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After graduating from high school in '87, I didn't get admitted to university, but I wasn't discouraged at all, because my family conditions were good, and my father had always been a bright man in the village, and he had been doing a small business, and even bought a two-row pickup truck to keep at home.
The first thing I do when I get home is to drive, which is the way I have already arranged for myself. In our local area, the person who held the steering wheel at that time was also a capable person.
I drove with my father for a few months, and then I went to the area to get a driver's license, and I officially started to run transportation.
Although I leave early and return late every day, I don't feel tired at all. Especially when I was driving on the road, when people on the side of the road waved to stop the car, I would stop and give people a ride when I met acquaintances, and the grateful look of people made me very satisfied.
But back then, our local traffic wasn't very large, and my pickup truck would occasionally take a break. I was thinking about how to run a business that could last for a long time.
I also ran for more than a year and had a little insight in transportation, and I quickly saw a doorway, that is, to go to the countryside to buy mountain goods, what peanuts, beans, sweet potatoes, rice, etc., and then pull them to the purchase and sales company in the city, and I can make a lot of money as soon as I change hands.
It's even more rare that this is a long-term business, and the people of the purchase and sales company told me that as long as you are willing to do it, there is something to do without rest for 360 days a year, as long as you have goods to deliver, they can collect as much as they want.
Our local area is a famous mountainous area, with few paddy fields but many mountain soils, and people have no other cash crops, nothing more than cash crops such as soybeans and peanuts.
It is more popular to grow sweet potatoes, which are dug up from the mountains in autumn, washed and dried in thin strips with a grater, which is called sweet potato rice locally.
However, the sweet potato rice of the local people has been eaten as a miscellaneous grain since ancient times, and later there was a high yield of mixed rice, and sweet potato rice became the raw material for feeding pigs.
But there are so many sweet potatoes and rice every year, and the pigs raised by themselves can't eat them, and many families have a big headache about it. And the purchase and sales company I contacted tried to make wine with sweet potato rice, and the amount used was not ordinarily large, and in the words of the winery, it was not enough for you to tow two truckloads a day.
Since then, I have not taken on the simple business of pulling goods, but have started my own acquisition and transportation. Every day, I drive a small truck and try to go to those remote villages, and the mountain goods I buy are basically concentrated in three things: sweet potatoes, rice, peanuts and soybeans.
According to a friend, there is a remote township called Siyou, which is particularly rich in peanuts.
I have indeed heard of Siyou's peanuts, but there are still seventy or eighty miles away from our home, and it is a remote place that is not on the way, and I have never been there.
The next day, I drove to Siyou, shouting along the highway to buy mountain goods, soybeans, peanuts, sweet potatoes, rice, I want as much as you want, and the price is higher than others.
I didn't know if I didn't come, I was startled, I just turned around in the morning, and there was a large group of people next to the truck, all of whom came with peanuts from their own homes.
Naturally, my small truck couldn't fit for a while, so I had to rent an empty room at a kind house next to the highway and put it away, and I just came to pull the goods every day.
Just like that, I have been pulling in this place for nearly a month, which has slightly reduced the "enthusiasm" of the villagers, and there are not as many mountain goods as before.
But everyone was still reluctant to let me go, saying that in two months, the fresh peanuts and sweet potatoes here would also go down the mountain, young man, you remember to come again.
Since I still have two months to spare, I plan to make two more trips, that is, to send away the stock in the rented warehouse and rest for a few days. After all, I'm not iron-clad, and although I've made a lot of money in the past month or so, I'm really tired.
This afternoon, I have already loaded the car, looked at the things in the warehouse and estimated that it should be able to be pulled at one time tomorrow, and I was relieved.
After loading the goods, he was smoking and chatting with the owner. Suddenly, an old man came, who looked like he should be sixty or seventy years old, carrying two fertilizer bags, but not particularly heavy.
I also have a bit of experience, and I can see at a glance that the old man picked peanuts, so I said to the old man: Uncle, I have finished work, your peanuts are still from last year, I will come back in two months.
When he heard that I didn't collect peanuts, the old man was so disappointed that he even forgot to put down the flat burden on his shoulders and stood there with a face full of frustration.
The landlord of the warehouse heard the movement and came out to see, but greeted the other party: Uncle Xiao, you also sell peanuts.
The landlord immediately remembered that I had said that I would not buy it for the time being, and immediately changed his expression and said to me: Boss, you see that it is difficult for the old man to come to the house, anyway, he is two bags at most a few dozen catties, so you should take it as a good deed.
