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Chapter 7 Preparation

Looking at Xiao Yilin who was sleeping soundly next to him, he still shook him cruelly to wake him up, yelling: "Brother is leaving!"

Xiao Yilin was in a daze, opened his eyes and saw that it was his sister, hugged him and said, "Does sister want to pee?"

What are you peeing!Liang Yimei struggled a bit and said, "Big Brother!"

Xiao Yilin was agitated, and touched to the side. The elder brother was indeed gone, and quickly hugged his younger sister to get up. Liang Yimu came in when he heard the noise outside, and saw his younger siblings got up. Well? Be careful of the cold!"

Liang Yimei quickly confessed: "I want to go too!"

After hearing this, Xiao Yilin opened her round eyes and looked at her elder brother longingly. Although she didn't speak, it was better than opening her mouth.

Liang Yimu was worried about leaving the two of them alone at home, but now he didn't think too much about what they said, he quickly opened the cabinet and took out a big cotton jacket from his father, dressed his sister again, and fetched water for the two little ones. Wiping his face, he quickly picked up his sister in a big padded jacket, and led Xiao Yilin to the courtyard.

Fifth Grandpa got ready a long time ago. Seeing Liang Yimu come out with the two young ones, he said with a smile, "Xiao Yilin and Xiao Meizi are going too!"

Liang Yimu smiled shyly: "I don't worry about them being at home."

As he spoke, he put his younger sister on the car, hung the cloth bag containing money on his younger brother, carried him to the car as well, and wrapped him in a thick padded jacket.This padded jacket is very big, even if it wraps two children, it is still more than enough.Liang Yimu also climbed into the car, half full with his younger siblings.

Liang Wuye drove the donkey cart after seeing that everyone was seated. After going out, he helped them close the door, and got into the donkey cart when he went down the mountain.The donkey cart driven by Liang Wuye was very stable, the cotton-padded jacket was warm, and it was not yet bright, so Liang Yimei and Liang Yilin soon fell asleep again, even Liang Yimu was a little drowsy, half asleep and half awake, Liang Wuye saw him , to drive the car more stably.

When they arrived in Nanshi, it was the elder brother who woke up the two younger ones. Xiao Meizi rubbed her eyes and realized that the street was more spacious than last time, because she came earlier and there were not many stalls on the street. , Liang Wuye helped them occupy a better place, and helped them move all their things down, Liang Wuye looked at the six big buckets of fish on the ground, hesitated and said: "How about I stay here to help Are you selling it?"

Liang Yimu shook his head: "Don't worry, fifth grandfather, we also sold it last time. You still have work to do. When you finish the work, maybe we will sell it out."

Liang Wuye thought for a while and said: "In this case, then wait for me here when you sell out, and I will pick you up. Don't run around, you know?"

Liang Yimu nodded, his face was a little pale, this was what he was most worried about today, he was not afraid that these fish would not be sold, but he was afraid that someone would have evil intentions, after all, they were just three children, and the people here were not familiar, so maybe someone would turn their backs on money , what to do...

The number of people gradually increased. Because of the experience of hawking last time, it was much easier this time. After a while, people noticed the fresh fish here, and the number of people buying fish gradually increased...

Nearly half of the fish had already been sold when the yamen servant came to collect the fee. The yamen servant who collected the money took another look at the fish in the bucket and said, "There are still so many fish in this season? Looks fresh? They are raised at home. ?”

Liang Yimu replied respectfully: "Yes, I haven't cared much about the fish that were raised at home, but suddenly found that the fish that were released in previous years have grown up, so I caught some and sold them and hoped to buy some good ones this year. New Year's goods."

The yamen servant nodded and didn't ask any more questions. He took the money and went on to accept the next family.

Their previous family was selling tofu, and seeing that they sold so many fish this morning, they were already jealous. Now that the business has become lighter, they moved over and said, "Your fish look like wild ones. They are yours." Caught it? What a skill, I caught so many at once!"

Liang Yimei glared at her angrily and said, "It's really raised by my father!" The voice was clear and crisp, although it was not loud, it could be heard by everyone around.

Liang Yimu's eyes were deep, making it impossible to see anything, so Liang Yimei ran over and took his hand and said, "Brother, the fish belong to our family, and we are the only ones to get it." After a pause, he continued: "And the pond!" Said, looking at him eagerly with bright eyes.

Liang Yimu understood. Like all children, Xiaomeizi also has a sense of territory. She saw that they were the only ones catching fish in the river, so she thought that the river belonged to their family. Naturally, the fish in it also belonged to our family.Liang Yimu didn't even know that he was relieved that his sister was still a child!

Liang Yimu smiled and said: "Because my father is usually busy farming, so he doesn't take care of the pond too much. In the past, the family only put fish fry down and ignored it. If my sister didn't make a fuss about eating fish, We didn't know that the fish in the pond were so big! So they looked like wild ones." After a pause, he said, "In fact, they are almost the same as wild ones."

Liang Yimei almost didn't laugh. Seeing that her face was a bit ugly, she took Liang Yimu's hand, pointed to the tofu on her stall and said, "Eat."

