My 1995 Small Farm Chapter 40

   Chapter 40 Liu Yinhuan

  The car repair stall mentioned by the old man is under the big archway at the entrance of Changle Countryside, repairing both cars and shoes.

   The stall was set up by a middle-aged man with a shaggy beard, with a pitted and generous face. The business was not bad. Chen Ling pushed the car to the front of the archway and put the basket on the ground.

   Seeing that there are many people repairing shoes and zippers in front of the booth, it is estimated that we will have to wait for a while.

   He took out his pocket watch and checked the time. It was just after eleven o'clock. At this time, there were many people going to the market. We were waiting here. Why don't we try and see if we can sell some vegetables.

Anyway, idle is idle.

   "Cucumbers and tomatoes cost two yuan a pound. If they don't taste good, they don't need money!"

  Chen Ling shouted.

   This shout attracted the attention of the blockbuster.

  What kind of stuff, cucumbers and tomatoes dare to sell for two yuan a pound, this is robbery.

   The stall next to him couldn't help but look over here.

   "Cucumbers, tomatoes, fresh vegetables in the greenhouse, taste before buying, know what's good..."

   "Two yuan a pound, you can try it if you don't buy it."

  Chen Ling continued to shout regardless of what others thought.

   With such a shout, people who were curious just now gathered around quickly.

   Including a bike repairer and a candy seller.

   "Yo, I said it's only March, so why are there cucumbers? Dareqing is grown in a greenhouse."

   "It costs a lot of money to build a greenhouse. I heard that someone in Yangtougou built a greenhouse to grow mushrooms."

   "You know what, the greenhouses for growing mushrooms don't occupy two acres of land, and it doesn't cost much money, but the ones who grow vegetables only spend money..."

   "What's the matter? That can't be so expensive. The price of pork is only 2.5 yuan, and the green vegetables are sold for 2 yuan a pound. People are being slaughtered."

   Around seven or eight people, they said anything.

  Chen Ling didn't care either, pulled out two cucumbers, broke them into pieces and handed them out.

   "Don't talk about the price, folks, come and have a taste. If it doesn't taste good, I wouldn't dare to sell it at this price, don't you think?"

   "You get what you pay for, so there's nothing wrong with that."

   "I'll try it."

   The middle-aged car mechanic at the booth next to Chen Ling nodded, took a cucumber, rubbed it on his clothes, and took a bite.

   "Quack."

   After this mouthful, the middle-aged man only felt that his mouth was full of crispness, and after chewing a few mouthfuls, his lips and teeth were fragrant.

   There is another cool feeling through the eyebrows, which makes people unable to help themselves.

   The middle-aged man hurriedly ate the remaining part into his mouth, gave Chen Ling a thumbs up while eating, and said vaguely, "It's delicious, brother, your cucumber is really delicious."

   After saying this, the others couldn't help but took the cucumber from Chen Ling's hand and tasted it.

   After a taste, they were all very pleasantly surprised and praised Chen Ling with a thumbs up.

   However, there is no intention to buy it.

   This was also expected by Chen Ling, so when he took the tomatoes and let them taste them, no one came forward to eat them.

   If you don't buy other people's products, who would have the nerve to eat them?

   "Little brother, you are so expensive, you can't sell it on the set..."

   "You should go to the health center. There are a few **** people who run factories. They take advantage of the money. The small western-style buildings are built, so it's not bad."

   The candy seller was a chubby old man with green and white patches on his face, a splotched face.

  The scientific name is vitiligo.

   He also wanted to haggle and buy some.

   "Haha, I wanted to go over there just now. Isn't this the car that broke down? I pushed it over to fix the car. I came here to see the crowd and wanted to give it a try."

   Chen Ling glanced at the old man, picked up a few of each kind of tomatoes and cucumbers from the basket, and stuffed them into the old man and the man who repaired the car.

   "It's also fate to have a stall in the same place. Take some if you think it's delicious, and buy it or not."

   "Oh, please don't, let's give you as much as we can..."

  Chen Ling's generous performance made the two feel embarrassed.

  I have been setting up a stall outside for a long time, and they are all people who want face. Haggling is haggling, how can you have the cheek to ask for something young and young.

   "You two are welcome, please accept them."

   "I'm going to the west to buy livestock. I can't sell this thing. I'll ask you to take care of it."

  Chen Ling said cheerfully.

   "Well, that's fine."

   After hearing this, the two of them accepted it with confidence.

   "Come on, brother. What's the matter with your car? Change tires?"

  The middle-aged man dragged Chen Ling's arm to the stall, very enthusiastic.

   "I changed the tire, the tire punctured at the back, and there were a few rat bumps in the front, so both tires had to be changed."

  Chen Ling nodded and pointed to him.

   "Oh, you should have changed it long ago. Look at the outer tube and inner tube. It's almost worn out. This mountain road is difficult to walk. If you blow up on the way back to the market, it will be troublesome..."

   "Who said no."

   The old man who sells sugar has no business right now. After turning around and putting things on the stall, he ran over to chat with Chen Ling and the two.

