The next day, Meng Zhiyu and his companions went to the county town again. Today, Meng Zhiyu changed into the image of a big-mouthed monkey and mainly sold watermelons.
At the black market at the train station, I followed the lame man's instructions and gave the guard boy two candies. "Yesterday, your brother told me to tell you guys to deliver the message when I have some goods."
I didn't think of asking the man's name yesterday. I couldn't call him "Lame Brother", so I could only use this vague name.
Although he didn't mention any names, the two children clearly knew who Meng Zhiyu was talking about. The older one laughed and said, "Sister, Uncle Lame told us yesterday. Wait a moment, I'll go call Uncle Lame."
Although there is no photo, Uncle Lame said that as long as you look at her, you can recognize her. She is a short girl with big red lips.
Meng Zhiyu walked into the black market gate and stood aside waiting. The lame man quickly followed the little boy and walked forward enthusiastically, "Sister, you're here."
"My dad and his buddies stole some watermelons yesterday." Meng Zhiyu explained the goods he had brought, then asked embarrassedly, "Brother, I forgot to ask your name yesterday. Luckily, you told these two kids yesterday, otherwise they might not be able to find you."
The lame man led the way and said, "I'm older than you, so just call me Brother Lame. That's what everyone else calls me."
"Hey, Brother Lame." Meng Zhiyu called out casually.
The lame man stopped at a corner of the black market and called out to a man in the alley, "Weigh this girl's watermelon."
The man took a long look at Meng Zhiyu and lingered on her big lips for two seconds. Is this the big-mouthed girl that the lame brother mentioned yesterday?
"Girl, give me the backpack." The man smiled and stretched out his hand, and Meng Zhiyu handed him the backpack.
Looking at the small path, there were many backpacks covered with rags. Seeing that the baskets were obviously protruding outwards, Meng Zhiyu understood that they must be the goods they had collected.
This is a harvest site. They will definitely transport the goods away when the time comes and sell them at a higher price via their own routes. The profit is the difference. These things of mine are just a bonus at best.
After paying the bill, Meng Zhiyu didn't stay long. He said goodbye to the lame brother and left the black market directly. He came to the grove and didn't rush to set up a stall. He walked around and found the stone and traded with him directly.
"Sister, this is it. From now on, whatever you get, as long as the quality is good, I will take it." Shi Tou handed the money to her and said gently.
Finally, we arrived at the hospital black market, where Meng Zhiyu mainly sold red dates, ten fish, a few pig heads and some apples, pears and peaches.
It was already twelve o'clock in the afternoon after the sale. Meng Zhiyu stared at his bicycle happily. He first went to the state-owned restaurant to pack some food, and then came to the gathering place and took Li Qingqing back to the educated youth yard.
"Zhi Yu, these are the snacks I bought. I'll give you half." Meng Zhiyu had just changed her clothes when Li Qingqing knocked on the door and brought her the snacks she had bought today.
Meng Zhiyu knew that she felt a little embarrassed to use her car, but giving her money was too polite, so she bought some snacks to share with her as a thank you gift.
Meng Zhiyu didn't care about this. If good friends cared too much about things, the friendship would become sour. Looking at Li Qingqing's sincere eyes, she took the snacks and joked, "These are enough. I can directly cover your travel expenses for a long time."
Li Qingqing smiled and said, "Yeah, I really like this snack. I didn't have money to buy it when I was at home, but now that I'm out, I finally have some money."
Squinting his eyes, he glanced at the dazzling white sun and pulled Li Qingqing into his room. "Sit anywhere."
Meng Zhiyu took out two big apples and stuffed them into her hands. "These apples are very sweet. Take them home and try them."
Li Qingqing held the apple, put it to her nose to smell it, and smiled with her big front teeth showing. Just as she was about to say something, she saw Li Tingman rushing in with anger and putting the cloth bag in her arms on the table.
"I'm giving it to you. Divide it among yourselves and don't give it to anyone else, especially not that Song Guangye."
His tone was heavily nasal, and without waiting for Meng Zhiyu and Li Qingqing to ask anything, he turned and ran out.
"I heard that Sister Man had a quarrel with Brother Song?" Li Qingqing looked at Li Qingqing who ran out, and thought of Song Guangye whom she specifically mentioned, and guessed.
Meng Zhiyu opened the cloth bag and saw a can of malted milk, two packages of snacks, a can of canned fruit and a can of canned beef.
She vaguely understood the cause of the conflict between the two. One was a girlfriend with money and power, and the other was a boyfriend who was relatively poor but self-respecting and strong. When the rich girlfriend always wanted to subsidize her poor boyfriend, the boyfriend's self-esteem was hurt, and problems would easily arise between the two.
"So many good things, did Sister Man buy them for Brother Song?" Li Qingqing looked at the things in the cloth bag with shining eyes, feeling that the gap between people was so huge.
She would only buy snacks when she wanted to give them as gifts to Zhiyu. Tingman Jie would just buy canned snacks. She also wanted to have a boyfriend like her.
"As long as you are willing to work hard, you will definitely be able to achieve snack freedom in the future." Meng Zhiyu looked at her envious eyes, worried that she would feel unfair due to excessive comparison.
Then he changed the subject, "We can't have this thing. We have to return it to Sister Tingman."
It's not just a few candies. Just that can of beef is not cheap, not to mention there are so many. How shameless does she have to be to actually stay?
Li Qingqing nodded in agreement. Although she was envious and wanted to eat it, she felt uneasy eating it because it was not hers.
The two of them reached an agreement and went to knock on Li Tingman's door in the scorching sun. After knocking for a long time, no one came to open the door. "Did he go out?"
The two went to find Mu Ziwei again. Mu Ziwei opened the door sleepily and asked, "What's wrong?"
"It's okay, go back to sleep." Looking at her sleepy face, she might not even be aware that the two of them were arguing.
Mu Ziwei was very sleepy. They didn't say anything and didn't ask any further questions. He closed the door and continued to fall asleep.
Meng Zhiyu first put the cloth bag in his room and closed the door, then went to the front yard with Li Qingqing to find Song Guangye.
She knew that Li Tingman was a reborn aunt, and she was not worried that she would do something stupid on impulse, but she was not at ease hiding in the house and sleeping.
Song Guangye always had a gentle face and always gave people the impression that he had no temper. Meng Zhiyu looked at Song Guangye coming out of the room with a bad look on his face and knew that the two had a big quarrel.
"I heard Sister Man went out. Do you know where she went?" Li Qingqing asked.
"I don't know. You can go look for it yourself." Song Guangye frowned and let go.
Before, He Zhida always mocked him, saying that a toad wanted to eat swan flesh, but he didn't take it seriously. He always felt that as long as he liked Li Tingman and Li Tingman liked him, that was enough.
But after being together for a while, he realized that it was not the case. He also understood why adults and elders were always so concerned about whether the two families were of equal social status.
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