1979 The Life of Idle Fish

Chapter 673: Instead of collecting scraps, study "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu
"Fellow, what are you doing?" Luo Tao helped up the fellow who fell to his knees as soon as he entered the door. The fellow fell to the ground and cried, muttering words of gratitude.

Luo Tao, who had lived for more than 30 years, had never seen such a battle before. He looked longingly at the train conductor who was bringing his fellow villagers.

I have a guess in my mind that the elder brother kneeling on the ground may be the fellow who was stolen by the thief.

The conductor noticed Luo Tao's gaze and introduced him as the victim of the theft.

Luo Tao helped him sit on the berth and looked at him carefully. He was in his fifties, with dark skin, a weathered face, fluffy and messy hair, and a pair of bright eyes. Even though he had cried a lot just now, his eyeballs were full of red. No trace of silk could hide the sparkle in his eyes.

This is an out-and-out old farmer. No matter how much hardship he has endured, it is only written on his face. The windows of his soul are always full of hope.

He ran over to thank himself. The train conductor must have let the news slip and didn't hide it.

Luo Tao just glanced at the conductor, frightened him, felt aggrieved, and then said nothing else.

The train conductor is not entirely to blame for this, he also has his own problems.

The fellow’s 1000 yuan was saved by him who didn’t know how long he worked so hard. The denominations of the money must be different. It can’t be ten pieces of one hundred yuan. large denominations.

The hundred-yuan denomination was a new currency that was only issued last year. People are not very familiar with it, and many of them stay away from it.

After losing the money, he was anxious to get angry and other irritable emotions, his lips were slightly dry, "Drink some water." Luo Tao took a bottle of bottled water from the small table in the middle of the sleeper and handed it to him with a smile and a calm tone.

He looked very reserved... or panicked. His hands holding the water were shaking erratically, which could be nervousness or gratitude.

But when the water reached his hands, his rough hands pinched tightly like a pair of fish-nose pliers. He looked up at Luo Tao, said thank you, and lowered his head.

It should be because of being overly nervous after meeting Luo Tao.

He leaned slightly and asked, "The accent sounds like you are from Henan Province?" This fellow's accent is somewhat similar to Sister He's.

"No, I'm from Yingzhou." He answered neatly and his Yingzhou accent was much thicker.

He raised his head and looked at Luo Tao, as if he was trying to remember Luo Tao's appearance, his expression was still nervous.

The eldest brother's reply made the air slightly filled with embarrassment. He let out a sigh and then asked: "There seems to be a train from Yingzhou to Beijing. Why did you get to Quancheng?"

"I didn't catch the bus, so I thought... I would take the bus to Quancheng first, buy a ticket to Zhengzhou from here, and then reverse the train back to Yingzhou."

It makes sense, but something doesn't sound right to Luo Tao. He didn't catch the flight to Yingzhou, so he can wait a day!Why are you in such a hurry?

"Oh, that's hard enough." Luo Tao didn't directly ask him what he needed to rush for.

He nodded and fell silent again.

Luo Tao felt that this eldest brother was not only jealous of his words because of his nervousness, but also because of his own personality.

"What are you doing in the capital?"

"Collect scraps." He raised his head and then lowered it.

After hearing about his profession, Luo Tao became more interested in him. He really didn't expect to meet his colleagues on the train.

"Oh, really? Then the two of us are still traveling together."

The elder brother suddenly raised his head and looked at Luo Tao with wide eyes, thinking that this rich man dared to collect scraps.

"You're kidding." When he said this, the tense muscles all over his body relaxed obviously, and his tone became a little lighter.

Luo Tao saw him relax. "Why are you lying to me? I worked at the receiving station for three years." Luo Tao said some knowledge he had heard about collecting waste, how to weigh (playing tricks on the weighing pole), and how to sell cardboard a little early. Time to sprinkle with water and so on.

Talking about some common topics immediately brought us closer to each other.

"You know so much." He chuckled, not forgetting to confirm that Luo Tao was not lying. "You have done it before. Alas! Now that you can't do it anymore, you won't even be allowed to work in the city."

Luo Tao often participates in economic meetings and knows something about the situation, but has never participated in it personally. Today happened to meet him. In addition, his identity is different now, so he should know more about this kind of things, which will be beneficial to future work.

"You are considered self-employed and not unemployed. You should have no problem staying in the city, right?"

"I think so too. I rented a house in the city and bought a tricycle. I don't want to eat or drink from the government. I just don't have to work. I have to go back and..." Halfway through he suddenly stopped talking.

"What else?" Luo Tao asked.

He looked at the people around him and smiled wryly: "No... nothing." The flustered expression betrayed him.

Luo Tao understood instantly and asked everyone else to leave, "Mr. Luo, Xiao Liu and I won't leave!" Gong Jun was worried about Luo Tao's safety.

