Chapter 18: The Night Market Turmoil

As soon as Wu Xiaojun heard that there was an urgent matter, the moment Shao Yingying's body leaned back immediately appeared in front of him, and he became nervous all of a sudden, isn't today an auspicious day for the zodiac, everything is not appropriate, what episodes will occur, and what bad things will happen, the friendship between the friendship dormitories may be difficult to maintain for a long time, the beginning is unfavorable, and the ominous omen may die halfway, or end without a problem.

Because Shao Yingying's soft tissue was bruised, he and Liu Yunhui did not go up the mountain again, but had already gone to the bottom of the mountain to rest and wait for everyone, and the others all climbed to the top of the mountain, enjoyed the scenery of the temple, and returned to the mountain gate to gather. Everyone stood at the mountain gate and didn't see Wu Xiaojun and Hu Lei, so Zhao Xiaozhou and Yan Gaofeng went to find them separately. Zhao Xiaozhou followed the path when he came out, and returned directly to the Anwang Palace, seeing that Wu Xiaojun was closing his eyes, clasping his hands together, praying very reverently, and the hall was a very solemn and solemn place, so he didn't dare to make a loud noise, gently pulled the corner of Wu Xiaojun's clothes, and whispered to let him go quickly.

Wu Xiaojun turned around, stared at Zhao Xiaozhou and asked eagerly, "What's the matter, who had an accident and what is the situation?" ”

Zhao Xiaozhou looked at Wu Xiaojun's eyes were wrong, very nervous, pulled Xiaojun to the outside of the hall, and said with a smile on his face: "You are really frightened by Shao Yingying's vignette, and you always think about the bad thing when you listen to it, but in fact, it is not, it is like this, in the afternoon, everyone had a lot of fun, Liu Youcai proposed to take a group photo with the big guys, which is not worth the trip, and there is something to gain, as a commemoration of the first friendship in the friendship dormitory." Everyone asked me to come to you, hurry over, everyone else is already in a hurry. ”

Wu Xiaojun sighed after hearing this, "As soon as you said that there was an emergency, I was nervous, and I was finally in danger, and my heart was much more steady, I'm afraid Shao Yingying and Liu Yunhui didn't come up, and the people were not together." Wu Xiaojun paused, felt a little regretful, thought about it, and then said, "But it doesn't matter, you might as well take a photo first, if the two of them don't go back to school in advance, and are still waiting at the bottom of the mountain, it's not too late to go down and take a photo." ”

The two returned to the mountain gate, and all ten people arrived, invited a couple of tourists to take a few photos in a row, and then went down the mountain together.

Shao Yingying rested for a while, stood up, tried to walk a few steps, although there was a faint pain, but it was not a big problem, under the support of Liu Yunhui, bumped and bummered, swayed and walked to the bottom of the mountain, sat down in front of the archway of "Anwang Ancient Temple", and waited for the return of the large army. It is not easy to go down the mountain, Wu Xiaojun is scared, cautious, lest he accidentally step on the air, roll down, fall all over the body with scaly wounds, and lose his body and soul, and see Shao Yingying and Liu Yunhui sitting in front of the archway from a distance.

Everyone walked in a circle in front of them, asking about Shao Yingying's situation, giving encouragement and comfort, which made Shao Yingying very embarrassed, lowered her head and kept combing her short hair with her hands, her round face was slightly fat, and she looked shy and cute, and kept saying, "It's okay, it's okay, it's okay, it's okay." ”

Seeing that everyone was chattering endlessly, Shao Yingying looked ashamed and unbearable, and Wu Xiaojun said, "All the people have arrived, and the time is not early, the sun is about to set, let's seize the time to take a family photo here, leave the beautiful moment of the friendship dormitory, and jointly open a new door of hope, and draw a heavy stroke for the road of life in the future, which is the most meaningful article for our first visit to Pingxi and Ancient Hunting Park." ”

Liu Youcai chose a good position, prepared the camera, shouted left and right, and greeted everyone, "Okay, please turn your back to the archway, the woman in front of the man and the man in the back, stand with your shoulders in the cross-shoulders, and look at me with both eyes." Wu Xiaojun's words not only relieved Shao Yingying's siege and soothed her nervous and shy heart, but also focused everyone in front of the camera. Shao Yingying did look much better, stood up and walked straight into the queue, standing between Liu Xiaoxia and Liu Yunhui.

