If we were to ask who is the most active in buying vegetables in the courtyard, it would definitely be Yan Fugui.
According to past practice, Yan Fugui was always the first to buy, and everyone was used to it because the weight was the same and the quality was about the same, so no one wanted to be as picky as Yan Fugui.
So, early in the morning, Yan Fugui went door to door shouting to everyone to set off.
"Old Yi!"
"Old Liu!"
"Xiao Lin, oh, your family doesn't need it!"
With his unremitting efforts, Yan Fugui soon called out everyone in the compound.
"It's almost time. We should set off. The earlier we go, the earlier we can come back, and we won't be late for work." Yan Fugui shouted to everyone. Lin Tian could clearly hear Yan Fugui's loud voice in the backyard, which showed how much effort he put in.
"Old Yan, it's too early." Yi Zhonghai said.
"It's getting late. There must be people who are here earlier than us. Let's set off quickly." Yan Fugui urged.
After hearing what Yan Fugui said, everyone was too lazy to refute. Since they had been called by him anyway, they might as well go earlier.
Yan Fugui and Yan Jiecheng pushed the tricycle in the yard in front to lead the way, followed by a large group of people.
As for Sha Zhu, he hadn't slept the whole night and had fallen into a deep sleep a long time ago, so he couldn't be woken up at all.
Yan Fugui, Yi Zhonghai and others thought that Sha Zhu was still waiting in line, so no one went to Sha Zhu's house to call him.
Xu Damao had nothing to do and didn't queue up properly, but chatted with people in the queue. Anyway, there was a queue at Liu Guangtian's place.
"Here, here." Xu Damao saw many people coming from afar and quickly jumped up to greet them.
Then he quickly ran to the front of the crowd and said, "Hey, you guys are here so early, then we are the first ones to arrive, the others haven't arrived yet."
"How is it? Are there many people queuing up?" Yan Fugui asked.
"A lot. Look, there are dozens of people queuing here." Xu Damao pointed at the people queuing there. At this time, some families in the more harmonious compound sent a few people to queue up like they did, while more families queued up together in groups of two or three, and then helped each other.
Yan Fugui asked Yan Jiecheng to push the cart to queue up, while the others waited on the side. If everyone queued there, there would be no space to queue.
"Hey, why are there just the two of you? Where is Zhuzi?" Yi Zhonghai asked.
Xu Damao saw that this was his chance, and immediately said loudly to everyone, "Hey, Shazhu felt cold and went home to sleep. Guangtian and I are the only ones waiting in line here."
Xu Damao was very evasive in his words. He didn't mention anything else at all and only talked about what Sha Zhu had done.
"Sha Zhu went home? I knew he was unreliable. Why did you ask him to come here?" Yan Fugui said with a frown, feeling somewhat disgusted that Sha Zhu almost delayed his family's important affairs.
"Zhu Zi went home? No one was seen?" Yi Zhonghai asked doubtfully. What Xu Damao said didn't seem like something that Sha Zhu would do. Sha Zhu wouldn't run away just because of the cold and delay the work in the courtyard.
But Sha Zhu is not here now, and Yi Zhonghai can't speak for Sha Zhu, so he can only stop dwelling on this issue.
"Da Mao, thank you for your hard work!" Yi Zhonghai said to Xu Damao with a smile.
"This is nothing. It's all for everyone. I won't run away halfway like Sha Zhu." Xu Damao spoke in a loud voice and did not miss any opportunity to attack Sha Zhu.
Because of the special circumstances in recent days, the store staff did not come to work at the usual time and came early.
"Someone is coming, someone is coming." Yan Fugui saw someone opening the door of the store and hurriedly said to everyone.
This situation was not only noticed by Yan Fugui, but also by everyone in the queue, so the crowd suddenly became chaotic and started to rush forward.
Seeing this situation, Yan Fugui could only shout to the people in the compound: "Everyone come here, come to the front!"
Suddenly more than twenty people pushed forward, making the crowd even more crowded.
"Old Yan, let your family come first." Yi Zhonghai said to Yan Fugui next to him. Every year, he would buy things for Yan Fugui's family first, and then other families would come. It has become a habit.
"Yes, yes, my home will come first." Yan Fugui said hurriedly.
Seeing that the people outside were becoming more and more agitated, the store staff came out to maintain order.
"Only three people can come from one family. If there are more, please wait at the back." A staff member shouted.
Yan Fugui hurriedly pulled his wife and Yan Jiecheng to the front of the compound, and the people behind them lined up randomly.
In fact, as long as you don’t come too late, the quality of the dishes doesn’t make much difference, so except Yan Fugui, no one else will fight for them.
"It's my turn!" After the family in front had moved all the vegetables away, Yan Fugui hurriedly squeezed forward and said.
When other families weighed things, people from the compound would come to help, but Yan Fugui didn't need that, because the three of them in his family only picked the best ones when they put them on the scale, and he didn't trust anyone else.
So no one in the compound went up to help Yan Fugui, they just watched from behind.
With the help of the salesperson, Yan Fugui quickly bought the vegetables for winter storage.
Because Yan Fugui's purchase was the first in the compound, after it was weighed, everyone helped to move it onto the tricycle. The purchases of others had to be piled up in the open space outside and then transported back one by one.
"Oh!" When Yan Fugui finished his shopping and came out of the crowd, he looked at the people behind him who had bought things and was so angry that he slapped his thigh.
"What's wrong?" asked the third aunt.
"It's a loss, a loss, a huge loss!" Yan Fugui showed a distressed expression.
"Look, look, the vegetables in the back are much better than ours." Yan Fugui pointed at the vegetables that the people in the back were moving, and he almost fainted with heartache.
"Oh, it's true!" The third aunt had the same expression as Yan Fugui.
Yan Fugui's luck was not very good. It happened that the ones at the top of this batch of dishes were all small, while the ones of good quality were at the back.
“What should I do?” Yan Fugui looked at the people behind him who bought better vegetables than himself. He felt very unbalanced and was turning around anxiously.
"Why don't we go ask them?" Aunt Three asked tentatively.
After hearing this idea, Yan Fugui immediately squeezed over to the staff who were distributing the dishes outside and asked, "Comrade, can we return our dishes and buy a new one?"
Yan Fugui's words stunned the vegetable seller. It was the first time he encountered such a request.
"Go away, stop making trouble here. Don't you see that wide-brimmed hat over there?" the other sales clerks said to Yan Fugui in a bad mood.
Yan Fugui had no choice. He didn't dare to make trouble here, otherwise he would be arrested by the people in the wide-brimmed hat and educated for two days. He couldn't stand it, so he could only retreat from the crowd helplessly.
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