The mixed vegetable market is still a microcosm of this society, sincere vegetable vendors earn conscience money with sweat, and there are also insincere people who change the law.

The world is like this, although good and bad are opposites, but they refer to each other, otherwise if one of the good and bad is missing, what standard will be used to evaluate the good and the bad?

While buying tomatoes, I ran into an unscrupulous vendor who was manipulating the scale. Xiao Ai, a girl who has no life experience in this area, of course can't see the cattiness, I took it in my hand and weighed it, and I felt that something was wrong.

I put down the tomatoes, smiled at him and said, "Master, please restart the electronic scale, and then weigh what I bought again." ”

"You...... What do you mean? ”

"You can weigh it as I want, and you can pay as much as you want......" I said, pointing diagonally to the opposite side, and then said, "Unless you have the ability to weigh your hands and feet fairly, you will give me this bag of tomatoes at the price of gold, and I will admit it." ”

The middle-aged peddler looked weak, hurriedly took two more good-looking tomatoes and put them in my convenience bag, signaling me to keep quiet.

I said insistively: "You weigh it again, the two you just put in are also counted, I don't take advantage of you, and you don't take advantage of me...... People live by eating whole grains, standing in the vegetable market, I think everyone has to have a pole in their hearts, especially you, but don't spoil the trust of customers, okay? ”

My tone was not aggressive, the vendor looked at me, did not argue hard, just restarted the electronic scale silently, and then put the tomatoes on it and weighed them again, although he added two tomatoes, but the weight was about the same as the one he had just weighed, which proved that he had indeed done something on the scale before.

I didn't think about it anymore, let alone make a noise, I just took out 5 yuan and 8 cents from my wallet and handed it to the vendor, and then pulled Xiao Ai, who was obviously still angry, away.

……

On the way back, Xiao Ai was still thinking about the fact that she had just been blinded by the vendor, and she said to me: "Jiangqiao, you were too cheap for that vendor just now...... If someone like him is short of pounds and two, he should go to the vegetable market office to report him, and it is best to revoke his business license, so that he will not harm others in the future! ”

I stopped and looked at Xiao Ai, who was still angry......

Her sense of justice is what I like, but because of the differences between classes, she really can't agree with me on some points of view, so all she can see is pure right and wrong.

I whispered to her, "Have you ever thought that the hawker may be short of pounds just to buy his child an extra undershirt to wear in the summer?" ”

Xiao Ai was obviously stunned for a moment, her tone was obviously not as strong as just now, and she said: "This is not a reason to be short of catties, right?" ”

"Yes, he is quite undignified and lacking in virtue when he does such a thing...... However, have you thought about it, just like your father, he is in real estate, once the market supply and demand are out of balance, he will start to desperately raise prices, and if it rises once, it may cost hundreds of thousands of more to buy houses for ordinary people...... Although this kind of price increase is in line with the rules of the market economy and is legal, it is unreasonable. Because the house is the foundation of the people's livelihood! …… How many people's fates have been changed by high housing prices? …… However, because of the high housing prices in the cloak of legality, everyone is helpless and at the same time admits it...... Looking at these hawkers again, they can't make a few dollars less than two pounds at a time...... But because the hawker profession itself is not high-end, and it is also the bottom of society, everyone began to disrespect them...... Even more ruthlessly, directly demanding the revocation of their business licenses...... But is it really necessary to do such a desperate thing? ”

My words made Xiao Ai silent for a while, and then said to me after a long time: "But this kind of connivance of yours is not right, right? After all, this is a wrong thing in itself, and the nature of its error will not change, no matter what the reason! ”

"I didn't condone it, and if I did, I wouldn't have asked him to weigh our tomatoes again...... I just think that everyone is mixed at the bottom of society, just point out his mistakes, there is no need to do things too extremely, not to mention that their plundering will not affect our quality of life in any case, so why should we smash other people's jobs? …… You see, the peddler just now, both hands are cracked, obviously not a lazy person, but his ability is too limited to change his fate! ”

Xiao Ai stopped talking......

I didn't continue to stand at the bottom of society and try to change her point of view. I just pulled her to sit down on a bench by the side of the road, and the abandoned textile mill was diagonally opposite us, and the setting sun was on the weeds in the courtyard, a little desolate and a little sad...... This is a famous textile factory in Nanjing in the 80s! Now it's worth not even enough to build a one-meter city subway.

I crossed my legs, tried to make a relaxed position, and then looked up at the sky, which had been burned by fire. Not only me, but also three or two passers-by in the vicinity stopped, and everyone felt that this scene was rare to see in their lives, just like the special effects in a movie, a bit psychedelic......

I took out a cigarette and lit it, took a puff and called Xiao Ai's nickname: "Ruyi ......"

