atypical rebirth

The mountain village is cheap, and everyone's houses are built very spacious.Dad Meng has a huge workshop of [-] square meters, in which various tools, wood of various sizes, and processed bamboo strips are piled up in an orderly manner.

As soon as Father Meng got up, he locked himself in the studio, and finally walked out with a small dustpan in his hand.

"The bamboo strips that were cut before were not so thin, so I had to make some now. Son, look, how is my little dustpan?" Meng's father held the small dustpan in front of Meng Zheng, "Can this really make money? ?”

"Yes!" Meng Zheng took the dustpan with a look of amazement.The strips split from different parts of the bamboo body have different colors, and weaving vessels with strips of different colors can weave various exquisite patterns.Such a small dustpan, the main part is the simplest cross pattern, but it is also very beautiful.

Father Meng hesitated for a moment, and asked, "Then how much should this be sold for? One yuan each?"

Meng Zheng raised his head and looked at his father in surprise.

Father Meng breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "I knew it was expensive..."

"It's expensive? Are you kidding me?" Meng Zheng said excitedly.

People who have been living in the city may not be able to imagine that in Hongqi Town, because the traffic is extremely underdeveloped and the locals lack communication with the outside world, many things that are sold cheaply in big cities are sold here. expensive.For example, clothes, the same clothes may only sell for 20 yuan in the farmers' markets in big cities, but in Hongqi Town, they cost 50 yuan, 80-[-] yuan.

This one is because of the increased transportation costs, and the seller has to purchase goods from other places, which consumes a lot of time and logistics costs.Another reason is that because of monopoly, there are few shops in small places, which is a typical seller's market.

At the same time, the prices of many things that can be sold and produced locally, such as grain, vegetable oil, pork, and various mountain products, will be very low.Occasionally, when Dad Meng is free, he will make some dustpans, bamboo drawers, steamers and so on and put them at home.Many elderly people in the village are not used to using plastic. If the bamboo bamboo utensils at home are broken or broken, they will come to Meng's house to buy one.A large handmade dustpan only sells for three yuan!

Father Meng never felt that there was anything wrong with this price.

First of all, bamboo is cut from the back of the mountain, and the raw materials are free.Then, although he took the time and energy of chopping bamboo and weaving dustpans, the concept of labor is only valuable in developed areas, and the time and energy of rural people are the least valuable.A dustpan sells for three yuan, and Dad Meng thinks he has made a profit.The market is small in the first place, if he raises the price, that dustpan will not be able to sell.

Since the big dustpan only sells for three yuan, then the small dustpan like this kind of toy costs one yuan each, so you have to be a fool to buy it?

Meng Zheng shook his head, and said patiently: "Dad, just this dustpan of yours, with the banner of pure handmade, it is absolutely no problem to sell it for 20 yuan in the store." The maximum price accepted is said to be less.The long-term living environment has limited Dad Meng's vision.If Meng Zheng said a little more, Father Meng would never believe it, and would just think that Meng Zheng was talking nonsense.

But even 20 yuan, Meng's father was also shocked.

Oh my god, this little thing is on sale for twenty!Such a small dustpan, he spends a few hours before going to bed to make casually. He can make at least two a day, and two are 40 yuan. Wouldn't it be possible to earn [-] yuan a month?If he doesn't do anything else for a day, just do this... God, wouldn't he make a lot of money?

Father Meng shook his head, not daring to think about it any further.

After seeing Papa Meng's craftsmanship, Meng Zheng became more enthusiastic about opening a shop.He took out a small book, listed all the thoughts in his mind on paper, and then discussed with the elders to see if they had anything to add, and finally gathered the wisdom of the whole family, spent three days, and wrote A complete business plan was issued.

Meng Zheng raised his small notebook and said, "If you have any objections, I'll call my aunt and uncle."

The Meng family doesn't have a phone.In the past, when the Meng family wanted to call Aunt Meng, they always went to the canteen in Qianshan Village to call.But this time, the Meng family did not go to the commissary.Because there are always a bunch of idle people sitting and chatting at the entrance of the canteen, the Meng family called Ye Gang on the phone and asked if the business could be done, and then the whole village knew that they wanted to do business.

No privacy at all!

Both Father Meng and Mother Meng are not the kind of people who like to make publicity. Before a matter is completely finalized, they don't like to be the talk of others.Adhering to the principle that more things are worse than less things, Father Meng specially counted the days when Aunt Meng would rest at home, and took Meng Zheng to the town to make public calls.Father Meng said that since the main part of the business plan was written by Meng Zheng, he gave up the opportunity to speak to Meng Zheng.

"Dad, I understand that you can't speak when you're nervous." Meng Zheng said thoughtfully.

Father Meng: "..."

My child, this kindness really doesn't need to be said specifically, it's fine to show it with actions.

The phone rang twice, and Aunt Meng answered it.Hearing Meng Zheng's voice, Aunt Meng was very happy, and her tone was light.She hung up the phone immediately, and called from her again, so that Meng Zheng who answered the phone would not have to pay, which was also a kindness of my aunt.

Meng Zheng told his aunt about his plan, and not long after, the person on the other end of the phone changed from his aunt to his uncle.My uncle listened carefully to Meng Zheng's words, and asked a few more detailed questions, which Meng Zheng answered one by one.

Ye Gang smiled and said, "We haven't been back to our hometown for two years... How about this, when the National Day is off this year, your aunt and I will go back to visit the old man." months.

"Okay! My aunt likes comb cakes, so I asked my mother to grind the rice noodles in advance." Meng Zheng said.

Ye Gang said that when he came back from the National Day holiday, he should be interested in Meng Zheng's business plan and wanted to meet and discuss in detail.

