Investment Life

When I got home, thousands of lights were already lit up in the employee community, the smoke from cooking in the corridor had dissipated, and the army of dishwashers occupying the public sink had disappeared.Every neighbor closed their doors tightly to keep out the cold and darkness, enjoying the leisure time at night in comfort.

Chen Yuanming's mood was quite relaxed, he was sweating profusely when he walked out, and his stomach was growling with hunger, but the money in his arms was real, which made people feel at ease.This time he will hand over part of it to his family to subsidize his family, and the other part will be used as capital, and he will try to invest in other businesses...

Pushing open the door, he just wanted to say hello to his family, but he saw his father Chen Jianhua sitting on the bed with his arms folded, his brows furrowed, and he glared at himself who walked in the door.The tables and chairs in the hut were all removed, as if there was no intention of leaving food for him at all, while his mother, Wang Juan, stood by the bed with a sad face, as if she was worried about something.

What's going on here?

Before he could open his mouth in a hurry, the man opposite had already said sharply. "Where did you go today?!"

Chen Yuanming was slightly taken aback, "Go to Aunt Liu's house, Sun Lang and I..."

"Aunt Liu's house?" Chen Jianhua interrupted his son without any politeness, and walked to Chen Yuanming's side in a few steps, "I don't think so! Does Aunt Liu live in the municipal committee compound?!"

what.Chen Yuanming understood in an instant, his parents probably already knew about his selling things.The first time he went to the department store in the old city, it was in the east of the city, half a city away from the bearing factory, and the sales were fast, so he probably didn't meet anyone he knew.But it's hard to say for the family members of the municipal party committee. Some of the leaders' spouses in the factory work in the municipal government, and they may be seen by people they know.But so what?

Chen Yuanming pulled out a smile, "No, Sun Lang and I went to the municipal committee compound to sell things. Aunt Liu knit some gloves, and I helped her..."

"Help me!" Chen Jianhua yelled, "How old are you?! Liu Yun dares to let you sell things, why is she so shameless?! Didn't you go to her house to study? Just learn this? ! Your wings are hard, don’t you dare to make trouble on them?!”

Choked by these words, Chen Yuanming frowned slightly, "Dad, you misunderstood, Aunt Liu is doing a serious business, so I just help..."

"Serious? Seriously, she will buy and sell?!" Chen Jianhua was completely angry, "What is imported from Shanghai, what is sold abroad, how can she ask you to help?! She is shameless and our family wants more!"

"Keep your voice down." Wang Juan had already walked over and closed the door, and looked out the window anxiously, "It's late at night, don't yell, it's ugly to let the neighbors hear you."

After finishing speaking, she also walked to Chen Yuanming's side, reached out and touched her son's arm, "Doudo, you don't understand these things, don't get involved with her, these days you know people, you don't know your face, and Sun Jun is not a good guy." , in the factory..." Seemingly realizing that there was something wrong with what she said, Wang Juan stopped abruptly and said no more, but the condemnation in her eyes stuck in Chen Yuanming's heart like a needle prick.

What is relaxed, what is comfortable, what is full of hope, at this time all vanished, Chen Yuanming's face was as hard as a stone, without any expression, "What about the money? Don't you want to make money?"

He reached into his arms and grabbed a handful of banknotes, "I'm going to help others with work in exchange for rewards. It's only right and proper. There's nothing shameful about it. Isn't our family short of money? In order to see a doctor for grandma How much debt do you owe, how long has it been since your family has seen meat, how many New Year’s goods have you bought, how many relatives have you bought during the New Year, why? Isn’t it because of lack of money?”

The colorful bills were clutched in his hand, like a mess, as if they were being burned. Chen Jianhua twitched his arm violently, raised his hand and slapped his son across the face.

"You still took the money... so much money..." The words trembled, like muttering, or trembling, "Do you know what you are doing? This is speculation! You will be arrested and sent to prison!"

Wang Juan's complexion also changed, and she snatched the money from her son, "She gave you so much money for a favor?! You are stupid! Why don't you think about why they gave you money?! How could she do this? ? I'll go find her tomorrow!"

"Why are you looking for her? It's not too ugly!" Chen Jianhua yelled, "Just throw the money to her! You can go to Liu Yun's house in the future and earn such black-hearted money with her. See if I don't interrupt you." leg!"

"That's right! I can't associate with her family anymore. What are they? All good children are spoiled. Is it a good thing to be a 'bad man' these days? Our family is poor, but your father and I are both upright and upright. Workers, take decent wages and work hard to support yourself, you can't follow the crooked ways of those nouveau riche!"

"The dog doesn't think the family is poor, you have some backbone! Don't let people poke our back. If you are a good student, do something sneaky, you don't feel ashamed, and think about your parents' old faces!"

One left and one right, one high and one low, two voices buzzed in his ears.The slap was very heavy, and the hands of the front-line workers were ruthless, fierce, and merciless. Chen Yuanming only felt that half of his ears were buzzing, and a cold and hard thing was rushing down his throat. It froze his heart.

He thought a lot about how to use everything in that memory to change his life and that of his family.But he never really thought about what it meant in 1991, in this backwater factory and mining worker's dormitory, or what his parents would think of it.What was it like when he quit his job and went north? Why did he think so wishfully that his family would support him?

