After the disaster

Qiu Cheng didn't yell and sell, so there were not too many customers at the stall. These people picked and picked, and Qiu Cheng weighed and collected the corn cakes without haste.

Some customers insisted on giving him two shallots and a few peppers, and Qiu Cheng would argue with them. He brought out so many shallots, peppers, and leeks every night. Be careful, for fear that before the items are sold out, Raotou will deliver them first.

"How do you sell these potatoes?" At this time, a middle-aged man riding a tricycle came to their stall.

"One catty of tortillas and one catty of potatoes." Qiu Cheng was weighing the tortillas at this time.

A customer just picked potatoes that weighed six taels per catty, and then had to weigh corn tortillas that were six taels a catty. The electronic scale was turned on, and the customer put a few corn tortillas on the weighing platform, and the weight was reduced. He put another one on it, and when he saw that it was a little too much, he picked up one of the tortillas and broke off a piece, "It's probably two, forget it, give me two more fresh peppers." The customer looked at the sign on the electronic scale. The scarlet letter said.

"Okay." Qiu Cheng readily agreed, and brought him two peppers and an onion.

"Is this potato and onion delicious together?" the customer asked with a smile.

"It's delicious. When the potatoes are cooked, mix them with chopped green onion and sprinkle some salt. If you can add a few drops of soy sauce, it will be even more delicious." Qiu Cheng shared his experience with him. When the first batch of potatoes came back, he and A I didn't eat much often, I kept them as seeds, and now I think about it, I'm still a little greedy.

"What about cornmeal? How do you count cornmeal?" The middle-aged man riding a tricycle asked again at this time.

"Corn flour?" Qiu Cheng raised his head and looked at the other party when he heard the words, and other people at the stall also looked at this person. These days, ordinary people usually trade corn cakes. Because corn cakes cannot be stored for a long time, they are replaced by corn flour. At home, few people would exchange cornmeal for things.

"A catty of cornmeal is exchanged for a catty of six taels of potatoes." Qiu Cheng said.

"One catty seven taels, I'll exchange one hundred catties of cornmeal." As soon as the man said, the stall immediately fell silent. One hundred catties of cornmeal is definitely a big deal in Xinnan City.

"I don't have that much right now, so I'll change ten catties first, and then send the rest to you in two days?" In two days, the potatoes at home have grown quite a lot.

"Okay, then you weigh me seventeen catties first, and send the rest to this place, preferably between two and four in the afternoon." The man said and handed over a note with the address on it. Give it to Qiu Cheng, and said: "Bring the potatoes that you have picked, and don't be short of them."

"Don't worry, Xiao Qiu is an honest person." Lao Feng also came over at this time.

"You're here too?" The man glanced at Old Feng, but there was not much joy on his face.

"It's just a meal." Old Feng smiled, and didn't stick to his cold ass again.

Qiu Cheng picked a large, smooth potato and weighed him seventeen catties, and put it in a cloth bag sewn from old clothes. Bring down a bag of flour.Only then did Qiu Cheng realize that there was a metal box on the body of his tricycle. He handed the bag of flour to Qiu Cheng, put potatoes in it, closed the box, locked it, and rode on. The car left.

Qiu Cheng weighed the bag of flour, and it was exactly ten catties. If the outer cloth bag was deducted, it should still be a little short, but at this time, he didn't care about it.

"Who is this person?" Some customers at the booth saw that Lao Feng seemed to know him, so they asked him.

"Does Ai Wenhai know? This person is his brother-in-law." Lao Feng also went to Qiu Cheng's stall to pick some potatoes and told him that he didn't seem to care about the lack of enthusiasm of the person just now.

"Ai Wenhai?" Everyone knows the name. The new aristocrats in Xinnan City used to be building materials.

After the outbreak of the X virus, Xinnan City centered all citizens to a temporary base and implemented militarized control. Although it is a temporary base, some basic facilities still need to be built, especially the fence, which must be built very high and strong .

