In the county town on the border, the streets are much simpler. Several people dressed as farmers sell the fruits and vegetables they grow themselves at the market. Almost everything here is related to people's food, clothing, housing and transportation.
"Fruits, fruit that is not sweet and worthless!" A half-grown girl, carrying a bamboo basket, was walking around the market.
"Sister, would you like a fruit?" The little girl timidly picked up a bright red fruit and handed it to Lin Qingyue: "Sister, you can try it first. If it's not sweet, you don't have to pay."
The little girl's face was dark and not smooth after being exposed to rain, snow, wind and frost, just like the rough skin of the apple in her hand.
She looked up and down at the little girl's outfit. The shoes on her feet were made by the adults in her family with thousand-layer soles. Perhaps because the shoes were too small, there were two holes at the toes.
Lu Yawen couldn't bear it and said, "The children who come here to sell things are those whose families can't make ends meet."
"Little girl, how much is one pound?" Lin Qingyue's eyes flashed. The little girl's eyes were black and white, clean and clear, and very pleasing.
"Fifty cents a pound, sister, how many do you want?" The little girl quickly put down the basket on her back, picked up the net bag beside her, and put the fruits in it for Lin Qingyue.
The fruits were put down to the little girl's waist. The basket of apples must have weighed at least thirty or forty kilograms.
She is thin and small, but she does it with very little effort, which shows that she does a lot of work at home.
"Help me pack ten." Lin Qingyue smiled and said, "Little girl, why didn't you go to school?"
"My mother said that it's useless for a girl to study too much. She will get married when she grows up." The girl said, and helped her pack the apples neatly. She smiled sweetly and said, "Sister, the total is one dollar and eighty cents."
She took out two dollars and handed it to the child: "No need to change."
After that, she pulled Lu Yawen away: "Sister, I finally understand why you gave books to the children."
"Alas, I can only deliver books to the children. I can't do anything else." She sighed: "It will take a long time to build the border. Your brother-in-law... will probably devote his whole life here."
She suddenly took Lin Qingyue's hand and said, "But you, have you made up your mind? Do you really want Si Yi to stay here?"
Lin Qingyue frowned and said nothing. She picked up a fruit and put it into her mouth. The sweet juice burst in her mouth, making her mouth water immediately.
"This fruit is so sweet!" she exclaimed.
Lu Yawen could tell that she didn't want to discuss Lu Siyi's stay at the border with her, so she changed the subject deliberately, with an unnatural expression on her face: "It's because the temperature difference between day and night at the border is large, so the fruits here are sweeter than those over there."
Lin Qingyue's eyes lit up. If she could bring the fruits here back, she would definitely be able to sell them for a good price.
However, this was still a preliminary idea. Logistics in this era were not yet smooth and the cost of transporting container goods was too high, so this idea was just a flash in her mind.
As the two were walking, suddenly a little boy bumped into them.
"Beautiful sister, I have made your clothes dirty. Let me wipe them for you." The child stretched out his dirty little hands to wipe Lin Qingyue's clothes.
Lin Qingyue's heart softened immediately. This child looked about the same age as Lu Yicheng.
She patted a dirty stain on her body and said softly, "It's okay. Auntie's clothes will be washed when she gets home anyway."
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