Chapter 77 77

The rough and loud voice that seemed to be broken but not broken in the loudspeaker was still shouting rhythmically: "Son of a bitch, congratulations to the factory director! Son of a

bitch, congratulations to the factory director! He spent his life on eating, drinking, whoring and gambling! He took away 35 million, took away 35 million! He ran away with his sister-in-law! He ran away!

We have no choice but to use the clothes to pay our wages! To pay our wages!

The clothes that originally cost more than one hundred, two hundred or three hundred are now all 39, 49, all 39, 49..."

The young people who had just returned from working in the Jiangnan Garment Factory listened to what was shouted in the loudspeaker. They could understand each word, but they couldn't understand it when it was combined together?

When did their garment factory go bankrupt? Could it be in the past two days? Their factory director ran away with 35 million? Oh my goodness! 35 million! This bastard Director He... Wait, that's not right, their factory director's last name is not He? Instead, the director of the Jiangnan Leather Factory next door is called He or something.

They couldn't help but approach Jiang Bai and Tong Jingang's small stall.

This street is full of various stalls. Most people don't allow people to set up stalls in front of their houses, but Jiang Bai's clothing stall is set up in front of Aunt Jiang's house.

Aunt Jiang runs a fruit shop and sells some New Year goods. Nowadays, people still go to the supply and marketing cooperatives to buy New Year goods, thinking that they are cheap, of good quality, and not a rip-off. However, after the reform and opening up, more and more individual businesses have emerged, and many people also come to private homes to buy things. As long as you don't rip people off, there will be old customers willing to come to your home to buy.

At this time, the door of Aunt Jiang's house was crowded with people, all of whom were attracted by the loudspeaker sound of Jiang Bai. Some people couldn't squeeze in, so they went to Aunt Jiang's store first to see if there were any suitable New Year goods to buy.

Aunt Jiang's parents-in-law were a little unhappy when they saw Jiang Bai coming over and wanted to use the power strip at his house. They put on stern faces, but Aunt Jiang pretended not to see anything and greeted her little nephew with a smile: "Where did you get so many clothes? You sell them so cheaply, are you making money?"

She found a power strip for her little nephew and pulled the cord for him. Seeing that he also brought an electric iron, she said, "Where do you know how to iron clothes? Give it to me, I'll do it."

"No, no, aunt, go and do your own thing, I can iron it!"

During the New Year, every business in Shuibu Town is very busy. Aunt Jiang has been busy since morning and has not rested yet. It is still early now. After Tong Jingang and Jiang Bai had a day off last night, they decided to drag the clothes to Shuibu Town together to sell them.

Tong Jin Gang was more active than Jiang Bai. Seeing that he made too little money from the clothes, he spontaneously learned to raise the price by 10 yuan per piece.

But this price was still more than half cheaper than the clothes in the shops in Shuibu Town. For example, down jackets and blouses were priced at 150 or 60 yuan per piece in the shops. If you meet someone who doesn't know how to bargain, they will buy it for 20 or 30 yuan, and the merchants will make a lot of money from it. If you meet someone who knows how to bargain, they will cut the price in half and sell it to you for 70 or 80 yuan per piece. They can still make 20 or 30 yuan per piece and still make a lot of money.

At this time, there was a shop selling everything for only 39 or 49 yuan. Many young people and men who didn't know how to bargain came to the shop and blocked the door of Aunt Jiang's shop. As a result, Aunt Jiang's business improved a lot, and Aunt Jiang's mother-in-law couldn't stop smiling.

Aunt Jiang couldn't leave, so she called her children to come down to help.

Aunt Jiang's two children were only thirteen or fourteen years old. When they saw so many people gathered at the door, they opened their mouths in surprise: "So many people? How can I squeeze in?"

Tong Jingang inside was still shouting: "Don't squeeze, don't squeeze, there are some! Everyone has some! We will be here tomorrow!"

Aunt Jiang's son was only twelve years old, but he was already more than 1.6 meters tall. He shouted like a little adult: "Don't squeeze! There is no use squeezing! Come one by one!" Aunt

Jiang's daughter also clapped her hands and shouted: "If you can't squeeze in, don't squeeze. Come to the store to look at the New Year goods first. The clothes can't run away. "

There are indeed many people who cannot squeeze in. I heard that there are still a lot of clothes, so I went to Aunt Jiang's store to buy New Year's goods. After buying the New Year's goods, I asked Aunt Jiang: "Can I leave my things here with you first? I'm going to buy two pieces of clothes first, and I'll come back to get the things later."