To engage in construction, in addition to manpower, building materials are also needed. Ai Wenhai made his fortune at that time. Later, he contracted a piece of land not too far from the temporary base and hired people to cultivate it. He is already the richest man in Xinnan City, at least for now, his reputation is the loudest.

"Ai Wenhai's brother-in-law still needs to buy potatoes from outside?" I heard that they have a greenhouse at home, and many of the city's rations come from their greenhouse.

"Probably not enough to eat. His brother-in-law Ge Hongchang is in charge of security, and he has a group of big-bellied men under him. Besides, the potatoes in their greenhouse may not be ripe yet. What's wrong with buying some?" Shaking his head sighingly, he said to Qiu Cheng: "This man was so stupid in the past, but now he knows how to play tricks. If there is really a hundred catties of cornmeal in his tricycle, I will chop off his head and use it as a stool for you to sit on. Tsk tsk, He just saw that you don't have that many potatoes."

"Then shall I deliver it to him in two days?" Qiu Cheng didn't understand the other person's personality, and was worried that he would make the trip in vain.

"Give it away, why don't you give it away? At worst, you can treat it as a waste of time. Anyway, it can be sold out at the night market." Lao Feng said this, but he didn't say anything.

Although they brought out a sack of potatoes this night than usual, they closed the stall earlier than usual. The reason is that some people heard that there are cheap and fresh potatoes here. When they came to buy, they saw their tomatoes. It's not bad, I have to pick up one or two by the way, so they sell very fast.

Nowadays, in Xinnan City, potatoes are more popular than tomatoes, because they are more filling than tomatoes.The conditions of some families are not bad. If you are tired of eating corn tortillas, it would be good to change some potatoes to cook at home. If you can have some carrots and cabbage, and cook a mixed pot dish, it will be very tasty. of.

After closing the stall, Qiu Cheng went to Wang Chengliang's side to move the millstone, and gave him two baked potatoes in addition to the three tortillas he had talked about.

He put about five or six in the oven before, except for these two, most of the others were eaten by Ah Chang, and the other one was asked to go away by Lao Feng's shamelessness, and after taking it back, he secretly stuffed it for him. He killed his son, but none of his nephews saw a shadow.

The millstone made by Wang Chengliang's second brother was indeed as he said, very meticulously made, and equipped with a wooden frame with three legs. The wooden frame was made of very kind materials and made very strong. I feel very satisfied.

"You said that you want to grind dry beans and corn kernels. A mill that is too light is useless. My brother made this big one for you. Be careful when you go back. Don't crush the wheels with the mill. "Wang Chengliang helped Qiu Cheng to move the upper plate and the lower plate into the bucket of the tricycle.

This grinding disc is divided into two parts, the upper disc and the lower disc. The lower disc is larger with stone grooves around it. The upper disc is smaller but thicker and has a wooden handle on the side.

There is a hole in the middle of the upper plate and the lower plate, and a piece of wood is installed in the hole. When placing the grinding plate, just align the round hole in the center of the upper plate with the wood fixed in the center hole of the lower plate to avoid stones. The mill shifted when it turned, but the two holes are in the dark, and they cannot be seen unless the mill is moved away.

From the top of the stone mill, you can also see a round hole. This round hole is the feed inlet. Slowly put the grain to be ground down from the round hole, turn the stone mill, and after a while, you can see it being ground. The grain overflowed from the gap between the upper wall and the lower wall and fell into the surrounding stone troughs.

Wang Chengliang was worried that Qiu Cheng would not be able to use the stone mill because he grew up in the city, so he explained how to use it in detail.

"I see." Qiu Cheng scratched his head. He really didn't know how to use a stone mill, but this kind of thing probably made perfect, and he had more important things to do right now. "Is there a lot of wood in your place? I want to buy some wood. It doesn't need to be too good, just scraps."

"Small scraps? That's too much, how much do you want?" Although Wang Chengliang's family is in a village, it is still a village next to the city, because the land in their village is cheap and the transportation is relatively convenient, so I don't know when it started, many waste collection stations have opened up, some of which also recycle and sell wood waste.

