Investment Life

Time passed quickly, and the final exam was over in a blink of an eye.This time Chen Yuanming didn't do anything with that group of rubbish anymore, but concentrated his energy on raiding the textbooks for a few days. Now he is no longer the boy who is full of meaningless self-esteem. There is no fairness in this world. If you don't want to be discriminated against, you must Come up with something that people can't take lightly.

After answering the last test paper and carefully checking it twice, he finally exhaled, handed in the paper and walked out of the examination room.After the end of the final exam, there is a two-day vacation for the teachers to mark and grade the papers.Chen Yuanming had never been involved in the responsibility of assisting top students in grading papers, so Chen Yuanming started his winter vacation warm-up early.

In addition to studying these two days, all his mind was put on sorting out and sorting out his memory.Now, although he has accepted his identity as a reincarnated corpse, the memories in his mind are too complicated. More importantly, Chen Yuanming can't be sure whether the things in his mind are accurate or real.Newsstands are still a rarity these days. The scarcity of newspapers and magazines dooms the sales model of direct delivery subscriptions. There are no newspapers that can be consulted. There is no TV at home, and even the radio is regulated so that it is impossible to listen to the news on time. It is not easy to match reality.Without any support, he would rather spend more time on preparations.

In the early morning of the second day after the exam, without greeting anyone, Chen Yuanming walked out of the house with the keys and the two dollars he saved hard.

There has been no snow this winter, and the whole city looks gray. The main roads in the city currently only have one-way lanes, and half of the roads are full of bicycles. Occasionally, a bus dragging a cable lazily passes by.The 3- and 4-story residential buildings on the side of the road are still brand new and bright, and it is estimated that they were built only in the past two years. City L is also a well-known heavy industrial city in the Midwest. In addition to the bearing factory, factories and mines such as towing factories, steel factories, and copper processing factories are also crowded around the urban area. In the early 90s when large state-owned enterprises had not yet declined, this city There was also an air of vigor and majestic pride.

But for Chen Yuanming, this city is unfamiliar.In another part of his life, after graduating from junior high school, his grades were not satisfactory. In the end, instead of going to high school, he chose to study at the vocational high school in the factory. After catching up with the reform of the market economy system, the profitability of the factory declined in the following years. After working for less than a year, he resolutely resigned and embarked on the road of drifting north. I used a computer, and started to study stocks when the stock market fell sharply in 94. I entered the market around 04 points in 05, and it took two years to make a name for myself.

During that period of his life, the first half was oppressed and depressed, and the second half was a time of upheaval, with no time to carefully observe the changes around him.Now that he observes the city with completely unfamiliar eyes, he realizes that he has very little impression of his hometown, except for the unforgettable snacks during his adolescence.Sighing, Chen Yuanming turned his head and left the municipal government compound that had not been moved and there was no newspaper column at the door, and walked to the Guangzhou market a few stops away.

In 1991, L City had just ushered in the first wave of development. A commercial street was built not far from the People's Park, and it was named "Guangzhou Market".It's just that the current Guangzhou market has no supporting facilities for later generations, the Youth Cultural Palace has not yet been built, and the Xinhua Bookstore and the snack street have disappeared.There is only one three-storey reinforced concrete building standing outright in the middle of an open space.Since the disappearance of tickets such as TV tickets and cloth tickets in the late 80s, shopping malls have gradually become popular.

Walking into the lobby of the department store, Chen Yuanming looked at the scene in front of him. The building structure at that time was still far from that of later generations. The first floor was not a counter for cosmetics or jewelry, but a variety of daily necessities, which were rigidly displayed on the shelves.The salespersons standing behind the counter still maintained the arrogance of the supply and marketing cooperative era. They just glanced at the poor young man, turned their faces and continued chatting with the people around them.

Chen Yuanming ignored them and looked carefully along the shelves.The front row is the most popular counter for school supplies, schoolbags, pencil cases, erasers and notebooks in cartoon shapes, the prices are very unpleasant, but the students in the class can be said to have a copy.Further back is the counter for watches. A row of wall clocks hangs carelessly on the wall, each of which is polished and shiny, although it can be seen at a glance that the case is made of plastic.There are watches on the counter, half of which are various electronic watches, and the other half is firmly locked in the cabinet, which looks like a quartz watch.

Chen Yuanming looked at them one by one, and the price of electronic watches was generally 50-100 yuan, and some were marked waterproof and had a lot of buttons, and they were directly sold for 150 yuan.Although the most popular season of electronic watches has passed, this kind of thing is still the favorite of teenagers. When he was fighting with the bastards in the front row the other day, one of them was still wearing the most expensive model.Quartz watches are another picture. The cheap ones cost more than 200 yuan, and a few expensive ones sold for more than 1000 yuan, with the labels of Shuangshi and Citizen on them.