Liang Yilin patted her hand and said, "I know how to eat!"

Seeing that Liang Yimei liked her tofu, the man was overjoyed and said with a smile: "Oh, I'm not boasting, there is no better tofu on this street than mine, and the stewed fish with this tofu is the best , if you want me to count you as cheap..."

Liang Yimu saw that someone had already come to buy fish, so he took the time to greet the guests and said, "Okay then, you leave us two yuan, and we can get it later."

Seeing that the business was completed, the man left happily, Liang Yimu heaved a sigh of relief, and concentrated on entertaining the guests.

Seeing that no one was paying attention to her, Liang Yimei ran to Liang Yilin who was collecting money, and quietly transferred the money from the cloth bag to her inner bag.This was discussed a long time ago. When Liang Yimu returned home after selling the fish last time, Liang Yimu sewed inner pockets in both Liang Yimei and Liang Yilin's clothes. When something happened, the other party must also search for Liang Yimu, and ignored the youngest one. Liang Yimei or Liang Yilin.

At noon, Liang Yimu asked Xiao Yilin to buy a few big buns, and the three of them ate together. Before they finished eating, an old lady came. The old lady looked at the fish in the bucket and said, "This How do you sell the fish?"

Liang Yimu quickly put down the bun in his hand and said, "Twenty Wen a catty."

The old lady said disgustedly: "What? Twenty Wen a catty, why don't you grab it! Pork is only fifteen Wen a catty."

Liang Yimu still had a smile on his face and said: "Often fish is naturally cheaper than pork, but now that winter is coming, there are few fish and more pork, so the price of fish is naturally more expensive than pork. The fish sold on this street It's all twenty cents a catty..." Before she finished speaking, the old lady spat in the face and said, "Your fish are too expensive. What kind of fish can be sold at this price? It's more expensive than pork... "As he spoke, he patted his thighs and sat down on the ground.

Liang Yimei frowned, this person didn't seem to be here to buy fish, but rather to blackmail someone.After thinking about it, Liang Yimei went over to tell Xiao Yilin, Xiao Yilin took the cloth bag for Liang Yimei, and sneaked out.

Because her sapo surrounded many spectators, and Xiao Yilin was small, no one noticed his departure.

Liang Yimu's face was a bit ugly, but he still said patiently: "Since the old lady thinks fish is too expensive, why don't you go buy pork."

"What?" The old lady was furious, "Okay! You don't sell my fish, do you do business like this? You look down on me and bully my lonely old man!"

At this time, Liang Yimu also understood that the other party was not here to buy fish, and his face became even more ugly, but there were people around him, so he couldn't get angry.

More and more people gathered around, the old lady simply sat down on the ground, crying, and Liang Yimu stood there not knowing what to say.The people next to him pointed more and more.

Seeing that the remaining bucket and a half of fish would be difficult to sell, Liang Yimei simply pretended to be scared, squeezed into Liang Yimu's arms, and started to cry. Looking at it, Liang Yimei's tears were falling down like she didn't want money, she squeezed into Liang Yimu's arms, and shouted: "I'm afraid, I'm afraid..."

Liang Yimu's heart ached, and thinking of the hardships of life made his eyes turn red, he ignored the old lady, and just picked up his younger sister and coaxed: "Oh, don't be afraid, don't be afraid, my brother is here."

It was only then that the spectators noticed that the fish sellers were a seven or eight-year-old child and a three-year-old child. Liang Yimei's tears and intermittent crying formed a sharp contrast with the old lady's howling.Everyone laughed and accused the old lady: "This person is really, actually bullying two children."

"That's right, you don't have to buy fish if you think it's expensive, who forced you!"

"The price is the same in the whole county. Why do you just say that this one is expensive? It's not because they are children who are easy to bully."

"Hey, isn't this the famous half-haired old lady in the east of the city? Why did you come here?"

"Ah, it's really her, no wonder, it turns out that she wanted to rub a fish..."

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Through the discussion of the people around, Liang Yimei also understood that the other party was here to steal fish, and she thought that someone hired her to make trouble and try to get their money.

The old lady's complexion became more and more ugly, she didn't sit on the ground, she didn't stand up, she didn't sit still, seeing Liang Yimu still standing there indifferently coaxing the child in her arms, crying and patting her thigh when she got angry, she said: "I Life is hard! Buying a fish and being bullied..."

Liang Yimu's entire face turned green, and his small face was very serious. Just a moment ago, someone shouted: "What's the noise? What's going on, ah?"

He looked up and saw that the yamen servant was coming, Liang Yimu put down his sister in a panic, ran over and said respectfully: "Master, I don't know what's going on, the old lady cried when she came here, she insisted that I bullied her, It's just that I really don't know where I bullied her?"

Liang Yimei laughed out loud, and the people around her laughed too, and they all talked about the reason.The old lady panicked when she saw the yamen servant coming, she quickly stood up from the ground and said: "It's nothing, it's nothing."

"No? Why are you sitting here crying without it? If you want to buy fish, buy it quickly, and if you don't buy it, leave quickly, or the police will quickly judge you for disrupting the market."

(End of this chapter)