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Chapter 173 How is it possible?
Li Lang found an open space and took out a bowl containing lamp oil. This was an oil lamp Li Lang made himself. Then Li Lang lit it and opened a can. The aroma of the can quickly spread around. Attracted by the fragrance, many people soon gathered around Li Lang.

"Brother, how do you sell the things at this stall?" It was a middle-aged man who spoke.

Li Lang looked at the man's face, there was no cover, and then he looked at the other people around here, they also had no cover on their faces, and wondered if he was being too careful, the black mask was a bit redundant .

"Canned pork is 3 yuan each, canned beef and mutton are [-] yuan and [-] yuan, and pork is [-] yuan and a catty."

"Little brother, what you sell here is too expensive. The supply and marketing cooperative only costs 8 cents a catty of pork, and the canned food is only more than one yuan. It's not even half your price, so it's cheaper."

"Expensive? If you think it's too expensive, you can choose not to buy mine and buy the one from the supply and marketing cooperative."

"Not negotiable?"

"It's not negotiable!" The seller's market is so capricious.

"It's really not negotiable? How about taking a step back and saving [-] cents for everything? This is already much more expensive than the supply and marketing cooperative."

"Buy it if you buy it, and if you don't buy it, supply and marketing cooperatives? Don't supply and marketing cooperatives need tickets for buying things? Do you have a ticket? Besides, look at my pork, is it a little skinny? Even if you have a ticket, you can buy it What about my pure fat? How much oil can be boiled out of this catty of fat? This price is not high! You made money, and I took such a big risk to sell it, so you have to let me make some money too, right? "

"Okay, then give me a box of canned beef and a catty of pork"

"Here, take it."

"Wait, why is there no logo on your can, which factory produced it?"

"Uncle, is this the first time you come to Pigeon Market? Why are there so many questions? I deliberately removed the logo. If it is all marked and clear, I dare to sell it?

This is not one or two cans, but more than 20. You should know that most of the cans are used to earn foreign exchange. This thing can only be seen during the holidays. The quantity is still very small, and there are no tickets. I can definitely buy it, how strict its control is, I don’t need to say more, what should I do if there are 25 logos, and people can follow the clues? 25 cans, do you think that this is what I saved by saving. "

"Then how can you guarantee that this is canned meat?"

"You have too many things to do. I have nothing to do. I am playing fake cans. Do you know how much the machine for producing cans costs? I can't buy them back if I sell [-] cans. You can open them on the spot. Fake, you can take all the things on my stall, you have to ask another question, put the things down, and get out."

Li Lang no longer suppressed himself in this pigeon market, but let himself go. When he came, he inquired about the precautions of the pigeon market. The pigeon market is a seller's market through and through, the seller is the uncle, and the buyer is the grandson.

The above does not include those who sell antiques. Selling antiques here is an exception. The antiques are sold by grandchildren. Now they can’t get enough to eat. A few people think about it. The national treasure in the future may now earn the salary of an ordinary worker. Can be bought, not even used.

It’s ok to sell things at a high price. If it’s too high and no one will buy it, it’s a big deal to lower it in the end, but you must not set a low price. You must pretend to be a veteran, and you can’t let people see that you are selling things for the first time. Otherwise, you will suffer a big loss.

"Okay, okay, I won't talk about it, here is the money, you count it." The man took out a stack of money, all of which were bills of a few cents.

With the first customer, Li Lang quickly sold all of them. Food is a hot commodity in the pigeon market, especially meat.

It's a pity that Li Lang said that he didn't see any antiques in the Pigeon Market, but it's true, whoever comes to sell antiques in the middle of the night, it's dark, you have to have someone who dares to buy it, and you can't even see clearly , How to confirm the authenticity.

There is nothing good in this pigeon market, basically all kinds of food. In the end, Li Lang just bought some cloth tickets and furniture tickets. He is going to renovate his home for the next ten years. It seems that he wants to pick up antiques. He could only take a big risk and go to the Pigeon Market during the day. Li Lang left the Pigeon Market with a disappointed face.

Li Lang walked from Pigeon City to the courtyard, thinking about his plans after the Chinese New Year while walking, when he came near the public toilet in the courtyard, Li Lang suddenly heard a cry

"Whoops"

A woman's tender cry pulled Li Lang's mind out of his thoughts.

"Who, you don't have eyes when you walk!"

