Time passes quickly, in a blink of an eye, more than half a month has passed, this time the sales of popcorn have been very stable, during which some people imitated this style model, but either because the winning rate is too low no one buys, or because the winning rate is too high to lose money, although the profit is small, but the sales are good.

Teacher Wang stood in the dormitory for a while during the daily inspection, but Teacher Zhao didn't talk to her, every day was like this, I was a little anxious to see it, I could see that Teacher Wang was true love, but unfortunately he was born in the wrong era, if it was twenty-five years later, he could be generous, but this era is going to be poked in the backbone, and people are terrible!

It's a holiday, it's getting closer and closer to the end of the year, the streets and alleys are full of strong New Year's flavor, but this year's New Year's flavor is mixed with a melancholy feeling, the pedestrians on the street are in a hurry, the first wave of layoffs is coming, it is said that some factories will lay off some people before the year, obviously some people are afraid that this year is not good!

Brother Dog checked the accounts, although the profit fell by about 20% during this time, but the sales increased by 200%, especially when some parents come to send their children, they will also buy a pack to try their luck, and even adults and children have to eat a pack!

In more than half a month, the original three hundred yuan has become more than seven hundred, although it is getting closer and closer to the end of the year, but the first thousand yuan does not seem to be a problem, and Brother Dog and Long Hair are also selling vigorously, according to their words, it is faster than going out to rob the bank, these two guys who have never seen money make me speechless!

When I got home, I found that I didn't cook, my dad sat there and sighed, and even his cherished 80 motorcycle downstairs was dirty and didn't scrub it, it felt a little weird, it seemed that something big had happened!

"Coming back?" My mom looked at me and said, "Mom is going to cook for you!" ”

My mom got up and went into the kitchen, my dad was lying there in a daze, I threw my bag aside, quietly crawled over and asked, "Dad, what's wrong?" Why do you feel like a groundhog? ”

"Groundhog?" My dad looked back, frowned, and said, "Write your homework, you're like a groundhog!" ”

I had to go back to the house to write my homework, and I listened to a few words sporadically during dinner, it seems that my father's factory was going to lay off a group of people a few years ago, and then cut off a batch after the New Year, and for a while the factory was panicked, and the first batch of workshops that were laid off had my father's workshop, which was technical maintenance, and this department was said to leave a few on the line, not too much!

"Why don't you give your section chief some gifts?" My mom said worriedly.

"It's useless to send it to anyone!" My dad put down the chopsticks and sighed and said: "Now the national economy is in a recession, the burden of state-owned enterprises is heavy, don't say that our section chief, even the factory director may have to be laid off tomorrow, and the section chiefs of various departments will be laid off by a small half, maybe I am not laid off The section chief is laid off, according to my son's words, the whole factory is worried like a groundhog!" ”

"Groundhog?" My mom looked at me and asked, "What's that?" Mouse? ”

"Our teacher taught that it is an animal that often buries its head in the soil, which is bigger than a mouse, and we don't have it here, it seems to be from another country!" I exited.

My mother patted my head and said with a smile: "My son knows so much, he knows all about the groundhog, and your father is dying of sorrow, so he almost buried his head in the soil like that groundhog!" ”

"Actually, don't worry so much, let it be, maybe my dad is so skilled that he will stay, and the ones who will be cut off must be those who eat and drink!" I whispered.

"Yes, my son knows better than you!" My mother picked up the chopsticks and said, "You have excellent skills, no one can cut you, worry about it, let's eat quickly!" ”

After dinner, I went to do my homework, and slipped out of the house while they were not paying attention, and the dog brother squatted under the kindergarten wall to smoke, rode on the car and took my special use all over the city, and asked many places that sold portable radios, but there was no news about the recorder, and the young people on the street had begun to slowly pop explosive heads and bell bottoms, and some people in the square were holding portable tape recorders and playing songs, and a large group of people were watching.

"Do you know this thing?" A young man with an explosive head pointed to the portable tape recorder very angrily and said: "Portable tape recorder, let me tell you, this is an imported product, look at my hairstyle, this clothes, just now the American Sahara came back, do you know the Sahara?" ”

I was amused by this person, and when I came back from the Sahara, I was also very powerful, and the dog brother asked me in wonder: "Is the American Sahara very powerful?" ”

"I don't know!" I shook my head and didn't tell him that this wasn't something I should know at my age!

