Shengsheng

2002 7 Month 11 Day.

At eight o'clock in the morning, in the No. [-] Farmer's Market in City Y, Jin Ping, who still had a trace of sleepiness on her face, was pushing up the shutter door of her house.

It had been more than a month, and she and her own Lao Cao hadn't been able to take a good rest because of family affairs, and even Liang Sheng was busy working from dawn to dusk because of the canned food.

More than a week ago, his family's first batch of canned 'Maojin' brand horse head fish had officially shipped out.

When the boxes of beautifully packaged canned fish with big red letters written in Phnom Penh were filled by the two men of the family who moved them into their warehouse for the first time, Jin Ping felt a little excited.

After all, this is the first official food brand in their lives. Although the starting point is not high, it is a major and gratifying turning point, both in terms of product significance and personal significance.

Although most of the people who come and go in the vegetable market are on the sidelines about how their family can manage to start this canned food business.

Even the acquaintances of the fish shop, butcher shop and restaurant owners were waiting to see the jokes, and even talked behind their backs that the couple were not doing their jobs properly, and that they were only dreaming of getting rich when they were out of their minds.

But Jin Ping and Cao Maocai, who had made up their minds to ignore these voices from the outside world for the time being, still persevered, and started working at home with Liang Sheng brothers with enthusiasm and drive they had never experienced in half their lives.

Seeing this, some people may feel strange, hey, didn't you meet by chance before?Why did he suddenly call Brother Liang Sheng so affectionately?

This is actually ah, I still have to go back to Liang Sheng's original household registration, and he didn't have a detailed identity certificate.

As we said before, Liang Sheng is a black man through and through, and he has never had a clear identification since he went back to the past.

But those who have no registered permanent residence and ID card are destined to face a lot of trouble for citizens of China, at least mainland China.

First of all, since the 50s, in every city in the mainland, the Joint Defense Office has come to the market regularly to check the temporary residence permits of foreign populations.

It was at the beginning of 90, just after the 2000s, whether it was renting a house, buying a house, going out to live in a guest house, buying a bus ticket or going out for business, you must have this certificate.

For this reason, Jin Ping and her family have also worried about Liang Sheng many times. They are afraid that one day the higher-ups will tighten the policy and strictly check the urban residents' household registration. His lack of household registration and identity certificate will cause unnecessary troubles. Trouble.

But who would have thought that Liang Sheng, a kid who can't rest for a moment, secretly asked someone to find a solution when they were busy with the canned food.

It turned out that there was a local old man next to the No. [-] factory who had a fool's son who had died many years ago.

After being bitten to death by two mad dogs outside the factory building in the early [-]s, the old man and old lady who missed his son were not willing to cancel the idiot's household registration. It would be good if he lived to his current age and the current Liang Sheng.

Because the policy of the street office is not strict at the moment, Liang Sheng is going to give the old lady some money to buy this black account and change its name, register it with his current name, and tell the outside world that it belongs to Jin Ping's hometown. Brothers from afar.

Even if the population file needs to be changed in the future, he can still use the name 'Liang Sheng' normally, marry a wife and have children on this account, and settle down.

With this idea, I have to say that Cao Maocai and Jin Ping admired each other again.

Although it was suspected of deliberately playing tricks to take advantage of legal loopholes, Liang Sheng did not intend to break the law and discipline, and he did not want to harm others. Understand and accept his ideas much more.

In particular, Jin Ping often heard him say that he actually has a younger brother who is also homeless.

He is working so hard and tired now, just to earn a lot of money as soon as possible to take that child out of a family that does not belong to him.

And every time Liang Sheng squatted at the door to rest alone after finishing his work, he couldn't even bear to drink a bottle of orange water that cost [-] yuan to quench his thirst, and he would put the [-] cents in his trouser pocket and happily save it.

This made her even more emotional, and she was more willing to accept the kind, optimistic and lovely Liang Sheng from the bottom of her heart.

Good people will always be rewarded, and good luck will always come to their family one day. The country is getting richer and richer, and everyone's life will always be better.

Women often think and believe in this way in their hearts, as if they foresee the prosperity of the country many years later, and they seem to be working hard and wishing for the present.

So after a matter of heart was settled in this way, everyone started to get together to sign the form for the canned food, seal it, and call acquaintances one after another.

Jin Ping and his wife went to many suitable retail outlets around them with the latest samples according to the detailed plan Liang Sheng had given them.

Some of them were directly annoyed with them and drove them away, while others simply disappeared after they agreed to leave a phone call to see the samples.

The only three remaining companies seemed to be less optimistic. One of the middle-aged bosses whose surname was Wang Mingguisheng, who opened a small shop near the office and the school, said bluntly in front of her helplessly,

"Sister-in-law, don't blame me to tell you the truth. The canned fish in your family is rare and delicious, but the price is still a bit too high compared to ordinary canned food. Although our small shop is located in the office Behind the unit, but usually, the group will travel with the leaders, and the drivers in the agency with ample money will often come to buy some instant noodles, mineral water and canned food..."

