Ma Feiyang returned to the stall and saw that someone had already come to see the melon, some touched, some knocked and some picked up and patted, and a woman in her forties asked expressionlessly: "How much is the watermelon?"

"Simao" Ma Baoguo replied.

The woman immediately screamed, "Yo...... People are all three cents and two cents, why are you so expensive. While talking, Ma Baoguo smiled and said: "This melon is different from the melon, you buy my melon back to eat, keep it at ease, it's mine if it's not ripe, you come to me." The woman snorted and said, "Less, I'll buy two." Then came another bargain.

In the morning of this county town, women and old ladies came out to buy breakfast or vegetables, so after a while, they sold more than a dozen watermelons.

At this moment, a tractor was also selling watermelons from the side, the master who drove the tractor was about fifty years old, and there was a black and thin woman sitting next to him. Ma Baoguo said with a smile: "Why are you driving this machine here?" The tractor master put out the fire and said angrily: "Why did you come to this place to sell, you just came, why did you come at the right time." ”

As soon as Ma Baoguo heard it, he knew that he must have occupied his place, but he couldn't leave as soon as he said it, and said with a smile: "Master, everyone is here to sell melons, and they are fighting each other, I am here today, and I will sell them for a day?......, how about not coming tomorrow?" Hum...... Ha...... You come here to sell it, and ask if you can sell it, and I told you that I've been selling here for five or six days, huh. ”

Ma Feiyang stepped forward and said, "What if you sell it for five or six days, does this mean that this place belongs to you." The thin black woman also came and shouted, "What do you little child know, let me go aside, I have never done business and learn a little." ”

Ma Baoguo was also angry, and came over to face the master and said: "If you want to say this, I won't leave today, what's wrong with you selling for five or six days, you sell this land for two months, it's not yours, this is all a public place, whoever comes will sell, tomorrow you come first, I will never touch this place." The tractor master pushed Ma Baoguo's chest, stared at his eyes, and his voice doubled, and shouted, "Yo, what do you want." ”

Ma Baoguo immediately pushed his outstretched hand over and shouted: "What do you want, do you want to bully the market?" The black thin woman immediately came over and pushed and shoved, and Ma Feiyang had no choice but to come over and separate the black thin woman from her father.

At this time, people have already gathered around, basically watching the excitement, and there are also persuasions and comments. I heard a middle-aged man say: "Forget it, forget it, they are all out to do some small business, why bother, you just let this master sell here for a day, master, don't come tomorrow." Another person said: "Oh, noisy or something, it's not easy on such a hot day, forget it, forget it, or the old master, you let go this way, let him make the tractor good, both of them are selling here, this is not good...... Haha......"

was making noise, and two uniformed people crowded in the crowd, and as soon as the two of them came in, they said directly: "You two go, no one is allowed to sell in this place, and there will be an inspection soon." The master who drove the tractor immediately laughed and said, "Hey...... Hey...... Director Song, as soon as you say I'll leave immediately, I firmly support your work, I'll leave now, I'll leave now. ”

After speaking, he immediately shook the tractor, and then glanced at Ma Baoguo and said disdainfully: "Pull the cart, what kind of watermelon are you selling...... Hmph......" Ma Baoguo immediately replied when he heard this: "What can you do if you drive a tractor." After saying that, he began to pack up and prepare to leave, and the crowd dispersed.

Ma Baoguo pulled the car, and Ma Feiyang followed the push around the city, they wanted to see the place that was not much of the way and had a good water outlet, but such a place was really not easy to find, and they could only sell along the street for a while.

Ma Feiyang followed behind his father, watching his father hunch his body to pull the cart, his clothes were already soaked, it was the third pole of the sun at this time, and there were obviously fewer people on the street than in the morning. Ma Feiyang suddenly felt sour, he thought that when he went to the city to sell watermelons, he would transport the watermelons to find a place to sell them, and then count the money and go home. Only then did I realize that things were far from simple.

Ma Baoguo saw a unit dormitory area in front of him, and suddenly turned his head to Ma Feiyang and said, "Let's go, Xiao Er, let's go to the gate, which is the gate of the unit dormitory." This gate is still a few steps away from the main road, there are no people at the door, and there are few vehicles coming and going, Ma Feiyang asked: "Dad, is this place easy to sell, I don't see anyone." Ma Baoguo said with a smile: "Don't look at no one now, there will be people after work in a while, they will take a melon to their home by the way when they get home from work, and it is very convenient not to detour." Ma Feiyang "oh" sound.

