Chapter 037: To help or not to help
The outskirts of Dongyuan.
Liu Xing, who was riding a bicycle, walked all the way north.
Soon he found what the porter called the so-called 'black market'.
It's called a black market, but it's more like a place for small gatherings.
In this gathering place, there are those who sell vegetables, some sell meat, some sell hardware and electricity, and there are also those who sell craftsman tools such as carpenters and plasterers, as well as pots and pans, and there are also those who sell daily necessities such as oil, salt, sauce and vinegar.
However, although Liu Xing came to this black market for the first time, he was not shocked, not even surprised, because he was a person who was reborn decades later, and such excitement has long been commonplace, and he has long been surprised by the things sold on the black market.
In Liu Xing's memory, the location of the black market seems to have later become a vegetable market in the suburbs.
It's just that his home is a little far away from this vegetable market, and he rarely comes here.
Seeing the crowd of people on the streets of the black market and the shouting and shouting, he quickly parked his bicycle and walked towards the place where pots and pans were sold.
None of the transactions you see along the way do not require bills, only money.
This made Liu Xing very happy and relieved.
He even sensed the business opportunity here.
I feel even more that this black market is the spark that will collapse the supply and marketing cooperatives in the future.
And he discovered a very strange thing, that is, the prices of the entire black market are very low.
It is definitely not expensive than the supply and marketing cooperatives, and some items are even very cheap.
Take cloth shoes as an example, you can only buy shoe tickets at the supply and marketing cooperatives, and most of them are three yuan a pair.
And on some stalls in the black market, it only costs eight a piece.
That's right, it's a piece of eight.
And there are dozens of types.
But it's a pity.
There are no shoes for small children.
Not a single pair.
And these cloth shoes are all around 40 sizes.
Liu Xing knew the reason why this situation occurred.
It was the vendor who bought the shoes who was afraid that the size would be too miscellaneous to buy, so he chose the popular size when he bought it.
This can't be blamed on them, after all, this black market has not yet been recognized by the relevant leaders of the superiors, and this selling is a one-day business, so many of them have the idea of being a monk for a day and hitting the clock for a day.
And Liu Xing also found a very bad phenomenon.
That is, there are a lot of bad young people in the black market.
On the streets of the black market, it was very arrogant.
No, just in my thoughts, an aunt who sells eggs was chased out of the black market by two burly young men, depending on the situation, I am afraid that she did not pay the land fee, which can also be said to be the protection fee.
After all, this black market is now ownerless.
If you have the ability, you can naturally take this soft rice.
However, Liu Xing knows that it is actually a good thing that there are unscrupulous young people who collect land fees.
At least they can keep the black market safe, or if there is a mess, it will be the vendors who are unlucky in the end.
In the open space ahead, there was the shouting of pots and pans.
Liu Xing came back to his senses, smiled and walked over.
However, it has not yet arrived.
An old woman who passed by him was knocked to the ground and couldn't stand up when she sat on the ground.
Many of the pedestrians passing by around wanted to help the old woman, but after seeing the old woman's appearance, their faces changed.
Liu Xing, who didn't know what was going on, hesitated for a while, and finally helped the old lady up.
After all, in the eighties, there was no such thing as touching porcelain.
If you let it go, then I'm afraid that your conscience will not go.
"Thank you, sir. The old grandmother grabbed Lin Liuxing's hand gratefully, but because of the heavy fall, she still stumbled a little when she stood up.
"Thank you for this, it's just a gesture. Liu Xing helped the old grandmother to sit on the stone beside him, with a smile on his face.
At this moment, the passers-by all ran away like frightened birds, and the four or five vendors around hurriedly rolled up the goods they were selling and slipped away.
"What's going on?" Liu Xing turned his head to look.
When he saw a sturdy middle-aged man with a beard on his face, walking towards him angrily with four or five young people, he couldn't help but chuckle in his heart.
He knew that if nothing else, he would help people out of trouble.
Then the old grandmother beside him comforted him and said, "Don't be afraid, he is my son Xie Zhong, who is the person in charge here." ”
"That's it!" Liu Xing breathed a sigh of relief.
However, the grandmother's son 'Xie Zhong' walked up to him and was very angry: "Stinky boy, did you push my mother there?"
Xie Zhong's voice was very loud, like a tweeter, which made Liu Xing's eardrums buzz, and he covered his ears to explain.
The old grandmother raised the crutches in her hand, and smashed her head at Xie Zhong, and directly smashed Xie Zhong's head with a big bag and didn't stop it, and her backhand was pumped towards her legs: "What are you yelling at, now that you are so arrogant as a petty official, then you are sitting in the position of the township chief, isn't it going to kill someone?"
"Mom, this kid pushed you, why are you still talking for him!" Xie Zhong said aggrievedly while covering his head.
There is no way, the world is big, and his mother is the biggest.
So even if he loses face in public, it is impossible for him to do it against his mother.
"What did he push down me, the person who pushed me down has already run away, this guy is helping me up, it's okay if you don't be grateful, hit a rake, is it itchy skin. The old grandmother glared at Xie Zhong and scolded.
