Chapter 42: Looting
"Rock sugar gourd...... What is it? ”
"I don't know, I've never heard of it before. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"
"Go and see ......"
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The term "rock sugar gourd" is undoubtedly a new word for people in this world.
With a sense of curiosity, the pedestrians on the street looked in the direction from which the sound came.
I saw a burly man standing there somewhere on the side of the street, holding a long object in his hand, with something densely inserted at the top.
If you look closely, those things that are worn together and have the size of abacus beads are not ordinary red fruits?
Even if there is a layer of crystal clear on the red fruit, and it is sprinkled with sesame seeds, it does not change the fact that it is a red fruit.
"Hey, man, you ice ...... How to sell ice what gourd? ”
A young man in a long robe stepped forward and asked.
"A string of pennies."
The honest man immediately spoke back.
"Penny?" The young man was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and left.
Red fruit is not a rare thing, you can buy several catties for a penny on the street, and a fool will spend five pennies to buy only a few of them.
"I thought it was a rarity, but it was just a few red fruits......
"Five cents for a string, this man really dares to ask for a price."
"Tsk, there's nothing to see, let's go......"
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Seeing that the crowd that was attracted by his first call and surrounded by his first cry quickly dissipated, the heart of the big man surnamed Fang couldn't help but sink.
What he feared most happened anyway......
"It's five cents, give me a string." A voice came from the side, and the big man surnamed Fang turned his head to see that a middle-aged scribe wearing a navy blue shirt took out five copper coins from his arms and put them in his hands.
This is his first guest, the man surnamed Fang was overjoyed, hurriedly put away the money, took out a string of sugar gourds and handed it over, "Your sugar gourd." ”
The scribe stretched out his hand to take it, and then left directly, making the big man surnamed Fang who wanted to get his evaluation a little disappointed in his heart.
After all, he still doesn't want everything he has done these days to be in vain.
In the place where the big man surnamed Fang couldn't see, the middle-aged scribe took a bite of the sugar gourd, a trace of surprise flashed on his face, he looked down at the rock sugar gourd in his hand, and muttered: "There is sweetness in the sour, crisp and delicious, I really can't imagine that Hongguo actually has such a novel practice......"
Because of some hunger in his belly, he bought a snack on the street that he had never seen before, but it brought him a different surprise, and a smile appeared on the face of the middle-aged scribe, and his mood seemed to have changed a little, and he continued to walk forward.
At this time, the big man surnamed Fang, who had done the first business, also had a glimmer of hope in his heart, raised his head, and shouted at the top of his voice.
"Rock Sugar Gourd ......"
"Delicious rock sugar gourd ......"
"Rock sugar gourd, not sweet, no money......"
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Half an hour later, the big man surnamed Fang, who shouted hoarsely, leaned against the wall in great frustration, and the glimmer of hope in his heart was ruthlessly destroyed.
Until now, his second string of rock sugar gourds has not been sold.
I have to say that the shape of the rock sugar gourd is still very peculiar, which attracted many people to come forward to ask, but when they saw that the so-called rock sugar gourd was just a few red fruits worn together, and the asking price was actually five yuan, they lost interest.
"Do you want to sell a bunch for a penny first?" The old man was a little helpless and said to himself, but when he thought that when he was leaving, his uncle told him that a string of rock sugar gourds must not be lower than Wuwen, so he could only dispel this idea.
On the street, a little farther away from the big man surnamed Fang, a bear child about five or six years old was holding a woman's thigh and howling.
"Be obedient, my mother will make you something to eat when she goes back!" The woman looked helplessly at her own child, who suddenly sprinkled and couldn't coax her own child, and said helplessly.
"No, I'm going to eat it now!" The bear child was obviously not so easy to fool, and hugged her leg and shook her head vigorously.
The bear child, who had already figured out his mother's routine, knew that when he returned home, what was waiting for him was definitely not something delicious, but a beating to punish him for disobedience.
Instead of stupidly waiting to go home and get boarded, it is better to pester my mother now to get some benefits, so that even if you go back and get beaten, it will be worth it.
Of course, the bear child scattered on the street quickly attracted the attention of passers-by, and the woman was watched by so many people, and her face was a little unbearable, thinking that she would stabilize the child first, and then slowly educate her when she returned home, but suddenly found that the crying beside her had stopped.
When I looked down, I found that the bear child was looking straight ahead, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, pointed to the direction of the street corner, and said, "Mother, I want that!" ”
After a while, the bear child who had to taste his wish licked the rock sugar gourd and walked away with satisfaction, and he liked this delicacy that he had never eaten before.
After eating all the hawthorns, I was reluctant to throw away the frosting on the bamboo skewers, carefully put it away, and even licked the residue at the corner of my mouth, and thought happily that I must tell a few friends who have a good relationship after going home, and I didn't realize that the woman next to me had a bad face, and the first thing to greet him when I went home was afraid that it would be a beating......
For a whole hour, only two sugar gourds were sold, and Lao Fang's heart was completely desperate.
"This time, I'm afraid my uncle is going to be disappointed......"
With a long sigh, the big man surnamed Fang picked up the stick with the sugar gourd, and was about to go home, just took a few steps, and suddenly there was a chaotic sound of footsteps behind him, and the next moment, he found himself surrounded.
Surrounding Lao Fang was a group of bear children, the oldest of whom was no more than ten years old, all of them looked at the sugar gourd in Lao Fang's ------ hand with excited eyes.
The bear child standing at the front was about five or six years old, and Lao Fang had just seen that his second business was taken care of by him.
The bear child covered his buttocks with one hand, the tears on his face were not dry, pointed to the strings of sugar gourds, and said: "That's it, whether I lied to you or not, you will know immediately!" ”
After that, the bear child stretched out his little hand, revealing the five copper coins in his palm, and said loudly: "Uncle, I want a string of rock sugar gourds!" ”
"I want it too!"
"And me!"
"I want two skewers!"
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The bear children chattered one after another, and the old man looked at the little white hands stretched out, and the expression on his face was a little confused.
On the street, a certain passing girl watched suspiciously as a group of happy bear children roared by, each holding a bamboo skewer in his hand and eating sweetly, and when she looked ahead, she saw the big man carrying a strange stick.
The strength of the bear child should not be underestimated, and the rock sugar gourd was suddenly reduced by a small half, replaced by a large pile of copper coins in his pocket.
"Excuse me, how do you sell this?"
Just as the old man was standing in place and stunned, a nice voice came from the side.
Looking at the extremely delicate girl standing beside him, the old man surnamed Fang couldn't help but blush, and said, "Five, five cents ......"
"Okay, get me one...... the girl nodded and said with a smile.
took a bite lightly, her mouth was filled with sweet and sour taste, the girl's beautiful eyes lit up slightly, and she took out a small piece of broken silver from her good-looking purse, and pointed to the remaining sugar gourd: "I want all of these!" ”