In fact, Tian Guo didn't have time to wonder if Niu Huanran was still angry with himself in the end. In July, Sijiu City has completely entered the tourist season, and there is an endless stream of tourists who come to Xiushui every day, in addition to foreigners, there are also many domestic tourists from Hong Kong and coastal areas. Tian Guo works in the barber shop during the day and Xiushui at night, and sometimes he can't get home until □□ o'clock in the evening, and he often relies on a piece of baked cake for dinner.

Zhang Li said: "Xiaoguoer, you can't do this, people are iron and steel, if you don't eat well, how can you get the strength to make money?" ”

"I also want to eat mutton shabu every day, but I also have to be rich! Sister Li, don't look at this baked cake as small, in fact, it is sandwiched with sauce beef, this meat stew is very bad, delicious and not greasy! Tian Guo sat on the mazar and took a big bite of the baked cake, the meat was stewed in old soup, and the taste was fragrant and mellow.

Don't look at it, it's just a piece of yakiniku, the price is a bowl of fried noodles.

At this moment, a few Guangdong individual customers, of different ages, stopped in front of Zhang Li's stall and picked up clothes at random.

"Little sister, how much is this?" An aunt in her fifties picked up a blue sweater and asked.

"Five bucks."

"It's cheaper."

"It really can't be cheap, five dollars is the lowest." Zhang Li was embarrassed.

"Oh, this dress only sells for 2 yuan in our Guangdong."

Tian Guo said: "Auntie, our clothes are all from the Beijing Garment Factory, part of it is given to us, part of it is given to the department store in Wangfujing and the Longfu Building in Dongsi, I tell you, this dress at the counter in the mall at least 20 yuan, we only charge 5 yuan here, really don't ask you for a penny." In this way, if you don't feel at ease and think that I am blinded to you, tomorrow morning you will go to the women's clothing area on the second floor of the department store to see if I lied to you! ”

The boss who sold porcelain next to him listened to what Tian Guo Balabala said, and even the punctuation marks were omitted, and he grinned and stretched out a thumbs up.

In fact, this dress was purchased from Guangdong, and when it was sold to local customers, it was said that it was imported from the south, and when it was sold to southern tourists, it became local production. Whether it can be sold depends on this mouth, Aunt Guangdong was just a little dizzy by Tian Guo's spray, but her reason was still there, she looked at the clothes carefully from the inside out, and said suspiciously: "No, this dress doesn't even have a brand, how do I know if you made it in Beijing?" ”

In the face of the aunt's questioning, Tian Guo's face did not change. "Auntie, do you believe me? If you believe me, take one and go. It is not easy to see that you have traveled thousands of miles to come to our Beijing by train, so I will make you five cents cheaper, and it will be a gift from the people of Sijiu City. It's true that this dress is not labeled, but I can't tell you the reason, because if I do, I won't be able to open this stall. I can only tell you that this dress is 100% a commodity on the assembly line of the Beijing Garment Factory, and as for how it came from the factory warehouse to my stall, you are so smart that you can think about it carefully. ”

Tian Guo's expression was quite intriguing, the aunt didn't figure it out, but the person who looked like her husband next to her pondered and understood, he said in Cantonese: "Oh, don't you understand this, there must be someone inside, I think the quality is good, it's similar to the dress you saw in Wangfujing this morning, you can buy it." ”

The aunt looked at the clothes carefully again, and didn't find anything wrong, but when she paid for it, she played a chicken thief again, and when she took out her whole body, she took out three yuan eight, spread her hands to Tian Guo, and said helplessly: "Look, I have so much money on me, can I sell 3.8 or not?" ”

Tian Guo wanted to say, "It's not enough, don't care about relatives and friends to borrow it, so I can scrape together 4 yuan for me." As a result, Zhang Li next to her took over, "Okay, aunt, 3.8 is sold to you, but not plastic bags!" ”

When this group of Guangdong individual tourists left, Tian Guo was still a little angry, feeling that the first five cents had dropped too easily, and he should have been stuck at five yuan and not letting go. Zhang Li persuaded: "Come on, just a few cents, don't think about it, in fact, we don't lose, after all, this batch of goods is from Guangdong, I didn't think that I could sell it back to the Cantonese people, you can really do it, your brain is much faster than me, if I am, I would definitely not think that this dress is from the Beijing Garment Factory." ”

It was not early, and after hurriedly closing the stall, Zhang Li handed over to her the money Tianguo earned today, a total of 2 yuan 7.

