In the early morning of Shangxi in late autumn, the dew was so cold that people's noses hurt, and the morning star hung high in the deep blue sky. Shang Yang wrapped his coat tightly, lowered his head to face the cold wind, and walked through the street with street lights still on, sneezing three times. Just arrived at the vegetable market in Shangxi East District.

Then he saw Li Qing in the crowd at a glance.

Although the genius has just started to shine, the vegetable market is already very lively.The old man and the old lady who bought vegetables by the way for morning exercises carried a vegetable basket, their steps were trembling, and the bicycle, battery car, elderly walker Haohaotangtang blocked the whole road.

Li Qing was sitting on the side of the busy street, wrapped in a thick black cotton jacket, stretching his waist, patiently loading dishes for an old lady.Under the blazing golden sun, his brows and eyes were exceptionally clean and handsome: "Grandma, please slow down and be careful under your feet."

On his agricultural electric tricycle, there are many vegetables scattered here and there, such as wax gourd, edamame, cabbage, cauliflower... On the small bench at his feet is a book of English Compulsory Three.

"This kid is very sensible. Ever since I got dizzy when I set up a stall outside last year, he didn't say anything to let me continue to work, and even lost my temper with me several times. Then he got the car without a sound, He sells vegetables in the vegetable market every day to pay for the food and clothing of the family and my medical expenses. He just turned seventeen..."

"...It was me and his father who were sorry for him."

Li's mother said with tears in her eyes in the early morning, passing through the noisy crowd, the noise of bargaining, and the roar of the early morning bus hit Shang Yang's eardrum.

"Huh—" He let out a deep breath, and Shang Yang glanced at his watch.

—Five fifty-five.

After selling these vegetables, Li Qing had to change clothes and have breakfast when he returned home, take care of Li's mother to take medicine, send her to the hospital, and then had to deal with a full day of intensive high school study.

No wonder he came every morning after self-study.

No wonder he always asks for leave and leaves early.

No wonder his back was so tired when he was on the rooftop.

Looking across the crowd, Shang Yang caught a glimpse of the hard-of-hearing old lady and her grandson at the opposite door.The little radishhead thought the old lady was too wordy in bargaining, so he was looking around boredly.

"Child? Come here." Shang Yang waved to the little carrot head.

Little Luobotou came over hesitantly.

Shang Yang took out all the cash in his wallet - 8000 yuan: "Children, do me a favor and tell the owner of the stall where your grandma is selling vegetables. Today I met a big customer. Every dish... ...Buy a hundred catties. It's over, brother will buy you candy."

He was going to say Baoyuan, but he was afraid that Li Qing would hurt his self-esteem, so he changed his words abruptly.

The little grandson blinked: "I don't want candy... Can my brother buy me a set of Chinese dictionary and idiom dictionary?"

Shang Yang was stunned: "Huh?"

The little grandson hurriedly explained: "It's the Chinese dictionary and idiom dictionary, which can be bought in Xinhua Bookstore. Our Chinese teacher requires every student to buy it. My aunt only came to take care of my grandma once in half a month, but our teacher will ask for it tomorrow. Use... I want to go out and buy it myself, but I don't have any money. However, I can give you an IOU, and I will ask my parents to return it to you..."

A set of Chinese dictionary + idiom dictionary is about 100 yuan.

"Okay." Shang Yang readily agreed, "Okay, I'll buy it for you. You wait at home this afternoon, and I'll deliver it to you." But he didn't mention the IOU.

The little grandson said cheerfully: "Brother, you are really a good person, just like that Uncle Shang who often comes to buy vegetables."

Uncle Shang?

Shang Houde?

Shang Yang was taken aback, and just about to ask again, the little grandson had already taken the money and ran away bouncing around.

10 minute later.

"Hahaha, what a coincidence, Li Qing, how do you know it's me." Shang Yang looked at Li Qing opposite, scratching his head in embarrassment, "I think I'm doing it quite covertly?"

Li Qing smiled with a hint of helplessness: "How can a normal person buy a thousand catties of vegetables at this kind of retail stall to eat at home? Do you know how much a thousand catties of vegetables are, and how long a family of three can eat?"

Shang Yang shook his head.

Don't mention grocery shopping, as a third-generation rich man who doesn't stick to the sun, this is the first time he has come to the vegetable market in his life.

