Chapter 044

In less than an hour, the two "model worker chickens" were successfully sold at a satisfactory price. Soldier Jia was so happy that he promised to take Lin Siwei to eat the most expensive noodles.

There is a state-owned snack bar at the entrance of the farmer's market. The most expensive large intestine noodles cost 40 cents a bowl.

These two bowls of noodles are as big as one of my aunt's sweater sleeves, no, no, no.

Lin Siwei quickly said that she didn't eat large intestines. Soldier Jia felt a little regretful and ordered two bowls of pickled vegetables and shredded pork noodles for a total of fifty cents.

It was already very cold in Jiangnan at the end of November. Their hands were frozen as they squatted in the cold wind. When the shredded pork noodles were served, they were hot and fragrant, which warmed their hearts.

Soldier Jia gave Lin Siwei the shredded pork in his bowl: "You need to eat more meat to grow taller."

Lin Siwei quickly gave it back: "I have food at school. Uncle, you do physical work, so you should eat more." "

The two gave way back and forth, but in the end they agreed with each other, which is equivalent to not giving in.

Soldier Jia snored while eating noodles and said, "I have two boxes of hammer money at home. I didn't bring it because I was afraid it would be unsafe on the road."

"Don't worry, just leave it for now. You can give it to me later when it's more convenient for me." "

Okay. Don't worry, Siwei. Your aunt is keeping this money very carefully, and she's afraid that I'll spend it lavishly."

Lin Siwei is of course relieved.

She still remembers how Su Hongxia and Jia Bingbing helped their mother and daughter wholeheartedly. Jia Bingbing walked around the villages and alleys, doing thousands of jobs, and met all kinds of people, but he was not snobbish at all, and his biggest advantage was that he was afraid of his wife.

At that time, if Lin Siwei packed his bags and went to join his aunt's family, Soldier Jia would never say anything nonsense, but Lin Siwei knew in his heart that doing so would not only increase the burden on them, but also bring no benefit to himself.

Only when you come to Jinling will you have the opportunity.

"Uncle, you are quite good. Two boxes of hammers were sold out so quickly."

"The stuff is good." Soldier Jia took another sip of noodles. "You have used it at home before, right? Those of ours were either made in the blacksmith shop." Yes, you have to go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy it. I work on my own and know the quality of things best. Your hammer is a good steel. I gave two to our village chief and the village chief next door. Once they use it, it is good. It's a good thing. It was added to the production team right away. You think, with this, it won't be easy for me to brag about it when I go to the market? Let me tell you, I am so bragging."

Lin Siwei was really amused by Soldier Jia.

He also lamented that although my aunt married into a poor family, she was very happy. Although my mother seemed to be married to a city man back then, in fact, this city man was nothing more than a piece of shit and had been with her for the rest of her life.

Seeing Soldier Jia's clever mind, the idea that Lin Siwei had been thinking about for a while came to mind again.

"Uncle, how are you getting along with Captain Jiang?" She was referring to Jiang Xinquan, the captain of the brewery.

Soldier Jia said: "We have a good relationship. The good thing about Chiang Kai-shek is that every time I ask him to bring home some vegetables from the field, he also praises the radishes grown by your aunt for being very juicy and teaches me how to dry them."

That's true, look. Every household in the countryside is drying dried radish, so why are the dried radishes in Jinling so far away from civilization? That's a secret, and only the Jinling people know it.

Being able to talk about this shows that the two of them really get along well. Soldier Jia is very understanding and able to maintain relationships. No wonder the carpentry work is also fully scheduled.

Lin Siwei asked again: "When you came back with him this time, his car was full of dissatisfaction?"

Soldier Jia said: "Not satisfied, half of it is empty. Why do you ask?"

Lin Siwei looked around, and the state-owned snack bar was still doing business. It was good, but it was inconvenient with so many people talking, so he said, "After we finish eating, let's go to the department store to buy wool. I'll tell you on the way."

After the two of them finished eating, they went to the bus station to wait for the bus.

There were only two of them at the station. Lin Siwei finally asked: "Uncle Jiang's car is half empty, which means it is still half full. He went to deliver goods. Where did he load the goods back from?"

Soldier Jia smiled and said: "You I don’t understand. The trucks in these factories are released only once when they are empty, and when they are full, they are paid the dead wages in the factory. Who doesn’t want to eat some night grass? "

That’s right.

Although there were state-run freight companies in this era, factories that were relatively large and shipped a lot of goods in surrounding areas would have their own truck fleets, and the drivers were factory employees. Whether you are going to deliver goods or pick up goods in other places, there is a high probability that the truck will be empty. Bringing some goods for others along the way is the "night grass" for these long-distance drivers, and it is also an important reason why long-distance drivers are popular these days.

But this "drop-in" delivery depends on both luck and information. After all, there are no professional logistics and distribution companies these days, so the drivers have their own talents. Those with good connections and information will have more night grass. It doesn't matter. Those in the channel can only let go of the car and get some painful dead wages.

This is what Lin Siwei was thinking about.

