There is a small grocery store in Rongxi Village, which is run by a family named Wang in the village.
The shopkeeper is called Wang Fugui, but usually it is his wife Liu who sells goods in the store.
There weren't many things sold in the store, just the usual oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, and some perishable daily necessities.
People only come here to buy things when they need them urgently. If they need to buy a lot of things on a regular basis, they will basically go to the county town.
Generally, these village shops, in addition to selling their own goods, also help people sell goods on consignment.
If someone in the village is not convenient to go to the county town and spends a few more cents, Wang Fugui will help the villagers buy things when he goes to the city to purchase goods.
Wang’s store was not far from home, so even if I walked slowly on a sunny day, I would still get there quickly.
She held onto the door frame and struggled to lift her legs over the threshold and enter the house.
There were no other customers in the shop at the moment, only Liu was sitting in the room eating melon seeds.
Seeing Qingtian come into the house, she didn't get up, but just asked: "What are you buying?"
On the way here, Qingtian had already thought about it and said softly, "Auntie, I want to buy some candy."
"What kind of candy do you want to buy?" Liu Shi heard Qingtian speak so politely. She spat out the melon seed shells in her mouth and stood up and said, "Auntie, here are malt sugar and sesame candy."
"How much is the sesame candy?" Qingtian asked cautiously.
She had eaten malt candy before, but this was the first time she had heard of sesame candy. She didn't know if the ten cents in her pocket were enough.
Liu took out a piece of sesame candy from the pottery jar and showed it to Qingtian. Then she said, "Two pieces for one penny. How many do you want?"
When Qingtian heard the price, he felt relieved and counted on his fingers and said, "Auntie, I want to buy the five-cent one."
After hearing this, Liu Shi did not rush to give her candy. Instead, she asked, "Do you have money?"
After all, it was good enough for the children in the village to get a penny or two when they came to buy candy.
Qingtian looked so young that Liu was worried that she had no money in her pocket.
"Aunt, I have money." Qingtian quickly counted out five cents from his purse and placed them on the table in front of Liu.
"Where did you get this money? Did you steal it from home?"
Seeing that there was more than five cents in Qingtian's purse, Liu couldn't help but ask suspiciously.
Qingtian knew that stealing was not a good word, so he said anxiously: "Auntie, no, I don't steal things. This is what my mother just gave me."
Liu frowned and said, "It's not a festival, why would your mother give you so much money?"
"That's it..." Qingtian was young and couldn't express some of the words clearly. He didn't know what to say after being asked a series of questions by Liu, and his little face turned red with anxiety.
Seeing this, Liu suspected that she had stolen money from home to buy candy.
"You go back first. If you want some candy, ask your parents to come with you to buy some."
Boss Ye heard this outside and couldn't help but go into the house and said, "Sunny day."
"Dad!" Qingtian saw Boss Ye enter the house, and didn't think about why he appeared here. She pouted in grievance and stretched out her arms to him for a hug.
Boss Ye bent down and picked up Qingtian, then said to Liu: "Sister-in-law, my daughter is not the kind of child who steals money.
"My family sold venison today, so her mother gave her a few coins to buy some candy."
"Oh, it's Boss Ye!" Liu suddenly became enthusiastic. "You are really capable. My son Fugui went to your house to buy venison. I don't know where he went after buying it. He hasn't come back yet."
Then she explained a little embarrassedly: "Oh, actually I didn't mean anything else.
"It's just that a child once stole money to buy candy, and the parents came after him and got angry at me, so I asked a few more questions."
She could understand what Boss Ye said to her. Similar things had happened in the village before when they were outside the Great Wall.
"It's okay, just explain it clearly."
Liu pulled out a yellowed piece of straw paper, took out ten pieces of sesame candy from the jar, and added half a piece, saying, "This broken piece is for you as a gift."
"Thank you, auntie." Qingtian thanked her obediently.
While wrapping sesame candies, Liu praised, "Your daughter is so well-behaved and polite."
When Boss Ye heard Liu praising her daughter, his face immediately lit up with joy.
He said modestly, "It's OK. I'm quite well behaved."
Liu asked curiously, "You came from outside the Great Wall. Are you used to living in the village now?"
"Everything in the village is pretty good. There's nothing to get used to." said Mr. Ye.
"Everyone is talking about how amazing you are today. It's been a while since anyone in the village has come back with so many prey."
"I'm just lucky, it's not really any special ability." Boss Ye said modestly.
Liu handed the sesame candy to Qingtian and took the opportunity to introduce it to Boss Ye: "If you want to buy or sell anything in the future, you can come to my Fuguier.
"He knows every shopkeeper and peddler in the county town, so it doesn't cost much extra and is very convenient!
"If you go to the city and buy it yourself, it might be more expensive than what he bought!
"For example, if you bring something back from the mountains, Fugui'er can help you sell it in the county town. It will definitely be easier to sell than in the village!"
"Okay, I remember. If I need anything in the future, I will definitely come to your house."
Boss Ye responded casually, but didn't take it to heart.
Rongxi Village is not far from the county town and the capital. He can just sell whatever he has himself. Why let others make money from it?
After buying the candy, Boss Ye was about to leave with Qingtian in his arms when he ran into a middle-aged man walking in from outside.
"Hey, wife, I made a net profit of ten cents today without doing anything.
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