They won't... It's not about making money, it's just a gap in ideas.Face, group psychology, self-awareness, all of these make them unshakable, stubborn like a stone in a latrine.Even if they will be laid off in a few years and face a more embarrassing life, their self-esteem cannot tolerate peddling on the street, and smiling faces greet people for a few dollars.how ridiculous...

Chen Yuanming slowly closed his eyes, lowered his head, hunger and cold began to envelop his body, just like waking up from that nightmare for the first time.That night, Chen Yuanming lay stiffly on his hard plank bed, the swollen half of his face was pinned by a buckwheat husk pillow, throbbing pain after burst.But he was afraid that he would fall asleep, and that the bloody dream would flood his mind again and keep him awake at night.

Two breathing sounds, one deep and one shallow, rose and fell on the big bed not far away, as if carefree and full of confidence in life.

What the hell is he doing...

The next day, Chen Yuanming was locked in the house by his family. In a 10-square-meter hut, full of furniture, he sat at the small dining table and looked at his hands, wearing a pair of brown half-finger gloves, which Liu Yun knitted for him later. They were suitable in size and extremely comfortable.

But what did he do...

bang bang! "Doudou!"

A voice sounded outside the window, Chen Yuanming raised his head and saw an anxious face.There were iron bars on the windows of his house, and it was impossible to get in and out of there, but he opened the windows anyway.

"What's the matter with your mother, Doudou?! She came to my house today to throw a stack of money, and told you not to..." Sun Lang couldn't wait to call out as soon as the window was opened, but halfway through the words, he was shocked Looking at the boy's face in the room, "Did your father hit you? Why is it so heavy, it's all swollen!"

A hand came in through the fence, and lightly touched his red, swollen and purple cheek. Chen Yuanming shrank slightly, avoiding the other's touch.

"They locked you up?! Is it because you went to sell things with me? How could they do this!!"

"Second Brother..." Chen Yuanming pulled out a small smile, "Leave me alone, this is beyond your control."

"How can that be done?! Just let them beat you and shut you up?! Aren't you their own?!" The boy outside the window was angry. He couldn't imagine how someone could treat his child like this. Should the child be pampered? !Even his dad never slapped him in the face!

"Your meddling will only make my parents more angry."

A cold sentence interrupted Sun Lang's anger, and he stood outside the window stupidly, a little at a loss.

"I made some things simple." Chen Yuanming showed a self-deprecating smile, "It's okay, don't worry about me, I know what to do."

The young man had never encountered such a thing before. After standing there for a long time, he felt in his pocket, took out two 50 yuan bills, and stuffed them in.

"My mother asked me to give it to you." He stammered, "She said she was causing you trouble, but what should be given must not be so greedy. She asked me..."

The amount of money that was seized in a fit of anger yesterday looked like a lot, but it was actually less than 60 yuan, and it was all the top change notes. Now it is specially exchanged for the whole money, and the meaning of it is self-evident.Chen Yuanming smiled, and reached out to take it.

"Thank you, Auntie, for me, I'm the one who caused her trouble..."

"It's not troublesome, my mother can't wait to rush directly..." After muttering a few words, Sun Lang scratched his head, not knowing how to continue.

"Don't worry, school will start in a few days, I'll take it as a vacation." Chen Yuanming smiled instead and comforted, "As long as your academic performance improves, there is nothing you can't do, just calm down after a while."

"It's also..." Coaxed by a few words, Sun Lang slowly smiled, "What are you afraid of, when we get into the same high school, are you afraid that we won't see each other?"

"The same school?" Chen Yuanming raised his eyebrows, "My goal is No. [-] High School in the city. If you want to take the exam, there is still time to work hard."

The boy's face turned red immediately, "No~ Isn't it just Yi Gao?! Look at me! There is still hope for the top ten in the second middle school!"

"That's it." Chen Yuanming didn't interrupt the other party's rhetoric, Sun Lang was not stupid, it was just that he had a young mind and couldn't calm down.In the last semester, it shouldn't be too difficult to get into the city's No. [-] high school. "Second brother, you will definitely pass the exam."

Being praised by the other party, the boy showed a smug smile and scratched his head. "Then I'll leave first, lest your father see and beat you again. Don't be stubborn, what can they do to you if you give in. And..." He quietly lowered his voice, "My mother said , she is still planning to start a business, and she will let you be her military adviser. When you make a lot of money, let's see what your family will say!"

"Pfft!" Couldn't help reaching out and rubbing the other party's messy short hair, Chen Yuanming replied solemnly, "I will definitely not disgrace my life."

"Fuck me, don't touch my hair!" After slapping off the troublesome hand, all the clouds on Sun Lang's face have dissipated, and he has regained his cute, tiger-headed and tiger-headed appearance, and his two big eyes blinked. Blink, "Then I'll be leaving, I'll come and play with you secretly after school starts!"

"Well, it's settled."

Smiling and watching the other party's back disappear into the corridor, Chen Yuanming took a deep breath of the dry and cold air outside the window, and closed the window again.It doesn't matter, this kind of trivial matter is nothing, just think of other ways.Pressing his forehead against the cold glass, Chen Yuanming closed his eyes, thinking seriously about the future.

The author has something to say: Note: The crime of speculation, as the name implies, is the crime of making huge profits by means of buying and selling short, hoarding, arbitrage and reselling. It came into effect in 1979 and was deleted and amended in 2009.In 1983, 3 people were convicted of this crime, and in 1991, the last case was sentenced to death for this crime.