Chapter 16: The Poor Days
On the set, Qiu Meilai and the second sister said that Lu Bo's marriage was completed, and people were very willing, and they were in a hurry to get married.
Chunmei was very happy to hear it, "This is a piece of our father's mother's heart." ”
Qiumei introduced to her sister, "She is not tall, not as tall as me, with a round face, a very clever mouth, just black spots, she looks quite well-proportioned, and she can speak very well." ”
"Is it, save like his uncle, sullen mouth, can't let out a fart for a long time, is the day set?" Chunmei asked with a smile.
"It's settled, see the wax moon," Qiu Mei said.
"Do you want a lot of money?"
"A lot, our uncle and our mother are so worried that they haven't eaten for two days, and my uncle knows that he has lost his temper at home," Qiumei said worriedly, and said, "Our mother asked me to ask you if you have any money under your hands." ”
As he was talking, Wang Sen pushed the door and came in, and Chunmei hurriedly took his bag.
Wang Sen smiled and talked to Qiumei, and Chunmei told him about Lu Bo's finding a partner and borrowing money.
Wang Sen was very happy, he smiled and said: "I just paid three months' salary, how much do I want?" Qiumei didn't dare to say much, she said fifty yuan.
"Here you go, this is 100 yuan, there are many places to use money for marriage, not enough, sell the piglet."
Qiumei smiled and pretended to be money, and Chunmei told her to pretend it, which is not a small amount.
"Or you take it when you go," Qiu Mei said, she didn't dare to take it, and handed the money to her sister again. Chunmei agreed.
Chunmei sent the money, my grandfather was happy, and the whole family was happy......
It's almost the New Year, and the cabbage is expensive, so it's a good time to sell it.
Rural people are counting on cabbage to sell at a good price and have a good year.
Chunmei has already sold two carts, and the price is very good. The neighbors in the alley are willing to go to the market with Chunmei.
Zhou Ni's eyes were hot, and she said to Chunmei that she was going too.
The rooster crowed all over the place, Chunmei got up, she picked up Peng Cheng, and made a wish to sell cabbage for him to buy buns to eat, nine-year-old Peng Cheng pouted, so he reluctantly got up.
Pengxiang and Bai Xue hadn't woken up yet, and Chunmei lightly locked the door.
The sky is still full of stars, and they are on their way.
In the dark, in order to sell cabbage, you have to walk dozens of miles. One winter, I was reluctant to eat a cabbage, and I kept it carefully, just to sell it at this time, sell it for a few dollars, tear a few feet of cloth to make new clothes, and cut a few catties of meat for the New Year.
Peng Cheng had a hard time pulling the car for his mother, and he shouted that his hand hurt, and he didn't pull it until he was halfway. Let him run along, he can't keep up, the angry Chunmei beats him, scolds him, scares him, he cries all the way and follows his mother......
When I arrived at the market, the sun had not yet shown its face, and the countrymen who bought vegetables on the street had formed a long queue.
Looking at them, their faces were red from the cold, their noses were numb from the cold, they didn't feel the water flowing out of their noses, their hands were frozen like chicken paws, they were all put to their mouths and exhaled to warm them, and they stretched out their sleeves again, and their feet were frozen and they didn't dare to step on the ground.
Peng Cheng was so cold that he wanted to cry, Chunmei hugged his face with her scarf, pulled him around the cart and stomped his feet, and he was really in charge.
The others also stomped their feet and ran, and the scene suddenly became lively, like the sound of a soldier's voice, which spread far away in the cold wind, causing the people in the city who bought breakfast to stop and watch, and looked at these vegetable sellers in the countryside with great curiosity. There were more and more people in the city watching, and Chunmei was busy untying the burden on the cabbage and shouting, so they all untied the burden and turned to the city people with a smile.
I bought almost nothing, asked very little, and all walked away, and some people in the city pouted, turned around and left.
So, they covered the baggage one after another, afraid that the cabbage would not look good if it was frozen.
