Li Tongfu carried the load and followed Officer Li. When he saw someone selling shoes, Officer Li stopped and asked, "Are you collecting shoes?"
When asked about the third stall, the boss came out and looked at Officer Li doubtfully: "What? Officer Li also sells shoes?"
Officer Li hurriedly explained: "No, no, we found a shoe seller in Wenzhou. He did not have an ID card and was required to be deported according to regulations. However, he had just gotten off the train and the goods were not sold yet. We asked the merchant for help, which can be regarded as a service to the people. Serve!"
"Oh, Nihe (Wenzhou dialect: hello), are you getting better and better (are you from Wenzhou)?" The man blurted out in a familiar Wenzhou hometown dialect.
Li Tongfu felt very kind after hearing this. He quickly put down his burden, stepped forward, stretched out his hands, took one of the stall owner's hands, and shook it excitedly: "Nihe (Wenzhou dialect: hello), brother, we share a place. People (we come from the same place).”
"Nihe, Adi, how many goods are there?"
"69 pairs, red ants."
"Oh, then put it all here, brother. The cost price plus shipping fee is 11 yuan and 50 cents in total. I will give you 1 yuan more profit for a pair. I will pay you 500 yuan first. You can go back and get your ID card before coming back. Bar."
"Zhizhijini (Wenzhou dialect: thank you), brother!"
"The deputy calls Khaki (Wenzhou dialect: you're welcome). Brother!"
Under the supervision of Officer Li, the two completed the delivery and walked out of the market towards the train station.
Yang Liufang said goodbye to his vegetable farmer uncle and took the early morning bus from Yantan to Xizhou. The first thing he did was to go to Xizhou Railway Station Square to find Li Tongfu. After walking around the square, I still didn't find the familiar figure carrying a travel bag. I went to the station exit to see that even the shoe repairman was not there. Many police officers patrolling the square were checking ID cards. After checking Yang Liufang's age, they heard that he was only 17 years old and ignored him, so he returned to the market.
While Officer Li was taking Li Tongfu to deliver leather shoes in the shoe and clothing area, Yang Liufang also came to the Wenzhou fellow's shop in the department store area where he picked up the goods. This time he settled all the fees and picked up another 50 sets of goods. When he explained that he wanted to buy fever-reducing medicine and cooling oil for sale this time, the boss from his hometown simply refunded the money for the goods.
"Brother, after these few times of cooperation, we still have a foundation of trust. The journey is long and it is inconvenient to go back and forth. Since you have the opportunity, take the money and buy more goods to bring in, so as not to travel back and forth." He gave the money to After arriving at Liufang, I didn’t forget to ask: “Do you know where the nearest pharmacy is?”
"Zhizhijini (Thank you in Wenzhou dialect), brother! I really don't know where there is a pharmacy."
"Deputy shouts Khaki (You're welcome in Wenzhou dialect). When you exit the market, go right, pass the bus station, then cross the intersection and go straight ahead. Turn left at the third traffic light, and you'll find Xizhou Chinese and Western Pharmacy."
"Zhizhijini (Wenzhou dialect: thank you), brother! I'll be there right away."
"Hey, slow down, I'm still looking for business here, you can go by yourself."
"Okay, see you later."
When Yang Liufang said goodbye and left the market, Li Tongfu was still making deliveries in the shoes and clothing area. Yang Liufang followed the instructions of the stall owner from his hometown and soon arrived at Xizhou Chinese and Western Pharmacy. After entering the door, I saw female staff wearing white coats and white sanitary caps behind the glass counter, busy taking medicine. He walked straight forward and said, "Doctor, I want to buy medicine."
"What's wrong? What medicine should I buy?"
"Oh, it's not that I'm not feeling well, I just want to buy medicine for the villagers, including metamizole and cooling oil."
"Villagers? What's wrong with the villagers?"
"Doctor, it's like this. It's inconvenient and far for people in mountain villages to come to the city for treatment if they have a cold or fever. The village leader wants to buy some to prepare."
"How much do you want to buy? Do you have proof?"
"There is no proof. How do you sell these two medicines? Metamizole costs 1 yuan per bottle, 100 tablets. Cooling oil costs 2 cents per box."
"I want two bottles of metamizole and 50 boxes of cooling oil."
"I, then this is a bulk purchase. You need to provide village certificate and ID card."
"Proof? ID card? I don't have it."
"How old are you?"
"17 years old, almost 18."
"You can only apply for an ID card when you are 18 years old. You can go back and ask the adults in the village to bring proof and ID card."
"No, doctor, I have to ride a donkey cart for more than ten miles to the city, walk for more than ten miles, and then take a tractor. I also need to rest overnight in the vegetable fields of Yantan before I can take the bus the next day. , It’s not easy. Also, when I came, a child in the village was suffering from a high fever, and I had to get the medicine before I could go back." Yang Liufang was anxious, and he kept talking like he was pulling the trigger of a machine gun.
"Stop, stop!" The staff raised their hands to make a stop gesture. "It's not that I won't sell it to you. You can take your temperature. If you have a fever, you can buy one or two tablets for your own use, but the quantity you buy is large. According to the provisions of the Drug Administration Law that was just implemented this year, for safety reasons, only those of appropriate age can be given You can only buy it after providing your employer certificate and ID card registration.”
"Doctor, you are so accommodating. It is too difficult for me to make a trip."
"I can be accommodating, but the law can't. Go back to get the certificate and let the Lord come over."
Yang Liufang saw that there was no hope of grinding on any longer, so he had to leave and think of a solution. After walking out of the drugstore, in the huge Xizhou City, apart from the shoe-repairing brother I met at the station exit, there was only a fellow shoe-repairing brother who supplied me with goods in the market. I had no choice but to bite the bullet and return to the market to seek help from my brother.
When I arrived at the market, I went straight to my brother's stall and saw that he had just seen off a vendor and was about to sit down and drink tea. Liu Fang hurriedly stepped forward and explained his intention to his brother. Brother thought for a while and said, "Well, brother, there are not many customers at noon now. You come in and help me look after the stall, and I will help you think of a solution."
Liu Fang was grateful, gave the fee to his elder brother, and went in to help him look after the store. The fellow villager took the money and left in a hurry. Not long after he left, a customer came. He looked very familiar. When he arrived at the stall, he asked Yang Liufang, who was standing in the stall:
"Man, where is your boss Chen?" Yang Liufang only now knew that the stall owner's surname was Chen.
"Boss Chen, oh no, our boss is out to do something." Liu Fang didn't understand what was going on and immediately changed his words mid-sentence.
"Are you new here?"
"Well, yes, brother, please wait a moment. Our boss will be back soon." Yang Liufang said. He saw a small chair on the tea table next to the stall owner's lounge chair, so he moved it out and placed it in the corner of the stall. Please The guest sits down. Then he went in and took out a buckled tea bowl from the tea table, filled a cup of tea and brought it out.
"Brother, please have a cup of tea and take a rest."
"Oh, thank you."
"How long have you been here? Man!"
"I just arrived."
"Looking at the accent, you and your boss Chen are from the same hometown?"
"Yes."
"Oh, you have a lot of people coming to Xizhou to do business."
"Well, it should be true. Our hometown has a small amount of land and a large number of people, so we have no choice but to make a living."
Liu Fang carefully chatted with his guests. Seeing that the guest's tea bowl was empty, Liu Fang took out the teapot and poured tea for the guest.
After about two cups of tea, the stall owner from the same hometown came back. Liu Fang came over with a teapot and said, "Brother, we have a customer."
