An inexplicable panic surged up, Rong Yu's complexion was a little pale, the hand hanging by his side was slightly tightened, and his lips were tightly pursed...
"Xiao Yu, what are you doing standing there? Hurry up and have breakfast, we are about to leave." Rong Yao stepped out of the lobby door and saw Rong Yu standing dumbfounded with bare feet, looking abandoned, hurriedly Aloud, "It's early in the morning, the dew is not dry yet,"
Ying Xun in the lobby room heard Rong Yao's words, and hurried out, caught the momentary fragility in Rong Yu's eyes when he raised his head, and hurried forward: "What's wrong? I can't find anyone after I woke up?"
Ying Xun raised his hand, hesitated for a moment, then pressed it on the top of his head and rubbed it.
"No, it's nothing." Her fair feet moved, her face and cheeks flushed slightly: "I'm going back to put on my shoes."
The words fell, and ran back quickly.
Rong Yu put on his shoes and came out carrying the basin in the house. There was water in the bucket, and he poured it directly into the basin. When the cold water covered his face, he became sober in an instant.
Rong Yu didn't take too long to wash up, and it was done in a few minutes. When he ran to the lobby room, the porridge had already cooled down, and he sat down to eat a couple of bites. Rong Yu asked strangely, "Where are your parents?"
He remembered that they usually got up at this time.
"Going to raise seedlings." Rong Yao replied casually, when the rice seedlings grow up, the rice seedlings will be transplanted, and school will start after the rice seedlings are planted, "I'm going to make preparations."
Rong Yao patted Rong Yu's shoulder, got up and left.
Ying Xun also stood up, "It doesn't matter if you eat slowly, I'll help."
Rong Yu nodded, thinking that he was the last one to get up, and he ate faster.
The three set off at eight o'clock. It was already ten o'clock when we arrived in the town, which was when the flow of people began to increase. In this day and age, there is no strict control over setting up stalls. As long as you don't occupy other people's space, you will be fine.
The place they picked was not far from the entrance of the station. There are far fewer steamed bun and noodle stalls around, and the breakfast stalls are basically closed, only the hawkers who do business all day are still there.
No matter what age, especially those who do food and drink, there is definitely a habit of like to set up territory. It is not easy for outsiders to blend in, and some have a bad temper and even bully.
Ying Xun and the others came here this time, which also attracted the attention of some peddlers. Some people were eager to make a move, but seeing Ying Xun's 1.8-meter figure, they stopped.
What's more, there are three of them, and everyone still bears with it and sees what business they want to do.
At the beginning, both Ying Xun and Rong Yao thought about this situation, so they didn't sell buns together. You must know that adding buns to iced drinks will definitely make more money, but it will offend people. Only a thousand days to be a thief but no thousand days to guard against a thief, they only sell iced drinks.
There are two big wooden sticks tied to the back of the bicycle, a frame on one side, and a pot of mung bean syrup and a pot of red bean syrup in the frame. Mung bean syrup is for relieving heat, red bean sugar is added with some barley and the like, and sold as a snack.
Picking up a place, the three of them began to arrange things, a table half a meter long and wide, used to put bowls and ice foam boxes, without chairs.
Rong Yu was a little worried, such a rudimentary place, would anyone really come
"Xiao Yu, put the sign on the table." Rong Yao handed a wooden board to Rong Yu, on which it was written: Quench your thirst, quench your thirst, drink mung bean candy with ice, ten cents a bowl, you can take it away.
Simply open the stall, the sun is already high, and the hot summer instantly makes people's clothes drenched, especially Rong Yu, his skin is fair, and his cheeks are flushed. Although the dress is not good, but the words and deeds are very pleasing to the eye, many girls and adults will look at it when they walk past.
"Want an iced drink? It's a dime bowl." Rong Yao saw several seventeen or eighteen-year-old girls looking at him, and pushed Rong Yu forward, "Mung bean candy with ice is delicious and delicious. Relieve the heat."
"Sister." Rong Yu stepped back uncomfortably, being held down by Rong Yao.
"Is this your brother?" one of them asked with a big belly.
"Yes! Would you like a bowl? It can be packed and taken away, with a straw." Rong Yao tried hard to sell.
"Is the iced drink iced in a well?" The other party hesitated a little.
Although one cent is not much, you can still buy two buns.
"No, we, it's really iced, it's delicious." Rong Yu felt that Rong Yao couldn't do everything by himself, so he also spoke.
"Then, let's have a bowl first, no, we still have to go to the city, there's not enough time."