Li Lang looked forward, and saw a little girl standing in front of him. After carefully looking at it, Li Lang felt very familiar, but he just couldn't remember who it was.

"When you bump into someone, don't you even say sorry? Is this the quality of people in the city?"

Hearing this, Li Lang hurriedly apologized, "I'm sorry, it's too dark, and people are in a daze in the middle of the night. I'm sorry, are you okay?"

This is indeed Li Lang's fault. He thought that there was no one in the middle of the night, and he came near the courtyard again, so he relaxed his vigilance, and when he met acquaintances, he said that he came to the toilet, and then began to lower his head, thinking about the future while walking the plan of.

Fascinated by thinking about things, Li Lang walked towards the courtyard completely relying on the memory of his body, and bumped into someone unexpectedly. Of course, this time the collision was not only Li Lang's fault, the woman was also half responsible, such a wide road The fact that the two collided into each other meant that she didn't look at the road either.
If that woman had a bad attitude, Li Lang would definitely not spoil her, but she didn't say anything, so Li Lang didn't have to worry about it, and took the initiative to bear the fault this time

"It's okay, be careful next time you walk," the woman mumbled and walked towards the courtyard.

Seeing the woman enter the courtyard, Li Lang was even more puzzled. There is still this person in the courtyard?How could he not know?Is someone's relatives coming to visit?
Li Lang then also entered the courtyard, watching the woman enter the middle courtyard, a picture flashed in Li Lang's mind, Li Lang was stunned, he remembered who it was, isn't this the widow Wang's cousin Wang Jingru.

"It seems that the Widow Wang was not there yesterday, so she went to find Wang Jingru. Judging from what happened tonight, she looks pretty good. She can't say how good she is, but she's not bad either. It's going to be her cousin, the Widow Wang. Woman, since both sides have made mistakes, they must find a way to corrupt something, so from this point of view, you can try to get in touch."

Li Lang looked at the middle courtyard and said in a low voice
Li Lang had only seen it once before at the rolling mill a month ago. At that time, all he could think about was how to complete the task. When he saw Wang Jingru, he only saw Wang Jingru because he was monitoring Xu Damao. At that time, Li Lang had no I've thought about women, and all I think about is how to fill my stomach. Although Wang Jingru looks good, but Li Lang just glanced at it a few times, and it's normal if he can't remember it for a while.
At nine o'clock in the morning on the second day of the Lunar New Year, Widow Wang's house in the middle courtyard of the courtyard is very lively. The room is full of people. The three brothers and sisters of the stick and the old lady Wang are eating snacks in the back room, and Widow Wang is talking to Wang Jingru in the outer room.

"Jingru, I've told you everything I need to say. If you want to leave the countryside, there is only one way at present. Marry a man from the city. You must seize this opportunity. Of course, if you still want to If you earn seven work points a day, then your sister won’t worry about you for nothing." The widow of the Wang family said to Wang Jingru with a bitter face.

"Sister, I don't have one. I'm just worried. This time I'm a cook again. He won't be the same as the Zhao Tiezhu I introduced to me last time. Is there something wrong with my brain?"

"Of course it's different. Li Lang's age is about the same as yours. In terms of looks, he can be said to be a good-looking talent. As for brains, you can inquire about him in this yard. How many people can tell him that he is stupid? He is the oldest in the yard. He has never suffered a disadvantage. He replaced Zhao Tiezhu in less than two months and became the new chef in the canteen of our factory. His monthly salary is 37 yuan, and he spends it alone. You If you marry him, even if you don't go to work, your life will be better than most people."

"Sister, you think Li Lang is really as good as you say, if he is so good, can he take a fancy to me?"

"Don't worry, sister can still lie to you? I'm your sister. As for whether I can fall in love with you, I think it's okay. As far as I know, Li Lang doesn't have any good female friends besides Lou Xiaoe. But Li Lang's first blind date, look at you, how handsome you are, how can he not like you?"

"Sister, didn't you say that Li Lang has a good relationship with that girl named Lou Xiao'e? Then he still has a crush on me?"

"Don't worry, I'm not sure I can introduce you to your sister? Lou Xiao'e is married long ago, and her partner is Xu Damao, the projectionist you went to see the movie last time. If you are ready, I will call him now. come over."

"Boom, boom"

"Who?"

"It's me, Widow Wang. Don't you want to go on a blind date with my cousin? I brought her here today. Come to my house and see her for a year."

