Reborn In The '80s

"Did you know? Those people who were beaten in other places are back!"

"I know, I heard that I made a lot of money!"

"I heard that one person earned more than 100 yuan!"

"Ah! So much?"

"That's all, Xu Zuocheng said it himself!"

"That's more profitable than Xu Zhao's messy greenhouse vegetables."

"Definitely!"

"..."

For a while, this kind of discussion was everywhere in Nanwan Village. Even the Xu and Li families heard about it.

Especially Xu Zhao, he has to arrange every link and manpower of "Catching the New Year", so as not to go wrong in the middle and affect the business, and he doesn't take Xu Zuocheng seriously, let alone 100 yuan, it is 1000 yuan and 1 yuan He wouldn't be jealous of Xu Zuocheng even if he didn't have money.

Therefore, Xu Zhao did whatever he was supposed to do, and only then wrote a summary in a small notebook and the dinner was ready, but Xu Fan went to Zhuang Zhuang’s house to play and hadn’t come back yet, so Xu Zhao went to the village to pick up Xu Fan, and happened to meet Xu Zuocheng and a group of villagers They are bragging, bragging about how good they are, bragging about how high their salary is, and so on.

Xu Zhao pretended not to see it, and wanted to walk over, but was stopped by a call.

"Xu Zhao, Xu Zhao!" Xu Zuocheng shouted.

Xu Zhao bit the bullet and walked over.

Xu Zuocheng was wearing a dark blue padded jacket, black trousers and a pair of big-toed leather shoes, with a cigarette dangling from his mouth. He was from Daqianmen and asked with a smile, "I heard that you are doing greenhouse vegetables?"

Xu Zhao replied, "Yes."

"How is it?" Xu Zuocheng looked down on Xu Zhao.

Xu Zhao said humbly, "It's okay."

Xu Zuocheng asked directly: "Have you made any money?"

"It's not considered making money." In Xu Zhao's mind, making money after the cost is earned is called making money, otherwise, it can only be called "enough money".

Not making money?If you say it so implicitly, it must not make money, maybe you will still lose money. Thinking about it this way, Xu Zuocheng laughed and asked, "Is it because the vegetables can't be sold?"

"Sell a little."

"Oh, I'm still selling a little bit." The ironic smile on Xu Zuocheng's face did not fade, and he asked again: "What are you planting?"

"Vegetables, cucumbers, beans, etc."

"How much can this be sold for? Can it be sold for 100 yuan per catty?" Xu Zuocheng deliberately joked.

"No." Xu Zhao replied in a normal tone.

"Then why do you do it?" Xu Zuocheng looked very concerned about Xu Zhao, and said, "If you can't make money, then don't do it. It's a waste of an acre of land. If you want me to say, you throw the third child to your parents." Take, anyway, parents love Sanwazi, and you, go out to work with elder brother, although your salary is definitely not as high as that of elder brother, but 20 yuan a month is no problem, enough for you and Sanwazi, isn’t it?"

How could Xu Zhao not know about Xu Zuocheng's virtues, but he didn't have the same knowledge as him, and instead said: "Well, but, I don't want to go out, I just want to take Sanwazi with me. The meal is cooked at home, and Sanwazi hasn't come home yet. I'm going to call him home for dinner."

Xu Zuocheng nodded helplessly and said, "Go, go."

Xu Zhao smiled and nodded with the others to show politeness, and then walked towards the village. He heard Xu Zuocheng complain about all kinds of dislikes towards him, and also revealed to others that Xu Zhao borrowed money to build a house, failed to grow vegetables, etc., Xu Zhao I don't care.

When he came back with Xu Fan in his arms, Xu Zuocheng was still talking about it, and a group of old men made fun of Xu Zhao, thinking that Xu Zhao must lose all his money growing vegetables this time.

"Vegetables are so cheap, how much can you sell for an acre of planting?"

"That's right, Xu Zhao is too overwhelmed. Growing vegetables is definitely not as cost-effective as growing wheat."

"I don't know how his vegetables are growing? Has no one visited?"

"I heard that the planting is not very good."

"I haven't seen him gain anything these days."

