In a trance, I felt that I had returned to my hometown, when I was still a child, running carefree, laughing and laughing, laughing and playing with Sun Kai and Xiao Qing.

It's still the familiar stream, the willows are still at the water's edge, the river water is crystal clear, I rolled up my trouser legs and stepped into the water, and the cool crispy numbness stimulated my nerves.

This is a memory that can never be forgotten, even if you are adrift in a foreign country, even if you are alone, even if you fall into darkness, you can't erase the experience of growing up.

I saw the river that had swept me underneath again, and it was tearing at me like crazy, the cold water numbing my whole body, my teeth rattling, and I hugged my body.

I woke up and found myself lying in the courtyard by the bucket, which had fallen to the ground, and the water stains on the ground were shining, and I was lying in the puddle of water.

At dawn, the eastern canopy was already white, I got up with difficulty, stood in the courtyard and looked, and saw Qin Xiaolan and Zhang Xueyao lying on the long wooden table, they were sleeping deeply, Qin Xiaolan's saliva flowed out of the corners of his mouth and fell on the wooden table, looking extremely embarrassed.

I patted my head, blaming myself, I shouldn't have drunk so much wine, I obviously remembered that I should have called a substitute driver for Zhang Xueyao, but I didn't expect that after drinking too much, I forgot everything.

I turned around and picked up the ladle on the ground, lifted the bucket up, walked to the edge of the pool, and took a scoop of cool water and drank it.

I picked up my phone on the table and glanced at the time, it was already past five o'clock, and Brother Scumbag should have gotten up at this time.

When I walked into the basement, I saw the scumbag lying on the bed, snoring.

"Brother scum, brother scumbag, get up."

I nudged him, frowning.

"Uh, yes."

Brother Scumbag pursed his mouth, turned over slowly, the snoring stopped, and a hoarse voice came: "What time is it?" ”

"Five o'clock, didn't you say that you would buy with me today?"

I lit a cigarette and handed it to the scumbag.

Brother Scumbag sat up, rubbed his eyes, took a cigarette in his mouth and said, "You go to make some porridge, my stomach is a little uncomfortable." ”

I changed my clothes, and the blistered shirt and shorts were thrown into the laundry tub in the yard.

After boiling a pot of rice porridge, I went out to the breakfast shop across the street and bought a few fried dough sticks and two bags of radish pickles.

"Hey, two young ladies, get up."

I threw the fritters on the table, turned off the gas stove, and picked up the bottles and leftovers on the table.

Zhang Xueyao and Qin Xiaolan had breakfast and left in a hurry.

Brother Scumbag and I took a taxi to a logistics center, where there was a morning market, although it was only five o'clock, it was already crowded with people, there were three or four hundred.

Trucks stopped on both sides, and when the trucks opened the doors, they were filled with goods in woven bags, including clothing, handicrafts, rice, flour, grain, oil, cloth, tobacco, wine, sugar and tea, daily necessities, and so on.

Brother Scumbag walked in front, laboriously pushed away the crowded pedestrians, frowned and said, "If you want to buy something, pick it yourself." ”

"How do you get it back after you buy it?"

I followed closely behind Brother Scumbag and asked him suspiciously.

"Of course I carried it back."

"What? Carry it back? ”

"This is the first time you come to buy, and the seller is not familiar with it, after buying something in a while, leave a WeChat or mobile phone number, if the sale is good, they will deliver it to you in the future, you don't have to squeeze here."

Brother Scumbag turned around and patiently explained to me.

That morning, I bought 100 pairs of socks for men and women, 50 plates each for the commonly used No. 5 and No. 7 batteries, 50 pairs of slippers, bath towels, pajamas, sun hats, umbrellas, travel shoes, head ropes, cool oil, toilet water, sunglasses, and so on.

"Hey, I said you bought so many things at once, did you sell them?"

Brother Scumbag carried a sack and put it on the ground, frowning.

"Take your time, I didn't want to dump it all in a day."

I bent over and ordered the goods seriously.

I rented a motorcycle, barely loaded all the goods into the body, and when I arrived at the flea market in the north of the city, it was almost seven o'clock.

There are still a few sparse pavings left, and the location is not very good, but it is better than being occupied.

Brother Scumbag helped me stuff the large bags of goods into the warehouse, wiped the sweat on his forehead, looked at me and said, "You can tidy it up first, I'll go out of the stall." ”

"Thank you, scumbag."

My face was filled with gratitude.

"Damn, don't come with me."

After saying that, he turned around and walked away.

I opened the woven bag, pulled out the goods, and thought about what to sell today.

At this time, the mobile phone rang, it was Qin Xiaolan calling, and I answered the call in surprise.

"Hey, Xiaolan."

I was suffocated by the sweltering heat of the warehouse, my back was already soaked with sweat, and I tugged at the short sleeves that were clinging to my skin.

"Where are you?"

Qin Xiaolan's side was unusually noisy, and her voice was very small, completely covered by noise.

"I'm in the market."

"Oh, I'm going back, let me tell you, I've been delayed here for a few days, and I can't explain if I don't go back to the company."

