Chapter 9: The First Time I Went to Town
"Look at your excitement, don't you just fly, what's there to be excited about? When I was born, I would have gone up to the sky and swallowed the clouds, alas, it was really useless. Xiaolong watched Lu Nansi walk towards him, and was hit unexpectedly.
"Whether this spiritual power will bring me great benefits or will cause me many calamities. In short, you have taught me so much, you will always be my best friend, thank you Xiaolong. Lu Nansi said seriously to Xiaolong.
When Xiaolong heard this, he stayed for a moment, looking at the little girl in front of him, who was only a few years old, and there was an inexplicable meaning in his heart. Although she is still young, she is usually naughty and occasionally naughty, bickering with herself, and hitting each other, but her serious performance is impeccable. During the period of studying spiritual arts, she continued to create her own records, and the hardships and sweat she paid are worthy of recognition. Even if you have the same opportunity, if you are a man, you may not be able to perform so well.
Xiaolong glanced at Lu Nansi and replied: "What kind of courtesy, I don't have to be so polite, I'm embarrassed." ”
Lu Nansi looked at the little dragon who was facing him and behaved unnaturally. seemed to guess what Xiaolong thought, and then glanced at Xiaolong meaningfully. In order to avoid an embarrassing and dull atmosphere, he changed the subject and said with a wicked smile: "Wow! You've lived for so many years, and your skin is still so thin-skinned? Do you think that I am a child of an honest family, and think that it is easy to deceive? I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you! ”
"Ahh Hehe, the two of them are fighting again, should they be like-minded, or do they smell like each other? It's just that after cultivating for so long, it is also appropriate to relax and relax. This person is really a dragon
After a while, Lu Nansi suddenly stopped and said: "By the way, my dad said that he would take me to the market tomorrow, I haven't been to the town since I was so old, I heard that there are a lot of delicious and fun there, and there are many beautiful clothes, what do you want to order?" I'll bring it back to you. ”
"Your family is not rich, and you have no money on you, look at the linen clothes you are wearing, the patches have been patched so much, and you are still reluctant to throw them away, so I don't need it." Look at the time I slept for so many years, didn't I eat anything and starved to death! If you really want to bring something, go dig some sweet potatoes in your field, the sweet potatoes you brought last time were quite delicious. Xiaolong returned lightly.
"Look, there's an even poorer one who doesn't even have any clothes to wear, so why don't I buy you one?" Lu Nansi said with a smile,
When Xiaolong heard Lu Nansi's words, he was directly stunned on the spot
Early the next morning.
"Be careful and stay safe on the road!"
"Got it! Mom, you're going back. ”
At this time, Lu Nansi was sitting on the back pedals of a bicycle, and his father was pushing the bicycle and standing in front of the house, ready to leave for the town, and Lu Nan Siyu's mother was telling her.
As the bike departed, Lu Nansi left the village and headed to a town he had never been to before. When she knew that her father was going to take her to the town to see the world, she had done a lot of preparation in advance. Yesterday, I specially took out the new clothes from the closet that I usually don't want to wear. Looking at the new clothes her dad bought her last year, she couldn't be happier.
This is when his father started trading during the Chinese New Year last year and made dozens of yuan, so he bought her a new set of clothes and shoes. This dress is expensive, it cost more than a dozen yuan, which is equivalent to her family's expenses for a month or two. When she first got the new dress, she was so happy that she didn't sleep for days. She usually washes and folds them and puts them in the closet, and she only wears this new dress when she visits relatives or goes to a friend's house to play. Looking back, my family was very frugal, and I farmed just enough to make a living, so I didn't have money to buy clothes, and the patches of clothes I wore were layer after layer.
This starts last year. One day last year, when his father went to the town to buy farm tools, he stumbled upon the scrap that someone had bought it at an acceptable price. And there is nothing else in the village, there are a lot of waste products, and no one wants them, which is a great inspiration to his father. He thought of starting a business and buying scrap at a low price to sell in town. When I went back to discuss with my daughter-in-law, my daughter-in-law still disagreed a little at that time, leaving the field unplanted, and running to buy waste products that no one wanted, isn't this a brain problem? But after his patient explanation and stubborn persistence, his daughter-in-law finally agreed to let him try. It was this trial that made his daughter-in-law happy. Although collecting waste is dirty and tiring, the income at the end of the day is as fast as planting a field for a month.
Since then, Lunansi's father has abandoned farming and started his career as a waste collector. In the past few years, sometimes the harvest was not good, there was no rice to eat, and I could only rely on sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn to fill my stomach. But now there is no shortage of rice, so if there is no more, I will buy it, and I will buy delicious and chewy food. Even the bicycle he is riding now was bought after collecting scrap to make money. With a bicycle, it is easier and less effort for him to travel between the town and the village every day. In addition to the fact that the Ma village chief's family has a bicycle in the village, only his family has a bicycle, so you can imagine how decent it is to have a bicycle.
As the bicycle drove down the road, Lu Nansi looked at the receding trees on both sides of the road, and the passers-by walking on both sides of the road. I was even more curious about the town, what kind of place could attract so many people
After more than an hour, they finally arrived in the town. Lu Nansi looked at the endless stream of pedestrians shuttling back and forth on the road, not to mention how surprised she was, even when there were happy events in the village, there were not so many people, and she was dazzled. There were also the buildings on both sides of the road, one forbidden one after the other, row after row, one taller than the other, each more gorgeous than the other.
