The silly and sweet spring of crossing

In the next few days, Qiu Baichen could sell a few lanterns every day, but after all, there were still too few. If it wasn't for the money left from the previous pawn, there would be no way to survive this day.

After a while, Qiu Baichen shortened his daily shopping time and went back early in the afternoon, but he didn't expect that when he left, someone came to his stall and asked the person next to him when he was gone. Where is the owner of the stall?The person next to him said that the boss had returned home early, and these days Qiu Baichen got to know the nearby bosses well, and would say hello when he left early or late.

The boss who returned home boiled water, and the house was almost repaired. The rest of the carpenter came back to fix it when he had time, and his bathtub was also finished.Qiu Baichen mixed the bath water and soaked comfortably in the bathtub, feeling very refreshed from head to toe, and the fatigue of the past few days was swept away.

After a night's rest, Qiu Baichen slept comfortably, and the next day he went to the market as usual.Today's sun was a bit bigger, not too hot, but it made him a little sleepy, so he yawned.

He fixed the cart and started a new day. In the morning, a few people came to look at the lanterns. In the end, two people bought them, one small and one big.At noon, Qiu Baichen had eaten something and was in a daze when he saw a group of children walking over.

The one standing in the front was the tallest among the children, probably the leader of the children, and Qiu Baichen standing next to him still remembered that it was the little boy he gave the lantern that day.

"Is this the stall you were talking about?" the boy in charge asked, and the little boy next to him nodded sharply.

"What do you want?" Qiu Baichen looked at the group of children and knew that it was probably business.He asked a question, and then the leading child took two steps forward, took out fifteen copper coins from his pocket for a long time, and gave them to Qiu Baichen, with some reluctance on his face.

Qiu Baichen looked at them and found it very interesting, took the boy's money and put it in his pocket.

"You can choose which one you like," he said.

The boy didn't move, two little girls emerged from the group of children, stepped forward timidly, quickly picked out the one they liked after looking at it for a long time, and shrank back behind the crowd.

After the two of them had finished picking, the leading boy took one for himself, which was a pattern for two children to play with.After he finished taking them, the other children dared to come forward. They each paid for Qiu Baichen, picked out their favorite lanterns, and another pair picked the same one. They almost started fighting, but the leader of the children gave them a glare. It just stopped.

Qiu Baichen happily watched the children pick out their favorite lanterns, and ran away in a swarm. Before leaving, the child he had given the lanterns to said thank you.

It may be because the children think that having a small lantern of their own is a very face-saving thing, so they save their usual pocket money and come to buy one. Be careful and use it for a long time. If you are not careful, you can buy it again if you have money. , if not, tinkering will do.

Qiu Baichen's business gradually improved, and the children spread the word, and they all came to buy his lanterns.And the woman bought the lantern and hung it up at home. The neighbors saw it and thought it was very good. They asked the woman where she bought it and thought it was very cheap, so they also went to Qiu Baichen to buy the lantern for use.

The profit of the big lantern is higher. Qiu Baichen's sales are open, but they still make a fixed amount every day. When they are sold out, they will go back. If they are not bought, they can be reserved and reserved for the next day.

After selling a day's worth, Qiu Baichen went home to make new lanterns, and kept them for sale.All the things he had finished were stored in the wing room on shelves so as not to be eaten by mice.

After the small lanterns were booming for a period of time, the sales volume decreased, and the children's interest shifted after a period of time, but Qiu Baichen would still bring two every day, and there would always be children who would come and take out a few. Copper coins, buy lanterns from him.

On the contrary, more people bought lanterns, and Qiu Baichen made some other styles of lanterns, and he could also help them write the characters they wanted or draw some patterns.

Qiu Baichen also wants to make some exquisite ones, such as palace lanterns for sale, but now his customers are ordinary people, even the lamps for rich people are relatively ordinary.

Besides, Qiu Baichen's belly became bigger and it was inconvenient to come out. He rented a booth for two months, and when the booth expired, Qiu Baichen was more than five months pregnant.

The money he earned was not small, but he spent a lot of money on repairing the house, and spent a lot on weekdays, so there was not much left after the settlement.Ordinary people don't eat meat and fruit as much as him, but for the sake of the child in his belly, Qiu Baichen has always eaten well, and it's also because of his physique that it is not easy to gain weight, but his face is plump and his body is still thin.The child is not very big, but the doctor said it was fine when he saw it, so it is more convenient to give birth.

