The Pioneer of the Rebirth Era

"How much is this pair of shoes, son?" The leather shoes are quite heavy in the hand, and I don't know what kind of leather they are made of. They feel very comfortable to the touch, especially at this thickness, it seems that they are worn in winter, and they can be worn out tomorrow. Shake around.

"More than one hundred." Yang Dongxu almost didn't spit out the price of more than one thousand.

This pair of leather shoes is real leather, not artificial leather, or cheap dog leather, cowhide or something. They are made of high-quality buckskin, the whole pair of shoes looks very tall, and more importantly, they are all handmade. If Master Xuan knew a lot of strange people, there would be no shoes made with such old craftsmanship for two thousand yuan. buy it anywhere.

"Prodigal son." Yang's mother glared at her son, then reached out and snatched the shoes from Yang's father: "I will wear them after the Chinese New Year, and now I will spoil things when I wear them out."

Originally, he wanted to wear it tomorrow, but when others asked how much the shoes cost, he lightly spit out the number of more than one hundred and made a fuss about it. Now that the shoes were robbed, Dad Yang became a bit bitter.

However, it just rained yesterday. Although Jishang is an asphalt road, other places are very muddy. It would be a waste to wear such good shoes on a rainy day, so I will show them to others when it is sunny.

After packing up the things, Yang's mother started to cook, although she was very angry today. But the son must be hurt, and the most direct way to hurt the son is naturally to prepare a big meal with big fish and meat.

Although he was spoiled by the Yang family banquet, Yang Dongxu still felt that his mother's cooking was no worse than those of the chefs, and it was a joy to eat.

It rained a lot the day before Yang Dongxu came back, and snowflakes fell early in the morning the next day. Woke up early in the morning with my parents and walked the old people in the village with my things.

Each family gets a little bit of seafood and nuts, and when the things are delivered, the field has already begun to become a vast expanse of whiteness. Today, even if it is snowing during the fair, it can't stop the enthusiasm of the rural people to make New Year's goods.

In the past, it was considered a fat year to cut two catties of meat during the Chinese New Year. In the past two years, apart from pork, other New Year products have also been very popular. Especially vegetables, no matter who has eaten Chinese cabbage and green radishes all winter, they can't help but want to buy them when they see seasonal vegetables such as leeks, celery, and even cucumbers.

So just after nine o'clock, Yang Dongxu's canteen was surrounded by crowds. Selling vegetables is what my grandpa wanted to pay attention to. In the past, Yang Dongxu's small shop mainly sold some daily necessities, pots and pans, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar.

There is no vegetable field in the fields of rural people, so there is no market for vegetables in rural markets. However, off-season vegetables grown in greenhouses are obviously not included in this category.

A whole round of thousands of vegetables, more than half of which had been sold before noon. Especially bundles of celery, a family can make a bundle of 20 to 30 catties, and a dozen people can buy three to four hundred catties and go out like this. Even if there is no refrigerator in the winter, they are not afraid of the vegetables being spoiled.

"Uncle Chao Nan and Uncle Bei, why didn't we come to the market, celery? There is no more celery today. Come over next episode, and I'll save it for you in advance. Would you like some cucumbers? Tomatoes are also good." Yang Dongxu held While keeping accounts, he greeted the people who came to buy vegetables.

Wearing a black hat, a military overcoat, and cotton shoes made by Yang Ma, if it weren't for his skin being a little fairer, anyone would look at him as an out-and-out rural kid without any adulteration.

When it was almost noon, the flow of people slowly began to decrease a little bit, and Yang Dongxu took the time to run to the back to drink tea. There are too many people going to the market at the end of the year, and there are more people stuck here to buy vegetables. Mom and Dad are responsible for weighing the vegetables for people. Not only does he have to pay the bill, but he also has to watch people not run away with the vegetables.

Rural people are simple and honest, but rural women are also aggressive and like to take advantage of small things. A bundle of vegetables costs a few dollars. If you don’t look at it, someone will leave without paying. So he even went to the toilet all morning. None of the effort.

It just so happened that the things I brought back yesterday gave a lot to my grandparents and my uncle’s family business, so my uncle took my aunt and carried the child back to her natal home early in the morning, and my grandparents couldn’t come over to help my uncle’s stall. , the elder sister and the younger sister have to look at other stalls, so Yang Dongxu is so tired after coming down all morning.

"How much did you sell for?" Father Yang took a sip of the wine, then pushed the noodles into his mouth, and even took a bite of garlic cloves.

There were no people at the fair, and the uncle's stall over there was closed by grandparents. Because the people who went to the market went back to the market, the news spread that there were vegetables for sale in Yangjiaji, and many people came over, so Yang Dongxu's grandparents are busy there now. Yang Dongxu and Yang's father took the time to rest up, and then went out to work.

"It's more than one thousand and two hundred. If it's sold out, it should look like one thousand three four." Yang Dongxu stretched his head and glanced outside. About one-fifth of the dishes were left, thinking about the roughly calculated account just now, and said. .

"So much?" Father Yang was taken aback for a moment.

"How much does it cost to buy these dishes?"

"More than nine hundred." Father Yang said, then gave a sip, cautiously glanced outside and said in a low voice: "So we can earn four to five hundred yuan after selling so many vegetables? "

"It's quite a lot." Yang Dongxu nodded.

