Getting rich in chronology

After selling Malatang for nearly half a month, Chen Yu saved more than 1000 yuan. He asked the owner Zhang of the small shop and the owner of the noodle shop Wang, who he was already familiar with, to ask them for help. Is there any house for sale on this street? of.

Malatang's business may seem inconspicuous, but it is actually very successful. As long as he holds the formula and can do it for a long time, it is necessary to set up a formal shop.

Just relying on small carts, it is difficult to expand the scale and suffer.

This winter is full of snow and wind. During the two days when the snow was the heaviest, there was no way to get out of the stall.

And even if he sells hot food, in the cold wind, it will be cold after a while after taking it out, and the spicy soup is not hot, and even the taste is a little bit less.

Boss Zhang and Boss Wang have known each other since they were young, and they are refreshing people. After eating two meals of Mala Tang, Chen Yu invited him to inquire about the house.

A reply was given within two days. Their street is full of old houses, one-story old bungalows. The layout of the houses is different, but the total area is about the same size, all about [-] to [-] square meters.

However, the original gate was facing another street. Those of them doing business were equivalent to smashing the back wall of the bedroom and opening a door, facing the direction of the machinery factory.

But not all the space is used to open a store. For example, Zhang’s small shop only uses a bedroom of more than ten square meters, and it can continue to be used as a house or a warehouse later.

Wang's noodle restaurant is bigger, and the kitchen is also expanded. It is about [-] to [-] square meters, and it is not a problem to set up a few tables.

Chen Yu wanted to buy, of course, the entire house, otherwise there might be property rights disputes in the future, and he didn't want to leave this trouble.

Two days later, the boss inquired for him, and there were really a few people who wanted to sell the house, but the price they asked for was not low.

Although it is an old house, those residents understand that those who want to buy their house now intend to do business.

They can't lower themselves, and feel ashamed to be self-employed, so even if they see the life of the Zhang family and the Wang family starting small business is getting better and better, on the one hand, they are envious, but on the other hand, they can't help but follow suit.

Afraid of shame, afraid of losing money, too many thoughts in mind, timid, and envious of others getting rich.

Now that someone wants to buy a house, they take the opportunity to ask for a high price, and they want to make a fortune no matter what.

The lowest price was 1000, and most of the others ranged from [-] to [-]. The one with the highest asking price directly called [-].

When Boss Zhang told him, he sneered, "I'm crazy about money."

Chen Yu's budget is 800 yuan. This era has not yet reached the time of house price speculation, and houses do not have much premium. Even if there is a gap in local house prices, the difference will not be too much.

He bought a yard, although it was a bit out of the way, but the total size of the large and small rooms was several hundred square meters, not counting the yard and the vegetable garden behind the house, it only cost [-] yuan.

No matter how expensive it is, 2000 yuan is enough.

What about these houses?Forty or fifty square meters, fifty or sixty square meters, is still an old house for many years.

It is said that it can be used as a pavement, but now it is a residence, so it is no longer necessary to spend money to repair it if it is converted into a pavement?

Chen Yu had inquired about this kind of house before, and what he asked about was the bungalows near other factories.

Under normal circumstances, the price can be won under 500 yuan. If the house is relatively dilapidated, it can be sold for around 300 yuan.

If the condition of the house is good, such as the house has been repaired, or the area is slightly larger, Chen Yu is also willing to pay a little more, and 1000 yuan is also acceptable.

But these obvious lions opened their mouths and took him for a fool, so he was not happy.

Boss Wang said to Chen Yu: "If you are not in a hurry, stretch them first. These people really think they are hugging gold bumps."

Chen Yu thinks so. Although the machinery factory has a lot of traffic at the wharf, the other places he looked at are not bad. They are several factories next to each other. Although the scale is not as large as that of the machinery factory, there are a lot of people together. .

As long as there is a flow of people, he is not afraid that the business will not be able to do business. Chen Yu's mentality is very stable.

The end of the house was put down first. On January 28, the Laba Festival, although Chen Yu was alone, he felt that there was still a sense of ritual, so he went to buy ingredients for Laba porridge two days in advance.