If we could set up a company that specializes in consigning various goods and summarize information from various channels, wouldn't this be the prototype of the logistics and express delivery industry in the future?

Soldier Jia was a well-versed man and had some talent for business. Lin Siwei thought that he might as well start from Shaping County.

"Uncle, is it easier to make money selling hammerheads than working as a carpenter?"

"That's natural. Carpenters are hard-working. They go out for many days and have no time to take care of the family. They can't make much money, so they can only make ends meet. "

In the future, there will be machines to make furniture, and the furniture will be beautiful and good, and the carpenters will be out of work."

Soldier Jia was shocked: "No, Siwei, don't scare me."

Think again, Soldier Jia . I also felt that what Lin Siwei said made sense. He is in a rural area, and there is still a market for carpenters. He heard that there are already furniture stores in big cities. If furniture stores are opened in the county towns in the future, he really doesn't know if they can beat other people's mass production.

Soldier Jia had some knowledge and was not single-minded, so he immediately sensed the crisis.

"What should we do? You are going to work soon, and you won't always have hammers to sell."

"Have you ever thought about making some other money?" Lin Siwei asked.

Soldier Jia was honest: "I have thought about it. I also told your aunt that there is good money in the city. I want to ask Captain Jiang if he can hire a stevedore. I have the strength."

"What do I do as a stevedore?" I have a better idea. It won't delay you to sell the hammer."

"What's your idea?"

Lin Siwei told Soldier Jia about his idea of ​​setting up a distribution company. Of course, it was still the early 1980s, and telling him to start a company alone would scare Soldier Jia. Lin Siwei said that she read in the newspaper that there were one million self-employed people across the country by the end of last year. The country can now issue business licenses to self-employed people. Uncle, you can try to be self-employed.

Soldier Jia's mind was really sharp and he immediately reacted: "You mean, let me set up a stowage point?"

"Yes, it's in your Shaping County. Let's start with Shaping County. It doesn't cost much. ..."

"What a fart." Soldier Jia cheered, "My house is not far from County Street, so I'll use my house as a warehouse. I'll find a way to fill up Captain Jiang's car first so that he won't miss it when he returns. They'll introduce me to other drivers. If

that doesn't work, I'll squat in front of the supply and marketing cooperative

, and when I see a driver, I'll introduce him to my delivery point. For a small factory without a transportation team, as long as the price I offer at the loading point is cheaper than that of the transportation company, people will definitely choose me. "

I am really a natural businessman who can get things done.

He just needed some ideas.

The more they talked, the happier they became. They had already begun to imagine that in the near future, they would open a distribution shop in Jinling and take over the market in Jinling.

Of course, Lin Siwei also felt a little guilty, asking if this was poaching the company? Jia Bingbing said that he was digging corners and didn't ask people to run away. This was because the company was spilling rice all the way. He was just sweeping the spilled rice home and making the best use of it.

Lin Siwei actually just said it first. Because there will be many similar stowage points in the future, and enterprise truck stowage will also become a common phenomenon. When companies slowly enter the market and need to be responsible for their own profits and losses, they will think of the hot potato of the transportation team, and truck contracting will appear. system.

This is a later story, and it is also Lin Siwei's reminder to Soldier Jia.

Any decision can be considered successful if it can be looked back ten years. As for the situation ten years later, you need to explore as you go.

Don’t fall behind, but don’t get too far ahead either. It is too advanced and many ideas cannot be implemented, which is also a waste of effort.

Until the two got on the bus, Soldier Jia was still sighing at Lin Siwei's wisdom.

"Siwei, I used to keep you quiet at home, but you have become so capable in the city. It seems that I have to let Fangfang and Yaming come to the city to study. They will study in your grain school."

Lin Siwei smiled . "The county school is very good. Fangfang should try to get into the county school. Don't go to a technical school like me."

"The technical school is not good? I think you are very good."

Lin Siwei thought to himself, I have received higher education in my previous life . Education, in this life, is just about settling down and getting a diploma. But Jia Fang and Jia Yaming are different. They must have a better starting point.

So she said: "The technical school is very good, but it would definitely be better if you can go to high school and take the college entrance examination. Yaming's grades are not outstanding, and Fangfang's grades are so good, she should be a college student."

Jia Bingbing was encouraged by her. He said vigorously, "Write a letter to Fangfang later to encourage her. She also wants to get into a technical secondary school so that she can leave her rural household registration and start working earlier."

This is also a characteristic of the times. Vocational secondary schools these days have very high scores. If you pass the exam, you will have the status of a national cadre, and you can start working early. It is also the first choice for many students who want to leave the agricultural field.

Lin Siwei said: "Of course technical secondary schools are good, but if we have the ability, we should give ourselves more opportunities to choose. I will write to Fangfang later and tell her."

She remembered that Xiao Huiyu once used Lin Jiahuan to talk to Lin Siwei. Jia Fang, Jia Fang did study in a rural area, and the quality of teaching in the county was indeed not as good as the best high school in Jinling, but she believed that this was an era when poor families could produce noble children.

Jia Fang is no worse than Lin Jiahuan.