In 1983, the fifth year of reform and opening up, Haizhuang, a small town located on the Loess Plateau, began to be affected by it and quietly changed. Inadvertently, a few grocery stalls appeared on the dirt street that was only more than 600 meters away, in addition to the cooperatives in the center of the street, there were also a few newly opened shops, and some of the goods that were in demand in the past also appeared on the shelves, but all this could not change the depressed mood of Old Man Fang now.

Old man Fang sat on a bamboo chair in the courtyard frowning and smoking a dry cigarette, the youngest son Fang Bin has graduated from junior high school for nearly half a year, and finally found a way to send him to a manufacturing factory in Pingchuan County as a worker, but he didn't expect that only three months later, he was fired from the factory for fighting and making trouble. However, after knowing the details, the old man Fang also felt quite helpless, this matter can't be completely blamed on Fang Bin, their workshop director was molesting the female workers in the factory during work, and happened to be bumped into by Fang Bin, but the female employee was the person Fang Bin has been secretly admiring since he entered the factory, so the workshop director was unceremoniously repaired by him.

At that time, he was beating hard, but afterwards, the workshop director held a grudge and deliberately caused trouble to Fang Bin at work from time to time, and Fang Bin was young and vigorous, the young man couldn't suppress his temper, so he beat the workshop director in public. This time it was a hornet's nest, and the workshop director who was beaten was unrelenting, not only stabbed the factory director to the factory director, but also notified the police station. Although Fang Bin didn't suffer any crime in the police station, his job was smashed after all. Fang Bin, who returned to Haizhuang, had nothing to do all day, except for eating and sleeping at home, he was fooling around on the streets of Haizhuang Town.

"Old man, Xiao Wu has also been at home for two or three months, can't you still find a way to find him a place to work?" Fang Mingyuan's grandmother sat next to Old Man Fang with a bench in one hand and a sewing basket in the other, "This kid is at home every day except for eating and sleeping, and he is wandering around this street every day, what does it look like." ”

"Oh, you old woman, don't you read it in my ear every day, right, you should be a pie that fell from the sky now, so easy to find? In the last job, I asked a lot of people for this old job, but that kid didn't take his father's hard-earned job to heart at all, and it was less than three months before he was kicked out of the factory. It's also so noisy that everyone in the county knows it, where do you let me find a place for him? Old Man Fang said angrily.

"But we can't be completely blamed for this, right, the workshop director is really not a thing, how can he tease the female workers in the factory, Xiao Wu beat him and that's ...... Except for what is safe, what should be reported and rewarded, can it be expelled, is there any justice in this world? Fang Mingyuan's grandmother scolded indignantly.

"Eliminate violence and peace!" Old Man Fang said, "If you can't remember these idioms, don't show it, don't show it, don't say that Fang is better than them, even Fang Mingyuan, this little guy, knows more than you." Hmph, old ladies with long hair and short knowledge, even if Xiao Wu is a riot and an Liang, what is the matter, the sister of the workshop director is the daughter-in-law of the vice president of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of Pingchuan County, and even the director of their factory has to be polite to him, our Xiao Wu does not give face to others at all, and beats people twice in a row, it is fortunate to be able to go home safely. ”

Fang Mingyuan's grandmother was silent for a moment, let out a long sigh, stopped talking, and concentrated on the soles of her shoes.

Mr. Fang smoked a few more puffs of dry tobacco, now there is no need to think about it in the factory, the staff is already full, and he has been cheeky to beg the factory director several times for the work of his two daughters, and the factory sees that he has worked for the factory for so many years, although it is difficult, but in the end he still helped his two daughters solve the work. I'm really embarrassed to open my mouth to the factory again. But Fang Bin has to find a job after all, what is it to stay at home all the time? But in Pingchuan County, who offended the brother-in-law of the vice president of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, what other unit in the county is willing to accept him? For the sake of a poor boy who has no background and can't get any benefits, to offend the vice president of the county industrial and commercial bank, a fool will do this kind of thing! Thinking of this, Old Man Fang had a headache even more. For this matter, the old man has been depressed for a long time.

"Grandpa, grandma!" A childish voice came from the door.

The old man Fang, whose old face was already wrinkled like the ancient bark, immediately became frowning and smiling, and the grandmother who saw it on the side couldn't help but mutter: "It's still Xiaoyuan that works, as long as he comes, this old man is so happy that he doesn't know how many bowls of dry rice he eats." ”

Old man Fang is not deaf and blind, he heard his wife muttering quietly, and the old man retorted without blushing: "That's Xiaoyuan's struggle, if Fang Bin's stinky boy is also as smart as Xiaoyuan, Lao Tzu will smash the pot and sell iron for him!" ”

While speaking, Fang Mingyuan had already entered the door, and Old Man Fang took him in his arms and said kindly: "Xiaoyuan's good grandson, how are you doing at school today?" What new things have you learned? ”

Fang Mingyuan subconsciously wanted to break free, his mental age was over thirty, and he was naturally not used to being hugged by the old man like this again, but he quickly reacted again and stayed obediently in the old man's arms. In his last life, since he went to Yanjing, he could only come back once a year, and later, when his parents also moved to Yanjing, he could only come back once in many years, so when he saw the two old people in this life, he was a little extraordinary.

"It's not fun, it's better to read a book at home! I really want to find something fun to do for myself! Fang Mingyuan muttered. It's been nearly half a month since he woke up, and he's thinking about how to free himself from school, although it's good to relive his elementary school life, but staying in school all day, watching a bunch of little kids dangling in front of his eyes, listening to those simple questions he can answer with his eyes closed, it's just too boring. God has given me this opportunity to be born again, and I can't waste it in elementary school. But how to get the family to accept their ideas is a long and difficult process.

It's fun to change your life, but you have to do it yourself. Fang Mingyuan didn't want to be a bird and be forced into those Rausch teenagers' college classes. China's cramming education, it is enough to endure once, and he doesn't want to repeat the mistakes of the previous life.

"Haha......" Old Man Fang couldn't help but daxiao, for his eldest grandson, he was very satisfied, at a young age, he spoke like a little adult, and he earned countless faces in the factory.

"What does Xiao Yuan'er want to do?" Old Man Fang asked with interest.

"Hmm......" Fang Mingyuan deliberately made a contemplative look, and he couldn't put it down.

"I'm going to do business with my uncle! Earn money to support your grandparents! ”