It just so happened that some of Chen Yu's daily necessities were also used up. The shops on the factory side were full of daily necessities, but the department stores in the urban area had a more complete variety.

Chen Yu rode his small tricycle and entered the city again.

It snowed just two days ago, and there is still some snow on the road that has not been cleaned. Chen Yu stepped on the three wheels carefully, afraid of slipping.

Just as he was paying attention, the wheel of the cyclist in front slipped, and the cyclist took the bike for a long distance and fell hard.

Chen Yu was startled, with lingering fears in his heart, secretly thankful that his three wheels were a little more stable than two wheels.

When passing by the abandoned bridge, Chen Yu was more vigilant, if those homeless people rushed out suddenly, he would not dare to ride too fast for fear of slipping.

However, when he passed by carefully, the homeless people who made Chen Yu vigilant did not gather on the side of the road as usual, and chased after pedestrians to beg for money and food.

Chen Yu was curious in his heart, it must have been really cold, he took a far look at the bridge hole where the homeless people slept, but found that those people were gathered together, and they didn't know what they were doing.

At this moment, a man suddenly rushed out from among the group of homeless men, staggering towards the road.

Those tramps chased after them, shouting and cursing, and some people picked up stones and threw them hard at that person.

Chen Yu's heart skipped a beat, he didn't intend to meddle in his own business, but the person running in front of him didn't know if he was disabled or had a leg injury, he was limping and running with difficulty.

His right leg throbbed nervously, Chen Yu was in a trance for a moment, the scene in front of him seemed to coincide with the scene in his memory.

Shen Yu poked his feet to stop the tricycle, took two newly bought enamel plates from the compartment, and clapped his hands together while running, making a piercing voice: "Help! You killed someone, go call the police, tramp Going to kill!"

Passers-by were startled by the sudden sound, and two cyclists didn't pay attention for a while, and fell crookedly.

But now no one pays attention to who fell and killed someone!

who killedWho did you kill?

Chen Yu, who was still making noise, attracted the attention of passers-by. They looked in the direction he was running, and everyone saw homeless men chasing and beating a man who seemed to be injured.

"Hey, what are you doing!"

"How can you throw stones at people, call the police, call the police..."

"Stop beating, what do you want to do? Kill people?"

Not only the passers-by were frightened, but the homeless were also frightened. One picked up a big rock and wanted to hit the man running in front of him. He shook his hand, but the stone didn't go out. It hit his own foot, and it hurt immediately. I have to scream.

The few people who were chasing at the front had been chasing vigorously and rushed forward with grim faces, when they suddenly heard someone yelling to kill.

They were stunned by the cold wind and went through a slow reaction process before they figured out that the homeless were actually them, did they kill someone?

Before they had time to stop, they were knocked to the ground by enthusiastic passers-by rushing over.

The lame man stopped slowly. He didn't rush to look back at the homeless men who chased and beat him just now, but quietly looked in the direction of the road.

The small tricycle has ridden far.

What happened on the road made Chen Yu not in a good mood, and when he was sleeping at night, he dreamed of his other life again.

He dreamed that he became smaller, as if he was back when he was a child, someone was chasing him, fierce, he ran desperately, but no, his legs were lame, and those who could not run fast, those people were about to catch up with him .

Chen Yu was startled and frightened in the dream, fear filled his heart, he cried anxiously: My leg is healed, my leg is already healed...why can't I run?

The people who were chasing him were getting closer and closer to him, those hideous laughter seemed to be in the back of his head, he was terrified, he didn't dare to turn his head, and he really wanted to see how far those people were from him.

In a daze, there seemed to be a hand behind him pulling him, he couldn't help screaming, a white light suddenly appeared in front of his eyes, and a tall figure rushed towards him...

Waking up from a nightmare, Chen Yu lay on the bed gasping for breath, wiping the cold sweat from his forehead.

He moved his legs, and the calf bones of both legs were a little painful. During this period of time, he had eaten well and nutritiously, and the bones stretched and grew taller, which is a good thing.

The leg bones are also straight, it really is just a dream.

