Before I went to bed, I warmed up a little water in her kettle, took a simple hot shower, changed into clean clothes, and lay comfortably on the sofa with a soft and warm blanket on my body, feeling very happy.

I looked out at the dark blue sky and the big moon through the large glass window, thinking to myself that this is the night scene that city people see every night, there is no cooking smoke, no animal sounds, and it is very quiet.

I have a kind of expectation for the future, I want to work hard and make a lot of money. The more than 200 yuan I have now is my first pot of gold, and my first goal is to buy a house.

In the future, I must let everyone in my family live a good life and no longer let my eldest brother work so hard.

I've been out for so long, and I don't know if Mom is looking for me? Or have you given up on me and left me alone? I fell asleep just thinking about it......

The next day, when I got up, the sun was already high, the whole room was full of sunlight, and when I looked up and saw the clock on the wall, it was already past nine o'clock.

I've never woken up so late and jumped off the couch in a panic. Hurry up to find Sister-in-law Bai, who is sitting on the edge of her bed, settling accounts with a pen.

When he saw me get up, he smiled and said, "Up? You go to dinner, I bought fried dough sticks. ”

I was embarrassed to say, "I'm really sorry, I'm up late." ”

"What's this? You're going to die of exhaustion after a few days of work, and you should take a break. Go out with me in a moment. I've already agreed with the person renting over there, let's go see that place together, and if it's suitable, we'll rent it directly."

I said yes and went to wash up. I casually saw a mirror on the wall.

Looking at myself in the mirror, I have become dark and thin, and the flesh on my face is sunken, but my eyes are very bright. I smiled at myself and encouraged myself to do the best work!

After a casual meal, my sister-in-law and I went to the street in front of the hospital.

There are a lot of small vendors here, selling everything, all kinds of snacks, clothes, and of course, the most important thing is to sell fruits, all kinds of brightly colored, good-looking big fruits are placed in the most visible place. Because most of them are bought when visiting patients, they must be good-looking, and delicious and unpalatable are secondary.

The proprietor of each shop held a fly bolt in his hand and waved it constantly to drive away flies and small insects, and he shouted loudly in his mouth.

Sister-in-law Bai asked, "What do you think?" Will it make a fortune? ”

"Well, I will definitely not lose money, but I don't know if I can make a fortune."

Sister-in-law Bai smiled: "The two of us are really different, you are really conservative." ”

I smiled embarrassedly, and then went to look at the house opposite the hospital, where there was a newly built five-story small western-style building, although the appearance was very average, but the area seemed to be not small.

I said in my heart, these people who live here don't know that in a few years, this place will be demolished, and the people who own the houses here will become rich.

Sister-in-law Bai asked me curiously: "You don't look at the fruit stall, what are you doing in this house?" ”

I smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, you said you want to buy a house here." Don't know how much it costs? ”

Sister-in-law Bai said: "This is precious, no matter what, it will cost about 20,000 yuan." Now they are all welfare houses, some people are secretly sold, and the houses are not sold much, but the houses on the back two streets can be cheaper, the area here is large, and almost all of them are well decorated, so it is a bit expensive. ”

I thought about the money in my hand, and just smiled bitterly, even if I knew what business would make a profit or lose money, I wouldn't be able to come up with the capital.

"Let's go! Go talk to the boss over there. "Sister-in-law Bai patted me on the shoulder.

She had been here several times beforehand, and as soon as we entered, the 60-year-old owner greeted us warmly.

He smiled and said, "I knew you would come!" What's going on, it's decided, right? ”

Sister-in-law Bai said: "I'll take someone to take a look, okay, I'll sign it directly." ”

I looked at the house, the area was only about ten square meters, and there were some useless daily necessities left in it, which looked messy.

He asked for a very expensive price, asking for a rent of 500 yuan a year, not a cent, and he didn't sell it when he died, he just rented it.

Sister-in-law Bai asked me how I was, and I nodded and said, "The location is very good." And the glass windows are also large, quite open! ”

The boss smiled, "This is a good place, no matter how much money you make." I'm because my son is going to work in other places, and we can only follow along, otherwise we won't be able to cash it out! ”

Sister-in-law Bai directly gave him a deposit of 200 yuan and told me that I was ready and that it would be officially open in three or five days.

She told me that whether it was to sell fruits or vegetables, I was left to choose how to sell them, and she said she could trust me.

"I know everything, by the way, sister-in-law, if it's a mushroom or fruit from my house, can I sell it on my behalf?"

