It was a good year for the farmers in the village. Several nearby villages were merged into a township, and the newly established township government applied for funding from the county to build a vegetable farm.

The vegetable market is located in the open space near the market, and it is a simple greenhouse-like building.

However, the meaning is completely different for those who sell vegetables. Not only does there be a fixed shelter from the wind and rain, but you can also go out every morning without being limited to the market. It is much more convenient for the farmers, and they have a place to buy vegetables every day.

The vegetable farm was built in half a month, and it was called a prosperous vegetable farm. As soon as the big signboard is hung and the firecrackers are released, the vegetable market officially starts running.

Unexpectedly, there were very few people who went in to set up stalls, and most of them took a wait-and-see attitude and still set up stalls in the old places outside.

There's a reason for that, of course. The township paid for the construction of the vegetable farm, and naturally had to recycle the money, and if you wanted to set up a stall in the new vegetable market, you had to pay a certain booth fee. This money is said to be more than a dozen yuan a month, but it is not a small number in the eyes of rural people.

Zhou Guoqiang was a little hesitant, and some were reluctant to take the money and couldn't make up his mind.

Zhao Yuzhen came up with an idea at home: "Dad, let's wait for a while and see what everyone does." ”

Zhou Xiaoyun, who was eating with his head down, couldn't help but interject: "Dad, if you want me to see, you should pay some money to sell meat in the vegetable market!" If you think about it, ten dollars a month is a lot, but it is so convenient to sell meat in the vegetable market. If the wind can't blow and the rain can't get wet, you can still go out of the stall every day, which is much stronger than Fengji. Sell a little more and you can earn the booth fee! ”

The last sentence moved Zhou Guoqiang and made him determined to pay the manager of the vegetable farm. The person in charge is Xu Meimei's father Xu Dashan, and the vegetable farm is in their village, so he is responsible for the production captain.

After Xu Dashan received the money, he opened a list for Zhou Guoqiang, and deliberately left a good position at the door of the vegetable market for Zhou Guoqiang, and Zhou Guoqiang gratefully invited Xu Dashan to come to his house for dinner and drink.

Xu Dashan readily agreed, and brought Xu Meili with him.

Zhou Xiaoyun, who usually doesn't pay much attention to Xu Meili, couldn't snub the guests at this time, and played with Xu Meili for a long time.

Zhou Xiaoyun wondered, how could Xu Meili not be bored at all when she talked to herself? She said a few words from beginning to end, "um", "ah", "oh", "yes", "okay", and Xu Meili was there alone the rest of the time.

To say that Wu Mei and Wang Jingjing also love to talk, Zhou Xiaoyun doesn't talk much and always likes to listen to his partners chat.

But the content of Xu Meimei's words is too intolerable, and she can boast about her words and belittle others. Zhou Xiaoyun was extremely painful when she heard this, and finally understood why Wang Jingjing and the others hated her so much.

Xu Meili felt very good about herself, and she had a great impression of Zhou Xiaoyun who had been smiling and listening to each other, and suddenly felt that it was not bad for the two to be good friends, and she made a generous unilateral decision to be friends with Zhou Xiaoyun in the future.

Of course, if there is a chance, I still have to snatch the position of squad leader, Xu Meili thought to herself.

Finally got through the meal and sent the eldest sister away, Zhou Xiaoyun let out a long breath. The roots of her ears were so clean that she wanted to cry bitterly.

The vegetable market gradually became lively, and the farmers began to slowly get used to going to the vegetable market every day to buy vegetables.

Since then, Zhou Guoqiang has officially gone to the vegetable market every morning to sell pork, and sure enough, as Zhou Xiaoyun said, business has improved a lot. Zhao Yuzhen took Erya to the vegetable market every day, and the two of them couldn't get home until twelve o'clock.

Zhou Xiaoyun took on the responsibility of cooking again. Every day at noon, as soon as I get home, I put down my schoolbag and make rice, and when the rice is ready, I will burn and stir-fry the vegetables that I had prepared the night before, and then start the meal as soon as my parents get home.

Dabao can't hide if he wants to, and he is the best choice to burn the fire.

Xiaobao is not very old and much more diligent than Dabao, seeing that his brothers and sisters are cooking and lighting a fire, they help serve dishes, wipe the table and sweep the floor, and the three brothers and sisters work together to solve the lunch problem properly.

Zhao Yuzhen and Zhou Guoqiang, who can eat hot meals when they get home, are not to mention how happy they are.

Zhou Guoqiang and Zhao Yuzhen have no worries about "lunch" to start a business, and they don't have to rush home in the vegetable market.

Although there are two or three more pork sellers in the vegetable market, Zhou Guoqiang's pork stall is still the most prosperous.

Another thing that makes the couple happy is that the children are so obedient and well-behaved, and there is nothing more happy for the parents.

The days slipped by inadvertently, and the life of the Zhou family quietly changed unconsciously.

First of all, there is a telephone installed in the house.

At this time, there were not many households in the village that had telephones, at most a few households. Zhou Guoqiang's family accidentally walked in the forefront of the whole village, which can be regarded as quite a sense of achievement.

Of course, this phone is not installed to see, but it is very useful.

In order to expand the scale of the pork stall, Zhou Guoqiang specially spent a lot of money to install a telephone at home, and he used to run around to collect pigs from the countryside, but now a large part of the business is connected by telephone, which cannot but be said to be a huge progress.

Now some distant people who have pigs to sell make a phone call, and Zhou Guoqiang will come to collect pigs at any time, saving a lot of time.

Zhou Guoqiang not only killed pigs to sell for himself, but now he also started a wholesale business.

Several stalls selling pork in the vegetable market came to him to sell pork, and of course the profit was not as much as the retail sales, but the quantity was more.

Speaking of which, this idea is thanks to Zhou Xiaoyun's reminder. Zhou Guoqiang mentioned at home that there are several pork vendors in the vegetable market, all of whom go to the slaughterhouse in the county seat to buy pork and come back to sell, and there are very few people like Zhou Guoqiang who collect pigs and kill them to sell.

Zhou Xiaoyun said casually: "Dad, you might as well go to these shops and let them come to our house to sell pork, even if their price is lower than that of the slaughterhouse, and save errands, they will definitely be willing." ”

Zhou Guoqiang slapped his thigh and woke up the dreamer with a word!

And the shrewd Zhao Yuzhen also did the business in the restaurant.

She has run all over the restaurants in several nearby villages, and has won unanimous praise from the restaurant with low prices and door-to-door delivery services, so that the couple can only guard the pork stall and go out to run business.

Zhou Guoqiang rode a tricycle around all day long, busy with his hands and feet. But seeing that the money is earning more and more, no matter how tired I am, my heart is happy.

The couple longed that if this continued, maybe they would be able to build a small building in two years.

Zhou Xiaoyun went to the vegetable market to help Zhao Yuzhen sell pork on Sunday, selling things at a young age, polite and polite, settling accounts, and sharp teeth, which was quite famous in the vegetable market.

The family's economy has become more prosperous, and the children's pocket money has increased. Zhao Yuzhen is very generous and gives the children pocket money every week, each of them five dimes a week.

Zhou Xiaoyun accepted it with a smile, Xiao Baoxi couldn't close his mouth, and Dabao discussed with a shy face whether he could send a dollar a week, and was slapped and stayed.