As expected, when it was time to get off work at noon, these people who were working outside came back, and the people who were ready to cook at home also came out to buy this and that, and they saw that the watermelon at the door was okay and they had to come over to ask, and soon a cart of watermelon was sold nearly half, and both father and son were happy, Ma Baoguo looked at his watch and said: "At half past one, you go to eat, how about adding an egg to the next bowl of noodles?" Ma Feiyang said: "I'll eat pancakes here, now there is so much business, and I'm busy." Ma Baoguo said: "No matter how busy you are, you have to eat." ”

As he was talking, two young men came over, with a small head with gold wire sunglasses, and one hair covering his neck. The little inchhead picked up a melon and slapped it hard, the watermelon opened in response, and the small inchhead suddenly got angry and said: "Old man, what kind of melon are you and it will be bad as soon as you shoot it." Ma Baoguo knew that this was a street ruffian, and he didn't dare to provoke him, so he just smiled and said: "It's okay, it's okay, you can find another good food." ”

Xiao Cuntou tilted his head to look at Ma Baoguo, and asked angrily: "Why haven't I seen you before, did you just come?" Ma Baoguo didn't want to talk to them, he just wanted them to leave quickly, so he hurriedly said, "Hey, I just came today." Xiao Cuntou said, "How about taking two melons and giving you money in a few days?" After speaking, he asked Long Hair to do it.

Ma Feiyang came up and pressed the long-haired hand and said, "You don't have any money, what melons do you buy?" The long-haired man saw that a student dared to press his hand, and immediately waved his hand forward, and immediately made Ma Feiyang stumble, and scolded in his mouth: "Boy, do you want to practice with me, come, come." ”

Ma Baoguo hurriedly hugged his son, and came over again and said with a smile: "Brother and brother, don't be angry, the child is not sensible, not sensible." The small inch pushed Ma Baoguo to the side, and came straight to Ma Feiyang, Ma Feiyang didn't know what to do for a while, Ma Baoguo came up again and said with a smile: "Brother and brother, he is still a student, you don't pay attention to him, he knows something." ”

Who knew that Xiao Cuntou punched him coldly, Ma Feiyang was beaten back a few steps, Ma Baoguo saw that his son was beaten, and immediately burst out and roared: "What do you two want to do, come on, come with me, I'll come with you." After speaking, he turned his head and touched the knife that killed the watermelon, and when he saw that Ma Baoguo had a knife in his hand, he didn't dare to step forward, tilting his head to look at Ma Baoguo, Ma Feiyang also walked to his father's side and clenched his fists.

Ma Baoguo said to his son: "It's none of your business, with me, I'll see what they can do." After speaking, he looked at the small head and long hair viciously. The onlookers next to him just watched and didn't speak. After a while, Xiao Cuntou nodded Ma Baoguo with his hand and said, "Old man, this matter is not over today, you wait for me." After speaking, beckoning the long hair to go, Ma Baoguo said: "Don't worry, I won't go." ”

After the small head and long hair left, some of the onlookers dispersed, and some came over to talk to Ma Baoguo. A man in his thirties said, "Master, what are you messing with them, these two are famous little ruffians here." Ma Baoguo took a breath and said: "I've asked him, what else, and beat my child, I want to see what he is capable of." ”

The man continued: "Hey, these people have nothing to do all day long, they have a lot of work, and he comes to scratch you all day long and make you uneasy. Ma Feiyang asked: "Does the public security bureau not care?" This human: "If the public security bureau sees it, it will definitely take care of it, but the problem is that as soon as the public security comes, they will run away, and the public security will not seriously chase after such a petty fight." He sighed as he spoke.

Ma Baoguo squatted for a while, stood up and said to Ma Feiyang: "Let's go, let's change places." After finishing speaking, he picked it up, and Ma Feiyang said: "Why do you want to leave, this place is so easy to sell." Ma Baoguo sighed and said: "What the man said just now is right, these little ruffians have nothing to do, not to mention that we provoked them again, even if we don't leave, I'm afraid we won't be able to sell it, in fact, let him take two melons, please be safe, you won't let ...... Ay....... ”

Ma Feiyang said: "He doesn't give money, he takes it hard, isn't this a robbery?" Hey, that's how it is when you go out, you have to do business-oriented, some irrelevant things can not be provoked, you can endure it, you have to admit it when you should admit it, and sometimes you have to spend money to eliminate disasters, you are still young, some things do not understand, we just do a little business, what do you say offend them, just two melon things, can pass it, I really can't think of other ways, and you are a person who has been admitted to a normal school, and you will be a national cadre in the future, and you will eat the emperor's grain, you say that you have the same knowledge as them, in case something affects the school, then the gain outweighs the loss。 ”

Ma Baoguo's preaching seemed to make Ma Feiyang understand a lot, although he still felt awkward in his heart, he still nodded frequently. Silently followed his father to another place.

Ma Baoguo simply pulled the cart to the door of a vegetable field, which was still dozens of meters away from the road, and the whole door was in a mess, selling everything.