"It's Sister Wang, is Comrade Jingru here today? Wait a minute, I'll go as soon as I get ready." Li Lang pretended to be surprised and said
What is Li Lang in the room doing now?He was eating breakfast, and saw a lot of food on Li Lang's table, all kinds of breakfast, he didn't prepare anything at all,
Instead, he was slowly eating the breakfast on the table.

When Li Lang returned home from Pigeon City, it was past three o'clock. Li Lang slept until eight o'clock in the morning before waking up. After waking up, Li Lang went to the space to make some breakfast, and then brought the prepared breakfast to the room. He is not afraid of being seen, the windows at this time are not transparent glass, the surface of the glass is very cloudy, not to mention that Li Lang has pasted a lot of window grilles on it, the situation inside cannot be seen from the outside at all .

10 minutes later
"Li Lang, are you alright?" Widow Wang asked anxiously outside the door.

"Come on, Miss Wang, wait a little longer, it will be ready soon."

Another 10 minutes passed in a blink of an eye, and just as Widow Wang was about to urge her again, the door of Li Lang's house opened.

Facing Widow Wang, Li Lang showed an embarrassed expression on his face, and said, "Sister Wang, I'm sorry for keeping you waiting, I didn't expect that you would bring Comrade Jingru so soon, and you were caught in a short while." I was caught off guard, so it took a little longer to prepare, and I’m really sorry to keep you waiting for so long.”

"It's okay, it's my sister who didn't think carefully and didn't tell you in advance. I'm all ready. It's getting late now. Come with me to my house to meet Jingru."

"Well, everything is ready, let's go."Li Lang followed Widow Wang to the Wang family.

"Li Lang, Jingru, let me introduce you to each other, Li Lang, this is Jingru, the child of my third uncle's family, the sixth eldest in the family, Jingru, this is Li Lang, I gave it to our factory Chef, you don’t look bad, sister didn’t lie to you, did you?”

Wang Jingru was stunned when she saw Li Lang coming in, and exclaimed, "It's you! Are you Li Lang?"

Li Lang also pretended to be surprised and said: "It's you, you are Comrade Wang Jingru."

"Yes, it's me, what happened at night..." Wang Jingru looked at Li Lang and lowered her head and said shyly

"It's okay, what happened at night, I did make a mistake."

Seeing the two of them like this, Widow Wang was surprised, and opened her mouth to Wang Jingru and asked, "Jingru, did you two know each other before?"

"Well, he's the one I told you about in the morning, the one I ran into when I went to the toilet."

"Really, it seems that the two of you are really destined, come on, do it, you two have a good talk, see how you feel, and if you can get along."

Li Lang looked at Wang Jingru on the opposite side, and spoke first, "Comrade Jingru, is this your first time in the city?"

"No, no, last time when your factory showed a movie, my cousin brought me here and introduced me to someone who was also a cook, but I heard from the projectionist in your factory that he was a bit stupid, so I didn't see him, so I went back gone."

Hearing what Wang Jingru said, Li Lang couldn't help but think in his heart: "Girl, I think you are the one who is stupid. How can you take the initiative to tell the other party about your previous blind dates when you are on a blind date?"

Li Lang thought so in his heart, but he did say with a smile on his mouth: "Comrade Jingru, the chef you mentioned is called He Yuzhu, right? He is indeed a bit stupid. Everyone calls him Zhao Tiezhu. It's a good thing you didn't meet him. Otherwise you're out of luck."

"Why is it so miserable? Although he is a bit stupid, he can't say that I am unlucky." Wang Jingru asked curiously.

"Why, didn't your cousin tell you? Zhao Tiezhu lost his kitchen job because of corruption more than ten days ago, and was fined to clean the toilet and burn the boiler. Not only that, he also owed the factory 1000 yuan. Work to pay off debts, and only pay five yuan a month for living expenses, you said you want to go on a blind date with such a person, if you agree, will you be miserable then?"

"Not only that, that guy named He Yuzhu has a bad temper and beats people at every turn. You know the projectionist who showed the movie that time? His name is Xu Damao. He was beaten up by Zhao Tiezhu since he was a child. You know that he is afraid of Zhao Tiezhu. To what extent? I was so scared that I called Zhao Tiezhu Grandpa several times in front of the whole courtyard."

"Ah! Is the chef named He Yuzhu such a person? Fortunately, I didn't meet him, but the projectionist Xu Damao you mentioned is too timid, and he is called Grandpa Zhao Tiezhu."

(End of this chapter)