Catch the morning market

Author: Fried Chicken Family Bucket

Catch the morning market

At four o'clock the next morning, the alarm clock was turned off as soon as it rang. Xu An quietly turned his head and looked next to him. The two little people were sleeping soundly and did not appear to be disturbed at all.

I gently got up from the bed and washed myself in the yard. I heard some turning around in my grandma's room. I went in and saw that my grandma was already awake.

"Hey, when you wake up, just turn on the light. One charge is enough to keep this light bulb on for a whole day."

Xu An reached out and pulled the rope at the head of the bed, and the light bulb emitted a soft yellow light.

"The moonlight is so bright, you can see clearly, don't waste electricity." Grandma Xu raised her hand and pulled the rope, and the light went out.

Since grandma didn't want to turn on the light, Xu An didn't force her and used the moonlight to help her up and sit against the wall.

"I will go to the garden to pick some vegetables to sell at the market, and I won't come back until eight or nine o'clock. Yesterday afternoon, when they went to bed, they had nightmares saying that I didn't want them anymore. I was afraid that they would cry again if they couldn't see me when they woke up.

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"I don't know why, but the two children are becoming more and more attached to you these days." Grandma Xu said with a smile on her face: "Maybe I know that you are going to college soon. It will take half a year to go to college, and you will still cry by then."

He paused while wringing out the water from the towel, then squeezed out the water in the towel and handed the wrung-out towel to Grandma Xu.

Grandma Xu took the towel and wiped her face and neck carefully.

Xu An looked at the rippling water in the basin in a daze.

If you go to school by yourself, you will be left with an old man with limited mobility and two four-year-old children who can't walk easily at home. How will you live next?

It would be nice if I were reborn before the college entrance examination. I don't remember anything, and the scores I get will definitely not allow me to go to college, so I can just and openly not go to college.

Grandma Xu passed the towel to Xu An's hand several times, but Xu An didn't take it. She turned around and saw Xu An in a daze, thinking that Xu An was worried about tuition fees.

"I asked a few households in the village who have been admitted to university. The tuition fee for a public university is several thousand yuan a year. Although our family is a bit poor and I have spent a lot of money on my legs, we can still afford this tuition fee.

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"Don't worry about tuition fees. The state provides student loans and poverty subsidies."

"Loan? This is borrowing money from the country."

"Yes, there is no interest. You will have to pay it back after graduation. You can pay back as much as you borrow."

"This policy is good."

After Grandma Xu finished washing, Xu An came out of the room with a washbasin and poured the water into the yard. Looking at the moon reflected in the water stains, he felt that the world was a little fucked up.

If you choose to go to college, even if you don't agree, there is a high probability that your younger siblings will be taken away by your sister-in-law. If you choose not to go to college, grandma will have a difficult time, and she will definitely feel that she and her three younger siblings are dragging her down.

, maybe he will send his younger siblings away without telling him.

After all, to grandma, no matter how sarcastic and mean her sister-in-law may be, she is still a relative with the same blood. Not only will the two children live a good life at her sister-in-law's house, they will at least have enough food and clothing.

Xu An rubbed his face hard.

I don’t want to think about it anymore. Let’s leave my younger brothers and sisters at home first so that my sister-in-law won’t take them away, and then think about what happens next.

Before going to bed last night, Xu An prepared the things he would use this morning, including two baskets and a pole. There was also a knife, a flashlight, a small wooden stool and some odds and ends in the basket.

A basket is tied to the front and back of the pole and placed on the left shoulder. The left hand is holding on to the pole to maintain balance. The right hand turns on the flashlight and walks towards the vegetable garden.

What Xu An is going to attend is the town's morning market, which starts at 5:30 and closes the stalls around 7:30. After 8 o'clock, the urban management will come to inspect. If you want to continue to set up, you will have to pay a stall fee of 5 yuan.

In order to save the five yuan stall fee, people like Xu An who set up stalls selling home-grown vegetables would go to this early market.

As we walked along, we could see people picking vegetables in several vegetable gardens with flashlights. When they saw Xu An, they raised their heads and said hello.

Xu An quickened his pace and went to work in the vegetable garden.

The yield in the vegetable garden today is good. The highest yield is tomatoes. More than 20 were picked, which is a conservative estimate of seven or eight kilograms. Next is green peppers, which weigh about five kilograms. Two bitter gourds and three eggplants are left.

The green leafy vegetables grown in the corners are only enough for the family.

When we walked to the market, it was already dawn, and a dozen small stalls had been set up in the open space in front of the market.

When Xu An was looking for a vacant seat, someone waved to Xu An and told him to come over. It was Xu Guoqiang, who was called Erbo according to the seniority in the village.

"It's a bit late today. If it's later, you won't have a seat and you'll have to find a nook and cranny where no one can see you."

"I was delayed for a while while picking vegetables. Fortunately, my second uncle also came to the market today."

"It just happened to be that the cabbage and green beans were growing together. I didn't even finish it at home. It would be old after just two days, so I just picked it up and brought it to the market."

As he spoke, Xu Guoqiang picked up a piece of cabbage and handed it to Xu An, and said sternly: "How is it? Is it watery?"

Everyone in Xujia Village is a good farmer, and the vegetables they grow are three times more juicy and taste better than those in other villages.

"Yes, this cabbage looks energetic and definitely delicious."

After hearing Xu An's praise, Xu Guoqiang put the cabbage back on the stall with satisfaction, picked up the watering can he carried and sprayed it on the vegetables. The luster of the cabbage became even more attractive.

Xu An took out the washed red, white and blue vegetables from the basket and spread them on the ground, and neatly stacked the vegetables on the red, white and blue vegetables. After finishing cleaning up, he took out a watering can and sprayed the vegetables with bright red tomatoes and purple tomatoes.