  The two sides introduced each other, and only then did they know that these two were local people in Changle Township.

   The face of the sugar seller is called Zhang Tiegen, and everyone else is called Lao Gen, or Uncle Lao Gen.

  I usually walk the streets and alleys in various villages selling candy people.

   Guo Baolai, who runs a repair shop, not only repairs bicycles and shoes, but also repairs pots and even pigs.

   "Fugui, you will buy livestock in a while and ask Bora to take you there. He knows a lot of cattle, horses and pigs and is very familiar with them."

  The two were gossiping with Chen Ling, and from time to time they helped Chen Ling to shout a few words, and pulled two people over.

  It is a pity that they are too expensive and no one buys them.

   "Candy sellers, are they still in business?"

   After a while, someone shouted.

The three of Chen Ling looked over and saw a black-haired old lady pulling a fat child standing in front of the candy seller's booth. .

   "Yo, who is this person, looks really familiar."

   Zhang Tiegen walked over with a smile, picked up a Monkey King Candy Man and handed it to the little fat man.

  The old lady glared at him: "Your grandma's familiar. Let's go home for dinner at noon, Huanhuan and her man finally come back, you go over and have a few drinks with you, otherwise your brother-in-law's drinking capacity will not be enough."

   "No, no, I haven't seen Huanhuan for more than ten years. I don't know what to say when I go there. I feel uncomfortable."

   Zhang Tiegen waved his hand, then took out a tomato from the back of the stall and handed it to the little fat man: "Come on, call me uncle, uncle will give you something delicious."

   "I don't scream, you just said bad things about my mother, you are a bad old man."

   The little fat man pouted and said.

   "Xiao Ming, how did you talk to your uncle, your mother taught you to be polite, but you forgot?"

  The old lady slapped the little fat man lightly on the head and glanced at Zhang Tiegen: "It's just spring, where did you get the tomatoes."

   "Well, a little brother over there sells it, saying it's grown in a greenhouse. It's sweet and sour. It's delicious. Sister, take some with the doll."

   Zhang Tiegen handed over all the tomatoes given by Chen Ling.

  The old lady glanced at Chen Ling's side, and then took a tomato from Zhang Tiegen's hand: "One is enough, don't give him so many, this baby is very picky, who knows whether to eat it or not."

   "Then uncle will give Xiao Ming another candy man, and how about a grandson monkey."

   Zhang Tiegen's old face smiled like a flower.

   "Okay, I like Sun Monkey."

   Little Fatty's eyes lit up, and he sang, "Brother Monkey, Brother Monkey, you are really amazing..."

  The old lady said from the side: "If you want Sun Hou'er, just call Uncle and say thank you to Uncle."

   There was a sugar man, and the little fat man suddenly became a lot more obedient, and said honestly: "Thank you, uncle."

   Coaxed Zhang Tiegen to laugh.

   After the old lady took the little fat man to leave, Guo Baolai joked: "No wonder Uncle Lao Gen you took me to buy vegetables from Fugui just now. It turned out to be a rare thing for your grandson's nephew."

   "It's a pity that they came from the capital, and I haven't seen them before. The vegetables in this greenhouse are eaten as much as they want. It's better to pinch a few more candy figurines for the little doll."

   Zhang Tiegen's splotched face suddenly flushed red: "Stop talking about your mother's shame, do you think I don't understand? I just think that Fugui is delicious, and I want to buy some stir-fried vegetables to eat..."

   "Okay, you want to buy it yourself."

   Guo Baolai looks like what you say is what you say.

  Chen Ling had some emotions. He also heard the conversation between Zhang Tiegen and the old lady.

   is nothing more than a niece married to a family in the capital, and now she is bringing her husband and son home. As an uncle, he wants to get close to the children and make them happy, but unfortunately he doesn't know what to do.

   When I see good and rare things, I want to buy some and give them away.

   But at the same time, I was worried that I bought the wrong thing and the child didn't like it, so I was very nervous and tangled.

   "Does the rich family have dolls?"

The old man glared at Guo Baolai and asked.

   "No, I plan to ask again in two years."

  Chen Ling smiled, he didn't even get married in his previous life, and now let him have a child with Wang Susu.

   I'm really not mentally prepared for that.

   "Get it early. With a baby at home, you can work hard."

   Guo Baolai was tired from repairing the car. He wiped his sweat and rolled a cigarette, and then handed the bag of tobacco leaves to Zhang Tiegen.

   "Isn't rich and noble drawn?"

  Chen Ling waved his hand: "I can't, I'm fine with drinking, I really don't smoke much."

   Guo Baolai suddenly became interested: "Go to my house for two drinks in the afternoon?"

   "Next time, I have to buy livestock today. Too much drinking will delay things."

  Chen Ling picked up a cucumber, wiped off the thorn on it, and ate it.

   The two were smoking, and he always felt awkward if there was nothing in his mouth.

   The three of them chatted and saw twelve o'clock.

During the    period, some people came to buy candy man and repair tires, but no one went to Chen Ling's stall to buy vegetables.

