Under the dim light, he saw a man who seemed to be in his forties standing. This man appeared out of nowhere, and Lin Xiao was a little confused.
"Oh! You are Brother Deng! I am Sister Dong on the phone..."
"Okay! I counted, there are fifty-two boxes in total."
Brother Deng interrupted Lin Xiao and walked over as he spoke.
He first picked up a box of apples and weighed it, and then went to untie the rope from the carton.
"Brother Deng! Should we start from here..."
"It's okay. I said hello in advance on the platform. No one will care."
Brother Deng interrupted Lin Xiao again. As he spoke, he reached out and took out an apple from the carton.
I looked at it under the light, and then measured the size of the apple with my hands.
I opened three boxes in a row and took out three to four apples from each box to look at.
Since he was not allowed to speak, Lin Xiao closed his mouth and watched quietly. Suddenly, he felt that there was someone else in the darkness.
"The quality of the apples is pretty good, just a little bit missing. How many kilograms are there in total?"
Brother Deng turned around and asked in a cold voice.
When Lin Xiao heard this, he hurriedly said: "The total is 2180 kilograms, which is the net weight."
"It's about 2,000 kilograms! There must be something crushed underneath. It's fifty cents per kilogram."
Brother Deng’s Mandarin is not very standard, with a thick local accent.
Lin Xiao could barely hear clearly, but he became anxious as soon as he heard it. With one word from Brother Deng, his more than 100 kilograms of apples were gone.
"It's not Brother Deng, it's more than a hundred pounds..."
"Don't talk, I have the final say here, if you still want to cooperate with me."
Brother Deng interrupted Lin Xiao again. He reached into his arms and took out a stack of fifty-denomination bills and counted twenty of them.
"Take care, the capital is a bit chaotic.
Half an hour later, a local train stops here. You take the train to the capital, and then take the express train home. "
As Brother Deng said, he put the banknotes into Lin Xiao's hand.
Lin Xiao was dissatisfied, but he was ignored at all. Brother Deng waved his hand twice towards the darkness.
Suddenly three men ran out. Without saying anything, they quickly began to move the apples. It turned out that there were two tricycles parked in the dark.
As soon as the apples were moved, Brother Deng walked away with these people. He ignored Lin Xiao who was standing there.
Lin Xiao was still thinking about discussing future cooperation with Brother Deng, but with his attitude toward him, he had no choice but to swallow his thoughts.
There was no one on the small platform, and the waiting room was small with two wooden benches inside.
The small window of the ticket office was open. Lin Xiao looked in and saw a woman in railway uniform sleeping on the table.
"Comrade! Buy a train ticket to the capital."
Lin Xiao raised his voice and said, he was afraid that his voice was too soft and the woman would not be able to wake up.
"I'm going to die! Why are you making such a loud noise?"
The woman sat up straight and slammed the table in anger.
Lin Xiao smiled coldly, bought the tickets and sat on the bench to wait.
There is a timetable of trains passing by on the wall, and of course the train numbers are marked on it.
Fortunately, Dong Yujie gave him a digital watch, otherwise he would have been in a lot of trouble.
Now he no longer has to look at other people's faces to ask the time, he can just look at his watch to know the time.
Lin Xiao secretly touched the banknotes in his underwear, and he calculated it silently. It was really worth the trip.
Although this Brother Deng was too cruel, the purchase price of these apples was low, only eight cents a pound in his hometown, so after excluding the cost and various miscellaneous expenses, even if it was a commission for Dong Yujie, Chen Erniu and Huzi would As a reward, he can also earn four to five hundred yuan.
Four to five hundred yuan! That was the salary he could earn after working at the construction site for two years.
When Lin Xiao thought of this, he couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.
It seems that if he wants to get ahead, he has to do business.
"486 will arrive at the station immediately. Get out of the car and wait."
Just when Lin Xiao was thinking about this, the woman who had just sold the tickets shouted loudly from the window.
When Lin Xiao heard this, he quickly walked out of the waiting room.
***
At dawn, Lin Xiao walked out of the Capital Railway Station.
The scenery in front of him was quite shocking. The capital city is indeed a big city. Not to mention there are so many high-rise buildings, there are so many people and cars on the road alone.
In comparison, Qindong County is really insignificant and incomparable.
Looking at the clothes of the people around him, Lin Xiao felt like a beggar.
Before he came out, he was wearing new clothes, but after rolling in the truck for more than 20 hours, plus moving apples, he really looked like a refugee at this time.
Originally, Lin Xiao wanted to buy a train ticket and go home immediately, but then he thought, since he was here, he had to take a walk. He wanted to see what was different about this big city.
First he found a small restaurant, where he ate a bowl of distinctive local noodles, and then walked towards a crowded place.
There is a big difference between the south and the north. Due to the high temperature, people here wear cool clothes. Even the roads are full of flowers and plants.
Everywhere you look, it's green.
Especially there are a lot of fruits here, many of which Lin Xiao has never seen before. But what surprises Lin Xiao the most is that the fruits here are all sold in the same store.
He also saw apples for sale, but after asking around, he found out that the retail price of apples here was actually one yuan per catty. Maybe this is because scarcity makes things more expensive!
Lin Xiao couldn't help but scold Brother Deng secretly. This man was too cruel and only gave him half the retail price.
Walking around, Lin Xiao's eyes were really opened. Not only was there a fruit shop, but there was also a shop specializing in clothes.
Looking at the dazzling array of products on the street, Lin Xiao forgot for a moment that he was a foreigner, and the way he was dressed was very noticeable when he walked on the street.
Because he was unfamiliar with the road conditions, he deviated from the bustling area while walking. Just when Lin Xiao was about to turn around and walk back, four men suddenly appeared behind him.
These four guys were dressed strangely and looked to be in their twenties.
"You're here to buy goods, right? What are you buying? We have them all."
The leading man had long hair and was wearing a black leather jacket and jeans.
The leather shoes on his feet were so bright that Lin Xiao glanced at them. He was a little unsure. What did these guys do?
"Oh! Looking for work, what kind of goods can I buy like this?"
Lin Xiao acted accordingly. He felt that these few were not good people.
The long-haired man smiled coldly and said: "Stop pretending, we have been with you for several streets.
If you don't buy goods, why are you asking here and there?
Also, do you think just because you dress like this means you have no money? "
When Lin Xiao heard this, he immediately realized that trouble was coming.
"What's the point of pretending? I don't have any money."
When Lin Xiao said this, he glanced around secretly.
Damn it, there's no one in this place.
"Yeah?"
The long-haired man stepped forward and put his arms around Lin Xiao's neck.
"Don't move or shout. They all have knives on their bodies and their tempers are not very good."
As the long-haired man spoke, he moved one hand around Lin Xiao's body.