Taking advantage of people not paying attention, Li Qing quickly rubbed Shang Yang's head, turned around and smiled briefly, then coughed and coughed as if nothing had happened: "Okay, since you want to help, just collect the money for me."

Shang Yang didn't pay attention to this detail, and rolled up his sleeves with high spirits: "Okay, Ban Hua, just wait and see."

Then Li Qing explained his 'career' to Shang Yang in detail.

Retailing in the vegetable market is not Li Qing's main source of income.

His main business is small wholesale of vegetables.

There is a vegetable planting base near Shangxi. Every day, there are large and small vegetable vendors who come to wholesale vegetables and retail them in various vegetable markets in the city.Because it is mainly for retail, the requirements for the appearance of the dishes are very high.Vegetables that don't look good will be eliminated.

These vegetables used to be thrown in the fields by farmers to rot.

Li Qing saw this business opportunity.

He gets up at 03:30 every morning, drives an electric tricycle, rides for four to ten minutes, and buys these eliminated vegetables at a price lower than two-thirds of the market price, and then resells them to nearby small restaurants and vocational high schools. Canteen, the price is half of the market price.

Li Qing earns the middle price difference, the profit is not high, the victory lies in stability.

"After the source of customers stabilizes, I can earn six to seven thousand a month. In addition to providing my mother's monthly medical insurance and chemotherapy money, I can also pay off some foreign debts."

Li Qing said: "If my mother's condition hadn't deteriorated this year, she would have been able to start repaying Teacher Shang's money this year."

Shang Yang was dumbfounded.

He thought he was listening to the Arabian Nights.

Snoring Shang Yang's head again, Li Qing smiled and said, "So don't worry."

Shang Yang hummed.

Seeing Shang Yang drooping his head, with his soft and curly hair facing him, Li Qing stared straight ahead, and shot without thinking.

Shang Yang tilted his head to avoid Li Qing's salty hands, hey hey hey he wrapped his arms around Li Qing's neck: "One can be two but three can't be three. Banhua, you touched it three times this morning. Say, have you coveted my beauty for a long time and plotted against my hair?"

Li Qing immediately tidied up the vegetable stand with red ears, pretending not to hear embarrassingly.

Shang Yang stared at Li Qing's sharp and good-looking side face, and his clean and clear eyes like cold stars, feeling indescribably sour and astringent in his heart.

Good-looking, ambitious, earning money, and good grades... Where can I find such a good student with a lantern.

He must have been blinded by chicken feces in the past, so he thought he was a gangster who didn't do his job properly.

"As for the dishes on these retail stalls, they are also half the price than the market price." Li Qing explained, "It is for the convenience of the poor old grandpas and old ladies in the nearby communities."

"It's not easy for them. They live on a few hundred yuan of subsistence allowances every month. Some of them are driven out by their sons and daughters-in-law because they have sons and daughters who can't afford the subsistence allowances, and their life is even more difficult. Seasonal vegetables are frequently sold. Five yuan, they can’t afford it, so they can only eat pickled vegetables or not... I can be considered as a favor.”

Before hearing Li Qing's words, Shang Yang thought that China had entered into a well-off society in an all-round way, and he never imagined that there would be people who were too poor to afford food in the world.

But after watching several old ladies who picked up waste tremblingly opened their purses, which were full of change, which added up to less than 30 yuan, he fell silent.

During a trip to the vegetable market, he opened up the other side of the glamorous world.

At noon that day, he couldn't help calling his grandfather.

On the phone, the grandfather was amazed at Li Qing: "Your classmate is a good businessman. You are so calm and talented at such a young age."

Next, the grandfather gave Shangyang Science Popularization the reasons why Li Qing chose this business.

"Part-time waiter's income is too low, tutoring is too unstable due to the influence of children, and your classmates and sick mothers need to be taken care of. What you need is a long-term, stable and high-paying job. As long as you are willing to endure hardships, a stall with good business can make a fortune in a year. Earn 30 net profit..."

"Your classmate's main needs are money rather than social status and professional dignity, so this is the best choice he can make in his environment."

"The child is very mobile. He avoids more profitable retail and chooses small wholesale, which proves that he understands his own disadvantages and does not expand blindly. It shows that this child is calm..."

"Your grandfather and I were nothing more than that when we started from scratch."

Shang Yang heard his grandfather praise Li Qing to the sky, his heart fluttered, and he asked hopefully: "Grandpa, what do you think of me?"

