"Lu Ling, are you there? My aunt will talk to you for a few words. ”

Lu Xiumei pushed the door in, the little girl was pestering her cousin to tell a story, and Li Dong bought the storybook for her. Usually the eldest sister reads a paragraph to her before going to bed, which is not enjoyable at all, but now that my cousin is here, I can finally put forward "non-dividing thoughts".

"Yes, auntie, what are you looking for me?" Lu Ling hurriedly stood up, a little apprehensive in her heart, for fear that her aunt would propose to send her home.

"Auntie, my cousin still has to tell stories to her puppet, how can you do this." The little girl was angry, seeing that she was small, she was also a person with human rights.

Li Bing saw that the little sister was mischievous, so she immediately walked over, picked up the storybook, and comforted the little girl: "Okay, I'll tell you, don't make trouble." ”

The little girl closed her mouth stupidly, puffed out her cheeks, and listened to the eldest sister's story quietly, and I don't know if she listened to it.

"Lu Ling, you can only delay this matter for the time being, don't worry." came to her bedroom, and Lu Xiumei first spoke a few words of comfort.

"Auntie, I understand, it's just a little embarrassing to eat and drink for nothing like this. Otherwise, auntie, I'll go grocery shopping with you, and it will be my living expenses. ”

This was the best thing she could think of last night, there was obviously not enough manpower in the aunt's shop during peak hours, and she should be able to help.

"You stupid boy, what nonsense are you talking about, no matter how poor your aunt's family is, it won't give you a bite to eat." Lu Xiumei retorted after hearing this.

"Auntie, I ......"

"Okay, listen to me, Dongzi is ready to open a branch after the New Year, and he wants to recruit an employee."

Lu Ling heard her heart beating "plopping", did she go out and step on shit today? Otherwise, how could such a good thing happen. Her requirements are not high, 100 yuan a month is enough, after all, selling vegetables is much easier than the work of a brick factory.

"Auntie, I see that your original work is too tired for girls to do, or you should stay at Auntie's house. Don't worry, my aunt won't treat you badly, food and accommodation are at home, two hundred yuan a month, are you willing? Lu Xiumei asked sincerely.

"Auntie, I'm willing, I don't need two hundred yuan, just one hundred yuan." Lu Ling was so excited that she was about to cry, she didn't expect that she could have a salary of two hundred yuan for food and accommodation, which was really good.

"Which line is this, if you want, the salary is set like this, two hundred per month. You will go to the vegetable market with me tomorrow morning, and during this time, you will learn to sell vegetables with my aunt, and then you will go to the new store when Dongzi's new store opens after the year. Lu Xiumei didn't give Lu Ling a chance to refuse, and the hammer was final.

"By the way, Lu Ling, tomorrow you and Dongzi will go to buy a bed together, it's not a matter of always sleeping with Xiao Wu." Before parting, Lu Xiumei reminded again.

"I see." Lu Ling agreed in a daze, she wanted to go back and digest the conversation just now.

"Cousin, wake up, it's time."

Early in the morning, the little girl woke up Lu Ling, which her cousin specially ordered her last night, since she knew that her cousin was going to sell vegetables with A-Niang, she was very happy, and finally someone would play with her in the future.

"Oops, I was excited last night for most of the night and overslept. What time is Little Five? Lu Ling asked while getting dressed.

"It's half past five, it's still early." The little girl replied that she got up at this time every day, and she got used to it.

Lu Ling breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately, it's not too late, if she overslept on the first day, she wouldn't have the face to continue to stay here.

After dinner, Lu Xiumei took Lu Ling and the little girl and set off, Li Dong rarely slept lazily, which was also a big reason why he highly recommended his cousin.

Last night, he worked until two o'clock in the morning, and finally planted all the newly added land with vegetables, mainly some fast-growing cabbage and lettuce, hoping to catch up with the wave of sales peak before the Spring Festival.

The space is currently expanding, and it is expected that almost all the iron ore powder will be consumed in a week. With an area of more than 180 acres, Li Dong feels that he has to think carefully about how to maximize the use of space in the past few days.

At noon, in order to make up for his guilt because of being lazy, Li Dong prepared to cook lunch for A-Niang. The staple food is multigrain paste, and the rice was all eaten yesterday, and he fried a total of three dishes, which is enough for four people. A shredded potatoes with green peppers, a scrambled egg with tomatoes, and the last one is fried cabbage, all of which are home-cooked dishes, which were too greasy to eat last night, and are just a little lighter today.

"Daguo, we're back." The little girl began to call from afar.

"Got it, I've already cooked lunch, so let's wipe my hands and get ready to eat." Li Dong took it and took the little girl from A-Niang's arms.

"Daguo, why didn't you burn meat?" The little girl stirred the multigrain paste with a soup spoon, looked at the three vegetarian dishes on the table, and was sullen.

"If you eat meat every day, you will become a chubby girl." Li Dong gently knocked on the little girl's head and teased with a straight face.

