not lend me anything, and finally forced me to have a showdown with them, and wrote down the note. ”

"No matter what you say, you still survived, if you were me, I'm afraid the game would have been over a long time ago."

"Although I made some money the second time, I can't pay you back that money for the time being, because I want to do it a little bit bigger and need more capital." Zhou Jianping said.

"Jianping, what are you talking about? I said at the time that the 200 yuan was for you, and you don't have to pay it back. ”

"Second brother, one yard is one yard, I will definitely pay back the money, let's talk about it then, let's not talk about this now, drink, I respect you!"

"Jianping, is there any seasonality in the banana business? Can you do it all year round? Zhou Jianliang asked casually.

"I really haven't thought about this, second brother, you reminded me of this."

"I'll just say it casually, what did I remind you?"

"I've been thinking about a problem these days, but I haven't been able to make up my mind, and your words have made me firm in my thoughts."

"What's the matter?"

"I don't want to sell bananas anymore."

"Why? You've figured it out, how good it would be to keep doing it! ”

"Second brother, you don't realize that the risk of trafficking bananas is too great! Not to mention the purchase price and the sales price of Huaxing, the ripeness of the bananas at the time of purchase and the various human and natural factors involved in the transportation process, as well as the seasonality you mentioned, if there is a problem in one of these links, you will lose money. ”

"But if you don't do this, do you have anything else to do?"

"Now that the policy has been relaxed, as long as you are willing to use your brains, there are many things that can be done, but if you want me to give you the answer, I can only say that I haven't thought about it yet."

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After drinking with Zhou Jianliang on the street, Zhou Jianping returned home at more than eight o'clock in the evening, his parents had fallen asleep after a day's work, and his brothers and sisters were still doing their homework.

Lying on the bed, Zhou Jianping thought about what he said when he drank at night, the second brother Zhou Jianliang was right, if you don't sell bananas in the future, what can you do? It's easy to say, the policy has been relaxed, and there are many things that can be done, but what kind of thing is suitable for him to do, and he can make money if he does it, Zhou Jianping has no goal for a while.

In a daze, just as Zhou Jianping was about to fall asleep, he suddenly remembered the friend who resold second-hand clothes he met on the train when he went to Guangzhou for the second time, yes, he should take the time to talk to him.

The next morning, Zhou Jianping told his parents that he was going out for a day or two and would not return home in the evening. Zhou Xuecheng and Chen Xiuhua didn't expect their eldest son Zhou Jianping to help them work in the fields, they had long been accustomed to Zhou Jianping's comings and goings.

Zhou Jianping first went to the long-distance bus station in Huaxing City, he got on the car to Linshi, and after getting off the bus, he found the home of the friend surnamed Zhang according to the address left that time. It's a coincidence, a friend surnamed Zhang just came back from Guangzhou two days ago, and he had to stay with Zhou Jianping for dinner in the evening, and Zhou Jianping didn't refuse, he wanted to use this opportunity to ask the other party for advice.

After explaining his intentions, the other party asked: "The banana business is doing well, why don't you want to do it?" ”

"The banana business is too risky, and if you don't think about any link, you will lose all your money."

"What do you mean----?"

"I'd like to ask you about some knowledge or experience with second-hand clothing."

Seeing that the other party was a little hesitant, Zhou Jianping simply said: "Boss Zhang, don't worry, even if I make second-hand clothing, it will not affect your business, because we live in different cities, and this is your market, I will definitely not, and I have no ability to rob your business." Huaxing City, at least you haven't set foot in it yet, and if I do it with us, it won't pose a threat to you. ”

Hearing Zhou Jianping say this, Lao Zhang was embarrassed, "Brother Zhou, I didn't mean that." ”

"In that case, let's ask Brother Zhang to teach you a lesson or two."

Through the last contact on the train, Lao Zhang thinks that Zhou Jianping is a real person, and in the face of a real person's request, he is really not easy to refuse, "Actually, just sit here and tell you, I say that half a day may not play much role in you." If you come with me to Guangzhou next time, I can introduce you to the second-hand clothing market in Guangzhou, and even introduce you to a few friends. ”

"Thank you, Brother Zhang, that's great!" Zhou Jianping didn't expect Lao Zhang to be so happy.

"Last time on the train, you gave me your seat, and I should say thank you."

"What's the point of worrying about trivial things? I had forgotten about it. Brother Zhang, I still want to ask for one more thing, how to determine the price of second-hand clothing after it arrives at us? ”

"If the style and the degree of new and old are average, the price will be increased by 50%, and the style will be trendy and relatively new, and the price will be doubled."

The two drank some wine and talked until nine o'clock in the evening, and then determined the time for the next trip to Guangzhou, and Zhou Jianping went back to the hotel to sleep.

