At six o'clock the next morning, Zhou Xuecheng and his wife, who had already gotten up, looked at their sleeping son, "From last night to now, he has slept for more than ten hours, and you said how tired he is outside this month!" Chen Xiuhua felt very sorry for her son.

"Let him sleep, don't wake him up." Zhou Xuecheng admonished.

After more than an hour, Zhou Jianping finally opened his eyes, "What time is it?" ”

Zhou Xuecheng and his family were about to work in the field, "Yo, Jianping is awake?" Chen Xiuhua said.

"Mom, what time is it?"

"It's almost eight o'clock. I didn't eat last night, and I'm already hungry, right? I'm going to give you a hot meal. ”

After washing, Zhou Jianping sat at the table to eat, and his parents also sat down next to him. "Jianping, where have you been all this time?" Father Zhou Xuecheng asked.

Zhou Jianping only cared about eating and did not answer.

"Jianping, can you tell us, what are you doing outside?"

"Do business." Zhou Jianping only replied with three words.

"Doing business? Where did you get the money? What kind of business do you do? Earned or lost? ”

Faced with a series of questions from his parents, Zhou Jianping's answer was still concise, "It's a loss." ”

When his parents asked him again, Zhou Jianping was silent and did not answer.

Since they couldn't ask why, Zhou Xuecheng and his wife stopped asking, "You rest at home, let's work in the field." ”

From the next day, Zhou Jianping neither worked in the field, nor communicated with his parents, he ran to Huaxing City when he had nothing to do, and he wandered around all day long, and his parents couldn't do anything about him, thinking that he had learned badly from Zhou Jianliang's second-rate son.

One night more than a month later, Zhou Jianping sat down with the whole family for dinner very rarely, and several brothers and sisters got off the table after eating, only he and his parents were still on the table. "Mom and Dad, do you have any money?" Zhou Jianping suddenly came up with such a sentence.

The parents were stunned at first, "Money? What money? ”

"RMB, money that can be spent."

"We know you're talking about RMB, why are you asking this?" Zhou Xuecheng was dissatisfied with his son's way of speaking.

"If you have any money, lend me two hundred dollars."

"What? Lend you $200? ......" Zhou Xuecheng blushed, he had been holding his breath in his heart during this time, now the land of the production team has been distributed to every household, you don't work in the field, wander around all day long, I wanted to take this opportunity to teach my son a good lesson, but was stopped by Chen Xiuhua.

Chen Xiuhua made a gesture to Zhou Xuecheng to speak, she turned to look at her son, "Jianping, what are you borrowing money for?" ”

"Do business."

"Still in business? You are lucky that I didn't compensate you last time. Zhou Xuecheng said mockingly.

Zhou Jianping lowered his head and stopped talking.

Looking at his depressed son, Chen Xiuhua said: "Jianping, we only have two laborers in our family, me and your father, who rely on earning work and sharing food, and basically have no economic income in the production team every year, so it would be good if we didn't overspend." You ask us if we have any money in our hands, and if you want to say that there is not a penny, you don't believe it, over the years, the family has saved a little money by raising poultry and livestock, but this money is for you to get married and start a family in the future, you are not small, how dare you move this money casually! ”

"Uh,......, forget it, don't talk about it." Zhou Xuecheng wanted to speak and stopped.

"Say whatever you want, why are you so spitting?" Chen Xiuhua looked at Zhou Xuecheng.

"You just mentioned Jianping getting married, or I forgot about it."

"What's the matter?"

"A few days ago, I met an acquaintance at the set, she is a distant relative of my mother's family, I am the same generation as her, and I don't know where to start, she calls me the third brother."

"Don't be so verbose, just say, what's the matter?" It seems that Chen Xiuhua is an acute child.

"She asked if our eldest son had a partner."

"What do you mean? Could it be that this relative of yours wants to introduce someone to us Jianping? ”

"That's what it means."

"Such an important matter, after these days to say it, you, the father, don't take your son's lifelong affairs seriously!" Chen Xiuhua blamed.

"I don't think Jianping is accurate, I forgot about it as soon as there were many things, what you just said made me remember, and people are still waiting for us to reply."

"What, this is what you want to meet?"

"Look at what that means, if we agree, the introducer wants to meet both parties now."

"Then you hurry up and tell that relative tomorrow, and we will agree to meet. Jianping is already in his early twenties, and it is time to deal with the object, and it is just right to get married in a year or two. ”

Listening to the conversation between his parents, Zhou Jianping didn't say a word, and when they finished speaking, Zhou Jianping threw out a sentence: "If you want to meet, you will meet, I won't go." ”

"What is this called? If you don't go to meet someone, what are we doing? Zhou Xuecheng was very disgusted by his son's words.

"My request, you agreed, it's easy to say anything, and in the future to get married and start a family, I definitely don't want a penny from my parents, if you don't worry, I can give you a written note. If you don't agree, I'll be a single for the rest of my life. ”

Zhou Xuecheng slapped the table, "How can this be reasonable!" Is there anyone who threatens his parents with this? It's a shame that you've been studying for so many years! ”

"It's not a threat, it's me begging you, I didn't ask you for this money, but I borrowed it from you."

Zhou Xuecheng obviously didn't want to listen to his son's explanation, so he stood up and walked away.

For a few days, Zhou Xuecheng's father and son ignored each other, Chen Xiuhua felt that this was not the way, she asked Zhou Xuecheng: "Have you talked back to your relatives?" ”

"What's going on? Your son doesn't want to meet people, and he wants to beat up a bachelor. Zhou Xuecheng said angrily.

"Shall we promise him?"