"Huh?" Xie Zhong knew that he had almost made a big mistake, and hurriedly apologized to Liu Xing in embarrassment: "Little brother, I'm really sorry, I really didn't know that you helped my mother up." ”
"It's okay, just pay attention to it later. Liu Xing knew that this Xie Zhong was not an ordinary person, so he didn't bother anymore after smiling.
was about to leave at the first time, but was stopped by the old grandmother: "Son, did you come to this black market to buy something?"
"Well," Liu Xing nodded: "My sister has separated from her mother-in-law's family, I want to buy him some daily necessities, after all, you should know that the uncles of the supply and marketing cooperatives don't sell if they don't have tickets." ”
"That's right. The old grandmother wanted to take Liu Xing for a walk at first, but after taking two steps, a cold sweat appeared on her face, and she had no choice but to say to Xie Zhong who came with her: "Son, go around with this brother, buy everything he wants to buy for him, and it will be regarded as our reward for him." ”
"Hey!" Xie Zhonglian agreed.
"Then I'll go back first. The old grandmother looked at Liu Xing apologetically: "My name is Tang Guizhi, I live around here, if my son bullies you later, you can just shout my name, and I will definitely beat his ass with a lion's head." ”
Xie Shitou is obviously Xie Zhong's nickname, Liu Xing is a smart person, so he can naturally hear it, but soon he chuckled in his heart, because he felt that Xie Shitou's nickname was so familiar.
After thinking about it carefully, the whole person suddenly froze.
If I'm not mistaken.
This Xie Lion's head is the future head of Zhangmu Township!
Although he didn't know how such a rough and fierce person became the head of the township, he knew one thing very well, that is, Xie Shitou had a big backer behind him.
But even so, Xie Zhong was finally expelled for being grumpy.
However, Xie Zhong, who was relieved and returned to the field, was very prestigious, and the people around Zhangmu Township liked to find him the most to avenge his grievances, and he also looked for him before he was reborn, and brought a good cigarette to the past, but the matter was done, and he also got back two good cigarettes and a pair of wine.
Now that I think about it, it feels like it was just yesterday.
Xie Zhong naturally didn't know what Liu Xing was thinking, and he didn't know that Liu Xing had actually known him for a long time, he saw that his mother said it very seriously, and even promised: "Mom, you can rest assured, I won't bully a child if I bully anyone!"
"Alright, I'll go first. Tang Guizhi smiled at Liu Xing, and walked towards the east on crutches.
Xie Zhong was afraid that something would happen to his mother, so he hurriedly asked the two young people around him to follow.
And he looked at Liu Xing: "Little brother, tell me what you want to buy, it is guaranteed to be the cheapest price in the entire HY market." ”
"I can't say the specifics, anyway, my sister is separated, like pots and pans, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, toothbrushes, towels, soap and other daily necessities, I want to buy. Liu Xing replied with a smile.
"By the way, I'd like to buy a set of cobbler's tools. After a pause, Liu Xing added.
The shoemaker's tools, whether they were on the black market or in the tool shops, were generally not available, so he bought the cobbler's tools.
Because there are many of the tools of a cobbler, which have something in common with a shoemaker.
For example, tools for punching holes, manual molds for riveting and so on...... Wait a minute.
"So many things, do you know how much it costs?" Xie Zhong looked at Liu Xing, and when he saw that Liu Xing was still wearing straw sandals on his feet, he shook his head.
"I don't know, I can buy as much as I can with my money, and I didn't say I would buy it all. Liu Xing spread his hands and said.
"That's right. Xie Zhong touched his beard: "Someone used to ask me to buy a full set of daily necessities, which cost about sixty yuan, but oil, rice, chicken, duck, fish, and pork are not included." ”
"It really only costs sixty yuan?" Liu Xing was shocked: "Of course I know the price of meat dishes such as oil and pork, and it is definitely not a matter of dozens of yuan that can be bought." ”
"How...... Don't believe it?" Xie Zhong smiled: "If you give me sixty yuan, I will make it all for you in half an hour." ”
"Okay!" Liu Xing took out sixty yuan from his body without thinking about it and handed it to Xie Zhong.
The reason why I believe in Xie Zhong like this is because I know that Xie Zhong is definitely not a greedy person.
However, his actions frightened Xie Zhong, not because he was generous, but because he could take out sixty yuan at once, which Xie Zhong never expected.
But in the end, Xie Zhong still took the money: "Then you wait here, I will ask my brothers to help you buy goods, if it goes well, it can be done in half an hour at most." ”
"Okay. Liu Xing waited.
Xie Zhong smiled, took the money, took the people, and swaggered away.
When the surrounding vendors saw this scene, they all shook their heads.
Some of them are still talking about it in private.
"Is this guy a fool? Xie Lion's Head is a soil overlord in this black market, and he won't do anything if he takes the money. ”
"Yes, if it weren't for the fact that the above couldn't control this, I'm afraid that this Xie Lion Head would have been arrested and imprisoned a long time ago!"
"Phew, do you want to make more money on this black market to support my family! If Xie Shitou is caught, then we will all be finished!"
"What do you mean by that?"
"Don't you know that there is someone behind Xie Shishi's head?
"Then Xie Lion's head may not be able to run away with this guy's money?"
"Sixty yuan is a piece of! Xie Zhong has money now, but you don't know it. ”
"Well, it looks like we're really overthinking. ”
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