"It can be packed and taken away."
Rong Yu had a good word this time, and took a small white bag. Ying Xun hurriedly opened the foam box, scooped up some crushed ice with a spoon, and poured it into the bag. Several girls looked up and exclaimed that it was real ice.
Rong Yao packed the mung bean candy into a small bag at the right time, plugged in a straw, tied the bag, and passed it to Rong Yu. The three of them didn't discuss it, but the action was done in one go.
Several girls were moved when they saw the ice, and they thought it was very interesting to hang the bag on their fingers and inhale while walking. Fan also had a surprisingly good taste. Several girls were going to play in the city, and they passed by here to take the train. After a while, they were not thirsty, but the heat was unbearable for everyone. After sipping an iced drink, everyone was alive.
Five girls, five bags of iced drinks, quickly earned fifty cents. Although it's not too much, the cost of one pot is about three yuan. After five bags, the amount in the pot doesn't feel too small.
"Are you still there tomorrow?" A girl couldn't help asking.
Everyone likes novelty things, not to mention that there are not many people in the town with refrigerators. It is a very rare thing to be able to eat ice.
"Yes, we will be here soon." Rong Yao nodded repeatedly.
The other party heard it and said that he would come tomorrow.
After the people left, the three clapped their hands together and the market opened.
But the market has just opened, and the backside has quieted down. Their location is not very good. Hawkers have already occupied the good places, and the flow of people at the station is not in this direction. They really stay here. I don’t know when the two pots of sugar water will be available. Sold out, and because the sugar is not very heavy, it may go bad by around three o'clock in the afternoon.
"I'll go to the station to sell." Ying Xun said.
"How to push? Pull people?" Rong Yu asked curiously.
"No, just put it in a small bag, and I'll carry it to buy it." Ying Xun thinks this method is faster.
"I'll go too." Rong Yu said hastily.
Ying Xun shook his head: "You stay here to help Yaoyao, she's a girl..."
Rong Yao was unhappy: "What's wrong with my girl? The teacher said that women can hold up half the sky, and I can do it."
Ying Xun was at a loss for words, but had to say: "That's not what I meant. You see, we just arrived and haven't settled down yet. Isn't this worried about you?"
In fact, Ying Xun didn't want Rong Yu to go with him. There were everyone at the station, and it wasn't bad to sell things, but he always had to keep a low voice. He didn't care.
Rong Yu looked at Rong Yao, Rong Yao shook his head, looked at Ying Xun, and said, "I can do it."
Rong Yu also looked at Ying Xun, and said firmly, "I'm going."
Ying Xun was depressed for a while. These two faces with a similarity of 70% looked at him together, a person who grew up together since childhood, and he will be his sister for the rest of his life. One is the most important person in his heart, looking at him like this, he really can't say no.
"It's decided like this." Rong Yu ignored him and went to get the bag.
Rong Yao ran to help, and taught Rong Yu by the way: "When you go to sell goods, just look for those people who are sweating, open your innocent eyes and ask, uncle, aunt, are you thirsty? A bag of ice drink, with ice, is delicious, if you don’t believe me, you can touch the side of the bag. If they still ignore it, don’t push it, and replace it with another person.”
"Why can't you ask again?" When Rong Yu was with Ying Xun in his previous life, he had watched some movies, didn't they all sell sales by stalkers
"Because the person who can reject your face and beautiful eyes is either unable to pay a dime, or is a cruel person. The former is useless to push, and the latter will beat people."
Rong Yao said viciously.
Rong Yu was so frightened by Rong Yao's gesture that he shrank his neck and nodded repeatedly.
Ying Xun listened, dumbfounded.
The three of them acted quickly, because it was packed in a bag and couldn't be put down. The only way to hold it was to hold it by hand, but they couldn't carry it much. Finally, they came up with a way to hang it on their fingers.
Ying Xun hangs three or four bags with one finger, and can hang more than a dozen bags with one hand, and some with the other hand.
After more than half a month of hard work, Rong and his fingers were quite rough, but his fingers were not strong enough, so Ying Xun only hung seven or eight bags for him. The other hand only carried two bags, and they couldn't be full, so we had to save some space to collect money.
Twenty-odd bags of iced drinks were inserted into the straws, and the two walked towards the station. The others were a little jealous. If they sold all of them, it would cost more than two yuan, and their pot of mung bean candy and red bean candy felt I didn't move much, I really sold out a pot, and I made at least dozens of yuan a day!
