Chapter 16: Buying cinnabar
Yuan Zhu took Yuan Zhu to walk along the streets, and found that there were all kinds of facilities around, and the needs here could be basically satisfied, such as vegetable markets, kindergartens, pharmacies, hospitals, everything. For them, the most advantageous point is that they can spend a little money to set up a small stall near the vegetable market. She is going to let Zhao's mother set up a stall, sell pancakes and fruits in the morning, and sell strings of incense at noon, although she may be tired, but she will not have too much time to think nonsense, she doesn't think that after today, Zhao's mother will be able to forget about the original owner.
"Sister, I want that, white sugar!" Yuan Zhu took his sister's hand, jumped excitedly, pointed to the tray tied on the twenty-eight big bars in front of him, there was a whole piece of snow-white sugar on it, the master who sold the sugar was using a small hammer and a small iron rod to knock the sugar cubes, and there were five or six seven or eight-year-old children standing around, two of whom had already eaten, and the elongated sugar silk dazzled the children's eyes, including Yuan Zhu.
Yuan Zhen smiled, long-lost sugar!
The two sisters and brothers bought five yuan, which was quite a big piece, because they wanted to give Zhao's mother a taste, so they bought more.
"You're new here?" After buying the candy, Liu Da chewed the candy cube and turned his head to see two unfamiliar faces, he was surprised and asked with bared teeth.
Ask him why he bared his teeth, it's too sticky~
Liu Da met his sister and brother when they bought candy, they lived nearby, the little fat man was very talkative, in his words, there was no one he Liu Da didn't know in the ten streets of Shui'anli.
Yuan Zhu has a good impression of the grinning little fat man, this child is a little talker, and Yuan Zhu still has something to talk about, it's good to have a little friend.
In this way, little Liu Da walked around with his sister and brother.
"Well, we are newly moved here, and we want to rent a yard nearby, if we really don't have a yard, we can have a set of two bedrooms and a living room." Yuan Zhen said truthfully, although the little guy is small, he should be able to understand.
"Renting a house? I have it at home~"
In this way, Yuan Zhen's sister and brother followed Xiao Liu Da to stand in his yard.
Li Damei heard her son's voice, and when she came out, she saw two strange children, "Ah, Dazi, do you have a new partner?" New to the house? ”
It turns out that the personality follows the mother, and they all know at a glance that they are not nearby.
"Hello Auntie~"
"Hello Auntie~"
"Eh, eh, good, good, good, so good, come, come to my aunt's house and eat candy." Mother Liu warmly greeted her into the house, her round face like a silver plate was full of smiles, and she was easy-going like a neighbor who hadn't seen her for a long time.
"Mom, Yuan Zhen said she wanted to rent our yard."
Yuan Zhen: When did I say that?
"Rent a yard? Yes, your name is Yuan Zhen? What's your brother's name? Mother Liu stopped and was surprised for a few seconds.
"Yuan Zhu, nicknamed Piggy." Pigs, it's easy to feed, my mother said.
"Okay, good, piggy, haha......" The two smiled and showed their teeth.
Yuan Zhu: ...... I feel hurt inexplicably.
Yuan Zhen took Yuan Zhu to do what he should do when he was eight years old, and after eating and taking it, he went home.
Early the next morning, the mother and son stood at the gate of Li Damei's compound with little luggage.
Li Damei and his wife have two sons, the eldest Liu Le is already a freshman in high school, and this time because of the intensive training, so he has to live in the school for a month.
The courtyard is clean and tidy, covers an area of one acre, the gate is in the north, southeast and west, are three, the middle is the living room, the left and right are the rooms, the east is lived by the couple and the eldest son Liu Le, Liu Da lives in the south, there is a kitchen and study inside, the Yuan family moved in, just full, two rooms in the west, under the strong request of Yuan Zhen, lived alone.
Yuan Zhu didn't feel that there was any problem with sleeping with his mother at all.
