"San'er, did you hear that? The furniture maker is here for you (Part 2). Thank you very much. Turn on the radio and help Xiao Yang sell things. Don't let the sun sink." The old man said with a heavy expression. As for the accent, I told my son that I don’t know whether it is “三” or “山”, so let’s call it “three”.
After a while, Wang San's voice came from the loudspeaker: "Fellow township party members, here is a notice. If the mother-in-law of the fat family is short of needles and threads, please come to the team to buy them. Come from the south to drop some needles and threads. 1 A money needle, a 2-dollar thimble, and a 5-dollar black and white thread. If you don’t have money, you can exchange it for an egg. The price is 1 cent, and you’ll be refunded any extra.”
"Ha (below), let's broadcast again... Township Party Meng (men)..."
Maybe after hearing that a southerner was planning to make furniture for his wedding, Wang San had to work extra hard on the broadcast. He didn't turn off the broadcast until the villagers came to the yard.
A staggering old lady, leaning on a cane and being supported by an older woman, also came to the team headquarters. As soon as she walked into the courtyard gate, the old village chief who was lying on the grinding plate saw him and quickly put down his tobacco bag and started walking from the grinding plate. Go up and down to the door to greet you. "Oh, godmother, why are you here? Tell me what you want."
"Come and take a look, Ga San'er is so timid. The radio is blasting so loudly that it makes my ears buzz."
"San'er, Wang San, your grandma is here, bring a chair." The old village chief shouted into the cave while helping the grandma walk to the shade of the tree.
"Nai, sit down." San'er brought a chair and placed it under the shade of a tree, letting the old lady sit down.
"Everyone line up and come one by one. Sister-in-law of the Zhang family, don't worry, we have everything."
Everyone soon became quiet and started buying needlework one by one.
"Godmother, you come first."
"I need a small needle to make a pair of tiger-head cotton shoes for Ga Sanwazi."
"Ga San'er, look at how much my grandma loves you, even if you don't even have sex (part 2), you have to worry about it. Hahaha..."
"Oh, Aunt Li, stop talking nonsense! I'm so embarrassed." Wang Shan said, turning to Liu Fang and saying, "Bring a pair of needles and thread to Aunt Li, I'll give you the money."
"No, no, the needle for grandma is free. It belongs to me." Yang Liufang walked up to the old lady with the needle and said, "Grandma, I will give you the needle. What color thread do you want?" Get you a pair.”
"Ga (an affectionate term given by elders to juniors), it's not easy for you to do business. You have to collect money. If you don't collect the amount, don't worry."
"Godmother, please give me some money. Don't worry." The old village chief took over.
"Really?"
"Give."
"Don't bully Gawa, you should have a black line on your forehead."
"Godmother, Mu Ma Da, uh, you asked him to build furniture for our third son."
Yang Liufang quickly took out a small needle and a handful of black thread and handed them to the old village chief. The old village chief went into the cave to find a newspaper and wrapped it before handing it to the old lady. Only then did everyone buy needlework and thread one by one.
At the end there were only a few needles left. Yang Liufang silently calculated in his mind. Including someone who exchanged eggs for needles, the total sold was 7 yuan and 40 cents. After excluding the cost, he had earned 5 yuan after two hard work. It was already dinner time. Dinner here is relatively early, perhaps because there are fewer lights on. Everyone rushes to eat before the sun goes down. The old village chief asked Wang San to exchange the eggs for money and give them to Yang Liufang, and left his son-in-law Shitou to have dinner with Yang Liufang.
Back at the old village chief's house, Wang San's mother had already prepared dinner. The staple food was still steamed potatoes, and the vegetables were fried with red spicy pepper, including a bowl of potatoes, and a small bowl of scrambled eggs with tomatoes. Everyone sat down to eat, and Yang Liufang called Wang San's mother, who was serving the meal, to join them.
"You're hiding from them, there's some over there." Wang San's mother said and walked out of the cave. Later, Yang Liu learned that the women here do not serve the table when there are guests for dinner.
During the meal, everyone only ate potatoes and humbly refused to pick up their share of tomatoes and scrambled eggs.
When the old village chief saw it, he said awkwardly: "Xiao Yang, you eat, you are not being treated well, there is nothing we can do, we (we) are too poor here."
"It's good, uncle, everyone is the same. I came here hungry and full. With the reform and opening up, things will get better slowly." Yang Liufang suddenly remembered what his brother Bing said. At this moment Just learn it and use it flexibly, which makes you look extraordinarily advanced.
"Sou (Uncle), Sou (Uncle), ugh... Gawa is sick, and her body is very hot. Please take a look at it quickly and give her some medicine (yuo). Wow..."
Four people were eating and chatting when a woman ran into the yard with a child in her arms, crying as she ran. When they arrived, Yang Liu saw clearly that it was Zhang's sister-in-law who was buying needlework in the afternoon.
"Sister-in-law of the Zhang family, don't cry yet. Come on, give Gawa to your uncle (sou) and let him see it." Wang San's mother had already come out of the kitchen to greet her.
The old village chief stood up to welcome them in. Shitou, Yang Liufang and Wang San also stood up and greeted them. The old village chief took the child. Liu Fang saw that the child was five or six years old and already unconscious. The old village chief first touched the child's head with his hand, then touched his own head, and then pressed his head against the child's head for comparison.
"Hey, I have a high fever. The salesman hasn't been here for half a year, and I don't have any western medicine at home."
"Ugh...Uncle (sou), what should we do? You need to save Gawa."
"Hey," the old village chief hesitated for a moment, then continued: "Well, San'er, you and your brother-in-law go to your grandfather's grave and kowtow a few times, make a request (Part 2), pull out some windweeds on the grave, and come back Boil some water for Gawa, let her sweat, and then she’ll be fine!”
"Okay, Emeng (we) will go right away." The two of them left Liu Fang behind and ran out the door with each other.
"Wang Sanma, go get our Tiger Balm and apply it on Gawa's head and chest. Go and heat it first." Wang Sanma quickly went to the inner room to take it out.
"Hey, it's almost gone." The old village chief opened the red iron box the size of a wine bottle cap and muttered to himself. Carefully rubbing the yellow grease with his hands, Liu Fang felt a pungent cooling sensation. Liu Fang discovered that the so-called tiger balm turned out to be cooling oil. The old village chief then wiped his fingers with tiger balm on the temples and chest of the unconscious child, and the cooling smell became even stronger.
The two people who went to the cemetery to pull out windweeds quickly ran back panting and handed several green plants as tall as straw to Wang San's mother to cook.
No one is in the mood to eat now.
"What did the old man say that Western medicine is? I'll see if I can buy it when I go to buy some." Yang Liufang asked Wang San on the side.
"Big, Xiao Yang asked you what the Western medicine is called? He can help buy it when it comes in stock."
"Hey, that's great. My name is Anakin, the one with big white films." The old village chief said, and then thought of something else, and handed the child to Zhang's sister-in-law. Turning to Liu Fang, he said, "By the way, you are also a (little) salesman. In the past, salesmen sold medicines for a penny, just like your needles. There was also cooling oil. This salesman Dan hasn't been here for half a year, I guess. More than a dozen surrounding villages are gone.”
After hearing this, Yang Liufang felt excited. This was definitely a good business opportunity, and he couldn't wait to agree: "Okay, old man, I will listen to you. I will go to the city early tomorrow morning, try to buy the medicine as soon as possible, and come back as soon as possible."
