"Comrade, I have no food on hand now, can I give it to you tomorrow?" Xu Zishan stopped the van. The old man asked for food yesterday, but today he asked for food instead.
"Little comrade, it would be better if you could give me a batch today. Comrades have been without food for many days."
"Why don't you go to the vegetable station to buy some?"
"Your food is good, we can't compete with the common people, and we don't have enough funds."
Old man Xie spoke very concisely, saying three things in one sentence.
Xu Zishan wanted to laugh a little. We can't compete with the common people. This sounds quite noble, but what do you mean by insufficient funds?
Don’t want to give me money to buy my food?
She looked at the old man calmly, and there was a faint air of unruliness about the old man. Hearing this tone, she was a little unsure of the other man's identity.
"Little comrade, I will definitely give you the money. Can you give it to me at the price at the food station?"
"Oh, then I'll make a trip to you later. However, we have agreed that if you mess around, not only will we not be able to cooperate, I will also report you!"
"Don't worry, I swear on my honor as a party member that I will never dump vegetables, and I won't make a penny difference in price."
Xu Zishan smiled. This old man looked a little fierce, but he was righteous and she could see clearly. Don't ask why, he had social experience!
Who should I give food to?
It doesn't matter to her whether the old man is righteous or evil. She has three small attack-type vines, so what are you afraid of!
"Comrade, please wait here for a while. I will be here in half an hour."
The van drove out and soon, she disappeared.
Even cars and people have entered the space.
It was too sunny outside, and she didn't want to leave too many traces with the van.
After resting for half an hour, she appeared at that intersection again. As expected, old man Xie was squatting on the roadside, but this time there was another fat old man.
Looking very old, the new fat old man looked at Xu Zishan and smiled heartily: "Thank you for your hard work, little comrade."
"It's not hard work. Did you bring the money?" The brothers settled the accounts clearly and did not try to tamper with each other.
Old man Xie took the money out of his pocket and showed it to her. The new 10 yuan note might have just been taken out by the bank.
Xu Zishan pointed to the vegetables in the van and said to the two old men: "You are old, so you can carry as much as you can. I have written down the weights on the basket, so just calculate the money."
Her space scale is absolutely correct and accurate to the third decimal place.
The two old men competed in the same way, basket by basket, instead of loading the tricycle, they kept moving it to the ground.
All moved!
"Can you take so much?" Xu Zishan saw it. These two old men were definitely not ordinary old men. Just the big basket of vegetables, the two of them could move it more efficiently than the young people.
Especially the old man Xie, who is very dry, but his strength and sensitivity are simply incredible.
The two old men moved all the vegetables in the carriage in one go. Xu Zishan didn't ask for more. She just paid 50 yuan for half a ton in total at the vegetable station.
The fat old man was almost overjoyed: "Lao Xie, you can do it. I have never seen such a good dish. As promised, I will use some of these lotus roots to make soup."
"No." Old Man Xie said seriously, "Go to your son's house to eat."
Xu Zishan wanted to laugh a little, these two old men were quite cute.
I returned to town, put the van in the space and returned home.
At the gate of the yard, I met Hao Jianjun after get off work.
"Where did Shanshan go?" Hao Jianjun was white and fat, wearing a pair of brown glasses. He was very polite, gentle and well-educated.
"Hello Uncle Hao, I'm going to grandpa's house."
"Today I went to the county for a meeting, and the county distributed some stationery. I don't need it. Ask Xiao Shen to come to my place to get it in the evening."
"Thank you, Uncle Hao. My brother has stationery. You can keep it for yourself."
"Okay, come and get it from me if you need it." Hao Jianjun didn't force himself and pushed his bicycle home.
Xu Zishan squinted at Hao Jianjun's back, thoughtfully.
Xu Yingjie saw her coming back and said, "Is it too hot on the road? Go and wash your face."
"Okay!"
While washing his face, Xu Zishan suddenly thought of Shen Yaqin borrowing money from his neighbors.
Their family has been eating fish, meat and rice these days, and their relationship in the courtyard is pretty good. If they are petty, they will definitely be scolded behind their backs, and they will eat lavishly even if they owe money.
"Dad, how much do we owe our neighbors?"
"Don't worry about it, your mother will take care of these things." Xu Yingjie didn't want her to feel pressured.
"How much do you owe?"
"It's not much. I owe you 23 yuan to Grandma Hu, 28 yuan to Stationmaster Hao, and 10 yuan to Fang Cheng's family next door..."
The little bits and pieces add up to more than 70 yuan owed.
This is what Xu Yingjie and Shen Yaqin earned without eating or drinking for two months. For a small town family, they are already heavily in debt.
No, she owed money to others, and she didn’t dare to have a good meal herself. She had to find a way to pay it back quickly. More than 70 yuan was nothing, she made 806 yuan in two days!
"Dad, did Uncle Hao help us a lot, especially take care of my brother?"
"He was just transferred to our town three years ago. His wife and children are all in his hometown. He usually takes good care of our family. Your mother and I are too busy. We originally focused on Xiaoli and Mingxuan, so we can't take care of him. Xiao Shen, your Uncle Hao takes care of her."
Xu Yingjie said gratefully, "He often gives food and clothing to Xiao Shu. He often says that he and Xiao Shu are in love, and they are like his own son."
"You said my little brother often stays at his house?"
"Yes, he is well-educated and very patient in tutoring your brother in his studies. Unfortunately, Xiao Yu's temper has become more and more erratic in the past two years, and he doesn't know what's good or bad. Your mother and I are very worried."
Xu Yingjie said that there was a neighbor whose son fell into the reservoir behind and drowned. The child had a good relationship with Xiao Shu since he was a child. He and Shen Yaqin had been thinking that if the child died, was Xiao Shu possessed by an evil spirit?
The child who died was one year older than Xu Mingxuan. It is said that he had a round face. He was very cute and smiling when he was a child. He suddenly fell into the reservoir and drowned two years ago. It is a pity.
She decided to take some time to talk to her younger brother about life!
The top priority is to lift the Xu family out of poverty.
The vegetables she planted will be harvested in more than half a month. Now she is helping Shen Yaqin design clothing patterns and sell vegetables. With a little hard work, it is possible to earn one or two thousand yuan a month.
Xu Zishan and Xu Yingjie talked for a while, then went to the sewing shop to see Shen Yaqin.
There was a woman in her forties sitting in the shop. When she saw Xu Zishan, her eyes showed shock, and she said with a smile: "Is this your daughter? Look, how beautiful she is. She compares to all the girls in Dongpu District." Go down."
Shen Yaqin smiled and said to Xu Zishan: "Shanshan, this is your Aunt Fang."
Xu Zishan called Aunt Fang hello, and when he saw the other person looking at him with a smile, he also looked at the other person seriously.
Xu Zishan's eyes were very poisonous, and he could tell at a glance that this Aunt Fang was not an ordinary rural aunt, this one was most likely a matchmaker!!
Oops, I've only been here a few days and a matchmaker came to my door?