Early in the morning, Gu Baichuan and Xiao Xiaofang took their son Gu Chen to the People's Square.
This was Gu Baichuan and Xiao Xiaofang's first family trip after being laid off, and their first choice was the capital.
The flag-protecting phalanx is like tall poplar trees. In the bitterly cold winter, they use their enthusiastic hands to hold up the fiery red sun and let it rise slowly in the east of the motherland.
Gu Chenqi sat on Gu Baichuan's shoulder. After watching the flag raising, his little face turned red from the cold, and the small red flag in his hand was fluttering in the cold wind.
"Honey, it's time to go." Xiao Xiaofang couldn't help but remind Gu Baichuan as she watched the crowd begin to disperse.
"There's no rush." Gu Baichuan slowly turned around and said disdainfully to the crowd: "At this speed, I guess it will be fine if I have to wait for a while. It's not like I'm in a hurry to go to work."
"Go to work? Do you still know that you have to go to work?" Xiao Xiaofang sighed and looked at Gu Chen helplessly: "Gu Chen is only five years old this year, but the two of us have no jobs, how will we live in the future?"
"Let's just live with it." Gu Baichuan looked calm and followed the crowd leisurely, laughing at himself and saying:
"Others were busy looking for jobs after being laid off, but I took you and my son to travel to the capital. Others thought our family was a one-time compensation buyout."
"It's not much money to compensate for the buyout. The family must have a direction in life in the future, right?" Looking at Gu Baichuan, Xiao Xiaofang also said angrily: "I used to go to work every day. Although the salary is not high, I can make do with it."
"But now both of us have lost our jobs, and my son is still young. What can we do in the future with just the skills we have?"
"We are advanced workers every year, and we have many advantages. What are we afraid of?" Gu Baichuan looked unconcerned.
"Advantages?" Xiao Xiaofang was very happy when she heard this: "I said husband, what do you think your advantages are?"
"I think I have a lot of advantages." Also afraid that Xiao Xiaofang would see the wet corners of his eyes, Gu Baichuan quickly turned to the side and said with a smile: "The only shortcoming is the insufficient balance."
"I could have lived a happy life, but lack of money hindered me. So, this winter, I decided to go retro and wear last year's clothes."
"Haha, it's not because of lack of money." Xiao Xiaofang shook her head.
"It's not because of money, I'm just nostalgic." Gu Baichuan wanted to save face and argued: "I found that my myopia is getting worse. I can't even see money when I open my wallet."
"Haha!" Gu Chen was happy when he heard this: "Dad, will you be able to afford a pair of glasses?"
"It's... almost." Looking at Gu Chen's cute expression, Gu Baichuan suddenly felt that all his disappointment had disappeared.
After calming down, Gu Baichuan smiled again and said: "Since there is nowhere to hide, then face the difficulties. Since you have been asking for nothing, then be content and happy. Since there is no pure land, then just be calm. Since you can't."
If you wish, then let go and be liberated."
"What do you mean?" Gu Chen didn't quite understand, and raised his head to look up at his father at a 45-degree angle.
Gu Baichuan touched Gu Chen's head: "You will understand in the future. Anyway, whether it is a strong wind and rain or a warm spring and the flowers are blooming, it is a unique life."
"Honey, how about we go into business? Many of my sisters are in business." Xiao Xiaofang suddenly had a new suggestion.
Gu Baichuan frowned, hesitated for a moment and then said: "But we don't have much capital, and we don't know how to do business. What should we do if we are cheated?"
"Then who can walk from birth?" Xiao Xiaofang frowned slightly and said in a spurring tone: "Take our son Gu Chen as an example. Go, checkers, and chess are all unmatched in kindergarten.
Even the teacher can't defeat him, and we haven't taught him bit by bit."
"But doing business requires working from nine to five, what should Gu Chen do?" Gu Baichuan said.
