Little wealth

June is the hottest time in Anyang Town.

Recently, two stalls selling cold food have opened in the town, one is on the street and the other is at the end of the street. The stalls sell various flavors of smoothie cold food, and the price is not expensive. The minimum is three yuan a bowl, and you can mix Add several different flavors.There are bamboo cups on their stalls, or you can bring your own bowls to fill them, and you can bring a little more if you bring your own bowls to fill them.

Three Wen is equal to the money they pay for eating three meat buns. For many ordinary people in the town who can live a decent life, they can afford a bowl of cold food for three Wen.The weather is hot at this time, and eating a bowl of cold food will make you feel refreshed from the coolness in your mouth to your heart.

The two stalls on the street and at the end of the street sell the same things, and the taste and texture are the same. Those who have bought it know that they are a family. The prices of the two stalls are the same, so the one near the street People go to the stall on the street to buy, and those who are near the end of the street go to the stall at the end of the street to buy, which can save a few steps.

Since the appearance of these two stalls, they have been very popular with everyone. Even some guests who eat in restaurants or restaurants in the town like to let the servants take a big bowl to make them a bowl of cold smoothies. come back to eat.

"Boss, make a bowl of mung bean smoothie, and put some more dumplings." A little girl in floral cloth came out to buy smoothies with a big bowl in her arms.

"Hey, okay, I'll put some more dumplings for you." Josh took the bowl, filled half of the bowl with red bean smoothie, and scooped a small spoon full of dumplings on top. The dumplings were rubbed out of glutinous rice Yes, Q bombs stick to the teeth. Some people like to eat this dumpling, and then pour a large spoonful of sugar water on it. Such a large bowl is almost full.

Pass the bowl to the little girl, "Come on, hold it carefully."

"I'll give you the money first." The little girl handed over three copper coins, and took such a big bowl full of Yuanzi mung bean smoothie, with a small round face smiling so hard that she almost lost sight of her eyes, she took the bowl to the shop opposite. run over.

A little boy was waiting for her at the door, and followed the little girl into the shop.

Josh took the three Wen coins and put them into the pouch on his waist. This pouch was a pocket pouch he made himself. He made four in total, one for himself, one for their carpenter Zhao, and two for Zhao Xiaohu and others. Chen Yan and the two of them, it is convenient for them to go out and do business to collect money, and the money can be directly put in their pockets here, and they are not afraid of losing it.

They don't come to the town to set up stalls every day, only on market days, they come to the town to set up stalls for business. The four of them go out together early in the morning, and the four of them set up stalls in different places separately. When they are sold out, they go back together. When they went back, the children were brought with them.

Seeing the little girl running into the shop across the street with a big bowl in her arms, he recognized that the little girl who came to buy smoothies just now was the daughter of the owner of the opposite shop. After setting up a stall here to sell smoothies, the little girls often bring a bowl to make a big bowl of smoothies and go home.

Josh also saw the little boy waiting at the door, and knew it was the little girl's younger brother. The boss and the boss's wife had a pair of children. The little girl bought such a big bowl of smoothie just now, it should be the siblings One piece to eat.

They do business here, and a lot of the business they do is for regular customers. After a visit, he recognizes some of the regular customers who often come to buy smoothies.

Lifting the wooden barrel and taking a look inside, most of the smoothies in the two wooden barrels have been sold out, it seems that it is possible to sell them out in such a morning and go home.

This wooden barrel was specially made by their carpenter Zhao. There are two layers inside and outside. The temperature of the food can also prevent the food and saltpeter water from mixing directly.

However, for the sake of safety, he still added another jar inside, so that it would be more secure.

Generally, they pack four wooden barrels, two barrels are red bean-flavored smoothies, two barrels are mung bean-flavored smoothies, and the sugar water and round fruit are packed separately. These things are chilled before going out, such as round seeds and fruits Things are added separately, and guests can add whatever flavors they like.

After the little girl came to buy smoothies, two old regular customers came to buy smoothies. Most of the time, some half-grown children came to buy smoothies. Since I knew that bowls can hold a little more , These children like to use their own bowls to serve, and he will also serve more for others.Sometimes parents and grandparents bring their grandchildren to buy, and occasionally there will be a little maid from a house who brings a food box to buy. Generally, there are more people who buy this kind of food, and they are willing to spend money to add a little more round fruit. something like that.

"Em~"

"What's the matter with you? Can't you play well by yourself?"

Hearing his son calling him, Josh realized that his son was tired from sitting in the small wooden car, so he picked up the child and kissed him on the small face.