Seeing that the landlord opened his mouth, and more importantly, he saw that the old man was really pitiful, so I agreed, and the old man put two bags of peanuts on the ground and asked me to check the scales.
When I untied the rope from the bag, I was immediately disappointed that a large part of the peanuts picked by the old man were deflated peanuts, and they should not have been driven by a windmill.
Anyone who has ever planted peanuts knows that no matter when they dig up, peanuts will have some unripe fruits, and when they are fresh, the shell is slightly smoother, and when they are dried, they deflated and look very dark.
I casually asked the old man and said: Your peanuts have never been carried, such can only be defective, and the price is much cheaper.
Hearing that the price was cheap, the old man was very anxious, said a lot of good things, and said that he was waiting to sell peanuts for money to see his granddaughter.
I don't know what's going on, seeing that the old man said it so embarrassed, I couldn't bear it, muttered a few words, and finally accepted his dozens of catties of peanuts at the normal price.
Uncle Xiao took the money and left with a thousand thanks, but the landlord said to me: Boss Xiaohuang, you have the right to do a good deed today, Uncle Xiao is a hard-working person in our village, his son and daughter-in-law are gone, and he raised his granddaughter alone, and he finally pulled it until he was nineteen years old, but he got sick some time ago and has been taking medicine.
Seeing that the landlord also affirmed what happened to Uncle Xiao, I didn't say much, talked to him a few words, and drove away.
The next day was the last car of mountain goods in Siyou, so I arrived here just after dawn, with peanuts and soybeans, mainly sweet potatoes and rice.
When half a cart of goods was loaded and covered with oilcloth and ready to leave, Uncle Xiao came again, but there were two people coming, and a young girl next to him should be Uncle Xiao's granddaughter.
Uncle Xiao walked up to me and said to me tremblingly: Boss, can you take your hitchhike to town?
This request was not excessive, but the goods I pulled today were mainly sweet potato rice, which was to be sent directly to the winery, and there was no need to go to the town where Uncle Xiao said that there was a hospital.
Hearing that I was inconvenient to walk, Uncle Xiao didn't speak, and helped the young girl to sit under a tree, seemingly waiting for the bus.
Although the girl was young and sick, she didn't show much sickness, the only difference was that she was holding her stomach and had a painful look on her face.
I was still wondering why I had lost weight since I had been sick for a few months, and if I was pretending to be sick, it was not like a fake to hold my stomach and the painful expression on my face.
I started the car and looked at my watch, it was just ten o'clock, and the shuttle bus that Uncle Xiao was waiting for must have to pass by at twelve o'clock, so I was a little reluctant to let an old man wait here for two hours.
Just hung up the gear and stepped on the brakes, and shouted to Uncle Xiao's grandchildren and grandchildren: You guys get in the car, I'll send you all the way.
Uncle Xiao was overjoyed and helped his granddaughter climb into my cab, fortunately my truck was a two-row seater, and it was quite easy to sit for three people.
bumpy all the way to Meicheng Town, put the two of them at the door of the hospital, Uncle Xiao even had to give me some fuel money, I didn't bother to take care of him, closed the door and refueled.
I don't think I've done anything great, at most I'm in a mood of "it's not hurtful anyway".
Although I've been driving for a long time and I'm a little cynical, I still have a bit of a tradition of respecting the old and loving the young, especially those who have read junior high school.
This matter did not stay in my heart for too long, for me, I am older, and I have made a little money in the past few years, although I don't have too many ideas, but my parents and friends began to help me find a partner.
came and went, which made me feel a little itchy in my heart, after all, they are all young people, who doesn't envy me and me?
Time flies quickly, and for two months in a row, I have been pulling goods in other places, and I have gone on blind dates every once in a while, but I have never met a suitable one.
In a blink of an eye, it was the Mid-Autumn Festival, which happened to be the season for peanuts to be on the market, so I thought of going to Siyou to buy new peanuts this year.
As soon as my car stopped, my old boss smiled and welcomed me into the house, and after a few pleasantries, I told him about buying peanuts.
As soon as he talked about peanuts, the landlord patted his head and said: I almost forgot a big thing, do you remember the last Uncle Xiao?
In the past two months, he has come to my house three or five times, and each time he asks when you are coming, and says that if you arrive, you must inform him.
It took me a little effort to remember who Uncle Xiao was, and more importantly, the sick granddaughter, which made me pay more attention at that time.
