A cold wind blew, lightning and thunder roared in the distance, and then the rain crackled and fell on the parasols of the food stalls, and the people who wandered around the night market ran to find shelter from the rain.

Fang Wei stretched out his hand, tried it, the size of the rain, and said; "This rain is coming so fast, it's going to rain as soon as you say it, thanks to your stall, there is an awning, otherwise, you will get wet."

The stall owner said; "This canvas shed was bought for more than 200 yuan, which can not only block the wind, but also shelter from the rain, and also protect from the sun.

Fang Wei said; "Uncle, your parasol is so big, it can sit a lot of people underneath, more than 200 yuan is not expensive, but it is a little heavier, and it is a little inconvenient to disassemble."

The old master said; "This stall is rented by me, the parasol is fixed here, there are no special circumstances, it will not be taken away easily, after the night market stalls are scattered, there are special patrols to take care of it, it is not lost."

The rain is getting heavier and heavier, and there is a strong wind, it seems that for a while, it can't stop, many people have left in the rain, there are many people in the night market, and there are not many diners left.

There were two young men, with their clothes on their heads, and they ran into the awning quickly, and stood under it to take shelter from the rain, and the old master looked at them and said; "You two are late today, and it's raining."

Fang Wei looked at a man and a woman in front of him, as if they were a pair of lovers, and thought to himself, the master cares so much, he is either a guest or an acquaintance, he must often come here to eat.

The young lad said; "Uncle, I got off work late today, and it was raining again, and there were a lot of people on the bus, and I didn't squeeze in several times, and I was delayed for a long time."

The old master said; "You are both wet, take off your coat quickly so as not to catch a cold, and it is better to eat something hot, and I will make it for you at once."

The young man and his girlfriend discussed it for a while and said; "Uncle, we can do whatever is convenient, and we don't pay attention to it so much, we are soaking wet, and we have to rush back in a hurry to change out of this wet clothes."

The raindrops drifted to Fang Wei's body, he moved inside, looking at the rain on the ground, it was flowing all over the ground, and there was still splashing on it, but fortunately, the stall was higher than the road and did not flow in.

The old master was very nimble in his hands and feet, and quickly made a snack and brought it to the two young people, the lovers, regardless of the people next to them, ate in a big gulp, and it didn't take a few minutes to put down the chopsticks, and after paying the money, they left in a hurry, and soon disappeared into the rain.

The old master glanced outside, looked back at Fang Wei again, and said; "Young man, it's raining so hard, you stay here a little longer, and when the rain is light, you can go again."

Fang Wei said; "Uncle, thank you, I'm sitting here, it won't affect your business."

The old master said; "Young man, it's raining so hard outside, there won't be any guests, so you can sit here with peace of mind."

Fang Wei said with a smile; "Uncle, now that the guests are gone, and you are idle, I beg you again to tell me about your experience, okay?"

The old master looked at him and said; "You young man, it's really interesting, from your face, you are a real person, it's been raining outside, you won't come to the guests, it's okay to be idle anyway. I'll give you a rough idea of some of my past experiences. ”

Fang Wei said; "Uncle, you are so good, you must have gone through a lot of things, you are definitely very experienced, and it is very touching to say."

The old master lit a cigarette, took two puffs, picked up the cup, and drank a few more sips of water, and then began to tell some of the things he had experienced—

When I was young, my family background was very ordinary, but I didn't suffer too much, I went to school for a few days, I could read a few words, and I liked to read some miscellaneous books.

When I was eighteen or nineteen years old, I had my own ideas, thinking of going outside to break through and see the world, but the policy was not allowed at that time, so I had to dispel the idea, and I didn't put it into action, until the children grew up, the society was also open, and I was older, and the dream of my youth seemed to be resurrected, and I began to think about it again, found a few friends, and partnered to set up a business.

It has been in business for more than a year, and those friends who have partnered with me feel that the factory is not profitable, and it is not interesting to continue to do it, so they withdrew the shares, leaving me alone.

Then those friends, not interesting enough, but the factory still has to operate, I gritted my teeth, continued to work for a few months, I was too busy, so I found a good relationship with a person, to be my helper, he was responsible for production in the factory, I ran sales outside.

This hasty decision has laid a disaster for me, I never expected that the person I was looking for would make me bad from it, I knew it too late, it had reached the point of irreversibility, and I didn't even have a chance to turn over.

It is often said; Jackals, tigers and leopards are going to eat people, it's terrible, I don't think so, from my experience. People are going to be bad, much more terrible than animals, fierce beasts are going to eat people, at least they have to spit out the bones, and people have bad brains, I'm afraid there will be no bones left, do you say people are terrible, or animals are terrible?

The old master paused, lit another cigarette, and continued to tell—

After the factory went bankrupt, there was still a lot of money owed outside, most of it, it was borrowed from relatives and friends, the factory was gone, the money still had to be repaid, the people who wanted the debt broke the door, there was no day of peace, and they were forced to have no choice, so they could only go away, come here, and want to do some small business, my daughter said that we are old, and we can't do it anymore, don't toss anymore, we owe money to others, she will get a high salary in the future, and slowly pay it back to others, at my insistence, my daughter was forced to agree, through acquaintances, rented this stall, All the money we earn is used to pay off debts, earn more and pay more, earn less and pay less, of course, relying on the small business of setting up a stall, although we can't pay off all the foreign debts, but I feel better, I can't do it in the future, there is no way, I can only wait for the children to get rich, and then pay off the debts, there is such a big thing in the family, and the children have also been affected, this is all my sin.

Speaking of partnership business, it is not an easy task, in the face of money, people's selfish desires, is not hidden, some people want to take more, occupy more, but also want to be more greedy, as long as it is not too much, turn a blind eye and it will pass, can keep this bottom line of the person, even if it is a good person. How shameless can a few people be insatiable, ordinary people can't imagine, the one I'm looking for is this kind of person.

