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Liu Xia saw so many people coming to the house, all of them were hot and drenched but not tired at all, he felt happy and sour, just a carload of defective fabrics could make them so happy.

Liu Chuan pulled Liu Xia, and Liu Xia walked to the rear of the car with him knowingly, standing on one side, restraining his excitement, and put on an expression that can be seen by others at a glance as pretending to be calm but actually very arrogant, waiting for his family's response arrival.

Liu Wei and Liu Rui called "Third Uncle, Younger Uncle" and ran over with Xiumei. Liu Xia and Liu Chuan suddenly opened the back door of the car at the same time, and the panting Xiumei stood there like a fool, staring blankly. The color of the big car.

Liu Wei and Liu Rui were dumbfounded for a few seconds, then rushed over with a cheer, stretched out their hands to touch the flowered cloths and shouted: "Oh—what the third aunt said is true, there is a big difference in truth." The cars are beautiful, Mom, hurry up and take a look, there are so many and so beautiful!"

Liu Xia smiled and exchanged glances with Liu Chuan triumphantly: "I knew that my sister-in-law would be scared silly, haha, is it true? Uncle, uncle, brother, hehe..." Seeing Liu Changqing walking behind, Liu Changchun and Liu Kui looked at each other in disbelief, and Liu Xia was so proud that he didn't know how to show it off.

Liu Kui also stared blankly for half a minute, then turned around and stretched out his hand to wipe the sweat off Liu Xia's face, and asked him and Liu Chuan, "Boy, is this big cart all ours?"

Liu Xia snorted, "Of course."

Liu Kui still didn't quite believe it: "How much does it cost for such a big load of cloth? Yaoer, you won't borrow money again, will you?"

Liu Xia smiled nonchalantly and said, "Why not? Don't read too much. It's not worth much. I just saved enough money for the past few months, so I didn't borrow it."

Xiumei panted, and wiped the sweat that was dripping from her face: "Yao'er, you've spent all the money you've saved for more than half a year?"

Liu Xia said lightly: "When I spend it, I will spend it. I will have a few more days in the field next month and I will have it again. Isn't earning money just letting flowers go!"

Xiumei looked at Liu Kui helplessly and said guiltily, "Here, here, we have saved so much money for the baby in one go, and the money has been spent."

Liu Kui reached out to touch the cloth, and comforted Xiumei with a guilty conscience: "It's okay, although the money has been spent, there are so many things here, let's be careful and sell these cloths smoothly, and I will definitely not lose money." , when the time comes, we will store it there again for the child.”

Liu Xia said foolishly: "I don't want it, it's just a car of defective products. If I still ask you for money, let others know that it will be a joke to me."

After coming over, Liu Changqing, who had been looking at the whole car of Bu, Liu Chuan, and Liu Xia with calm eyes, suddenly said: "Yaoer, Chuaner, you have been so hard at night, come and sit here for a while, I also call you Brother and sister-in-law take a good look at the cloth, your sister-in-law has been wondering what kind of cloth it will be."

Liu Xia and Liu Chuan both came over and sat on a few stone pier next to the big tree. Liu Changqing and Liu Changchun went to the car and looked at Bu, gave each other a gratified look, and also came and sat down.

Liu Chuan said to Liu Changqing and Liu Changchun: "Uncle, Uncle, it's so hot, why did you come here too? Didn't I specifically ask Xiaohui to tell you, just call my elder brother and sister-in-law to come!"

Liu Changchun said: "Boy, if you don't see it with your own eyes, then I will feel at ease? Xiaohui said, you have ruined the cloth after moving it for several nights, and your son has slept all night without turning over. You If Bo I don't come, why are you unloading so much cloth?"

On the side of the car, Xiumei stroked the cloth gently back and forth with her hands, and asked Liu Kui, "Is this big cart really all ours?"

Liu Kui also touched the cloth with his rough hands, nodded and said, "Really."