Luo Tao gave him a look, and Gong Jun had to obey, glancing at the elder brother before leaving.

They left, and now they were alone in the small box.

"You can tell me now!"

He smiled sheepishly, "You must be the leader, right?"

"How do you know that I am a leader?" How can I look like a leader at such a young age?

"If you can give me 1000 yuan, then only the leaders will care." He smiled shyly, "And they are all afraid of you. I have taken the train several times and I have never seen the leader in charge of this train. , the first time today.”

What this eldest brother said is reasonable and well-founded. It seems that this eldest brother has seen a lot of the world and has great eyesight.

Luo Tao wanted to learn more about the actual situation from him, but suddenly realized that he still didn't know what this eldest brother's name was.

He didn’t directly admit whether he was the big leader or not, “I still don’t know what I call you, big brother?”

"My name is Lu Dayou."

"Zuo'erlu or Zuoerlu?" Luo Tao confirmed his name word by word.

Praise him that if he gets this name well, he will achieve great things in life, and he will live in a big house in the future, even in some rural areas in the city.

He felt silly after hearing this. Judging from his expression, he didn't believe what Luo Tao said at all, including every punctuation mark.

Thinking about the 1000 yuan in his pocket, he decided that Luo Tao was a good person, but he was a bit idealistic.

Poor people in rural areas live in adobe houses or high-rise buildings, which may not be possible in their dreams.

He smiled but said nothing.

As long as you don't feel embarrassed, it's others who are embarrassed.

"Where does Brother Lu live in the capital?" Luo Tao didn't talk to him about anything else. He kept chatting about home affairs, asking about work, life and family.

After learning that he lived in Pangezhuang and had been working in the capital for two years, Lu Da was very straightforward and told Luo Tao not to look at him. He had only been in the capital for two years. In these two years, he had saved more than 4000 yuan by collecting scraps. , and even settled an account with Luo Tao.

He has eight acres of land in the countryside, and his family of six only saves a hundred yuan by working hard for a year. Even if he does a few more side jobs, he will only earn a thousand yuan a year at most, so there is no big hope.

After hearing him calculate this account, even a fool knows what to do to make money quickly.

I relied on collecting scraps in the capital to marry my eldest son last year. He is just forty this year and will soon have a grandson.

Looking at Lu Da, who was only a few years older than him, with a face full of vicissitudes of life, and looking at the smile on his face because he hugged his grandson right away, Luo Tao couldn't tell whether he should envy him?
"Brother, you are very lucky. According to your age, you will meet five generations of people." According to the generation of one generation in 20 years, when he was 80 years old, five generations would live together.Who doesn’t want their family to be prosperous, especially in rural areas, this desire is strongest.

In rural households where there are many males, they will not be bullied by others. This also leads to the phenomenon of favoring boys over girls in rural areas being more serious than in cities.

Of course, the phenomenon of favoring sons over daughters in China is not entirely caused by this. It can only be said that it has intensified the concept of favoring sons over daughters.

If we really want to dissect the phenomenon of son preference over daughters in China, I am afraid that one book or one person cannot explain it clearly.

Lu Dayou smiled. He didn't know what he was thinking of, but his expression became a little solemn.

"It would be fine if I didn't care about giving birth."

Luo Tao must criticize him, how could he have such an idea?

Lu Dayou, who had been criticized, not only failed to learn his lesson, but continued to make mistakes. "Don't get me wrong, I'm just a little worried about my daughter-in-law giving birth to a girl."

"I'm talking about you! How come you still have the idea of ​​​​valuing boys over girls? Boys and girls are the same, and they can take care of themselves in the future. You have stayed in the capital, how can you still be so backward in your thinking?"

He replied and almost didn't let Luo Tao carry it.

"I understand what you are saying. People in the capital also favor boys over girls. They are no better than us in the countryside."

Luo Tao coughed twice, and what he said made sense.

However, they still criticized him, advised him to change his thinking, and conducted ideological work propaganda for him for a few minutes. Lu Dayou had a clear change in his thinking.

"We agreed that I will definitely visit your house when I have time. If you don't do it, you are the one who makes the plans."

"Don't worry, I, Lu Dayou, will never do anything to hurt my grandson but not my granddaughter."

Seeing the promise he made while patting his chest, Luo Tao believed that he could do it.

After chatting about home affairs for such a long time, and seeing that they were very familiar with each other, Luo Tao took the opportunity to ask what he had not said before: "Brother Lu, you said before that people in the capital won't let you work, why are you still doing this? Already?"

"They..." He was about to say the words hidden in his stomach, but suddenly stepped on the brakes. Lu Dayou was very alert and asked Luo Tao: "What are you in charge of in the capital?"

Through chatting, he discovered that Luo Tao had no airs, so he became bolder and dared to ask Luo Tao what he did.

