The ruins of Lidong are at the foot of Tianlu Mountain, which is a place where three counties meet.

Although the market town in this mountainous area is not large, every market day, the villagers at the junction of the three counties will come to the market invariably. People bring mountain goods, poultry and livestock to the market to sell, and buy some daily necessities to go home. The flow of people in the market town is like a carp, shoulder to shoulder, the cries of chickens, ducks and geese, the sound of people's cries and bargaining are intertwined, one after another, very lively.

Liang Shirong lived in seclusion in Shuangshi Mountain, and occasionally went to the ruins with Liang Er.

Liang Shirong and Liang Er picked up the fungus, mushrooms, tea and other mountain goods they had picked up recently to sell in the cave market. These goods are very sought-after, and they are sold out in less than an hour. Shi Cheng bought some oil and salt at the small shop by the way.

Liang Er bought two catties of tobacco leaves at the tobacco stall, pulled out the bamboo pipe on his waist, stuffed a little tobacco, lit it, squatted on the ground, took a deep breath, and then spit out the smoke.

Liang Shirong: "You, your addiction to smoking is so big." ”

Liang Er shook his head helplessly: "I, a smoker, also know that smoking too much is not good for my body, and I have quit a few times, but I can't quit." ”

Liang Shirong: "As long as you are determined, you will definitely be able to quit." ”

"Then, I'll try again after smoking these two catties of tobacco leaves to see if I can quit my addiction." After Liang Er was addicted to smoking, he looked up at the sky and said, "Yo, it's almost noon, I'll buy some sauce and vinegar at the end of the market, and I'll go home." ”

Liang Shirong: "Okay." ”

They carried the empty basket and walked to the end of the ruins.

Liang Er suddenly noticed something, and pointed to the man selling sand pears in front of him: "Ah, Brother Yaofu." ”

After Liang Shirong went to Shuangshi Mountain to live in seclusion, in his spare time, he often went to Liang Yaofu's house with Liang Er to drink tea and chat, and everyone had a lot of topics and talked about it quite well.

Liang Yaofu planted more than 10 acres of sand pears in the back mountain, and he was diligent in management on weekdays, weeding, insect control, fertilization, and doing all the work at home. This year is another good year, the trees are full of sand pear fruits, each as big as a fist, bending the branches, Liang Yaofu sees it in his eyes and is happy in his heart.

In this harvest season, Liang Yaofu got up very early today, stepped on the morning dew to the back mountain, and soon picked two baskets of sand pears and picked them to sell in the cave market.

He, a drunkard, first drank half a catty of liquor in the wine shop at the entrance of the market, and then picked up two baskets of sand pears, looking left and right, looking for a place to set up stalls in the market.

There are too many people taking advantage of the market today, Liang Yaofu finally found a vacant seat in the middle of the stall selling longan and pig seedlings, put down the burden of sand pears there, and shouted loudly while wiping his sweat: "The refreshing and sweet big sand pears are cheap and worth eating, so you can buy them." In a few moments, more than half of the two baskets of sand pears had been sold.

Liang Yaofu saw that Liang Er and Shi Cheng were also coming to take advantage of the ruins, so he hurriedly picked up two big sand pears from the basket and handed them over: "Brother Yaer, Brother Yarong, this sand pear was picked early in the morning today, it is fresh enough, you come and taste it!" ”

Liang Er and Liang Shirong still wanted to push back, but Sha Li had already been stuffed into their hands.

Liang Yaofu said: "Two brothers, a family, you're welcome." ”

Liang Shirong picked up the sand pear and took a bite, it was crisp and loose, and a stream of sugar water flowed down from his mouth, penetrating his heart, and he couldn't help blurting out: "It's so sweet!" ”

Liang Yaofu smiled: "This year, although the price of this sand pear is more expensive, the business is still very good. ”

While they were chatting, a middle-aged man paced and came to Leung Yaofu's sand pear stall.

This person's name is Zhu Deren, he is long and thin, his back is a little bent, and his body looks like a shrimp male. He was fair-skinned, sharp-beaked monkey gills, dressed in a black silk, dragged black loafers under his feet, and held a paper folding fan painted with flowers, birds, insects and fish in his hand, and wandered around the market town with a group of followers.

Zhu Deren's father was a wealthy family in Wudong Village, and after his death, more than 500 acres of land were left to him and his brother Zhu Deyi.