Liu Xia smirked at Liu Changqing, who had been looking at him calmly, and wanted to ask Maoer if it was true that he hadn't turned over all night, but found that the little guy who walked with Liu Changqing just now disappeared suddenly. There was a panic in my heart, I stood up instinctively and looked around, but I saw the little guy running towards the street supply and marketing cooperative with his back to them from a distance.

Liu Xia shouted at the top of his voice, "Cat, what are you doing running back when it's so hot?"

The cat didn't hear it, so he just ran to the side of the road, stopped and waited for a cart pulling coal to pass, and quickly ran to the other side of the road.

Liu Wei said: "Uncle, don't be afraid, I'll go over, the boy may have gone to buy you soda." Said and ran away.

Liu Rui said "I'll pick up the baby too", and ran away with Liu Wei.

Knowing where the little guy went, Liu Xia was fine in a moment. He smiled at Liu Changqing again, a little embarrassed and said: "I'm afraid that the baby will be lost. Hehe, Uncle, you don't need to come, my third brother is with the police station." Director Cui contacted him. He found a house for my elder brother and put it in the commercial street. It was his elder brother who bought the house. It turns out that his niece sells cosmetics. After two months of selling, she failed to win. She paid a net loss. We don’t have any here. If anyone puts on makeup, I won’t do it, the house is idle now, my elder brother and sister-in-law will go to the market to sell cloth in the future, and when I come back, I will put the cloth there, no money.”

Liu Changqing turned his head to look at the large cart of cloth again, and nodded: "Your third brother, you two are very thoughtful, so I am relieved." He asked Liu Chuan: "Now we have to unload the cloth first, and give the cart to the car. Make room for them, right?"

Liu Chuan said: "Well, but don't worry too much. I borrowed it from the Highway Bureau. There are not many cars of this kind. There are only two of them. I borrowed this old one. It really takes two more days and they don't mind it." Will be in a hurry.

I want to ask my elder brother and sister-in-law to meet Director Cui. They will spend a lot of time setting up stalls on Wangning Street in the future. Wangning has not been working properly in the past two years. There are more and more children. Our family is not here. If the eldest brother stays here for a long time to do business, these children will come to find trouble sooner or later. Although we are not afraid of such little rascals, it is better to have someone to take care of them.

Uncle, I want you to look at these cloths first. If you are happy, I will go to the police station with my eldest brother. Besides Director Cui, my eldest brother should also know several other people in the police station. "

Liu Kui himself is not a flamboyant person, now as he grows older, he is usually more restrained, but today he couldn't help but smile, after hearing Liu Chuan's words, he immediately said: "Then let's go, boy, let's go now, God! Hot, after the house is settled, your sister-in-law and I will start to pack up the place and move the cloth, so you and Yao'er can go home early and have a solid rest for a while."

From a distance, Liu Xia saw Mao'er, Liu Wei, and Liu Rui walking this way with their things in their arms, and said to Liu Kui and Liu Chuan, "Brother, wait a minute, the boy is back from buying soda, you can drink a bottle each."

The weather was hot, and they were on their way at noon. Liu Changqing and the others brought three pots of water and drank them halfway. They were just too excited at the moment, so they forgot how thirsty they were.

The three children carried three bags of soda, each with two bottles. Liu Chuan and Liu Kui drank it all in one go, and then they went to the police station together.

Liu Xia wiped the cat's continuous beads of sweat, and reprimanded him distressedly: "It's so hot, why didn't you tell my uncle when you were thirsty? My uncle and third uncle went there and got hit. Look, I'll expose you to the sun."

The cat's face was flushed, and he drank half of the bottle of soda before saying: "I am small, and the surface area is also small, and the place where the sun is exposed is also small, so it is the most cost-effective for me to go; Uncle, hurry up!" Drink it, it will not be beautiful if it is not cold.

This family is old-fashioned. When I first went there, their freezer was not plugged in, and the soda was not cool. "

The family drank iced soda and waited happily under the shade of the tree.

About half an hour later, Liu Kui, Liu Chuan, and Director Cui came over, and two young men came with them. Liu Chuan introduced that they were policemen from the police station, and they came to help.