The weather is gradually getting hotter, and the rain is also increasing. When it rains, it will be cold and humid, but once it clears up and the sun is shining, it will be too hot again.The dawn was getting earlier and earlier, and Qiu Baichen was leaving the stall earlier and returning earlier. When it was raining or it was hot, he would make lanterns in the wing room.

It was almost May at this time, Qiu Baichen inquired, there will be a lantern festival during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and every family will buy lanterns at that time.Qiu Baichen started to make some fresh lamps, such as ingot-shaped, rabbit-shaped, and various interesting styles.The workmanship of such lanterns is more complicated and requires some imagination, but Qiu Baichen can draw, and what can be drawn can be made.

At home, Qiu Baichen tied up some flower lantern frames with patterns, but the paper hasn't been pasted yet.He went to the street, just like in the past, someone came to buy lamps, but a middle-aged man kept watching beside the stall.

"Do you want a lantern?" Qiu Baichen saw that this person was dressed very well, he didn't look like his usual customer at all, but he seemed to go to that lantern shop to buy their special lanterns.

"En." The man didn't realize for a while that he was alone in front of the booth, and he was a little dazed when he heard Qiu Baichen's words. He hummed, and before he could react, he had no time to shake his head. He looked at Qiu Baichen's lantern and began to ask him the price.

"How much is this?" He asked one by one, and Qiu Baichen answered one by one, and there were not many in total. After Qiu Baichen answered the last one, he looked at the person, who blushed a little.

"You made these lanterns yourself? I think it's different from the ones we usually use here." He changed the subject again, and Qiu Baichen nodded.

"Family handed down craftsmanship." As soon as he answered, other people came to pick up the lanterns. The middle-aged man looked at it for a long time without saying a word or buying anything, and left.

After Qiu Baichen sold a few lanterns, he still wondered what that man was doing.

The rouge vendor next to him had just sold a box of rouge, now he was free and turned to talk to Qiu Baichen.

"The one just now was definitely not looking for you to buy a lantern. I thought he was looking for faults." The peddler said, Qiu Baichen looked at him.

"Brother Fang, do you know him?"

"Of course I do. Boss Cao is with you." The vendor said, looking at Qiu Baichen's eagerness for knowledge, he told him everything he knew.

It turned out that the one who just came was Boss Cao, that is, Boss Cao who opened a cheap lantern shop in the county town.Recently, because of Qiu Baichen's visit, the lamps he sells are cheap and beautiful, so there are fewer lanterns in his shop.

"Did he want to hit me just now?" Qiu Baichen said, it stands to reason that a person like him is indeed quite hated.

"That's not enough. Boss Cao has always been a nice guy. I think he might want to steal a lesson." At this moment, the jewelry seller next to him spoke up. The rouge seller thought about it, and Qiu Baichen I also thought about it, it should be.

"That's right, the things he made at home are not good, and it can't be blamed for being robbed of his wealth by others." The peddler said, and later came to see Yanzhi again, so he didn't say anything.

Qiu Baichen remembered this incident, thinking that one day he should go to Boss Cao, but he didn't expect what happened next, which put this incident on hold for several months.

Into May, the weather is hotter.Qiu Baichen was pregnant, and his body was extremely hot. He had to scrub at least every night, and he kept his clothes open when he wore obscene clothes, so as to dissipate heat.

That day Qiu Baichen came back from the stall, made lanterns all afternoon, ate the fish sent by the Zhang family at night, took a shower with warm water, and fell asleep.

He was woken up by the urge to urinate in the middle of the night, touching his protruding belly, which can barely be covered now, and after a while he won't be able to go home, so that others won't know about it and gossip.

The sound of insects screaming became louder at night, and there was a bit of wind outside, which was much cooler than during the day.Qiu Baichen went to drain the water, and walked into the house in a daze, but suddenly felt a chill on his neck and heat on his back.

"Don't talk." A man's voice came from behind him, because Qiu Baichen listened to his words very handsomely and stopped talking because of being stabbed by a knife on his neck.

Qiu Baichen, who was held hostage, was still thinking about who he had offended, when he suddenly felt something wet behind him.Just as he was about to ask the man what he was doing in a low voice, he felt a sudden void behind him, and the man let go of his hand and fell to the ground.

Qiu Baichen turned his head, and by the light of the oil lamp in his hand, he saw clearly that the man's body was covered with blood, and his body was also stained with blood.

His hairs stood on end immediately, but he still knelt down to look at the man.

"You, who are you?" he asked.

"He Lan..." However, the man fainted before he could say a complete sentence.