Reborn back to 1984

Chapter 62

The father and daughter returned to County J by car. It was already evening. Since they had a lot of things, after getting off the bus, Zhang Lingen bought a hot leek pancake for Zhang Xiuqing, and then asked her to stay at the station to guard things, and walked to Jiangnan Water Town by himself.

It was about five o'clock at this time, and Zhang Xiuqing knew that her father and Shi Dongsheng would not come to find her until after seven o'clock, so she found a shady place and sat down.She is a restless person. After eating the pancakes, she took out scissors, a soft ruler, needle and thread from the bundle, opened the cardboard box of the forging belt, and devoted herself to making bows.At the beginning, I was unskilled, and it took about 5 minutes to sew one. Later, I became more and more comfortable, and I could finish one in 2 minutes at most.

From time to time, people passing by stopped to watch. One of them once watched Zhang Xiuqing fried small fried fish at Yuhua Cooked Vegetables, and asked curiously what she was doing?While busy with the work at hand, Zhang Xiuqing replied: "Making bows, for tying hair..."

When they heard that it was for tying their hair, most of the men were not interested, so they turned and left. Most of the women were very interested, and they got closer and closer.

Not long after, a beautiful bow appeared in front of everyone.Although Zhang Xiuqing only completed one of the procedures, it can be imagined that it must be beautiful after all of them are completed. If it is worn on the head, the rate of return must be high.

As the saying goes, everyone has a love of beauty, and immediately someone asks the price and wants to buy it.

Zhang Xiuqing shook her head. Although she "invented" this style of hairpin, it doesn't have any technical content. You just need to buy one and take it home, and you can imitate it after a little thought. If she is greedy for small profits, she will sell it now. , someone smelled the business opportunity and imitated a lot of them. She couldn't sell her [-] hair clips at a good price, so she declined with a smile: "Sorry, this wholesale clip has already been reserved. If you like it, I will go in again." After batching the goods, set up a stall in front of the Yuhua Cooked Vegetables Store on Liuhong Road, and welcome everyone to patronize..."

A woman with two big braids asked, "When will you be going? Can you give us an approximate time?"

In order not to be untrustworthy, Zhang Xiuqing left room for herself and said, "At least ten days, at most half a month!"

Another girl with braids said: "Hey, it's been too long, can it be earlier?"

Zhang Xiuqing nodded: "Okay, I will try my best..."

Hearing this, a group of women stood for a while, and then left in twos and threes.

Unknowingly, the sky darkened. Zhang Xiuqing sat under the dim street lamp, ignoring the strange eyes of passers-by, and kept sewing with both hands. By the time Zhang Lingen and Shi Dongsheng came to find her with a wheelbarrow, she had already done a lot.

Seeing the two of them approaching, Zhang Xiuqing immediately stood up to pack her things, and the street lamp projected her slender figure on the ground, making people feel unspeakably distressed.Zhang Lingen's heart was sour, and he secretly vowed to fulfill his father's responsibilities, so that all three children would stand out.

Shi Dongsheng looked at Zhang Xiuqing's beautiful face almost greedily, even though he had thousands of words to say in his heart, he didn't know what to say for a moment, and it took a long time before he plucked up the courage to ask: "Xiuqing, are you hungry?" After finishing speaking, without waiting for her to answer, he stuffed two pieces of rice cakes that were still warm into her hands, then hurriedly turned around, and together with Zhang Lingen, moved the several cardboard boxes piled on the ground into the cart.

To be honest, Zhang Xiuqing was indeed very hungry, but she didn't have much appetite, because she had the problem of bitter summer, and she couldn't eat in summer, and she wished to eat watermelon as a meal. Seeing this greasy thing now, she lost her appetite even more.What's more, she didn't want Shi Dongsheng to get deeper and deeper, so naturally she couldn't give him any hope.

