On the morning of the 16th, the sun was just shining overhead.
Xu Hongping stood in front of the stall and said: No, I will go into the factory shed to hide for a while.
"Mom, why are you standing outside! Go sit inside the shed and sit peacefully." Shitou shouted:
"Little brother, give me 4 handkerchiefs."
Shitou replied: Brother, what kind of handkerchief do you want? You choose.
The guest officer pointed to the side and said: I want that kind of handkerchief.
Xu Hongping sat down on the stool and said impatiently: It's too hot.
Shitou took a few handkerchiefs and called out: Brother, you have got it.
The guest officer put his handkerchief in his handkerchief and threw 4 cents on the stall.
Shitou shouted: Brother, the handkerchief you bought doesn't cost so much.
"No! Your handkerchiefs are still selling for half a penny each." The guest officer replied:
Shitou then said: Yes! The 4 handkerchiefs you bought cost 2 cents in total.
The guest officer grabbed the money and said: Little brother, do you know! You are very famous. You are the patron saint of the whole street. If you stomp your feet casually, the whole Fengxian Town will tremble. Based on your reputation alone, it is definitely not a problem to sell your handkerchiefs for a few pennies each... ···
"Brother, I am famous. My name is Shitou." Shitou smiled and said:
The guest officer replied: I am not telling you this name.
Shitou argued: No matter what the name is! What does it have to do with selling handkerchiefs!
The guest officer said: The relationship is great, and reputation is valuable.
Shitou asked: What reputation?
The guest officer scratched his head and said, "It's just a matter of spreading rumors and spreading rumors."
Shitou said calmly: Brother, you overestimated Shitou. What kind of reputation can Shitou have?
"It's a good thing that Shitou can be discussed by others. Who in the world is not discussed by others!" Shitou continued:
The guest officer then said: But!
"According to me, he is selling handkerchiefs here, and he is doing something wrong." The street stall owner on the side said:
Shitou replied: This uncle is joking, Shitou is just a piece of material for small vendors, how can he have any talent!
"You don't need to be humble in front of me. You are talented in literature, martial arts, kind-hearted and virtuous, far better than those..." the street stall owner responded:
"Uncle, you spoke so well of me. I am a pauper and I can't afford to give you money." Shitou smiled and said:
"Brother, don't be funny in front of me! You are really good, that's why others say good things to you, not me..." The street vendor uncle continued:
"This boss is not telling lies. Everyone in the whole street is praising you, praising you for your bravery when it comes to justice, and praising you for your sincerity in treating others..." the guest officer called:
"Mom, brother-in-law, it's time to eat!" Min'er hurried to the stall with her rice in hand.
Shitou thanked him and said: Thank you, big brother, for your praise! My sister has brought a meal. You stay and have a bowl of rice - and then leave.
"No, no, no, you eat, you eat." The guest officer waved his hand and gradually backed away.
Miner turned over the lunch box and said: Mom, I brought 4 chicken legs here today.
Xu Hongping responded: "You can bring as many as you want, but it's the same. The weather is so hot, I don't want to eat it!"
Shitou said, "Mom, I brought all the Min'er belts. You need to eat some."
Xu Hongping replied: I can't eat it.
"If mom doesn't eat it, then my brother-in-law will." Min'er said:
Shitou turned his face to his uncle and shouted: "Uncle, we have some food here, come over and eat it."
The street stall uncle replied: You eat, you eat, my old lady will bring the food right away.
Shitou responded: Just eat one more portion.
The street stall uncle smiled and said: I can't eat that much on such a hot day.
Shitou whispered: What should I do?
"Brother-in-law, here it is." Min'er took the lunch box and shouted:
Shitou took the lunch box and shouted: Mom, you don't want to eat, I'll go to the street and buy two kilograms of fruit for you to eat.
"Don't worry about Shitou, I don't want to eat anything!" Xu Hongping wiped the sweat from her forehead and called:
"Boss, give me 4 handkerchiefs."
Min'er walked to the stall and asked: Sister, what kind of handkerchief do you want?
The guest officer pointed to the "heart to heart" handkerchief and said: I want that kind of handkerchief.
Min'er asked: Are all four the same?
The guest officer nodded and responded: Yes.
Min'er picked 4 "heart to heart" handkerchiefs and said: Sister, you have it.
The guest officer held a handkerchief in one hand and dug into his pocket with the other, and asked: Is the handkerchief worth two cents?
"Miss, you made it easy for me to find her. Let's go home." A person dressed as a maid ran towards her.
The guest officer turned his head and called out: Why are you here!
The maid held the guest officer's hand, leaned her head against the guest officer's ear, and said secretly: Your brother...
"Let's go quickly." The guest officer pulled the maid and shouted:
Min'er shouted: Sister, you haven't paid yet.
The guest officer turned around and dug into his pocket and said in surprise: Where is my money!
She looked for the ground and muttered: My wallet was still in my pocket just now, it will be in a moment!
"Sister, you don't want to say that we stole your wallet, do you?" Min'er interrupted:
The guest officer responded: It is impossible for you to steal my wallet. You have never touched me at all, and you have never seen my wallet.