"..."

A group of people are agreeing with Xu Zuocheng, they are flattering Xu Zuocheng in their hearts, hoping that Xu Zuocheng will go out to work after the year, so that they can take them along and make some money.Xu Zuocheng was very useful, he felt that he was very capable, and with a smug look in his eyes, he waited for Xu Zhao to lose money.

Just waiting to see Xu Zhao lose money, he can't afford it!

Xu Zhao ignored Xu Zuocheng, carried Xu Fan back home, washed Xu Fan's fat hands with soap, and then wiped them clean with a towel.

Xu Fan immediately put his little meaty hand on his nose and smelled it, and said with a smile, "Dad, I smell so good! So good!"

Xu Zhao smiled and said, "Well, you smell very, very fragrant, so, sweet baby, can we have dinner?"

Xu Fan asked childishly, "What's for dinner?"

Xu Zhao replied, "Noodles."

“I love noodles!”

"Is there anything you don't like?"

"No, no, I like to eat everything."

"..." I really know myself.

Xu Zhao dragged Xu Fan into the dining hall for dinner, and just grasped the chopsticks, the phone rang, Xu Zhao put down the chopsticks and hurried to pick it up, thinking it was Cui Qingfeng calling to ask about the greenhouse vegetables, but unexpectedly it was Cui Dingchen who hadn't appeared for more than a month.

Xu Zhao asked in surprise, "Uncle, why is it you?"

Cui Dingchen asked in a low voice: "Why can't it be me?"

Xu Zhao said with a smile: "I just feel very surprised. I heard from Qingfeng that it is difficult to touch the phone when you go with the car."

"Well, I just ran into a phone call today, so I'll give you a call."

"Where is the uncle today?"

"In the imperial capital."

The imperial capital is of course the capital, the most prosperous city, Xu Zhao asked enviously, "Is the imperial capital well-developed?"

Cui Dingchen replied pertinently at the other end: "It's not developed, but it's much better than Xizhou in every aspect."

"I am very sure of that."

Cui Dingchen continued: "And the greenhouse vegetables here are already on the market, how about yours?"

Xu Zhao hurriedly said, "Mine will be listed tomorrow!"

"Are you ready?"

"It's almost done. Tomorrow we will start harvesting vegetables before dawn. After dawn, Brother Li and I will push the ox cart to the county town to sell vegetables, and there will be Qingfeng to make up for it."

"Yes, you will definitely have a hard time during this time."

"It doesn't matter." Xu Zhao said with a smile: "We are not afraid of hard work, but uncle, when will you come back? It will be the Chinese New Year soon."

"Soon." After Cui Dingchen finished speaking, he paused and asked, "Do you want to..."

Cui Dingchen didn't say the next words, Xu Zhao asked curiously, "What am I thinking?"

"Do you miss me, go back early?" Cui Dingchen asked from the other side.

Xu Zhao smiled and said, "Of course, come back for the New Year."

"Well, I'll go back early, I miss you a lot."

"Well, come back soon."

"Okay, you continue to eat, go to bed early and get up early."

"Well, so is uncle. Goodbye, uncle."

After hanging up the phone, Xu Zhao returned to the dinner table and started eating noodles.

Mother Xu asked curiously, "Who is calling so late?"

"It's Uncle Cui's." After Xu Zhao put a small piece of egg in the bowl to Xu Fan, he said, "Uncle said that the greenhouse vegetables in the imperial capital are all on the market. How about it?"

Xu's mother asked in surprise: "The imperial capital also has greenhouse vegetables?"

Xu Zhao answered: "Of course, and the technology is still higher than ours. When our season of vegetables is over, I want to go to the imperial capital to have a look and learn."

"The city is far away, I heard that we have to take the train."

"Well, let's talk about it when the time comes. Let's take a look at the vegetable market tomorrow."

Xu's mother nodded, and after eating two mouthfuls of noodles, she looked at Xu Zhao and said, "Speaking of which, I'm still a little worried."

Xu Zhao asked, "What are you worried about?"

"I'm worried that vegetables won't sell well."

"Don't worry, it will definitely sell well."