"What are you looking at?! Can you afford it?"

After standing for a few minutes, the salesperson behind the counter immediately became impatient, and shouted at Chen Yuanming, wouldn't it affect the business by letting a poor boy poke in front of the counter!

Chen Yuanming ignored her, and still carefully looked through the entire row of shelves, then turned and walked to other counters. The brands that are common in later generations in the mall are basically gone.Compared with the salary of about 100 yuan at that time, the price of everything was ridiculously high, but it did not fall into the title of "department store".

After shopping around, Chen Yuanming had a hazy idea in his mind. If I remember correctly, from the 80s to the middle of the 90s was the most glorious era of private ownership. If you can find a suitable purchase channel...

"Beanie?"

A voice suddenly came from beside him, and Chen Yuanming turned his head, only to see a boy standing behind him, about the same size as him, but half a head taller.He was wearing a dark coat, and the woolen scarf was bright green, but the color matching was quite good, and it also made him look a bit cute.The child's eyes were wide open, and his eyelashes were as long and thick as a pony's. With a large bag of wool in his hand, he was looking at him in surprise.

"Why are you here? Shopping for your family?"

who is thisFeeling a little familiar, but couldn't remember the other party's name at all, Chen Yuanming stood there awkwardly and returned his half smile.Realizing that the other party didn't recognize him, the boy rushed forward with a huff, hugged his shoulders and rubbed him violently.

"Good boy! Did you forget the second brother after only two years of seeing each other?!"

Ah, with these words, Chen Yuanming's mind suddenly lit up, "Sun Lang?"

"Nonsense! Who am I?!"

This time Chen Yuanming really remembered that this boy was one of his former neighbors, and he lived in the staff dormitory with his family three years ago. Later, his parents moved out by drawing lots to the newly built family area according to their seniority.There are two children in the Sun family. Sun Lang is the second child, who is half a year older than him. He has been called "Second Brother and Second Brother" since he was a child, and he can be regarded as a buddy who grew up wearing a pair of trousers.It's just that because of the different social circles, we gradually lost contact.

"What's wrong with your head? Got into a fight? Brother, go get revenge for you!"

A rough hand rubbed the gauze on his forehead, Chen Yuanming gritted his teeth in pain, and patted it back with his backhand. "I accidentally bumped into it."

"Hey~~" Sun Lang didn't ask any further questions, he happily grabbed the man and dragged him outside the door, "Let's go home and have dinner with my brother."

"Wait, I still..."

"Waiting for someone? Shopping?"

"No, I just visited the first floor..."

"Hey~~ The store doesn't know how to run, it's noon, come home with me for dinner first!"

Being staggered and dragged a few steps, Chen Yuanming showed a wry smile, stopped insisting, and followed Sun Lang out.Pulled out a [-] Flying Pigeon from the car storage at the door, Sun Lang hurriedly stuffed the pile of wool into the basket in front of the car, and pouted at Chen Yuanming, "Come on, I'm starving to death~"

Shaking his head, Chen Yuanming jumped into the back seat of the car.

"Hurry up, brother is riding fast!"

This sentence is not mixed with water at all. It looks like a ball in the winter, and this guy can pedal the car very fast. The new family building is a newly developed area, and there is no concrete road at all. Chen Yuanming is bumping all the way. He almost didn't fly off the car, so he could only hold on to the opponent's waist to keep his balance.

It only took about ten minutes on the way to his house, the two chatted all the way, the strangeness gradually faded, Chen Yuanming seemed to have finally found his own coordinates of this era, and even his expression relaxed.Parking the car in the carport of the community, Chen Yuanming couldn't help being a little curious as he watched Sun Lang hold a pile of wool in his hand.

"You're only knitting sweaters now?" The threads don't look very thick, and most of them are in bright colors. It's just that they only knit sweaters at the end of January, which is still a bit out of season.

"Where is it~~" Sun Lang smiled, and waved the pocket in his hand, "My mother took over the work, and the mall gave the wool. She wove according to the seasonal style, and one piece was 35 yuan! There are three pieces in two months, which is just right. Catch up with the wave of sales in spring, several good craftsmen in her unit will follow suit."

It turned out to be processing... Needless to say, Chen Yuanming fully understands that some high-end knitted sweaters in shopping malls are distributed directly to private individuals these days, which is much cheaper than the unified factory OEM, and the style is even better.Back then, many idle female workers took on this kind of work, but his mother's hands were relatively clumsy, and she did the tiring work of loading and unloading, so she didn't have the spare energy to earn this extra money.

"But I'm miserable. I'm used as a woolen shelf every day. You can see that the circle of my hands is almost worn out..." Sun Lang raised his hands and complained to Chen Yuanming, but his face was full of flaunting smile.

