The appearance of Xu Shi's countryside has remained the same for decades. Standing on the streets of Luoshui County, Su Qingyun truly felt the huge gap brought by the times.
The dusty road was fairly smooth, with occasional tractors, oxcarts and bicycles passing by. As for cars, there were almost no cars. The houses on the roadside were not the rows of high-rise buildings in later generations, with the highest being only three or four stories high.
"That's the department store." Su Aimin pointed to a three-story building in the distance. "Yunyun, go and have a look, you can buy whatever you want."
"What about you?" Su Qingyun asked.
Su Aimin touched his nose and said, "Dad, I have something else to do. You go shopping first, and I will come to you later." The security in the county is still good, and his daughter is not too young to be inseparable from adults.
"No, Dad, I want to go with you." Su Qingyun looked at the chicken in her father's hand and understood.
Su Aimin thought for a while and nodded, "That's okay." He was a little worried about leaving Yun Yun alone.
He looked around, "Let's go over there."
Su Qingyun followed her father around, passing through countless alleys, and stopped at the door of a family. He knocked lightly on the door.
Not long after, a cleanly dressed woman opened the door a crack.
She whispered: "Coming?"
"Take a look." Su Aimin handed over the fattest old hen he bought from his eldest sister.
The woman's eyes lit up. She took the chicken and sat down to look at it in surprise. "This is so good! You can actually find such a fat old hen."
Su Aimin smiled honestly and said, "I went to the village specifically to find this. It's a very fat chicken. What's the price?"
The woman waved her hand nonchalantly, "We agreed on five yuan. Seeing how good your chicken is, how about I give you another fifty cents?"
Five yuan to buy a chicken is almost a high price, but it is too difficult to buy a high-quality old hen raised in the countryside in the city, so the price given is not too outrageous.
"Okay! Thank you, sister." Su Aimin agreed readily.
The woman counted the money and handed it to him, then looked at Su Qingyun standing aside.
"Is this your daughter? She's so pretty." She thought for a while and then went in and grabbed a few candies and gave them to Su Qingyun.
"Thank you, Auntie." Su Qingyun smiled brightly and thanked her quickly.
"Sister, let me know if you need anything next time, and I will find it for you." Su Aimin doesn't do a single business.
"Okay." The woman also nodded. She was sweet-tongued and had good food. Anyone would be happy to do this kind of business.
After selling the chicken, Su Qingyun followed her father around and sold all the poultry in their hands. The two of them were careful not to attract anyone's attention, as if they were fighting guerrillas.
"Five yuan, six yuan, seven yuan...seventeen, eighteen..." Su Aimin counted the money happily, and then thought about it, "if the cost is factored out, it should be..."
"Twelve yuan and three cents." Su Qingyun said silently.
"Hey! It's true!" Su Aimin carefully calculated the number. He rubbed his daughter's head, "So smart! You really followed me."
Su Qingyun looked at the sky. The monthly salary of a regular worker in a factory was about thirty yuan, twelve yuan and thirty cents. Her father earned less than half a month's salary just once in the city.
What she didn't know was that what shocked her even more was what was to come.
"Brother Aimin, you're finally here." The father and daughter were walking when a person suddenly appeared from the corner of the street, and Su Qingyun was startled.
The person who came had a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks, and a shrewd look on his face. He looked at Su Qingyun and was stunned for a moment.
"This is my daughter, Su Qingyun, Yunyun, you can just call me Uncle Nan." Su Aimin briefly introduced her.
Yuan Nan clicked his tongue twice, "Brother Aimin, you really didn't lie when you said your daughter is beautiful. Darling, who are you talking about? She must be my sister-in-law, right?"
"Fuck you." Su Aimin's face darkened and he looked around, "Where are the things?"
Speaking of business, Yuan Nan's face became solemn, "Here it is." He pointed to the alley.
Su Qingyun looked over and saw a burden hidden in the dark. Two baskets were covered with plastic sheets. They were bulging and they didn't know what they contained.
This really looks like... a transaction scene. Su Qingyun was amused by his own thoughts.
"Yunyun, just stand on this street corner and wait for me. Your Uncle Nan and I will go do some errands." Su Aimin instructed.
She nodded obediently.
Su Qingyun watched Yuan Nan pick up the burden, and the two of them crossed the street and walked diagonally across the street. She had very good eyesight and could see clearly at a glance, the Luoshui County Steelmaking Plant.
She saw the two put down their burdens, chatted with the man who came out, took the money and stuffed it into his pocket, and quickly left the gate of the steel plant.
Judging from this skillful posture, it must not be the first time.
Does her father still have such a way? Su Qingyun was really shocked. This was different from the poultry sold to retail investors just now. Her father could sell things to the factory. In a sense, he was halfway through the process, and the risk was much lower.
Just as she was thinking that her father had come back, Uncle Nan said hello and left quickly.
"Let's go, Yunyun, dad will take you shopping!" Su Aimin waved his hand proudly, making money means he is rich.
"Dad, you can actually sell things to a steel factory, that's awesome!" Su Qingyun praised with a thumbs up.
Su Aimin looked around and lowered his voice: "That man just now, he is from the purchasing department of the steel plant. He is also the brother-in-law of the nephew of your niece's uncle, but your father found it with great difficulty. relation."
He looked proud.
Su Qingyun:......
This relationship is really far-reaching, the kind that can't even be found in the family tree, right? Su Qingyun probably couldn't figure out the relationship even with her breasts.
"Isn't it the Mid-Autumn Festival soon? Their factory wants to collect some mountain goods for the workers as holiday gifts."
Mountain goods? Su Qingyun suddenly realized that mountain products are not uncommon in rural areas, but in counties where vegetables have to be bought on the street, they are considered a rarity.
However, just those two loads, how many mountain goods can be produced? There are thousands of people in the steel factory.
As if seeing his daughter's doubts, Su Aimin added: "Of course it's not just this time. It was your Uncle Nan who came here before. He lives in Xiaoyuan Village. Some of the mountain goods were found by him, and some were collected from various villages. .”
Su Qingyun nodded clearly. Xiaoyuan Village is backed by Yunluo Mountain. Yunluo Mountain is undulating and rolling. Not to mention mountain goods, there are all kinds of blind bears. The locals only dare to go up to the outside of the mountain. Yuan Nan dares to go up the mountain to find mountain goods. , is also brave, but not brave enough to do business.
"Dad, that means you and Uncle Nan, one is looking for sources of goods and the other is looking for sales. What about the costs?"
Su Aimin stopped and looked at his daughter seriously, with surprise on his face, "So, do you still understand this?"
Su Qingyun touched her nose and smiled guiltily, "Isn't it because I didn't like studying in the past and just liked reading some miscellaneous books? I saw them all in books."
"Miscellaneous books are good, miscellaneous books are also for learning knowledge."
Su Aimin thought it was good. He had always felt that she was so naive and ignorant of worldly things. Today, it seemed that he had underestimated her.
"I paid for the initial cost. Now I'm probably 40-60 with your Uncle Nan, and I'm 60-6 with him." Su Aimin kept talking, and he didn't forget to warn, "You can't tell your family about these things when you go back." , you can’t even talk about your milk, remember?”
It's not that Su Aimin is selfish. The money he has earned, the risks he has taken, and the ups and downs he has taken for so long cannot be handed over to his family so generously.
"Understood!" Su Qingyun blinked and said that he would keep it secret.
She understood her father's concerns. There was no separation in the family, and her mother alone made all the income and expenses of the whole family. Her second aunt was also a petty person. If the family knew about this, what might happen?
