Xu Rujiao is in the second year of junior high school this year, the school is in Hongshi Township, which is eight miles away from Shuiquan Village, her feet are not fast, it is almost ten o'clock when she arrives, I want to go to the supply and marketing cooperatives to explore the price, and when I was about to lift the curtain at the door, I was caught off guard by a person who rushed out of the house, and the newspaper bag fell to the ground and fell a little scattered.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, the curtain is too thick, I haven't seen anyone." The man apologized and leaned over to help her pick up something on the floor.

"It's okay", Xu Rujiao patted her chest, the other party was a middle-aged man, and it hurt a little to hit her.

"I'm really sorry" The man was very sorry, picked up the newspaper bag and was about to hand it back, but when he saw the Spring Festival couplets exposed inside, he sighed, "This Spring Festival couplets are good, better than those in the supply and marketing cooperative, where did you buy it, little girl?" ”

Xu Rujiao suddenly couldn't care about the pain when she heard this, and immediately said, "Big brother, do you want to buy Spring Festival couplets?" ”

"Yes", the middle-aged man nodded, "The old man in the family is particular, the Spring Festival couplets should be written well, and the paper of the supply and marketing cooperatives is not red enough." ”

The business came to the door, Xu Rujiao said heartily, she quickly pulled the man out, found a remote corner, opened the newspaper bag, and said in a low voice: "Look at my Spring Festival couplets, can you get along?" ”

The man immediately understood what she meant, shook off the Spring Festival couplets and took a closer look, although it was just ordinary red paper and black letters, but it was written very powerfully, he thought that this was what the old man said about the strength of the pen?

"How did you sell it?" The man was quite satisfied, and also lowered his voice and asked.

Xu Rujiao met the buyer before she had time to inquire about the price, so she had to contact the price of the Spring Festival couplets in later generations, and then convert them into today's prices, and said: "The gate is 4 cents for a pair, and the small door is 1 cent for 5 cents." ”

The man snorted: "How can you sell it more expensive than the supply and marketing cooperative, and the door of the house is only three cents." ”

"Didn't you say it too, what I wrote is better than the supply and marketing cooperative, so it is naturally more expensive."

The man smashed his mouth: "Okay, then bring me a pair of big doors, three pairs of small doors, how much is it?" ”

Xu Rujiao quickly mentally calculated: "A total of eight cents and five", seeing that the man took out the money to count, and said: "Big brother no longer takes two blessing words?" The word Fu is cheap, only a dime. ”

The man looked at it when he heard this, and the words were written backwards beautifully, but they were a little small: "Is there a big one?" ”

Xu Rujiao shook her head, she cut all the big ones, about 25 centimeters square, and there was no bigger one: "Isn't it just right in this small sticker house, you see one is sticking upside down, and the other is pasting upside down, your home is the most blessed." ”

The man sneered: "The little girl is quite good at talking, okay, get me two blessing words, count me a total of one dollar, okay?" ”

Xu Rujiao nodded happily, and quickly wrapped the couplet that the man wanted, and the other party paid a dollar and left satisfied.

Xu Rujiao didn't go anywhere else, so she stood on the side of the road not far from the supply and marketing cooperative, looked for a place with a foot in the sun to guard, and saw that there were people coming out of the supply and marketing cooperative, so she stepped forward to ask if she wanted a couplet.

In this morning's work, two pairs of doors were sold, four pairs of small doors were sold, and only two of the blessing characters remained.

Some families have already bought couplets, and they are willing to buy another Fu sticker from her.

After waiting for another two hours, there were few people at noon, Xu Rujiao found a clean place to sit down, peeled off the sugar she brought from home and put it in her mouth to relieve her hunger.

has already sold more than two yuan, Xu Rujiao thought about whether to go back, but she asked Xu Guangshi to write the couplet according to the "needs of her classmates", and it was not sold out, so it was difficult to explain it when she went back.

Just thinking about it, a person ran over from afar, and she recognized it when she got closer, it was the eldest brother who bought the couplet for the first time.

The man ran a little panting, and when he saw Xu Rujiao, he said eagerly: "You haven't left yet, it's great!" ”

Xu Rujiao said a little vigilantly: "What's the problem with the couplet?" ”

"No, no", the man shook his hand again and again, "The couplet is very good, my old man likes it very much, let me buy it for my two brothers again." ”

Xu Rujiao breathed a sigh of relief and happily gave him all the rest of the couplets.

"That's not enough", the man paid and asked, "Are you still here tomorrow?" There are still four pairs of small door pairs, and the word Fu is not enough. ”

"Come!" Xu Rujiao immediately said, "I'll be waiting for you here tomorrow morning." ”

"That's okay," the man nodded, and said, "If you have a big blessing character, Ming'er will also bring it, and I will stick it on the door." ”

"Okay, no problem." Xu Rujiao happily agreed, how could there be a reason to refuse the business sent to the door.

patted the three yuan, four cents and five cents in her pocket, Xu Rujiao was in a good mood and turned around and entered the supply and marketing cooperative.

This is the largest supply and marketing cooperatives in the whole Hongshi Township, selling a variety of things, fruits, food, seeds, fertilizers, basins, soap and matches...... Xu Rujiao remembered that she loved to come to the supply and marketing cooperatives when she was a child, even if she couldn't afford it, it was good to look at it, but now when she looks at it, she feels that the things sold in the supply and marketing cooperatives are few and simple, and some are still quota systems, and you can't buy them without tickets.

I first asked the price of a circle of couplets, and the eight or nine that she sold today are not far from ten, except for the three cents cheaper at the door, but as the man said, the couplets of the supply and marketing cooperatives are not good-looking, and the words are stingy, far less good than her father's writing, Xu Rujiao suddenly became more confident in her business of selling couplets.

Glancing at the cooked food in the corner of the counter, I hesitated for a moment and still didn't buy it, it was not easy to explain when I took it back, if my parents knew that she took out the couplet to sell, she would definitely not write it, so she only spent four cents to buy five large pieces of red paper, and when she went back, she said that it was made up by her classmates.