Chapter 266: Midnight Ghost Market (Part II)
"It's people, why don't they make a sound?" Luo Jinlan looked at the ghost market in horror, but there was no sound.
"I didn't want to be recognized, so I kept it secret, and I didn't even make a sound. Zhong Yuemin replied with a smile, "This place was cleaned up a while ago, and many people were arrested, but now they are more cautious." ”
"The public doesn't allow it, why do they still do this?" Luo Jinlan asked.
"The people are in demand, and there are not enough supplies in the state-run stores, so you can get a lot of things here. Zhong Yuemin said: "It's like Mr. Xie, if you want to get a bicycle ticket, you can only come here." ”
"How do you mention me?" Xie Mei was a little embarrassed, but the white mask covered her and she couldn't see her expression clearly, "If it weren't for the fact that there was no way, I wouldn't have come to the ghost market anyway!"
"People who come here can't help it. Zhong Yuemin looked at the crowd of people coming and going and said, "Don't look at the people who sell and buy things, they are all secretive and sneaky, in fact, these people are serious people during the day, maybe there are cadres too." ”
Luo Jinlan was a little surprised when she heard this, she really couldn't imagine that these people wearing masks in front of her might be ordinary people during the day, and they might even be people she knew.
Zhong Yuemin took the two of them to shuttle through the crowd, and from time to time a young man squatting at a stall on the side of the road recognized him, and he didn't speak, nodding to each other, two fingers flying over his temples, and giving an American-style military salute.
"Yuemin, how do they all know you?" Luo Jinlan was surprised by the magical scene in front of her.
Xie Mei also stared at him strangely, obviously surprised.
"It's all buddies and classmates, can you not know each other?" Zhong Yuemin explained with a smile while giving someone a return gift.
"That's not right, right?" Luo Jinlan frowned, "Why are your buddies and classmates all setting up stalls here?"
"That's no way, who makes it difficult to arrange the work now, in order not to block the country, they simply fend for themselves, it's better than being a blind stream on the street!"
Luo Jinlan glanced at Zhong Yuemin, "You always have a point." ”
Xie Mei listened thoughtfully, but did not express an opinion.
"Let's go, the person we're looking for is in front, and we'll be there in a moment. Zhong Yuemin opened the way in front, and Luo Jinlan and Xie Mei followed cautiously behind, their hearts were still full of suspicion and worry about the ghost market.
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"Brother, why are you here?"
Looking at the entire market, the number of people gathered here in Ermao is the most, although Ermao is wrapped in a big cotton jacket and wearing a cotton mask, Zhong Yuemin still finds him accurately.
"Come and see you, how is business?"
"Everyone, let's let go! Friends are here!" Ermao pushed away the crowd crowded around him and let Zhong Yuemin to his side, "It's the same as usual, scattered and scattered." ”
"You are blind and modest, I see that you are like a bank in the whole market, and those who hold tickets must come to you to exchange them first, otherwise it will be inconvenient to buy other things. ”
Ermao found money for others, and said with a smile: "Brother, when you say that, it's quite like that!"
"Hey, stop talking, hurry up and exchange money for us, it's almost dawn this day, don't be able to buy things for a while!" someone next to him had an opinion and urged loudly.
Ermao said: "What's the hurry! What do you want to change?"
"I'm going to issue a bicycle ticket, how much does it cost to fly a pigeon?" the other party asked.
Suddenly hearing the bicycle ticket, Xie Mei and Luo Jinlan, who were originally listening to Zhong Yuemin and Ermao chatting, instantly stared at the person nervously.
"Men's and women's?" Ermao asked unhurriedly.
The man replied briefly, "Twenty-eight." ”
"Where did it come from?"
"Units are divided. The man said impatiently, "No, why are you asking so much?"
"You have to ask clearly!" Ermao was not in a hurry or impatient, "Although we can't get on the table in business, but we can't trick people, right?
The man nodded, "What you said is also reasonable, it is not easy for anyone to buy a bicycle, if something goes wrong, it will be really bad luck! But don't worry, my ticket is divided into units, and it will definitely be exchanged, if it is not for my daughter-in-law to buy some chickens and ducks to make up for the child, I am really reluctant to let it out!"
"Come on, I just hurt your daughter-in-law so much, I believe you!" Ermao hid his hand in his sleeve and stretched out to hold the other party's hand, "I'll give you this number today, can it be done?"
"Cheng, Cheng!" The man was overjoyed, obviously very satisfied with Ermao's price, he hurriedly handed over the bicycle ticket, took the money and stuffed it directly into his arms, "Thank you, thank you!