Aunt Jiang's house is a self-built house with two floors. Her parents-in-law live in one, and she used to live in one room with her two children. Now that the children have grown up, they pulled a curtain in the middle of the room to divide it into two rooms. The sister lives in one room, and the brother sleeps on the floor in Aunt Jiang and Uncle Jiang's room.

The two rooms below were used as shops. The one for my parents-in-law belonged to them, selling chickens, ducks and fish. The one for Aunt Jiang sold cigarettes, alcohol, milk, dates, cereals, fruits and so on. They were in charge of their own business. There was a yard and a small kitchen in the back for common use.

When she saw someone was going to put something there, Aunt Jiang would lead the person to the backyard and put the things on the corridor of the yard, saying, "You can put the things here, but you have to take care of them yourself. I'm so busy with my business, and I can't help you watch them. You have to pay attention to them yourself!"

The person who put the things there carried a load and tied the mouth of the snakeskin bag with a hemp rope, saying, "Don't worry, I'll buy clothes at the door of your house. I won't go far, I'll watch them myself!"

After that, he suddenly squeezed into the crowd and said, "Boss! Can you give me a discount for two pieces?"

"No bargaining, all prices are the lowest. If you want to bargain, go to the center of the street to buy!" Tong Jingang was busy with sweat on his forehead, constantly collecting money and making change. Jiang Bai originally wanted to iron each piece of clothing, but who knew that these people didn't care whether the clothes were flat or not. They only cared about whether the clothes were made of good material, warm, and resistant to dirt.

Many of these people were men in their thirties or forties, with strong hands. They touched the materials and pulled them. They felt strong and warm. Seeing that they couldn't negotiate a price, they simply paid, bought two pieces, and left quickly.

They wanted to buy two new clothes for their wives and children during the Chinese New Year. They went to the store in the center of the street and asked. Each piece of clothing cost one hundred and twenty or thirty yuan. No matter how much they bargained, it would still cost one hundred yuan. How could they afford it?

Unexpectedly, when they came downstairs with their bags on their shoulders, they heard "down jackets, cotton coats, cotton jackets, all 39, 49". When they heard the prices, the first thing they heard was the cotton coats and cotton jackets, not the 40, 50, and then compared with those clothes that cost more than 100 yuan after paying for a long time, the cotton jackets, 39, 49, heard that they were more than half cheaper.

The only thing they were worried about was the quality, but when they heard the loud speaker saying that the Jiangnan Garment Factory had closed down and the original price of the clothes was more than 100, 200, or 300 yuan, they immediately felt that they had picked up a bargain. When they came in, touched and saw the clothes, they found that the material was indeed strong, wear-resistant and warm, and they quickly paid for the clothes.

It’s good that you don’t have to bargain, it won’t cheat you. Clothes that require bargaining are too cheating. Even if you succeed in bargaining and the other party sells it to you happily, you will still feel unhappy and think that you overpaid.

Now, everyone has the same price, no bargaining, the original price of one piece of clothing, now you can buy two pieces of clothing, the wife and son can each get one, thinking that after returning home, the wife and son will wear the new clothes he bought, and the wife will praise him for buying clothes cheaply, the men are very happy. There are

also young men who don't think about others at all, and only want to buy clothes for themselves.

They work outside all year round, and they are reluctant to eat this or that. Only during the Chinese New Year, they buy a new set of clothes to show off. Now they see such cheap clothes in Shuibu Town, pinch the money in their pockets, think of their parents at home, and can't help but squeeze in. When they see leather shoes, they ask how to sell them.

The employees of Jiangnan Garment Factory finally squeezed in, hoping to expose the scam. But after they squeezed in, they were so fascinated by the leather shoes that cost thirty-nine or forty-nine yuan on the stalls that they could not move.

Moreover, they looked at the clothes on the stalls and found them to be really cheap.

Even though they were employees of the garment factory, they could only get defective clothes. They could not get the real good clothes. Even if they searched hard and brought back something from the factory, it was only a large roll of thread and scraps of cloth that the factory did not want. Such good clothes, even for their internal employees, would cost about the same price.

They could make clothes themselves, but they could not buy clothes. They spent money to buy a pair of shoes.

