The usually bustling small pier has only a few vendors walking on the shore today, and there are also many fewer boats on the canal.
"Uncle, where is he?" Minghe also discovered the problem.
Danzi pointed forward honestly: "Brother, look, there is someone there."
Ming He said: "Those are people selling things, there are no people buying things."
After Minghe said this, Danzi also noticed that the situation was different, and said in a tender voice: "That's right, there are no people buying anything."
Xiao Yu said: "Let's go and ask."
"Grandma Liu is there." Minghe is a talkative person. When he meets a stranger at a young age, he will call him "Grandpa", "Grandma", "Auntie", "Grandma", "Brother", "Sister" etc. according to their age and gender.
Others call Granny Liu Granny Liu, but he calls her Granny Liu all day long, making her smile every time.
Xiao Yu pushed the cart and came to Granny Liu. He called Granny Liu as usual, and then asked about the situation at the small dock today.
Mrs. Liu sighed: "Oh, this small business is getting more and more difficult."
Xiao Yu asked: "Is it because of the disaster victims?"
Liu Po said: "Not only because of the victims, but also because of the war."
"Where's the war?" Xiao Yu didn't hear anything about this.
"Nanbianguan."
Xiao Yu asked: "Is it General Pei who is fighting?" Zhang Wu had said before that Pei Yanli was injured at Beibian Pass and had to rush to South Pass to fight again.
"Yes, yes, you heard about it too?" asked Mrs. Liu.
Xiao Yu shook his head: "I just heard that there is going to be a war at Nanbian Pass. I don't know about the others. Is it really going to happen?"
"I've been beaten for a month." The wrinkles on Mrs. Liu's face became a little deeper and she said, "And she was defeated."
Xiao Yu was shocked: "General Pei was defeated?"
"Yes, I heard that General Pei had just fought with the Yue people for one round and disappeared together with his cronies. The Yue people easily won the victory. Now he has gone north and will come to us in five days. So you see, there is no one on this small pier. They are all scared." Mrs. Liu whispered in a low voice: "If I sell eggs for another three or four days, I won't come. I'll close the door of my house and avoid others." This limelight.”
"Mr. Liu, who said these?" Xiao Yu asked in surprise.
Liu Po said: "Everyone says so."
Xiao Yu asked: "Is the news reliable?"
"As the saying goes, there is no storm without fire. I see, eight or nine are inseparable from ten." Mrs. Liu firmly believed in this matter.
Xiao Yu continued: "As the saying goes, if there is no wind, there will still be three feet of waves."
Mrs. Liu was stuck for a moment, and then said: "I won't argue with you on this. Anyway, if I sell eggs for another three or four days, I won't come. Old lady, I'm only fifty-two this year. I haven't lived enough yet. I'm the last one." At least you have to live to be eighty years old, Xiao Langjun, you'd better avoid it."
Xiao Yu carefully recalled the various plots in the book "Emperor's Dream". Although Pei Yanli did not have the aura of the hero, he was an extremely important person in the hero's life. He had never lost a battle, so it stands to reason that he would be fine. Son, but now... Could it be that because he entered the book and changed Minghe's fate, causing a butterfly effect, the other protagonists and supporting characters in the book also changed?
Not possible.
He is just a small supporting role and should not be able to shake the protagonist group. Moreover, the intersection between Ming He and Pei Yanli happened many, many years later, and it cannot affect Pei Yanli's fate now.
Xiao Yu couldn't figure out the reason. Even if he figured it out, he couldn't do much as a common man. Besides, the war was true and false, so maybe this was Pei Yanli's plan.
He believed that the Dajing Kingdom of the male protagonist Guawang could always be prosperous and prosperous, and that it was simply not something that small white-eyed wolves like the Yue people could defeat, so he did not believe these rumors.
But Mrs. Liu and others believed it. There were no pedestrians at the small pier all morning, and only a few repeat customers came to buy buns.
"Uncle, are they sold out?" Minghe asked.