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"But think about it, apart from this wave of people, is this canned food, instant noodles, and mineral water affordable for ordinary people? Ordinary people haven't seen it a few times, right? In the past two years, people often have it for the first time. I bought bottled mineral water and said that the boiled water is bitter, I'm afraid it was poured in by tap water, and you want to ask me for a refund..."

"..."

"It's hard to promote this kind of thing in an all-round way so that everyone can accept it. However, since Lao Cao and I are from the same hometown, it's fine if I put it in the store for you to sell for two days. Take thirty cans from me, I can’t afford more, after all, things have a shelf life, anyway, this business is also helping each other, right…”

This sounds a little discouraging, but I have to say that the boss Wang Guisheng is telling the truth.

Besides, although the wholesale volume of these 30-odd cans is not much, the boss is really generous and willing to save face, so Jin Ping, who was very moved, thanked him with gratitude.

But seeing that more than a week has passed, the remaining 300 cans in the warehouse seem to be temporarily neglected.

For a moment, everything in front of him seemed to be predicted by those outsiders who didn't know the situation, which made people feel flustered.

Seeing the situation, Liang Sheng and his family's Lao Cao simply decided to use their own tricycle to pull nearly 110 cans of 'Maojin' brand cans out, saying that they were going to find a suitable market.

The rest will be placed on the display cabinets in the store, and a simple tasting and product introduction will be given to the outside world.

At the beginning, Jin Ping didn't know the specific sales of the cans they pulled out in the past two days, and whether they got a suitable order.

But later she found out that in order to get more orders every day, these two fools went to the side of the toll booth on the suburban road to sell canned food every day after discussing together on three wheels.

Because there are often long-distance drivers next to the toll booth to buy food for themselves to stay up late and drive a big car, so relatively speaking, they are the group that is most likely to accept this new type of canned food that is well-fed and well-fed.

Especially the big truck drivers eat a lot, have a large appetite, spend a lot of money, and now that the four districts have been merged, the dam demolition and road repair of Changping Fishing Village are also advancing day by day. It is also a good thing to take it out of the provincial capital.

But this morning and night, the road back and forth is more than 30 kilometers. This day, I just got up early and went there every day. Lao Cao and Liang Sheng didn’t say how much weight they lost because of this. can not watch anymore.

Ever since Jin Ping found out where they were going, she stewed soft-shelled turtles for them at home every day, and didn't even let them wash their socks with their hands, for fear of exhausting the two young and middle-aged men.

And of course, the cowardly woman who had lived her whole life felt sorry for the two of them for suffering so hard for their business.

But she herself was not in a hurry to show her timidity in front of those who looked down on their family.

After all, Liang Sheng had made a deal with her and Lao Cao earlier in the morning. The business of buying and selling has to take a long time. Canned fish and meat have a short shelf life, and they are not afraid of accumulating inventory. They just cannot sell it in the short term. Never lose.

And for some reason, she always had a premonition in her heart that as long as Liang Sheng's firm promises to them were in place, sooner or later their business would see the hope of bottoming out and rebounding.

"Hey, there is always a loss in business, and people must not be greedy for dreams. Lao Cao and A Sheng are too busy these days, so I still have to cook a soft-shelled turtle for lunch..."

Before opening the door for business early this morning, Jin Ping, who had been brought back to reality by the bleakness of the past few days, seemed to be thinking this with a slight sigh in her heart.

She didn't expect that a few minutes later, she would be completely shocked by the scene in front of her.

Because when she opened the rolling door of her house and looked out, Jin Ping vaguely saw a few middle-aged businessmen squatting at the door who were hurriedly holding something for breakfast, smoking and chatting with their heads down.

And after waiting at the door for almost an hour, when she finally opened the shop, those bosses with zipper bags hanging from their waists, obviously driving their own trucks also rushed forward, and the boss Wang Guisheng in the lead was even more frowning. With joy, he cupped his hands with her and said joyfully.

"Sister-in-law! You made me wait so early in the morning! Today I have to congratulate you first!"

"... Xi, this is outside, what happened?"

"Hey, sister-in-law, you don't know?! This is a great thing!"

"Know, what do you know?"

Jin Ping looked obviously more bewildered.

"Your family's 'Maojin' brand canned horse head fish is famous! Last night the TV station went to the provincial expressway to interview the merged road construction of the four districts! A camera caught your canned food! The reporter girl is an outsider. I have never seen canned horse head fish! I just asked, and the driver happily introduced it to anyone who thought it! He also said that the taste is very good, and it is a brand from our hometown in western Guangdong. Now, people from the half of the market outside We all know that your canned food is on TV! Tell me, is this a good thing? Is your good luck coming soon!!"

Boss Wang Guisheng, who clapped his hands and laughed loudly as he said this, frightened Jin Ping, who was standing by the door with a dazed expression.

She couldn't believe her ears, but every word the boss said didn't seem like a lie, and it took a long time to wipe her eyes with red eyes and crying, and Jin Ping, who didn't know what to say, just panicked. He grabbed the door frame and shouted, dumbfounded,

"Old Cao!! Ah Sheng! You, come out soon!! Boss Wang is here! Our canned food can finally be sold!!"