Xiao Ai glanced at me and asked, "Do what?" ”

"I'll tell you about the past."

"Hmm."

I exhaled the cigarette in my mouth, squinted my eyes, and looked at the traffic on the road for a moment before saying, "That was many years ago: Zhao Chu didn't know where to get a few chickens, so he kept them in my yard, and after about a month, those hens really began to lay eggs...... After saving more than 100 eggs, Zhao Chu took advantage of the holiday to prepare to sell them in the vegetable market. Before going, he kept telling me and Zhao Mu that these eggs could be sold for about 80 yuan, which was just enough for me and Zhao Mu to buy a sweatshirt...... Zhao Mu and I don't have any common sense, so I really believe it. But how can a hundred or so eggs be sold for 80 yuan? After all, money was still worth more money back then! …… After coming back in the evening, Zhao Chu was really depressed, and he didn't bring back any undershirts! ”

Xiao Ai looked at me puzzled and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

I was silent for a long time, let out a heavy breath, and replied: "It turned out that the kid was doing tricks on the scale, and then it was debunked, not only all the money from the sale was refunded, but even the eggs were confiscated by the management of the vegetable market!" …… I don't know how you spent your time in high school...... Anyway, at that time, students were quite fond of comparing with each other, and what brands they liked to wear...... In fact, it is a few domestic brands that have spent money to invite celebrities to advertise, which is a famous brand...... Zhao Chu has inquired a long time ago, the clothes are discounted in the changing seasons, and you can buy two undershirts for 80 yuan, and then let me and Zhao Mu walk with their heads up at school...... But this kid used his crooked brain, and he was almost beaten by others! ”

I paused and said, "In the evening, the three of us sat in the yard sulking...... After Zhao Chu was bored for a while, he opened the chicken coop, slaughtered all the chickens, and cooked them into braised chicken, which made us want to vomit...... That day, his love was very excited, and he kept saying that he was a wretch, and he must be a big boss in the future, and he never wanted his brothers to suffer such a ...... again."

Speaking of this, I swallowed my saliva, I wanted to cry a little, my lips opened and closed several times but I couldn't say anymore, because Zhao Chu is a pain in my heart that can never heal, and his death changed my perception of the world!

I finally choked up and said to Xiao Ai, "...... I want to be a big boss, especially ...... For so many years, I haven't worked hard, but I always feel that I am so bad at a critical time! Perhaps, it's just that I'm having a problem with my abilities! ”

"It's not that there's a problem with your ability, it's actually that you don't want to be a big boss in your bones. You're just living for someone else, living for the sake of guilt. ”

I looked at Xiao Ai, lowered my head and smoked again......

Xiao Ai suddenly hugged me and asked me to lean on her shoulder, then smiled and said comfortingly: "Don't be sad Jiangqiao, I heard you say this past, I don't hate the vendor just now, really!" …… In the future, we will do a good job of Aiqiao Music Workshop together, and you will also become a big boss. ”

The emotion brought to me by this sentence was turbulent, but I tried to push Xiao Ai away: "Don't let me cry on your shoulder......"

"Cry, it's all right...... In the future, when I lean on your shoulder and cry, you won't dare to laugh at me! Because you've cried as a big man on my shoulder...... Ha ha! ”

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As the night gradually approached, Xiao Ai and I went to the convenience store to buy some condiments like oil and salt. When I walked out of the store, Xiao Ai suddenly asked me to call Yu Xin and ask her to come over for dinner too.

I didn't quite understand and said: "We finally have the opportunity to cook together, or don't shout today, anyway, there will be more opportunities in the future." ”

Shawette gave me a contemptuous look and replied, "I'll just say that you are not professional in music training...... Our piano shop is about to open, and it is impossible for me to teach all the instruments alone. As for Yu Xin, her violin performance level is one of the best in our department, let's invite her to a human dinner first, and then it is convenient to invite her to join our piano store as a teacher. ”

I pointed at Xiao Ai and said after a while: "I really can't see it, you are quite proficient in human affairs!" ”

Xiao Ai straightened his hair, and replied with a smile: "I am the daughter of Mr. Xiao of Jinding Real Estate, and there are not hundreds of people who talk to my father every day, but there are dozens......

I followed her up and said, "Just sometimes I don't bother to deal with it? ”

"It's good to know......"

After Xiao Ai said this, he walked towards the entrance of the alley before I went there. I stopped where I was, just looking at her back who took the initiative to lower her posture for our cause, and the lack of two pounds just experienced also accelerated our integration in values, and we didn't seem to have such an obvious gap!

Gradually, I finally felt a huge thrust, and under the action of this thrust, "Aiqiao Orchestra" is really about to sail from this tulip road!