Chen Yu lay on the bed to calm down, and when his heartbeat stabilized, he couldn't help but smile wryly, he thought he didn't care about that lame leg long ago, he had grown up and was capable of supporting his own life and controlling his own life.

Besides, he now has a pair of healthy legs, he is no longer a child who can't even run away, he is smart, capable and fearless.

Unexpectedly, in fact, he has been brooding.

Chen Yu lay there with blank eyes, so what exactly was he thinking about?Is it the disabled leg, or is it the suffering that the disabled leg brought to his life?

Or was it the cause of his disability?

He can't blame that stray dog. The real culprit of his disability should be his irresponsible parents.

If it wasn't for them not caring about life, Chen Yu wouldn't be digging through the trash can.

If it weren't for their irresponsibility, Chen Yu wouldn't have no money to treat his injured leg, and eventually lead to disability.

Maybe there are all of them, he has resentment in his heart.

He thought that he didn't care about the irresponsible couple long ago, and would not waste any of his emotions on them. He thought that his legs were already healed, and all the suffering and all the past were over.

No, his "leg" has been bad.

Today's encounter brought back the pain deeply buried in his memory, it was not a bad thing, the wound had pus, and he had to dig it out to heal quickly.

At the end of the dream, he saw the person rushing towards him, which might mean redemption.

When he encountered difficulties, was bullied, and was insulted when he was young, it was not that he had never imagined whether there was anyone who could save him and help him.

No, kind neighbors and kind teachers can only give him some help in life, and the crises he encounters are far more than those.

Today he chooses to help that person, more, it seems to be redeeming himself, redeeming the once weak and helpless self.

Chen Yu hooked the corners of his mouth, maybe the last tall figure in the dream was his grown-up self.

After all, when he was a child, he had imagined countless times how powerful he would become when he grew up, and would blow up those who had bullied him.

And his grievances should also be let go. He has completely disconnected from that world and started a new life that belongs to him.

The next day, Chen Meili came to Chen Yu with her homework, and she wanted to ask some questions that she couldn't do.

The two of them did their winter homework together for a while. During the break, Chen Meili told Chen Yu, "Yun Baiya and Xiao Jiahui went on a date downtown."

She found that Chen Yu liked to listen to these two people's gossip, and told Chen Yu all the news.

Chen Yu was indeed attracted attention, and asked curiously: "A date? Didn't these two fall out?"

Chen Meili shook her head, with a puzzled look on her face: "I don't know, the two of them didn't contact each other after school."

Unlike when the relationship was good before, Yun Baiya didn't come back until she got home for an hour or two, and sometimes Xiao Jiahui sent her back.

"Some time ago, Xiao Jiahui suddenly came to Yun Baiya all the time, and even gave him many gifts."

Hair bands, cakes, etc. If she had been envious before, but now, she doesn't have any!

Those hair rings are not as good-looking as Chen Yu gave her, and the cakes don't look as good as Chen Yu's.

Chen Meili propped her chin up, and said boredly: "The two of them got back together later, and they have to go to the movies today."

She felt that Yun Baiya was really unstable, and she was fooled away by this little thing. Her father said that girls should not have shallow eyes. She can tell her father what she wants, and she cannot ask other boys for gifts.

Uh... Chen Yu doesn't count, Chen Yu is a good friend, not an ordinary boy.

"Watching a movie?" Chen Yu laughed, in such a cold day, the movie theater doesn't have air-conditioning at the moment, sitting in such a big auditorium for two hours, freezing to death, is really fun.

He didn't know that the colder it was, the more young couples liked to go to the cinema.

why?It's so dark, the subject yelled cold, and put the little girl's hand into his arms, wouldn't the feelings be the same as that hand, warming up?

Single dogs will not understand this routine.

Chen Yu thought for a moment: "Speaking of which, I haven't been to a movie yet." I haven't been to this world.

The largest movie theater in the city is on the way he must pass every time he goes to the city, and it is not too far from the abandoned bridge. It looks like five or six minutes away.

After passing by again and again, the big posters put up in the cinemas were changed only once, which shows that there are not many movies that can be watched now.