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Faced with the ups and downs of her family's career, Jin Ping might not be able to share it in time with Liang Sheng himself, who has been advising her and her husband for so long.

In fact, Liang Sheng got up from the warehouse alone in the dark early this morning and went out, and then went to the old guard of the sixth factory mentioned earlier.

He still doesn't know about the fact that the 'Maojin' brand horse head fish was accidentally shown on TV. Today, he mainly went to get the new household registration book and ID card that he had been waiting for for half a month. of.

Because the road was not far away, he didn't go there by tricycle, but he carried fruits and health care products along the way to thank the old couple with his excited smile on his mouth.

Although he traveled a lot of places for this hard-earned small book, he asked Cao Maocai and Jin Ping to help him contact acquaintances.

But seeing that he is about to have a new ID card, a household registration book, and maybe a new life, why doesn't this make people feel happy?

"Come with me, start at dawn, wake up from the dream, you will not be afraid, there is a place, that is the happy hometown, it is close to the heart, but far away..."

As soon as he couldn't hold back, he hummed a song in a low voice. When Liang Sheng was still alive, he told people that he liked this female singer since he was a child. He also thought that she was fashionable and beautiful and wanted to marry when he grew up.

But once we go back to the past, this simple and beautiful electronic song has also been transformed into the most popular golden Chinese song among men and women in this era.

Besides being so happy and happy about getting the ID card, another thing that made Liang Sheng so sincerely happy must have something to do with some brat who was closely related to him.

Counting it, the two of them haven't seen each other for more than a month since they parted ways after delivering that lunch last time.

Right now, all the primary and secondary schools in City Y are about to have their final exams and summer vacation, so Mr. Liang was busy with the canned food earlier, so he didn't have time to come and see him often.

He thought to himself that when the school was busy, Zhang Chengyuan would definitely not be at home, and Liu Xiu, who was lying sick every day at home, would never be in the mood to embarrass his little milk dog.

And his little milk dog is so obedient and smart, he must be very obedient to review and take exams at home every day, and then wait for the next time to secretly see him, pick him up, and then the two of them sneak out to play together.

That's right, he is free now, and he has some savings. If he has more ID cards, he will wear so poorly when he comes here. If the child's test papers are passable this time, he will definitely give him a reward.

What can be rewarded?Is it better to find a restaurant and have a big meal?Or simply go to the swimming pool and take him to swim for a week?Or just grit your teeth and spend all your savings to buy him a bicycle?Didn't I always want to ride a majestic little bicycle to school when I was a child?

His mind was full of how to decorate Xiao Liangsheng's childhood more colorfully, Liang Sheng, who was smiling at the corner of his mouth, thought happily in his heart, but his pace gradually accelerated.

Coincidentally, after turning a corner, there is Pomegranate Lane No. 16, so this time he dressed cleanly, even the shoes and socks were brand new, and he subconsciously straightened his back.

He doesn't want anyone to treat him like a beggar on the side of the road anymore, even if he faces any stranger who has never met before, he also wants to straighten his back and be a good man.

Coincidentally, because it was still time before work and school, Liang Sheng, who was far away, saw the fat sister-in-law pushing the cart and selling buns at the alley and two other women who went out to buy breakfast.

Not to mention, we haven't seen each other for a month and a half, and the alleys piled up in tatters at the entrance are still the same as before.

This fat sister-in-law who sells steamed stuffed buns with no virtue and poor quality still treats the public land as her own all day long, not to mention polluting the environment with her own oil. Year.

In particular, this place should be owned by the district government above, but the steamed bun seller was able to occupy it for free for many years with his thick skin.

But if one day some rich person above buys this piece of land cruelly, then the steamed stuffed bun seller who has lost his money can only sit on the ground and cry loudly.

Thinking in this way, Liang Sheng, who was walking by, didn't bother to pay attention to him. He just raised his eyebrows and turned a corner, trying to avoid these broken mouths that entered the water and quietly went to the back door of Zhang's house in the alley.

But at this moment, he heard the muffled chatter and laughter of the middle-aged women behind him.

It was also these few jokes that stunned him who had nothing to do with him, but for a long time a chill from his heart surged up from head to toe, almost frightening his soul Gone.

"...Hey, sister-in-law Zhang, why haven't I seen the oil bottle of the Zhang family at the entrance of the alley for several days, why don't you go to school for the exam after the summer vacation?"

"What else is there to test? Didn't you see that Principal Zhang sold the small bed and old clothes at home as old furniture, and there are no children in the family now..."

"No, no child? Then, what about the original child? Isn't it still there last month?"

"Oh, that, I sent it away early. I heard that he was disobedient and sent to the countryside of Hexi to be raised. Principal Zhang asked someone to ask if he wanted a boy of his age. He said he was capable. Life can be passed on to the next generation, and the kid kept crying when he left, and he was refusing to let go of Mr. Liu's skirt. When his brother came, Principal Zhang just dragged him and threw him to others to take him away. It’s really not a bad thing, it’s not that my own seed was exchanged for 800 yuan in the end, do you think this deal...is it worth it?"