MTL - Song Tan Jishi-Chapter 44 Okata hardware store

  Chapter 44 44. Dafang Hardware Store

  The vegetable market by the river has a history of 10 to 20 years.

  For most of the time, the people and stalls selling vegetables here are relatively fixed.

   Occasionally, there may be farmers carrying the burden to sell some fruits grown in the countryside, but that follows the seasons and lasts for a short time.

   But only Song Tan, a new vegetable seller, is weird, too weird.

   First of all, there are not many young girls selling vegetables here.

  Secondly, this young girl is beautiful, and she has an equally beautiful silly brother, who is easy to sell and attracts attention.

  Finally, the dishes are still so expensive!

   At the beginning, the vegetable vendors sneered:

   Don’t think that multiple silly brothers can attract customers!

  This vegetable market is full of middle-aged and elderly aunts who can pick and count. Pretty and pathetic, attractive elsewhere. Aunties don't pay a dime more here!

   But looking at it, this silly child has moved slowly and stupidly from the beginning, and now he is getting more and more agile, counting more smoothly——

   Good guy!

  You put it here to train your brother.

   Then there is the price of vegetables.

   Wild vegetables cost 20 yuan a catty?

  The hawker sneered, thinking that you are just selling something fresh!

   But later, as the weather got warmer and the price of vegetables got lower and lower, she still sold them for twenty yuan a catty? !

  The vegetable vendor sneered: You are all trusting me, right?

  Later, even the zi vetch from Feitian was sold, and it was still twenty yuan a catty, and so many people robbed it...

  The vegetable sellers are numb.

  How should I put it, is it possible that he has been selling vegetables for a decade or two, but he has not grasped the trend of this vegetable market at all?

   I endured this for a long time, and finally asked today.

  Unexpectedly, the aunt who was asked was also full of melancholy: "Who said it wasn't? This dish is so expensive, and my heart feels like a knife when I spend money every day."

  Then you still buy so many? !

  The vegetable vendor stared at the handfuls of fresh and clear milk vetch in the opponent's basket, with puzzled eyes.

  Unexpectedly, Auntie's attitude suddenly became high again:

"You don't understand. Eating more vegetables is good for your health. Our family eats a few more catties of this vegetable every day, so we can go to the toilet smoothly, our health is good, and we sleep soundly at night... My daughter's acne has disappeared a lot! This Money well spent."

   "What's more, this dish is not delicious. There is nothing bad in cold salad, stir-fry and shabu-shabu! I can't eat a meal without scratching my heart."

   Audience people: …

  Just... Where did you buy the vegetables? Melatonin, Jingxin Oral Liquid, and melatonin, right?

   Otherwise, we have to add a poppy?

   This is too exaggerated.

  Unexpectedly, when Auntie saw that they didn't believe it, she became stubborn and said, "You guys, don't believe it! Is this food good to eat? Can we not know after decades of grocery shopping?"

   "If you look at this girl selling vegetables again, how often does she not rely on robbery, and the big guy is not a fool? If you don't believe it, if you spend 20 yuan to be fooled once, you will know how good it is!"

  Auntie rushed away with a basket of vegetables, and saw tomatoes sold by another two vendors, so she took a step forward:

   "How did this sell?"

  The vegetable vendor hesitated for a moment: "Eight yuan."

  Auntie immediately raised her brows: "Okay! I've been buying vegetables in this area for decades, and you still dare to trick me. I bought these tomatoes for four yuan yesterday!"

   After finishing speaking, he stood up directly, turned his head and left.

   Not far away, a vendor came over cautiously: "Brother, why did you raise the price?"

  The vendor wants to cry but has no tears: "Didn't I see her buying wild vegetables every day for a hundred and ten dollars..."

   I thought it was a tyrannical master who was not short of money, so I liked this expensive one!

   They were wronged by themselves, and turned their heads again, only to find that the beautiful girl was about to close the stall with her silly brother.

  The vegetable vendor next door took a brisk walk:

   "Well, is there any food? Give me a catty too!"

  Song Tan was stunned for a moment, and then directed his younger brother: "Qiao Qiao, go to the car and get a bundle."

   While smiling, he said, "Uncle, I'm at the vegetable stall next to you these days. Excuse me—today's vegetables are all sold out, but I'm going to give some to my relatives, so let me take out a catty."

The vegetable seller's face looked good, he waved his hand, and smiled: "The market is not mine, and we sell different things, so what does it matter? You have to charge money for this dish, and you don't charge money." I do not want…"

   Before he finished speaking, Qiao Qiao puffed up his chest and showed the whole QR code on the sweater.

  Vegetable vendor: …

  He looked at the smiling little girl again, and had no choice but to scan the QR code to pay, and turned his head sullenly while carrying the vegetables.

  Song Tan took out five yuan familiarly: "Hey, go buy your Peppa stickers!"

  …

   Qiao Qiao had stickers on her cheeks and clothes, and happily followed Song Tan with a basket in her hand, watching new things all the way:

   "Sister, their building is so tall!"

   "What is this for?"

   "There are flowers!"

   "Where is Uncle?"

  Song Tan looked at his carefree expression, and his expression was soft: "It's coming soon, did you see that shop with the blue sign in front—does Qiao Qiao read? Read it?"

  Jojo looked at her hand, and began to snap his fingers with difficulty at this moment: "Big, big...um, five, gold...um..."

  He turned his head, looking at Song Tan with Qing Lingling eyes: "I've finished reading."

  Song Tan sighed——Qiao Qiao in this state can understand, count, recognize money, and occasionally check the time. He is obedient and sensible, and easy to coax, never crying at will.

  But if we really want to talk about it systematically, he is really like a kindergarten kid, he can’t read all the words, and travel is a problem, and there is no way for him to go to school in the city alone...

  I have to think of other ways later.

   But as soon as the thought passed in her mind, a smile appeared on her face: "Qiao Qiao is amazing! That's Dafang Hardware Store! Our uncle's name is Song Dafang, remember?"

  Uncle Song took his wife to work on construction sites in urban areas twenty years ago. Later, he met some people and saved some money. So he set up a store in the construction market, and relying on this store, he saved a lot of money for his family.

   It takes twenty years to do this.

  Although the market has not been very good in the past two years, his children have grown up and there is not so much pressure, so life is more comfortable than in previous years.

  Recalling the past, Song Tan still vaguely remembers that her aunt loved gold, and when she returned to her hometown in the early years, there were gold jewelry everywhere on her body.

  Because of this, everyone in the village said that the uncle had made a fortune, until one day the uncle took everyone to a jewelry store.

   "Bring a few fifty-cent coins, give me some wages, and you can make a bracelet! It's like gold, bright yellow, and strong!"

  Song Tan only knew it when he grew up—destroying RMB, breaking the law...

  But at this moment, these past events flashed in her memory like a revolving lantern, which made her recall the feeling before.

  And Qiao Qiao nodded obediently: "Remember, uncle is called the hardware store!"

  Song Tan: Pfft!

   "You can just call uncle, don't yell."

   Everyone is shouting for Jiageng (secretly happy)... This is one more (biubiubiu love biubiubiu!)

   No, really gone. Only this one time.

   No update will be added tomorrow.

   No further reminders will be added in the future.

  (end of this chapter)