At this time, Luo Tao did not intend to hide it from him, "I am mainly responsible for solving problems for our villagers. If you have any questions, tell me, I will do my best to help the villagers solve their problems. If you have anything, you can tell me."

Afraid that he still had concerns, Luo Tao planned to introduce himself to his family and directly dispel his last worries, "Brother, you have been in the capital for two years, you should have heard of Luo Tao!"

Upon hearing this name, Lu Da was stunned for a moment, frowned, and said a modal word first, Hey! "Sounds familiar?" He wasn't quite sure from the tone.

"I am Luo Tao."

"You know Xichang Tower, right? I opened it."

At the mention of Xichang Tower, Lu Da nodded, "I went there once to eat a meal with a name, but it was a bit expensive."

What Lu Dayou was talking about was probably the large-volume, five-yuan fast food launched by Xichanglou.

Except for those who earn money, it is too expensive for anyone to spend money to eat.

At this point, Lu Dayou believed that Luo Tao was a clerk who could solve problems for the villagers.

"I didn't dare to tell others about this before, but you are a good person and the leader who solves our problems, so I have to tell you."

Then he told Luo Tao in detail about some of the difficulties he encountered in the capital and the tears he shed.Hearing this, Luo Tao frowned and turned pale.

"I didn't want to leave the capital, so I hurried home."

Luo Tao tried his best to force a smile out of his livid face, "It's good to go home, hold your grandson and enjoy the blessings for a few days, and then go out to work after the weather is clear."

He smiled and shook his head, "If I give up my job next year, I plan to take my two sons to Guangdong Province. I heard it's relaxed there."

I don’t know what he heard about it. Where in Guangdong Province is it more relaxed than the capital city? There is also a strict ban on people who are illegal and illegal. From time to time, they have to face speeding gangs who are eager to reincarnate.

Luo Tao didn't want Lu Dayou to suffer another blow from migrant work, so he gave him a brief analysis and suggested that he can go to Zhejiang Province to work next year. It's not too far from home and the business environment in Zhejiang Province is also very good, especially those there. Private enterprises are doing well. If mainland China collects waste, it should be able to make a difference.

"I think Zhejiang Province is good, you can consider it." He also gave him an idea, "Don't walk around the streets after making money. You can open a scrap station and contract scraps from factories. This way you won't be tired and you can still earn money." With money.”

Hearing this, Lu Dayou scratched his head, "Can the leader do it?"

"If you don't do it, it won't work. Just give it a try and it will happen." People must have dreams, just in case they come true.

Being so provoked by Luo Tao, the man who was originally cold and talkative also said decisively: "I will listen to you. After my grandson is born, we three will go to Zhejiang Province to work."

Just after patting his chest, Lu Dayou had a look of hesitation on his face again. Luo Tao also took a sip of water. After a while, he said: "Can you write...down, I'm a little... Don’t remember to be more tender.”

Luo Tao smiled and agreed to his request. He took out a pen and paper from his bag and wrote down the route to the scrap station clearly and clearly.

Lu Dayou was very excited as he held these two pages of paper, but he knew the words, but he didn't know the words. "The handwriting of the leader is really beautiful, even better than that of the principal here."

The praise made Luo Tao dumbfounded.

Lu Dayou carefully folded the business secrets written by Luo Tao for him and put them into the pocket he had sewn on his chest.

As soon as the secret book was put in, he took out a hundred-dollar bill from the pocket on the other side of his chest.

"I can't ask for this money from you."

Luo Tao was surprised and didn't understand, "Why?" Could it be that he had hurt his self-esteem, and he regarded his help to him as a welcome meal.

His dark face turned red, and he was embarrassed and ashamed: "I didn't lose so much money?"

What does this sentence mean that Luo Tao is really motionless?
"The thief stole my cloth bag containing clothes, and there was more than 100 yuan left in it. I prepared this before taking the train to prevent thieves."

Instead of accepting scraps, I studied "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu.

He also patted his lower abdomen and said, "The big money is here."

Luo Tao suppressed his laughter and praised him without hesitation, "Brother Lu is wise." Lu Dayou understood the essence of this old saying that eggs cannot be put in one basket.

Since he did not suffer a big loss, Luo Tao also took back his money, but still took out two pieces, "Brother Lu, you can't refuse this money. This is a red envelope from me to my unborn grandson."

Lu Dayou couldn't refuse this reason and accepted it with a smile.

Luo Tao asked him again why he said he had more than 1000 yuan stolen.

"If I hadn't said that, they wouldn't have been so interested in helping me investigate."

Well!This man is really beyond appearances, he has an honest face, and he has eight hundred eyes in his body. He is of the lotus root type.

However, this is also the wisdom that ordinary people have found out of helplessness, and it cannot be miscalculated. Luo Tao told him not to do this again next time, and that he should believe in the abilities and responsibilities of our comrades on the train.

ps: It’s April in the world, best wishes to everyone
(End of this chapter)