Those whose income is almost equal to the day’s wages of others.
"It's just a bag of water, who would buy it?"
"For a dime, it's better to eat two buns and still be full."
The mumbling sound seemed to be afraid that people would not hear it, Rong Yao, who was five or six meters away, resisted the movement of rolling his eyes, pretending that he didn't hear it. Now that Rong and Ying Xun are not here, she will not take the initiative to provoke them. But if she really dares to mess around, she is not afraid, she has practiced kung fu with her father.
Ying Xun took Rong Yu to the station and saw that he was sweating profusely from the sun, his eyes were so dazzled by the sun that he couldn't keep his eyes open. He regretted that he should have come wearing a hat just now.
The two quickly walked into the square of the station. Many trees were planted on both sides, and there were stone chairs. Many people from far away from home would arrive at the station two or three hours earlier if there was an accident on the road. However, due to the large number of people, no carts were allowed inside. Inbound.
The waiting rooms in small towns in the 1990s were also small, and it was impossible to allow so many people to enter, so many people sat in the shade of trees and wasted time.
These people are the targets of Ying Xun and Rong Yu.
Rong Yu listened to Rong Yao's words, looked around, looking for someone who was sweating wildly, and finally found that everyone was sweating, after all, today's temperature reached 34-5 degrees.
If you can't find someone who is sweating profusely, look for someone with a good face. This really made Rong Yu find someone. Just as he was about to walk over, Ying Xun beside him suddenly said: "Ice drinks, mung beans for a dime a bag Sugar, with ice, quenches thirst and cools off."
Ying Xun's sudden voice startled Rong Yu, and turned his head to stare at him.
There were a lot of people sitting here densely. Hearing Ying Xun's words, he raised his voice and asked, "Is it really ice? Don't use well water to deceive people."
Although not everyone had a refrigerator at home at this time, there was still an ice rink in the town, specializing in selling ice cream, and I could see people selling it from time to time, but this was the first time I heard of iced drinks.
"Really, you can touch the side of the bag, it's very cold." Rong Yu trotted over and stretched out a bag.
The speaker reached out and touched the bottom of the bag. There was indeed plenty of ice and a lot of ingredients. The main reason was that the straw inserted in the bag was still fresh.
The uncle is not short of a dime. Seeing that the child looks pretty good, he bought two bags. Some people start, and others follow suit. They are all grown-ups, and the dime is still available, but it was sold out in a while, and some people asked if there was any, especially children, who looked eagerly.
"Yes, let's go back and get it." Rong Yu said happily.
"Ah, go back and get it? Do you get it at home? How long will it take!" Someone asked.
"No, our stall is next to it, but we don't let it in here, so we can only bring it in like this." Ying Xun replied.
"Then go back and get it. It's a hot day, so you can cool off." The aunt waved her hand, and the handkerchief was soaked.
The two agreed in unison, turned their heads to look at each other, and smiled.
Rong Yao was sitting in front of the stall, just after selling a bowl, he saw the two of them coming back, he was puzzled, thinking about the time, is it ten minutes? It didn't seem to be there, but his eyes lit up immediately, and it was done.
Due to the large number of buyers, the three-person shipping method gradually changed to one person selling, one delivering, and one packing. Because the person who sent it was too hard to run around, and basically changed it every once in a while. The two pots of iced drinks were sold out at noon, making the people next door jealous.
The three of them didn't pay at the same place, but collected their things and pushed their bicycles to the market. They were going to buy some meat to go back to celebrate at night, and bought a few buns to eat. There were three bowls of sugar water in the pot, enough for them Had a meal.
"Yo, how much did you earn? Doesn't it count?" a peddler raised his voice.
The three of them didn't want to pay attention to them, but they didn't expect that the peddler stretched out his foot to stop him when they passed by. Rong Yu didn't expect that someone would stretch out his foot to stop him, and he turned abruptly with his raised foot, and bumped into Ying Xun who was pushing the bicycle beside him. Fortunately, Ying Xun's chassis was stable, and no one and the car fell with him.
Ying Xun's expression turned cold, and he looked at the peddler who stretched his feet. The sharp gaze made the other person's heart tremble. Come here."
"Forget it." Rong and Lala agreed, "Let's go!"
He had never seen anything during the short time he lived in the bridge hole in his previous life.
"Okay, Xiao Xun, let's go!" Rong Yao also pulled him, a little strange, Xiao Xun was not such a hot-tempered person before, why does he feel that after returning from a trip to Beijing, he became more angry. No, it's not right, in terms of my own affairs, I still feel quite stable, but when it comes to tolerance and harmony, I will become a lot more irritable.
