Chapter 10: The Firewood Seller?
Leisurely, not in the bustling bustle, but in the inner tranquility.
Although there was a lot of luck in the market, in Li Hu's heart, he was still unfazed, and he was sitting on the cloth at this moment, seriously closing his eyes and recuperating.
Because Li Hu knows that after all the prosperity, there will be loneliness, and after all the hustle and bustle, there is still only quiet.
But in fact, Li Huzhi has never solicited guests like this, and the real reason is because he doesn't know how to speak.
So in desperation, Li Hu chose the most primitive way and waited for the guests to come to the door.
After all, this kind of self-consolation thing, Li Hu is a person who can say a lot of truth casually.
Li Hu has always said to himself that his sandalwood is a good thing, but those guys are too blind......
But no matter how much Li Hu comforts himself, he still can't change it, and his stall is a fact that no one cares about it from beginning to end.
Looking at the crowds of people in the bazaar, and the shouting was stronger than the other, Li Hu's heart couldn't help but become more and more depressed.
Originally, he thought that with the special smell of his sandalwood and the fact that there were no other smells around, he would be able to attract customers very quickly.
But now more than half an hour has passed since Li Hu set up his stall, but no guest has appeared in his stall, and he looks extremely bleak.
Although Li Hu will not be able to hold his heart so quickly, the sun in the sky can't be faked at all, and he is enthusiastically swaying his vitality.
In the face of such a strong sun, Li Hu had no choice but to put the big straw hat on his head, so that his upper body was in a dark place as much as possible.
While Li Hu tried his best to hide himself, he didn't forget to sigh a little, "Hey, it seems that it really responds to the old saying in the book, 'Maxima is often there, but Bole is not often', I can't imagine that I Li Hu has a treasure in my hand today, but I can't meet someone who knows the goods, it's really sad and lamentable......"
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As time went on, the sun began to get higher and higher.
Some villagers in the market have already sold all the mountain goods they brought, so at this moment in the market, some villagers began to pack up their stalls and prepare to go home.
All these things, the villagers come and go, although it is so ordinary, but in Li Hu's eyes, it seems that it has nothing to do with him.
It is precisely because of this that the liveliness in the bazaar is not the liveliness of Li Hu.
Because other places on the street are so full of people, but Li Hu's position at the end of the street is so embarrassing, and no one comes over.
If you compare the two, it is a completely different scene, and it shows that Li Hu's place is deserted, "Isn't it coaxing to say 'the aroma of wine is not afraid of deep alleys'? But think about it carefully, in this year, it seems that everything has to be properly packaged, and then hyped up......"
But Li Hu was still muttering to himself, and when he looked down at such a humble stall, he couldn't help but feel a sense of powerlessness in his heart.
Li Hu watched the villagers finish packing up their things, and quickly patted their butts and left directly, "Hmm...... Should we try to change positions?"
Looking at those gradually vacated positions, in Li Hu's heart, he couldn't help but start to have some thoughts.
But soon, Li Hu directly rejected this idea, "No, a person like me who is selling medicinal herbs can only sell it if he can meet someone who knows the goods! If I just change places, I'm afraid the situation will be similar......
Whether it is for these wild sandalwoods, or for Li Hu and people who know the goods, in this darkness, I have to talk about fate.
Although it sounds like something quite mysterious, and you can't see or touch it, no matter what you say, although Li Hu is not superstitious, he still holds the attitude of "if you believe it, if you don't believe it, you don't have it".
Wait for someone who is destined.
It's just that the idea is quite optimistic, but the reality should be cruel, and it is still so cruel, and it will not give people any hope of luck.
Under such weather, Li Hu just poured a few mouthfuls of cold water into his stomach, and at this moment he began to become a little sleepy.
I have to say that now he really has a bit of the taste of "Jiang Taigong fishing". Not only is it because "the wisher takes the bait", but also because his head, although he wears a big straw hat, is constantly nodding because he is sleepy.
After Li Hu became sleepy, his head fell down all of a sudden, but he soon came to his senses again and raised his head again. So back and forth, it's really similar to the behavior of "fishing", vivid and vivid!
"Huh, when did you come to town?"
In a daze, Li Hu suddenly heard an extremely familiar voice, which made him suddenly become awake from his half-asleep state.