Grandpa said unceremoniously: "The flowers in the greenhouse have never seen the real society. They are impetuous, escaping, and fantasy. Have you practiced the big characters today?"

Shang Yang: ...

This grandfather is definitely dear.

The result of insisting on finishing the stall with Li Qing is that Shang Yang and Li Qing were late for the whole morning self-study today.

Li Qing was fine, Zhang Yufei, Lei Tiantian and Cheng Chengcheng expressed their condolences to Shang Yang.

Shang Yang stretched his legs and said, "Grandpa went to do something good this morning."

Several people sneered and expressed disbelief.

School time is calm and peaceful.

On the same day, Shang Yang wore earphones in the physics class. After finishing the chemistry papers for the two classes, he took the time at noon to give Xiao Luobotou a set of idiom dictionaries and Chinese dictionaries, plus a set of brand-new stationery.

Another day passed without a hitch.

Although he still didn't want to go home, Shang Yang arrived home at 09:30 after the evening self-study.

Grandpa personally told him on the phone that no matter what, he had to show grandpa face.

It's rare that Shang Houde didn't work overtime today, and was sitting on the sofa waiting for him.

As soon as he saw him enter the door, Shang Houde stood up, wanting to go forward but not daring, like a big dog kicked by his master but not daring to approach.

"Yangyang..."

Shang Yang acted as if he hadn’t seen anyone here. No one was serious, carrying a shoulder bag, wearing earphones, humming a song, and changing shoes at the door.

"The plain embryo outlines the blue and white strokes from thick to light..."

"Yangyang, I didn't do it on purpose yesterday. I had already set off two hours earlier. It's just that there was an accident on the way. I met a patient. She is old and her situation is very dangerous. If she delays a little longer, I'm afraid..." Shang Houde anxiously apologized repeatedly: "Yangyang, I'm really sorry, I will never do it next time."

Shang Yang dismissed all these words as farts, took an apple from the coffee table, and swayed to the bedroom door while biting it.

Shang Houde caught up and chased after two steps: "Yangyang?"

"Mr. Shang." Shang Yang opened the bedroom door, turned his head and said to Shang Houde, "You don't need to apologize to me."

Shang Houde was startled.

Shang Yang raised his lips coldly: "After all, you just provided me with a sperm 18 years ago and became my legal guardian in the past few years. I have nothing to be sorry for you. You don't need to be sorry for me , what you should really be sorry for is your unlucky wife who died underground eight years ago, but her husband was late even for the day of his death."

"She fell in love with you at first sight back then, and that was the fate of eight lifetimes."

Shang Houde stepped back two or three steps as if he had been punched in the chest by someone.Under the light, tears seemed to glisten in his eyes full of fine lines, and then they dried up again.

Probably due to the poor lighting, Shang Yang actually felt that he looked ten years older.

Shang Houde is really old.

This recognition made Shang Yang feel as if he had been scratched hard somewhere in his heart, and it also prevented him from uttering more harsh words.

He let out a deep breath, turned his head into the room, and slammed the door firmly.

There was a long silence outside the door.

Shang Yang didn't know how long Shang Houde stood at the door and when he left.At two o'clock in the morning that day, he tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep. When he got up to drink ice water, the door of Shang Houde's room was ajar, and it was dark inside.

Shang Yang only paused for a moment, glanced at it, and went back to sleep indifferently.

He and Shang Houde once again fell into a cold war.

In other words, the eight-year cold war between him and Shang Houde never stopped.

Eight years are enough for the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, but not enough for the father and son who live under one roof and are connected by blood to understand each other and settle their suspicions.

Life is the wildest joke.

The author has something to say:

Cough cough, setting up a stall in the vegetable market, my hero is probably the most shameless hero in all the Jinjiang campus novels.

I actually thought about this plot for a long time, thinking about how Li Qing should make money to support his family.

At first I thought about tutoring, because Li Qing's reputation was rejected.

I thought about waiters, but the income was too low.

I thought about working as a part-time translator, but... not to mention Li Qing's age is too young, whether others would trust his ability.Well, according to my limited life experience, translation seems to be a well-known occupation without money.

Although I was a little tired, the vegetable stall was really good, and it was actually quite profitable.

This is what my neighbor does, earning 20 yuan in half a year.

Of course, there are more profitable businesses.But in Li Qing's environment, this is already the only way he can go.Face is not as important as money, so I became ruthless and gave Li Qing this job.

I hope you don't dislike it.

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