Xiao Yu replied: "There are forty more." At this time, they would have returned to Jinxiu Village.
"There are so many more?" Minghe frowned.
"Well, let's go back later and try to sell more steamed buns." Xiao Yu and Ming He discussed, "Okay?"
"Okay." Minghe nodded.
"Then you can play with your younger brother." There are usually a lot of people at the dock. Xiao Yu usually keeps Ming He by his side. Occasionally, Jin Dabao and Tian Liu come over, so the three children can be under the care of Xiao Fang and Master Yuan. Play next.
There was no one at the small dock today and he was not busy, so he just let Minghe and Danzi play.
Minghe said: "I still have to sell steamed buns." When busy, he can help look after the wallet.
Xiao Yu smiled and said: "There are few people today, so you don't need to look at your wallet. You can just play."
"Okay then." Ming He said, "Brother, let's go play in the dirt."
"Okay." Danzi responded.
Minghe took Danzi's little hand and walked aside, asking, "Brother, can you play with clay?"
"I don't know how." Danzi said softly, "Brother, can you teach me?"
"OK."
It seems that every child likes to play with dirt. Minghe and Danzi just picked up a branch and poked the dirt next to it for half an hour. However, Xiao Yu's forty buns were not sold out yet. He was glad that he was worried about the victims. It affects business, so I only made a hundred buns today, otherwise there would be more leftover.
Seeing that the buns were cold and the taste was bad, Xiao Yu didn't plan to sell any more, lest it affect the reputation of the buns, so he shouted: "Minghe, Danzi!"
"Hey!" The two children were having fun.
"Going home." Xiao Yu said.
The two children ran over happily.
Minghe asked with concern: "Uncle, are the buns sold out?"
"No." Xiao Yu said.
Minghe put his little feet up and stretched his neck to look into the bamboo basket: "How many more are there?"
"Twenty." Xiao Yu said.
"There are so many more?"
"Yes." There is nothing we can do about the fact that the victims of the disaster and the rumors of war have affected people's travel. It will be fine after this period of time passes. Xiao Yu said: "But it doesn't matter. Let's take it home to eat."
"I want to eat three!" Ming He said.
"I'll eat three too!" Danzi said.
Xiao Yu nodded: "Let's send a few more to Grandma Hao's house."
"I'll send him off." Ming He said.
"Danzi and brother are going to deliver it together." Xiao Yu said.
Danzi nodded.
The three of them returned to Jinxiu Village and gave ten buns to Grandma Hao, and they finished the remaining ten buns.
On the second day, Xiao Yu deliberately reduced the quantity of buns and made only eighty buns, but ended up with twenty buns left.
On the third day, even sixty buns could not be sold.
Mrs. Liu and other small vendors went home early to hide.
The small pier was empty.
The buns in the bamboo basket couldn't be sold at all. Xiao Yu set his sights on Qingshi Town, so he pushed a shelf cart into the town. He originally wanted to be a mobile vendor, but a mobile vendor was a mobile vendor, but he kept moving. Once he stopped, When we got down, people from the stall next to us were immediately rushed out.
Some of the stall owners were so fierce that they almost made Danzi cry.
Xiao Yu also felt that such mobile vendors were blocking other people's business, which was not good, so he gave up and pushed the cart out of Qingshi Town.
"Uncle, are the buns sold out?" Minghe asked again.
"There are ten more." Xiao Yu replied.
Minghe frowned again: "What should we do?"
Little worry.
Xiao Yu couldn't help but laugh. He touched the little guy's smooth little face and said, "There must be a road for cars to reach the mountain and for boats to reach the bridge. We don't have to worry. There are always more solutions than problems." He and Ming He were in the most difficult situation. We have gone through all the time, and the difficulties we are facing today are nothing at all.
"Then I'll find a way." Minghe frowned, looking like he was thinking hard.
Danzi stared blankly at his brother's appearance, and immediately realized something. Then he followed his brother's example, frowning tightly, as if he was also thinking.
Xiao Yu laughed out loud.