Many people often talk about friends, but in fact, they don't understand what friends are, for example; Classmates, comrades-in-arms, etc., without a twenty or thirty years of friendship, it is impossible to be a friend, and there is no trust, especially those, people who say good things, you have to be careful, you must be careful, he takes a fancy to your money, and those dirty things that he does in private are unthinkable, once the money is in hand, what friends are not friends, he will kick you away, in these things, I have a profound lesson, now I understand, it is too late, I can no longer make up for my mistakes.

The rain outside gradually became smaller, and the old man's narration was over, he looked at the ground, the splashing water, and the regret and hatred in his heart were intertwined.

Fang Wei felt that the time was not early, so he stood up, politely said goodbye to the two old men, walked out of the snack street, came to his car, and did not open the car door in a hurry, but leaned on the car and smoked.

When Fang Wei returned home, it was already late, everyone else had already fallen asleep, only his bedroom, the light was still on, Xiaoli saw him walk into the room and asked; "Why did you come back so late? If you don't look at the time, you won't be afraid to wake up your child. ”

Fang Wei said; "I went to the snack street and met an old couple, so I chatted with them and forgot the time."

Xiaoli complained; "Really, you are a familiar acquaintance, you can talk to anyone, where do you and the old man have a common language?"

Fang Wei said; "These two old couples are really not simple, especially the uncle, who is a person with a lot of stories."

Xiaoli said; "What is his story that deserves your interest in telling it?"

Fang Wei said; "It's getting late, let's talk about it tomorrow."

Xiaoli said; "That's not going to work, now I have to say, it's gone, you still want to sleep, it's not that cheap."

Fang Wei sat on the edge of the bed, looked at Xiaoli, and whispered; "Since you want to hear it, then I'll tell you, what the uncle said is very philosophical, and I have benefited a lot."

Xiaoli asked; "What did he say, can make you such a stubborn person, listen to it with relish, it seems that uncle, it's really not simple, tell me quickly, what did you say?"

Fang Wei said; "The uncle is also a northerner, set up a small stall in the night market, the snacks are very good, the business is also good, there are a lot of repeat customers, I sat down in their stall, the uncle caught my attention, I observed for a while, I thought, such an old person, are at home with grandchildren, how can there be spare time, come out to set up a stall, you think, if there are no setbacks and blows, they will definitely not come to this point, just in my thinking effort, it rained outside again, trapped me there, plus there are no guests, We chatted. ”

Xiaoli said impatiently; "Don't go around the bush and talk about things that don't matter, just talk about what the two of you are talking about, okay?"

Fang Wei said with a smile; "Well, when the uncle was young, he had the desire to do business, and he had been suffering from no opportunity, in that era, the government did not allow it, and finally waited until the reform and opening up, and he was older, and he did not give up on the idea when he was young, and found a few friends and partners to set up a business, and since then, his troubles have begun."

Fang Wei stopped, stood up, poured a glass of water, and drank it slowly, Xiaoli waited patiently, saw that he had no intention of talking, and began to get anxious.

Xiaoli said in a low voice; "Fang Wei, what are you buying for me? After saying a few words, he stopped, what does this mean? If it weren't for the fear of waking up the child, I would have quarreled with you a long time ago. ”

Fang Wei looked at her and said; "You don't care about me going to the police station, but you care about the uncle coming, am I not as important as others?"

Xiaoli glared at him and said; "Don't change the subject, continue with me talking to the uncle."

Fang Wei said; "Xiaoli, you are so disturbed, I forgot where to go, oh, I remember, the uncle who set up the stall, the partnership business has only been a year, his friends, seeing that there is no profit, withdrew the shares, left him alone, and left. He had no choice but to continue to do it, she couldn't take care of it alone, so she found an acquaintance and gave him a helper, but he didn't expect that person, who was a villain, gave him a roll and bag party, and the factory also closed down, and owed a lot of debts, and the old couple had to follow their daughter and came to Nanling, and used the money earned from the stall to pay off the debt. ”

Xiaoli asked; "You can't make a few dollars a day just by setting up a small stall, and to put it nicely, even if it's a small business, if you want to pay off your debts, it's impossible, you can't do it at all."

Fang Wei said; "What I want to say is, don't simply look at it, uncle's experience, mainly his lessons, I am very interested in these, it inspires me a lot, and it also has a reference for you, don't you say?"

Xiao Li said thoughtfully; "I understand what you mean, you tell your uncle's experience, not to listen to his suffering, but not to make the same mistakes as him, in order to distinguish right from wrong and learn from it, in fact, I and your thoughts coincide, not contradictory, completely consistent."

Fang Wei only remembered at this time that Xiaoli had the same interests as him, and she was shrewd and scheming, and she would not let go of any opportunity to learn from others.

He stopped talking, his eyes kept looking at his wife, Xiaoli was embarrassed, turned around, hugged the child, and pretended to sleep.

Fang Wei said; "Xiaoli, you turn around, listen to me, the uncle who set up the stall, I just chatted with him for a while, what he has experienced, I think there are many more, today he did not tell in detail, if you are interested, if you have time one day, I will accompany you, and the uncle will have a good chat, maybe he can say more, we have not encountered things, and we can learn more, maybe it will be helpful for your business and people."

Xiaoli turned around and sat up, looked at Fang Wei and said; "It's not early, don't talk about this, you have to go to work tomorrow, you go wash your face and go to bed quickly."

Fang Wei stood up, walked to the bathroom, squatted on the toilet for too long, felt a little numb in his legs, stood up with the washbasin, stayed for a while, after washing his face and brushing his teeth, he walked to the bed, his sleeping wife, snoring slightly.