"There are a total of about 300 yuan in the family, and I promised to give him 200, and there are only 100 yuan left, and it will cost him to get married in the future, where can we find it?"

"I think it's okay, Jianping is already an adult, he is not Jianliang's kind of idle person, and he has read books for so many years, he should know what he has done." Chen Xiuhua said calmly.

"What do you mean, is it reasonable for him to ask us for money?"

"It's not to be, it's to borrow."

"It's all the same! If you don't pay it back, what can you do with him? ”

"Isn't this money also for his future marriage?"

"The problem is that he took the money, and when it comes to spending it in the future, there will be no money, what are we going to do?" The more Zhou Xuecheng spoke, the more excited he became.

"I'm talking to you about a solution to the problem, what are you excited about? Jianping has already said that if the money is not returned, if the family does not ask you for a penny in the future, and will give you a note, what do you want him to do? As a mother, Chen Xiuhua couldn't bear to look at her son's anxious look.

Seeing that Chen Xiuhua and his son had one heart, Zhou Xuecheng stopped talking angrily, and after a while, he threw down a sentence, "I don't care, you can do what you like." "Just go out.

Chen Xiuhua stopped him, "Don't care, tell your relative quickly, let them arrange a time, and meet on a blind date at a later date." ”

Zhou Jianping kept his promise to his parents, and a few days later, accompanied by his mother Chen Xiuhua, he met the girl named Chang Yuling at the introducer's house. Chang Yuling did not graduate from junior high school, and she was dressed very casually that day, dressed plainly, with an average complexion, two braids more than a foot long dragged behind her head, and the overall feeling of her appearance could only be said to be eye-catching. The two relatives were a little shy, and there was basically no communication in language, and after staying for less than 20 minutes, the introducer felt that the scene was deserted, so he suggested that they go back and think about it before making a decision.

On the way home, Chen Xiuhua asked how she felt about Chang Yuling, "What can you feel like with just ten minutes of contact!" Zhou Jianping said.

"Also, the contact time is too short, maybe the introducer doesn't talk much when he sees the two of you, and he is afraid that the scene will be embarrassing. Why don't you take the initiative to talk to her? ”

"Mom, what do you have to say? I don't know each other with her, and as soon as we met, I talked endlessly, don't you know me like a good person? ”

"It makes sense, and if you have something to say, you can say it slowly later. Jianping, what is your overall impression of this Chang Yuling? ”

"You mean looks, right? In general, there is nothing impressive, but I can't fault it much. ”

"This girl is very simple, she looks like a person who lives a life, and she looks good, I guess it's reasonable to dress up. From the bottom of your heart, would you like to get along with her? In a few days, the introducer will definitely ask. ”

"Look at what the other person means, if she wants to deal with it, then just watch it."

After two days, with the 200 yuan he borrowed from his parents, he couldn't see Zhou Jianping's shadow at home again. "This kid, I don't know where to toss again." Zhou Xuecheng scolded to himself.

Zhou Jianping is different from the general small traders, although the college entrance examination failed, but he has the "new three" knowledge and better ability to adapt to the adjustment, but also good at summing up lessons and lessons, through the research of the Huaxing fruit market some time ago, he learned from the connoisseurs that long-distance trafficking of fruits depends on the season, and the second depends on the maturity of bananas.

After making up his mind, he was ready to go south to Guangzhou again, because he was too anxious last time, there was no seat, and Jianping suffered all the way last week, this time he was a little calmer, and queued for more than ten hours at the ticket office of the railway station in advance, and finally bought a ticket with a seat, and brought some food to eat on the train before getting on the train.

After getting on the train from Huaxing Station, Zhou Jianping found his seat, and fell asleep in a daze after a while, I don't know how long it took, with a bang of brakes, Zhou Jianping woke up from his sleep, he rubbed his eyes, and saw the passenger standing next to him with a watch on his wrist, "What time is it?" Zhou Jianping asked the passenger.

"It's a few minutes away, it's four o'clock in the afternoon."

Zhou Jianping stretched out his arms and straightened his waist, "Where did you get into the car?" ”

The station where the passenger got on the train was the next stop in Huaxing. "Although it's not a city, we're fellow villagers when we leave the province, have you been standing?" Zhou Jianping asked.

"I was in a hurry, and I didn't buy a seat."

"Hey, just like last time, I didn't have a seat last time, and this trip can break me. So you've been standing for five or six hours, come on, sit for a while. With that, Zhou Jianping stood up and vacated his seat.

"Sit down, I'm fine."

"Out of the province, we are fellow countrymen, what are you polite? You're also going to Guangzhou, right? There are still more than 40 hours to go to Guangzhou, and we have to stand with our legs bent all the time, and we change seats, in fact, it is not comfortable to sit all the time. ”

"Thank you!"

The two changed positions, "What are you doing in Guangzhou?" Zhou Jianping asked.

"In the second-hand clothing business, I'll buy it."

"Second-hand clothing? Is there a market on our side? ”

"I've been doing this for more than two years."

"Oh,----"

......

After leaving Guangzhou Station, the two left each other's names and contact addresses, and then went their separate ways.

Zhou Jianping found the fruit company again, and after meeting, the person in charge of his service said: "Boss Zhou, you're back again, welcome to our company to buy." ”

"What kind of boss, I lost all my money last time."

"How? Our bananas should be selling well in your north. ”

"Sales are no problem, the key is that it is more than half rotten!"

"Ouch! Blame you for being inexperienced, and blame us for seeing you as a very good person, only caring about getting you the best when loading, but ignoring the actual situation of long-distance transportation. Boss Zhou, I'm really sorry. ”