Through 1979

It was early dawn, Li Ran looked up at the sky, but there was no sun on it, and he didn't know where it was covered by the clouds.There are many mushrooms in this rainy weather. Li Ran was very satisfied with it at first, but now he can't help feeling depressed.

At first, he thought that mushrooms could be sold easily, but now it seems that he was completely influenced by his previous thinking and made a mistake.In the 21st century, when the pollution is serious and you don't feel safe eating anything, it is natural to think that wild things are healthy and nutritious, so they are sold at a high price and many people buy them.But now, Li Ran turned his head to look at the mushrooms next to him, and lowered his head in disappointment.

The less than half of the sales were because he and Hu Jianjun went to every household to ask and provide door-to-door service.The main reason is that in this era when there is no spare money, if the towns that are not particularly rich really want to eat mushrooms, they will go outside to pick them by themselves.

Out of the gate of the town, there is a large piece of grass. If you ask children to pick it, you don't need money at all.

Li Ran lowered his head, what's going on, why is it different from what he thought in his head.

Hu Jianjun squatted next to him, seeing his dejected look, and remembering his previous promise that this would definitely make money, he patted him on the shoulder comfortingly: "It's no big deal, we'll take what we can't sell and eat it ourselves. No, I sold the wine bottle caps, and you can claim that you earned it by selling mushrooms when you go back, so it will save face.”

He believed that a large part of Li Ran's depression was because he felt ashamed and was afraid that his group would laugh at him.In fact, Hu Jianjun was completely wrong, Li Ran did not have such a strong "self-esteem."

Fang Dashan also patted Li Ran on the shoulder comfortingly. When he heard what they wanted to do for himself, he felt that the mushroom might not be sold.

Li Ran shook his head repeatedly after hearing Hu Jianjun's words. He sold mushrooms to improve the environment for his family, not for praise or face.Besides, Hu Jianjun didn't know how long the wine bottle cap had been stored, and he would look down on himself if he used this to save face.

Patting the sack next to it, Li Ran asked Hu Jianjun, "Tell me, why can't these mushrooms be sold?"

"Because I can pick it myself, it's everywhere." Hu Jianjun stretched out doing nothing, and said the answer without thinking.They squatted at the school gate for a long time, but Li Ran was immersed in his own thoughts and didn't notice it.And he stared back at all the eyes that looked over.Fang Dashan was much calmer, and acted as if he hadn't seen it.

Li Ran lowered his head, that's right, mushrooms can be picked outside the town, and those who are really rich will buy some from him, and other families naturally don't want it.However, thinking of the gathering place of "rich people" in the town, he opened his eyes wide and pulled Hu Jianjun up: "Go, let's push this to the station!"

Hu Jianjun sighed, resigned himself to his fate and pushed Fang Dashan up, Li Ran also came to help.Fortunately, the three of them are in good health, and Hu Jianjun and Fang Dashan, one because of fighting and the other because of farm work, are both in shape and strong, and they barely hold up to three junior high school students, so they can push the car.Moreover, it only takes a short distance to go to the station, and it is not particularly tiring.

When he arrived at the station, Li Ran roughly thought about the time, and it should be past 7 o'clock now.They and Xia Tingting took leave of morning reading class. Because of farm work, many people were late or asked for leave from school. It seemed that they still had a sense of discipline and knew to find a teacher.Xia Tingting approved it without saying anything, but asked them to come to school on time for the first class.And when the autumn harvest is really busy, the school usually has a "human touch" automatic holiday, allowing students to go home and help.

The station is not particularly far from the school, because usually there are the most people coming and going here, and the road is specially built to be the smoothest.Li Ran was not far away, looking at the station where there were already many people, he happily asked Hu Jianjun to work harder and hurry over.

When he got to the station, Li Ran changed his mind.At first, he thought of talking nicely to the driver at the station, asking him to help take the mushrooms to the city to sell, and get a bonus for the money.Because Li Ran believed that mushrooms would not be picked everywhere in the city.