While buying, he tried hard to open the seams of the shoes to check the quality. After confirming that there was no problem, he asked Jiang Bo: "Which Jiangnan Garment Factory are you from? I'm from the second factory. Why haven't I heard that any Jiangnan Garment Factory went bankrupt? Which factory manager He ran away with his sister-in-law?"

Wucheng people speak Mandarin, and they can't distinguish between flat and retracted tongue sounds, nl, front and back nasal sounds, and the loud horns of this era are also very common. The sound of the speaker and the recorder was not high-definition and there was a lot of noise. The employees of Jiangnan Garment Factory could not tell whether Tong Jingang was shouting "He, Director", "He, Director" or "He, Director". They could not even tell whether he was saying "Jiangnan Garment Factory", "Jianglan Garment Factory", "Jianglan Garment Factory", and some people even heard it as "Jianglang Garment Factory".

Tong Jingang and Jiang Bai did not expect that they would meet real employees of "Jiangnan Garment Factory", but Jiang Bai and Tong Jingang were convinced that Wang Yong came from Jiangnan Garment Factory, and asked them: "Which Jiangnan Garment Factory are you from?"

Since several people could not tell the difference between "Nan, Lan, Orchid, and Lang", they listened for a long time but were talking at cross purposes, and had no idea which garment factory the other person was from.

Jiang Bai and Tong Jingang were too busy. Before they had said a few words, Tong Jingang became impatient and said, "Brother, I'm still busy here. Let's talk later!"

There is a crossroads in the middle of Shuibu Town. The crossroads connects to the neighboring city and Tanshan, the cement factory on the left and right, and to the ferry and Wucheng on the top and bottom. It can be said that it is well connected and a traffic fortress, especially the main road and the network of small roads from the crossroads to the ferry. They are all full of people. The four streets connected to the crossroads are doing very well.

Aunt Jiang's house is on the street in the direction of the crossroads and the neighboring city, near the end. Originally, the traffic here is not as large as the streets in the center of the crossroads, but today, because of the small stalls of Jiang Bai and Tong Jingang, the traffic in the center of the street has attracted a large number of people.

Grandpa Jiang had never expected that although he didn't see his grandson when he got off the car, he could hear the familiar rhythmic words and Tong Jingang's voice, and he knew that his grandson was inside.

Arriving at Shuibu Town was just like returning home. Grandpa Jiang was no longer in a hurry and went to Aunt Jiang's house through the back door.

In the Jiang family, Grandpa Jiang was the only one who truly treated his children equally. He took great care to plan for each of his children.

Uncle Jiang learned the craft of a bricklayer. Father Jiang was willing to study and could read, so he was allowed to study. Aunt Jiang was the youngest and only went to primary school. She knew a few words and was not blind. But when she was old enough to get engaged and married, she took the trouble to ask someone to introduce her to the town and found her current uncle.

It can be said that the children were all arranged well. Uncle Jiang married Aunt Jiang from Linxian, who was gentle and kind. Father Jiang was mild-tempered and married the daughter of the captain of Tanshan. Although Mother Jiang was hot-tempered and irritable now, she was a good girl who took care of everything at home and raised several younger brothers and sisters when she was young.

Not to mention the little girl. Although her parents-in-law are powerful, they only have this one son. Her uncle is not a foolish filial son, but also a hard-working man. The couple separated early and lived separately. They can make their own decisions. They don't have to work in the fields, and they don't have to be exposed to the wind, sun and rain. Even if they are busy with business, it is much better than living in the countryside.

When Aunt Jiang heard that Grandpa Jiang was coming, she couldn't stop smiling: "Dad, ah ah, you are here, sit down quickly, I will go pick up some snacks for you." She couldn't leave the store, so she took the money and gave it to her eldest daughter: "Mingyue, pour a glass of water for Grandpa and sister, and go to your aunt's house to pick up some snacks!" In

Shuibu Town, breakfast is called snacks, and picking up one by one with chopsticks and putting them on the plate is called "picking".

Aunt Jiang's family basically never cooks breakfast except in the off-season. They always buy breakfast from the breakfast shop.

Seeing that his little daughter is doing well, Grandpa Jiang smiled and said with relief: "You go about your business. I've already had breakfast with my neighbor, Liulizi. I'll just sit here and wait for Baizi."

