After lunch, there seem to be more people shopping than in the morning, so bamboo shoots are also selling better. Around one o'clock, the bamboo shoots are almost sold.

Liu Qingshan saw that there were still five or six catties of bamboo shoots and some soil on the snakeskin bag, so he packed the bamboo shoots in a plastic bag, then cleaned up the stall, and helped the proprietress clean the door.

After that, he walked into the store with a bag containing bamboo shoots: "Boss, I closed the stall, there are still five or six catties of bamboo shoots here, I'll put it on the washing machine for you." ”

The proprietress was busy in the kitchen, and when she heard this, she immediately came out, picked up the bamboo shoots on the washing machine and chased them out.

"Hey, handsome guy, you can take the bamboo shoots back. You've already given me two or three pounds in the morning, enough for me to eat a big meal. As she spoke, the proprietress stuffed the bamboo shoots into Liu Qingshan's hands.

Liu Qingshan said: "Boss, just take it, a few catties of bamboo shoots, I will dig in the mountains, you see that you have helped me so much today, and you have eaten your lunch for nothing, shouldn't you give you a few catties of bamboo shoots." ”

"It's all delivered in the morning, okay, you can either sell them for money or take them back. "The proprietress is also from the mountains, and she knows that it is not easy for people in the mountains to dig something and sell it. Besides, in the morning, this handsome guy had already sent her a few catties of bamboo shoots. Now that she's sending it again, how embarrassed is she to take it.

But Liu Qingshan refused to take it back and insisted on sending it.

In the end, the two argued for a while, and the proprietress said: "That's good, I'll take half of it and let my husband send it to his family, and you can give the rest to others." If you take too many bamboo shoots at once, they won't taste good when you get old. ”

The proprietress took a step back, and Liu Qingshan also took a step back and took back two or three catties of bamboo shoots.

Before leaving, the proprietress also specially told him: "Next time when you come out to sell something, you can just bring me here to put it, sometimes I may not be in the store, but I will explain to my husband and the guys in the store, you just have to rest assured to sell." ”

"Thank you hostess. ”

After leaving the proprietress shop, Liu Qingshan went to buy some food for his grandmother according to his mother's instructions.

So, Liu Qingshan returned to the stall of the aunt who sold chicken in the morning.

Seeing that the handsome guy who sold bamboo shoots in the morning came back again, the proprietress hurriedly asked, "Handsome guy, have you sold out of bamboo shoots?"

"It's all sold out. Liu Qingshan stepped forward to look at the slaughtered chickens and ducks on the small table and asked, "Boss, what kind of chicken is more suitable for the elderly? It is best to taste good, the meat is not old and woody, and it is easy to chew." ”

"Well. The proprietress pointed to a bare, not very fat and not very thin chicken and said, "This is our local chicken, all free-range, not fed any feed." However, the price is also high, costing 22 yuan a catty, and there are unkilled live chickens, 18 yuan a catty. ”

Liu Qingshan was a little surprised: "It's so expensive." ”

"That's right. The proprietress smiled, "These are all chickens from the farmers in our town, which are more expensive, and this kind of chicken is from other places, only fifteen yuan a catty." ”

As she spoke, the proprietress picked up a fat big white chicken next to her and showed it to Liu Qingshan.

To be honest, if it was to buy vegetables for his own family, Liu Qingshan would definitely choose fifteen yuan a pound without hesitation.

After all, he is a man who can't even afford to eat lunch.

However, when he thought that this chicken was bought for the grandmother, he gritted his teeth again and said, "Then bring me a local **." ”

Some people may wonder why they don't kill the chickens at home for the grandmother?

In fact, Liu Qingshan's chickens can't be eaten at all with the teeth of the eldest grandmother.

Although the local chickens on these stalls are also free-range, they are not free-range for a long time, and they are generally sold as soon as they grow up.

Therefore, these local chickens are tender and delicious, even the elderly can eat them.

"Okay. The proprietress smiled and picked up the local chicken on the scale, looked at Liu Qingshan with a curious look and asked, "Where are your bamboo shoots sold?"

Liu Qingshan pointed to the direction of the home appliance store and said: "It was sold out at the door of the mall where the appliances were sold." ”

When the proprietress heard this, she immediately asked with a bit of playfulness on her face: "Is the proprietress quite beautiful?"

Liu Qingshan's old face turned red, and he nodded hurriedly: "Yes, yes, yes, it's the door of the proprietress shop." ”

"Hahaha. The proprietress laughed, "That's the prettiest proprietress in town." ”

Liu Qingshan nodded approvingly: "The important thing is that the people are good and good." I sold bamboo shoots in front of her shop, and when I was hungry at noon, she brought me a big plate of rice. ”

"That's it. The proprietress said with some pride, "Don't look at it, where is that woman, that's our local woman." We have beautiful mountains and rivers here, and the people are more beautiful. ”

These words made Liu Qingshan laugh, and he couldn't help but think of another local woman in his mind.

No, to be exact, a local girl.

I still remember when I was a child......

"Okay, eighty-two dollars, just give eighty. The proprietress interrupted Liu Qingshan's thoughts.

Liu Qingshan hurriedly took the chicken, paid and left.

When he returned to the village, Liu Qingshan went straight to his grandmother's house.

The grandmother's house is in a foreign village, which is a small bungalow older than Liu Qingshan, and it is also the only cement building in the village at that time.

Although it was small and only one floor, it was a great thing to build a small bungalow out of burnt red bricks and cement at that time, especially in the countryside.

It is said that at that time, no one lived in this outer village, and the grandmother's house was the only one.

As for the two- and three-story cement buildings that are now lined up, they were all slowly relocated later.

When he walked to the grandmother's house, as Liu Qingshan expected, the two opposite iron doors were tightly woven with waste wires, wires, thin bamboos and other things, and it was impossible to look in from the outside.

And the two doors were also tightly closed.

However, there was a sound of porcelain bowls colliding in the courtyard at this time, and it should be that the grandmother was washing dishes in the yard.

Liu Qingshan carried the chicken and hurriedly shouted into the courtyard: "Grandma, grandma, I'm Qingshan, I'm coming to see you." ”

The sound of porcelain bowls colliding abruptly stopped.

Liu Qingshan's heart sank, and he shouted again: "Grandma, I'm Qingshan, I came back from my part-time job, and I bought you chicken." ”

The whirring mountain wind blows.

No one answered.

Liu Qingshan knew that he was afraid that he would not be able to see his grandmother again this time.

He didn't want to embarrass the grandmother, so he hung the plastic bag containing the chicken on the high part of the iron gate, and shouted inside: "Grandma, I'll hang the chicken on the door for you, remember to take it in later." ”

After saying that, Liu Qingshan turned around and rode away on the motorcycle.

After a long way, he stopped his motorcycle again, turned his head and looked through the dense houses, and landed on the courtyard gate of the grandmother.

The courtyard door opened, but he couldn't see the grandmother, only saw a thin hand stretched out, took off the chicken on the door, and then the iron door closed softly.

Liu Qingshan smiled helplessly.

One day, he thought, the grandmother would meet him.