Back at the hotel, Zhou Jianping took out the remaining two men's windbreakers and compared them to himself, well, it is indeed a little small. Zhou Jianping's figure is at most average among northern men, and he is too small to wear, and it is reasonable that he is not easy to sell.

He shook his head and smiled bitterly, when he bought the goods, he only cared about choosing the style of fabric, but ignored the size and size, which was also the result of inexperience. Zhou Jianping decided to put it out tomorrow to take a look, it sold the best, and no one wanted it, so it would rot in his hands, and it would be a big deal to take it home and let his brother wear it.

At about eight o'clock in the morning of the next day, Zhou Jianping came to the intersection of the stall again, and hung a simple sign made of cardboard shell on the branch next to him, with the words "fashionable windbreaker, sold at a reduced price".

More than two hours in the morning have passed, and there are few customers who came forward to inquire about the price, which made Zhou Jianping's confidence almost lost.

Just as he was about to temporarily close the stall and prepare for lunch, a person in his early thirties, who was not tall but very energetic, stopped in front of Zhou Jianping's stall by the side of the road, "How much is a windbreaker?" ”

"Eight pieces, you take it and take a look, the style is trendy and the texture is very good." Zhou Jianping replied enthusiastically.

"Didn't you sell it at a lower price?" The visitor unfolded the trench coat and touched the fabric while arguing about the price.

"Eight yuan is already the price after the price is cut."

"How much are you going to sell without cutting the price?"

"Ten pieces."

"Seven dollars, sell it or not? If I want to sell it, I'll buy one. ”

"That's ----, seven dollars is too little!"

The person who came put down the trench coat and was about to leave, "Okay, it's just seven yuan, and I'll sell you one." Zhou Jianping thought to himself, it is much better to earn a dollar less than to rot in your hands.

There is only a windbreaker left, so there is no need to worry, Zhou Jianping finished lunch slowly, and then returned to the side of the road, he took out a newspaper he had just bought, read it from beginning to end, and then looked at the watch on his wrist, the time was only three o'clock in the afternoon, and the sun above his head was lazily moving his bulky body to the west.

Zhou Jianping felt that time passed too slowly, and he had no choice but to read the newspaper in his hand again from the beginning to pass the time. He finally stayed up until five o'clock in the afternoon, and he was ready to finish work early, so that he could go back to the hotel to collect the accounts of this trip to Guangzhou, and as for the remaining windbreaker, he would take it back to his hometown to wear for his brother according to the original plan.

He stood up and turned around to pack his things, and within two minutes, he heard a question from the back of his head, "How much is a trench coat?" ”

Zhou Jianping turned around, "Windbreaker? Oh, eight bucks a piece. He looked at the other man, a young man with a figure fit to wear this trench coat.

"Isn't there only one left here?"

"yes, there's only one left."

"Cheaper. Hmm----, don't you write that it's being sold at a reduced price? The other party looked up and saw a cardboard shell sign hanging from the branch.

"Oh, eight dollars is already the price after the price is cut."

"Don't be funny! The original price of this trench coat was worth up to eight dollars. Now there is only one left, and there is no room to choose, and this dress may have been touched by many hands. ”

"What's wrong with touching it?"

"The more I handle it, the dirtier it gets, and I have to wash it several times when I take it home before I can wear it."

"Ouch, you think carefully enough, so how much do you give?"

"Five bucks."

"Five dollars is too little! The purchase price of this dress is five yuan and five, so I'd better keep it for myself. Zhou Jianping pretended to put it in his bag.

"Then I'll give you six dollars, do you sell it?"

"It took so much effort that you only gave six yuan, but for the sake of your auspicious amount, it's only six yuan, you can take it!"

The other party took out six yuan and handed it to Zhou Jianping, took the clothes and turned around and left.

Amitabha! Finally not rotten in his hands, Zhou Jianping breathed a sigh of relief.

All the clothes were sold, Zhou Jianping was in a very relaxed mood today, back to the hotel, he washed up first, then went to the restaurant for dinner, casually put the tent together, and went to bed early.

The next day, I slept lazily, I got up at more than eight o'clock in the morning, and after breakfast, Zhou Jianping came to the train station, he wanted to see which day he could buy a ticket to Guangzhou. If he doesn't have a ticket for the next few days, he plans to go back to his hometown, meet his parents, and then go to see Chang Yuling; If you can buy a ticket for the past two days, then go to Guangzhou to buy goods first, and don't go back to your hometown for the time being.

After queuing for more than two hours, he finally moved to the ticket window, Zhou Jianping wanted to buy a ticket to Guangzhou recently, and the conductor told him that the tickets for the day and the next day were gone, and the nearest ticket was for the morning after tomorrow.

Zhou Jianping bought a ticket to Guangzhou on the morning of the third day, and used the middle day and a half to summarize the lessons learned from the last purchase in the hotel. In his opinion, men's clothing is not easy to sell, and next time not only to reduce the amount of purchases, but even if a small amount of men's clothing is purchased, it is necessary to choose a large one. Overall, women's clothing is easier to sell, and you can buy more next time, while focusing on the public grade, slightly high-end women's clothing also has a certain market demand, and the profit is higher.

Within a year, Zhou Jianping went to Guangzhou ten times, and the second-hand clothing business was thriving by him, and he did it for two years in a row, with more than 4,000 yuan in savings.

