all the way

It was almost eight o'clock when Liu Xia and the others returned to Rongze with their own cart, but it was not dark at this time of the season, and they had eaten at the gate of the hydrographic team and the tree-lined road facing the gate. The one who comes out cool for dinner.

Liu Xia got out of the car first and greeted Master Zhao. Liu Chuan carefully drove the car into the yard of the Hydrology Team and parked it on the side of the road.

Liu Xia hurriedly opened the car door and pulled Maoer and Ma Pengcheng out like carrots.

Their car has a few more bundles of cloth than Yu Baozhong's. Lu Huimin temporarily asked Yu Baozhong to take it again without asking for money, so the car was full, and Maoer and Ma Pengcheng refused Liu Xia. For the proposal of taking them to the bus, Liu Chuan and Liu Xia had no choice but to squeeze out a space for them to squeeze in, while Liu Xia curled up and sat in the passenger seat Cloth is placed on top, under the feet and on the legs.

Ma Qianli and Su Lirong were taking a leisurely walk after dinner, they just reached the gate at this moment, and saw Liu Xia carrying two people down from the car, but they almost didn't recognize it was their son.

The two little guys were only wearing shorts and vests, and now the shorts and vests were not only soaked but also wrinkled, and both of them were covered with various strange-shaped marks from the cloth.

Ma Qianli looked at his son and nodded again and again: "Tsk tsk tsk, I've only been out for a day, and I'm ready to come back. I even have tattoos, which are three-dimensional."

Ma Pengcheng screamed loudly: "Dad, Mom, I'm dying of heat and thirst. I want to drink iced soda, a hundred bottles."

No matter how big-hearted Su Lirong is, she felt distressed seeing her son like this at the moment. She stretched out her hand to wipe the sweat off Ma Pengcheng's brow, and was about to say something when her eyes accidentally caught sight of the colorful things on the car, and she was about to give Ma Pengcheng a hand. The hand that continued to wipe the sweat immediately changed direction, holding the car door and looking inside, which would be a bad thing.

Liu Xia's lie about delivering goods for friends was exposed by Ma Pengcheng on the spot. In order to please his mother, he could ask for more money to drink iced soda. I gave him money, and the one surnamed Yu said that if there is another one, I will call him immediately, and I will choose the most beautiful one for him.”

Hearing Su Lirong's call, the women gathered around and pointed at Liu Xiashang: "You little Liu, you are honest and dishonest, you want to lie to the eldest sister when you are alone!"

"Just to see, we don't want you, why are you so anxious and pale?"

"Whoever it is sold to is not selling or not giving you money, hurry up and pull it out, or we can take it ourselves."

"Once you are so stingy and big sisters get angry with you, you will wait to be a bachelor in the future. Hurry up, pull out that big purple flower and let the big sister see it."

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Liu Xia suddenly fanned his sweatshirt, looking desperately at the group of middle-aged women who always show their reserve and claim to never like to buy cheap goods, are looting his cloth like the aunts in the vegetable market robbing cheap Chinese cabbage. I don’t know where those professional-looking long rulers, short rulers, hard rulers, soft rulers and scissors came from.

Su Xiaohui cut Jianlibao's box in half and used it as a temporary cash box. She thought clearly, anyway, it's a sale, as long as the price is reasonable, then sell it, and give the last dollar to the eldest brother and sister-in-law, and it's over.

Feng Hongxiu gave full play to her advantages as an accountant, and quickly designed a form, complete and professional, including name, color, quantity, unit price, total price, total, and remarks.

A group of Su Lirong, Ning Xiaoqian, Ou Pingping, and Guo Liping were in charge of measuring the cloth, Feng Hongxiu and Yuan Xiuhua were in charge of registering with each other, and Su Xiaohui was in charge of collecting money.

In addition to the fact that this temporary exchange sells other people's goods without consulting the owner of the goods, it can be regarded as a model of modern office, efficient and formal.

Liu Xia looked depressedly at the list Yu Baozhong gave him. There were prices on it. Of course, it was his purchase price. He had to set a reasonable selling price based on this.

Liu Chuan said: "Three times, the flaws are so few that we can't see it, four times; didn't Yu Baozhong say that others sell it at the market for five times, but this is your unit after all, add less Some are better, the glory is not big, just in case."

Liu Xia thought it made sense, so the two brothers set a price for the more than 30 bundles of cloth that were forcibly carried in. Liu Xia wrote two copies and gave them to Feng Hongxiu and Yuan Xiuhua respectively.

Feng Hongxiu glanced at it and said, "You're not mistaken, Xiao Liu, this is too cheap."

Liu Xia stretched out his hand to get it back again: "Then let me take five and give it to you."

Feng Hongxiu laughed and held up the list: "Go, go, go eat quickly, you don't have to worry about it here, you can just wait and count the money tomorrow."

