There was no refrigerator at home and the bayberries couldn't be stored. Grandpa Xu decided to sell the bayberries quickly, leaving one basket and the other nine baskets. Xu Yingting drove the tractor of the production team to the farmers' vegetable stalls in the city.
There is a farmer's market with street stalls on the outskirts of the city. It is like a market. Nearby farmers will set up stalls to sell vegetables grown on their own plots. It is not illegal.
My uncle planned to go there and sell it. There were many people in the city, they had money, and they didn't know each other, so it saved him trouble.
Xu Zishan didn't expect to have the opportunity to go to the city so soon, and said to Grandpa Xu: "I'm going to have a look with my uncle. I haven't been to this city before."
The uncle put down nine baskets of red bayberries in the bed of the cart, and covered them with plastic paper to avoid being seen. Xu Zishan said, "It's so hot, it's bad to cover them up like this."
Lift off the plastic paper.
Xu Yingting placed a small stool for Xu Zishan in the carriage, and placed a small mattress against the carriage to tell her to lean on it and not sneeze.
The sound of the tractor "chugging" couldn't help but attract the attention of others. A tanned man from the village came over and asked: "Where are you going Yingting?"
Xu Yingting's heart was in her throat and she didn't dare to stop. She smiled at the man and said, "My father's comrade is sick. I'm going to check on him."
The villagers didn't even think about it for a moment. Secretary Xu's comrade-in-arms is sick. Why did you drive there? And you took your niece with you?
Someone's eyes were patrolling the carriage. The tractor body was not high and could be seen by stretching out the head. Xu Yingting thought, "It's over."
Seeing that he was nervous, Xu Zishan thought to himself, "Don't dig a ditch for me." He loudly said to Xu Yingting: "Uncle, drive well."
As soon as I thought about it, all the big baskets were moved to the space, and they were openly displayed for those people to see. There were none in the car!
After the tractor left Tao'ao Village, Xu Yingting breathed a sigh of relief. Amidst the "chugging" sound of the tractor motor, he loudly said to Xu Zishan: "I was scared to death just now."
"Uncle, even if they find out, just say it was sent from my adoptive mother."
Xu Yingting didn't say anything for a while. Later, at the farmer's vegetable stall on the outskirts of the city, Xu Yingting said, "Shanshan, tell me the truth. Did Xiaoli bully you in Baodu City?"
Xu Zishan did not deny it, and said with a smile: "Uncle, I have always dared not say it, for fear of embarrassing you. She feels that I have taken away her 18 years of happiness, and targets me everywhere. Last time I was pushed into the river by her and almost drowned, okay?
Easily rescued."
Xu Yingting's face turned dark and she said, "My parents and I both guessed that she would take action, but we didn't expect that she would be so ruthless and want your life."
"Yeah, she's so cruel...Forget it, uncle, I'm still very grateful to her. If she hadn't spared her blessings, how could you, grandpa, and father be such good people, take advantage of me?" she said with a smile.
"You child, we are your relatives, how can we take advantage of you? Your grandfather feels sorry for you and has been looking for connections these days to help you arrange your work. Shanshan, please don't talk to your grandfather about Xiaoli and Xiaoli in the future.
Grandpa feels uncomfortable about your adoptive mother's affairs."
"Well, I know uncle, I won't tell you."
As soon as their bayberries were put out at the farmer's vegetable stall, several middle-aged women immediately came around and asked, "Can you try it?"
Xu Zishan shook his head: "No! Auntie, look, each of these bayberries has at least one or two. You eat one, he eats one, and I lose a pound. I can guarantee you that these bayberries are not good if they are not sweet.
Eat, I will refund your money immediately."
Ordinary bayberries cost 2 cents per catty, but their bayberries were big, purple and sweet. Xu Zishan said to Xu Yingting: "Uncle, we sell them for 2.5 cents per catty."
Everyone can accept the price of 2 cents and 5 cents. After all, this bayberry tastes so good and so rare that many people want to buy some to try it.