Lu Ling was a little speechless, she didn't expect Xiao Wu's tongue to be raised so much, just this meal, her family can't eat it a few times a year.

"Okay, Xiao Wu, eat obediently, and let your eldest brother go cut some meat in the afternoon." said that she sandwiched a chopstick egg for the little girl, and now that the conditions are good, she has also begun to accept the addition of meals to the children.

"Dongzi, you will take your cousin to buy a bed later, remember to buy it better." Lu Xiumei commanded.

"Okay, I'll go to the vegetable market and rent a tricycle later, do you have anything else to buy at home?" I just bought it together. Li Dong replied.

"No, by the way, when you pass by the post office, see if there is a letter from your father, there is still a month before the New Year, and I don't know when he will come back?" Lu Xiumei said that in previous years, the child's father only had a holiday ten days before the Spring Festival, and I don't know if it can be advanced this year.

"I see."

After the meal, Li Dong set off with his cousin.

I came to a furniture store, which was said to be a furniture store, but it was actually a family craft workshop. Most of the furniture of Li Dong's family was bought here because his furniture was of high quality and low price.

"Uncle Li, you're busy." Li Dong said hello to the shopkeeper, and they were all acquaintances.

"It's Dongzi, what's the matter, there is a lack of furniture at home?" Uncle Li was very enthusiastic when he saw the business coming to him.

"This is my cousin, who is going to stay in my house for a long time, and wants to add a bed." Li Dong introduced.

"I said, why do you two look a little alike, it turns out that you are cousins and brothers. Hello, girl. Uncle Li suddenly realized.

"Hello, uncle, they are all relatives, you want to be cheaper." Lu Ling is used to staying in the factory, and she has long developed the character of a female man.

"Well, I will give you a 'uncle' at you, and my uncle will give you a 20% discount." Usually he gives Li Dong a nine-percent discount at most, no, it's not easy to look at other little girls, so he took care of it.

"Uncle Li, you're biased." Li Dong quipped.

"If you want to blame, you can only blame you for the wrong birth, if you are a girl, Uncle Li will give you half a discount." If Li Dong dares to have sex reassignment surgery, then he admits it.

After gossiping, Uncle Li took the two to the backyard, where a lot of furniture was placed, most of which were made of steel pipes, and at most some wood was used in the corners.

In the last days, due to the drought that lasted for hundreds of years, the forests had long since disappeared, and only in some places where there was abundant water, some trees grew more or less.

If you want to see a large forest, you can only go to the Shuchuan gathering place, where a large area of forest is preserved because of the Three Gorges Reservoir. Perhaps, you have to ask, aren't there still tropical rainforests and boreal coniferous forests?

Unfortunately, the climate of the last days is different from before the disaster, the high temperature of 60 or 70 degrees in the tropics throughout the year, the precipitation is less than one-tenth of the original, and the evaporation is far greater than the precipitation.

The average temperature in the boreal coniferous forest area has risen a lot, but there is almost no precipitation, and in the end all of them die. Because of the dry climate, the wood has been preserved, but unfortunately the distance is too far, and it is blocked by the vast desert, so it can only be seen out of sight.

"Uncle Li, you can recommend one, we can't understand the good or the bad." Li Dong said casually.

"Okay, that's it."

Uncle Li pointed to a single bed and said, afraid that Li Dong would not believe it, patted the head of the bed, and introduced: "Don't look at it as inconspicuous, it is made of aluminum alloy, light and strong, very suitable for girls." ”

Li Dong stepped forward and moved the bed, which was indeed very light, and the wooden bed was light. I tested the hardness with my fist again, and it was not bad, it was more than enough to bear the weight of a person. So he turned his head and asked his cousin's opinion:

"Cousin, what do you think?"

"Okay, you're in charge, as long as you can sleep." Lu Ling didn't care.

"Uncle Li, how much does this bed cost? It's too expensive for me to afford. "If it is an ordinary steel tube bed, he will know the approximate cost of this thing at a glance, but he is not familiar with this aluminum alloy, so he can only get vaccinated in advance.

"The original price is 70 yuan, you can give 56 yuan, how about it, it's cheap enough." In fact, these aluminum alloys were collected from the waste picking team, and a total of 30 yuan was spent, plus the processing fee was at most 40 yuan, and the profit was still good.

"Uncle Li, I won't bargain anymore, the price is 50 yuan, I will pay immediately, if not, we will pick something else." Li Dong counteroffered.

Uncle Li thought about it for a while, this bed is already expensive, and he doesn't know when it will be sold.

So he nodded and agreed.

Lu Ling pulled her cousin's arm and shook her head at him, Li Dong understood that this was too expensive.

"Cousin, it's okay, it's not expensive, and it's easy to carry." Li Dong explained in a whisper.

Lu Ling saw that Li Dong was indifferent, so she went with him, in fact, she also liked this bed a lot, it was much more exquisite than her own.