After he saw the person coming clearly, his expression couldn't help but become a little embarrassed, "It turned out to be Uncle Li Zhen...... I had just arrived in town...... Well, just arrived...... Ah by the way, Uncle Li Zhen, shouldn't you still be selling mushrooms at this moment, how can you have time to go to the end of the street to wander around?"
Li Hu clearly remembered that Li Zhen had originally picked a basket full of fungus, but now it was only more than two hours since he arrived in the town, and seeing Li Zhen suddenly become so idle, this couldn't help but make him feel a little confused.
Li Zhen listened to Li Hu's question, he couldn't help but laugh directly, took off the back basket behind him, put it in front of Li Hu, stood and said with a smile: "Look, I originally had a full back basket of fungi, but now all of them are sold out!"
"You'll be surprised, too. At first, I set up a stall for a long time, and even my throat was about to smoke, but there were still not many people who came to patronize me, and I could only sell a pound or two.
But just now, I had already made up my mind to go home after selling out, but suddenly a vendor came to my stall, and without saying a word, I just bought all my mushrooms!
Li Zhen seemed to be talking about some strange conversation, as soon as the conversation box was opened, he had a fight with Pandora's box, and he didn't care that it was the scorching sun at this time, just half-squatting in front of Li Hu's stall and talking eloquently.
Seeing Li Zhen so happy, the boredom in Li Hu's heart couldn't help but subside a lot, "Uncle Li Zhen, it seems that your luck is really good today, you have to buy more delicious food for your aunt tonight, hehe......"
Li Zhen couldn't help but scratch his head a little embarrassed when Li Hu said this, "Hehe...... This is natural, you don't know, since the cow at home is gone, your aunt has complained about me, this time I sold out those fresh mushrooms, but I made more than three hundred-yuan bills, I have to please her today!"
After finishing speaking, the two suddenly laughed in unison, Li Zhen did not have any psychological burden about his fear of his wife, and Li Hu, as a bystander, would not comment on a person.
Not to mention that Li Hu feels from the bottom of his heart that although Li Zhen is afraid of his wife, this is also the most simple feeling, a middle-aged man in a mountain village, the most appropriate expression of his love, maybe because it is plain enough, it can make it easier for people to understand, the timelessness contained in that feeling.
After laughing, Li Zhen seemed to remember something important, and couldn't help but say with questions: "By the way, Xiaohu, look at you like this, are you setting up a stall to sell firewood?"
After Li Hu heard this, he couldn't help crying and laughing in his heart, so he had to patiently explain to Li Zhen: "Uncle Li Zhen, I'm setting up a stall to sell things, but this thing I'm selling, it's not firewood, it's a kind of medicinal herb!"
After Li Zhen heard this, he looked extremely surprised and a little incredulous, "Ah? You said that these pieces of wood are medicinal herbs? I just said, how could you kid cut down a stinky tree as firewood, it turned out to be a medicinal herb, no wonder it smells so stinky...... Uh, weird!"
When Li Hu heard Li Zhen say this, he almost didn't choke on his own saliva, "Ahem...... Uncle Li Zhen, the ancients all said that good medicine is good for disease, even if my medicinal herb tastes a little bigger, but it is still a precious medicinal material!"
Li Zhen didn't seem to care about this, and didn't dwell too much on this question, "Okay, in that case, then you have been setting up a stall for so long, how many medicinal materials have you sold?"
"Huh?" Li Hu didn't seem to expect that Li Zhen would ask such a question, so he couldn't help but be stunned suddenly, and then said with some embarrassment: "I'm ashamed, I've been setting up a stall here for so long, and no one has come up to ask me about the situation......
Li Zhen didn't feel any surprise when he heard this, but took it for granted, only to see him say softly: "It's normal to have no customers, you don't look at the location of your stall, what kind of place it is, if I don't have to look for what I need, I won't come to the end of the street, if it is according to me, you may have to change places to set up a stall." ”
After listening to Li Zhen's words, Li Hu looked thoughtful, "Maybe, I really need to set up a stall in another place......"
Perhaps it was Li Zhen's behavior of squatting on Li Hu's stall for a long time that attracted the attention of some people, and successfully stimulated their curiosity, so that several people began to come to Li Hu's stall.
One of the middle-aged men didn't seem to understand what kind of medicine was sold in Li Hu's gourd, so he couldn't help but ask: "Young man, are you setting up a stall here to sell firewood?"
Li Hu was asked like this, and only then did he realize that his stall had already stood with so many onlookers, "Selling firewood? I'm sorry, I'm selling medicine!"