Lin Yue reached into the backpack of the tricycle, took out a loudspeaker, pressed the power switch, put it to his mouth, and shouted to the passing people.
"It's not easy for rural transfer students to live in the imperial capital. I'll make some money for stationery on the weekend. Uncles, aunts, and uncles, buy some fresh vegetables. The price is fair, and you won't be short of money."
Oddly enough, he took out his trumpet and shouted, and as expected, several middle-aged women passing by came.
"Young man, how do you sell these tomatoes?"
"1 yuan."
"It's not expensive. Then give me two kilograms."
"Where are these beans?"
"9 cents for beans."
Another woman took a bundle and handed it to him: "I want this bundle. You can weigh it."
"Great." Lin Yue took out the steelyard with the weight and used the hook in front to hook the hemp rope that tied the beans. I grabbed the rope that hung the weight and pulled it back, finding the balance point very accurately.
"Auntie, take a look, it's two pounds and four ounces."
"Just tell me how much it is?"
"2 yuan and 16 cents, please give me 2 yuan."
The woman gave him 2.5 yuan and said, "Don't look for it."
"Auntie, just 2 yuan is enough."
"As early as in elementary school, I know how to help lighten the family's burden, so the 50 cents will be used to buy you homework books."
"Thank you, auntie."
The middle-aged woman stuffed the beans into the basket and rode away on her bicycle.
At this time, the woman picking tomatoes also selected her favorite products and put them into a worn canvas bag: "Okay, let's weigh them."
Lin Yue took the canvas bag and was about to put it on the scale to weigh it when two more women passed by and asked him how he sold the cucumbers at the stall. One of them already had a round eggplant in the basket.
Wu Tingting watched him weighing himself carefully, and suddenly felt that the hard work of this rural transfer student was particularly pleasing to the eye. If she didn't have the relationship of a friend, she might buy a kilogram or two of vegetables to encourage him.
Little did she know that Lin Yue took out his loudspeaker and activated [Teacher's Killer LV2] and [Bargaining LV4] at the same time. Under the influence of these two skills, it would certainly be easier to attract customers and make deals than an ordinary vegetable seller.
The bet between the two of them was to sell all the vegetables before dark. As a result, before dark, the remaining ten kilograms of vegetables were wrapped up by a restaurant owner.
Lin Yue counted the money he earned from selling vegetables, which totaled forty-one hundred and fifty-three cents.
"you lose."
"I really didn't expect that being miserable would be so useful." She believed that the reason why Lin Yue was able to sell out his vegetables so quickly was because he relied on his work-study character as a transfer student from a rural area. However, she readily gave up and said, "What do you want to eat?"
Lin Yue thought for a moment and said, "KFC."
Wu Tingting was not surprised by his choice, because it was in line with the personality of rural transfer students. There are basically no administrative units at the east or west city or county level. They are only distributed in some provincial, sub-provincial, and wealthy prefecture-level cities.
"no problem."
"Shall we go there now? I know there is one not far away."
"No, we have to send the tricycle back first."
"Where to send?"
"I borrowed these things from Brother Jia next door, and I promised to return them after selling the vegetables."
"Then... let me go with you."
Lin Yue rolled up the canvas spread on the curb and put it into the tricycle. He patted the baffle near the seat and said, "Come up."
Wu Tingting didn't show any pretense, she got on the tricycle carriage and sat down with her back to the seat.
"Let's go." Lin Yue held the handle of the tricycle, pedaled hard with his right foot, and the tricycle drove forward.
Twenty minutes later, the two came out of the railway bureau dormitory and walked towards the nearest KFC.
"You live here?"
"Yes, my uncle used to live in the dormitory of the work unit. The leader promised that I would not take it back until I was admitted to college."
"What happened to Mrs. Jia just now? Do you still need to pay for borrowing your tricycle?"
"No." Lin Yue explained: "Brother Jia used to be an employee of the Railway Bureau. Later, wasn't it called for layoffs? The Railway Bureau also symbolically laid off some people, and he was one of them. Because the family conditions were indeed not good, Sister Jia went to There were several troubles in the bureau, and the leader was too embarrassed to take back their house. After being laid off, Brother Jia had been relying on selling fruits to make a living. Who would have thought that there was a car accident a few months ago. He was saved because he was sent to the hospital in time, but his leg was not. On the one hand, Sister-in-law Jia has to take care of her husband’s daily life and pay for her son’s schooling. She also has to work in the slaughterhouse on Fucheng Street. The family is living a very difficult life, so..."