"Probably half a ton." Qiu Cheng estimated the amount.

"That stuff is worthless. If you want to pull it yourself, I'll ask my brother to take you there. You can pull as much as you want." The owner of the recycling station died, leaving behind a mountain of wood scraps. Now many people in the village go to them to bring wood back home for fire, but if people outside the village want to get it casually, then the people in their village will definitely not agree.

Wang Chengliang paused and said: "If you don't have the time, I'll let me call and send it to you. Then you can pay for your hard work."

Qiu Cheng suddenly didn't know how to speak up. Logically speaking, he was not short of these cornbreads. There were many things at home, and he couldn't get away with it. But when facing his old classmates, he was a little bit reluctant. speak out.

"It just so happens that my elder brother can't find anything to do these two days." After a moment of embarrassment, Wang Chengliang said with a grin.

"Well, I just happen to be very busy these days." Qiu Cheng said casually.

"Where are you going to send it? Are you still living in Jiayuan Community?" Wang Chengliang asked.Qiu Cheng bought himself a house before graduating from university. At that time, many classmates envied him for coming, and they usually talked about it in the dormitory.

"That's right, can your elder brother come over tomorrow? It's best to come tomorrow afternoon. I have something to go out in the morning." Qiu Cheng planned to go to the Housing Management Bureau tomorrow morning.

"It's fine in the afternoon, and he won't be able to arrive so early in the morning." It's almost half a day's journey from Wang Chengliang's village to Jiayuan Community where Qiu Cheng lives. .

"If he arrives by then, just let him shout downstairs, and I will go down when I hear it."

"Understood, as long as it's not raining, I will definitely send you the wood tomorrow afternoon." Wang Chengliang also noticed that Qiu Cheng needed the wood in a hurry this time.

After leaving Wang Chengliang's stall, Qiu Cheng and the others didn't go home immediately, but started shopping in the night market.The three-fork intersection in front of the train station, the intersection directly opposite leads to the urban area, the west-facing intersection leads to Xinnan University, and the east-facing intersection leads to the lower reaches of the Xinnan River, where there are also many streets and residential areas.

What Qiu Cheng and the others are going to visit this time is the road to the east of the train station. There used to be many large and small hotels scattered along that road. Now these hotels have already closed down, but there are quite a few people doing furniture here. and decorating business.In addition to the storefronts on both sides of the street, there are also people who set up booths and set up stalls on the side of the road. As long as they don't block other people's storefronts, no one will rush to them.

Qiu Cheng was pushing the tricycle, and Ah Chang followed beside him. The two of them didn't go to the shops with lights on, but wandered among the rows of temporary sheds on the side of the road.

Compared with the intersection going to the city, this side is much deserted, and the stalls on both sides are also deserted, only a few wandering citizens pass by occasionally, Qiu Cheng and the others are pushing tricycles along this road On the street, while walking and watching, it quickly attracted the attention of many stall owners.

"Brother, what do you want to buy?"

"What do you want to buy? Do you want a sofa? A big soft and firm sofa, and three corn tortillas."

"Should I buy an energy-saving lamp? There are three-watt, four-watt, and five-watt ones, which are bright and energy-saving."

"Do you want to buy a quilt? Authentic silk quilts! Thin and thick ones, and mother-in-law quilts..."

"..."

"Do you have mirror stickers?" Qiu Cheng finally found a shop selling wallpaper, so he stopped and asked the stall owner.

"Mirror stickers? Yes!" The stall owner responded several times in a row, and then enthusiastically led Qiu Cheng and the others outside: "Come with me, there are mirror stickers in my brother's shop. We really don't see many people in Xinnan City, you come with me..."

The stall owner led Qiu Cheng to a nearby shop that looked quite big. The shop owner looked a little younger than the stall owner, and the two really looked like brothers. The stall owner and the shop The boss said that Qiu Cheng and the others wanted to buy mirror stickers.The shop owner also entertained them very warmly, and stretched out his hand to lure Qiu Cheng and the others into the shop.