Ma Feiyang took a look, and there were seven or eight stalls selling watermelons in this area. It's close to five o'clock in the afternoon, and it's the time when people are on the vegetable field, and I heard a middle-aged man selling watermelons on the left shouting loudly, "Buy watermelon, buy watermelon, real authentic sandy watermelon, not sweet and don't want money, don't be sweet, don't want money......" The man shouted tirelessly, and really attracted people to the past, and then an old man who had been on the other side also shouted: "Take a walk, take a look, it's still good to buy local watermelons, it doesn't matter if you don't buy them, you can rest assured if you buy them, watermelons are big and sweet, three cents a catty." As soon as he shouted, people surrounded him. A man in his forties next to the old man would not sell, but he also pulled his neck and shouted: "It's cheap, it's cheap, the price of watermelon has dropped significantly, two cents a catty." ”

Ma Baoguo knew that these were old dealers, selling watermelons at this time, and selling other things when the watermelons were gone, which was contrary to the normal year, and he only came to sell watermelons during the summer vacation, and he usually mainly worked at home. Where can he sell like this, so at this time, he can only watch these old dealers do business, and his stall is much lighter.

Ma Baoguo saw that although the sun was still high, it was close to evening, and there was still half a car of watermelons, so he couldn't go back today, so he urged Ma Feiyang to go home. Ma Baoguo said to his son: "Xiao Er, you go back now, to the west of the intersection there is a tricycle towards Zhouzhuang, you take the car back, don't come tomorrow, I will go back tomorrow after selling here, and then redeem a car, after you go home, check and check Xiao San's homework, do you hear?"

Ma Feiyang said: "I'm not leaving, I'm here to accompany you, I'll go back tomorrow after selling it, I want to go to see the normal school tomorrow." Ma Feiyang didn't feel at ease to go, he was worried that the two little ruffians would come over, and he was afraid that something would happen to his father. Ma Baoguo said: "If you don't leave, you won't be able to sleep at night." Ma Feiyang said: "It's okay, I will sleep as much as you want, anyway, it's been hot to death in the past two days, and I can't sleep." ”

Ma Baoguo saw that his son insisted on not leaving, so he stopped talking, and when he turned his head, he saw a uniformed man coming over to charge one by one, and he didn't speak when he came to his stall, but just handed over an invoice, and saw that Ma Baoguo didn't follow immediately, so he threw the watermelon directly.

Ma Baoguo said with a smile: "Leader, you see that I have just arrived, and the business has not been done yet, forget it today, how about it tomorrow......." Ma Feiyang saw that the words on the uniform were "tax", and the tax cadre obviously didn't want to listen to Ma Baoguo's nonsense, so he directly interrupted impatiently and said: "What are you talking about, hurry up and pay the money." ”

Ma Baoguo still wanted to speak, but the tax cadre rolled his eyes and said: "I don't have time to talk nonsense with you, pay the money quickly, and if you don't pay, I will take your scale." Ma Baoguo saw that he was not accommodating, so he had to pay the money and asked, "How much is it?" The tax cadre said: "The ticket is there, you can see it yourself." Ma Baoguo handed over the money after reading it, and the tax cadre didn't look at it, turned around and took it down.

In the evening, Ma Baoguo pulled watermelons to the alley of a residential area and continued to sell watermelons by the light of street lamps. People don't want to stay at home at night in summer, they like to go out to find a windy place, even if there is no wind, a few people get together, and then there is nonsense in the south and the north, as if they can forget the difficult heat.

After half past eight, basically no one bought melons, Ma Baoguo took out the small straw mat on the car and put it on the ground, and said to his son: "Little Er, come and sleep on the mat." Ma Feiyang said: "Dad, it's better for you to sleep on the mat, I'm not sleepy now, I'll sleep later." Ma Baoguo frowned and gave a little order: "Just sleep, hurry up." After saying that, he went to the cart and covered it with plastic sheeting, and then tied it with a rope, saying that he was not afraid of rain.

Ma Feiyang slept on the mat, and the mosquitoes also rushed over and flew around him, buzzing, as if to say that Ma Feiyang is going to make out with you, and it seems to be calling for partners to come quickly, it is really rare to find a person here, and it may also be arranging offensive tactics, you go to bite his head and I will bite his feet.

Although Ma Feiyang was closely monitored, he continued to lose ground. He couldn't sleep and sat up again, saying that there were too many mosquitoes, so Ma Baoguo went to the small shop on the side to buy a plate of mosquito coils, and lit them at both ends of the mat, which was much better, Ma Feiyang lay down again, and this time he fell asleep quickly. Ma Baoguo saw that his son was sleeping, so he took out two of the snakeskin bags containing watermelons on the cart and spread them on the ground, and then fell asleep.