Chapter 78: The First Money

Su Cuiniang's words were full of exaggeration.

However, the poor can't afford to get sick, and a few patches of medicine may cost you a whole year's savings!

Fortunately, Lu Jiu is not really dumb, he just can't speak for the time being.

She doesn't need to save for that medical bill!

Otherwise, just for him to eat and use it, he didn't work for her, and she became Lu Jiu's slave!

Su Cuiniang took Xia Qiqi to a place similar to a modern thrift market, which was dirty and no one cleaned it at all.

Just an old man who guards, occasionally someone comes out with something that can be used, and the old man shouts out the value of that thing.

"There's a lot of stuff here! Don't look at the dirty, it's in the nearby villages, some people who can't afford to buy clothes, just look for those clothes that no one wants, so that they can survive this winter, otherwise they would have frozen to death! ”

Su Cuiniang's words, Xia Qiqi believed it.

She just came here, and the four rooms were poor and clanged.

Two younger sisters, crying with hunger.

Even the original owner was starved to death.

The feeling that others will never experience, she Xia Qiqi has experienced.

Entering the courtyard of the mansion, Su Liniang helped Xia Qiqi find something, and really found a stove.

The stove, the outer skin has fallen off, and it looks like it is going to break in two at any moment.

"Girl, this stove looks a little rotten, but you get some mud and make up for it, it should work!" Su Cui Niang said.

After speaking, she saw that Xia Qiqi was instructing Lu Jiu to move some tables and chairs that were missing feet.

"Girl, what do you want those broken tables and broken chairs for? If you want firewood, you can buy firewood cut in the mountains by farmers who have entered the city in the market, which is much easier to burn than these! ”

Su Cuiniang is the same as everyone else.

If you think that the table and chair are missing feet, it will be the same as waste wood.

It's better to use waste wood.

Xia Qiqi pursed his lips and smiled, "My father is a carpenter, maybe these tables and chairs can be repaired, and when the time comes, I will save a lot of money for tables and chairs!" ”

Su Cuiniang listened to Xia Qiqi's words, and shook her head helplessly, "No, girl!" If you want to repair it, you have to find all those arms and legs, these are missing, and they can't be repaired! ”

"Sister, it's okay, I'll give it a try, in case my father can make it. It's also a little bit of saving more money for my cousin! ”

Xia Qiqi is not good at talking too much to Su Cuiniang.

had to move Lu Jiu out as an excuse.

Sure enough, as soon as she said Lu Jiu, Su Cuiniang immediately stopped talking, but looked at her and Lu Jiu with sympathy.

Xia Qiqi took a lot of things, and when he walked to the door, the old man directly stretched out two fingers.

Xia Qiqi paid two cents.

and Lu Jiu and Su Cuiniang, and walked towards the place they rented to put their sundries-

"I'll just say it's cheap, my stove still costs five cents, and you only need two cents, I estimate that these tables and chairs you took out didn't count your money at all!" Su Cuiniang smiled.

Xia Qiqi nodded.

Lu Jiu on the side did his best to play the role of "coolie".

There are so many things, he is alone, and he carries them all on his body in one trip.

It was like a moving hill, but he didn't see the slightest tiredness.

The tables and chairs were put into the small miscellaneous room, and Xia Qiqi carried the stove and went to the street with Su Cuiniang.

As soon as she arrived on the street, Su Cuiniang had to take care of her business, but she didn't have time to accompany Xia Qiqi.

Xia Qiqi found a place to set up a stall by himself.

Afraid of affecting Su Cuiniang's business, she deliberately went far away.

The stove can't be repaired temporarily, but fortunately, it can still be used.

Xia Qiqi took Lu Jiu to the market, bought some sweet potatoes, charcoal, bought a big iron pot, made some fine sand, and bought a little sugar.

Lighting the stove, Xia Qiqi waited for the sand to be hot, and began to bury sweet potatoes in the sand.

At first, the sweet potatoes were not ripe, and they didn't feel anything, but gradually, the sweet potatoes were about to ripen, and the unique fragrance of sweet potatoes came out.

It just so happens that it's lunch time, so someone should be coming over to eat right away!

Xia Qiqi cleared his throat and waited for someone to come around his stall.

I have to say that Xia Qiqi's luck is really good.

A group of men walked over, carrying heavy bags one by one.

Xia Qiqi wrapped a sweet potato with a piece of cloth and rushed directly to promote his sweet potato.

"Uncles, do you want to try the freshly baked roasted sweet potatoes, they are hot and sweet!" Xia Qiqi lifted the sweet potato in his hand and showed it to the men.

"Roasted sweet potato??" One of the men showed an interested look and stared at the sweet potato in Xia Qiqi's hand.

"Yes! Roasted sweet potatoes, we only eat boiled sweet potatoes at home, and the taste is bland! I made this roasted sweet potato with a special method, and it tastes delicious! Xia Qiqi said.

"Big brother, let's go and have a look, anyway, we often eat on this street, and there is nothing to eat!" The man said.

"Done!"

The six men were led to the stall by Xia Qiqi.

Xia Qiqi took out the sweet potatoes from the big iron pot and said to the men: "Uncles, taste the taste first, don't pay if it's not delicious!" ”

Xia Qiqi divided the sweet potatoes that were still hot in his hands into six parts, a little bit for a man.

The men tasted it in the spirit of trying.

When I tasted it, I was full of praise, "Big brother, this is indeed better than the sweet potatoes we cook ourselves, and it is so fragrant and sweet!" ”

"Girl, how do you sell these sweet potatoes?" The men asked.

"The big two wen, the small one, the uncles are my first batch of guests, so let's give you the big two sanwen!"

Xia Qiqi took the initiative to make profits, which made the men a little moved.

In addition, a man next to him tugged at his eldest brother's sleeve, "Big brother, this roasted sweet potato is cheap, only one or two cents, and it is so big."

The bun is so small, it costs a penny, and there are no three or four buns, so I don't have a full stomach at all. I look at this sweet potato, the small two, the big one, enough for us to eat enough, to work! Why don't we buy more and make dry food for the road?! ”

"It's done!"

"Girl, how many sweet potatoes do you have in this pot? We've got it all! The man who was called the big brother by the men asked.

Xia Qiqiqiang held back the excitement in his heart and said to the men-

"I put eighteen sweet potatoes in it, eight big ones, ten small ones, just took out one, and there are seventeen left!

It should be sold for twenty-five yuan, but I promised to give a few uncles cheaper, and the uncles gave me twenty yuan! ”

The men listened to Xia Qiqi's words, and directly took out twenty yuan and handed it to Xia Qiqi.

"This is money, you help us wrap all the roasted sweet potatoes."

Eighteen sweet potatoes are the number of Xia Qiqi roasted once in a pot, if it weren't for those sand taking up the place, Xia Qiqi could roast more.

However, Xia Qiqi was very happy to be able to make such a large deal at one time!

Xia Qiqi used oil paper to separate the sweet potatoes and handed them to the men.

"Ah Jiu, prepare to put sweet potatoes!" Xia Qiqi rushed to Lu Jiudao.

(End of chapter)