Chapter 16: Setting up a stall is fun



In the early morning, Shixi Village wakes up in the mist. Hardworking people go to the fields to work as soon as the sun rises. The rice in the fields is growing well, lush green and exceptionally tender.

A blue electric tricycle was moving at a steady speed on the winding field road. Su Ling and Li Dahai were sitting in the front, and eight baskets of loquats were placed in the back.

Yesterday afternoon, Su Ling picked ten baskets of loquats on the mountain, left two baskets at home, and took the rest to Liuxian Town to sell. This morning, he borrowed this electric scooter from Zhang Cuihua's house and rushed to Liuxian Town with Li Dahai.

Of course, he doesn't know how to drive an electric car, but Li Dahai does, so now Li Dahai controls the front of the car while he sits next to it and enjoys the rural scenery.

"Brother Su, you are so honored." Li Dahai said with emotion.

"Huh?" Su Ling raised his hand and pressed down the straw hat on his head, puzzled.

"Sister Cuihua treasures this electric car very much. She usually doesn't lend it to anyone, but she lent it to Brother Su as soon as he asked." Li Dahai stuck out his tongue.

Su Ling touched his face and said innocently, "Maybe... I'm more handsome?"

"——Yeah, very handsome!" Li Dahai nodded heavily. He is even better looking than the stars on TV!

Su Ling smiled, flicked his straw hat, and moved his butt. Although the old road out of the village had been filled and leveled, it still felt uncomfortable to drive an electric car on it.

The new road is already being planned and constructed. It will be more than enough to build a two-lane fourth-level highway from the countryside to the town. It will take about two months to build a road of more than 1,000 meters. The original old road will be demolished and turned back into farmland.

Su Ling planned to wait until the road was built and then go to the city to buy a car for easier travel.

At 7:30, they arrived at Liuxian Town. Li Dahai walked to the largest vegetable market in the town as if he were familiar with the place and parked his electric car on the side of the road.

"Brother Su, we're here." He jumped out of the car.

Su Ling followed him down and watched Li Dahai take a piece of plastic sheet from the car and spread it on the ground, then he picked up a basket with both hands and placed it on the plastic sheet. Su Ling rolled up the sleeves of his sportswear and helped him move, and soon, eight baskets were lined up and weighed with a hand pole, ready to be sold.

Speaking of this handle scale, it was Su Ling who found it in the corner of the kitchen. The first time he used it, he had no idea how many pounds and ounces the scale on the handle represented. Li Dahai taught him step by step for ten minutes, and he finally learned it.

Now is a good time to buy vegetables. The vegetable market is bustling with people and the outside is also bustling. Street vendors set up stalls along the curb, selling all kinds of vegetables, fruits, fish, shrimps, etc. They are all middle-aged people in their forties and fifties, both men and women, who shout in an experienced manner and greet every passerby warmly.

In contrast, the two young men, Su Ling and Li Dahai, stood between them, attracting a lot of attention. When Su Ling showed her pretty face under the straw hat, passers-by stopped and came over to ask for prices.

"Young man, how much are your loquats?" asked an old lady.

Su Ling said, "Fifteen yuan a pound."

He didn't know the market price of loquats, so he just casually set a price. Unexpectedly, the aunt not only didn't think it was expensive, but also picked one up to examine it.

“Is it sweet?”

"It's absolutely sweet. How about you try one?" Su Ling said generously, "If it's not sweet, I won't charge you."

The mother's eyes lit up, and she said as she peeled the skin, "Then I'll taste it!"

"Try it." Su Ling smiled slightly, which made the mother's heart flutter.

Oh my god! This little handsome boy looks so cute when he smiles!

The mother peeled the loquat in a few seconds, stuffed it into her mouth, and ate it with a "hmm" sound. "Delicious! Delicious! Give me two pounds!"

"Okay, wait a moment." Su Ling took out a plastic bag, and gently pinched the loquats with his slender jade-like fingers, and put them into the bag one by one. When it was almost full, he weighed it with a hand pole and said in a pleasant voice, "Two catties and two ounces, that's two catties. Take it, a total of thirty yuan."

The aunt has been buying vegetables for decades, but she has never seen a vendor who looks so pleasing to the eye. Not only does he not have the rustic smell of a farmer, but he also has an indescribable clean temperament.

She happily took the bag and took out her phone: "Do you have a WeChat scanning card?"

"I came in a hurry and didn't have time to print. You can just scan my phone." Su Ling opened the payment function on WeChat on his phone.

The old lady scanned it, entered thirty yuan, and glanced at the diamond ring on his finger and was surprised. My goodness, is this a real diamond or a fake diamond? Such a big diamond, how can a small vendor afford it? Wow, but the shape of the ring is really beautiful, and it fits this handsome boy's finger very well.

After the lady paid the bill, Su Ling took back the phone and said politely, "Thank you for your patronage."

The old lady enjoyed the high-quality service and left with a smile on her face.

Li Dahai was stunned. Brother Su had made a lot of business so quickly. Was this really his first time setting up a street stall?

Su Ling felt Li Dahai's strange look and asked him puzzledly, "What's wrong?"

"Uh... no, no." Li Dahai blushed and waved his hands.

Once there is a chance, there will be another. More and more people came to buy loquats. Su Ling handled them well and was polite to every customer. Some housewives unconsciously became coquettish and didn't even ask the price, but directly asked for three or five kilograms. Li Dahai helped Su Ling and kept busy. In about an hour, he actually sold six baskets.

