2003年夏初,陈小强下岗回了家。才刚50来岁,就坐在家里无所事事,他还真有点不甘心。陈小强天天在街上转,希冀着有个什么机会落在自己头上。转来转去,还真让他转出点儿名堂。他居住的是个县城,每天有不少农民进城,特别是到了中午,城里人躲在家里吃午饭、睡午觉时,大街上逛来逛去的都是农民。他注意到这些农民转了一上午,热了、渴了,却几乎没有谁舍得掏钱买瓶饮料喝,大多是去临街的商店、住户讨一瓢凉水解渴,时不时还会遭冷言冷语,遭白眼翻。这天晚上,他怎么也睡不着,躺在床上,脑子里尽是水、水。直到后半夜,猛地灵机一动,他有主意了。第二天,陈小强将一担凉水摆在了街头,水桶前还立了一块牌子,上写:凉水一角钱随便喝。你别说,还真有人喝,一个多小时两只水桶就见了底。到太阳偏西,竟卖掉了四担水,数了数满口袋的零钱,有25元多,这比平时上一天班强多了。 Early summer of 2003, Chen Xiaoqiang laid off back home. Just 50 years old, sitting at home doing nothing, he really a bit unwilling. Chen Xiaoqiang turn in the street every day, hoping to have a chance to fall on his own head. Turn around, really let him out of something famous. He lives in a county seat. Every day many peasants go to cities, especially to noon. The city people hid for lunch at home. When they took a nap, the peasants walked all the way to the streets. He noticed that these peasants had turned into one morning, hot and thirsty, but few were willing to pay for bottles and drinks. Most of them went to the shops in the street and their households quenched their thirst for cold water. From time to time, turn. This night, how he could not sleep, lying in bed, my mind is full of water, water. Until late at night, suddenly motivated, he had the idea. The next day, Chen Xiaoqiang put a bear in cold water on the street, before the bucket also set up a sign, write: cold water a dime to drink. You do not say, really some people drink more than an hour to see the end of the two buckets. To the west of the sun, actually sold four water, count the number of pocket change, there are more than 25 yuan, which is much stronger than usual classes on the day.