In the restaurant, the fragrance of fritters and buns came from time to time, and the greedy Pengcheng and Jinguang eyes never left the hotel, seeing the people holding fritters and buns passing by, they kept watching people far away, and their mouths moved from time to time, swallowing saliva.
Seeing that the people in the city are carrying rice, and the people in the countryside have also begun to eat, they have taken out the cakes and sweet potatoes they have brought and covered them in their hands and gnawed them, the cakes are too hard and cold, and they chew in their mouths, just like eating ice, the toothache of ice, and they dare not swallow it in their mouths for a long time.
Zhou Ni silently led Jin Guang into the hotel, Peng Cheng saw it, he also pulled his mother to go, Chunmei whispered to him, broke a piece of cake for him, he threw it all at once, Chunmei picked it up, gave him a slap, Peng Cheng cried in a low voice on the car......
There are many vegetable sellers, few vegetable buyers, and they are very picky, and the good vegetables are hard to pull down, and the pain makes the vegetable seller's heart tremble, and he can't stop saying, "Such a good leaf hurts people, such a good leaf hurts people...... and he doesn't dare to offend people, and finally waits for a vegetable buyer, he doesn't sell, and some are sold.
The scale of buying vegetables is also strict, and the flat scale is not good, it must be high. A penny is also counted for half a day.
It's almost noon, and Chunmei hasn't opened the scales yet, because her food is not good, no one wants it, and she doesn't even ask.
Zhou Ni didn't sell much, they were all in a hurry, such a long way, they couldn't sell it and pushed it back, but they were tired.
It can't be sold cheaply. Here's the thing, the cheaper it is, the less people want it. They were all very depressed, and some simply put away the scales and sat on the handlebars to rest.
At this time, two men came to buy vegetables, as if they were for the government, and they asked for two truckloads of good cabbage, set the price, and let them be delivered.
Chunmei saw it in her eyes, and she whispered a few words to Zhou Ni.
"Is this okay? People don't want us," Zhou Ni whispered.
"Let's talk about it, it's stupid to wait here anyway," Chunmei said.
So, the two pushed the cart, called the two children, and followed the family. No one paid attention to them, and thought they couldn't sell them and push them home.
really let Chunmei guess correctly, and they followed to the construction site's room.
When the two men who were shopping for vegetables turned around and found them, they were very surprised, "Who are you?" ”
Chunmei hurriedly said, "You didn't call me here. ”
"When did I call you, I called them," said one man.
"Maybe I heard it wrong, you see, it's so far away, I'm still with a child, I'm already here, just take it, I can be cheaper," Chunmei said good words, begging others.
"Don't, don't, go quickly, I didn't call you," said one man angrily.
Zhou Ni wanted to push the cart away, but Chunmei glanced at her and stayed there.
A cooking master came out of the house, looking at him in his fifties, with a kind heart and a smile on his face. Chunmei went to talk to him and begged him to intercede.
The old master saw that they were pitiful, so he said to the two people who bought vegetables: "Quickly accept it, anyway, you will buy it in the future, besides, if you don't call people, can people come?" ”
After the master's words, they were very reluctant to give the scales, but the price was lower than others'.
After passing the scales, the account was settled, and Chunmei begged again: "How can the same cabbage be two prices, see how difficult it is for me to lead the child to the market in the middle of the night, you can pity me, the child has not eaten since the morning." ”
The old master also said, "Okay, don't be embarrassed." ”
The person who said that the grocery buyer was embarrassed and gave them money at the original price.
The old master was really good-hearted, and he brought them a few of the freshly steamed big nests, salted radish, and a pot of hot water.
Looking at the fragrance that Peng Cheng and Jin Guang ate, it seems that they are eating big meat buns.
Peng Cheng was really hungry, and he ate a large piece of wotou.
Going home and walking energetically, Zhou Ni said happily: "You are really good, I can't get out, I knew that I would push more, and I could sell it at a good price today......"
On the way, I caught up with people from the same village, most of whom were not sold, and I was very depressed. Seeing their smiling faces, there is no prince camp who is not envious