Chapter 10 ("138 Reading Books")

Liu Peng and his grandfather were walking along the street, at this time, they happened to pass by the farmers' market, Liu Peng couldn't help but stop his grandfather, "Grandpa, let's go into the market and have a look!" Now there are peaches on the market, let's see how the market goes! ”

Grandpa smiled: "I can't see that our Xiaopeng is quite good at doing business, I know how to understand the market, okay!" Grandpa will accompany you in to have a look. ”

Looking in from the entrance of the market, there are people coming and going, so lively, Liu Peng was about to walk inside, suddenly glimpsed a little girl squatting at the entrance of the market, the girl was about ten years old, the little girl was wearing a white background and blue dots of the cloth skirt, the skirt was over the knee, and she was wearing a pair of green "color" plastic sandals on her feet, the little girl's body was very thin, it was the age of pulling a child, her black hair was braided into two tight braids on her shoulders, his appearance was very ordinary, there was no figure like a willow, but the whole body was "exposed" Out of a kind of field atmosphere, like wheat in the field, clear, simple, innocent, full of vigorous vitality. The innocence revealed in the eyes is envied and yearned for by every upright adult, and this gaze is conveying the closeness of the heart to the world around it, revealing its own heart. Liu Peng sighed in his heart, "What an innocent little girl." ”

In front of the little girl, there is a small back, two chickens in the back, one red, one flower, the red one reveals a fiery red "color" all over the body, it is so bright, and the flower is only red and black, the tail feather is high, and it shines dark green under the sun. Looking at the owner in front of him, there were intimate cries from time to time.

Liu Peng stopped, and moved his eyes to the master with this affectionate cry, and it happened that the little girl also raised her head and looked at each other. I found that the big brother in front of me was looking at me. The little girl made a timid voice, "Big brother, do you want to buy chickens?" ”

Liu Peng looked at the little girl in surprise and said, "This chicken wants to be sold?" What a beautiful chicken! ”

"Yes! This chicken is raised by myself, the red one I call it Xiaohong, the flower one I call it Xiaohua, they are obedient, every time I come back from school, they see me, they will run and fly over. As soon as she talked about her chickens, the little girl happily talked about her past. Apparently she has a deep relationship with these two chickens

"However, now I have to sell them, because I am about to start school, and I will be in the fourth grade next semester, and I want to make up the money from the sale for tuition, and it would be beautiful to use the money from the sale to pay for tuition, so that I can also save my parents' expenses." The little girl said with a look of regret and pride

After listening to the little girl's words, Liu Peng really wanted to buy these two chickens, but he had no money on him, so Liu Peng looked at his grandfather for help.

Suddenly, a pair of hands stretched out from behind Liu Peng, and quickly lifted the wings of the two chickens, weighing the weight in his hands, "How much do these two chickens sell?" ”

This is a middle-aged "woman" woman, not tall, but surprisingly fat, with a round body and round arms, one by one, revealing a rich body.

The little girl looked at the fluttering chickens in front of her distressedly, and said timidly: "Six yuan for one catty, these two chickens have fourteen catties, and a total of eighty-four yuan." ”

"Cheap!" Liu Peng muttered in his heart

The middle-aged "woman" woman was familiar with the price, "Sixty yuan!" ”

The little girl glanced at the middle-aged "woman" in confusion, lowered her head and bit her lip and insisted: "Eighty-four! ”

The middle-aged "woman" woman was not satisfied, "Yo! Looking at your young age, why do you make so much money? Do you say that fourteen catties of this chicken is fourteen catties? I think it's only thirteen pounds at most! You don't understand it, and these two chickens look very beautiful and fresh, but they are light and fluttering, do you get up in the morning and pour food? Is there any pebbling in the food? Take this home and slaughter it, how much meat is left after the "hair" is pulled out? ”

The little girl said confidently: "I don't have a stone, and I have weighed it at home, how can I only have thirteen catties?" ”

"None? Who saw it? You say no, no, no? The middle-aged "woman" said forcefully, and after speaking, she took out a spring from her back and weighed it out, and looked around from time to time, as if she was afraid that others would rob her of her business.

Liu Peng couldn't stand it, and couldn't help but "interject" and said, "Auntie, '138 Reading Book Network'!" I think it's cheap! ”

"Where's the boy, don't talk nonsense! How can eighty-four be cheap, don't you know, my money is not easy to come by, and now I am not in good health, so I ask for leave to rest at home, but the factory still doesn't ask for it, and I don't want to take sick leave, and the company only gives half of the salary, do you think it's easy for me? ”

At this time, I saw the middle-aged "woman" woman quickly take out a rope, tie the wings of the chicken, hook it with a spring scale and weigh it, and the middle-aged "woman" woman said: "Little girl, look! This is called the thirteen catties of the above, I said that this chicken is only thirteen catties! ”

"Is that so?" The little girl looked at the spring in front of her suspiciously.