Doing business is definitely not something you can do with a snap of your head.Even if Ye Gang thinks that Meng Zheng's idea is very good, why should he do a simple market research?In addition, finding the right store also takes time.According to Meng Zheng's plan, the store will open next year, which is considered to be very smooth.

Ye Gang and Meng Zheng reached a tacit understanding, and chatted happily for a while about homework.

Ye Gang was able to climb from a poor boy with nothing to his current position, his brain must be very active.He is much sharper than the elders of the Meng family.The elders of Meng's family still treat Meng Zheng as a child, but occasionally some people are big kids.When Ye Gang hung up the phone, he said to Aunt Meng: "Your nephew is very precocious. I chat with him as if I were chatting with an adult. I remember he is only 11 years old, right?"

"Yes, he is 11 years old, and he seems to be in the fourth grade at the beginning of school."

"It's not easy for a hero to come out of a boy since ancient times." Ye Gang said.

Ye Gang was considered the most knowledgeable person among the people the Meng family knew.After Meng's father knew that his brother-in-law Ye Gang was really interested in Meng Zheng's proposal, it seemed as if a door to a new world had opened before his eyes.After returning from the town, he went to the workshop whenever he had free time, and gradually made many exquisite little things.

But it seems wrong to say that Meng's father has 100% confidence in opening a store.Because he has said to Meng’s mother more than once in private: “It’s very good that the child can figure out a way to open a store. Even his uncle praises him! If the store still can’t open in the end, it can only be us.” It's not the child's fault that adults are incompetent, so don't blame him."

Mother Meng pressed down the twitching corner of her mouth with her fingertips, and said, "I should say this, right?"

"How could I blame the child?" Dad Meng said.

"I see that you have made a lot of small things recently. If the store can't open, aren't you doing all this for nothing?"

Father Meng imitated Wu Jing in Peking Opera, stroking his non-existent beard, shaking his head and saying, "No, no, no, I'm not preparing to open a store. You don't understand, I'm an artist."

Mother Meng: "..."

"Painters paint every day, and singers hang their voices every day. As an artist, I have to hone my skills every day." Father Meng puffed out his chest proudly.

"You can do it," Meng's mother patted Meng's father's chest twice, "If you say a word, you will be beautiful in a few days. Look at you. If you don't tie a rope around your waist, you can go to heaven." Already!"

"Tie him up!" Grandma Meng added fuel to the side.

Grandma Meng thought to herself that two days ago, the eldest grandson told her with admiration that grandma can make beautiful embroidered shoes, and that she can make some pocket embroidered shoes and sell them in the store for money.After hearing what her grandson said, did she drift away?She didn't!

A calm person like me is the one who can do great things.Grandma Meng thought so.

Time passed quickly, and when Meng Zheng and Meng Duo started their new school year, Meng's small classroom had achieved very good results.Meng's mother has been able to read their first and second grade textbooks by herself.But only for reading.Among the four subjects of listening, speaking, reading and writing, Meng's mother is still not good at writing, and her handwriting is ugly and quite distinctive.Meng's father's handwriting is pretty good, but there are many words that he can't write silently, so he needs to copy them from the textbook.Grandma Meng's learning progress is between that of Mama Meng and Papa Meng.

On the first day of school, Meng Zheng suddenly said to his family: "I want to skip a grade."

"Skipping a grade? Why?" Grandma Meng said.

"I'll go to the teacher to discuss it myself." Meng Zheng said confidently.

The day before Meng Zheng was reborn, he had just dug up the questions of his college entrance examination, and he still remembered the composition questions and the question types of several major science questions.If he read it step by step, he might be able to get the first prize if he grasped the opportunity.But Meng Zheng planned to skip a grade.Because compared to this "preemptive opportunity", he felt that the benefits of skipping the level were greater.If he graduated one year earlier, he would be able to enter the society and take part in work one year earlier.

Moreover, Meng Zheng thought a lot because he didn't win the lottery. He didn't know that the lottery was lost by himself, and he thought he was reborn in a parallel world.If it's a parallel world, who knows if the college entrance examination questions he memorized before he was reborn can still be accurate!People should not be opportunistic when they are alive.

"I want to be in the sixth grade like my sister," Meng Zheng said again.

Meng Duo is two years older than Meng Zheng, and he is in sixth grade.For Meng Zheng, another regret before rebirth was that his sister's education was too low.In fact, my sister regretted it later. She felt that she should go to high school no matter what, instead of going out to work as soon as she graduated from junior high school.

Meng Duo's grades were not good, and she was not admitted to an ordinary high school during the senior high school entrance examination, but she could go to a vocational high school.

But the reputation of a vocational high school in a small place like theirs is very bad.Everyone said that if a good girl enters a vocational high school, she will be a bad girl within a year.This is not nonsense, there are indeed accidents in the vocational high school every three days.Because of this, Meng's father and Meng's mother didn't really want Meng Duo to study.It just so happens that Meng Duo himself doesn't like reading.

However, after Meng Zheng went to a big city to study at university, he suddenly discovered that his parents' ideas were wrong.The vocational high schools in their place are chaotic, but it doesn't mean that all vocational high schools are chaotic.In fact, many vocational high schools are very good, and students can learn some very practical professional skills in school.

Meng Zheng thought, he and his sister are in the same class, it is best to be at the same table, and he will spend a year helping his sister to consolidate her foundation.In this way, when my sister enters junior high school, she won't be unable to keep up with the progress at work, and maybe she can be admitted to an ordinary high school.Even if she doesn't pass the exam, she should be sent to a vocational high school in the city with a good school spirit.

He thought very well, but... the school does not allow skipping grades.

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The author has something to say: Meng Zheng: Isn’t skipping a grade a basic benefit for reborn people?

Principal: I'm sorry, but the school does not open related businesses.