Other vendors nearby looked on with envy and hatred.

Where did this pretty boy come from? He actually attracted so many customers with just his face.

"Tsk, so pretentious!" muttered the short young man selling radishes nearby.

Su Ling turned a deaf ear to the sounds around him and played the role of a street vendor with interest. Setting up a street stall seemed quite interesting. When the vegetables in the fields were ripe, they would be transported to the town and set up on the street stalls for sale.

Just as I was thinking happily, someone suddenly shouted: "The urban management is here——"

All the street vendors quickly packed up their goods and started running away.

"Brother Su! Hurry!" Li Dahai picked up the basket, stuffed it into the trunk of the electric car, and started the car nervously. Su Ling was a little dumbfounded. He didn't even have time to collect the money. He hurriedly picked up the other baskets and quickly jumped into the car. Li Dahai turned the car around and retreated with the main force.

"Beep, beep, beep--" The whistle of the urban management was chasing closely behind him. Li Dahai increased the speed and drove very fast.

Su Ling held onto the handrail tightly and looked back, only to see that the slow vendors were being stopped by the urban management officers.

"What's the matter? What's the matter? Have they caught up?" Li Dahai didn't dare to look back. He rushed forward, rushed into an alley, and slipped in nimbly.

"Probably... didn't catch up." Su Ling said.

Li Dahai took a deep breath, slowed down, turned a corner, and slowly stopped the electric car.

"It was dangerous! If I had run slower, I would have been in trouble." He nervously wiped the cold sweat from his face.

Su Ling took off his straw hat, fanned himself, and asked in surprise and novelty, "Is the street stall so exciting?"

When the urban management arrived, all the vendors took action and ran faster than rabbits.

Li Dahai nodded solemnly: "If you are caught, your belongings will be confiscated and you will be fined."

Su Ling sighed. The urban management was right, but the vendors also took risks to make a living. It was not easy for anyone. Patting Li Dahai on the shoulder, he said, "Let's go back to the village."

"But... there are still two baskets." Li Dahai hesitated.

"It's not a big deal." Su Ling said. He had earned more than a thousand yuan in just a short while, and he was already very satisfied.

"Okay." Li Dahai responded and drove out of the alley on his electric bike.

Su Ling put on his straw hat again, sat leisurely in the car, and admired the scenery along the road.

This is a busy street with banks, shopping malls and hotels. There are cars coming and going on the road, so their electric car can only pull over and drive slowly. When passing a hotel, a passerby came over and stopped them.

"Are you selling loquats? How much is one pound?"

Li Dahai hurriedly braked and stopped for a moment. "Sell, sell, 15 yuan per pound."

The man picked up the loquats, looked at them and said, "They are quite big and fresh. Can you make them cheaper? Ten yuan a pound. I'll take them all."

"Ah?" Li Dahai was surprised. You want all of them? Two baskets, at least 40 kilograms!

"What? You're not selling it?" the man asked.

"Sell it, of course." Su Ling answered, smiling, "But I don't know how to get it conveniently for you."

A flash of surprise flashed across the man's face. He stared at Su Ling for two or three seconds and blurted out, "Young man, are you interested in being a star?"

Su Ling looked at him suspiciously. He was a man in his thirties, with long greasy hair, a beard, and jeans that had been washed so much that they looked bleached. He didn't look like someone from the entertainment industry at all.

"No, thank you," he declined politely.

The man insisted, "Being a star can make a lot more money than selling loquats! Are you really not considering it? My friend runs an entertainment company. I can introduce him to you and you will definitely be able to sign a contract!"

"Really." Su Ling pulled his straw hat down to cover half of his face. "I'm not short of money, and I like my life now."

Seeing that he was indifferent, the man gave up and took out a business card from his pocket and handed it to Su Ling: "If you change your mind, you can contact me. My phone number is on it."

"Okay." Su Ling took it and casually put it in his pocket. "Do you want more loquats?"

"Of course. My car is in the parking lot of the Hyatt Hotel. Can you help me take it there?" The man pointed to a nearby hotel.

"Okay." Su Ling nodded and motioned Li Dahai to drive the electric car over.

The man's car was parked near the hotel gate. Unlike his cheap clothes, the car was actually a valuable SUV.

Su Ling took down the basket of loquats and stuffed it into the trunk.

"Give me the basket?" the man asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Do you have a container to hold so many loquats?" Su Ling asked back.

"No." The man took out some cash from his wallet, counted it, and handed it to him: "Five hundred yuan, is that enough?"

"Enough." Su Ling took it and prepared to leave with Li Dahai.

At this moment, a black Maranello drove in and stopped in front of the hotel gate. The man saw it and whistled.

"Wow! Two million dollars for Emperor Maralli, he's a rich man!"

Su Ling looked up involuntarily, and when he saw the man coming out of the car, his pupils shrank and he was stunned.

He was tall, had handsome angular features, had neatly combed jet-black hair, and had a naturally cold aura. Even though he was half blocked by the car, Su Ling could still recognize him at a glance.

The seal!

How did he appear in Liuxian Town? !

The author has something to say: Overhead Overhead Overhead——

Therefore, brands and such are all made up!

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PS: Red envelopes will continue to drop in this chapter~

National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival are here, I wish you all a happy holiday!! Muah!


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