"Auntie, how can you be like this, you are not kind like this!" Liu Peng said angrily

"Where's the boy, go farther!" The middle-aged woman scolded

Liu Peng wanted to continue, but at this time, the little girl's crisp voice came, "Big brother, don't say it, this aunt is sick, she must go back to make up for her body when she buys these two chickens, sixty is sixty!" ”

"It's still a little girl who is reasonable, unlike this kid, who doesn't know how to respect the elders at all." The middle-aged "woman" woman was beaten up

The little girl took the money handed over by the middle-aged "woman", reluctantly glanced at the two beautiful chickens, and finally turned away with tears in her eyes.

Looking at the little girl who was far away, Liu Peng's heart couldn't calm down for a long time, and he sighed in his heart: "What a good girl, kind-hearted and innocent." ”

The middle-aged "woman" next to her muttered in a low voice: "In these years, such a young girl knows how to make money, the rural policy is good, she sold dozens of yuan in a while, and she has to work for two days to earn this money, hehe, but this hillbilly is also quite stupid, I bought a bargain today, and it is so fresh." ”

The middle-aged "woman" went home with two chickens, and Liu Peng looked at him in the distance, his eyes full of disgust.

"Let's go! The people in the city are like this now, they look down on us countrymen, but didn't they also come out of the countryside before? Why did you forget your roots? Grandpa said helplessly

Liu Peng followed his grandfather and continued to walk towards the market, the market was full of noisy sounds, Liu Peng seemed to stay out of the matter, ignoring the noisy sound, he thought about the simple little girl just now, thinking about the ugly face of the chubby middle-aged "woman", Liu Peng's heart was full of anger and helplessness.

When he walked to the vegetable market, Liu Peng was once again enraged by the picture in front of him.

I saw an old man carrying a basket of vegetables and selling them along the market, and the vegetables looked fresh and green. The old man was probably in his sixties, with a straw hat on his head, a sweatshirt soaked with sweat, and a pair of straw sandals on his feet. At this time, a market administrator came out from a distance, and the administrator came to the old man's side with a tense face, and scolded: "Old man, you want to sell it, you can't sell it here, you sell it, what do people do business to sell, go out, get out!" The caretaker pushed the old man outside. The old man kept saying, "I'll sell it for a while, just sell it for a while!" ”

The management saw that the old man was unwilling to leave, and angrily threw out the basket that the old man had picked, and the basket flew far away, and the vegetables scattered from the air, scattered on the ground, and many of the vegetable leaves were broken. The administrator kept scolding; "Old man, tell you to go, if you don't go, now you know it's amazing! Hum! After saying that, he turned around and strode away

The old man looked at the vegetables sprinkled on the ground in a daze, and said with tears in his eyes: "If you waste vegetables like this, you will be retributed, you will be retributed." The old man bent his son, picking up the vegetables on the ground one by one, and his movements were gentle, just like a young man caressing his lover. Looking at the old man's rickety figure, Liu Peng's eyes shed unwilling tears, Liu Peng quickly rushed forward, helped the old man pick up the vegetables on the ground, and kept comforting the old man.

Liu Peng helped the old man finish picking up the vegetables on the ground, and quickly rushed towards the administrator who was far away, Liu Peng grabbed the administrator who was walking forward from behind, Liu Peng asked loudly: "How can you treat the old man like this, do you have an old man in your own family?" How can you treat the fruits of his labor like this, and spoil those dishes? Did you know that there would be a damnation for doing so! Go, go back with me, and apologize to the old man. ”

Looking at the angry young man with his face full of anger, the administrator looked at Liu Peng not to be outdone, and said disdainfully: "Who am I?" It turned out that he was also a hillbilly and respected the fruits of his labor? I respect the fruits of his labor, so who will respect the fruits of my labor, and who will respect the fruits of the labor of the people who operate in this market? You want me to apologize to that old man, no way! ”

"Good! Good! Liu Peng said angrily

"What's the matter, is it possible that you still want to hit someone? Come on! Have you tried it? The administrator couldn't help but put his face up

Liu Peng was so angry that he couldn't speak, pointed to his face and said, "You are strong!" You're going to beg for a beating, right? I really dare to beat you up today. After speaking, Liu Peng punched him in the face, and Liu Peng, who had punched him, hurriedly ran away.

And the administrator didn't react yet, he didn't expect this hillbilly to really punch him, when he reflected, he saw Liu Peng running away from afar, he had to stand in place and scold: "Okay, you hillbilly, don't let me see you next time, it's really a group of people with no quality, no wonder you can only be poor." ”

Liu Peng came to his grandfather's side and said to his grandfather: "Grandpa, let's go, I'm not in the mood to go shopping now, let's go home!" Back to the village! ”

Grandpa looked at Liu Peng, who was full of loss, and said, "Okay! Xiaopeng, don't think about it too much, just get used to it, grandpa has long been used to their white eyes. ”

The figures of an old man and a young man gradually disappeared in this place of profit