Chapter 38: The Old Woman Buys Sandworms
Chase away a buyer who throws a tantrum.
Skye hid straight behind.
I don't want to come out and add to the burden of this stall.
Qin Haotian stood generously beside Whale Xiaoxiao, and his tall and handsome figure attracted the attention of countless women.
But it still didn't attract many customers.
Sky poked Qin Haotian in wonder: "Haotian, aren't you afraid that fans will come up?" Bad for our business. ”
Qin Haotian hooked his lips and smiled: "Don't be afraid, I don't have so many fans." ”
Skye:......
Then he consciously retreated to the back.
The second guest who came was an old woman who looked to be in her eighties.
I saw the old woman squatting tremblingly on crutches.
Seeing that the sandworms in the plastic basin were in good condition, she grinned and said, "How can the sandworms be sold?" ”
Whale Xiaoying smiled: "Old woman, our sandworm is two hundred yuan a catty." ”
"Two hundred?" The old woman's eyes tightened, and then she picked and chose in the plastic basin.
Skye kindly handed her a small bench.
The old woman sat down and grinned.
The mouth full of teeth has been lost, revealing bare teeth, and thanks: "What a good boy." ”
Hearing this, Qin Haotian smiled politely: "You're polite, old woman, you pick slowly." ”
The old lady picked very simply, but the movements of her hands were a little slower.
But the ones she picked were all dead.
The whale was still wondering.
How could anyone pick such a pick?
Just when she was wondering, the sea lady boss pulled the whale Xiaoxiao, leaned over and said, "This old man specially picks all of them to die, you will pick a few more live ones for her later, and give her a cheaper price." ”
This is a common routine used by the elderly, in order to pick fresh and cheap seafood in the vegetable market.
In her early years, she was also a ama working at sea.
How is it not clear whether the seafood has just been caught or has been dead for days?
But every time I come, I still carefully pick all of them.
The old woman looked at the dead sandworm over and over again.
Very few of the sandworms seen at this stall died.
Pinching the dead sandworm, his face was clouded.
And the whale Xiaoxiao saw the clue on her face and comforted: "Old woman." We sandworms are fresh! ”
"If you want, you can give it cheaper."
The old woman looked disgusted, made a pretense, and threw the sandworm back into the plastic basin.
"I don't know how long this one has been dead, it stinks like this."
"Not long after she died, old woman."
The whale replied earnestly.
The old man frowned, cast a suspicious look, and asked, "How do you know that this sandworm has just died?" ”
The whale replied earnestly and obediently: "Really, old woman, this sandworm was scared to death by me. ”
At this time, the hermit crab said disdainfully: "Don't tell her, the IQ of human beings is so low. ”
And after the audience in the live broadcast room heard the words of the whale, they smacked their tongues and spoke:
"How could it be that she was scared to death? What is the whale talking nonsense? ”
"Is she not in a good mind?"
"Under normal circumstances, the sandworms caught dead by the sea are trampled to death."
"I think it's the most accurate statement upstairs."
……
The old woman couldn't understand the whale's little thoughts, and cast a questioning gaze in this life.
I have lived for eighty-five years.
At the age of three, he went to sea with his grandmother, and by the age of seven, he could help his family catch sandworms.
The first time you hear a sandworm will scare you to death?
Looking at her well-behaved and lovely face, the old woman sighed: "People are very good-looking, but their brains are not very good." ”
When the three people in the back heard this, they all agreed.
Seeing that the whale couldn't handle people, the sea lady boss came over, squatted down and said, "Old man, do you want to buy sandworms, these are all sold immediately after we catch the sea, don't worry about whether they are new." ”
"We can give you a discount, do you think that's okay?"
The old man touched his chin and replied, "And those dead ones are also for me." ”
Qin Haotian leaned over and said, "Okay, I'll give it to you, old man." ”
The old man gave up, picked out a whole bag, and walked away tremblingly.
I saw that after she walked away, her body slowly straightened up.
There is no such thing as a hunched over body just now.
The crutches in your hand are directly held in your hands as a stick.
Whale Xiaoxiao was completely stunned, stared at the direction where the old man walked away, and complained: "How does this old man look like a fraud." ”
Qin Haotian touched his chin and guessed: "Mother-in-law Hai Nu must have a hard time selling it to her." ”
Hearing this, a trace of tears flashed in the eyes of the sea lady boss, and he nodded: "Yes, this old woman's former husband died at sea, and she worked hard to raise three children, but I didn't expect that none of them were willing to give her a pension." ”
"The old lady usually has a hard time, and everyone in the vegetable market knows it, so they give her a preferential price."
"She won't offer prices all over the sky, she can only say that we will make a little less, if you think the money is less, you can come to your mother-in-law's stall to get it when the time comes."
Listening to the old past, the whale felt the sadness and sorrow of the human world for the first time.
It's such a common thing.
That old woman must have had a hard time living alone, right?
Before she knew it, there was a hint of tears in the corners of her eyes.
Qin Haotian hooked his lips and smiled, refusing: "No need." ”
The next time came a few guests intermittently.
There is a little left in the end.
At this time, the stall owners of the vegetable market also began to close their stalls.
The whale glanced at the ama boss.
The sandworms in her stall were about the same amount as she had left.
At this time, Aunt Wang in the live broadcast room flashed.
Aunt Wang asked Whale Xiaoxiao to sell her along with the sandworm of the ama boss.
Whale Tiny they agreed.
Subsequently, Qin Haotian and Sky were responsible for delivering sandworms to Aunt Wang's fried noodle shop.
And the whale Xiaoxiao followed the ama boss to close the stall and go home.
The intense orange sunset is hanging on the sea, and the sea breeze carries salty and wet water.
The ama boss walks ahead with a plastic basin.
The whale is small and walks on the clean sand in the back.
Like a very bouncing erha, he threw himself on the sand and rolled all over the ground.
By this time, the rain boots under her feet had been replaced.
The miniature camera is also turned off,
A false shot, a step on the air.
I saw that on the flat sand surface, it seemed to be nothing, but in fact there was a small puddle below.
The foot is stuck inside.
The cold waters brought her back to her senses.
The whale was suddenly anxious.
What if a fishtail appears later?
The hermit crab scolded: "Second princess, don't play with these puddles, otherwise it will be miserable if humans find out that you are not a human." ”
The boss of the sea lady in front walked and walked, still sighing: "Actually, it's not so easy to do this business, I want to accept you as an apprentice, Xiaoxiao, I see that you work so neatly." ”