Chapter 112: The Hundred Flavors of Life
"Master, your lords are in front." Ah Liu pointed to the street corner in front of him, "That street corner just turned around, and the little one placed the adults here before going back." ”
"Good work." Chen Feng praised with a smile, not that he was working hard in his behavior, but that getting along with these adults had a lot more psychological pressure, and ordinary people were afraid that they would not even be able to walk steadily, let alone move freely, so it can be seen that Ah Liu is also a rare talent.
"The master commanded, I should do my best to do it, and I don't dare to take credit." Ah Liu replied respectfully.
As they spoke, a few people had already turned the street, and what came into view was a small bazaar, all of which were poor people selling their labor income, some of them sold their chickens and ducks raised at home, some of them sold wild vegetables, some of the fruits from their yards, some wild fruits picked in the mountains, and of course, a group of woodcutters who looked out of place in temperament.
"Master, do you want to buy firewood? Xiao Lao'er just went up the mountain to fight this morning. Dressed in coarse linen clothes but unable to hide the bookish anger, the firewood seller stood on the street and stopped a middle-aged man passing by.
"Don't buy it!" This middle-aged man is dressed but not like ordinary people, but he is a little humble all over, not a high-walled compound, and when he speaks, his tone is not gentle, he is used to being arrogant, he should be the housekeeper of a large household,
"Master, take a look! It's all dry firewood, so it's good for a fire! The wood-seller was not discouraged, but when he saw that the man was about to leave, he pursued him again and took hold of him by the sleeve.
"Eh, don't look at it, why are you so annoying?" After speaking, he pushed away the firewood seller and slapped the sleeve of the firewood seller who was touched, with obvious disgust on his face.
"Old man......"
"Follow me and beat you up!" Before he could finish his sentence, the man turned around and raised his fist.
Looking at the fist, the firewood seller shrank and retreated to the edge of his stall, not daring to continue to step forward.
"Sir, this is how my people live?" The woman is commanding and unreasonable, and the poor are timid and have suffering?
"There are all kinds of things in the world and all kinds of flavors in life, which one can see it clearly at a glance?" Chen Feng didn't say yes or no, and replied ambiguously.
But it made Li Shimin clear in his heart that the deep meaning of Chen Feng's words was only the tip of the iceberg, and the specific situation could only be said after seeing through it. But the leopard can be seen in the tube, and this is what you see at a glance, let alone see it all?
"Master, today, only the rich have a full flavor of life, and the poor only have bitter and sweet." Chen Feng said with a smile, he knew that this statement was a bit exaggerated, but what he said was "bitter and sour" instead of "sweet and sour", maybe their family is harmonious, maybe they have a group of children, maybe they have kind parents and filial piety in their families, but poor couples mourn everything, and they can't even fill their stomachs, how can they be happy?
"What's in the basket?"
"It's wild vegetables." Chen Feng opened his mouth and replied, "Yesterday, all the adults were reprimanded by Sister Ma, saying that the wild vegetables they dug up had never been picked, and no one would be willing to buy them, so today the adults cleaned up the wild vegetables and sold them." ”
"Sell sour fruits, sell sour fruits!" At this time, a novel cry attracted Chen Feng.
The basket in front of the lady was not large, and it was filled with small purple fruits, which were grapes. He has been here for several years, and Chen Feng has never had grapes, but now that he has seen it, he is naturally surprised.
"Auntie, how do you sell this fruit?" Chen Feng walked over, squatted down in front of the eldest lady, and pointed to the small purple fruits in the basket and asked.
"Young man, is there a woman in your family who is happy?" The lady looked at the person who asked him and asked a teenager, so she asked.
Chen Feng was puzzled, but he still returned, "No." ”
"Then don't buy this fruit, young man." The lady did not have a look of loss on her face, but opened her mouth to persuade.
"Why?" Chen Feng was surprised, there was still a door-to-door business to push out?
"I won't tell you, this fruit is very sour, if it weren't for the happy pregnant woman, no one would eat this fruit at all." The eldest lady explained, "I don't think the young man looks poor, but don't waste money, don't buy things you don't need." ”
"Auntie is such a good person." Chen Feng praised it, and the few people who stood still also saw the simplicity of the people.
"Auntie, this fruit is home-grown?" Chen Feng asked.
"It was picked from the mountain, there are many on the mountain, no one picks it at ordinary times, I have no food at home, so I have no choice but to go up the mountain to pick these to try my luck." Speaking of this, the eldest lady's face also had some sadness.
"Auntie, how much do these cost?" Seeing this, Chen Feng asked.
"Young man, you can't eat this thing, and it's a waste to buy it back, so forget it." The lady didn't answer, but said directly.
"Auntie doesn't know, I have a little sister, I love to eat sour since I was a child, today I wanted to come to find some sour plums, but I didn't expect to meet Auntie, do you say it's a coincidence?"
"This ......," the lady hesitated for a moment when she heard this, "but what the young man said is true?" ”
"Of course it's true, if I can't import it, I won't buy it back, will I?" The smile on Chen Feng's face made people feel like Mu Chunfen, and the eldest mother almost instinctively believed him, or chose to believe him.
"Then, I'll give you six cents, just enough for me to buy a bucket of rice, and enough for my family to eat for about half a month." The eldest lady said as she took the straw basket next to her and put the grapes in and handed them to Chen Feng.
"Auntie, did you also compile this basket by yourself?" Chen Feng looked at the basket in front of him, and suddenly felt exquisite, and his eyes lit up.
"I made it up, it's not a novelty, so it's a gift for you." The eldest lady looked at Chen Feng with a happy look on her face, and she was also happy.
"That's not good, the kid is not a person who gets something for nothing, it's better to ......" Chen Feng thought for a while, "This basket of eldest mothers is cheaper, count me four yuan, how about giving a total of ten yuan to my eldest mother?" ”
"No, no!" Unexpectedly, the eldest lady said in a panic that she couldn't do it, which caused Chen Feng and the people watching the play behind to be confused, "This basket is made of some straw, and it's not worth so much money at all!" ”
"Auntie, this is a good straw weaving, but what is more valuable is your craft!" Chen Feng persuaded, "The kid still thinks that he has taken advantage of you, don't continue to shirk it, otherwise the kid won't dare to take this basket away in vain." ”。
"That's right, that's okay." The eldest lady thought for a while before she spoke, but the expression on her face was a little puzzled, as if she was puzzled.
"By the way, auntie, will you still sell this sour fruit tomorrow?" Seeing that the eldest lady had already begun to pack up her things, Chen Feng asked, "If the eldest lady is free, can you bother to go to Xu Yuanxuan and send a basket of this sour fruit to the boy, and say that Chen Feng wants it, and someone will pay you the money." ”