Later, Liu Xia and the others found out that the two young men were both contract police officers.

The house has not been vacant for a long time, and selling cosmetics has little impact on the house. There is also running water, so cleaning is quick. There are two floors, with two counters and shelves for cosmetics below, and a small bed upstairs.

The counter is made of glass and cannot be used; the two shelves are made of wood, and cloth can be placed on it after being laid flat, but most of the cloth still has to be laid on the ground with canvas.

Liu Changqing and Liu Changchun were forcefully pushed aside by Liu Kui, Liu Chuan, and Director Cui, and they were not allowed to carry the cloth no matter what; Liu Xia and Mao'er were also ordered by Liu Kui to sit there and rest.

Liu Wei is now working like an adult, and Liu Rui is about the same. Liu Chuan reversed the car and faced the store door, and the back and forth distance was less than ten meters. Another seven men did it together, and it was easier to carry than Liu Xia. They were much faster yesterday.

Xiumei was only in charge of directing and putting the cloth in the right place.

Liu Xia, Mao'er, Liu Changqing, and Liu Changchun sat in the little shade formed by the row of houses on the west side, sweating and watching the people over there working.

Liu Xia asked Mao'er to take out the things in the schoolbag, looked at them side by side again, and then began to explain the same thing to Liu Changqing: "Bo, this is the real purchase price of cloth, it's 300 yuan, you put it Now, I can't let my elder brother and sister-in-law see;

This is the copy that my third brother and I referred to, and after inquiring about the market with others, I wrote a copy myself. I will give this to my elder brother and sister-in-law later, and I will tell them that this is the purchase price, called They looked at the appropriate price increase, or my sister-in-law would have to pay everything;

This money is Yeerhei and early this morning, my unit sells cloth to earn money, and the three hundred is actually the same. I am afraid that my elder brother and sister-in-law will think it is too much money if they find out, bad conscience, and I am embarrassed to increase the price in the future. The two of us discussed it, and took out three hundred first, and gave the rest to my elder brother and sister-in-law.

Uncle, I told my eldest brother and sister-in-law that they will definitely not want it, so you have to tell them, Uncle, you have to help me, just say that this is the first time doing business, we didn’t know what to do, and asked my elder brother to take everything All the money has been collected, and when all the cloth is sold out, we will calculate it and have a good idea. If we continue to work in the future, we also know how much to increase the price. Usually, when measuring the size for others, it is probably appropriate to release more.

This is the cashier Yeerhei in our team who makes temporary bills, and asks my elder brother and sister-in-law to learn from this, so that they can figure out how much they sell every day. "

Liu Changqing took the stack of crumpled papers and flipped through them one by one.

Liu Changchun said: "Yaoer, you just told your eldest brother and sister-in-law on purpose that this car cloth has spent all your savings, right?"

Liu Changqing glanced at Liu Xia, slapped him on the head with the hand holding the stack of papers, then continued to look with a smile.

Liu Changchun sighed: "Boy, you're only a little over 20..."

Liu Xia smiled and said: "Uncle, you will win if you know it. You know that buying this big cart cloth will not spend all the money saved by the boy and me. In the future, don't give me any more money. You give it to the boy during the Chinese New Year." Both of us have so much lucky money, we both think we shouldn't want it, I can earn money, I should be filial to you!"

Liu Changchun said: "Both of your sisters can take care of themselves now, and your fourth brother can earn more than 100 a month now, and you buy everything for me. Tell me, what do I need so much money for?"

Liu Xia saw the cats stretching their fingers, trying to settle accounts for Liu Changqing. Apparently, Liu Changqing believed that his savings had not been spent, but he did not believe that the cloth was so cheap. There was not much left in his savings, and he knew it would be useless to ask Liu Xia, so he wanted to open the gap from Mao'er.

