Chapter 24 Old Man Xie: I'm Really Not a Bad Person
Xu Zishan looked at the old man. He was quite fierce, with a faint murderous aura. He couldn't be the eldest brother of Jianghu, right?
After all, Baodu City has always been dominated by sects and sects.
Thinking that way, she was not afraid and asked with a smile on her face: "Comrade, you call me?"
"Well, I see that the vegetables you grow at home are very good. I would like to ask if you have any leftover grain at home?"
"Are you eating it at home or giving it to others?" The old man was not sure what he was doing, so he asked an ambiguous question.
The old man's little eyes lit up immediately after hearing this, and he concluded that she had food.
Thinking that private individuals could not buy and sell grain openly, he said: "My surname is Xie, and I want to collect some surplus grain to give to the grain station."
No matter how much grain is sold to the Grain Institute, it is not considered speculation. After all, the price of the Grain Institute is the national unified purchase price, which is the cheapest price.
Xu Zishan was reluctant to sell to the grain depot because the price was too low, and the management of small local grain depots was not standardized. In the era of planned economy, it was common for people to enrich themselves.
If old man Xie said that he was short of food, Xu Zishan might even sell him a sack.
Grain station? Forget it.
"I don't have any food left at home, I'm sorry." He turned around and left.
"Oh," Old Man Xie's eyes were as sharp as knives. Why did this man fall out? Is he too fierce-looking?
That dead kid always said he was evil!
He hurriedly said: "Comrade, don't worry, I can pay you first and then get the food. If you don't want food stamps, I can give you two cents more."
"I'm really sorry. I only have a few acres of private land at home, and all of it is planted with vegetables. Now no one has enough food to eat, so where is the surplus food? Master, I'm sorry."
Xu Zishan didn't bother with the old man anymore and turned around to find Xu Yingting.
Nonsense, private trading of grain is not allowed, so a person like this appears out of nowhere and wants to buy grain, and she sells it to him?
Xu Yingting had sold out all the bayberries and was waiting for her by the car.
"Shanshan, let's go." Xu Yingting suppressed her excitement and said, "It's all sold out. I didn't expect it to sell out so fast."
Of course, it sells out quickly. The farmer's vegetable stall is located near Chengguan No. 2 Middle School. Many of the people who come to buy bayberries are students, and students are the most willing to spend money.
"I was just here selling bayberries, and the basket was taken away." Xu Yingting said angrily, "How many cents does a basket cost?"
Can Xu Zishan say that the basket is all in her space?
My uncle discovered that I had lost the baskets. These baskets were really "lost"!
The uncle and nephew took stock and found that 9 baskets of red bayberries were sold for a total of 96 yuan today.
Xu Yingting was so happy that she said, "Xiaohua and I will go to the mountain to look for it later. Maybe there will be some bayberry trees."
Xu Zishan said in his heart: It must be gone unless I look for it.
Before she came, she bought two kilograms of Youzanzi, two kilograms of monk cakes, a large bag of toffee, fruit peel and other snacks from the pastry shop. In addition, two roast ducks and several roasted pigeons came out of the space.
She stuffed the roasted pigeon to Xu Yingting and said, "Uncle, you eat some first, and we'll go back."
Xu Yingting felt a little distressed when he saw her buying so much. This child can really spend money.
But the little girl should eat something good after being in the sun all day and running around.
He refused to eat the roasted squab, saying that he was not hungry, so Xu Zishan stuffed it with him and told him that he must eat one, and also stuffed him with two monk cakes.
"Uncle, you can drive when you are full, otherwise what will happen if you go into a ditch?"
How could Xu Yingting go into the ditch? He knew it was his niece who felt sorry for him, so just eat it!
My niece gave it to me and it was the best.
When I got home, my aunt looked at the 96 yuan and was so happy. They had picked up so much money for nothing, wild bayberry.
Xu Zishan took out the roast duck and roast pigeon to Grandma Xu, took out a handful of toffee and several packets of fruit peels from his bag, and stuffed a handful each into Xu Mingyi and Xu Minghua: "Sister, please eat!"