"En!" Ying Xun replied, and gave the peddler a cold look, letting Rong Yu walk to his other side, and the three of them left.
The market is not far from the station, about ten minutes away.
Rong Yao didn't want to go in, she was so hungry, she bought a bag of steamed buns and came back, ate one for herself, gave one to Rong, and hurried Ying Xun in to buy meat.
Rong Yu thought for a while, then took one and stuffed it into Xun Xun's mouth.
"I'm still young and will love people." Ying Xun felt like drinking honey in his heart, eating a dime or two of vegetable buns, and felt that it was more delicious than everything he had eaten in his two lifetimes.
"Pfft, yes, yes, I'm the best at instigating people." Rong Yao said with a smile.
Rong Yu blushed, and kicked Ying Xun uncomfortably: "Go and buy, I'm tired and want to go back to sleep."
"Okay, what kind of meat do you want to eat?" Ying Xun asked, although he said "you", but his eyes were on Rong Yu, Rong Yao secretly laughed.
"Fat meat." When Rong Yu said these two words, his eyes lit up.
"Wait for me." After Ying Xun finished speaking, he ran into the vegetable market.
The three villages over there are so poor that no one sells meat to the villages, so they can only come to the town to sell if they want to eat. As for bacon, there are even fewer. My family is poor, and I don't have anything to raise pigs. Each family has a maximum of two pigs a year, and they sell them for money at the end of the year. Only those families with better conditions will keep some for bacon.
There are people in the village who want to eat meat, and occasionally go to those houses to buy some.
The vegetable market was very lively at noon, most of the aunts and aunts were shopping for vegetables, and the appearance of a young man, Ying Xun, attracted the attention of many people.
Especially the vegetable sellers and butchers, who barked loudly, always thought that the young man was not very good at bargaining, but the butcher who bought the meat obviously thought too much. A piece of pork liver is really not to be judged by its appearance, but fortunately, if you buy two catties, you can make a small profit.
Ying Xun bought some meat and wanted to go out when he saw someone selling dried shrimps. They are near the sea in Xingnan City, but it is a three-hour drive away from them. In addition, the town is also poor, the transportation is not very good, and the cost is high. It is difficult to repay the cost if it is sold here, so seafood is rarely seen in the market. , but small shrimps are more common.
This kind of dried shrimp can be stored for a long time as long as it is placed in a cool place and dried in the sun every once in a while.
There are also many ways to eat small shrimps. Add some soy sauce and steam it, add some oil, it is very delicious.
Ying Xun ate it when he was a child, but as he grew up, the tuition fees made his family more and more nervous, and he hardly bought it much. Thinking of Rong Yu's porridge, sweet potatoes and pickled vegetables every day after Rong Yu came back, Ying Xun walked over without hesitation and bought it for three yuan.
This thing is expensive, five yuan a catty, but it is light, and a bag costs three yuan.
When Ying Xun came out, the two of them had already eaten and drank well and were chatting. They all looked curiously at Ying Xun when they saw that Ying Xun carried a black bag in addition to the meat.
Ying Xun put the meat in the basket on the front of the car, and sent the black bag to Rong Yu: "Look what it is?"
Rong Yuqi took it and opened it, a faint fishy smell came out, and his eyes lit up immediately: "It's a small shrimp."
Ying Xun asked, "Do you like to eat?"
"Huh?" Rong Yu was puzzled, then nodded: "I like to eat."
However, Ying Xun could see that Rong Yu should have never eaten before. In Beijing before, he didn't have anything good to eat, how could he eat dried shrimps, but now he was happy for a little dried shrimps.
"I like to eat too," Rong Yao interrupted the weird atmosphere with a smile, took the little shrimps and tied them up on the front of the car, and put his arms around Rong Yu's shoulders: "Let's go home, eat shrimps in the afternoon and eat them in the evening." Meat."
"Come on!"
After the words fell, he dragged Rong and ran away.
Rong Yu seldom ran while wearing slippers, and he was also very poor at controlling slippers. Being dragged by Rong Yao, his shoes flew out, Rong Yu was so angry that his face turned red. Rong Yao smiled while picking up his shoes.
Ying Xun watched the interaction between the two, smiled helplessly, and walked towards them pushing the bicycle.
This life is so good!
When I can save money to buy sneakers and clothes for Rongrong, that would be even better.