If it was Shao Han or Ma Tao who gave her something, she would definitely refuse it without even thinking about it, but Shi Dongsheng is a sensitive and fragile young man. He is both a neighbor and a classmate. .Zhang Xiuqing couldn't help but feel embarrassed. After thinking about it, she decided to learn from the kindergarten children. When she was in trouble, she asked her father: "Father, I'm already full. Why don't you and brother Dongsheng eat this rice cake? Each of you can eat a piece, so as not to worry about it." waste!"

Zhang Lingen naturally agreed.

Shi Dongsheng is not a fool, how could he fail to see Zhang Xiuqing's intentions?I feel sad.When biting into the mouth, the fragrant glutinous rice cake has a bitter taste, but when swallowed into the stomach, there is no taste at all.

Zhang Lingen was not picky about food, he ate everything, but when he went to Jiangnan water town earlier, Ma Tao's parents were extremely enthusiastic in order to inquire about his son's details, and they insisted on entertaining him for a meal, which was full of fish and meat. .At the moment, I don't have any appetite at all, but for the sake of my daughter, I have to hold on to this rice cake no matter what.So, without saying a word, he ate it as soon as he took it, hiccupped as soon as he finished eating, and hiccupped all the way home.

There is no phone at home, and there is no way to contact them. Although the three of Shen Heying and their mother are looking forward to their father and daughter returning home as soon as possible, it is impossible to guard the door all the time. But the little white dog is idle and has nothing to do, lying in the courtyard all day and all night. At the door, when he heard familiar footsteps, he immediately limped on one leg and ran to Zhang Xiuqing's side, wagging his tail vigorously.

Zhang Xiuqing patted Xiaobai's head happily, and shouted: "Mom, Xiuhong, Xiaofeng, we're back..."

Someone from the village came over with a basket of snails. Shen Heying was weighing, Zhang Xiaofeng was helping, and Zhang Xiuhong was washing dishes. When they heard the sound, the three of them put down their work and rushed out.

When a family meets, they have their own conversations.

Shi Dongsheng helped them move their things into the living room, greeted Shen Heying, and returned to his home.

When the nearby people heard the commotion, they all ran over to watch the commotion, asking them what they had seen and heard in Shanghai, and what was in their boxes?Did you make a fortune?If you make a fortune, don't forget to support Uncle...

Zhang's father and daughter had expected this situation a long time ago, one smoked, the other sugar, and when everyone's mouths were chewing, Zhang Xiuqing opened the carton, showed them the contents, and asked them to help in the village. Let me publicize that anyone who is interested can come to her house to make head flowers tomorrow, and the wages will be settled every day.

Immediately someone asked how to calculate the wages?
Zhang Xiuqing had already made up her mind on the way, and said, "Basically, if I make a good one, I'll give you two cents, but if you make a bad one or lose one, you'll have to pay me ten yuan..." After finishing speaking, she took out the A finished bowknot, a button, a hairnet, a hairpin and needlework, while demonstrating, he said: "This is what I made, and I haven't finished it yet. I need to nail a button in the middle and sew on the back." Issuing cards and nets... You see, it will look like this after it is done, it is not difficult, anyone who can use a needle and thread can do it, it is not complicated, and it takes up to 5 minutes to do one."

At this time, more than half a month had passed since the end of the busy farming season, and it was the time when everyone was most free. There were a lot of idlers in the village. Although Zhang Xiuqing said that he would pay ten yuan if he made a bad one or lost one, they all read it just now. This manual work is really not difficult or complicated. If it is broken, it can be dismantled and redone at most. As long as it is not Ma Daha, the possibility of losing it is not high.

If you make one in 5 minutes, you can make 120 in an hour, and [-] in ten hours, and you can earn at least two yuan and four cents a day... If you work for a month, how much money will you earn? ?A group of people rushed to Zhang Xiuqing's side with a "crash", some signed up for their sisters in the family, and some signed up for themselves, and it was very lively for a while.

When the crowd calmed down a bit, Zhang Xiuqing said: "Thank you, uncles, brothers, aunts and sisters. It's too late today. Come to my house at six o'clock tomorrow morning. Remember to bring scissors and sewing needles. If you have a bench at home, it's best to use it yourself." With a bench, the wages are settled every day, and it is guaranteed that there will be no arrears..."