Xiushui is a little far away from the alley where Tian Guo lives, and when you catch the last bus home, you have to go through four or five alleys. It was late, Tian Guo was the only one in the alley, the street lights were dim, and it was even more gloomy under the shade of the trees, Tian Guo took out an iron rod for self-defense from his schoolbag, and his eyes were always looking around.

"Stop!" At a remote corner, a black shadow suddenly appeared to block Tian Guo's way. "Give me my bag!"

At first, Tian Guo was startled, he walked alone at night for so long, he didn't expect to meet a bandit at all, but when he saw that there was only one person on the other side through the light, he quickly calmed down again, squeezed the iron rod tightly with one hand, pretended not to hear clearly, and asked: "What are you talking about, be louder!" ”

The man scolded his mother in his heart, thinking to himself if this kind of thing was said out loud. "Don't talk nonsense, hurry up and give me the schoolbag, otherwise Lao Tzu will stab you to death!" The sharp knife in his hand flashed under the street lamp, matching the man's cruel smile, "See, the newly sharpened kitchen knife, a knife will kill you!" ”

Want my life? Hehe, the old lady still wants your life first! While the man was beaming with pride, Tian Guo instantly picked up the iron rod in his hand and slashed it with the right hand of the other party's knife.

"Oops!" With a scream, the kitchen knife fell to the ground. "You fuck" Before he finished shouting, Tian Guo's second stick had already landed on his left shoulder, "Oops, oops" The man hugged his head in pain, but Tian Guo's hand didn't stop, and he continued to swing the iron rod and slam the man's back.

"Dare to rob my mother's money, my mother's poor family can't even afford semiconductors, if you don't rob you, it's a favor, and you dare to rob me? Shoot you! Shoot you! ”

After all, after a day's work, Tian Guo soon lost the strength to chase, and the man was quite resistant, "Oops" screamed a few times, and quickly escaped while the night was dark. "Don't let the old lady touch you again!" Tian Guo gasped and cursed a few words, then returned to the scene of the crime and picked up the kitchen knife left on the ground, just as the kitchen knife at home was blunt, seeing that this one was sharpened well, the blade was shiny and shiny like new, she took it away, and it was regarded as a trophy.

After walking for another five or six minutes before returning to the Arctic Pavilion, I saw a tall and thin figure standing at the gate of the courtyard quite far away. Tian Guo chuckled in his heart, thinking about what day today he actually encountered two robbers? Obediently, didn't she deceive a Guangdong aunt in the name of the Beijing Garment Factory, and made money for a cream popsicle, as for arranging two robbers to punish me?

"Why did you come back so late?" There was still some distance away, and the black shadow opened its mouth coldly. It turned out to be Niu Huanran.

Tian Guo hadn't seen him for a few days, and that day was unpleasant because of his pants, mainly because of embarrassment, Tian Guo didn't know what to say for a while.

Seeing that she kept staring at herself, Huan Ran was a little overwhelmed, after all, it was really embarrassing that day! He coughed lightly, his tone still cold. "Are you still setting up a stall in Xiushui?"

"What's wrong with the stall? I don't want to make more money! Tian Guo is a little aggrieved, and now her family is the poorest in the alley. Get up early every day and be greedy for darkness, and I can't wait for 32 hours a day. The barber shop is also waiting for people, sometimes at the end of the day's work, the hands are so tired that they can barely lift them, and at night they have to go to Xiushui to fight wits and courage with people from all walks of life, and they are afraid that the clothes will be stolen and the stall next to them will deliberately take a low price. This dare to sell clothes is more tiring than being a spy, and Tian Guo also gritted his teeth and persevered.