"Uncle, it's snowing!" Minghe suddenly exclaimed as he looked at the melting snowflakes on his hands.
Xiao Yu looked up when he heard the sound, and a snowflake circled and fell on his face. It was ice cold, but he didn't bring an umbrella with him today, so he quickly said: "Let's go home quickly."
"Go home, go home!" Minghe and Danzi shouted excitedly.
When they returned home, a thin layer of white snow had fallen on the ground. Xiao Yu worked in a southern city and had not seen snow for many years, so he felt extremely excited and happy.
Minghe and Danzi were also extremely excited.
All three of them had forgotten the bleak situation of small business.
Ming He said: "Uncle, let's build a snowman together."
"You still know how to make a snowman?" Xiao Yu was surprised.
"I just heard someone say that." Minghe pointed around.
"Okay, if the snow is thick, we will build a snowman and have a snowball fight." Xiao Yu hasn't thought of a solution to the business dilemma yet, so he might as well play with the children first and relax his brain.
"Yeah!" Minghe and Danzi looked forward to it together.
God did not disappoint them. The snow kept falling, and in the afternoon, it was a thick layer. Xiao Yu and the two children put on bunny ear hats and went to the foot of the mountain to build snowmen and have snowball fights. Their cheeks were red and they were out of breath. But his eyes were particularly shining, and his heart was very happy.
Later, Xiao Yu found that Xue had no intention of stopping. The three of them were too tired and returned home to have dinner. After a while, the two children fell asleep.
The surroundings became quiet, and Xiao Yu could finally think about selling buns. In fact, the business at the small wharf had been very good, and he didn't even have the time to think about the future.
Now he is shocked to realize that these "good things" are all fragile. Not to mention encountering disaster victims and wars, but also encountering daily snow, rain, ice, etc., he cannot safely push the two children on the carriage. and steamed buns delivered to the small pier.
Selling steamed buns there is never going to last forever.
He now has some money in his hands, so he might as well take this opportunity to transform.
But what can he do?
gourmet food.
Yes, his delicious food is recognized by many people.
Then why not go to Qingshi Town to rent a door and give it a try.
What if it fails?
What to do with two hungry children?
He carefully analyzed the pros and cons again, and didn't fall asleep until very late. He vaguely heard Danzi whispering: "Little uncle, little uncle."
"Yeah." Xiao Yu opened his eyes slightly.
"Uncle, I want to drink water." Xiao Yu fried pickles for dinner, which were a bit salty, and he ate a lot of eggs, so he was very thirsty now.
Xiao Yu knew Danzi would be thirsty, so he put a bowl of water on the wooden box before going to bed. Although it was already cold, the people of Dajing could drink cold water all year round. He asked, "You can go and drink it yourself." Is that so?" Minghe usually drinks water and eats by himself, and he also hopes that Danzi can do it by himself.
"Can."
"Uncle, let me light a lamp for you."
"Don't light the lamp, I can see, my brother said, lighting the lamp wastes oil."
"..." I don't know if it was because of the white snow outside the window, or because it was almost dawn and there were faint gifts inside the house, Xiao Yu said, "Then go ahead."
Danzi happened to be sleeping outside today. He slowly slid off the bed and walked towards the wooden box.
Xiao Yu saw him holding up a small bowl and drinking water gurglingly, and told him: "Come back after drinking."
"Um."
After a while, Danzi got into Xiao Yu's arms again.
Xiao Yu hugged Danzi with one hand and Minghe with the other, and continued to sleep, when suddenly there was a loud "bang".
Xiao Yuren sat up in fright. When he turned around, he saw a big hole in the roof, and large flakes of snow drifted in.
"Uncle, our house collapsed!" Minghe suddenly said.
Only then did Xiao Yu realize that Minghe had also woken up. He was worried that the rest of the house would collapse again, so he quickly stood up, pulled up the quilt and wrapped the two children in preparation to go out first, when he suddenly stopped and asked: "Where are the eggs?"