Liu Youcai turned around and saw a middle-aged woman walking over with a smile, and said with a smile, "Sister, please take a picture of us." Thank you. The middle-aged woman agreed, took the camera with both hands, "Okay, good, looking at you vibrant, free students, I really envy you." Liu Youcai handed the camera to the middle-aged woman and mischievously put his hands on Yang Shuli's shoulders.

The middle-aged woman looked at the formation, pointed at Wu Xiaojun and said, "You are tall, standing on the side of the line is uncoordinated, change positions with the boy next to you." Don't be too nervous and strict, be natural, relaxed, and lively. Okay, that's all. Look at me and shout 'Eggplant... Sub'"

Although Wu Xiaojun wanted to stand with Shao Yingying in his heart, the more he thought about it, the more nervous he felt in his heart, and the more he couldn't take a step closer, so he had to stand on the side of the team. By mistake, the photographer clicked on the contrary, Wu Xiaojun was overjoyed, standing behind Shao Yingying, not daring to get close, retaining the distance that could be seen, looking very unnatural, his mouth was tight, his expression was very strict, and after prompting, he leaned forward slightly, relaxed his facial expression, and put on a correct posture.

I saw the shutter flash, and the "click" left a permanent memory.

Everyone giggled, talked and laughed, joyful, happy, and sang all the way: tomorrow will be better... Sing your enthusiasm, stretch out your hands, let me embrace your dreams, let me have your true face, let our smiles be filled with youthful pride, and offer pious prayers for tomorrow,... Let's look forward to a better tomorrow.

Gradually, night has fallen, and the lights are on, and the lights are shining. On both sides of Gufeng Road is the largest night market in Pingxi, there are a lot of stalls, there are those who sell snacks, those who sell needles and threads, and other gadgets, there are those who sell books and newspapers, and those who repair bicycles. Naturally, everyone dispersed in twos and threes, walked around, and stopped in front of their favorite stalls to pick. In front of a bookstall, there are many men and women around to choose books and bargain with the stall owners, and the business is quite good. Wu Xiaojun leaned down and found that most of them were some fashionable best-selling novels and biographies of historical celebrities, so he picked a few books and flipped through them, picked up a set of Februaryhe's imperial novel "Kangxi the Great" and asked, "Boss, how much is this set of books?" ”

The stall owner said politely, "There are four books in the full set, fifteen yuan, the book is very good, it is very popular now, and the price is not expensive, buy a set." ”

Wu Xiaojun said, "You see these are all pirated books, the paper quality is poor, and the printing is not good, is it cheaper, what about ten yuan?" ”

The stall owner said, "It's more than half of the original price, this price is low enough, so let's add some more, at least 12 yuan." ”

Wu Xiaojun thought to himself, more than three times lower than the genuine version, even if it is sold for ten yuan, there is still a profit to be made, it seems that there is still a lot of room for the price of this pirated book, he pondered for a while, and gently put down the book, "I'm sorry, boss, let me think about it, and buy it another day." ”

At night, Wu Xiaojun tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, always thinking about a problem, the current price of books is really high, for ordinary people to buy books to read it has really become a luxury, so it gave birth to the storage of pirated books, and the business is quite prosperous. Although pirated books have poor paper, unclear fonts, often typos, and sometimes missing prints, etc., the price is several times or even more than ten times cheaper than genuine books, and it does not affect the overall reading. For some children from rural areas who are eager to read, buying pirated books can greatly reduce their economic expenses and reduce their expenses within the range they can afford, which is a good choice. In this case, why don't I also go to the wholesaler to inspect the purchase price, and if the profit margin is large, I can also take time to start a business selling pirated books, earn a small amount of money to supplement living expenses, and also get a few books to read, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