At this time, a young couple with outstanding temperament came to their stall. The man was holding a two or three-year-old brother in his arms. The little brother was wearing a small moon-white robe with a round collar, and wore Wearing a pair of silver bracelets, she looks jade-white and cute, and the center of her eyebrows is a little red with cinnabar. She really looks like a child holding a birthday peach in a New Year painting.

And the reason why he said that this young couple has outstanding temperament is that there are so many people coming and going on this street, and the two of them walked in it as if they were completely independent.Behind them were two young servants. Although the two men were dressed very low-key, they could still tell the difference at a glance.

"Look around, you can buy whatever you like." Seeing that the other party was looking at the small wooden sword on their stall, Josh wanted to put the child in his arms into the small wooden cart. Putting it in, the kid just screamed and refused to go in.

Even when he wanted to give this brat to his own father, the brat held his neck tightly with both hands and refused to let go.

"..." Josh could only keep the smile on his face, and controlled his hands not to spank his son's butt in the street, but he still patted his son's little butt and reminded: "Okay, okay, no Let you go, let go, I'm going to be crushed by you."

As if he understood what he said, the little boy in his arms let go of his hand a little, and turned to look curiously at the little baby in other people's arms who was also being held by his father.

"Did you make this yourself?" Bai Luoxi held a small wooden horse and shook it at the child, then turned to look at the little husband who was also holding a child and asked.

"Yes, it's all made by the child's father. You can choose whatever you like to buy." Josh held the clingy baby in his arms, and also cared about the business of their stall.

Their carpenter Zhao is good at carpentry, but if you want him to come and see the stalls for sale, it's good that he doesn't scare people away with a paralyzed face, and he doesn't do business anymore.So in many cases, this man is responsible for looking after the children, and he is responsible for looking after the business of the stall.

"Yeah~" I saw their son grabbing the little abacus he liked and handing it to his little brother, and stretched forward twice, meaning to give it.

Josh hurriedly stopped the child, and said to the man holding the child, "I'm so sorry, the child is not sensible."

"Hehe, it's okay, this is your child too." Bai Luoxi didn't mind, and took the little thing from the child's hand. Seeing a string of beads inside, she was a little puzzled what the child could do with it. Playing, he asked: "What is this?"

"Oh, this is an abacus for our children." Josh explained.

In fact, this thing is an abacus they specially made for children to play with. He usually teaches children to count and play with the abacus. In fact, he never thought that children can learn anything at such a young age. It is just a small toy for him to hold and play with.

The abacus is small, about the size of an adult's palm, and there are many small beads in it, which rustle when shaken. Their son often holds the abacus and shakes it to play.

"Abacus?" As soon as Bai Luoxi heard the word counting, she knew it was related to arithmetic.

"Well, it's just a small thing for counting. The children at home are small, and they don't know how to play with it." Seeing that the other party was interested in this abacus, Josh said something more, and demonstrated it to the other party. How to use this abacus.

The husband at home wants to buy something, the men behind hold their children and wait behind him, without urging them, and pay attention to the business of the small vendors around them

.Hearing that this little thing is used for arithmetic, the man took another look, a little curious about how this small stall can make something for arithmetic, and hearing this little husband speak clearly and logically, he seems to be a person who can do arithmetic. No wonder their husband is reluctant to move when standing here.

Only at this time did the man have the heart to observe the things sold in this small stall, his eyes moved from the small things on the stall, and finally landed on a small wooden shelf, with a little doubt in his eyes.

At this moment, Bai Luoxi's mind was not on the husband and child behind him. He took a look at the little abacus, nodded, and said, "This is interesting. I don't know how this thing is sold. I'll buy one."

"That's the only one, and it was played by our children," Josh said a little embarrassedly.

Their son played with this abacus for two days, and there were knock marks on the corners. It was really not suitable for selling to others, so he said: "If you want to buy it, we can make a new one for you. If you don’t want it in a hurry, we will bring it to you on the next market day, and you can come and get it when the time comes.”

"No hurry, then you guys make a new one and bring it to me." Bai Luoxi didn't dislike that this was used by someone else, but just thought it was a little smaller, so he lifted it up and asked the other party to make it bigger for him .

Josh quickly responded: "Yes, yes, as big as you want."

In the end, the two discussed it and decided on the size of the abacus. When they finished the abacus on the next market day, they would bring it over, and the other party would send someone over to get it.

When they were leaving, the other party also bought the small wooden cart he sold to them, and also bought a lot of small toys for their children. The servants who followed him came to pay, and directly paid them two pieces of silver.