Chapter 37: Why You?
Early the next morning, as soon as the sky dawned, Hu Mingchen got up, because the pigs had been sold, there was no need to feed the pigs, Hu Mingchen hurriedly got something to eat and then planned to go out.
"Xiao Chen, where are you going?" Hu Yandie and Hu Yujiao, who heard the movement, got up with sleepy eyes, "Even if it's a rush, it's still early, didn't anyone buy it when you sold it last week?" Hu Yandie rubbed her eyes and asked.
"I'm here to sell, but not on the market. Hu Mingchen said as he filled a glass bottle with water.
The weather is hot, and when he goes out, he doesn't know what time he will come back, and Hu Mingchen has to prepare some water for himself to quench his thirst.
"You didn't go to the field to sell, so where are you going to sell?" Hu Yandie was confused, and couldn't figure out what the hell Hu Mingchen was up to.
"I went to the mountains to sell. Hu Mingchen smiled incomprehensibly.
"Brother, you brag, there are only trees and buns on the mountain, and you sell them to ghosts. Hu Yujiao said innocently.
"I'm just selling it to ghosts, hehe, I won't tell you, I'm leaving, you remember to do your homework and review for a while, I'll come back in the evening, and I'll answer you if I can't do it." Hu Mingchen didn't explain much, and left the house with two sentences.
Of course, Hu Mingchen didn't really want to sell those cards to ghosts, the money that ghosts can spend, the yang society doesn't recognize it, and it is even more impossible for him to sell them to Shuzi and Baogu, they have no money.
Today, Hu Mingchen's target is several primary schools in the mountains around Duge Township.
Although Duge Primary School is the central primary school in Dug Township, it has the largest number of students. However, it could not fully accommodate the many students in Dug Township.
In the mountains around Duge Township, there are also several schools such as Huangni Primary School, Yakou Primary School, Malone Primary School, and Machang Primary School.
In these schools, there are four or five hundred students in the majority, and two or three hundred in the few. Although their teaching conditions are not as good as those of Duge Primary School, they are better than being close to home, and many people in mountain villages simply let their children go to school nearby for convenience.
The farthest of these schools is Machang Primary School, located on the top of a large hill in the village of Machang, whose students are mainly children from the three surrounding villages.
From Hu Mingchen's house to Machang Village, if you take a path, you have to climb for at least more than two hours to get there. However, Hu Mingchen did not plan to walk today. If he chooses to walk, I'm afraid he will only be able to go to two schools a day today and it will be dark.
Because the village is far from the street where the township government is located, there is also a market on it, on a 300-meter dirt street in front of the village committee, and the horse farm primary school is located right behind the village committee.
Hu Mingchen walked briskly along the path to the bridge at the entrance of Duge Primary School, where he planned to stop a passing carriage or tractor to go to Machang Village.
There is a road from Duge Street to Machang Village, but in this remote mountain village, there are very few cars, because there is hardly any industry here, so except for a few cars in the township government, private cars here are close to zero.
After waiting by the bridge for about 40 minutes, Hu Mingchen finally waited for a tractor that helped others haul grain to Fanger Town.
The driver saw that Hu Mingchen was a child, and agreed to his request for a hitchhike without asking much.
In this era, in rural areas, hitchhiking on the side of the road hardly gives money, and the simple and kind character and style of the common people have not been greatly affected by the outside market economy.
Hu Mingchen stood in the cargo box of the tractor, grabbed the iron railing on the edge of the container with both hands, and let the mountain breeze blow over his face, feeling very comfortable. Even with the ups and downs of the tractor, Hu Mingchen would have the conjecture that he was a general who was about to review the army.
The tractor's engine made a loud tom-tom sound that could be heard from afar, and puffs of black smoke from its chimney that were not fully burned kept rushing out. The tractor was driven by an uncle in his thirties, smoking a pipe and singing a local mountain song in his mouth.
"Today is a sunny day, in this life there is a fate to make up songs, in this life there is a fate to sing with my brother, and in the next life my sister will connect my brother. Today is a sunny day, my brother sings a mountain song to connect my sister, my brother sings a mountain song to connect my sister, and I will reunite with my brother in the next life......"
If Hu Mingchen wasn't behind the driver, so close, it would be difficult for him to hear what the driver's uncle was singing. And now the driver's uncle sings, he can hear it clearly.
This driver uncle doesn't seem to have much culture, he doesn't dress well, and he is a rough one, but the songs he sings still sound very interesting and rhyme.
Most of the local singers don't have much cultural knowledge, and the content they sing is basically derived from life and the inheritance of the previous generation. As long as you have a good mouth and a flexible mind, you can almost sing mountain songs.
Along the way, Hu Mingchen went to the entrance of Machang Village accompanied by the driver's uncle's relaxed and loud songs.
"Uncle, you sing so well, it's very interesting. Jumping off the tractor, Hu Mingchen smiled at the driver's uncle and praised him.