The onlookers were amazed, and they all said that this young man was very powerful, and said that he would go to the Sahara when he had money, and the young man blew for a while, and then turned on the portable tape recorder, played a waltz, and danced a few times.

"How much does a portable tape recorder cost?" A young man on the side couldn't help but ask.

"This one!" The exploding young man mentioned it and said: "I bought this from the Sahara in the United States, it is very expensive, but some ordinary ones are not very expensive, forty yuan!" ”

"So expensive? Forty dollars is my salary for more than ten days! A little girl cried out, but I think she'd have to buy one for a month's salary!

After watching for a while, the young man with the explosive head blew for a while, saying how prosperous the Sahara in the United States is, full of high-rise buildings, and after blowing, he danced a few discos, which attracted bursts of cheers, and some little girls went up to speak, this person took out the BB machine from his waist very angrily, and said to a few little girls when he left: "Remember me if there is anything!" ”

The onlookers couldn't stand it for a moment and asked, "Which barber shop can make an explosive head?" I'll buy a portable tape recorder too! ”

"Do you know how to dance? Do you have a BB machine? Have you ever been to the Sahara? Immediately the others scoffed.

After a while of commotion, everyone dispersed, it should be to get an explosive head, Longhair looked at the departing crowd and said to himself: "My hair is so long, I will also get an explosive head, and buy a pair of bell bottoms!" ”

"Come on, you!" Brother Dog laughed mercilessly: "Have you ever been to the Sahara? Do you have a BB machine? Can you dance? ”

"Okay, none of this matters, let's go to Tan Qiang and ask about the news of the recorder!" I exited.

Riding to Tan Qiang's store, this product was sleeping on the table, the business was so busy a few days ago, but now it has become deserted again, Brother Dog knocked on the table a few times, Tan Qiang rubbed his eyes and sat up and said, "Are you playing cards?" How about a set of five cents? ”

"I don't want a dime!" I found a stool and sat down and said, "Aren't you going to give us a dime?" How can you sell a set for five cents, and you can't lose money! ”

Tan Qiang's face looked a little embarrassed, and he spoke after a while: "What do you want to do this time?" Lowest price guaranteed, you are also my regular customers! ”

"Yes, old customers, you are old customers!" The dog brother on the side spoke.

"Look at what Brother Dog said, I was too busy in the past few days, I was so busy that I was dizzy, what do you say, as long as you can do it, you will never frown!" Tan Qiang patted his chest and promised, I can see that there is probably no business at all during this time.

"Do you know about recorders?" I asked Tan Qiang.

"Burner?" Tan Qiang thought for a while and said, "I seem to have heard of it, is it the kind of recorder that burns tapes?" ”

"yes, do you know where they are sold?" I asked hurriedly.

"I really don't know, the recorder you said is an advanced thing, we estimate that there is enough in the city, there must be no new ones, I don't know the old ones, let me help you ask, some of my friends are engaged in these, maybe there is news!" Tan Qiang was stunned for a moment after speaking, and said embarrassedly: "I haven't had any business during this time, you..."

"Don't worry, as long as you help us inquire where to sell recorders, you will have business here immediately!" I stared at Tan Qiang and said, "Will you raise the price again then?" ”

"How can you!" Tan Qiang patted his chest and said: "Brother is more than 20 years older than you, brother is here, say whatever price is good, whatever price is good, absolutely no price increase, can you ask, what are you going to do when you get a recorder?" ”

The long hair on the side said: "What are you asking about, keep it secret!" ”

I smiled and said, "Yes, trade secrets, I can't let you know, I have to keep them secret!" ”

After coming out of Tan Qiang's place, tell Brother Dog to let him come and see it every once in a while, if there is news of the recorder, tell me immediately, this is a way to make a fortune, and it can't be delayed!

Back at home, Zhao Ye and Wang Jianguo went to watch cartoons, in my memory, it seems that Wang Jianguo's father was laid off in this wave of layoffs, and later made a small shop for a living, and finally developed into a small supermarket, which is also very good.

Seven or eight days later, the factory officially began to lay off employees, and my father was spared, and my mother stewed meat to celebrate that day, more than promoted, approaching the Chinese New Year, there are more and more small vendors on the streets, and more and more people wandering around with nothing to do, this time the wave of layoffs is simply a disaster!

From home to kindergarten, there are many people who repair shoes, distribute keys, and set up stalls, but unfortunately they don't make much money, some people begin to run to the south, go to Guangzhou to work, and more and more people begin to go to the sea to pour things, and an era is quietly rising!