"I haven't been there for a long time." Chen Meili suddenly became interested: "Why don't we go and see it someday?"

After she got fatter and fatter, she didn't like to go to unfamiliar and crowded places. She hated people looking at her with strange eyes.

But she is much thinner now, and she is not afraid of the sunken fish!

"Okay." Chen Yu didn't care much, he wanted to relax occasionally, now there are so few recreational activities, and after the cold weather, table tennis is not easy to play, the wind is too strong, and there is no indoor table.

"Then let's make an appointment." Chen Meili said happily: "Tomorrow is the Laba Festival, and some relatives will come to the house. Are you free the day after tomorrow?"

"Yes, you come to see me in the afternoon, let's go together." Malatang is sold at noon and prepared in the morning, so I have more free time in the afternoon.

Chen Meili nodded and said, "Okay, I'll come to you the afternoon after tomorrow."

On the second day of Laba, Chen Yu lived alone, but he did not perfunctory, cooking a big pot of Laba porridge.

He was willing to cut the ingredients. There were more than eight kinds of ingredients in one pot, and the cooking time was also long. In the end, the porridge was thick and the aromas of various ingredients were mixed together. The taste was rich, some were soft and some were dense and some were clear. It's so sweet that you can't help but take one bite after another.

Several acquaintances sent over homemade Laba porridge, and Chen Yu sent back his porridge.

Although other people's dishes are not as rich in materials as his, they each have their own characteristics and tastes, and they taste fresh and good.

He cooked too much porridge, and other people sent a lot of porridge, so he left some unfinished.

Fortunately, in this kind of weather, you are not afraid of bad weather. If you eat it after reheating it the next day, at most it will not taste that good. Chen Yu doesn't care about this, and wasting food is the last thing to do.

When I went to sell the stall the next day, Boss Zhang came to buy Mala Tang for his wife. Both of them fell in love with this taste.But after all, the price is a bit high. Although their family is relatively rich, they can't eat it every day, so they come here to buy a few skewers from time to time.

Chen Yu put a little more in his portion of vermicelli, Boss Zhang thanked him with a smile, and told Chen Yu about the house.

He said that two of them were panicked now, and they came to him on their own initiative and asked if they still wanted to buy the house.

He told people that the price was too high, and they planned to buy it elsewhere, but the two families were in a hurry and said they could lower the price.

These two are not the highest bidders. Previously, one quoted 1000 yuan, and the other quoted [-] yuan. Now they have both dropped to [-] yuan, which shows how watery the previous quotations were.

The two houses are about the same size, nearly [-] square meters, and the old and new levels are similar. They have not undergone major repairs, and minor repairs were done a few years ago. Now they are a little dilapidated.

Boss Zhang didn't agree immediately, as the price was still too high. He said he would ask the house buyers again, but he didn't reply to those two.

Chen Yu put the hot vermicelli into a bowl, poured soup on it for Boss Zhang, and said politely, "What does Brother Zhang think?"

"I said?" Boss Zhang smiled: "I said, just wait, which ones are all staring at each other. It won't be long, just tonight, someone will come to me or Old Wang."

"Sure, I'll listen to you." Chen Yu smiled casually: "When things are done, I'll set up a table in the state-run restaurant. You bring your sister-in-law and call to Brother Wang's family. Let's celebrate."

Although there are more and more self-employed people, and there are more small private restaurants in the city, but the lean camels are bigger than horses, the state-run restaurants still have a strong reputation, and some signature dishes are also very attractive to the locals.

"What kind of state-run restaurant are you eating? I think your Malatang is quite suitable for my family's taste. My wife can't wait to buy it every day. So does my little boy. He competes with his mother to eat. I, as an old man, can't bear to rob my wife. , a little bastard..." Boss Zhang made a complaint at the end.

Chen Yu couldn't laugh or cry, how could he eat Mala Tang every day.