Although Xu Zhao comforted Xu's mother with words, he was also worried in his heart.According to the past situation, it is estimated that vegetables will sell well, but the estimation is only an estimation, not a fact, so he is still a little nervous, and he is still a little uneasy lying in bed at night, even forgetting to tell Xu Fan a bedtime story.

It was Xu Fan who reminded: "Father, you haven't told me a story yet."

Xu Zhao suddenly remembered, and asked, "What story are you telling?"

"I don't know wow."

"Tell me the story of the ugly duckling, okay?" Xu Zhao asked.

Xu Fan immediately said: "The ugly duckling told me!"

Xu Zhao was dizzy from busy work these two days, and asked, "Did you tell me?"

"Well, the ugly, ugly duckling finally turned into a swan!"

Really said it!

Xu Zhao didn't intend to tell a new one, and then asked, "Really? I forgot, can you tell Dad this story again?"

Xu Fan replied, "I can."

"Then tell me."

"Okay." Xu Fan thought for a while and began to say: "Once upon a time, once upon a time, there was an egg, and a duckling came out of the egg, which was the ugly duckling. The ugly duckling was ugly, so it was called the ugly duckling, the ugly duckling..."

Xu Fan's small milk cavity was stumbling over, but it was very pleasant to hear, as if there was a magic power to soothe restlessness, which made Xu Zhao relax physically and mentally, and then exhaustion struck, and Xu Zhao couldn't bear it for a while and fell asleep.

And Xu Fan was still stumbling and said: "...the ugly duckling croaked and turned into a beautiful, delicious swan, fly away! Fly away! Dad, I'm done."

Xu Zhao didn't respond.

Xu Fan said it again: "Father, I'm done talking, I'm done talking about ugly, ugly duckling."

Xu Zhao still didn't respond.

"Dad!" Xu Fan sat up from the bed, in the dark room, Xu Fan's eyes were still watery, he touched Xu Zhao's face with his little hand, and asked in a low voice: "Dad, Dad, are you asleep? Dad, are you sleeping?"

Xu Zhao was asleep.

"Father is going to sleep, then, then, I am going to sleep too." Xu Fan said, his fleshy little body slipped into Xu Zhao's arms, closed his eyes, and fell asleep after a while.

The next day, the big clock in the main room struck three times, and Dazhuang's father, Dazhuang's grandfather, and Dazhuang's grandma came to knock on the wooden door of Xu Zhao's house. Xu's father and Xu's mother hurriedly called Xu Zhao to get up and work, fearing that it would be unsafe for Xu Fan to sleep alone at home. , Xu Zhao and Xu's mother asked Xu's father to watch at home.

Then five people came to the shed with flashlights and kerosene lamps, found a place to fix the flashlights and kerosene lamps, and then began to collect vegetables.

Tomatoes, beans, garlic sprouts, eggplants, peppers, etc. were all ready to be harvested, and the five people quickly harvested an ox cart full, and then stopped working in the greenhouse, and it was only five o'clock at this time.

Dazhuang's father wiped the sweat off his forehead and asked, "Xu Zhao, do you want to collect some of the potatoes in the shed?"

Xu Zhao replied, "Take it, take a little, and try selling it."

Dazhuang's father readily agreed: "Success."

So the five people pulled the ox cart to the old yard again, picked up a lot of potatoes, and when they were all loaded, it was just after six o'clock. Many people in the village got up, mainly planning to go to the county town to catch a morning market and buy some food and clothing. During the small years, including Xu Zuocheng.

So many people were shocked when they saw an ox cart of vegetables.

"Why are there so many dishes?"

"Oh, it's really tomatoes, beans, eggplants, and peppers."

"There are still garlic sprouts. Didn't they say 'After March [-]th, the garlic sprouts will be pulled into carts'? Why are there garlic sprouts now?"

"It really came out!"

"..."

The people in the village were surprised.

Xu Zuocheng's face was ugly. He obviously heard everyone say that Xu Zhao's vegetables were not very good. How could he grow such attractive vegetables and grow so many? Didn't everyone always say that Xu Zhao planted a lot of vegetables? ?