In the afternoon, it should have been the landlord who sent a message to Uncle Xiao, the old man really came, and he was carrying a load of peanuts, and he said to me from afar: Little boss, my peanut car this time has passed, you can rest assured, I can't let you suffer again.
I smiled and waved my hand at the old man, and asked the old man not to say that, you didn't know it before, forget it, what is it to keep mentioning those things.
After inspecting the goods and paying for the scales, a process was quickly completed, but Uncle Xiao did not go, and mysteriously pulled me aside and asked me: Young man, have you become a family?
I shook my head and said to myself: I run outside every day, and I haven't had time yet, besides, I'm like this, no girl wants to marry me.
In fact, this is all nonsense, Uncle Xiao heard that I had not yet started a family, so he laughed even more, and his voice raised a lot and said: You are my grandson-in-law, okay? I will give you my granddaughter as a wife.
I never dreamed that Uncle Xiao was looking for me for this!
You must know that in our local area, almost all families have a state of asking for women, and few girls are so active in marrying.
Of course, I was embarrassed to directly refute Uncle Xiao's face, so I could only tell him euphemistically, marriage is not a child's play, and I don't know your granddaughter. Although I have seen it, I have never said a word, who knows if she likes it or not?
In fact, when it comes to this, most people will understand that what I said is actually shirking. But Uncle Xiao still refused to give up, seeing that I didn't refuse directly, and said that he hadn't started a family yet, as if he was determined to treat me as a grandson-in-law.
Uncle Xiao said, as long as you don't dislike it, I'll go back and call my girl over immediately, and you young people will talk about it yourself. If you really can't talk together, then you can't force it. If the two of you can meet each other's eyes, you won't lose. As I said, you can rest assured that you don't want a penny of dowry.
These words made me blush, and the landlord came over to join in the fun, and even helped Uncle Xiao speak.
said that Uncle Xiao's granddaughter was the village flower of their village, and many young men circled around like bees, and they were all driven away by Uncle Xiao, and I didn't expect to fall in love with you, a foreigner who had never met a few times.
As soon as I heard this, I became a little interested, which young man doesn't love beautiful women? I didn't want to entangle with Uncle Xiao more, so I patiently pulled a few words with him. It's just a rush to deliver the goods, and I'll talk about it tomorrow.
The next day, shortly before I arrived at the landlord's door, Uncle Xiao actually pulled his granddaughter over, and pushed the girl in front of me, saying that she asked her to help me escort the car, and the two contacted each other.
Although the girl's face was flushed, she also looked down and generous, and thanked me very politely, saying that thank you for taking a detour to the hospital last time, and I always have to say thank you in person, and after finishing speaking, I will pull Uncle Xiao back.
To be honest, in just a few words, I could tell that the girl was very logical and organized. In addition, she was cured from her illness, and her originally good appearance was now shy and disgusting, which fascinated me at a glance.
I also said to Uncle Xiao's back: Uncle, don't blame me, it's your granddaughter who looks down on me.
Of course, this is for beautiful women, and after driving outside for two years, I do have a bit of a bad problem with flowers.
Hearing me say this, Uncle Xiao, who didn't really want to leave, immediately turned his head. His granddaughter was even more blushing like a big apple, and she pulled the corners of her clothes with both hands and didn't know where to put them.
If you want to continue to go back like this, it seems that you will be blamed by your grandfather, if you really stay, will the girl's family seem too presumptuous.
It just so happened that there were no outsiders at this time, so the landlord came over to play a round and said: Xiaomei, the boss of Xiaohuang is not bad, if you are not disgusted, it is not a bad thing to have a relationship with him first, the girl should be married, is it possible that you are still an old girl at home for a lifetime?
Uncle Xiao's coercion and the landlord's round, Xiaomei stayed, although she didn't really follow my car, but she did sit together and talk for a long time.
Just like that, I bought mountain goods in Siyou for a month in a row, and I got tired of getting acquainted with Uncle Xiao, and I was also completely familiar with Xiaomei, and finally became my girlfriend with half a push, and really got in the car to help me escort the car.
After Xiaomei and I got married, of course, I couldn't leave Uncle Xiao, who was alone, so I simply took the old man to my house.
Anyway, the family also has a house, and with my family's income, I don't care about raising an extra old man, let alone my wife's grandfather?
Many years later, I always joked with my wife that it was my grandfather who took advantage of me, and I took his deflated peanuts at the normal price, and he didn't want to go before he stuffed the ......#精品长文创作季 you gave me#