He thought for a while and said: "Brother Zhang, how about this, I will send you some base ingredients later, after you take them back, add some water and boil it. If you want to eat any vegetables or meat, you can rinse it yourself. "

He plans to go back and make some hot pot ingredients. The two big brothers have helped him a lot in buying a house, and they will also be neighbors in the future. It is necessary to have a good relationship.

"Can it still be like this?" Boss Zhang was overjoyed: "Then I won't be polite, don't worry, the house matter will be handled properly for you."

Now that he has the soup base, he can cook the dishes by himself, so he won't be unable to eat a bite.

"Then it's settled, Brother Wang, please tell me later." Chen Yu laughed.

"No problem, I'll tell Old Wang about him right now, he'll be happy." Boss Zhang left happily carrying Malatang.

In the afternoon, Chen Meili came as scheduled, Chen Yu looked outside, and the strong wind was blowing loudly.

The aunts don't come to his house anymore. At noon, Chen Yu comes back after setting up the stall, and directly takes the dirty dishes to the small courtyard before, where the two aunts wash them and put them in buckets.

The ingredients are also placed there. The vegetables are collected by the two aunts in contact. The meat and other ingredients are stored for a few days at a time, and they are pulled over when they are used up.

This will prevent the weather from being too bad, and everyone has to step on the snow and face the wind to work.

Everything was ready, and when Dalong came over the next morning, he happened to ride a small tricycle to pull the prepared ingredients and cleaned bowls, chopsticks, and bamboo sticks.

Considering that in my own home, hot water has been supplied in unlimited quantities, although my aunts are more comfortable working in their yards, they may not be willing to use fuel like this.

It's hard to calculate the fuel cost directly, Chen Yu simply raised their wages, one yuan per person, two yuan per day, the two aunts were very happy, and even their family members took this matter as a family matter things to do.

If you think about it carefully, now a worker earns 60 yuan a month, which is considered pretty good.

If Liang Fengxia counts overtime pay, it is only more than 60 yuan a month. Xiao Jianshe looks at the warehouse, and the basic salary is a little less, only [-] to [-] yuan a month.

This is considered pretty good. In some worker families, only one person works in a family, and they can support a large family.

Chen Yu specifically said, don't save hot water, it's a long-term job, if you can't do it after freezing, it's not worth it.

In this way, even if they are reluctant, they shouldn't be too harsh on themselves, otherwise they will be picked up by Chen Yu, and there will be no place to cry.

Having said that, I'm going to the movies this afternoon, and Chen Yu rode the tricycle over ahead of time.

But now that the wind is so strong outside, Chen Yu is a little hesitant: "Why don't we go there by bus?"

It takes about 10 minutes to walk from his house to the bus station, and we still have to wait for the bus. There are not many buses here.

But sitting in the tricycle, the wind was a bit too strong, he might not be able to block all the wind, and Chen Meili had to be blown in the back.

The tablemate said it was all right, she carried a schoolbag with some small snacks like fried peanuts and melon seeds in it, like a primary school student on a spring outing.

"Then take the bus." Chen Yu made a decision, went into the house and took two freshly filled hot water bottles out, and stuffed one into Chen Meili's arms: "Hold it."

The two each carried a hot water bottle, wrapped it tightly, and went to the city to watch a movie.

Unfortunately, they went at an unlucky time. When they arrived at the cinema, the latest scene had already started for an hour. They could still go in, but they missed more than half of the plot, and Chen Meili was not happy about it.

It just so happened that their hot water bottle was a little cold, so Chen Yu found a shop and spent two cents to refill the hot water back. The two of them walked around and waited for more than 20 minutes, and finally waited for the newly opened .

The movie is called "Northern Red Beans". Chen Yu has never seen it before, but the first time I saw it, I thought it was pretty good, but the screening room was too cold, even though I was holding a hot water bottle, I couldn't resist the cold feet.

Chen Yu stomped her feet secretly, moved a little, turned her head to ask in a low voice if Chen Meili was cold, but found the young couple next door, the man was blushing, the woman was shy, twisting her body awkwardly. Both hands were covered in the arms of the man.

Chen Yu: "..."

He turned his head back blankly, and made up his mind that he would not come to the cinema to watch movies in the future, unless he had a partner.