White Rabbit toffee and fruit peel are the children's favorite snacks at this time. Xu Minghua and Xu Mingyi were very happy.
Xu Mingyi looked at the roast duck and roast pigeon in Grandma Xu's hands, drooling, and asked cutely: "Grandma, what are those?"
"Your sister bought the roast duck."
"Grandma, what does roast duck taste like?"
Xu Zishan and Grandma Xu both laughed.
Grandma Xu pulled a duck leg and cut it into two halves, giving one half to Xu Zishan and the other to Xu Ming. "Taste what it tastes like!"
Xu Zishan took it and stuffed it directly to Xu Minghua: "Here, please eat."
Xu Minghua said embarrassedly: "Sister, I'm not hungry, you can eat."
"Take it, sister gave it to you, you can't refuse it." How could he not want to eat, and kept stretching his neck to swallow saliva!
The dinner was very sumptuous. Grandma Xu not only cooked fish, meat, crab, but also seaweed rice steamed buns.
They are Xu Zishan’s favorite food.
The roast duck was cut into half and half put away. The two cousins behaved very well. Grandpa didn't eat it, so they didn't pick up the duck meat.
Grandpa Xu worked in the fields and was covered in sweat from the sun. When he came back, he took a shower with cold water and fanned himself with a big cattail leaf fan.
Hearing Xu Yingting talk about going to sell bayberry today, he happily said to Xu Minghua: "You have nothing to do these days. Take a walk around the mountain to see if there are any bayberry trees left."
Xu Zishan didn't want to ask Xu Minghua to run around in the mountains, so he said to him: "Don't worry about finding the bayberry tree. Help me look after the vegetable field and help me water it every day."
Xu Minghua was so happy. He was not very good at studies and just liked farming. His parents scolded him for being useless. This fairy-like sister pulled him to plant vegetables, which made him very happy.
Grandpa Xu and the others all laughed when they heard Xu Zishan's words. As long as she was happy, they would not expose the fact that "farming is just a joke." It took ten generations of their family to give birth to such an aunt!
"Shanshan, I found the agricultural technology station in town and they are short of a custodian. If you are willing to do it, I can tell them about it?"
Xu Zishan thought for a while, although the job of a custodian sounds good and easy, it is also a time-wasting position.
Grandpa Xu saw that she was silent and seemed unwilling, so he said, "If I don't like this job, I'll look for someone else and see if I can join the art troupe in the district."
"Thank you, grandpa. Don't worry about finding a job. I think it would be good to grow vegetables and sell them."
Xu Yingting put 96 yuan on the table and said to Grandpa Xu: "The money from selling bayberries today is all here, and the money for buying snacks and roast duck is Shanshan's own."
Grandpa Xu gave all the money to Xu Zishan: "Take it."
How can this work? Xu Zishan refused: "My uncle did all the picking and selling, and I didn't do anything. Besides, I can't hold on to the money. If you give it to me, I will spend it."
Grandma Xu laughed and said, "Shanshan, take it. You grew up in the city and you have no money."
Xu Zishan firmly refused, saying that her vegetable garden would be a cornucopia in the future, and she would definitely not be short of money by then, and Xiaohua would not be short of money either.
Grandma Xu and the others couldn't resist her, so they stayed.
Xu Minghua carried half a bag of dried bamboo shoots, and Xu Yingting carried half a basket of bayberry. He said to Xu Zishan, "Let's go, I'll take you home."
Although the moonlight is bright and clear, Grandpa Xu and his family are worried about a girl walking at night.
Xu Mingyi also wanted to give it away, promising in a sweet voice that he would walk well without anyone carrying it on his back.
The official road leading to the town is a wide dirt road with tall maple and poplar trees planted on both sides, covering two thick black parallel lines on both sides of the road.
It is June now, the time when cicadas are unearthed, and many people are catching cicadas on the roadside.
Not long after they got to the official road, they met Li Haifeng and Luo Xiaolu who were picking cicadas on a tree.