Eggplants, green peppers and bitter gourds are all covered with dense drops of water.

In the summer, it gets bright early, and it's already dark before six o'clock. There are also many people in the market, and the sounds of hawking, quarreling, and bargaining come and go.

People who get up early to buy vegetables include the elderly who can't sleep and get up early, housewives who want to buy fresh vegetables, and workers who have to rush to the construction site.

The economy has developed rapidly in recent years, and a lot of various large and small projects have been opened in the city. When there are too many projects, there are not enough workers, so the wages offered are high, attracting many capable men and women in the town.

Go to work on the construction site.

The salary for those who are skilled is higher, and they can earn two to three hundred a day. The salary for those who are not technical but have the strength is lower, but there are still one or two hundred. Those who are not technical and have little strength can still find a master.

As an apprentice, you can also earn 80 yuan.

The town is not far from the construction site, and it can usually be reached in more than half an hour. The accommodation and food on the construction site are better than at home. As long as they can go home, everyone chooses to go home and cook for themselves.

These people would rush to the market in the morning to buy vegetables and put them at home, and then go home to cook and eat after work in the evening.

"Your eggplants look fresh, they couldn't be from pesticides, right?" A stout lady wearing a dirty safety helmet squatted in front of Xu An's stall and stretched out a thick finger to scratch on the piles of vegetables.

: "How much does it cost per pound?"

"Eggplants and tomatoes are two and a half pieces, green peppers are two pieces, and bitter gourds are three pieces. These are all grown at home for consumption, and the excess is sold in the market. You happened to meet them today. We will wait for these batches in a few days.

It’s gone after you finish eating.”

Xu An understood that this person did not say this because he disliked the food, but it was just a means of bargaining.

When doing business, you need to be friendly and make money. There is no need to be rude when opening your mouth. Just quote the price of the food in a few words and then explain it.

In order to reassure the eldest sister, Xu An picked up a smaller tomato, wiped it casually on his clothes and put it in his mouth. He took a bite and the juice overflowed, and part of the juice dripped down his arm and onto the ground.

"Look at the tomatoes. They are juicy and sweet. Can you smell them? Do they taste like real tomatoes? These are tomatoes grown in the fields at home. They are different from the tomatoes in the supermarket that are big and beautiful, but have no taste at all in your mouth.

Tomatoes are different. After you leave this episode, it’s not easy to buy tomatoes like this again.”

The hard hat lady originally wanted to find something wrong to lower the price, but she was confused by Xu An's series of words. Then she looked at the bitten tomato in Xu An's hand, which indeed exuded a strong aroma, and she felt a little excited at the moment.

Xu An continued to sell other vegetables to the hard hat lady.

"Look at this eggplant. The flowers at the bottom are not yet finished. They are very tender. Yesterday I used this eggplant to make eggplant with minced meat. Two four-year-old children ate two big bowls of rice with this dish."

"Eggplant with minced meat?"

Hearing the question from the hard hat lady, Xu An couldn't help but patted his forehead.

Stir-fried eggplant consumes more oil. The eggplant here is mostly steamed and less stir-fried. Oil-consuming dishes like eggplant with minced meat are usually only found in restaurants. Ordinary people don’t know about it and don’t know how to cook it.

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Xu An immediately and enthusiastically told the hard hat lady how to make eggplant with minced meat, and attracted several listeners who nodded while listening, obviously listening.

After Xu An finished speaking, a person behind the hard hat girl reached for an eggplant and a few green peppers. It seemed that she wanted to try the recipe of minced eggplant with meat that Xu An said.

There were only three eggplants in the stall, and when I saw many people behind me, they were interested in buying them.

The hard hat lady thought about it in her mind. The price is not expensive, and the boss has even arranged how to make it. It would be inappropriate if she didn't buy it.

Before anyone else could reach out, the hard hat lady picked up the remaining two eggplants and handed them to Xu An to weigh them, and said mercilessly: "If this recipe doesn't taste good, I'll ask you to refund the money tomorrow."

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Xu An was delighted when he heard this and said with a smile: "If it's delicious, I'll buy more next time you meet me."

These three or five people gathered together and attracted other people. When they saw someone buying it, the others thought the vegetables were good and they needed them too, so they also bought them from Xu An.

Xu An is eloquent, and the hard hat lady originally only wanted to buy an eggplant, but now she not only bought two eggplants, but also brought a pound of green peppers and two pounds of tomatoes.

One pound of tomatoes is used to scramble eggs, and one pound of tomatoes is used as fruit.

The eldest sister alone bought a third of the vegetables, and the rest was sold out immediately after everyone took some.

Xu Guoqiang looked on and was dumbfounded. Xu An had just put it down and cleared it all in less than twenty minutes. This guy is really good at it.

The two people standing at the back listened to Xu An's recipe for eggplant with minced meat and wanted to buy some. However, the items on the stall were sold out, so they decided to go elsewhere to have a look.

As soon as he turned around, he was stopped by Xu An's shout.

"This is my second uncle, who is recognized as a good farmer in the village. Look at his vegetables. Are they very juicy?"

Under Xu An's strong promotion, the two people who wanted to leave each picked up a bag of cabbage and other vegetables from Xu Guoqiang's stall.

After the two people buying vegetables left, Xu Guoqiang thanked Xu An, who waved his hands repeatedly.

"It's nothing like a casual thing. Everyone in the village helps me a lot."

As he spoke, Xu An put the red, white and blue rolled rolls into the basket: "Second uncle, I want to go to the market for a walk. Please help me take a look at this basket. I will be back in a while."

"Okay, let's go."

Xu An had just helped him attract customers, and it was not a big deal to help him look after the baskets. Xu Guoqiang immediately agreed.
Chapter completed!