"Of course! Don't ask me. But one thing is very important, you have to take care of the accounts for me, if something goes wrong, you can't be clear about the money. ”

I smiled and nodded, "Absolutely." ”

The white sister-in-law asked for the key to this place and gave the boss an hour or two to take his things away.

She told me to go out first; "I'm going to meet a friend in a while, and we'll meet here in a while, clean up the place, and do business here as soon as possible."

I promised to part ways with her and wandered around the surrounding markets by myself.

In the past, when I came here, I was in a hurry, because I had to go home quickly after selling vegetables, and I was not in the mood to go shopping, but today is different, I have time and money, so I am very leisurely.

I first went to the supply and marketing cooperative, and bought a lot of candles, matches, soap, toothpaste, and some basic daily necessities.

These are all things that my mother is not willing to buy at all, and now I will help her buy them and keep them for her to use. I also bought myself an aluminum lunch box, after all, if I want to do business here in the future, I can't eat cold all the time.

There are many shops selling clothes in the neighborhood, so I chose a set of sportswear for my eldest brother and a headscarf and a few pairs of socks for my mother.

In addition, I also bought a pair of liberation shoes for my second brother and sister-in-law, which are things that my mother is usually reluctant to buy. Although I resented them in my heart, after all, it was a family, and I still had to give what I should give.

Suddenly thought of my mother's clothes when I participated in Liu Cui's wedding, I was sad, the second brother was dressed well, and I never thought about her. So he pulled another fuchsia cloth for his mother, and prepared to make her a dress.

These cost me more than 30 yuan in total, and I put these things in a cloth bag and left the supply and marketing cooperative.

Walking through a ready-to-wear store, I inadvertently saw a black and white plaid long waist coat from the window, and my heart moved, this dress is elegant and delicate, if Sister Cailian wears it, it will look good!

When I was homeless, she took me in, and gave me the dress and shoes, and I should repay her well.

I went in and took a closer look at the quality of the clothes, they were light and soft, and they were indeed very good, so I asked the waiter how much it was.

"Fifty bucks." The waiter looked at me for a while before saying the price.

I also hesitated, I didn't expect it to be so expensive!

I still have two hundred on me, which is nearly a quarter less at once, but I think she is good to me, so I am still ready to buy it. If you don't buy it now, it is estimated that you will be even more reluctant in the future.

As soon as I took out the money to give it to the waiter, a girl strode up to me.

She touched the sleeve of the dress, looked it up and down, and said; "Waiter, take this dress down for me, I bought it."

I glanced at her, about twenty-three or four-year-old age, delicate facial features, wearing a long water-red dress, carrying a small black leather bag behind her, shawl and long hair, this is a rare fashionable dress in the city, it should be a girl from a more prosperous place in the capital.

The waiter smiled at her in embarrassment: "I'm sorry, she bought this dress first, why don't you take a look at something else?" ”

The girl gave me a contemptuous look: "Can a countryman afford such a dress?" Hurry up and wrap it up for me. ”

I felt very uncomfortable in my heart, and said to her calmly; "Are the countrymen going to go out on the streets naked?" I put fifty dollars into the waiter's hand, and then took the clothes straight over to leave.

The girl seemed to be very angry and grabbed my arm hard: "I took a fancy to this dress first, you should return it to me quickly!" ”

There was a sharp pain in my arm, and my heart was even more irritable, so I pushed her away hard: "Are you unreasonable?" I bought it first, and you're still beating people here? ”

The girl staggered back a few steps, pointed at me and shouted, "Dead hillbilly, a person like you won't look good even if you wear such clothes, everything will be ruined for you!" ”

I sneered and said, "I bought the clothes back, can you take care of what I want?" Even if I cut it up as an insoles, it has nothing to do with you! You keep saying that you are a hillbilly, but you are here to sprinkle and shout, like a shrew, is this a noble city person? ”

"You... You—" Her face flushed and she couldn't speak at me.

I continued to laugh and said: "This dress doesn't say that hillbillies can't buy it, and I can buy it naturally if I have money, so if you are not convinced, you will sue me and shoot me." Let me tell you, people in the countryside are not all poor ghosts nowadays, and what you can afford in the city, people in our village may not be able to afford it, so don't think that you can be superior to others. ”

After saying this, I heard a round of applause, and it turned out that all the villagers who came in to buy things heard our conversation, and they were all very happy to reconcile and cheer for me.

The girl gritted her teeth angrily, her face was flushed, and she suddenly rushed over to slap me: "Do you know who I am? How dare you talk to me like that! ”