"popsicle!"
Li Shiqiang, who had just entered the commune, suddenly heard a shout and immediately looked over.
I saw a middle-aged man on the avenue, wearing a straw hat and riding a bicycle. On the back seat of the bicycle was a medium-sized white wooden box with two big red letters written on it: Popsicle.
Every street this man passed by was lined with a bunch of pitiful and helpless children.
"Brother Qiang, did this popsicle seller come out so soon?"
"It's already May, it's time to come out."
When Li Shiqiang was young, there would always be people selling popsicles in his village.
But as control gradually became stricter, we rarely saw them in the first two years.
Unexpectedly, as soon as the policy started to open up, someone would come out to sell popsicles again.
Li Shiqiang turned around, smiled, and asked, "Would you like to eat?"
"Um."
Huang Yun nodded playfully and did not refuse.
When the two of them walked over, the popsicle vendor had already found a shady place to prop up the frame of the bicycle.
Immediately afterwards, a group of children swarmed up from behind him, each holding dimes or coins in their hands. They couldn't wait to reach out and shouted: "I want popsicles! I want popsicles!"
"Don't be anxious, don't be anxious, come one by one!"
The middle-aged man opened the lid of the back seat, revealing the thick cotton quilt inside. Then he opened it, and a refreshing cold smell immediately emanated from it.
White popsicles were taken out one after another with small sticks stuck in them.
After all the children in front left with their popsicles in their mouths, Li Shiqiang joined in and asked, "How much does a popsicle cost?"
"Five points."
"Bring me two."
Li Shiqiang took out a dime, took back two popsicles, and handed them to Huang Yun.
"Here, eat quickly, it will melt later."
"Um."
Huang Yun chuckled and nodded, quickly opened her mouth and took it in her mouth.
Li Shiqiang was also very fond of it, took the popsicle and swung it back and forth in his mouth for a few times, and then sucked the sugar water inside.
Nowadays, when people eat popsicles, no one is willing to bite them. They all hold them in their mouths and suck them slowly. After the popsicles have been sucked, they turn pale white without any sweetness, and then they open their mouths to bite them.
However, today’s popsicles are basically just water with some flavoring and saccharin added.
It would take another two years before there would be colorful fruit popsicles, and then there would be mung bean popsicles and red bean popsicles.
After the two of them finished eating their popsicles, they happened to arrive at the door of the supply and marketing cooperative.
With just one glance, Li Shiqiang saw Zhang Baoshan standing at the door.
At this time, Zhang Baoshan was biting a small stick in his mouth, and it looked like he had just finished eating a popsicle.
"Baoshan!"
Zhang Baoshan turned his head and looked happy. He quickly spat out the stick in his mouth and walked over: "Brother Li, why are you here?"
Although Zhang Baoshan had always said that he didn't care about the meat-selling money, he was still looking at Li Shiqiang with great anticipation at this time.
"How else could I come? Of course I'm here to give you money!"
Li Shiqiang turned around and looked around and said, "Let's go to another place and I'll get you some money."
"I want it! I want it!"
Zhang Baoshan nodded with a smile on his face, then suddenly froze again, looked at Huang Yun behind him and asked: "Brother Li, what is this?"
"This is my partner!" Li Shiqiang glanced at Huang Yun with a smile on his face and said very naturally.
"Ah! Did Brother Li bring someone to play with?" Zhang Baoshan reacted immediately and said with a chuckle.
"Well, after I get the money from you, we still have to walk around again!"
"OK!"
After that, Zhang Baoshan took the lead and led Li Shiqiang and Huang Yun into a deserted alley.
And Li Shiqiang also took out the 438 yuan from his pocket.
More than four hundred yuan is a thick pile in your hand.
Seeing so much money, Zhang Baoshan suddenly stared and shouted: "Ah! Brother Qiang, what are you doing?"
"Hey, take them all!"
Li Shiqiang stretched out his hand and stuffed it all into his hand: "These four hundred and thirty-eight yuan are all the money we get from selling meat in the county town.
The total sold was one thousand three hundred and fifteen, and we divided it equally. "
"This, this...why did you sell so many?"
Zhang Baoshan stared, still a little unbelievable.
"Wild boar meat costs one yuan, and antelope beef costs one yuan and eighty. We made more than a thousand kilograms, and selling it for more than a thousand yuan, isn't it normal?"
Li Shiqiang smiled and urged: "Hurry up and take it, I don't have time to talk nonsense with you."
"Okay, okay, okay."
Zhang Baoshan took the money in a daze, then suddenly shook his head quickly and said: "No, no, I can't take so much money! It was you who asked me to go hunting in the mountains, and it was you who found this job of selling meat. How can I share it equally with you? No, no! You must take half of this money!"
Li Shiqiang's eyes widened, and he immediately pressed the hand handed over by Zhang Baoshan and said, "Sheng Wazi and I have agreed to split it equally, how could I just give you this little?"
"Here you go, just take it. As I said, I have to continue shopping with my partner, so don't waste my time."
After saying that, Li Shiqiang was about to turn around and leave.
"Brother Li, my dear brother Li!"
Zhang Baoshan excitedly took Li Shiqiang's hand and shouted very seriously: "Brother Li, if anything happens in the future, just tell me, and I will never be ambiguous with you."
Then he said: "Brother Li, I also found a job, do you want it?"
"You also found a job? What kind of job?" Li Shiqiang turned back curiously and asked.
"Someone wants to catch three monkeys and asks me to help him."
"Catch the monkey?"
Li Shiqiang frowned and asked, "Are those monkey tricks asking you for help?"
Every year after the wheat harvest and autumn harvest, a group of monkey charmers will appear among the people.
They walked around the streets and kept performing performances with a few monkeys to make money.
It's only May, but monkey charmers are already preparing to ask hunters to catch monkeys for recuperation.
"Well, it costs ten yuan to catch a monkey. With Brother Li's ability, this thirty yuan is a piece of cake!"
Zhang Baoshan smiled and didn't think catching the monkey would be difficult for Li Shiqiang at all.
However, unexpected.
After hearing what Li Shiqiang said, he shook his head and said, "I won't take this job. You can find someone else."
Zhang Baoshan's face was full of surprise: "Don't answer?"
"Um."
Li Shiqiang didn't explain anything and said again: "Okay, if there's nothing else to do, I'll leave first. You can continue to do your work."
Zhang Baoshan hesitated for a moment and did not choose to ask. Instead, he hurriedly shouted: "Brother Li, remember to call me next time you send someone."
"decide as things go!"
Li Shiqiang waved with his back and led Huang Yun out of the alley.
After walking a few steps, he looked to the side, smiled and said, "If you have anything to ask, just ask it quickly, don't hold it back."
Upon hearing this, Huang Yun immediately asked excitedly: "Brother Qiang, did you really make more than a thousand yuan in the past few days?"
Although Huang Yun knew that Li Shiqiang was hunting and collecting herbs, she didn't know that he could make so much money.