Maoer is very sensitive to numbers. Yesterday when Liu Xia and Yu Baozhong were settling accounts, he and Ma Pengcheng were playing beside him. It seemed that he didn't pay attention to Liu Xia's situation at all, but at night he lay down with Liu Xia and Liu Chuan When calculating blindly, looking forward to how much money Liu Kui and Xiumei might make, the prices and quantities listed by Maoer are almost all correct; at lunch today, he read the accounts brought by Feng Hongxiu again, so now he and Liu Changqing calculate The accounts were clear and logical, and Liu Changqing finally believed that Liu Xia did not use the bank deposits.

At 04:30, everything was settled. Yanagawa wanted to invite Director Cui and the two young men to have a beer in the restaurant. The three of them refused to say anything. What kind of talents are there? All bureaus and committees in the county are from Rongze City and a few villages in the north. It was more difficult for me to do things in the bureau before than others. In the past two or three years, I have saved a lot of effort because you left it there. ?

What is this matter today?You don’t have to be polite if you need my place in the future. You can use this house, but my eldest brother can’t think of any business for a while. If he needs to use it one day, I’ll find a place for you. Don’t worry. , not hard to find. "

The other party insisted not to go, and Liu Chuan had no choice but to let them go, but after a few steps, Director Cui suddenly came back: "I suddenly remembered that today is the twelfth day of the lunar calendar, and tomorrow is the thirteenth day, Wang Ning Now is the lunar calendar every three "meetings"@, think about how auspicious it is, you can take that bed out tomorrow, find a good place to occupy it early, and open it immediately."

Liu Kui and Xiumei said at the same time: "That's right, why did I forget?"

At the beginning, the whole family just wanted to find a place to put the cloth quickly, but they hadn’t really thought about the specifics of selling it in the market. Now that Director Cui reminded them, they all felt that this matter was very urgent, and they had to do it tomorrow. opened.

Liu Changqing, Liu Kui and the others originally planned to have Liu Chuan, Liu Xia, and Mao'er leave for Liujialing now. Now, only Liu Xia and Mao'er have accumulated a little experience in selling cloth this morning. They are more at ease in their hearts.

Liu Chuan felt that he couldn't leave either. Based on the popularity of these cloths in the hydrology team last night and this morning, he judged that the big brother's business would definitely not be bad tomorrow.

They are also middle-aged and elderly women. Those in the villages near Wangning are different from those in the hydrology team. A considerable number of them will not give in to each other when they look at something at the same time. It's the first time for the eldest brother to start a business, so it's better to have a few more people in charge of the place.

Liu Changqing and Liu Changchun will definitely not leave. Although Liu Changqing has not done business for decades, where are the experiences of his youth? Uncle followed them here to suffer, and neither Liu Kui nor Liu Chuan said to let their father go.

If Liu Changqing didn't leave, Liu Changchun definitely wouldn't leave either. He didn't help move things here today, and he hoped he could do something for them tomorrow.

Liu Wei is like an adult now, Liu Kui and Xiumei are doing business for the first time, it is absolutely impossible for him to leave.

As a result of the discussion, everyone agreed that it would be more appropriate for Liu Rui to go home. If so many people didn't go home, the family members must be worried, and someone had to go back to deliver the letter;

They must be sleeping in the house where Bubu was placed tonight. This house is like a big steamer. Liu Rui is weak, so it's better to go home and live in a cool cave dwelling.

Liu Rui protested angrily: "When did I become weak? I've been cured a long time ago. If I don't leave, I also want to see our family sell things for the first time."

Liu Xia looked at the cat, and tentatively said, "Boy, grandma must miss you, why don't you go back with your brother Rui?"

It was too hot, and there must have been a lot of mosquitoes at night. Liu Xia didn't want the cat to suffer here, but he didn't dare to say it directly, so he wanted to find a reason that sounded difficult for the little guy to refuse.

Mao'er was not angry at all and said: "You are still a little girl, grandma can miss you too, you can go back with me."

Liu Xia snorted a handful of his hair: "It's annoying."

The cat said: "Tomorrow, we can stay with grandma for several days when we go back. If we don't stay here, no one will show the stall to uncle and mother. Grandma won't worry about it."