"Oh, what's the matter, no, no. Uncle Driver shook his hand shyly and said with a smile, "It's just a fool's second roar when a person is bored, I forgot you in the car just now, otherwise, I'm embarrassed to sing." ”
"Uncle, don't be embarrassed, you really sing well, during the Chinese New Year, you should go to Qingshui River to sing a song, to ensure that many people will like it." ”
In the upper reaches of the Panlong River there is a clear water river with schools of fish. Right at the confluence of the Qingshui River and the Panlong River, there is also an old-fashioned suspension bridge, and there is a piece of river sand by the river under the suspension bridge. During the Chinese New Year, it will be very lively, people from various surrounding villages will come here to sing and listen to mountain songs, and many people who are engaged in the snack business will also move their food stalls here.
"Hahaha, little doll, thank you, I'm driving a tractor, others don't dare to hum a few words when they can't hear it, otherwise, I'm afraid of other people's jokes. Not to mention the Qingshui River to sing against the song, those people are masters, it's okay for me to listen to it, it's embarrassing to sing. Don't talk about it, don't talk about it, little doll, where are you going to go to Machang Village? My house is in front, why don't you go to my house for breakfast first? Perhaps because of Hu Mingchen's praise and praise, the driver's uncle was very happy and proposed an invitation to him to eat at home.
"Thank you, thank you, I'm very grateful if you can give me a ride, I have something to do here in Machang Village, and I have to hurry back after finishing my errands." "Hu Mingchen doesn't have time to eat at all, he still has a lot of itinerary today, so he can only thank him for his kindness.
After saying goodbye to the driver's uncle, Hu Mingchen walked in the direction of Machang Primary School.
Today, there are no classes at the Machang Primary School, and there is no one in the school at all, so what is Hu Mingchen doing here? It turns out that he came to the door of the Machang Primary School to find his next home.
There are hundreds of students in Machang Primary School, and there are two or three small shops in front of the school that do business for those students. Hu Mingchen hopes that these small shops will have people willing to act as agents or sell his cards.
Such an idea was learned by Hu Mingchen before his rebirth, and in order to expand sales and occupy this market, Hu Mingchen decided to take measures at a young age.
When I came to the door of a small shop, I saw a little girl of eleven or twelve years old sitting in the store combing her hair.
"May I ask if your adult is here?" Hu Mingchen hesitated whether to call the other party's little sister or little sister, and felt that either title was not very good, so he simply omitted the title.
"What do you want to buy?" the little girl stopped what she was doing and asked curiously at Hu Mingchen.
"I don't buy anything, I'll talk to your family about something. ”
"You don't buy anything, so what's there to talk about with my family. "I heard that Hu Mingchen didn't buy anything, and the little girl lost interest.
"Is your adult here, if he is, I'll talk to him about some business. "Since he is so far away, Hu Mingchen will not easily give up any possible opportunity.
"Hahaha, hehe, you talk about business with my family? Hehe, what are you kidding, just you, you don't look as old as me. Hu Mingchen's words made the little girl feel as if she had heard a magical joke.
"What I said is true, your parents are not here, if you call your parents here, I will buy a packet of candy for you to eat at your house. "It's not clear to talk to this kind of kid about business, so Hu Mingchen simply resorted to temptation.
"What you said is true?"
"Of course it's true, what am I lying to you for?"
"Then you buy candy first, and then I'll call my lord." "This little girl is worthy of being arranged to watch the store, and she is clever.
There was no way, Hu Mingchen simply paid two cents to buy a pack of fruit candy, but Hu Mingchen didn't immediately give the fruit candy to the little girl.
"You go and call first, and if you call, I'll give it to you. ”
Under the lure of fruit candy, the little girl really helped Hu Mingchen find his family, and two minutes later, the little girl really called his family.
To Hu Mingchen's surprise, the little girl called the uncle who drove a tractor and piggybacked Hu Mingchen's big ride.
"Guy, why are you? Hahaha, I thought you were going to where to go, it turned out that you came to my house, you said you came to my house earlier, and I pulled you over directly. Seeing Hu Mingchen, the uncle was surprised and delighted.
"I ...... I didn't know that your family owned a shop at Racecourse Elementary School, but if I had known earlier, I wouldn't have gotten off, hehe. Hu Mingchen scratched his head embarrassedly.
"Come in and sit, come in and sit, my girl said that someone was looking for me to talk about business, I wondered which one would come to the door, I didn't expect it to be you, what business do you want to talk to me?" The uncle smiled and pulled Hu Mingchen into his store.
"You haven't given me the candy yet, I did what I promised you, and you have to be trustworthy. Before Hu Mingchen could answer, the little girl spread her palm to him and asked for fruit candy.
"Oh, I'm sorry, for you, I'm also a person of credit, and I will definitely give it to you if I say it will be given to you. Hu Mingchen happily put the bag of fruit candy in the palm of the little girl's hand.