But Li Ran understands that if the driver is really asked to help, there are too many variables.

The first is whether the driver is willing, and the second is how much the real dividend will be. After all, the driver has to be responsible for the sales in the city, so maybe in the end, Li Ran can only get a labor fee, and the driver will take up most of it. .And in this, there may also be the possibility that the driver said that the selling price is low.I didn't go to the town with him, so how much the mushrooms sold was all up to the driver.

After such a calculation, Li Ran can basically be sure that he will suffer a certain loss.But now seeing these people going to the city, Li Ran had other thoughts.

There are still people from Tupo Village who have been to the city. Li Ran does not believe that these people who can buy a ticket to go to Wenyang City have no money to buy some mushrooms and bring them there as souvenirs.

Li Ran carefully looked around. The busiest time of the station in the morning is around 8 and 9 o'clock, and it is not yet such a busy time.And Li Ran looked around, mainly to see if anyone stopped selling things here. He didn't let go of his mind until he saw some children selling newspapers and a stall selling breakfast next to him.In this case, it seems possible to sell things.

Clapping his hands, Li Ran reminded Hu Jianjun and the two to listen to his arrangement, and then asked them to solicit customers.Shouting or something is too conspicuous, there is no soliciting insurance.Hu Jianjun was not stage-frightened when he heard his explanation. He went outside generously, and when he asked others if they bought mushrooms, he was quite polite: "Uncle, do you want to buy mushrooms to take to the city?" Do you want to take it to the city?" "Big sister, do you want to buy some mushrooms and take it to the city?"

Fang Dashan was a little embarrassed at first, but was led by Hu Jianjun and slowly let go.

Standing by the car, Li Ran felt for the first time that Hu Jianjun's "proud" character was quite useful.Mushrooms should be eaten fresh. When the people on the bus heard that there were mushrooms for sale, some of them were moved. After all, after the rainy day passed, there would be fewer such things.Although there are still mushrooms growing in those humid and shady places on the mountain, they usually keep those mushrooms for their own food. Few people will take out those mushrooms and sell them.

The number of people coming to the station gradually increased, and the mushrooms were sold faster and faster.

During this period of time, Li Ran often cooked in the kitchen, and occasionally heard Li's mother complaining about the price of things, complaining that things were expensive, and knew what prices most things should be sold for.According to Mama Li, the winter storage of Chinese cabbage is 5% to 1 cent per catty.A catty of standard powder is 1 cent 8 cents 5.Milk costs 2 cents and 6 catties.Li Ran knew about the milk after he specifically asked Li's mother.Hearing the price, Li Ran stopped thinking about drinking milk to grow taller.

Li Ran set the price for his mushrooms at 7 cents a catty. The main reason is that cabbage is easy to grow, easy to store, and there are few things, so the price is low.Although there are a lot of mushrooms now, they are seasonal. After picking them for so long with the fourth brother, Li Ran thinks it is better to be more expensive.Another reason is that mushrooms are much lighter than cabbage. If they are sold at the price of cabbage, it will be a loss.

The price is not particularly outrageous, and some people come to buy it.Li Ran took out the scale that he asked the fourth brother to borrow to weigh it, and at the same time asked Fang Dashan to wrap mushrooms for others, while Hu Jianjun continued to pull people not far away.

When the sky was getting brighter, more and more people came to the station to take a ride. Li Ran saw some businesses carrying their burdens entering the station one after another, and the station gradually became lively.Seeing someone yelling among the sellers, Li Ran started yelling together with Hu Jianjun.Although the mushrooms were selling faster and faster, by 8 o'clock, there were still half a bag left.

Going to school, Li Ran saw that the remaining half bag was in trouble, Fang Dashan said, "Why don't you sell it again at noon?" Hu Jianjun looked at him like that, and said: "Go back after selling it."

Li Ran shook his head and refused to answer his complaints. Asking for leave will happen in the next few days. If Xia Tingting doesn't go back on time today, Xia Tingting must have a lump in her heart.