If the last sentence was said before the busy farming season, people in the village might still worry about being a white worker, but now no one would question it, because the Zhang family is no longer what it used to be.

Shen Heying and Zhang Xiuhong go out to eat snails every day at dawn, and come home after dark, rain or shine, and sometimes they don’t even go home for lunch. The mother and daughter are so hardworking, no matter how hard they can eat [-] catties in a day.

Zhang Xiaofeng stayed at home to buy things like snails, yellow weasel, loach, etc. As long as there were diligent people in Xindong Village, almost all of them were dispatched to search the fields.After the news spread, people in nearby villages all joined the ranks of earning money.These days, Zhang's family came and went, and Zhang Xiaofeng had little time to play around. The snails dumped in the pond every day, and the yellow weasel and loach kept in the bucket cost three hundred catties anyway.

Moreover, they also bought fish and shrimp from the people on the net boat. It is said that there is no room for buckets, and the boat needs to be shaken. The fish and shrimp in that boat cost two hundred catties anyway.

A caring person helped them calculate an account, no matter how they can earn 100 yuan a day, after a year, they will be a proper household of [-] yuan.No wonder their family was able to pay off their debts in such a short period of time. Thinking about it makes them jealous...

When the villagers came home after watching the excitement, Zhang Xiaofeng closed the courtyard door, Zhang Xiuqing opened the bag, and first took out the things of filial mother: "Mom, this is what Dad bought for you, a pair of nylon gloves, a pair of plastic slippers... ..."

Shen Heying eats snails every day, the palms of her hands are all torn, she is missing gloves, she is happy in her heart, but she still scolds them for spending money indiscriminately.

Zhang's father and daughter all knew her temper, so they went in one ear and out the other, pretending they didn't hear her.Then Zhang Xiuqing took out two schoolbags stuffed with things from the baggage, one for the younger sister and one for the younger brother.

Both Zhang Xiuhong and Zhang Xiaofeng were so happy that they couldn't wait to unzip the zipper, only to find that there were pencil cases, pencil sharpeners, mechanical pencils, and wind sandals inside... except for the different styles and sizes, everything else was exactly the same, and no one was less than the other.

Zhang Xiuhong's tears fell immediately: "Is this for me?"

Zhang Xiuqing said: "Of course it's for you. I'm going to a new school soon. Why don't I change my schoolbag and buy some new stationery..."

Shen Heying's face immediately stiffened, and she got angry at Zhang Lingen: "You have a lot of money? Buy so many things? Even if you want to buy it, just buy a schoolbag and let the siblings use it in turn. Who made you such a prodigal? In which mall did you buy it, and find a way to return one..."

Two people have one high school and one junior high school, they are not in the same school at all, how can they use it in turn?It was not partiality, she was only willing to buy it for her younger brother, but not for herself. Zhang Xiuhong threw the schoolbag on the ground, rubbed her face with her hands, and cried loudly.

Zhang Xiuqing couldn't help stroking her forehead, and while wiping Zhang Xiuhong's tears, she comforted her to open up, don't take her mother's words seriously...

Zhang Xiaofeng has been doing things for the family recently, and has become more sensible. He said, "Mom, if Dad only buys one schoolbag, let my sister use it. After she graduates from high school, I will use her old schoolbag..."

Zhang Lingen was so angry that he pointed at Shen Heying, and scolded: "Xiuhong and Xiaofeng are so sensible, what's the matter with buying two schoolbags? I will buy them a bicycle next time, can you control it?"

Shen Heying was so angry: "I'm so stingy, isn't it because of this family? Just after paying off the debt, each of you's bones are lightened, and you spend money lavishly, wishing to spend all the money you earned. Save up the dowry for Xiuqing, pay the tuition fees for Xiuhong and Xiaofeng, and save money to build a new house? Just blame me..."

(End of this chapter)