Xu Zishan loudly said to everyone: "We only have one tree in our house. If we miss this batch, there will be no more trees in the future. In our Dongpu District, you will not find another tree."
It was around 2 o'clock in the afternoon when they arrived at the farmer's market. It was a hot day, and the uncle and nephew were very hot in the sun. Everyone saw that their faces were red from the heat, so they stopped chatting and shouted, "Come on two catties", "Come on three catties"
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Xu Yingting weighed and Xu Zishan collected the money. It took less than two hours to get nine baskets of red bayberries, and only half a basket was left.
When Xu Yingting wasn't paying attention, Xu Zishan turned the rattan basket into the space and said to Xu Yingting: "Uncle, there's still half a basket left. You sell it first. I'll go for a walk on the street. I'll come here to find you later."
Xu Yingting responded and let her go.
The urban area of Dongpu District is incomparable to that of Xipu District. It is at the level of a county town at best. The streets are bumpy and narrow. Most of the people on the road are tractors, bullock carts, and not many bicycles.
But after all, it is an urban area, and all the departments that should be included are there.
She wasn't familiar with this place, so she walked around a bit and gave the lady at the pastry shop a rainbow fart, and found out that the two streets over were the grocery shopping points.
Vegetable station buyers will come to farmers' vegetable stalls every day to purchase vegetables, and then distribute them to various vegetable stations in the city for sale.
Xu Zishan went to the vegetable purchasing station under the bright sun, and gave another rainbow fart to the guard at the door.
The uncle was very happy when he heard her say that there were many vegetables at home. He shouted to someone: "Xiao Jiang, this lesbian said that her family grows a lot of vegetables."
Xiao Jiang is a buyer at the vegetable station. He is about thirty years old. He is fat and easy to talk to. He came over and asked Xu Zishan: "Where are your vegetables?"
"They are piled up on the road outside." Xu Zishan asked, "Comrade, what is the price of the vegetables now?"
"The prices of vegetables are set by superiors, and they are the same every day."
He endorsed it and told Xu Zishan the price of vegetables: cabbage, green vegetables and other leafy vegetables cost 3 cents per catty, radish, pumpkin and other melon vegetables cost 5 cents per catty, and celery, garlic, shallots and condiments cost 6 cents per catty.
Peppers and eggplants cost 5 cents a pound, so they are very cheap.
"Comrade, come with me to look at the vegetables."
She had spotted a corner outside the door, and in just three seconds, eight baskets full of leaf vegetables were piled against the wall, as well as several sacks of peppers, eggplants and potatoes.
The buyer at the vegetable station originally thought that she would only have one or two baskets of vegetables. How much could farmers grow on their own land?
I didn't expect her vegetables to be so many, and they were so fresh. There wasn't even a yellow leaf, rotten leaf, or mold spot. The potatoes didn't sprout a single sprout. The appearance was so good that it was staggering!
"It's all gone, let's weigh it right away."
The food station brought out the scale, which weighed more than 1,600 kilograms. The purchaser ordered her 76 yuan and 2 cents, and asked: "Comrade, how much food do you have? Are there any left?"
Purchasing such good food will definitely be popular, and the leaders will praise them for their ability to do things.
"If you want it, I will deliver it tomorrow morning? How much can you want?"
The people at the food station were laughing so hard, how much do you want? How much do you want!
If one store can purchase all the vegetables, and they are still of such high quality, they won’t have to collect vegetables from the street at all. Don’t be too happy!
When Xu Zishan heard them say how much they wanted, he immediately knew how to count, and happily agreed: "Then I will deliver the dishes directly here tomorrow morning!"
Her food was so good that there were many people watching on the street. Several people wanted to buy some. Xu Zishan thought it was troublesome and said you should go to the vegetable station to buy it. I am too lazy to retail.
Xu Zishan was about to leave the vegetable station to find her uncle when someone called her from behind: "Comrade, besides vegetables, do you have any surplus food to sell?".
Xu Zishan turned around and saw a wizened old man standing two meters away from her, with his back straight and a dark face, serious and fierce.