Min'er replied: You said it yourself, we didn't steal your money. The only explanation is that you didn't bring any money at all.
The guest officer argued: I just found my wallet in my pocket.
Miner sneered: Then take out the money.
"Miss, they probably did something to it!" The maid scratched her forehead and said:
"Your dog can't spit out ivory from its mouth. We are so far away from her, how can we do anything with her!" Min'er continued:
The maid said: I heard that there is a skill called - retrieving objects from the air. I suspect that some of you know it...
"You fart, we are all serious businessmen, you can ask around to find out who we are! Who needs your dirty money!" Min'er scolded:
The maid laughed and said: Yo! Your tone is not small, who are you! You are the king of heaven!
Min'er said: Forget about the King of Heaven, it's all your fault.
The maid said angrily: You!
"Stop talking!" The guest officer faced the maid and shouted:
Shi Shi wiped his mouth and called out: Min'er, please stop saying a word.
"Boss, my wallet is indeed lost. Why is my wallet lost! I have no way of knowing. I bought 4 of your handkerchiefs for a total of two cents. I have no money on me. I pressed the bracelet on my hand to You guys, wait until I get the money and I’ll come back to get it.” The guest officer took the bracelet from his hand and said:
The maid shouted: Miss...
"Don't take it! It's just two handkerchiefs! You don't have to hold anything here. Take the handkerchiefs away. If you remember that you didn't pay for the handkerchiefs, just take the money. If you don't remember, you just treat the handkerchiefs as gifts from us. , welcome girl to come again next time!" Xu Hongping said:
Min'er said: Mom, let's do business!
"Min'er, it's just a few handkerchiefs! Why do you care so much!" Shitou said:
The guest officer bowed to Shi Shi and then to Xu Hongping.
"Sister, please give way. You were standing in that position just now." Shitou put down his rice bowl and walked straight to the guest officer.
Shitou continued: According to my analysis, my sister's money is missing. First, the money was stolen. Second, the money was dropped. My sister just touched the wallet. It is impossible for it to be stolen. If it is dropped, it will fall on the ground. ·····
"There is none on the ground." The guest officer replied:
"There is another possibility, the money is still with you." Min'er called:
The guest officer touched his body and whispered: No.
Shi Shi turned over the handkerchief on the stall and said: And here.
"Found it." Shitou opened a handful of handkerchiefs and shouted:
Everyone turned their attention to the stone in unison.
Shi Shi picked up the wallet and handed it to the guest officer.
The guest officer grabbed the wallet and said with a smile: This is the wallet.
She held the purse with both hands and muttered silently: It'll be good if you come back.
The maid came close to the guest officer and said: Miss, leave quickly.
The guest officer reacted and shouted: Wait a minute, I haven't paid yet!
"Boss, give me 6 handkerchiefs."
Xu Hongping said: Guest, you make your own choice.
Seeing the two people walking away, Min'er murmured: Those two people are really inexplicable. They didn't take their money well, and they said that we...
"Min'er, what are you mumbling about? Hurry up and work!" Shitou shouted:
Min'er bent down and replied: What am I doing?
Shitou said disdainfully: Look at how slow you are!
"Look at the stall, I'm going to buy some fruit." Shitou continued:
Min'er replied: Don't worry, I will keep an eye on the stall.
The stone ran forward.
He ran to a fruit stall and asked: Boss, how do you sell your snow pears?
The boss said: Sell it however you want!
Shitou said in confusion: "Sell it however you want!" How to sell it!
The boss explained: My fruits cost a penny a bite, a penny a piece, all of them cost a penny.
Of course, just for you.
Shitou asked: Boss, why are you just treating me?
The boss replied: Because, because I know you, you are the hero.
Shitou stood up and ran away without looking back.
He arrived at a fruit stall and shouted: Boss, give me 4 pounds of snow pears.
The boss weighed Shitou 4 pounds of Sydney and said: A total of 16 cents.
Shitou gave the boss 16 Wen.
The boss took the money and said politely: Welcome again.
Shi Shi was carrying Xue Li and was about to leave.
"Shitou, why don't you buy some pears?" Chu Ming came over carrying a load.
Shitou smiled and said: "Except for uncle, I haven't seen you for several days. How are you doing during this time?"
Chuming put down his burden and replied: Everything is the same as before.
Shitou opened the snow pear bag and shouted: "Uncle, please eat a snow pear."
Chu Ming stretched out his hand and took a snow pear.
Then, rub it on your clothes.
"Uncle, wait a minute! I'll go over there and wash myself." Shitou shouted:
Chu Ming replied: No need to wash, no need to wash.
"Brother, your name is Shitou!" The fruit stall owner stared at Shitou and said curiously:
Shitou replied: Yes!
The boss rushed: You are the hero everyone calls Stone.
"Boss, don't listen to other people's nonsense! Look at me like this, do I look like a hero!" Shitou advised:
The boss said seriously: Like.
Shitou smiled and said: The boss is so funny.