After shouting    a few times, it also attracted a lot of people, but they often turned their heads and left when they asked about the price.

   "Fugui, come over for dinner, I asked my family to make more, let's eat together."

   Guo Baolai greeted him.

   His house is just east of the archway, in the third alley, very close.

   When it was time to eat, I just brought a pot and came out.

  The cauldron with steamed buns, although it is vegetarian and has no meat, it is quite fragrant.

  Chen Ling was not polite, walked over and moved a few stones, sat on it and ate.

   "You really don't want to drink two glasses? Drink less."

   Guo Baolai asked again because it was delicious.

   "No, no, next time, definitely next time."

   "You go to various villages all day to make pots with pigs, and Uncle Lao Gen also walks around the streets. When you visit our village someday, it's not easy to drink? There are many opportunities."

  Chen Ling nibbled at the steamed buns.

   "Hey, that's true if you say that."

   Guo Baolai's eyes lit up: "In two days, I will go to your village with pigs, especially grandma, there are too many people raising piglets in the Kaichun family."

   "Well, indeed, pork is expensive this year, and more pigs are raised all of a sudden."

   Zhang Tiegen also said.

   The three of them were eating when suddenly someone called Uncle from a distance, it was a woman's voice, and after shouting a few words, it sounded anxious, as if they were shouting while walking.

   "Huh? It's Ring Ring!"

   Zhang Tiegen stood up immediately.

  Chen Ling followed the voice to look over, and saw a beautiful young woman in her thirties, dressed in a fashionable manner, and hurried over with the little fat man.

"uncle."

  Meeting, the young woman first called Zhang Tiegen.

   "It's Huanhuan, I can't even recognize it when I walk outside. I'll have to stay here for a while..."

   Zhang Tiegen is very happy. He hasn't seen his niece for ten years. I heard that he is very prosperous now.

   "I won't be staying for long, I'll be leaving the day after tomorrow."

   The young woman said apologetically, and then said angrily: "Why didn't my uncle go to the house? We went to my mother's house yesterday afternoon. I went to call you at night. My cousin said that you went to sell sugar and haven't come home yet."

   "You're so old, why are you still up early and late at night, it's time to take a break."

   "Let's go home later, the dishes are ready, and have a few drinks with Xiao Ming's father. I always tell him about you, he hasn't seen you yet."

   "I'm not going, it's not just eating, the stall can't be separated from people, and I'll go home to see after the big show..."

   Zhang Tiegen smiled naively: "It's your daughter, you finally came back, why don't you stay for a few more days."

  Liu Yinhuan sighed: "The TV station can't do without people. I also asked three times and four times before I came down for family leave."

Zhang Tiegen was very emotional when he heard it: "It's a good idea. When I went to the county seat, I often saw you on TV. Your mother also often said that if the signal here is not good, you have to buy a TV. Just to see you every day."

  Liu Yinhuan's eyes suddenly turned red: "Uncle watched me grow up since I was a child, how come I never saw your nephew and son-in-law?"

   "My nephew and son-in-law have such a big career, I, I went to see them, and I really don't know what to say."

   Zhang Tiegen smiled naively.

   "Mom, Mom. Stop talking, I want to eat tomatoes..."

  Little Fatty became impatient after listening to the two of them talking. Seeing that the two of them were still chatting, he immediately quit, twisting his chubby body coquettishly.

   "Xiao Ming wants to eat tomatoes, uncle has them here."

   Zhang Tiegen hurriedly took out all the tomatoes and asked, "Is it enough?"

   The little fat man immediately smiled happily, no matter whether it was enough or not, he took one and gnawed it.

   "Wow, sweet and sour is so delicious, even better than the fruit in my house, this is really the best thing I have ever eaten..."

   The little fat man sucked the juice of the tomatoes, and his mouth was red.

   "Liang Yiming! Have you forgotten everything your mother taught you? Just pick it up and eat it without saying thank you. This is your uncle, your elder, how can you be so ignorant..."

   Liu Yinhuan reprimanded with a sullen face, and was stopped by Zhang Tiegen without saying a word.

   "The baby is still young, don't be so cruel."

  Liu Yinhuan knew that the old man was fond of children, so he couldn't say anything more. He looked around, his eyes fell on the two baskets next to Chen Ling's bicycle, and when he saw that there was no one in front of him, he frowned lightly.

   "Uncle, isn't the vegetable seller here?"

   "I'm here, no, I'm eating at the shoe repair booth opposite."

   Zhang Tiegen pointed at Chen Ling.

  Liu Yinhuan saw a young man with a bowl and steamed buns, eating with a big mouthful.

   "Rich, rich, come..."

   Zhang Tiegen shouted twice.

   "Wait a minute, Uncle Gen, I choked a little while drinking."

  Chen Ling took a sip of boiled water and settled down.

   "My dear, you are going to open. I didn't expect the children in Beijing to love tomatoes. Don't they have tomatoes there..."

   Guo Baolai muttered in a low voice.

  Chen Ling smiled, "A woman who comes with a baby can't sell much when it opens."

   (end of this chapter)

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