"How about..." Xiao Xiaofang stopped on the side of the road. After Zuo Si meditated for a few seconds, he said: "Or, let your good classmate Zhang Jingde, who is a policeman, help take care of her."
"Anyway, it's just three meals a day. We don't have time to prepare them, so let Gu Chen go to the police station cafeteria to eat. We'll just pay for the food."
"But isn't this troublesome?" Gu Baichuan immediately shook his head: "No, no, let's forget it."
Xiao Xiaofang was unhappy when he heard this: "Why is this trouble? Zhang Jingde is your best classmate. I heard that he still has many apprentices in his hands. With so many people watching, he is afraid that his son will get lost at the police station.
Is it done?"
"Then... let me ask?" Gu Baichuan was also moved and felt that it was time for his son to learn to be independent, even though Gu Chen was only five years old.
Three-day trip to Beijing.
Gu Baichuan and Xiao Xiaofang were surprisingly kind to Gu Chen. To put it simply, they responded to every request.
The family visited the Forbidden City, climbed the Great Wall, and climbed Xiangshan Mountain.
Until the last day, I had to take the afternoon train back to Jiangnan City.
With three hours left before leaving the car, Gu Baichuan and Xiao Xiaofang took Gu Chen to a nearby farmer's market.
The main reason is that you can eat some special Beijing snacks here. What little Gu Chen likes most is to visit the farmer's market with his parents.
A butcher selling pork had a loud voice, but even if he kept shouting, there were only a few customers buying pork.
Gu Chen was suddenly attracted by the wooden board under the pork. He couldn't help but pull Gu Baichuan's clothes and said, "Dad, look, there are gold threads in the wood grain. It's so strange."
"Golden silk?" Gu Baichuan frowned, walked to the pork stall, and looked at the wooden board carefully.
"What kind of meat do you want? My pork is so good." Seeing that the customer finally came, but when he saw the luggage, the pork seller suddenly felt that the transaction was hopeless, so he continued to sit aside and chat with others.
Gu Baichuan was stunned and asked the pork boss: "How long have you been selling pork?"
"It's been more than ten years, what's wrong?" The pork boss glanced at Gu Baichuan, feeling that this man was a little strange.
"Then the wooden board you use to chop meat must have been used for many years, right?" Gu Baichuan asked again.
When the pork boss saw that Gu Baichuan didn't look like he was here to buy meat, he immediately didn't look back and said in a cold tone: "Since I started selling meat, I have been using this wooden board to chop meat. What's wrong? Do you have any objections?"
"No... no objection." Gu Baichuan turned around with a smile, took Xiao Xiaofang and Gu Chen to one side, and then said softly: "This boss has used it to kill pigs for more than ten years, and now he is still alive
I didn’t find it to be made of golden nanmu.”
"Is golden nanmu valuable?" When Gu Chen heard this, he immediately became interested.
"Let's put it this way." Gu Baichuan also hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Emperors use this in their coffins."
"Can it be resurrected after using it?" Gu Chen had a sudden thought and was suddenly stunned: "The emperor's coffin is equivalent to a pig-killing board? No wonder pork is so expensive. It seems that it is expensive for a reason."
Xiao Xiaofang was also stunned: "Hubby, how do you recognize this thing? Don't get it wrong?"
"It's unmistakable." Gu Baichuan was very sure: "I went on a business trip a few years ago, and a colleague's hometown was so crowded that even a few people couldn't protect him. As long as you have the guts, you can chop down any hillside.
Yes, his family cut down two plants before and almost got arrested and sent to the police station."
"So outrageous? Is it more valuable than gold?" Xiao Xiaofang felt incredible.
Gu Baichuan nodded: "Absolutely. The benches of the older generation are all like this. They will not break down for decades. Moreover, golden nanmu is corrosion-resistant, insect-proof, not easy to deform, and has fine and beautiful textures. This material can be simply described in one word.
'Expensive' is worth a lot of money."