"Baizi took a lot of clothes from that Jiangnan Garment Factory and sold them at the door. Oh, the business is so good that I asked Mingliang to help, but she was too busy to handle it." Aunt Jiang poured water for Grandpa Jiang and Jiang Liu, waved her hand and asked her daughter to buy food, and said with a sigh: "It's because the director of that garment factory is so wicked. He took so much money and ran away. The workers in the entire factory are left without wages. The factory has closed down. It's such a sin."

Grandpa Jiang listened with a smile, and soon Mingyue came back with a plate of hot pot dumplings, buns, fried dough sticks, glutinous rice cakes and other snacks. Aunt Jiang asked Grandpa Jiang and Jiang Liu to eat.

Grandpa Jiang ate a bun and didn't want to eat anymore, Jiang Xi ate two dumplings, and Aunt Jiang packed two fried dough sticks in a packaging bag, squeezed to the door, and stuffed one into each of Jiang Bai and Tong Jingang. Jiang

Bai and Tong Jingang rushed from Wucheng early in the morning. They only ate two big buns on the way and sold clothes at the door of Aunt Jiang's house until now. They were exhausted and thirsty. When they saw food, they ate the fried dough sticks quickly. Tong Jingang even shouted in a very familiar way: "Aunt, is there any water to drink?"

Zhou Mingliang didn't even eat breakfast. He was so hungry that his face turned pale and he acted coquettishly: "Mom, I want to eat and drink too."

Aunt Jiang was very good-tempered. He smiled and said, "Okay, I'll get it for you."

They were busy until lunch time, when the flow of people decreased a little. Aunt Jiang went back upstairs and got a large plastic bag, handed it to Grandpa Jiang and said, "I originally wanted to give it to you and Mom on the second day of the New Year, but I didn't have time on that day, so now is a perfect time to take it back to you!"

The bag was very large. Grandpa Jiang took it and opened it. He saw that it contained several pairs of cotton shoes hand-woven with cotton thread, with several pairs inside.

"The two pairs of maroon ones are for you and mom, and the smaller pair is for Xixi. My sister-in-law is taking care of Songzi and Baizi, so I didn't weave them for them."

Jiang's mother is just like Jiang's grandmother. She is good at doing all the housework outside and is not good at housework. The shoes for Uncle Jiang's family are all made by Jiang's wife. Jiang Song buys shoes to wear, and Jiang Bai picks Jiang Song's shoes to wear.

That is, when the store is not busy, she can manage the store and make shoes for her family at the same time. In addition to Grandma Jiang and Grandpa Jiang, her parents-in-law, two children, husband, and herself all have thick cotton shoes. The soles are all bought ready-made foam soles, and the shoes are filled with thick cotton, which is very warm.

She gave the shoes to Grandpa Jiang, and then she had time to look at Grandpa Jiang and said, "Dad, you have lived a good life these days, and your face has gained weight."

Grandpa Jiang took the shoes that the little girl had knitted for him, and said with a smile, "I moved to the vicinity of Liu Liu School. She gave me meat every day. There was a lot of meat in one meal, and I couldn't finish it. How could I not gain weight?"

After saying this, Grandpa Jiang was so satisfied with what he said. Look at what he said, "I couldn't finish the meat." He dared to say "I couldn't finish the meat" now. Oh my God! He must tell his old friends this sentence when he returns to the village.

His old men were all about his age, or a few years older or younger, with grown children. They were all idle old men in the village who had nothing to do except herding cattle and taking care of grandchildren. When they got together, they had no other hobbies but bragging.

Grandpa Jiang also liked it.

Grandpa Jiang waited at Aunt Jiang's house for a whole morning before he spoke a few words to Jiang Bai and the others.

As soon as Tong Jingang saw Jiang Xiao, his mouth was grinning from ear to ear: "Sister, don't be stingy today. Don't be reluctant to give me the commission from Bai Ziyou. Look how much money I made for you today!"

He took out a handful of money from his pocket, approached Jiang Xiao mysteriously, and squinted at her: "I increased the price of each piece of clothing for you by ten yuan!"

He was so proud, okay? He increased the profit for Jiang Xiao tenfold! Ten times! Originally, he could only make one yuan per piece, but now he can make ten yuan!

Oh my God, he couldn't imagine how much money he made for Jiang Xiao today!

He almost felt dizzy just thinking about it.

Jiang Xi smiled and said, "Okay, when this batch of clothes is sold out, I will come back and give you a big red envelope!"

When the two heard about the big red envelope, their eyes lit up!

The girl said there is a big red envelope! How big is it?

I am looking forward to it!