Although the investment outside is always tens of millions, hundreds of millions. But selling vegetables in the countryside can earn four to five hundred yuan a day, let alone now, even in the future, this income will not be low. Now the annual income of rural people can be more than 1,000 yuan if they are good, and only a few hundred yuan if they are not.

Big pigs now cost just over two yuan a catty. At this time, people feed pigs with real sweet potatoes, crushed straw, etc., and no feed is used. A big pig is fed for seven or eight months before it is slaughtered. Two hundred catties is definitely a big pig, and it only costs four to five hundred yuan. This shows how the income standard of rural people is.

"Hurry up and eat, go out later and unload those dishes from the car, let's take your little grandpa and go to the city again." Father Yang stopped drinking and urged Yang Dongxu to eat quickly.

Having made so much money all of a sudden, while being excited, Father Yang's first thought was to continue eating and take advantage of this opportunity to make more money.

"There will be no set tomorrow." Yang Dongxu took a bite of the steamed bun and said vaguely.

Yangjiaji is just a small market, and there is only one market every other day. Basically, there are more people during the market, and there are not many people at other times.

"There is no market here, so we won't sell it in other markets?" Father Yang snorted, although he had drunk a couple of drinks, his head was not at all sluggish and sober.

"At that time, take the plastic sheet and go to the wholesale market in the city to buy vegetables, and take them directly to my grandpa's house." Yang Dongxu nodded.

The time of the Yangjiaji is staggered from the time of the towns like Ranmiao and Wuli. Otherwise, a small set will definitely not be able to compete with the big set, and it is good that the meeting will be run out. So there is no fair at his house, and it happens to be the time when the little grandpa has a fair at Ranmiao.

"Okay, eat quickly." Father Yang thinks this is a good idea.

There is no direct asphalt road from Yangjiacun to Ranmiao. It is easy to save a lot of trouble by going directly to Ranmiao to get vegetables from the city.

"Is there any food at the wholesale market in the afternoon?" Yang Dongxu asked while huffing the noodles.

"This." Dad Yang, who was a little excited, couldn't help being stunned for a moment, "There should be some dishes, but most of them are probably leftovers that are stale."

It was a coincidence when I went to the wholesale market yesterday. It happened that a large truck was late due to some circumstances on the road, so he caught up with a truckload of fresh vegetables and came back.

It’s definitely not possible to go in the afternoon if you want to pull good dishes. You have to get up in the early morning, wait at the wholesale market at four or five o’clock, or even two or three o’clock, and then weigh and load the vegetables. Almost just in time for the morning market in every market.

"Why don't you go again tomorrow?" Yang Dongxu said.

"That's the only way." Father Yang nodded in disappointment. There's a lot of money. I can only see that there is no way to earn it and it will have to wait until tomorrow. I guess he won't be able to sleep well today.

After eating, I was busy for a while, and finally there was still some leftovers to order. Mama Yang picked out some good ones, gave some to neighbors, and kept some at home. I boiled and mixed pig food in other big pots. Improve the food for the two pigs in the family.

"Xuzi, Xuzi, come out quickly, your uncle is fighting with someone else." Finally he finished his work, and Yang Dongxu didn't want to go out in the cold weather. He just wanted to curl up in bed and wait for dinner when he heard a Someone called himself.

Before putting on his shoes, Yang Dongxu ran downstairs: "Why are you fighting with someone?"

"Xiaodongzhuang, your uncle and the people from Xiaodongzhuang started a fight, Daddy (Papa Yang) and the others brought people there." Da Liang said hastily.

Xiaodongzhuang is on the east side of Yangjia Village. There are not many 20 or 30 families in the village, and it is not far from Yangjia Village.

"How did you fight?" Yang Dongxu yelled. The little girl who was watching TV looked at the door, then raised her foot and put her shoes on and asked Da Liang as she walked.

"I don't know either. Xiao Wu said that my uncle was beaten and asked me to come back and call for someone. They are there to help." Da Liang couldn't tell why for a while.

After Yang Dongxu went to Yanjing, Xiao Wu became the king of the children in the village. He went down the river to catch fish, climbed trees to dig out bird nests, and often led a group of little kids crazy.

It’s not that big of a winter and it’s still snowing. A group of fifteen or sixteen children are not staying at home. It seems that Yangjia Village can’t let them go. Not long after lunch here, they wandered to Xiaodongzhong. Originally They wanted to call Yang Dongxu, the former boss, together, but they didn't call because Yang Dongxu was busy.

A group of half-grown boys were strolling around watching the dogs in heat and beating rice seedlings in the field. When they were about to stick together and make trouble, they saw Uncle Yang Dongxu's family, who had returned from his natal family, clashed with the people in Xiaodongzhuang. Xiao Wu rushed over to help with a group of people, and told the 'second in command' Da Liang to hurry back and call for help.

As soon as he left the village here, Yang Dongxu saw a group of people running towards Xiaodongzhuang not far away, there were dozens of people. Yang Dongxu was also worried that his uncle would suffer in Xiaodongzhuang, so he greeted Da Liang and ran quickly.

Da Liang, who was out of breath after running back, shouted to wait for him, gritted his teeth and chased him desperately.