Looking at the small half bag of mushrooms, Li Ran thought for a while and frowned: "We can give this to Teacher Xia." This small half bag can make three or four meals, and it can't be sold for much, and it can also give Teacher Xia a favor. Why not do it.It would be better to ask for leave in the future.

When school was over in the afternoon, Li Ran slipped 3 cents into Fang Dashan's hand while no one was paying attention, regardless of Fang Dashan's stop.Li Ran had never heard of Fang Dashan's family conditions, but from his clothes, Li Ran knew that it must be bad.Compared with myself and Hu Jianjun, maybe even poorer.When Fang Xiaoshan came to school, it was not so much to study, but to take Fang Dashan with him.

The current pork is divided into three grades, namely 7 cents 8 a catty, 8 cents 7, 9 cents 4 a catty.Thinking of the money he earned today, Li Ran breathed a sigh of relief. Four sacks of mushrooms were exchanged for 4 catties of meat, which is not a particularly bad loss.Later, Li Ran distributed another 9 cents to Hu Jianjun on the way. Hu Jianjun took the money and smiled silly. You must know that the wages of workers in the town are generally 1.2 yuan per day.

Seeing how much he earned as a child, Hu Jianjun couldn't help feeling proud.

Li Ran took the rest of the money, but felt that he needed to find another way.The main reason is that mushrooms are not worth much now. In later generations, mushrooms can be sold at the price of meat. Red mushrooms, known as "vegetarian meat", can be sold for more than 100 yuan per catty.

Li Ran felt ruthless in his heart, he had to find a way, because once the weather passed, there would not be so many mushrooms to pick.When he went back, Fang Xiaoshan was put on the cart by his brother, holding a wooden slingshot in his hand, and stuffed Li Ran's candy in his mouth, giggling happily.Fang Xiaoshan sat in the car and had fun, and raised his head to talk to Fang Dashan from time to time. Fang Dashan showed a doting expression to him at all times.

Li Ran looked at Fang Xiaoshan's appearance, and knew that Hu Zi's expression should be similar to this when he returned.Children are happy when they have sugar.

After returning home, Li Ran went to the kitchen to show Fifth Sister the money she got back, in exchange for Fifth Sister screaming excitedly, it was earned by them.Sitting in front of the stove, Li Ran looked at the fire and said, "Sister, we won't be selling it tomorrow."

"What?" Fifth Sister folded the money carefully: "This is too much money. It's only a day. If you can buy something, if you do this every day in the future, then you will make a lot of money." Fifth Sister rolled her eyes: "Last time I made clothes at home, why don't I ask my mother to buy some meat this time, hehe, you must be hungry."

Li Ran rolled his eyes, aren't you greedy?He didn't continue to chat with her about this meat topic, and continued with the previous words: "It's not that they won't sell it anymore, but it's not that they are selling it now. Now that there are so many mushrooms, the price can't go up at all. When winter comes, the price of mushrooms will be high." .”

The fifth sister shook her head helplessly when she heard his whimsical words, and walked to the pot to continue her cooking business: "Aren't you dreaming? There are no mushrooms in winter."

Li Ran curled his lips in dissatisfaction: "Today we are the only ones selling mushrooms at the station, so we can still sell them at a higher price. After that, the news of making money will spread the fastest. Not to mention the day after tomorrow, I think someone will go to the station to join in tomorrow." One foot. In this case, let's dry the mushrooms and store them until winter before selling them, and then there will be no disputes."

Fifth Sister thought for a while with the spatula, and finally nodded: "That is to say, in winter, there are indeed people who buy it. But if the mushrooms are left like this, they can't be stored for a few days. There will be no sun, so they can't be dried at all. , Wait until the sun comes out, and then go to pick mushrooms, it is estimated that they will be gone by then. It will not be possible to store them until winter.”

Li Ran narrowed his eyes after hearing this: "There is no sunshine, but there is wind."