On the National Day of 1993, Wang Bin and Ai Xiaoqing’s factory had a three-day holiday. Wang Ai shouted that he was going to Anshan 219 Park to play, saying that he had missed the big slide for a long time. The couple discussed what they thought would be the best time for their son this month.
My performance was very good, and the school teachers said that I learned very quickly, so I agreed. A family of three got up early on October 2nd and took a rickety bus to the train station. Although it is only a short distance from Liaoyang to Anshan.
It’s 20 kilometers away, but trains are still available. The key is that trains are cheap, only two yuan.
I bought three tickets and took the 8:45 train. When I arrived in Anshan, it was just 9:30. A family of three came to play on June 1st two years ago. The large wavy slide in 219 Park is also suitable for adults, not just children.
They had a lot of fun. These days, there is only one slide like this in the two cities of Liaoyang and Anshan, with a population of more than 5 million. You can’t play it anywhere else. The couple didn’t have time to think about how their son’s memory is so good.
I rushed out of the train station, and a 216 bus was waiting not far away.
During the National Day holiday, more people came out to play in Anshan. People were sitting next to each other on the bus, and most of them were adults taking care of their children. Children in big cities are much better dressed than Wang Ai, with shirts and suspenders for boys and bow ties for girls.
Ai Xiaoqing was wearing a princess dress, while Wang Ai was wearing a pair of shorts and a vest. At first glance, she looked like she was from the countryside. Ai Xiaoqing had a fever on her face. She rummaged through the boxes before going out but couldn't find any good clothes for Wang Ai to wear. Wang Ai didn't care.
Sorry, this only becomes a problem in big cities.
Passing by Anshan Central Hospital, Wang Ai suddenly made a fuss about getting off the car. Ai Xiaoqing couldn't sit still when the people around her looked at the country people. After thinking that it was only two stops away from 219, Ai Xiaoqing followed Wang Ai's thoughts.
, as soon as she got off the car, Wang Ai ran forward with her short legs. The couple didn't know what to do, so they chased after her. They saw Wang Ai rushing into a store called "South China Flower Shop", and the couple had to follow.
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When I opened the store door, I came face to face with several people holding flowers. When I entered the store, I found that Wang Ai and the clerk were chatting.
The clerk was a girl of seventeen or eighteen years old. She asked Wang Ai with a smile: "Kid, do you want to buy flowers?"
Wang Ai raised his head and put his hands behind his back: "My family is a flower grower!"
The clerk's surname is Liu, and he is from Mayitun, Liaoyang County. The flower shop is opened by a relative of the family. The sales of flowers have increased greatly in the past few days, but the supply is insufficient. Most of the flowers these days are airlifted from abroad, and a small number are also required.
Air freight from Guangdong is extremely expensive. A rose is 20 yuan without discount, a carnation is 15 yuan, and a bouquet of baby's breath is 18 yuan. Do you like it? Thank you for your patronage. Seeing that business is good, there is no supply, Ms. Liu's
Auntie, Mrs. Liu has been feeling sad these days.
At first I heard that a flower gardener had come to the house. No matter how many, mosquito legs were also meat. After hearing the news, Mrs. Liu hurriedly came out of the back room, not caring that the person was a child, and asked: "Your family grows all these flowers."
What kind of flowers and how many are there?”
Wang Bin and Ai Xiaoqing were confused when they walked in. Just as Wang Bin was about to speak, Ai Xiaoqing pinched her secretly. Then Wang Ai replied: "There are no roses. I have an old nose rose at home, a carnation,
There are baby's breath, hydrangeas, and golden balls."
Mrs. Liu was a little disappointed when she heard that, although there were many varieties, she didn't look like she was a professional flower grower. Come to think of it, her flower shop had only been open for a year, so how could any farmer grow flowers professionally? Her relatives in Liaoyang County grew some.
It's not much, it's simply not enough.
