Chapter 19: A flash of inspiration

When the boss heard ten catties, his face changed color again, and he nodded and took the cloth bag to Lin Chusan to polish rice.

"Ouch, boss, why do you still touch the rice with your hands, my master has always been very clean!"

When the boss heard this, he was a little speechless, saying that the rice should be used, and he needed to hold the rice into the Hu to weigh ten catties.

If it's moldy black rice and black noodles, or beans, you don't have to be so troublesome, after all, it's not worth a few dollars, and this polished rice is expensive, but you can't be sloppy.

"That's... Then I'll change something, little lady, wait a minute. ”

"Forget it, such an expensive polished rice, boss, you don't know how many times you have touched it with your hands a day, my son-in-law doesn't eat it, it's dirty!"

After that, she dragged back the cloth bag and pulled Jiang Sancui to turn around and leave, leaving the boss alone to stand dumbfounded in the cold wind.

"Hey, it's still my third year of junior high school!" Jiang Sancui gave Lin Chusan a thumbs up.

Lin Chusan smiled silently, and took Jiang Sancui's hand to buy rice from one family to another.

The boss is right, they really can't afford to eat the eight yuan of polished rice now, and the string of copper coins borrowed by the Yang family has a total of fifty copper plates, that is, fifty yuan, and there are still twenty-two left in the hands after buying pots and bowls.

Before she could find a livelihood, she had to break a penny in half and spend it.

"Let's go, there's a rice shop across the street, let's buy some beans, if you want to eat rice, let's buy some bad ones first."

"I don't want it, I like to eat beans." What hardships has Jiang Sancui not suffered since she was a child? In those years, at my grandmother's house in the countryside, it was common to not have enough to eat.

Lin Chusan smiled and didn't say much, seeing that it was not early, he went straight to the rice shop opposite.

The boss of the rice shop saw the two of them from a distance, and when he saw the two of them coming straight to him, he immediately smiled on his face, "Two girls buy rice?" ”

In order to avoid repeating the situation just now, Lin Chusan said bluntly this time, "Let's buy some beans and chestnut rice." ”

The expression on the boss's face remained unchanged, and he still smiled, "Okay, beans are a penny, chestnut rice is a penny." ”

Compared with the attitude of the boss just now, it was heaven and earth, and Lin Chusan had a good impression of this boss in his heart.

She looked up and saw three big words on the plaque [Bean Granary].

The name is interesting, she asked the boss, "Why is it called a bean granary?" ”

"Under the surname of Dou, and selling grain, the warehouse at home is the largest in our place, so it is called this name."

Lin Chusan nodded and smiled, "The boss is so talented." ”

"Hey, girl, don't make fun of it, what talent can I have as a rough person, but it's just a casual take, but the girl can read and write, and she is good at learning."

The boss didn't say it, Lin Chusan hadn't found it yet, she looked at the plaque on her head, and turned her head to look at other shops, the characters were traditional, but a little simplified.

Her eyes rolled, and she quietly wrote it down in her mind.

didn't talk much to the boss, calculated that the money in his hand was enough to buy eleven catties of chestnut rice, or twenty-two catties of beans, but she and Jiang Sancui might not be able to take it back.

After thinking about it, she stretched out her little hand to the boss and spread five fingers, "I want five catties each." The way back to the village is a bit far, and she and Jiang Sancui can almost stick to it with five catties each.

"Okay, girl, wait a minute." The boss didn't use it, took her cloth bag and handed it to her.

Lin Chusan took it and weighed it, and he didn't know whether it was more or less, but there were no electronic scales in ancient times, but there were few people in the ancients who were bad-hearted, and the boss would not deceive customers.

The boss laughed directly when he saw her action, "Don't worry, little girl, I will only give you a lot more." ”

Lin Chusan's face suddenly felt a little embarrassed, "Thank you, boss." He gave the money and turned around and left.

"Girl, wait."

"What?" She turned to look at her boss suspiciously.

The money you gave should be right!

"Last night, the rain came suddenly, and a lot of rice outside my warehouse was wet," as he spoke, he walked inside and took out a bag of rice and put it in front of Lin Chusan to open it, "Girl, look, this rice is wet but not moldy, if you don't dislike it, you can take some home and eat it." ”

"Boss, this..."

"Don't worry, girl, I don't want money for this rice, I never sell moldy things, if this rice continues to be stored, it will soon become moldy, it is better to give it to the person who closes the eyes."

Lin Chusan grabbed a handful of rice, it was indeed wet, and it should have rained all night.

She smiled, "If the boss spreads it all out when the weather is fine, it can be dried and continued to be sold." ”

When Dou Yongliang heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then laughed heartily.

"The little girl is really knowledgeable and not greedy." Thinking about the man I gave it to this morning, I felt remorse in my heart.

Lin Chusan was embarrassed to be praised, and his little face flushed slightly, "Boss, you have won the award." ”

Dou Yongliang waved his hand, "Don't be modest, the girl's kindness is in the lower collar, but there is too much damp white rice, and the place that can be dried has been paved, and there are still two bags left. ”

Jiang Sancui secretly tugged at Lin Chusan's sleeve, and Lin Chusan knew that she was hungry for white rice.

"Boss Dou is kind and generous, and he will definitely make a fortune in the future."

Dou Yongliang's smiling eyes narrowed into a slit, who doesn't like to listen to nice words?

He tightened his bag and proudly handed the whole bag of rice to Lin Chusan, "Girl, just take it and eat it." ”

Lin Chusan and Jiang Sancui took it with great gratitude, and said a lot of good things to the boss.

It wasn't until Dou Yongliang smiled and waved his hand into the rice shop that the two of them turned around and prepared to leave.

As soon as he raised his feet, the crying of a child behind him suddenly came, Lin Chusan turned his head and saw that it was in front of the grocery store next door, a little boy was sitting on the ground and crying.

"Oh, you kid, why are you so ignorant!" The speaker was the woman standing next to the little boy, probably his mother.

Sure enough, the little boy cried out, "Stinky mother, bad mother, hate mother!" ”

Lin Chusan had no good impression of the bear child and was about to leave quickly, but his next words made her pause.

"If you don't buy me this doll, you're a bad girl! I'm going home and tell my grandma! ”

"You! You bastard, did I itch my skin after I didn't hit you for three days? The woman angrily pulled the little boy up and slapped him on the buttocks.

Lin Chusan moved his eyes from the mother and son to the grocery store, where there was a ceramic doll on the counter, the workmanship was not exquisite, but it was more beautiful than the color.

"The third year of junior high school?" Jiang Sancui didn't notice that Lin Chusan's eyes flashed with a fine light, and she didn't have a good impression of the bear child, and she was upset by the quarrel between the two of them.

Lin Chusan didn't explain to her immediately, his eyes swirled on the ceramic doll, and before leaving, he looked at the bear child who was still crying, and the woman who was still beating the bear child.

When passing by the pork stall, Lin Chusan paused slightly, and she asked Jiang Sancui, "Do you want to eat pork?" ”

Jiang Sancui's eyes stared at the pork stall, swallowing saliva in his mouth and saying, "I don't want to." ”