Meng Chuntao ate a bowl of wontons as usual, and went to the supply and marketing cooperatives to buy five catties of melon seeds and a pair of big scissors.

The scissors are steel-edged, which is cheaper than a kitchen knife with the same steel blade, and it only costs 3 yuan.

When she goes out, she buys scissors just to protect herself, and Meng Chuntao doesn't want to really use it.

Walking out of the supply and marketing cooperative, Meng Chuntao went to the county department store again.

She put the cart at the door, and went in directly with the things she bought at the supply and marketing cooperative.

Department stores are much larger than supply and marketing cooperatives, and the key is that you can buy bicycles here!

Meng Chuntao carefully calculated that selling fish is not profitable.

I sold 51 catties of fish today, and the profit I got was almost 11 yuan, 2 cents and 1 cent.

After 4 catties of melon seeds were packaged, they were sold for 3 yuan and 9 cents, and the profit in hand could be 2 yuan and 5 cents.

Although the profit is not large, no matter how small the fly is, it is meat.

Meng Chuntao is not afraid of less money, as long as he can persevere, he can always accumulate a lot.

Thinking about it from another angle, the wages of workers at this time were almost twenty or thirty yuan a month, and she could earn twelve or thirteen yuan a day, which was already very remarkable.

Meng Chuntao walked to the counter selling bicycles, and behind the counter was a platform slightly higher than the ground, on which three bicycles were placed.

All are more popular bicycle brands: Phoenix, Flying Pigeon, Permanent.

When Meng Chuntao saw the price, her face suddenly collapsed.

The cheapest bike costs more than 150 yuan, and this is still with a ticket.

Bicycles are a rarity, and if you don't have a ticket, the price will be at least 200 or more.

And the money she can use now is more than 20 yuan to die!

Not even a fraction is enough!

If she can maintain her current income, she will have to hold on for at least half a month before she can lift a bicycle.

In other words, she had to continue to walk the cart for more than half a month.

Even if she saved enough money and bought a bicycle, she would have to become a poor egg again.

Meng Chuntao was only depressed for a while, and went to the pork stall to weigh a pound of meat, and her depressed mood was calmed down.

Meng Chuntao believes that money is earned and saved, but it cannot be excessively saved.

In special times, in order to save money to buy a car, everything is simple, but you can't treat your stomach and body badly!

Especially now that she has to walk so much on a pair of feet every day, and her stomach doesn't have much oil and water, she can't make up for it.

After all, the leader said: the body is the capital of the revolution!

Running for half a month more is running for half a month more, she has the right to exercise!

When he returned home, Meng Guoqiang had already cooked the meal, and when he saw her buying meat and came back, he said distressedly: "Why spend this money, how good it is to save." ”

Meng Chuntao laughed, washed the meat and cut it into pieces, and made a meal of braised pork.

It was steaming and fragrant, so I ate it with the dish, and Meng Chuntao directly dried two large bowls of rice.

After the meal, Meng Chuntao continued to fry melon seeds.

After frying the melon seeds, Meng Chuntao told Meng Guoqiang to wake up early tomorrow, and she would go to the river to catch fish together.

After saying this, Meng Chuntao was willing to wash and sleep.

Before dawn the next morning, Meng Chuntao heard Meng Guoqiang knocking on the door calling her to get up.

She answered, hurriedly dressed neatly, and after washing quickly, she followed Meng Guoqiang out with a basket and scissors.

When he arrived at the river, Meng Guoqiang began to slowly go into the water to catch fish, still using two tools: a dustpan and a bucket.

Meng Chuntao was picking reed leaves on the shore.

The Dragon Boat Festival is about to begin, and the reed leaves can wrap zongzi, although they can only sell a wave before the festival, but Meng Chuntao is not willing to give up this business opportunity.

In later generations, there were companies that sold pre-holiday food.

For example, the moon cakes of the Mid-Autumn Festival, people can make money for almost a year by making them a few days before the festival.

Meng Chuntao didn't ask for anything else, she hoped that she could make a fortune before the festival, so that she could ride the 28 bars as soon as possible.

Thinking of this, Meng Chuntao's energy was even stronger.

The green reed leaves are still dewy and look very fresh.

Meng Chuntao picked up a basket of reed leaves before he stopped.

With Meng Chuntao as the center, the reeds within half a meter nearby, in addition to the relatively small reed leaves and reed flowers, the slightly larger leaves are all bald by Meng Chuntao.

As for wormwood, Meng Chuntao knew that on the way into the county seat, there was a small hillside where a lot of wormwood grew.

This is also thanks to Meng Chuntao's stop-and-go yesterday and what she found out when she was resting on the road.

The wormwood field is a bit far from the usual road, and it is difficult to spot without looking closely.

Not long after, Meng Guoqiang finished catching the fish, and the two went home for breakfast together.

Meng Chuntao's breakfast was baked with two flatbreads, which was convenient to eat and hungry.

This is Meng Chuntao's special request, otherwise after walking so many miles every day, the food in the stomach will be consumed before it takes long to walk.

Meng Guoqiang also understood, and deliberately grabbed the freshly made cakes when the fish came back.

As usual, Meng Chuntao also let Meng Guoqiang eat as many cakes as her, otherwise Meng Chuntao would not have eaten them.

couldn't resist Meng Chuntao's insistence, Meng Guoqiang had to eat the two cakes happily and heartwarmingly.

Today, Meng Chuntao got up early and went out early.

After two days of walking, her feet still hurt, but her body has gradually begun to get used to this state.

In terms of speed, it is also a little faster than yesterday, and the interval between breaks has become a little longer.

Walking to the small hillside where wormwood grows, Meng Chuntao approached with a pair of scissors and clicked and cut at the wormwood pole.

It was only a few minutes, and the wormwood cut by Meng Chuntao was about to be as thick as her waist when she picked it up.

Putting wormwood in the car, Meng Chuntao continued to push the cart towards the county seat.

Meng Chuntao got up early and went out early, and she didn't delay long on the road, and she arrived at the county seat at nine o'clock.

is still setting up a stall in the old position, Meng Chuntao put things in place, so that he has time to watch the surrounding situation.

The number of people setting up stalls today is obviously more than the previous two days, and the categories are richer, but Meng Chuntao is the most sold among them.

"How do you sell this wormwood and reed leaves?"

As soon as Meng Chuntao sat on the pony, someone came to ask for the price.

"Two cents of wormwood, ten pieces of reed leaves, how much do you want, I will give you?"

"Six wormwoods, thirty reed leaves."

Meng Chuntao hurriedly lowered his head and counted six wormwoods, and handed over thirty reed leaves.

When the business came, I wanted to buy fish and melon seeds, as well as wormwood and reed leaves. Rao is Meng Chuntao did things quickly, and couldn't help but sweat in a hurry.

Wormwood and reed leaves are the most troublesome, and Meng Chun peaches are freshly picked in the morning, and they all have to be counted one by one.

It's okay to give more quantity, but if it's less, it will inevitably be said.

She wished that she could be like an octopus and have a little longer to cope with the current situation.

"Take your time, don't worry, whatever you want, I'll get it for you."

One person walked to Meng Chuntao's side and kept comforting the buyer.

Meng Chuntao turned her head and found that it was Xia Yumei, who was holding a fish needed by a customer on the scale.

Meng Chuntao pursed her lips and said nothing.

With Xia Yumei's help, Meng Chuntao's burden was somewhat lighter, but he was still busy.

The two sold for more than an hour before ending the chaotic situation.

By this time, the wormwood and reed leaves had run out, and only some fish and melon seeds remained.

Meng Chuntao and Xia Yumei breathed a sigh of relief.