Wu Xiaojun made up his mind, after going to a number of book dealerships, he roughly grasped the basic situation, and sent a letter to Qin Meixiang, asking him to understand the market situation in Xiangzhou, and the reply he got made Wu Xiaojun even more excited, "Xiaojun, we still have more students who buy pirated books here, the main reason is that the price is cheap, anyway, it is not a tool book, read it once and throw it away, there is no need to spend a lot of money to buy genuine books, in fact, we also have some students doing it, the effect is quite good, and the business is okay, You can do it with confidence, you will definitely not lose money, I can buy you less goods first, as your early start-up capital and supply, waiting for your good news. Once you've earned money, don't forget to invite me when you go home for the Spring Festival."

Wu Xiaojun was thinking about the market, how to do it, and where to do it. For the first time, I bought 50 books from a bookseller, such as "The Revolution of Learning", "Longing for Passion", the contemporary "Golden Vase Plum", "The Book of Zeng Guofan's Family", Jia Pingwa's "Waste Capital", Yu Qiuyu's "Cultural Journey", "The Dream of the Covered Bridge", "The Encyclopedia of Thick Black Studies", etc., each of which is not in large quantities, as a touchstone to explore the way.

On Saturday, as soon as Qiē was ready to stop and had dinner early, he borrowed a bicycle from his fellow villager Wang Ping, took the book to the Gufeng Night Market, and found a place where no one set up a stall, and spread out the plastic paper to put the book. As soon as the books were placed on the ground, a woman in her fifties who was selling clothes in a cart came over, stopped the car, began to unload her clothes, and said in a loud voice, "Young man, you just came, this is my position, you can't put it here, you should move elsewhere quickly, don't affect my business." ”

Wu Xiaojun was a little puzzled, this place belongs to everyone, anyone who wants to use it can use it, how can it be said that it is yours, "Auntie, I am afraid that there is something wrong with you saying that this is your position, how can you say that I came first, how can you drive me away." ”

"Young man, sue you, there are people here to manage, we are all fixed stalls, and we have to pay the booth fee to the chengguan every month, if you don't buy the stall in advance, you are a mobile vendor, and the chengguan will collect things and fine them when they see it. If you want to buy it at the night market, go to the two ends, generally the chengguan does not accept things, and you can set up a stall by paying two yuan for sanitation. It's not easy to see that you are polite and polite like a student, and I ignore him so much in ordinary people, and I have already blown him away, okay, I won't tell you. ”

There are so many exquisiteness in selling a small thing, it seems that it is not possible here, Wu Xiaojun had to put away the stall and walked back and forth twice, and finally put it down at the end of the north section on the right side of the night market, which is not bad, neither the city management wants to pay for sanitation, nor other vendors rush again, and sell it for a night, the harvest is good, sell thirteen books, and earn back the capital for thirty yuan. In the following week, according to the type and quantity of books purchased by customers, he constantly adjusted and supplemented, especially the books suitable for young people and students, which were the most popular, and many people gathered around to read them every night, and the cost of one hundred and seventy yuan had been recovered, and one hundred and five books were net off, and the money from the sale was all net profit.

On this day, the books issued by Qin Meixiang have also arrived, there are more than 200 books, written by Qiong Yao, Luo Lan, Liang Yusheng and other famous artists, suitable for young people to read, Wu Xiaojun was overjoyed, happily came to the night market, and neatly arranged the books. Because it was still early, he sat on the ground and took a book to read, at this time, a middle-aged man came from nowhere, looking a little familiar, his face was gloomy, expressionless, and he said closely, "Young man, you are selling pirated books, which is illegal, and now the people in the industrial and commercial and cultural departments are very strict in investigation, once discovered, they will be confiscated and fined, and they will be sent to the police station for detention." I advise you not to sell here anymore, and to get out of here, so as not to get into trouble. ”