Chapter 31 Buying Melons

The terrain of Xingyuan is a little remote. Although the environment is good by the mountains and rivers, it is surrounded by mountains. It is difficult to go out. It is inconvenient to buy and sell things. Slowly, a hill that is almost far away from several villages in the mountains forms a market three times a month. People from all rural areas take advantage of this time. Go to the market, sell some of your own things, buy some things for home use, or simply exchange things with people.

Later, some flexible people began to buy goods in the city outside the mountain and shipped them back to sell them at the market. The chiefs or chiefs of the surrounding villages met together and made a rule. Every time they went to the market, everyone had a few strong labor to help manage and set up stalls in the market. You have to symbolically pay some money to rent a booth.

Shanzi told Xu Xinger about the origin of the market along the way, and then said, "Maybe you can see my uncle at this market. This time it's his turn to help in our village!"

"Can they have money to help?" Xu Xinger fell into the eyes of money again.

"You're so beautiful, I'll give you back the money?" Shanzi knew her nature, but she couldn't help but despise her first. "The people who go to help can also set up stalls and sell things by themselves, at most they don't need to pay for the stall."

"It's boring." Xu Xinger suddenly lost interest and lazily withdrew back to the car.

"In fact, every time there is a market, there are a lot of people coming. If it catches up with the season of collecting medicinal herbs in the mountains, it will be crowded and crowded. If no one cares about it, there will definitely be chaos." Xu Yingzi said softly to Shanzi, "This market is very convenient for people from all four townships to buy and sell things, so the people in each village take turns to contribute to benefit others and themselves. You can't care about whether you give money or not. Brother Shanzi, don't you think so?"

"Money is not a bad thing..." Xu Xinger muttered in a low voice. She felt a little uncomfortable after listening to Xu Yingzi's words, but others took the point. Her eyes turned around a few times and suddenly smiled and said, "Sister Yingzi, you and Brother Shanzi are both fifteen years old. You don't know who is bigger and who is younger. You just one by one Brother, do you want to scream?

Xu Yingzi's face turned red and turned his head to look at Shanzi, but he was embarrassed to ask directly.

Shanzi looked at Xu Xinger inexplicably and looked up at Xu Yingzi and said, "My birthday is small. It's from the twelfth lunar month."

Xu Xinger pointed to Xu Yingzi for fear that the world would not be chaotic and said, "Hurry up, call me Sister Yingzi."

"Sister Yingzi." Shanzi grinned and shouted obediently.

Xu Yingzi answered in a low voice, walked by himself with his head down, and stopped talking to the two of them.

Several people walked for more than half an hour, the sun rose higher and higher, and the number of people on the mountain road gradually increased, and most of them went to the surrounding villages to gather.

Xu Xinger didn't have to walk by herself, with a straw hat on her head. She was very comfortable all the way. From time to time, she turned around and raised her hand to wipe Xu Laosan's sweat. Seeing that everyone's cheeks were red, she said, "Dad, stop and have a break for a drink."

Xu Laosan put down the wheelbicle in his hand and took out the water bag from the basket hanging beside the car. One handed it to Xu Xinger and the other to Shanzi.

Xu Xinger took a few sips, and then gave the water bag to Xu Lingzi. She turned her head and saw Xu Yingzi's little face turning red. She stood in the shade of the tree and wiped the sweat on her forehead. She looked really a beautiful little beautiful woman, but she couldn't say anything with every mouth.

Shanzi knew that the melon was really not expensive, and the stall owner was also an honest person at first glance. I guess it was the first time to come to the market, otherwise he would not have put the stall in such a remote location, so he had no intention of bargaining at all before. Now he saw the stall owner in a dilemma. , so I want to say how much it should be.

Unexpectedly, the stall owner hesitated for a long time, but he gritted his teeth and nodded, "I'll sell it to you today."

Xu Yingzi took the basket handed over by Xu Laosan and put five melons in, full of his triumphant look.

A woman came out from behind the stall and asked the man when she saw that the business had been completed, "How much did you sell?"

"Five for thirteen mons." The man said and took the copper money handed over by Shanzi.

As soon as the woman heard this, she was anxious. She raised her hand and pushed Shanzi's hand with the money back and said apologetically, "This little brother is really sorry that it can't be sold so cheaply. My man doesn't know the price. We won't sell it."

The man stared at the words and said, "Why don't you sell it?" I'm an old man, I spit and a nail in my mouth. If I sell it, I will sell it. What are you women talking about?"

"You..." The woman was so angry that her eyes turned red, and she sat on the stone next to her and cried, "Is it easy for me to clean up this melon field? I get up early and go to bed late every day. I'm afraid that the children in the village will be harmed, and I'm afraid that the pigs will be arched and be pecked by birds. A few days ago, the child was sick and said that he had no taste in his mouth. He said that he wanted to eat a fragrant melon seed. I was not willing to pick one for my child to taste. If I knew that you sold it so cheaply, it would be better for me to pick two for the baby to understand the craving.

Xu Xinger also looked over at this and saw a little boy behind the stall. At the age of six or seven, his clothes were patched, but it was washed clean. At first glance, the woman in the family was a diligent person.

The boy listened to the woman crying and came up and said obediently, "Mom, I have recovered from my illness. I don't need to eat fragrant melon seeds. Dad has already sold it. Don't be angry."

Shanzi counted two more copper coins and handed them to the stall owner, but the man became stubborn and refused to say anything. He insisted, "Since it's agreed that it's thirteen, that's thirteen. Doesn't the little brother treat me as a man?"

"No, no, don't get me wrong, I..." Shanzi was said to be very embarrassed. He didn't reach out or shrink back.

Xu Xinger stepped forward a few steps, picked out two copper coins from Shanzi's hand, and handed the rest to the stall owner and said, "Brother Shanzi, uncle is a man of keeping his word. How can we embarrass him?"

After saying that, without waiting for Shanzi to speak, he directly stepped over the stall, squatted in front of the little boy and asked, "Little brother, how old are you? What's your name?"

"I'm seven years old, and my name is Shougen." The little boy was a little shy, hiding behind his mother, and leaning out his head to talk to Xu Xinger, but his eyes were black and bright, which made people like him.

"This name is good." Xu Xinger said with a smile, "Sister, can I treat you to sweet melons?" With that, he handed the melon in his hand to the child.

The little boy did not reach out directly to pick up the melon, but turned his head and looked at his mother, as if waiting for her permission.