51. Tearing the White Lotus (5)
After having breakfast with the daughter and Yingzheng, Lu Lili went out to sell vegetables.
That's right, it's selling vegetables!
In these years, some people are still worried about buying fruits, and selling vegetables is not simple? Lu Lili is in charge of the family's meals and often has to go grocery shopping. Her mother gave very little money for vegetables, but fortunately there is a perennial abandoned path at the back door of this community, where many old grandfathers and grandmothers sell vegetables, all of which are home-grown, and the vegetables are cheap and better than those in the market.
Some elderly people are here to make a living, and some are simply bored at home and want to come out and find something to do. Lu Lili is well-behaved and sensible, but unfortunately the parents on the stall are not good. She often comes here to buy vegetables, and the old people basically know her, and some feel sorry for her, and every time she buys vegetables, she will give a little more forgiveness.
This time she came out, and the old man thought she was here to buy vegetables again. But I saw her walking slowly with two large frames, which looked heavy, and her thin back didn't know how to pick it up. By the time she got to an empty seat, she was covered in sweat.
Lu Lili didn't care about resting, reached out casually to wipe the sweat on his forehead, took out a piece of cloth in the frame and spread it on the ground, and then took out loofahs, winter melons, tomatoes, greens and other vegetables that were available in summer one after another. The vegetables in the space look smart, and they are placed on the ground to attract the attention of many people.
She also brought a small bench and sat on it, patiently waiting for the first guest to come to the door. The sun was already strong on a summer morning, and Lu Lili's face soon turned red. The sweat on his forehead had just been wiped off, and it quickly condensed into dense fine sweat, which gathered together and turned into beads of sweat the size of beans, sliding down his face.
An old woman on the side looked distressed, "Li Li, why do you come out to sell vegetables when you don't stay at home on such a hot day?" ”
"Yes, yes." An old grandfather agreed: "What kind of vegetables does such a big child come out to sell, and your parents are willing to do it?" ”
How could they be reluctant? Lu Lili originally wanted to sneer, but as if he had thought of something, he lowered his head and said timidly: "I graduated from junior high school, and my parents won't let me continue studying." They didn't pay me tuition, and I had a classmate who had a farmer's market at home, so I begged him to give me some food on credit, and I paid him back when I made money......"
Her lie is actually not very clever, but the people who can't stand it here are all old people, and their brains are not active. In addition, my parents didn't let me read in front of me, and I was only left with my heart feeling sorry for Lu Lili, where could I care about the mistake of looking for her?
"Li Li, you are really miserable, if you change your parents, hey......" The old woman sighed repeatedly.
The old man also nodded: "Who said no, I have never seen such a ruthless father and mother in the world." ”
"Yes." There are also people on the side who can't stand it, "Li Li is so thin, and the child who is only a few years old has been instructed by them to do things. But their son, what is Lu Yuxi's, I've seen it a few times, and he's so fat. They were all raised by a parent, and they were not stepmothers, so they were really willing. If I had been replaced, I wouldn't like it anymore and would not have been willing to suffer so much. ”
Lu Lili kept his head down, looking like he was about to cry. "Thank you, Grandma Zhang, thank you Grandpa Wu. I don't feel like I'm suffering, I just want to go to school. Don't worry, I'll leave when I earn the tuition fees for the first semester, and I won't steal your business. ”
"Li Li, what are you talking about?" Grandma Zhang was even more distressed, "We old bones just want to be lively, and no one really wants to make this money." It's you, and when I see you, I think of my eldest grandson. ”
As soon as Grandma Zhang finished speaking, a woman stopped her bicycle and walked up to Grandma Zhang: "Aunt Zhang, how can you sell this dish today?" ”
Obviously a regular customer of Grandma Zhang, she didn't say the price, and pointed to Lu Lili: "My dishes are a little wilted today, the dishes over there are very fresh, you can go and have a look." ”
When the woman heard this, she went over and looked. After looking at it this way, I found that Lu Lili's dishes were really good, the water was smart, and the roots still carried soil. The leaves are also crisp and raw, and in order to prevent the sun from wilting, a little splash of water was sprinkled on them, and they looked even more verdant. When I saw that the vegetable seller was a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl, she was covered in sweat and felt a little weird in her heart.
asked: "Little girl, how do you sell this dish?" ”
"Auntie, they sell for the same price as grandparents. A piece of green vegetables costs eight cents a pound. ”
The woman nodded, picked at random, and found that they were all good, so she simply grabbed two handfuls. Lu Lili had already opened the bag, and when she handed it over, she simply put it in the bag and picked up the scale. "Two catties and one tael, that one or two doesn't count, Auntie, you just give me three yuan and six."
