Chapter 23: Someone peeks at my sister
The rooster in the morning light has not yet crowed, and Ye Chunni has already gotten up and washed.
Liang Liying only woke up less than half an hour earlier than her, and as soon as the sweet potatoes in the pot were steamed, she saw her daughter walk into the small kitchen.
"Chunni, why don't you sleep a little longer?"
Liang Liying looked at the faint dark circles under her daughter's eyes, and was very heartbroken: "You have been getting up early these days, go back to the house and sleep for a while." ”
In the past, Chunni was reluctant to get up from bed several times in the morning, and every time she was woken up by Mrs. Ye with a stick.
Liang Liying knew that her daughter had a problem with sleeping lazy, and now she can sleep for a long time, but she took the initiative to get up early.
"No, you don't."
Ye Chunni stretched her arms, "I'm going to enter the city early today and set up a stall on the way to work." ”
When she came back from the county yesterday, she had already inquired about it, and now the best benefit of the factory in Gaoliang County is the brick machine factory, and every month the factory workers receive more than 40 yuan in their hands.
When the salary is high, it is natural that they are more willing to buy food than ordinary people.
She plans to sell bamboo shoots on the way to the brick machine factory by bike.
Aunt Rong's food stall will not be bamboo shoots for a while, and Sun Guoqiang from the city government guest house has not returned from a business trip, and the spring bamboo shoots dug up can only be sold on the street.
Liang Liying looked at her daughter's bright eyes, and said that she wanted to go into the county to sell bamboo shoots to make money, and she was really willing to work hard.
"Okay, Mom peeled the sweet potatoes for you and let them cool to eat."
Ye Chunni watched her mother take out two sweet potatoes from the pot and opened her mouth silently.
In the past, she lived in a big city, and when she ate sweet potatoes, it was fresh for the first day or two, and she felt that it was good to eat multigrains.
But after eating it for a few days, she was not happy in her heart.
The only meat she ate in this era was in the county town, and she insisted on eating meat wontons with her mother.
However, the family is not without money, and the twenty yuan she earned from selling earthworms and spring bamboo shoots in the past few days was also given to Liang Liying.
It's just that my mother is used to being thrifty, even if she has a little money in her pocket, she is reluctant to spend it indiscriminately, except for every lunch and dinner, and there is no other oily residue mixed with fried vegetables.
Fortunately, she suffered a lot when she was a child, and she was still able to persist in this situation, if she was dressed in a delicate Bai Fumei, I am afraid that she would be driven crazy as soon as she opened her eyes in the Ye family.
Ye Chunni was eating sweet potatoes and thinking in her heart, this would not work, she still had to save some money to buy meat.
Otherwise, my mother saves money every day, and she is reluctant to spend it, and in the end, I don't know who will be cheaper.
After all, those people in the Ye family are still eyeing their mother and daughter.
After Ye Chunni finished breakfast and rode on her bicycle for a short half of the way, Zhulin woke up.
"Aunt Li."
Zhu Lin rubbed his eyes and looked into the room where the door was opened, and found no one on the bed: "Where's my sister?" ”
"She went into the county to sell bamboo shoots."
Liang Liying beckoned him, "Zhulin, you come over and eat sweet potatoes, and then drink the medicine." After eating, you and I will go catch earthworms. ”
"Why didn't my sister take me into the county?"
Zhu Lin was not very happy when he heard it, "I want to be with my sister." ”
Liang Liying promised to let Zhulin live temporarily, but seeing that he had to stick to Ye Chunni's side all day long, she couldn't help but be alert again.
"Bamboo forest, men and women can't get too close, don't stick to Chunni all day long, outsiders will gossip, you know?"
Zhulin blinked and said very reasonably: "I'm protecting my sister." ”
"Whew! Where does Chunni need your protection? She's pretty much protective of you. ”
"No, Aunt Li."
Zhu Lin pointed to the last window of the old house that looked black and barricaded with a few logs, "Someone stood there last night to peek at my sister, and she stood for a long time!" ”
Liang Liying's heart pounded, and then jumped wildly.
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Make money and leave the countryside early to have a better life!
With this belief, Ye Chunni hurried away, and when she arrived at the county seat, the sky was already slightly bright.
The rubber factory and the brick machine factory in the county are both large factories, and they happen to be on the road at the crossing, Ye Chunni has already made up her mind, and she doesn't want to think about it, and the bicycle head swings in the direction of the brick machine factory.
When I walked to the brick machine factory, it was dawn.
The workers in the factory were riding bicycles, and Ye Chunni saw a few people on the side of the road who were also holding things in their hands, and it seemed that they were peers...... Some people carry chickens, some people carry baskets full of eggs, and some have sweet potatoes.
In 1986, food stamps were basically withdrawn from the big stage, but there were still few channels for workers to buy something to eat.
Where there is demand, there is a market, and some people with active brains, such as those who come to the morning market to set up stalls like her, can sniff out business opportunities and sell what the workers need.
This phenomenon is called the black market in this era.
Ye Chunni looked around and said secretly It's good, no one sells bamboo shoots here, it seems that there are no competitors today.
As soon as she found a place, an aunt carrying a basket of vegetables surrounded her: "Selling spring bamboo shoots? ”
Ye Chunni gently put the basket forward, "Yes, they are all spring bamboo shoots that were freshly dug yesterday, but they are tender." Auntie, if you buy more, I'll give you a cheaper, five cents a pound. ”
The aunt picked and chose in her basket for a while, saying that it was too expensive, and the spring bamboo shoots in the farmers' market were only four cents a pound.
Seeing that although the aunt is picky, she can't stand and leave, obviously she is moved, and Ye Chunni knows it in her heart.
"Auntie, you see that I have carried a basket into the city early in the morning from several kilometers away, just to earn a hard fee."
She didn't hide that she didn't make money, but generously said that all she earned was hard money, politely sweet, and no one in the rich staff really cared about that dime with you.
As for the bikes?
She had already found a hidden corner and put it away, riding the phoenix card and saying hard work, the ghost will believe you.
"If you buy less than three catties, count five cents for you, more than three catties will be considered four and a half cents, if more than five catties is four cents!"
Her ladder promotional price made the aunt a little confused.
Where does anyone understand this kind of ladder promotional price in this era?
But it's a bastard to be cheap, I just wanted to buy a spring bamboo shoot, my aunt paid for three, three catties were less than four catties, Ye Chunni picked a small spring bamboo shoot and put it inside, counting her five catties of money.
Ye Chunni accepted two pieces.
A few sellers around are also looking at Ye Chunni, this girl is so smart, I didn't expect to speak and do things very well!
"Big sister," an uncle next to her couldn't help but ask her, "How do you know how to sell things like this?" ”
It is really unheard of for customers to sell more and charge less.
Ye Chunni asked rhetorically: "Do you still need to learn this?" ”
A few onlookers cried with sad faces, this doesn't need to be learned, then they must have lived to dogs at a great age.
After a while, the aunt who bought spring bamboo shoots before led a few people to rush over: "It's her, people haven't run away yet!" ”
There was a person next to him who opened the morning market first, and said gloatingly: "I'm not afraid that it's a fake bamboo shoot for sale, I'm looking for bad luck at this time!" ”