Summer is the off-season for the second-hand clothing business, and when Zhou Jianping returns home, he has not helped his parents work in the fields for a long time, and even if he is at home, his parents do not count on him.

One hot morning, Zhou Jianping found his uncle and second brother Zhou Jianliang, and he wanted to invite the second brother to drink on the street of Dongshan Township. "Jianping, it's hard to see you in the past two years!"

"I blame me for coming back less."

"Will you stay a little longer this time?"

"By summing up the experience of the past two years, my business was in the off-season in the summer, so I decided to stay at home for a month during July and August this year."

"Okay, we haven't sat down together for more than a year, so we have to talk about it this time."

"I'm just looking for you to chat, let's go, let's go to the township and find a place to sit down and talk slowly."

The two brothers walked out from Zhou Jianliang's house, there were many villagers working in the fields on both sides of the road, and those who knew them were pointing behind their backs, Zhou Jianliang had long been accustomed to this, he was originally a swinger who did not do his job, and he had the right to turn a deaf ear to what people were talking about behind his back. "Jianping, you see everyone is working in the fields, just the two of us are walking down the street, do you guess what they will say?"

"Wandering around, not doing business."

"I've been famous for a long time, but I didn't expect you to have such a good reputation now."

"Hey, the mouth belongs to someone else, we can't control what they want to say."

When they came to the township, they found a restaurant, this time Zhou Jianliang must be the east, of course Jianping won't let him, "Second brother, you have to fight with me, let's not eat this meal." ”

"Jianping, do you think the second brother has no money?"

"What's that? If you say that anyone has no money, you can't say that the second brother has no money. We've only been together once in a long time, isn't it logical for me to invite my second brother to a meal? ”

"Well, let's not argue about it, let people see the joke."

After ordering the wine and food, Zhou Jianping returned to the table and sat down: "Second brother, brother thank you for your help, but we keep our promise, you must accept this money." As he spoke, Zhou Jianping took out three hundred yuan and stuffed it into Zhou Jianliang's pocket.

"Jianping, what are you doing here? said that he came here to drink and chat, why did he suddenly mention the matter of money? Zhou Jianliang took out the money.

"Second brother, when I wanted to do things and was penniless, it was you who helped me, and Jianping was grateful."

"It's been more than two years, I forgot about it, you still remember it so clearly, I'm obedient to you. Besides, when you said that the money was for you, and you didn't want to pay it back, why did you mention it again? "Zhou Jianliang is telling the truth.

"When I was whimsical, the whole village, including my parents, only you could understand me, support me, and help me financially, which has made me unforgettable, if you borrow money and don't pay it back, outsiders will know, and let your brother have a face?"

"Why are you so up-and-coming, alarmist? Isn't it just two hundred dollars? ”

"It's easy to say, a penny is hard to beat a hero! Besides, when you gave me the 200 yuan, I know you did a lot of trouble. ”

"It's true, you know that my dad is a person who can hold money out of the water, I took out the hundred yuan from the old man's hand, it really took a lot of effort, and even the means of deception were used, and it was not easy to borrow money from friends, I found seven people to get together for a hundred yuan, these boys thought I borrowed money to eat, drink and have fun, and they didn't want to borrow at first, and then I was anxious with them, so I said that I made up a hundred yuan. That's what you said, but your second brother is a thick-skinned person, and the matter has long passed, why are you mentioning this? ”

"The wine and food are all up, you quickly put away the money, let's concentrate on drinking." Zhou Jianping stuffed the money into the second brother's pocket again.

"You have to be polite to me, now you have money, don't you?"

"It's another thing to have money or not, it's natural to borrow money to repay money, if you don't want others to scold me behind my back, just put the money away quickly."

"Now I figured out that every time we had a fight, you would win in the end. Well, I can't compete with you, I'll take the money. ”

Zhou Jianliang took out the money from his pocket, he wanted to put the money away, but it didn't feel right in his hand, "You gave too much, right?" He counted them one by one, "Isn't it two hundred dollars?" How can you give me three hundred? ”

"Second brother, I heard from my parents that you are going to get married and start a family, and this extra 100 yuan is a gift money from my brother."

"Hey! You know it all? What kind of gift, when the time comes, you can just go and drink the wedding wine. ”

"Joy wine should be drunk, and gifts should be given. We haven't seen each other often in the past two years, and I didn't expect you to start a family. Zhou Jianping said.

"Originally, I didn't want to get married so early, I haven't had enough fun, my parents saw that I wasn't doing my job, and wanted to find someone to take care of me, so I begged someone to introduce me to someone, and after looking at four or five, I thought this was okay, so I decided to deal with it, we got along for more than a year, and both parents urged me to get married, so let's get married."

"Actually, it's not bad for someone to take care of it, and besides, it's time for us to get married and start a family at our age. Come, toast to the second brother's upcoming wedding! ”

The brothers mainly chatted and drank until more than seven o'clock in the evening, although it lasted for a long time, but they did not drink much.

It was already more than nine o'clock in the evening when they returned home, Zhou Xuecheng and Chen Xiuhua were still in the courtyard to enjoy the shade, and Zhou Jianping went into the house to rest after greeting his parents.

Lying on the bed, thinking that Zhou Jianliang, a second-rate son, was about to get married and start a family, Zhou Jianping felt that he was running around outside all day long, did he snub Chang Yuling too much?