Liu Changqing said: "Let's stay here. Your mother will offer incense to the Bodhisattva on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar new year. As long as she thinks that tomorrow is the thirteenth day, she will know why we are not going back, and she will not be in a hurry. It is the first time to do business. , even your uncle and I think it's rare, it's normal for the boy to want to see it, don't tell the boy to go away."

It was still early, Liu Chuan was driving, Liu Kui, Xiumei, Liu Wei, and Liu Rui went to Xiumei's natal house together, and asked He Jialiang to help make a bigger temporary shelf, and the cloth could be put on it tomorrow, that bed was too small , can't put a few kinds of cloth.

After they left, Liu Xia and Mao'er went to buy mats, rulers, scissors, and mosquito killers. They lit five mosquito killers on the first floor, and the room was soon filled with thick white smoke.

The two ran out laughing and asked Liu Changqing and Liu Changchun who were sitting on the doorstep to wait while they went to buy ice cream.

Watching the two people chasing each other and running on the dusty street in Wangning, Liu Changchun said: "Brother, sometimes I wonder if Maoer was a good person with great merit in his previous life, and why did Xiaohong and Yulan owe something? He, otherwise, why did God take Xiaohong and Yulan away so that the cat could follow Yaoer?

In this world, among those children who have both parents and are pampered by the family, how many of them can be like cats, living so happily and so well all day long? "

Liu Changqing said: "Well, maybe, but Xiaoxia is the same, if he is not as smart and sensible as us. Maoer follows him, he will not be so happy all day long. Maoer is Xiaoxia's pistachio, I think he Now I can take care of Xiaoxia for a long time."

Liu Kui and the others came back after dinner, and they brought back two 1.5*2 boards, which Xiumei's father and elder brother made temporarily for them, and two supporting shelves.

Liu Wei said: "Uncle, Mao'er, you two have finished the writing desk and the big cabinet. My uncle said that you paid a lot of money, and even made you a bookcase, which is also based on the paintings you gave him. I think it’s beautiful to do it in the style above, and my third uncle said that he will come back to draw it for you in a few days.”

Liu Rui said: "Cat, you are so beautiful, baby, the room where you and your uncle are married is more beautiful than the room where other people get married. My uncle will make it for you this time. Put the new furniture in it, and it will look like a new house." Lie!"

Mao'er said happily: "If you want to see you, get married quickly. Your uncle is so good. He will definitely make you beautiful furniture when you get married. Zhang Dandan is looking forward to seeing you, and she will definitely be willing to marry her if you say so."

Liu Rui rolled her eyes as if vomiting: "Ouch, disgusting, don't allow me to talk to her, my mother said that kind of crazy girl, if I dare to talk to her, I will break my legs."

At night, Xiumei slept upstairs by herself, while a group of men slept downstairs. Even though they were lying on the ground, they were still too hot to sleep. Of course, being excited about tomorrow's opening was also a reason.

Liu Kui and Xiumei felt more uneasiness and even faint fear in their hearts. This kind of anxiety was unavoidable when they were doing business for the first time.

Liu Changqing patted Liu Kui's hand in the dark: "Sleep well, we sell the real thing, everyone has to use it, this kind of thing, as long as you calculate the price, you can't usually afford it.

I have only seen one, because there are a lot of Japanese products in the store, and the whole country called for a boycott of Japanese products at that time, no one bought their products, and they closed their doors. For many years, I have not seen the second one.

Xiumei didn't even say it herself, a big piece of cloth is enough to make a dress for an adult, and it only costs a little more than one yuan. If she saw it, she would definitely buy it too. "

Liu Kui felt embarrassed. He was almost 40 years old. To do something, not only did he need his family to protect him, but he also needed his father to comfort him.

He said: "I know Uncle, don't worry, I won't ask for compensation if the boy loses everything and gets us something back."

For the next day's business, Liu Xia expected it to be very good, but he didn't expect it to be so good. He was so happy that his body felt lighter, so he took the cat to buy iced soda for his family. When he shuttled through the world, he could actually feel the feeling of flying freely and floating in the world, until the woman holding the child with a wound on her forehead appeared in front of him.

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