Lu Lili is not in a hurry to start business, but he does not procrastinate, but it is rare to be neat. The woman couldn't help but smile at her: "Thank you, little girl." He pulled out three pieces of six and handed them to her. If I eat well, I'll come back tomorrow. ”
was about to leave, but was stopped by Lu Lili: "Auntie, wait." She put the money away, took out a small bag of watermelon from the frame behind her, and handed it over. This is the fruit I entered, so I took one for fear that it would not taste good. I'll bring you a little bit to taste, and if you think it's good, I'll sell fruit here in the future. ”
The little girl knows how to buy one get one free, and she picked up a cheap one for nothing, and the woman is very good, so she took it with a smile and said yes.
Finally made the first business, Lu Lili exhaled lightly and wiped the sweat from his head. Seeing that Grandma Zhang and Grandpa Wu were also sweating on the side, they thought about it, took out two bags of watermelons from behind and handed them to them, "It's too hot, Grandma Zhang, I invite you to eat watermelon." ”
"No, no, no, how to eat your stuff, this can't work." The two waved their hands again and again, but she forcibly stuffed them into their hands.
I saw her say seriously: "You can eat, if you eat delicious, I will come in again, you remember to take care of my business." As he spoke, he took out a few more pieces one after another and handed them to the old man on the side.
The old people didn't want to take it at first, but when they heard her say this, they could only take it. When I took a bite, I found that why is this watermelon so sweet? The watermelon sold in the market is also sweet, but it is very greasy to eat too much of that sweetness. Lu Lili's watermelon is different, refreshing, fresh, sweet and clean, exuding a faint fruity aroma.
The old people ate all the watermelons in their hands in three or two bites, and some people couldn't hold back their curiosity and asked her: "Li Li, where did you get this watermelon, why is it so delicious?" ”
"It's a secret." Lu Lili playfully put his finger to his lips and pressed it, "If I sue you, I won't have any place to earn tuition." ”
Everyone casually asked, it's enough to sell vegetables, how can anyone really want to sell fruits? If you want to eat and buy it from Lu Lili, why bother? There was a lot of laughter at the moment, and they didn't ask any more questions.
There was a faint smile on the corner of Lu Lili's lips, she didn't talk much, and she didn't have any special expression, just sat there, quietly waiting for her next guest.
Lu Qianjin and Ying Zheng have been standing under the shade of a tree not far away to watch her, and seeing that she is at ease, Ying Zheng also praised: "She is very smart." ”
She tilted her head and said, "That's why I don't give her money directly." A girl like her, since she has suffered hardships, she should endure this hardships thoroughly. It's good for her. ”
Ying Zheng felt the same way: "I think the hatred in her heart is very high, although she has been very restrained and has not come out, but I can find that she hates all the time." Now let her start all over again, don't win the smooth sail as soon as she comes up, and also polish her character a little more peacefully. ”
Now that they have helped her take revenge, what is the use of being a winner in life in the past? They're going to leave this world sooner or later. At that time, without their help, will Lu Lili repeat the same mistakes again?
This is the principle that it is better to teach a man to fish than to teach him to fish.
A person who wins for a long time will one day lose, but experience and experience will never go out of style.
The two of them were talking well, but Lu Qianjin turned his head abruptly, squinted his eyes and looked in one direction, and said lightly, "It's here." ”
"Who?"
"Guess?"
Ying Zheng looked in that direction, and after two minutes, he finally saw a teenager flying over on a black dead plane, a white T-shirt, coffee-colored pants, and headphones on his ears.
In this direction, you can see the side of his face, which is a handsome arc. The lines are clean and there is no redundancy.
He found a shade tree, parked the car, ripped off his headphones and put them on his shoulder, so he walked up to Grandma Zhang. "Grandma, why did you come out to sell vegetables again?"
Grandma Zhang was overjoyed the moment she saw the young man, stood up, and unconsciously wiped her hand on her apron, "My eldest grandson is back, Jun Yi, let grandma take a look, have you lost weight." ”
"Of course not." The boy who asked Jun Yi to squat down a little so that Grandma Zhang could touch his face. The tone was a little helpless, but not impatient. "Grandma, I only came back last week, how can I lose weight so fast."
"No, I'm confused. Let's go home, we won't sell it today. Grandma Zhang squatted down/leaned to clean up her things, and Lu Lili was next to her, and she also helped clean up. Just in time to touch the young man's finger stretched out to help, she quickly retracted it as if she had been electrocuted.
The young man looked at her as if he was nothing, helped his grandmother put away her things, stood up and asked, "Grandma, do you still have child labor?" ”
"Say something." Grandma Zhang was disgusted and explained to Lu Lili: "Li Li, this is my eldest grandson, Zhang Junyi." Jun Yi, this is a little girl in our community, named Lu Lili, who graduated from junior high school this year, and is not considered a child laborer. ”
Graduated from junior high school? Zhang Junyi frowned without a trace: "Look so small......"
"......" Lu Lili pretended not to understand, turned around and took out a piece of watermelon, and handed it to Zhang Junyi: "Give it." ”
Eat it, shut your mouth! Lu Lili thought so.