Liu Xia, Liu Chuan and Mao'er closed the door and sat in the restaurant to eat together.

Although the living room looks messy and noisy now, Liu Xia is not worried at all, not only because Su Xiaohui is guarding there, but also because he knows very well what those crazy and unreliable big sisters in the team are. Such people, not to mention cats are the most taboo of outsiders entering the bedroom, if the owner does not invite them, they will not even go to the corridor leading to their master bedroom, at most they will toss in the living room and dining room, which is different from people in their hometown. It is indeed different.

As soon as the three of them started eating, Ma Pengcheng came in with iced soda in one hand and Roujiamo in the other. His eyes lit up when he saw their millet and mung bean porridge and a few plates of stir-fried vegetables. He pulled a stool and sat down: "Uncle Xiaoliu, I want to eat too."

The cat said angrily, "Isn't that sesame seed cake in your hand rice?"

If it weren't for this traitor who is ungrateful for profit, my house would definitely not be in such a mess now. After running for a day, my uncle was exhausted at first sight. Uncle is rubbing his legs and shoulders. How can my uncle be in the mood to enjoy his massage in such a broken scene!

Ma Pengcheng's face should be congenitally deep, and he said with a very aggrieved expression: "How can this be considered a meal? This is just a dry bun. It almost chokes me to death, or why should I take a bottle of water?" Go ahead and eat."

Liu Xia got up to serve Ma Pengcheng a meal, but was held down by Liu Chuan, and he went to serve it.

Liu Xia said to Ma Pengcheng: "The beggar is so happy to meet your family. I might as well go to your house to beg for food every day from now on."

Mao'er rolled her eyes at Ma Pengcheng: "Xiasanerpi@."

Ma Pengcheng took the porridge that Liu Chuan handed him indifferently, and took a big gulp: "Xia Sanerpi, thick-skinned, you won't be hungry when you're full, hey, it's delicious!"

There are a lot of old women at home, Liu Xia can't take a bath, but he is really tired, and they don't need them in the living room, so after dismissing that cheeky little brat, he simply went back to the bedroom with Liu Chuan and Mao'er and lay down. It was cool on the ground, and I wanted to wait for the women outside to leave before taking a shower.

The cat was also exhausted, but after lying down for a few minutes, he suddenly got up again, and said to Liu Xia, "Uncle, move a little closer to the wall, then turn over and lie on your stomach."

Liu Xia didn't know why, but he followed Mao'er's instructions without thinking.

The cat supported the wall, first put one foot on the place above Liu Xia's tail bone, and then tried to stand up with the whole body: "Isn't that how people in Hong Kong TV dramas let others step back and forth? I think It must be comfortable, if anyone wants others to step on themselves, I will step on it for you to try."

The cat walked back and forth slowly, holding on to the wall like this. At first, he only stepped along the spine, and then gradually expanded the range.

Liu Xia snorted in comfort: "Oh, it's right here, it's so sore and difficult, it's killing me... Good, turn to the right, hey, hey, turn to the right, right, right, right here, step on it hard ... Step on the right buttock a few more times... Well, it's here, ouch...Third brother, it's so beautiful to have a good cat at home...Ah--stinky cat, don't pinch meat with your toes... "

When Liu Xia woke up the next day, there was only the little cat sleeping soundly on top of him. The house was very quiet, and he could vaguely hear the sound of running water in the bathroom. That was Liu Chuan washing up.

He didn't want to move, so he continued to lie down. After a few minutes, Liu Chuan gently opened the door. Seeing his eyes open, Liu Chuan laughed: "Are you awake, baby? It seems that you are really exhausted. Let's stare for a while longer. Your third sister-in-law has prepared all the meals, and when the cat wakes up later, you two can eat together.

Your third sister-in-law took the train at 05:30 and left. She should have arrived at the north slope of Shangyao by now. She went back and asked my uncle and elder brother and sister-in-law to arrive at Wangning at about 02:30.

I'm going to the work unit to ask for a leave now, and I will contact Li Lao Cui at the Wangning Police Station. If he happens to be away from the police station at that time, then there is no way to get this big cart cloth. "

Liu Xia said pitifully, "Brother, I'm not feeling well."

Liu Chuan laughed at him: "You are ashamed to say, the cat moved with us for a long time yesterday, and you fell asleep at night, and the boy stepped on you for a long time.

Yesterday's job really made me flustered a lot, kid, bear with it for a while, and I'll give you a squeeze on your legs and waist when I come back from a leave of absence. "

After Yanagawa left, it took almost an hour for the cat to wake up. It was difficult for the two of them to get up, but seeing the clean and tidy house, both of them felt much better. I thought it would take half a day to clean up the mess!

