Reborn during the early days of China’s reform and opening, the narrator finds himself in the 1980s countryside. In this setting, the past is still a cold reference, yet it is also a fresh start....
At around seven o'clock in the morning, Wan Feng boarded Yang Hong's tractor on the side of the road. When they arrived at the location of the Yongshi Commune, he asked Yang Hong to turn to Gushan Commune.
When he arrived at the Gushan Supply and Marketing Cooperative, Wan Feng ran to the garment department like a rocket and handed the bag in his hand to Yan Shufang.
"Aunt Yan, your apprentice has put the processing fee in the bag. The tractor belt is waiting for me outside. I'm leaving now."
"Then when will you come to pick it up?" Yan Shufang's voice came from behind.
"Can you make it this afternoon?"
"You come pick it up before we get off work and we guarantee it can be done."
"Okay, I'll pick it up around three or four in the afternoon."
He jumped onto the tractor in a hurry.
Because we turned towards Gushan this time, the tractor arrived at the county town at almost 12:00, which was half an hour later than usual.
Xin Li was waiting for Wan Feng at the designated location, with Xia Qiulong following behind her like a silly bodyguard.
Wan Feng told Yang Hong to wait for him at the entrance of the textile printing and dyeing factory when he came back, and then he jumped out of the car.
"Hey, Brother Xia, why are you here too?"
Xia Qiulong took the shoulder bag from Wan Feng's hand with a beaming look on his face. From the smile that came from the cracks in his bones, it could be concluded that he must have known how his wife made money.
"Sister-in-law, how much did you sell yesterday afternoon?"
"There's only one pair of men's trousers and one pair of women's trousers left, the rest have all been sold."
Only two pairs of pants left? She already sold eight pairs, which was quite astonishing. If she continued to sell at this rate, she would definitely be the first person in Hongya County to earn ten thousand yuan.
Wan Feng patted Xia Qiulong: "Brother, hold on!"
Xia Qiulong knew what Wan Feng meant and laughed out loud: "I'm nothing!"
"You're not going to the construction site today?"
"I'll arrange for someone to go to the construction site with your sister-in-law later."
"We must arrange for someone who is perceptive and smart, but don't arrange for someone as stupid as you. It would be better not to arrange it at all."
Xia Qiulong glared and said, "Big Brother, is he so unpopular?"
"Otherwise, you have to hold on. My sister-in-law is a precious lady now. Okay, I won't argue with you anymore. I have to hand over the goods to my sister-in-law."
Wan Feng and Xin Li came to the roadside and Wan Feng opened his bag.
"I didn't bring as many clothes today as I did yesterday. The main reason is that the processing was a bit slow. I only have ten pairs of pants and ten shirts today. I'll make do with what I have for now. I should have more tomorrow."
Twenty pieces of clothing for thirty yuan, cash in hand and goods in hand, Xin Li handed the money to Wan Feng.
Wan Feng put the money away.
"Brother, there are two girls at the hosiery factory who want some skinnier pants, the kind that tighten around the buttocks. Do you have any?"
Wan Feng chuckled, thinking how foresighted he was. He asked Luan Feng to change the size of the pants last night and they were ready today.
"Let's make it clear. The pants we make are all skinny pants. I guarantee the girls will like them."
"Okay, here we go."
A guy with a ghostly face and toad eyes came out from somewhere and ran to Xia Qiulong with sleepy eyes. He had just gotten up.
"Brother, what do you want me to do?"
"Damn it, I told you to come and you only came now."
The young man smiled a little embarrassedly: "I played poker with my neighbor last night until almost twelve o'clock, and didn't get up in the morning."
"Humph! From now on, follow your sister-in-law."
The young man was a little confused: "Why are you following my sister-in-law?"
"Your sister-in-law wants to do some business and is afraid of being caught. Your job is to tell your sister-in-law in advance if you see anyone acting strangely. If it's too late, you rush over to stop the person and give your sister-in-law a chance to escape."
After Xia Qiulong's explanation, the young man was probably even more confused. It was like catching a spy.
"Second son, don't listen to your eldest brother's threats. It's not that serious. Let's go. You will understand then. Brother Wan, we are leaving." The young man left with Xin Li carrying his bag.
"Brother! Where are you going now?"
"I have to go to Mr. Zhou's house. I promised to give his wife a piece of clothing a few days ago. I'm going to deliver it now. Then I have to go to the department store and finally the textile factory."
"Do you need my help?"
Wan Feng calculated it and said, "Wait for me at the textile factory in an hour and help me load the truck."
Wan Feng originally wanted to go to Zhou Bingde's house first, but after thinking about it, he decided it would be easier to go to the department store first. He had to go to get the fabric later and would not have time to go to the store.
I ran to the store as quickly as possible and bought two bottles of Kong Fengchun and two bottles of Meiji Jing.
Originally, he was not going to fulfill this promise, but now that Jiang Min was living in Luan Feng's house, he had to buy this thing. He couldn't let a girl who had left home apply cold cream.
Wan Feng had been to Zhou Bingde's house once. Although he was not familiar with the place, he still remembered Liang'er and arrived at Zhou's house without much trouble.
When he arrived outside the Zhou family courtyard, Wan Feng pushed the door open and unexpectedly saw a 17-year-old girl washing clothes in a washbasin in the yard. When she heard the sound of the door being pushed open, she turned her head and looked at Wan Feng.
"Who are you looking for?" His tone was a bit arrogant.
Since the girl was washing clothes sideways with her face to the door, the side of her body fell into Wan Feng's sight.
He was wearing a white half-sleeved old man's shirt, and his figure could not be seen at all. His exposed arms were white, but covered with a lot of soap foam, and his two long whips were almost hanging down to his buttocks.
I don’t know him at all. Did I go to the wrong door?
Just as he was wondering, Zhou Bingde's wife came out of the house.
"Oh, Wan is here, come in quickly!"
The girl probably thought Wan Feng looked suspicious and didn't look like a good person, so she asked in a stiff tone, "Who is he?"
"He is Wan. Your grandfather recovered from his cantaloupe disease by eating his cantaloupe."
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