After staying at home for more than ten days, I bought a train ticket in advance, and before leaving, Zhou Jianping thought in his heart, whether to say goodbye to Chang Yuling, after all, he had already established a relationship with her, and it would take more than half a month to go back and forth, if he didn't say goodbye, wouldn't it be a little rude?

Zhou Jianping made up his mind that he wanted to say goodbye to Chang Yuling. The next day was a sunny day, starting from home at eight o'clock in the morning, walking for more than an hour, to the entrance of Chang Yuling's house, he stopped to ask a villager working in the field about Chang Yuling's address, the other party did not talk to him directly, but turned his head and shouted not far away, "Yuling, someone is looking for you!" ”

Following the shouting, Zhou Jianping saw Chang Yuling and her mother working in their own contracted field, at this time, Yuling and her mother Lin Guizhen heard the shouting first, and looked up at the side of the road, "Yuling, isn't that Zhou Jianping?" How did he get here? You hurry over. ”

Chang Yuling put down the work in her hand and walked quickly to the side of the road, "Why are you here?" I didn't tell you beforehand. ”

"Didn't I tell you I was coming?" Zhou Jianping knew that Yuling hadn't let the outside world know about her boyfriend, and her sudden attack caught her off guard.

"Let's go, go home."

followed Chang Yuling to her house and found that this was a courtyard surrounded by five main houses and two side houses, as well as two walls more than one person high, which looked more magnificent than most of the houses in the village, and was a grade higher than Zhou Jianping's parents' house.

"Your house is good." Entering the courtyard, Zhou Jianping pretended to be careless.

"Generally, I guess it's not as good as your house." Chang Yuling has never been to Zhou's house, she just wants to compliment the other party.

"Do you go down to the fields every day to help your parents?"

"Look at what you said, I'm just a farmer, what can I do if I don't work in the fields? Working in the fields is not helping my parents, that's what I'm supposed to do. Besides, our family's farm work depends on me and my mother, and if I don't do it, my mother will be exhausted to death. ”

Chang Yuling moved two wooden benches to the courtyard, he asked Zhou Jianping to sit down and talk, and he also sat down opposite.

"I don't understand, why does your family's farm work only depend on you, your aunt, and your father?"

"My father----? Hey, didn't the introducer tell you, did he? Our family is a mixed family of workers and peasants, and my father works in a unit hundreds of kilometers away from home. ”

"Oh, no wonder!" Zhou Jianping thought to himself, this family is low-key enough, and they don't even take the initiative to disclose such important information, it turns out that her father is a state cadre and has a fixed income of dozens of yuan every month, no wonder the family's house is built so well.

"Looks like you don't do much farm work at home?" Chang Yuling asked.

"I also do it, but I always run out, and I go back to the village for two or three years, and I don't have much time to work in the fields."

"It seems that you really don't feel at ease farming!"

Through the second contact, Chang Yuling knew Zhou Jianping's thoughts, although she did not fully agree with his views, but she believed that Zhou Jianping was different from ordinary rural youth, he was an ideal person.

"To tell you the truth, I think it is impossible for every family to guard the land of less than one acre per capita, and to get rich by growing grain."

"That's how our ancestors have been here for generations, what do you want them to do?"

"Now that the policy allows, it is time to change the concept, either to abandon the land, or to abandon the concept of simply growing food."

"It seems that you have put aside the land with practical actions?" Chang Yuling said with a smile.

"So to speak. By the way, I'm here to bid you farewell today. ”

"Going out again?"

"Yes, I'll leave in two days."

"How many days will it take?"

"I guess it's more than half a month."

Time flies so fast, Zhou Jianping looked up at the sky, the sun was almost overhead, it should have passed eleven o'clock, "That's it, I should go." ”

"What's the hurry, my mother said to let you have lunch at my house, and she will go home and cook in a while." Yuling said.

"Thank you Auntie for me, I still have something to do, and I have to make some preparations before I go out." Zhou Jianping insisted on refusing to stay, how could he stay for dinner when he went to the woman's house for the first time, it would be too much to treat himself as an outsider.

Zhou Jianping stood up and was about to walk out the door, "You wait a minute," as she said, Chang Yuling ran into the house, and returned to Zhou Jianping a few minutes later, "You don't have a watch yet, do you?" It's inconvenient to go out without a time, this is an old watch that my dad wore, but it's very accurate, you take it out and wear it, so you can see the time. ”

"I can't ask for this ----,, we haven't known each other for a long time, how can I ask for your things?" Zhou Jianping blushed, a little embarrassed, in fact, he really wanted to have a watch, and it was really inconvenient to go out without time.

"I didn't give it to you, and I didn't give it away! Let you wear it, just for convenience, and when you earn money to buy a new watch, you will return it to me. "Chang Yuling's personality looks straightforward and down-to-earth.

"I'm ----, well, thank you for being so thoughtful." Zhou Jianping took the watch, turned around and went out again.