When Zhu Deren was a child, he climbed a tree and fell from a height, and his left leg was broken, so now he walks in a posture of twisting one high and one low.

Originally, he had a good life, but he still tried his best to make money from some crooked ways, and people secretly called him "Master Twister".

There are a lot of people nearby who have dealt with Zhu Deren and suffered big losses, so acquaintances avoid him.

Today, Zhu Deren came to the cave market not to buy things, but to make a windfall with a bad stomach. His triangular eyes drooped under his sparse short eyebrows, and in the whites of his eyes, the black pupils swirled around like a hound, searching for its prey.

He walked, walked, and saw Liang Yaofu selling sand pears.

Zhu Deren knew that although Liang Yaofu was hardworking, his bad habit on weekdays was to love gambling and drinking, and now he saw that he was setting up a stall to sell sand pears, and saw the two stalls he was selling next to him, his brows frowned, and he was thinking about it.

Zhu Deren stepped forward, pointed to the two baskets of sand pears, and said to Liang Yaofu: "Brother Yaofu, your sand pears are on the market so early this year. Without waiting for Liang Yaofu to agree, he picked up a sand pear, put it in his mouth and nibbled it, and nodded: "Yo, it's so sweet!" ”

Where there is a master, there must be a minions. Zhu Deren's entourage also followed suit, picked up the sand pear from Liang Yaofu's basket and took a big bite.

Liang Yaofu is a generous person, and he doesn't care about people taking a few sand pears from him, thinking that this is a self-produced and self-sold thing at home, and he can pick sand pears to sell on the market in two days, so he didn't think so, pointed to the sand pears in the basket, and said: "The sand pears I planted this year have a good harvest, they are very big and sweet." ”

Zhu Deren arched his fists with both hands and saluted with a smile: "Then congratulations, congratulations." "He laughed worse than he cried.

The more Liang Yaofu spoke, the more excited he became, and his mouth spewed out of the smell of wine: "It is estimated that this year's sand pear production in my family should increase by three or four percent compared with last year." ”

Zhu Deren followed his words: "In this way, you are going to make a fortune this year." ”

Liang Yaofu had a smile on his face: "Yes, it seems that I am going to make a small fortune this year." Of course, I'm not as rich as you rich people. ”

Zhu Deren has always taken the method of luring the fish to the bait, he is familiar with Liang Yaofu's gambling addiction on weekdays, so he took advantage of his enthusiasm and said: "Yaofu, Yaofu, I said that you should be bigger-minded, and you should make a small fortune, but you must make a big fortune." ”

Liang Yaofu pondered the meaning of his words: "Do you want to make a lot of money? What do you mean? ”

Zhu Deren is full of reason: "As the saying goes, horses have no night grass and no fertilizer, and people have no windfall." Do you want to make a windfall? ”

Liang Yaofu spread his hands out: "Who doesn't want to get rich?" But how does this windfall come from? ”

Zhu Deren said in a challenging tone: "Brother Yaofu, how about I make a bet with you?" ”

Liang Yaofu scratched his head: "Bet? What to bet on? ”

Zhu Deren pointed to the two baskets of sand pears in front of Liang Yaofu: "Let me bet with you, is the sand pear bigger or the longan bigger?" ”

Liang Yaofu said angrily: "This is still a bet, of course it's a pear tree." ”

Zhu Deren: "I think it's a big dragon's eye." ”

Liang Yaofu decisively: "Shali is big! ”

Zhu Deren: "The dragon's eye is big!" ”

Liang Yaofu put his foot on the ground: "Shali is big!" ”

"Dragon's eye is big!" Zhu Deren put away the folding fan and slapped it on the palm of his hand, "Liang Yaofu, I'm just making this bet with you today, how about it?" ”

"This ......" Zhu Deren's bet made Liang Yaofu stunned, he touched the beard on his chin, thinking: "Why did Zhu Deren bet with himself with this?" ”

Zhu Deren is a local "celebrity", and when the people who came to the market heard that he was going to make a bet, they immediately gathered around to see what was going on.

Zhu Deren saw that Liang Yaofu was groaning, so he touched him with his elbow and made a radical move: "What's wrong?" Is it a man's husband, or a turtle with a shrunken head, do you dare to fight? ”