"You are a hero, if people know! You bought two Sydney pears from me, and I took your money. It would be strange if everyone didn't smash my stall." The boss took out his pocket and called:
"Uncle, let's talk some other time." Shitou picked up his things and ran away.
The boss looked at Chu Ming and asked: What's wrong with him? Why did he run away without even saying a few words?
Chu Ming smiled and said: I don't know, just ask him.
Shitou ran back to the stall in one breath.
He held his collar in one hand and turned back to "take a look."
Min'er asked: Brother-in-law, what are you looking at?
Shitou replied: Don't look at anything!
Xu Hongping called out: Shitou, you went to buy fruit, why did you stay there for so long!
Shitou responded: Something happened on the way, so it was delayed for a while.
Xu Hongping shouted: We sold here today, we packed up the stall and went home.
Shitou placed the snow pear in front of Xu Hongping and shouted: Mom, you eat the pear.
Xu Hongping took a snow pear and shouted: Min'er, come and eat the pear too.
Shitou said: You two eat pears, and the stall asked me to collect them.
"Brother-in-law, you just said that something happened when you went to buy Sydney. What happened? Is it okay?" Min'er asked:
Shitou continued: It’s nothing!
But "this kind of thing" makes me very upset...
"What is it that worries you so much? Tell me." Xu Hongping said:
Shitou was silent for a moment and then said: I just ran to buy fruit. First I went to the fruit stand in front. The owner of that fruit stand knew me and told me how many kilograms of fruit I bought. Even after buying all the fruits, he only charged me I had only one penny. In desperation, I ran to the other end of the street to buy fruit. The owner of that stall didn’t recognize me, so I bought 4 kilograms of snow pears and gave him 16 pennies. I mentioned the snow pears and was about to leave. Unexpectedly, Unfortunately, at this moment, my uncle came over and stopped me and said a few words to me. After the boss learned that I was a stone, he wanted to return the money to me. I had no choice but to run back.
Xu Hongping replied: This is a good thing! Don’t spend money when buying something. If you leave this matter to others, they don’t know how happy they will be! But you are helpless here and don’t look happy at all. How many people are there in the world like you...
"Mom, it's not as simple as you said. If I accepted their gift, it would be equivalent to taking Officer Wang's money..."
"Brother-in-law, what mom said is the truth. Who would push this kind of effortless and flattering thing out of the world! Some people would only dream of it..."
"Others have to spend money when they go out to do business. I can't be like the bailiff who makes everyone afraid of me just for the sake of petty gains."
Xu Hongping said with a smile: "The bailiff takes other people's things and doesn't give you money, and they don't accept the money you give them. The two cannot be confused."
Shitou continued: This is the truth. Taking their things for free is neither stealing nor robbing.
But they are not evil people. I can't bear to take their things without giving them money.
Xu Hongping smiled slightly and called out: So be it! When you go shopping in the future, if they don't want your money, give them half of your money. This way, they won't lose money, and it will also make you feel better.
Shitou took a breath and replied: As of now, it has to be like this.
"Boss, give me 4 handkerchiefs."
"Sir, we are sold out of handkerchiefs today." Xu Hongping responded:
Shitou bowed and said: I'm sorry, aunt! see you next time.
Min'er saw her aunt leaving and said: When I get home, I will learn from Sister Erfeng and try to make more handkerchiefs next time.
"Okay! Next time you go to the market, you will have to sew 100 strips alone..." Xu Hongping continued:
"Ah! 100 handkerchiefs, you let me sew them until the Chinese New Year." Min'er said in surprise:
Shitou shouted: Mom, the sun is going down, let’s go home quickly.
Xu Hongping stood up and asked: Min'er, do you still want Sydney?
Min'er shook her head and replied: I don't want it anymore.
Xu Hongping put the snow pears away and said: Let's go.
The stone picked up the basket and moved it step by step.
Xu Hongping called: Shitou, I want to discuss something with you...
"Mom, what's the matter with you! Please tell me!" Shitou asked:
Xu Hongping said: Didn’t a guest just say that our handkerchiefs were sold too cheap...
"Mom, don't listen to his nonsense! Our handkerchiefs sell for ten or eight cents, who will buy them!" Shitou interrupted:
Xu Hongping argued: I didn't say I would sell it for ten cents or eight cents, I just said that the price would be slightly higher than the original price.
The stone closed its mouth and there was no reply.
Xu Hongping continued: The cost of making handkerchiefs is increasing, and the prices of other things are also increasing. Our family relies on it to make a living.
In addition, the profit from selling handkerchiefs is already low.
We have to sell two handkerchiefs to make half a penny.
We even pay for Erfeng’s craftsmanship...
"Mom, how much do you want to sell one for?" Shitou asked:
Xu Hongping said: At least double the current price.
Shitou moved his feet and muttered: Then double it.
Min'er grabbed Xu Hongping's hand and said with a smile: Mom, my brother-in-law agreed to double the amount.
Xu Hongping held Min'er's hand - shook it back and forth, and said with a smile: Let's go home...