"Tian Guo, it's good to want to make money, but you have to go the right way." Huan Ran realized that his attitude was not good, and his tone quickly softened. He also knew that Tian Guo never ate soft snacks and did not eat hard.

"Why isn't it right to set up a stall? I'm selling clothes, not my body! Every penny I earn is clean! Tian Guo suddenly became anxious, mainly because she felt aggrieved, the money on her body was almost snatched away just now, if it wasn't for the iron rod to protect herself, maybe she lost more than just the money in her pocket. But do you know all of this? If I really have three long and two short, will you be sad and cry?

"Yonedaka, be quiet!" He scolded under his breath.

"What, you're scared?" Tian Guo sneered, knowing that he was afraid of being seen by his neighbors, "Niu Huanran, you are a coward, on the surface, you say that you are not afraid of the rumors in the alley, but in fact, you are very afraid in your heart, since this is the case, then don't come to me again in the future, and you don't care about my affairs!" ”

Huan Ran was also anxious, and a bag of things was dragged at Tian Guo's feet, "You take these clothes, I washed the pants, how did you give them to me, how can I get them back for you today, if you feel wronged and feel that I have soiled my clothes, how much will it cost?" I'll give it to you! But I don't want pants! Also, in the future, I won't go to our house anymore, and I'm annoyed to see you! ”

After speaking, he walked away in a puff of anger, leaving a broken and angry back, Tian Guo held back his tears and told him not to cry, and shouted at him: "Love or not!" It's like who's going to give it to you! In the future, you will not come to our house less! He stepped into the courtyard and slammed the gate shut.

After the loud crash, there was a sudden silence, and Huan Ran stood alone in the alley, and there seemed to be a fire burning in his chest, burning so much that he wanted to roar, and he always felt that he should beat someone up now!

*****

Tian Guo spent three days listlessly, but he wanted to get excited but found that it was difficult to even speak, and when he curled the customer's hair during the day, he got the wrong direction several times, and it was thanks to Master Li who found it in time, otherwise it would be too late to change it when the potion was hot.

"Xiaoguo'er, are you sick?" Master Li looked worried.

"Nope"

"You don't have a good face."

Tian Guo touched his face blankly, and the answer was not what he asked: "The muscles are a little tense, is it a pimple?" ”

At this time, the postman on his bicycle shouted outside the store, "Yonedaka, your letter!" ”

Before Tian Guo could react, Zhang Yang took the lead in running out, taking the letter from the postman's hand, when he saw the sender, his little nose was crooked, and he sneered: "Hmph, guess it's him, this ghostly guy!" ”

"Who?" Senior sister gossiped over. Zhang Yang ignored her and threw the letter directly into Tian Guo's hand, "Take a look, Comrade Mi Tianguo." The spiritual leader/sleeve has sent a letter, see what he has written to you, is it to discuss Marxism-Leninism or to copy the code of conduct of the league members? ”

When he said this, the senior sister immediately understood, covered her mouth and smiled, and teased: "Maybe this time is to discuss how to let Macao return to the embrace of the motherland." Then he smiled with Zhang Yang.

Tian Guo didn't smile, while opening the letter, he counted down and said: "Look at the two of you who don't seek progress, He Weimin is a very good classmate, knowledgeable and educated, especially the handwriting with a fountain pen is very beautiful, and it can be used as a copybook when printed, if you were born hundreds of years earlier, it is estimated that there will be nothing to do with Wang Xizhi!" He was a little stunned when he spoke, mainly because he had little social experience, people were different from our laymen, he only worried about firewood, rice, oil and salt all day long, and he had a high ideological consciousness, and he wanted to be a great scientist and a great writer in the future, and "

Speaking of this, Tian Guo suddenly stopped talking, because He Weimin wrote at the beginning of the letter: "Comrade Tian Guo, hello, how are you doing lately? Is the work still as hard as it used to be? Summer is coming, pay attention to your body, drink more water, and get angry less. I'm writing to tell you that I'm going to the United States soon."