"How's the thing? You can show me a roll first." Qiu Cheng didn't go in with them. The shop was big, and the shop owner probably wanted to save electricity, and the lights weren't on. It's very bright, Qiu Chengcheng doesn't really want to go in, and whether the mirror stickers can be bought or not is second to none. If you accidentally get hit by a sap, you will lose a lot.

The owner of the shop was also very straightforward. Hearing what Qiu Cheng said, he asked his wife to go in and get a roll of mirror to stick it out. He himself and the stall owner just now talked with Qiu Cheng from left to right, as if he was afraid that he would run away.

After a while, the proprietress held half a roll of mirrors and posted them, saying that they were left over from the previous cut. Except for this half roll, there were still seven rolls left in it. There was no place to buy them these days, and they were sold out. I don't know that the stock can only be replenished in the Year of the Monkey.

Qiu Cheng looked at the mirror sticker, the quality was not bad, it was quite thick, and the reflectivity was not bad, so he felt a little satisfied.

"Don't worry about the quality. In the past, the mirror stickers in my house were all sold to decoration companies. They are 1.2 meters and thirty."

"How did you sell it?" Qiu Cheng asked.

"How much do you plan to ask for?" The boss immediately smiled when he saw that there was a business.

"If the price is right, I will buy them all." Seven rolls of mirror stickers are not too many, and as the stall owner said just now, these things are relatively new in Xinnan City, and they are not common.

"Hey, nothing is worth eating these days. Just give me three tortillas for a roll of mirror stickers, and I'll give you the half roll here." The boss went in to get it just now. When it comes to things, the price has already been thought out, and there is more than one plan. If Qiu Cheng wants less, the price he quoted will not be this price.

Three tortillas, the price seems cheap, but compared with those famous brand clothes in the night market where you can buy one and get one free for only one tortilla, it is not very low.

Qiu Cheng looked at the two brothers holding hands and looking this way, and nodded silently.The eleven or twelve-year-old boy and his eight- or nine-year-old brother nodded happily when they saw him, and happily followed their mother to the back to move those mirror stickers. Thank goodness for the food.

Qiu Cheng was not in a hurry to replace the cornbread with cornmeal this night. The cornmeal at home and the ten catties given by Ge Hongchang were enough for him to do tomorrow's work.He untied a cotton bag, counted 21 tortillas from it, handed it to the store owner to pick it up, and then planned to put those mirror stickers on the car.

"Boss, do you want to order a scooter? I'm afraid your tricycle won't be able to handle so many things. I'll deliver a cornbread to you as long as you don't leave Xinnan City." At this time, a young man pulling a scooter asked not far away.

Qiu Cheng saw that his tricycle already had a large grinding disc, and the seven or eight rolls of mirror paper were also quite heavy. If the tricycle was really flattened, it would be troublesome. He will still travel tomorrow.So I agreed.

Together with the stall owner who had just brought Qiu Cheng and the others over, the shop owner's family hurriedly loaded all the mirror paper onto the cart, sent them off enthusiastically, and kept saying yes If you want to buy something, come back next time and give him a discounted price.

As soon as Qiu Cheng and the others left, the stall owner who had just led the way stretched out his hand. When the shop owner saw it, he had no choice but to hand him two cornbreads. Who would have thought that the man would put the two cornbreads in his pocket? Chuai, and stretched out his hand in front of him again.

"Second brother." The store owner frowned slightly.

"..." His second brother still didn't speak, and stretched out his hand there.

The store owner had no choice but to pick up another corn tortilla, broke off a small piece and put it in the hands of his second brother. His second brother took the piece of tortilla, stuffed it into his mouth, chewed and said, "Hey, this is That's right, my brother will settle accounts."

They had negotiated at the beginning, no matter whoever brought customers to the other party's stall, he would give a 21% commission if the transaction was completed. Tonight's order was for [-] corn cakes, and he only gave two what?