Chapter Twenty-Seven: Selling Melons and Magazines
Li Xinke listened, shook his head, and said, "Auntie, I want to buy the old magazines in your car so that I can sell them." ”
Seeing this woman smiling at her, her smile was very sincere. Li Xinke didn't intend to hide anything from the woman, so she told the truth.
"When school starts, sell it to your classmates?" the woman thought, the child looked thin and weak. I have a holiday, I am not at home for the holiday, and I am thinking about how to make money.
I'm really sensible.
On such a hot day, I don't know how the parents of this child are willing to let this child come out to suffer?
The woman said, "The books in my car are all five cents a pound. If you want it, I'll give it to you at the price I charged. ”
"Okay, Auntie. ”
Li Xinke happily agreed.
Thinking that my schoolbag is not big, I may not be able to fit it if I buy too much. Then he said to the woman, "Wait a minute, I'll go buy a bag, and I'll buy it and put it away." ”
The woman got out of the car, found a cloth bag with clothes for Li Xinke on the tricycle, and gave it to Li Xinke. Said:
"This, it should be enough for you to pretend. ”
In this way, the woman gave Li Xinke a bag of old magazines, and gave Li Xinke a half-new and not old "Disciple Rules".
Li Xinke smiled and stretched out his hands to take it and thanked him.
Although this book is a little old, it is what my grandfather liked to read. When I got home, I had to show it to my grandfather.
Li Xinke carried a cloth bag of old magazines and walked to the station by the Zhuqin River. Go take the bus to Hexiang Town.
In the whole Yili County, there are both highways and railways passing through the townships, almost only Kumquat Town and Hexiang Town, and Yili Town, where the county seat is located.
Like Fengqibai Township and Qinhe Township, there is not even a highway.
Otherwise, in the past, her aunt would not have married into Kumquat Village in Kumquat Town. It's not that I think that the transportation in Kumquat Town is convenient, whether it is planting crops or doing a small business on your own, you can make money.
But if you stay in Fengqi Bai Township to live, you will have to waste most of the day on the road when you take a car to the county seat......
More than an hour later, Li Xinke took a car to the passenger station in Hexiang Town.
I got off the bus, went to the bathroom, and walked to the nearby train station with my bag.
Although there is a short bus ride from the bus station to the train station. But in that kind of car, the starting price is three yuan. Li Xin felt distressed when she thought about it, so she had to stop sitting.
Carrying a bag and walking to the railway station of Hexiang Town, I saw that there were many hotels in the south and southwest of the railway station square.
And Li Xinke clearly remembers that one of her uncle's fellow villagers rented a shop on the first floor of a hotel, where he sold melons.
I regret that when I was playing at my uncle's house, I didn't ask clearly which hotel the store the person rented was in.
Anyway, Li Xinke at that time was not the person she is today. She didn't know all the memories related to Li Xinke in the past.
There are several villages on this side of Hexiang Town, which belong to the hilly area. The railway station is basically a plain area.
The geographical location of this Hexiang town is good and the transportation is very convenient.
Nearby villagers, when it is the season to harvest melons, will come to rent a storefront near the train station and learn to do business by themselves.
Li Xinke heard from her uncle and aunt that some farmers and uncles just relied on growing watermelons and melons, which was enough for them to feed a large family.
If you're lucky, you can save some money and keep it in the bank with interest.
Standing in the square of the railway station, Li Xinke obviously felt that the temperature in Hexiang Town was even higher than that in the county seat. In desperation, I had to put my bag by the flower bed and take a bottle of water out to drink.
Some enthusiastic business people came to ask her:
"Girl, where are you going to take the train......?
"Girl, have you just gotten off the train, or are you going to take the train in a while? We have buses at the station to go to various villages in Hexiang Town, where are you going, looking for me. ”
After that, he handed a business card with his name and pager number printed on it to Li Xinke.
Li Xinke had no choice but to stretch out his hand and nodded.
On such a hot day, it is very uncomfortable to wander around the square of the train station. It's not easy to think about a lot of vendors, and to patiently communicate with customers while guarding the store.
Li Xinke drank most of the bottle of pure water, and then carried her bag to find her uncle's fellow villagers.
I don't know the person's full name or what it's called, but I remember what the person looked like. I had to look for each other from shop to shop until I found the person.
Li Xinke found the sixth shop from the first shop, and when she stood outside the door, she heard the accent of the shopkeeper's voice, which was the accent of Kumquat Village.
She took a closer look, only to find that the woman with a watermelon knife and was rowing watermelons for the customers happened to be Aunt Zhang from her uncle's village.
"Aunt Zhang. ”
Li Xinke waited for the woman to weigh the watermelon and give the customer change, before she stepped forward and greeted politely.
The woman looked at it and realized that the girl who came to her was a relative of the village party secretary in the village, Ke Ke'er. This Coke Er and her children play together, it is still more fun, and she still has some impressions of Coco.
The woman took the towel and wiped her sweat, grinned, and asked:
Not long ago, your uncle and your aunt went to the county seat to see your mother, I know. Is your mom better?"
"Come, sit, eat melons. After the woman said that, she moved a small stool for Li Xinke to sit on, and quickly rowed a piece of watermelon and gave it to Li Xinke to eat.
But as soon as Li Xinke was about to answer, several customers came.
Seeing that Aunt Zhang was busy, Li Xinke simply put the bag aside and stepped forward to help Aunt Zhang cut the watermelon.
The woman looked at the watermelon that Li Xin could row, it was very even, but it was even better than her own rowing. And in Fengqi Bai Township, there are not many people who grow watermelons.
It's not a matter of being diligent or not, it's related to the climate or something.
The woman saw that Li Xin could cut the watermelon and cut it better, so she simply let Li Xin cut the watermelon, and she just collected the money. The two of them were busy for nearly two hours, and they were very busy.
Of course, Li Xinke helped in the store for two hours, and she still took the time to talk to Aunt Zhang about her own purpose of coming here.
As soon as the woman heard that Li Xinke said that she was coming here to sell books, she whispered to her:
"I'm afraid this is really not easy to sell. You think, before people come to the train, the most they can do is buy some snacks and some fruit to take on the train. But you said that they should buy books to read, and they will spend money anyway, so it is better to spend money on new magazines to read. ”