They also saw Xiao Xiaofang and Gu Chen dumbfounded, but they didn't know whether what Gu Baichuan said was reliable, so Gu Baichuan said again:
"Let me tell you this, what this thing recognizes is a treasure, what it doesn't recognize is a piece of firewood, and it is now a nationally protected tree."
"You know the pillars of the Forbidden City, right? They are made of golden nanmu. The country can't even get enough to repair them. How precious do you think they are?"
"Then... can they sell it?" Xiao Xiaofang had just finished speaking, but found that Gu Chen was missing, and suddenly said: "Huh? Where is the son? Where is the son?"
On the other side, Gu Chen was already standing on tiptoes, patting the wooden board where the meat was placed and saying: "Boss, buy something."
"How much meat do you want to buy?" The pork boss took a glance, but found that there was no one around. He stood up immediately, only to find a kid standing there on tiptoe.
"Kid, what did you buy?"
"This." Gu Chen pointed at the golden nanmu and said, "I want this."
"You want to buy wooden boards?" The pork boss was stunned and waved his hands: "Stop making trouble, kid. If you want to buy wooden boards, go to the lumber market."
"Then tell me how much this wooden board costs, I'll pay twice." Gu Chen instantly stretched out two little fingers.
The pork boss smiled...
"Three times, pay in cash." Gu Chen instantly took out his small wallet and began to take out the lucky money he had saved.
The pork boss was stunned for a moment, leaning forward and looking down at Gu Chen's lucky money, his eyes widened.
"Kid, do you really want to buy it?"
"Buy." Gu Chen nodded.
The pork boss frowned and scratched his beard with the five fingers of his right hand. After hesitating for a few seconds, he said: "Okay, you give me your money and I will sell it to you. I also have a piece here, so give it to me."
You got it."
"Really?" Gu Chen was stunned upon hearing this.
The pork boss grabbed the lucky money from Gu Chen's hand, instantly hung the pork on the hook, pushed the heavy board in front of him, and stacked a piece on the ground on top.
"Now, you pay with one hand and deliver the goods with the other hand. You can't go back on your word."
"Gu Chen."
At this time, Gu Baichuan and Xiao Xiaofang also came over with stunned expressions.
Before Gu Baichuan could speak, the pork boss immediately said: "Hey! Your son wants to buy it himself. Our rule here is that the money is non-refundable."
Gu Baichuan was a little dumbfounded. Just now he was worried about how to buy the golden nanmu, but this boy just did it for him.
Also afraid that the pork boss would find something fishy, Gu Baichuan spanked Gu Chen directly: "You kid, are you stupid for using so much New Year's money to buy a piece of broken wood?"
"This kid is not stupid, he is quite discerning." The pork boss was also very happy, and quickly stuffed the New Year's money given by Gu Chen into his pocket: "I tell you, I will not refund this money."
Xiao Xiaofang immediately frowned and hurriedly urged: "Forget it, husband, we are about to miss the train, so I don't want this wooden board."
"Why not? You can chop wood when you take it home, right? Yes!" Gu Baichuan pretended to be angry and picked up the wood, then said, "You don't want to help me either?"
"Oh." Xiao Xiaofang hurriedly carried it, thinking that now she has the business capital.
Seeing Gu Chen's family gradually leaving chattering, a little girl sitting in the bun shop suddenly giggled.
"Lu Weiwei, why are you laughing?" a policeman asked her while holding the buns he bought.
"Dad, there was a little boy named Gu Chen just now who was so stupid." Lu covered his mouth slightly and laughed like a pig: "He actually went to the pork stall to buy two pieces of wood. I think he is just a piece of wood."
"You're not much better." The policeman slapped Lu Weiwei's head with his hand and complained: "In the afternoon competition at the Children's Palace, if you don't work hard, I won't beat you?"
"I know, Dad." Lu Weiwei held the policeman's hand and walked out of the bun shop together.
At this time, she looked at the family carrying two pieces of wood from a distance, feeling curious and amused.
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