Qin Xiaolan raised his voice.

"Where are you, I'll send you."

I threw away the woven bag in my hand and walked out of the warehouse.

"No need, Sister Xue Yao sent me, I'm in the waiting room, and the train is about to depart, don't come here."

"Oh, stay safe on the road, and let me know when you get home."

After hanging up the phone, I carried the goods I was going to sell today out of the warehouse, came to the stall, and carefully arranged them.

I hung small goods such as sunglasses and batteries on both sides, clothing on the paving, travel shoes and sneakers in the most conspicuous position, and some popular short shirts on the inside, I ran back to the warehouse, found a bucket, filled the pool with water, followed the example of Brother Scum, soaked the towel in the water, twisted it, and put it on his shoulder, Brother Slag said that this can avoid heat stroke.

It took me almost an hour, I sat at the back of the stall, wiped my sweat, pulled out my cigarette, and just as I lit it, a tall, plainly dressed girl walked by.

I put aside my pride and my damn face, stood up, looked at the girl, and began to peddle my wares.

"What do you want to buy?"

As she was about to walk by, she heard my pitch, stopped, turned around, and looked at the merchandise I was spreading.

I saw her stop and watch, and hurriedly said, "What do you need, I have a special product." ”

"Uh, there's no toilet water?"

She looked at it for a moment and asked softly.

"Yes, it's still the latest toilet water, it's simply the nemesis of mosquitoes."

Actually, I don't know if this thing is good or not, I haven't used it once, the basement is dark and damp, and there are few mosquitoes to visit.

I hurriedly took out a bottle of toilet water in the corner of the stall and handed it to her, and began to spit again: "Don't worry, this is my new entry this morning, and it is very easy to use." ”

"How much is a bottle?"

She looked closely at the logo of the toilet water and asked me about the price.

I hurriedly looked through the small book on the stall, because there were too many things to buy, I wrote down the purchase price and the sale price in the book, so that I could see at a glance, and found the flower water column, the purchase price was fifteen yuan, and the sale was twenty-nine, I frowned, is this too expensive.

"Well, twenty-five dollars a bottle, it's not profitable."

I humbly told her the price.

"It's too expensive, I don't want it."

She threw the toilet water on the stall and turned to leave.

"Hey, wait."

I panicked and hurriedly stopped her.

"What for?"

She stared at me with disdain.

"Well, twenty dollars, take it if you want, I dare say, I'm the cheapest one to sell."

I picked up the toilet water from the stall and handed it to her with a sincere expression.

She hesitated, walked over, took the bottle, paused and said, "Eighteen yuan, if I sell it, I'll buy it." ”

Eighteen? Challenge the limit of low prices, throw away the purchase price and transportation costs, and you will not earn a dollar, but this is the first business, for a good fortune, or sell it to her.

"Okay, 18 is 18, I really didn't make any money from you, you inquire about other people's homes, hey, you have to patronize my business more in the future."

She took out her phone, looked at me and said, "Where to sweep?" ”

I took a picture, since I forgot to make a QR code label, I hurriedly clicked on WeChat, found the QR code to collect money, she scanned it, eighteen yuan arrived, she turned around and left.

I sighed, sat down, picked up the cigarette I had just given, and was lighting it when a middle-aged aunt came over.

She went straight to the stall, looked at me and said, "Young man, do you sell slippers?" ”

I hurriedly stuffed the cigarette into the cigarette case, stood up, and said with a smile on my face: "Auntie, I have everything you want." ”

Since the paving was so small, I tucked my slippers under my feet and pulled out a clear plastic bag full of slippers.

"How much is this pink pair?"

The aunt looked at the pink slippers in her hand, and there was a small rubber red flower glued to the front of the slippers, which looked very pleasing.

"Uh, those ten bucks."

I glanced at the small book in front of me, and the purchase price was three yuan, and the sale price was ten yuan, which was also very profitable.

"Can it be cheaper?"

My aunt seems to like these slippers very much, and she has a feeling that she can't put them down.

"Auntie, ten yuan is the lowest price, it can't be cheap."

I hold on to my heart's value.

My aunt stood there, looked at it carefully, and then took out ten yuan from her bag and handed it to me.

"Find me a bag to put on."

"Okay."

The second business deal, not to mention how cool it is, it turns out that the fun of doing business is that I have paid a lot of hard work, and when I see the return, I feel that everything is worth it.

I earned 500 yuan that day, and I was so busy that I didn't even eat lunch, and when I got home, I was too tired to talk.

It was precisely these new goods that attracted a large number of customers, and only four pieces of clothing were sold in a whole day, most of them came to buy bath towels, towels, slippers, sunglasses, etc.

This made me understand a truth, if you want to make money in small business, you must live your thinking, and you can't just stare at a commodity in front of you, and ignore those small things with low profits and inconspicuousness.

It's strange, it's getting dark, why hasn't Brother Scum come back yet, I remember that when I closed the stall, there was almost no one in the market, where did Brother Scumbag go?