Chapter 10 Selling Shrimp
Ignoring how Liu Fengxian and the Song family were making trouble, this incident strengthened her belief that she wanted to leave here as soon as possible.
Early the next morning, after loading the results of these two days with Aunt Wang, Su Rui took ten catties of shrimp to the side of the road in Dalin Village and waited for the bus to the county seat.
Of the several nearby villages, only Dalin Village is close to the road, so buses entering the city only pass through here.
There are entrepreneurs in Dalin Village who have invested in the establishment of large-scale orchards, so the town has allocated funds to build roads to facilitate the transportation of fruits to sell.
The bus fare is five cents, two hours to the county seat, if there is no emergency, the villagers will generally catch the donkey cart or walk, a few hours to arrive.
The shrimp in Su Rui's hand couldn't wait so long, and even two hours felt long for her.
The bus arrived at the station at about nine o'clock in the morning, there was no clock in the countryside, everyone was sunrise and sunset, she could only judge the time by feeling and looking at the strength of the sun.
Fortunately, I asked a few people the location of the station, and soon an old iron car drove over.
Along the winding mountain road, cars stop and go.
Su Rui estimated that it would take an hour to travel, and she had to stay at the platform set up in each village for more than ten minutes and delay it into two hours, which really made her very anxious.
When she finally arrived at the county seat, when she got off the bus, most of the shrimp in the bucket were dying, so she hurriedly asked the location of the nearest vegetable market nearby and went straight away.
This vegetable market is actually a small dirt road, there are rows of cars with vegetables and fruits on both sides of the road, and there are also stalls directly placed on the ground, and the better places have been occupied by early arrivals.
She found a shaded tree and sat down, carefully picking out the dead shrimp one by one.
Most of the passers-by glanced at it hastily, at this time, everyone had already finished buying vegetables and cooking at home, and there were very few people in the vegetable market, and no one asked for the price until near the afternoon.
Su Rui sells for three cents and five catties, she has inquired that the river shrimp outside are all four or five cents, and hers is wild, but it is not too fresh to sell at a high price.
There is a buyer who knows the goods, Su Rui does not have a scale, so she can only borrow a scale to weigh it and give two cents each time.
In the afternoon, when the time of the fast departure was approaching, the last batch of nearly two catties of dead shrimp because they died on the same day, they could also be eaten, and they were bought by a dime by an aunt who loved to pick up cheap, and more than ten catties of shrimp were sold for a total of two yuan and eight cents, except for the round-trip fare of one dollar, and it took a day to earn a piece of eight.
Ten catties of shrimp need to be caught for two days, so that a month of non-stop shrimp fishing can earn twenty-seven yuan.
Su Rui was extremely melancholy, but she had to motivate herself to persevere.
After coming back, seeing that Su Rui had sold all the shrimp, Aunt Wang was overjoyed.
According to what was said before, Aunt Wang is responsible for catching, Su Rui is responsible for selling, excluding the travel expenses and the money to buy bags, the profit is divided in half.
Aunt Wang naturally trusts Su Rui, for her, if it is not for Su Rui's proposal, she will not even earn a dime, even if Su Rui takes more, she will not mind.
Aunt Wang, who got nine cents that day, happily baked all the white noodles at home into cakes and ate them with Su Rui.
Because Aunt Wang went to the supply and marketing cooperatives in the town to buy noodles, so early the next morning, Su Rui went to the river alone to collect shrimp, so that she would share more of the money from the sale tomorrow.
For the sake of safety, she did not dare to go to the deep pool again.
I picked up the shrimp in a tight grass basket and put them in the water, but I saw a green shadow walking down the mountain.
"Brother Lu Feng!"
Su Rui greeted him, he bowed his head slightly, and his eyes turned to what Su Rui was holding.
"I'm going to catch shrimp." She gestured to her straw basket.
"I didn't tell you that I don't know how to water, so I don't come to the river." Although he was worried about people, his voice was still cold.
"Recently, I'm going to catch shrimp and sell them." So the riverside is a must-visit! However, she also accepted Lu Feng's kind reminder and said with a smile: "I will pay attention to places not close to the depth of water." ”
Lu Feng was obviously not satisfied with her answer, and his expression turned cold again.
Su Rui got used to seeing it several times, but when he had always been like this, he smiled and got busy with the work in hand.
Lu Feng threw away the injured rabbit in his hand and explained simply: "It's not good to buy meat in the countryside, so you can take it and eat it." "But in my heart, I thought that people are too thin, eat more meat to make up for it, and the wound will heal faster.
The gray-furred rabbit struggled at Su Rui's feet, unable to stand up because of the leg injury.
"It's pathetic." Su Rui had to hold its two front legs like a pet, smoothing its soft fur, if it was in her previous life, she would definitely not do anything to such a cute little animal, but now, her mouth is too bland, she does want to eat meat a little...
The little girl was holding the injured rabbit lovingly, but her eyes revealed a greedy gaze that made people laugh and cry, and Lu Feng couldn't help but hook the corners of her mouth.
"Brother Lu Feng, you saved me twice before I had time to thank you, and today you gave me a rabbit again." Su Rui raised her head, a little embarrassed, "In this way, let's eat this rabbit and shrimp together today, if you refuse, I don't want it." She grabbed the rabbit in one hand and the straw basket in the water in the other, and looked up at him expectantly.
Su Rui was a small man of one meter six, standing in front of Lu Feng, who was more than one meter eight, staring at his big watery eyes, and his appearance made people unbearable to refuse.
"Okay."
Seeing that he accepted it, Su Rui was also relieved.
Sure enough, the sense of oppression of the military is strong.
Lu Feng carried the straw basket into his hand, and saw that Su Rui was holding the rabbit and didn't let go, so he didn't snatch it hard.
Su Rui took him to Aunt Wang's house, set up firewood to light the stove, and added water to the pot before washing the shrimp.
As for the rabbit, she didn't dare to kill it, so she could only let Lu Feng come.
Lu Feng bled and peeled his skin without changing his face, and at the same time looked at the surrounding environment, and then observed Su Rui's mannerisms and dresses, especially the indescribable special temperament hidden around her body, no matter how she looked, she didn't look like a girl from a poor family, and he had also heard a little about the small mountain village, it was a poor area, and then thinking of the woman who made a big fuss in the clinic last time claiming to be her aunt, Tunnel couldn't help but ask: "You don't live here, do you?" ”
"This is Aunt Wang's house, the same lady you saw by the river last time." Su Rui obviously didn't understand the deep meaning of Lu Feng's words, and was busy stewing the killed rabbit meat, and tore off a rabbit leg to leave it for Aunt Wang.
Lu Feng didn't ask any more questions, and the meal was very lonely.
Before leaving, Su Rui asked, "Brother Lu Feng, when will you return to the army?" ”
If the time is too late, she wants to discuss with Aunt Wang first, the money from selling shrimp this week will not be divided first, she will use it to repay the debt, and the money for next week will be given to Aunt Wang.
"It may have to be delayed for half a month."
Although he was wounded in this field training, and the army approved him for half a month's leave, they achieved the best results several times in a row, so the team came down to inform him and arranged for him to go to the military academy for further study next month, which was also a reward and promotion for him, so he could stay in the countryside for a few more days.