"Is there no pay for using child labor?" Chen Yuanming couldn't help joking.

"Five pocket money! Take care of your New Year's money!" This time I really showed off.

Talking and laughing, they walked to the third floor. The new family building is a unified six-story structure. The location on the third floor is quite good. There are ten households in a row, all of which are one bedroom and one living room. The bathroom and kitchen are inside the house.This kind of 3-40 square meter house type was already a very high-end building structure at that time. When they moved out, the neighbors were very envious.

Knocking on the door, an older woman appeared in front of Chen Yuanming, but with delicate eyebrows and a bit of a Jiangnan lady.Sun Lang's mother, Liu Yunzu, was a scholar, and she opened a private school in the early years, and she can be regarded as a heir to the family of poetry and books. It's just that a few years ago, the family was really in decline, and the status was not very good, so she finally married. to the children of factory workers.However, Sun Lang's father, Sun Jun, was also up-to-date. He had already reached the management level of the branch factory, so he transferred Liu Yun to the finance department as an accountant.

"Doudou!" Seeing the boy outside the door, Liu Yun called out with a look of surprise, and pulled him into the room directly, "Where did you meet?! Oh, I haven't seen you for so many years! I heard that you are now going to school!" The key class of the No. [-] middle school? The grades are good! How is the family? "

Dududu has already blurted out a series of words, but the meaning of caring in them is undeniable. Chen Yuanming answered each one with a smile patiently, until Sun Lang snatched it back.

"Who is your son? Is the meal ready? Hurry up!"

"Annoying man!" Snatching the bag from her son, Liu Yun raised her chin, "Wash your hands quickly, I'll add a pair of chopsticks! The house is a bit messy, Doudou, don't take it for granted."

This room is a bit messy, there is a pile of balls of wool on the cupboard leaning against the corner, many of which have only a few loose circles left, obviously the balls of thread left over from knitting sweaters.But after all, it is one bedroom and one living room, and the layout of the home is quite warm and comfortable, which is much more decent than the small staff dormitory at home.

Looking at Sun Lang, who was poor and poor with his mother, and the new house with bright windows and clean windows, Chen Yuanming felt a little sad. How long has his family not had such a sense of intimacy?Since grandma was seriously ill?Or since the family was heavily in debt?It's not really an era of polarization between the rich and the poor, but poverty can deprive too much, and people can never get it back...

After washing their hands and sitting at the table with the two of them, Liu Yun served a bowl full of hand-rolled noodles, topped with shredded pork and cabbage, and some dried tofu. "Your uncle is working overtime today, and your sister's third shift is shifting to the day shift. We are the only ones at home, and we are worrying about making too many noodles."

Looking at the pile of vegetables in the bowl and Sun Lang's bowl of noodles with more vegetable soup, Chen Yuanming only felt warm in his heart. After hesitating for a moment, he only managed to say "Thank you, auntie".

"You're welcome." Sun Lang had already started eating, snoring, and stretched his paws to the chili jar, dug a big spoonful and threw it into the noodles.

"A starving ghost reincarnated?!" Scolding her son, Liu Yun pushed the vinegar bottle and chili jar forward, "Hurry up and eat Doudou, it's cold and the noodles are getting cold quickly, what's missing, put it away~"

"Yeah." It had been many days since I saw Hun Xing, and Chen Yuanming was no longer polite, and began to eat noodles.The hand-rolled noodles are quite strong, and it is impossible to describe how delicious it is when chewing in your mouth.

Liu Yun started to eat unhurriedly, and occasionally asked Chen Yuanming a few questions. She and Wang Juan had a very good relationship back then in the staff dormitory, but she has been working as an accountant in the factory, and contact has faded after leaving the dormitory. Now Seeing the son of an old friend again, it is a lie to say that he is unhappy.

The meal was eaten quickly, and Sun Lang over there had already started to burp, and Chen Yuanming also picked up the bowl and drank the last noodle soup.Liu Yun suddenly let out a light sigh, "Doudou, do you have chilblains on your hands?"

Chen Yuanming was startled, put down the bowl, looked at the back of his hand, "Well, it's been two years, and it's a crime every winter."

"It's too cold, let your mother buy some ginger to rub, it will be better. And you have to wear gloves when you go out. You guys always don't know how to pay attention. It's so uncomfortable to start with bare hands in cold weather!"

Listening to Liu Yun's earnest instructions, Chen Yuanming's fingers froze. He suddenly thought of something, and the one in front of him might be the best practitioner.Putting down the bowl and chopsticks, he looked seriously at the woman in front of him.

"Auntie, have you ever thought about selling something yourself? Knitwear or something..."