But what Wang Ai said next made Mrs. Liu happy. Wang Ai gestured with her two little arms: "I have a big warm cellar at home, and I can plant it in winter."
These days, warm cellars, that is, plastic greenhouses, are still a rarity. With an investment of several thousand yuan, a farmer cannot earn even 500 yuan a year. But for flower cultivation in the east, west, and north, a warm cellar is necessary, otherwise they will be sold in winter.
What?
"My little friend, what do you think of your family growing flowers and selling them to me? The price is negotiable." Mrs. Liu looked at Wang Ai with bright eyes.
Wang Ai nodded: "Okay, what's your price?"
Several adults looked at each other and smiled. Wang Bin suppressed his doubts and remained silent. Ai Xiaoqing bravely walked up to discuss the price with Mrs. Liu. After talking, they realized how expensive the flowers were. Basically, half of the selling price was the purchase price.
Mrs. Liu was out of stock, so she planned to use roses as roses. Anyway, there are not many people in China who can recognize them these days. The price is based on the roses, which is ten yuan each. Finally, she took the price list of her own purchases.
I asked my niece to go to the copy shop nearby and make a copy for the family of three to take away. Before I left, I sent it to the door and stuffed a business card.
Wang Bin went in feeling dizzy and came out feeling dizzy. He didn't wake up until he walked to 219. How could he confuse his wife and son into talking about a business? What's more, at home,
When do you plant flowers? How can you have a warm cellar?
Ai Xiaoqing pulled Wang Bin and murmured, this business is worth it, the last month of hard work only earned 70 or 80 yuan, and the couple together only spent 15 yuan.
Now the couple had no intention of taking Wang Ai to play, so they fooled Wang Ai into Anshan Xinhua Bookstore on the condition that they go out to a restaurant at noon. Anyway, they originally planned to go out to a restaurant at noon.
I bought a lot of technical books on flower planting and agricultural greenhouses in the bookstore. Then I went to the Anshan Flower, Bird and Fish Market and bought a lot of flower seeds and half-sized seedlings. It was only when I wanted to eat at noon that I discovered that I was carrying
The more than 100 yuan I came here was spent completely, not to mention going out to restaurants, I rummaged through all my pockets, and all that was left was the fare home.
Ai Xiaoqing hugged her son and apologized, saying that she brought her son to play, but in the end she forgot about her son and just made a fortune.
Wang Ai waved his hand magnanimously: You must pay the debt first! You can eat in the restaurant for two meals!
How dare the couple bother to negotiate the price? They agreed in a hurry.
Although they didn't succeed in playing on Eleven, they found a way to make a fortune. The couple put it together and realized that winter was coming and the greenhouse had to be closed down. The family didn't have much money to build a small one first. They cleaned up the backyard and went to the house.
I bought some scrap steel bars and iron bars from the factory and simply welded them. I tied them with ropes and paired them with some bamboo poles. I went to the agricultural technology station and bought half a roll of plastic film and leaned against the backyard wall. In three days, I made a 40-year-old man.
A simple greenhouse measuring an square meter was built. Although the couple is not a flower grower, they are considered professionals in farming. While reading and groping, they bought hundreds of seedlings of various flowers at the flower, bird and fish market.
After half a month, and with the memories Wang Ai had, it was still in shape.
After they were all busy, the couple discovered that they had not seen a penny, but had spent several hundred to go out. Although they were both young and had seen the world, they were still a little uneasy. By the end of October, it was getting cold, and Wang Ai urged them to go out.
Kouzi went to the field to pick up a cart of straw and came back to tie up the straw mats. After the straw mats were tied, they were hung on the roof of the greenhouse and put down to keep warm at night. The couple was busy working at the same time, and their backs and legs were so tired. It was finally the end of November.
The first batch of flowers is just fine. I counted them along the wall and found that there were about thirty flowers of all kinds in total.
Ai Xiaoqing sighed, calmed down, and picked up the phone in his accounting office.
This chapter has been completed!