However, Liu Xia did not expect that he had far underestimated the enthusiasm of middle-aged and elderly women to find bargains. After eating, he went to Yue Desheng to ask for leave, and wanted to go home for a few days while delivering the cloth, but Yue Desheng approved him Before he could finish his words, he was kicked out by Zheng Chaoyang and Fu Dong.

Liu Xia stubbornly resisted: "I can't sell it any more, it's the foundation of doing business for my elder brother, what if I just sell it out!"

Fu Dong said with a smile, "It's the money!"

Zheng Chaoyang said cheerfully, "What you should be thinking about now is the question of how much price is more reasonable, not the question of whether to sell it or not."

They are all in the same unit, how could it be possible to sell them at two prices in one night, Liu Xia didn't want to offend more than half of the people in the compound.

There were already a circle of aunts standing around the car, and occasionally there were a few uncles inside. Liu Xia knew that it was impossible not to sell it, so he could only fight for the greatest rights out of necessity: "Brother Fu Dong, Brother Zheng, you two and everyone Let's talk about it. The cloth that was not touched yesterday can't be moved today. I have to leave a part of it for my elder brother. Let them measure the size and know how much a complete piece of cloth is. If it is enough, if it is really sold There's something in your hand, isn't it?"

Both Fu Dong and Zheng Chaoyang are straightforward people and experienced in handling things. They also felt that all the cloth should not be dismantled in a mess, so the two immediately agreed. Fu Dong clapped his hands and asked everyone to be quiet. Talk about Liu Xia's request.

It's a bit regrettable, but it's all from the same unit, and everyone can understand that Liu Xia doesn't really sell cloth, he buys the goods for his brother, and for the sake of his colleagues in the same unit, he sells them cheaply to everyone. You can't pull all other people's cloths and pick and choose as you please when you are in the free market.

The car key is here with Liu Xia, he opened the car door, but he didn't do anything, and asked Su Lirong and the others who were in charge last night to wrap it all up.

Su Lirong discussed with the others, and it was not appropriate to go to Liu Xia's house all the time, so she simply brought out a few tables and set up a stall in the yard.

When Liu Chuan came back after ten o'clock, what he saw was the bustling scene under the shade of the trees, with red flowers and willows and greenery.

In the end, the cloth was disassembled several times. There was no other way. Yue Desheng's wife fell in love with a suit and wanted to make bed surrounds and bed sheets. Nearly ten more suits were opened.

When they came back yesterday, it was a bit late, and it was already dark when they actually started selling. Although there are electric lights, the ancient experience of not seeing colors at night is still valid in front of modern facilities, and the colors under the lights are quite different from those in the daytime.

Ning Xiaoqian fell in love with the sea-blue plaid, and wanted to make a complete set of bedding for Chu Hao. Liu Xia himself thought it was pretty good. The things on the bed between him and Maoer were made by his sister-in-law and third sister-in-law when they moved. Tone, they actually prefer to shop in cool colors.

So this color was processed directly, Su Lirong and Ning Xiaoqian helped Liu Xia calculate how much it would take to make a full set of quilt covers, sheets and pillows, and leave enough for them before sharing with others.

At 11:30, Fu Dong and Su Lirong were in charge of collecting the stalls. The unfinished cloths were tidied up and put back on the car. Liu Xia saw that the total reduction was less than one-fifteenth. Yi Bu and Feng Hongxiu just gave him a clear account, full of joy and peace of mind.

After lunch, Liu Xia and the others drove on the road. The broken car was not strong enough. When they climbed the north slope of Qianhe Mountain, they almost lay down. Arrived at Wangning before two o'clock. On such a hot day, my father and eldest brother and sister-in-law must not be allowed to wait for them on the street.

But fortunately, father and elder brother have not arrived yet.

In order to expand the road, the original black locust trees, paulownia and poplar trees on both sides of Wangning Street were cut down, and the new commercial street used to be a wheat field without a single tree.

At this hour of the season, the sun is almost direct, and the tallest buildings in Wangning are two-story buildings, one is the office building of the township government, the other is the ward building of Wangning Health Center, and there is also a newly built commercial street store. However, The first two are still far away from the main street, and they can’t reach them even if there is some shade. The last one, the commercial street not far from them, is a north-south street. At this time, unless you go to the northernmost end, you can find some shade. It's not easy, let alone a place where they can enjoy the shade.

Finally, Liu Chuan drove the car to the middle of Wangning Township. There were two big locust trees at the gate of the house next door to the village. The canopy was huge and the branches and leaves were dense, forming a large and solid shade. From there, you could see the road leading to Liujialing that crossroads.

Twenty minutes later, the cat ran out of the shade of the tree and ran towards the intersection to the east: "Grandpa, grandpa, uncle, mother, brother Xiaowei, brother Xiaorui, you are here!"

The author has something to say: Xiasan'erpi: I am very greedy, and I seem to covet the food that does not belong to me.