"So you just gave them some of the money you earned?"
Lin Yue nodded: "You said that I am good at selling people. If selling money can really become a business, I can't even get started."
Wu Tingting said: "You are such a good person."
Lin Yue shook his head: "Aren't you the same?"
"How do you know I'm a good person?"
"intuition."
"Are you a woman? You're still intuitive."
While the two were talking, they came to the end of the field. Lin Yue looked at the child eating a mouthful of ketchup and the well-dressed young mother in the window, and said with a smile: "The most conscientious catering company in China."
Wu Tingting amused him: "You said KFC has a conscience? You didn't look at the price list, did you? Do you know how much it costs for the two of us to have a meal here? You have to put in all the money you earn from selling vegetables."
A hamburger costs 10 yuan, a Coke costs 5 yuan, a single meal costs 19.9, and a double meal costs 38.9.
What is the average salary of people in Imperial City? If it's 1,200 yuan a month, that's a good company.
"In a few years you will know why I said this." Lin Yue muttered softly.
In 2000, a roujiamo cost one yuan. Twenty years later, the price had increased seven to eight times. What about hamburgers? The cheaper ones are still around ten yuan, which has basically not changed.
Wu Tingting took him in, ordered a set meal for two and sat down. Then she realized that the fashionable herself and Lin Yue in school uniform were a bit conspicuous in the crowd, because KFC is not only a favorite place for children, but also a place for couples to date. Two options.
"Are you free after dinner?"
Lin Yue's question interrupted her random thoughts: "Ah? Nothing happened."
"Then...I'll invite you to go roller skating."
For some reason, Wu Tingting felt a little uncomfortable when she thought of the dead Bai Feng.
Lin Yue saw her micro-expression in his eyes, and pretended to be excited: "When I went to the county town, I saw city people skating back and forth on the square on skates, and I had a question. This thing follows the ice. What difference does slipping on a river make?”
"Sliding on a frozen river? You're not afraid of falling into an ice hole."
"Hey, rural children are wild-tempered and mean-spirited. They are not as delicate as you city dwellers. They used to go to primary schools in the towns. In order to save a few steps, they often crossed the frozen river in winter."
Wu Tingting smiled and said: "I know there is a good ice skating rink. I will take you there soon."
"Roller skating is my treat, otherwise I'll be in trouble with you."
"Okay, please do as you please."
…
On the other side, in the classroom of Grade 11, the tape changed sides A and B. Fang Hui was already yawning, but Lin Yue never came back.
Chen Xun said: "It's so late, do you still want to wait?"
Fang Hui said: "I think...he must be delayed for something."
Pa~
The lights went out and the classroom became dark.
Chen Xun said: "It's better now. Even if he comes, he won't be able to draw it."
Fang Hui: "..."
"Let's go. Are you still planning to wait for him until dawn?"
"All right."
Thinking that she would only grade the blackboard newspaper on Tuesday and have one day on Monday to write the content, she stopped insisting and followed Chen Xun out of the classroom.
"Are you hungry?"
"Kind of."
"Then you wait, I'll go to the canteen to buy some food." After saying this, Chen Xun ran away.
Fang Hui said nothing because most of her thoughts were on why Lin Yue didn't come back.
…
on Monday.
Fang Hui found that the tire of the bicycle downstairs was flat. She knew why this happened and was already used to this kind of thing. She didn't tell her mother and walked towards the bus stop with her schoolbag on her back.
Because it was rush hour, the carriage was very crowded, but fortunately there was no traffic jam and we arrived at school smoothly before the bell rang.
If there is anything urgent to do in the new week, the only thing I can think of right now is to ask Lin Yue why he didn't come back the afternoon before yesterday.
She wouldn't care if it was He Sha who let the pigeons fly, and Lin Jiamo wouldn't take it seriously. Even Qiao Ran... Qiao Ran shouldn't let her pigeons fly. She really couldn't accept why Lin Yue let her pigeons fly. She I need a reason to convince myself.
The classroom was very quiet. When she walked through the window between the corridor and the classroom, the person by the window realized her arrival, and then the classroom, which was different from before, became even quieter. It seemed that everyone was breathing carefully.
Why?
What happened?
When she walked into the classroom with doubts and glanced around, she suddenly understood and almost collapsed emotionally.