The only paper shop on the third street, Fu Bo sorted out the newly arrived cinnabar and yellow paper, and began to move the expired cinnabar into the wooden box, which was to be thrown into the warehouse, "Master, we are not a pharmacy here, what are you doing with so much cinnabar?" And people's cinnabar doesn't expire, why do we need to change it once a year? The little assistant of the store muttered, but the movements in his hands were skilled and fast, only twenty catties of cinnabar every year, but the value can be compared to the total cost of all other goods in the store, the key is that the sum of the annual sales, not even a catty, although the other goods in the store sell well, but can not be wasted like this, the most terrible thing is that he buys one or two less, can be scolded by his master for a bloody head, he asked, the master is just a calm face, do not say anything.
"Do your own thing." Behind the counter, the old man's voice was flat.
Fu Bo pursed his lips, lowered his eyelids unhappily, and said this sentence again, hum, I don't know what to insist on, it's weird.
He is an orphan who his parents don't want, he wandered here at the age of six, he didn't even have a name, he had a name after being taken in by the master, Fu Bo, the master's name was Fu Quan, the master raised him to grow up, and now he is married and has children, the master is like his father, giving him everything he can give, but he is not allowed to call his father, and asking is 'can't'.
Fifteen years have passed, and there are already two large jars of cinnabar in the backyard, both of which are discarded, and the master does not throw them away, but he does not sell them, but only stores them there.
"Uncle, I want to buy some cinnabar and yellow paper." A childish voice came from the doorway.
Fu Bo turned his head and saw a little yellow-haired girl walking in with a smile.
"How much?" Fu Bo didn't think about it, buying cinnabar, of course it's good, as for the use, he didn't bother to ask.
"Three or two. Three knives of yellow paper. ”
The keyboard crackled, the fingers flew, and the price was quickly given, "One hundred and thirty-five yuan and eight cents." ”
Yuan Zhen: ......
She knew that cinnabar was quite expensive, but it was too outrageous, more than a hundred, and their family could eat it for a month and a half.
"I have some eliminated ones here, and the price can be cut in half, do you want to take a look?" Finding that the master was not at the front door at this time, Fu Bo had an idea, "Let's say okay first, this is all replaced, we are going to deal with it, don't come to us for trouble if you have any problems at that time." ”
Yuan Zhen's eyes fell on the cinnabar in the wooden box, and the color was of course worse than that in the jar, but it was enough for her.
"It's actually handled, then give it all to me, altogether, I'll give you a hundred, how about it?" It looks like there is a difference of more than ten pounds, enough for her to use for a year. The price is thirty less than Fu Bo's quotation, and it is actually a process, so it has to be processed according to the price of the process.
"Deal." Fu Bo didn't hesitate at all. Waste can be exchanged for money, and the capital is kept, of course he is satisfied.
Yuan Zhu added three more knives of yellow paper, as well as a number of brushes and incense candles, and together with them, Fu Bo asked for a whole number, one hundred and fifteen pieces.
Yuan Zhen carried it away satisfied, more than 20 catties, packed in a homemade small schoolbag, and muttered.
As soon as Yuan Zhen disappeared at the intersection, Chen Cheng came out of the backyard, holding some incense candles in his hand, and was just about to walk to the inside of the counter, when his eyes inadvertently swept to the empty box, and he paused, "Where's the cinnabar?" ”
"A little girl just bought them all, and she also bought some ...... It's a hundred and fifteen. "Fu Bo sold so much cinnabar for the first time, and it was replaced, and his happy big teeth were exposed, and this year's cinnabar did not lose at all, although it earned less than a hundred together.
"You didn't say it was exchanged?" The Sichuan character in Chen Cheng's eyebrows deepened by an inch.
"Anyway, she's going to do it."
Hearing this, the old man didn't say anything more, looked at the bustling crowd outside the door, and turned back to the backyard.