"You can't find him if you want to, you can inquire about the market, he has the most complete categories of things, the most fair price, except for his wife, he can change anything!"
"Haha······" The crowd laughed.
Ermao was not annoyed, and said: "Hurry up if you want to exchange tickets, so many people are gathered here, don't invite people from the city management committee!"
"If they can pull them down, they will know how to arrest people!" said humanely, "It would be great to find a way to increase the supply of materials in the state-run stores!"
Everyone around you should be in tune.
Ermao was a little anxious at this time, "You don't think it's a big deal to see the excitement, isn't it? It's not you who dare to be arrested at that time! If you want to change the ticket, hurry up, otherwise I'll be a mess!"
"Don't don't..." Immediately, someone was in a hurry, "Change it for me first and then go!"
"Hurry up, I'll wait for a quarter of an hour, leave immediately when the time comes, please be early tomorrow if you can't catch up!"
As soon as Ermao's words came out, the people who were originally crowded around rushed up, for fear that they would miss it and not be able to change their tickets.
Zhong Yuemin had already escorted Luo Jinlan and Xie Mei out of the encirclement, looking at the crazy crowd from a distance.
"There are so many people, will they exchange all the bicycle tickets later?" Xie Mei stretched her neck and said worriedly, as if she also wanted to rush into the crowd and snatch the bicycle tickets out.
"I'm worried, even if I don't have a ticket, I still have a bicycle!" Zhong Yuemin said.
"Can you get a bike?" Xie Mei looked at him dumbfounded, "It's a bike for riding, not a toy?"
Xie Mei's eyes widened, and her surprised appearance made Zhong Yuemin almost think that what he was talking about just now was not a bicycle, but a tank.
"It's for pedaling, two wheels, a handlebar bike, the butt can definitely sit on it, brand new!" Zhong Yuemin said with a smile.
Zhong Yuemin's ridicule made Xie Mei's face red, and even the mask couldn't cover the red color.
"Yuemin, you can get a bicycle, why do you bring us to exchange tickets?" Luo Jinlan said dissatisfiedly: "Just help Xie Mei get a car!"
"Sister Jinlan, you're confused!" Zhong Yuemin reminded: "Teacher Xie's family is in Shandong, if I get her a car, how can she get it back to her brother?"
"Poof~" Xie Mei, who laughed out loud, hurriedly covered her mouth, but her eyes were bent into crescents, and she couldn't hide it, so she couldn't hold back her smile.
Luo Jinlan was a little annoyed, "Okay, you Yuemin, didn't I just forget to understand that Mei bought a car for her brother, are you teasing me like this?"
"Don't dare to say this word of teasing!" Zhong Yuemin was startled, "If people hear it and don't know it, they still think I'm a hooligan!"
"You're a hooligan!" Luo Jinlan gritted her teeth and said, "I don't care, you have to compensate me!"
"What's the loss?" Zhong Yuemin had a toothache.
Xie Mei first felt that Luo Jinlan was a little inexplicable, and even unreasonable, and then immediately understood that she was deliberately messing with Zhong Yuemin, which was coquettish to some extent.
Sure enough, Luo Jinlan said: "I want to eat spicy chicken! The kind you made for me last time! And sauerkraut fish!"
"My aunt, we can't buy vegetables and meat in the middle of the afternoon, where are we going to get it in the middle of the night?" Zhong Yuemin bargained: "Or, I'll make it for you another day?"
"No, didn't you say that you can buy everything in the ghost world? Then you hurry up and buy it, I'm going to eat it now!" Luo Jinlan held her head high and refused to back down.
Zhong Yuemin thought to himself, is Director Luo, who was heroic and sassy back then, the person in front of him? Why did he become arrogant and unreasonable when he came to Beijing?
"Brother Yuemin, have you waited for a long time?" When Zhong Yuemin was worried, Ermao came up and pressed his throat.
Beijingers talk about etiquette, but in the ghost market, people don't call each other's real names, only use a pronoun to call them, Ermao lowered his voice and shouted, also to see that there was no one else around.
Zhong Yuemin was happy in his heart, and hurriedly threw away Luo Jinlan and greeted Ermao: "Will you close the stall today?"
"Shut up the stall, go home and sleep. Ermao glanced at Luo Jinlan and Xie Mei, who were standing beside Zhong Yuemin, "Who are these two?"
"It's my friend. Zhong Yuemin didn't want to explain clearly, "They want to get a bicycle ticket, do you have one there?"
"Bicycle tickets?" Ermao said: "Just because it's worth it, when you come over for a run? Let someone give me a letter, and I'll send you home, won't it be over?"