"It's so beautiful! Dad, when I have money in the future, I will buy a big and beautiful house for you and your mother to live in. Lu Nansi whispered, pointing to a certain house and said to her father.
"Oh, yes! Dad's wish in this life is that one day, you and your mother can live in a big house and live a good life. Her dad replied with a smile.
He thought that Lu Nansi was just amusing him for a while, and he didn't take what she said too much to heart, after all, this is easier said than done. With their family situation, it is not easy to buy a big house. But as everyone knows, Lu Nansi has already kept these words in mind, and through his own efforts, one day in the future, he will live in a large castle that is several times more luxurious than the big house in this town. Hehe, these words will be said slowly in the future
The downstairs on both sides of the road are all stores, selling pesticides, fertilizers, small commodities, haircuts, car repairers, everything she wants, Lu Nansiyu has never seen it before, she stares at everything she sees, her eyes are very complicated now, and she doesn't know what she is thinking in her heart. After his father put the car in the store of the boss where he usually sells scrap, he took Lu Nansi and walked towards the downtown of the town. They only go to some ordinary downtown areas, and high-end areas are not something that families like them can afford.
They shuttled among the crowded pedestrians, Lu Nansi stared at the items displayed on the stall on the left for a while, and then stared at the stall on the right, there were many new things, she had never seen them, her mind had been immersed in these new things and things, and the smile on her face did not stop for a moment.
"Do you like this doll? Daddy bought it for you? Lu Nansiyu's father picked up a doll and said with a smile to Lu Nansiyu.
"Hmm" Lu Nansi looked at the doll and nodded happily.
"Boss, how much is this doll, I want it."
"$5"
"What? Five dollars? Why is it so expensive? Lu Nansiyu was shocked by the price offered by the boss, the current price of rice is only a dime a little more than a catty, and five yuan can buy dozens of catties of rice.
"Little girl, I think you're coming to town for the first time, right? It's a new thing from abroad. Seeing that you look honest, I only bid 5 yuan, and if it is someone else, I will sell it for 10 yuan. The boss looked at Lu Nansi, his eyes twisted twice, and then said slyly.
Lu Nansi was stopped by the boss's words, but the doll's made her like it very much, but the price was too expensive, obviously the boss saw that they were from the countryside, didn't understand the market, and wanted to knock her. Then she turned her head to stare at her father, trying to see what he was thinking.
Her father looked at her and smiled, and then said to the boss: "I bought it for 2 yuan, if you want to sell it, hurry up, if you don't sell it, forget it, isn't it just a doll, there are more elsewhere." ”
"Look at what you said, you look at the craftsmanship, the fineness of the production, if you want to buy it with peace of mind, we won't talk nonsense, how about selling it to you for 4 yuan? This price is very cheap, I have already sold it with capital protection, and I didn't make any money from you. The boss took the doll and carefully explained to Lu Nansiyu's father, as if he had lost his money.
After a while, Lu Nansi was held by her father and walked out of the crowd, at this time Lu Nan Siyu was still holding a doll in her other hand, which was bought from the stall, and after several rounds of bargaining, her father bought the doll for 3 yuan.
Lu Nansiyu held the doll, his heart was still very moved, his father was usually very thrifty, after pulling waste to the town to sell, many times he was tired and thirsty, but he was reluctant to buy even a bottle of water. Most of the time, I go out early and return late, and I don't buy lunch in the town to eat, and it was only a few dimes to eat a bowl of fried rice at that time! They are all hungry until they come back in the evening and eat at home, just to save some money. And this doll cost 3 yuan, which made Lu Nansi both moved and sad, and at the same time made up his mind to let his parents live a good life in the future.
"What is this? It looks delicious. Lu Nansi suddenly saw a man on the street holding a wooden stick, with grass tied to it, and there were many strings of things stuck in the grass.
"Hehe, this is a sugar gourd, try it," Lu Nansi's father explained.
"How much does this sugar gourd cost?"
"Two corners"
"Let's have a string"
"It's delicious!" Lu Nansi took the sugar gourd and licked it with her tongue, sweetly, and said to her father with a smile.
"Hehe, if you like to eat, I'll buy you a few skewers to bring back for you to eat when I come to town."
"Why don't you buy two skewers, don't you like to eat them? This one is delicious. Lunan asked his father.
"Daddy doesn't like to eat this," her dad replied with a smile.
Lu Nansi looked at her father, knowing in her heart that her father didn't like to eat, and he must have wanted to save some money again, but she didn't break it. Stretched out his hand and handed the string of sugar gourds in his hand to his father's mouth and said, "Taste it, I can't eat it alone, let's destroy it in one bite by ourselves." ”
His father looked at her thoughtfully, as if he knew something, but smiled, and then took a bite of a sugar gourd and ate it, and then the two of them laughed away as they ate.
"This is a clothing store, which specializes in men's clothing, and the clothing store next door sells women's clothing, and the clothes here are more expensive than the clothes on the street stalls. It's a grocery store, and it sells tubes, wrenches, screws, and so on. And the one over there," her father took her by the hand, pointing to the items on display in the stores on both sides of the street, and explained to her carefully.
At this time, a hand, silently, quietly stretched out from behind their backs, and the target was Lu Nansiyu's father's trouser pocket.