"That's what I said, too!" Zhong Yuemin glanced at Mei, "The two of them were worried that you were tired and had to come by yourself, so I had to follow." ”
Xie Mei blushed at Zhong Yuemin's ridicule, lowered her head and looked at her toes, and couldn't tell at all that this was the famous ruthless teacher.
"What kind of car do you want?" Ermao took out a handful of tickets from his schoolbag, "I have flying pigeons, permanent, phoenixes, men and women here, you pick!"
Xie Mei was a little stunned for a moment, the bicycle ticket that she had been embarrassed for several months was so easily placed in front of her, and she could choose at will!
"Can these tickets buy a car in Rizhao, Shandong?" or Zhong Yuemin had a clearer mind and asked Ermaodao.
"Rizhao?" Ermao was a little confused.
Luo Jinlan explained: "The car was bought for the family, not ridden in Beijing. ”
"Then you can only use the national ticket of the Ministry of Industry. Ermao carefully picked the ticket in his hand, "Hey, this one I received today is from the Ministry of Industry, the Flying Pigeon Men's Bicycle! I usually can't receive one a month, why was I so coincidentally bumped into it by you today!"
Suddenly, Luo Jinlan and Xie Mei's eyes were staring at the small ticket in Ermao's hand, as if they were afraid that it would disappear out of thin air.
Ermao was stared at and felt a little hairy, and asked weakly, "Who do you two want?"
"Me!"
"She!"
Luo Jinlan and Xie Mei said in unison.
"Oh~ only one piece!" Ermao let out a big breath, "I'm still worried that you two want it, don't fight!"
Zhong Yuemin grinned, these two are going to fight, and they really don't know which one to help!
"Here you go. Ermao handed the ticket to Xie Mei, "You can put it away, if you want to get another national ticket, I don't know when it will be!"
Xie Mei cautiously took the ticket and looked at it carefully, except for the unclear official seal on it, the other printing fonts were not exquisite, but this rough and rough ticket determined whether her family could buy a bicycle.
"Okay, the ticket is given, then I'll go. Ermao yawned, "Brother Yuemin, I'll go back to sleep first, and next time something will make people believe me." ”
"Hey, I'll give you money!" Xie Mei reacted at this time, took out her pocket, and caught up with Ermaodao.
"No, you are Yuemin's friend, that is, my friend, this ticket will be given to you!" Ermao Hao said angrily, which made Zhong Yuemin a little impressed.
You know, although this kid is usually not a picker, but he will not be generous easily, and today I don't know for what reason, the bicycle ticket was sent away.
"No, no, no! You and Zhong Yuemin are friends, so I can't take advantage of you!" Xie Mei grabbed a handful of money in her hand, "You can charge as much as you should charge for this ticket!"
"That~" Ermao's eyes stared at Zhong Yuemin, wanting to ask him for an idea.
"Ermao, this ticket was also collected by you at your expense, and it is not appropriate for you to give it away for nothing, how much money did you spend on it, how much money did you sell us, and you should do us a favor, do you think it's okay?"
Zhong Yuemin opened his mouth, and Ermao said casually: "Okay, okay, I spent sixteen yuan to collect this ticket, and you can also give me sixteen." ”
"It's so expensive, it's almost half a month's salary!" Luo Jinlan was a little surprised.
Ermao was a little embarrassed, "If you want me to say, I'll send it to you directly." ”
"No, I didn't mean that, I just thought it was expensive, and I didn't mean anything else!" Luo Jinlan was embarrassed.
Zhong Yuemin was a little funny, "Sister Jinlan, next time, don't say it in front of people, go home and say it secretly." ”
Luo Jinlan glared at Zhong Yuemin.
Xie Mei probably didn't expect this coupon to be so expensive, but without hesitation, she took out some more money from her pocket, counted it and gave it to Ermao, "You took sixteen, there must be more than so much to sell, but there is so much on me, you forgive me." ”
"Look at what you said, I shouldn't have charged you money, it's really hard to collect, and I'm afraid that you owe favors and feel a burden. Ermao took the money, "I'll take it, let's settle it in two! Next time you have something to look for me!"
After saying that, Ermao left, and was stunned by Xie Mei and Luo Jinlan.
"Yuemin, are all your friends like this, why are they so good at talking?" Luo Jinlan looked at the back of Ermao leaving and asked.
Zhong Yuemin also sighed a little, Ermao's growth is too big, no wonder he has done so well in the ticket sales business!
"Hey~" Zhong Yuemin suddenly remembered something, and immediately followed the direction that Ermao left to catch up.