"Comrade, you see, I have come all the way from the mountains.
Could you please be flexible and let me buy this TV first? I will definitely find someone to buy you the ticket tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.
Li Yuemin pleaded sincerely.
The salesperson rolled his eyes at him unhappily:
"My dear young comrade, aren't you clearly making me make a mistake?
We have a clear rule here. If you have a ticket, you can buy it. If you don’t have a ticket, we can’t sell you even if you say you can spend money.”
Li Yuemin was rebuked, but he was not angry. He only had one idea, which was to bring a TV home for Chuntao to watch.
"Comrade in front, it's up to you whether you want to buy it or not. If you don't want to buy it, don't take the lead."
The people at the back were holding tickets in their hands, looking excited and shouting.
Li Yuemin had no choice but to step aside unwillingly, wondering who he could get a high-priced ticket from.
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After looking around, I saw a middle-aged man looking down at the ticket in his hand in deep thought, as if he was hesitating whether to buy it or not.
You know, in that era, televisions were considered big items.
If someone sets up one at home, people from the whole village will flock to your house to watch the fun.
Li Yuemin saw this and immediately had an idea. He walked up to the man and said:
"Comrade, I've been staring at you for a long time, and now it's your turn, but you haven't bought anything yet. Don't you want to buy anymore?"
The man looked up and glanced at him, saying unhappily:
"Whether I buy it or not is none of your business."
“Oh, don’t get me wrong.
I mean, if you don't want to buy it today, could you give me the ticket?
I'll give you an extra five dollars for each ticket."
When the man heard the five dollars increase, his eyes suddenly lit up and he seemed to be moved.
At this time, the salesperson shouted:
"Hurry up if you have tickets, there are only three TVs left!
If you want to buy it again, you have to wait until next month."
"Ten dollars, I'll give you an extra ten dollars, what do you think?
Ten yuan can buy you more than ten kilograms of pork and bring it home to feed your wife and children."
When Li Yuemin heard this, he couldn't wait to increase the benefits on his own initiative.
When the man saw Li Yuemin raised the price to ten yuan, he knew that Li Yuemin was in a hurry to get it, so he stretched out his hand and folded it four times.
"If you can pay this amount, I'll give you this ticket."
"Twenty? Brother, this is a bit unkind.
I'll give you ten dollars for standing in line for a day, that's already quite generous."
"My dear little comrade, how do you speak?
Ticket seller, it was you who came to me, not me who came to you.
Come on, why waste so much time talking? "
When Li Yuemin heard this, he thought there was no point in arguing with such a person.
If it doesn't work, I'll ask Brother Guang to get one when he comes to deliver the fish the day after tomorrow. Is there anything new on the black market?
Thinking of this, he put the money back into his pocket, turned around and left.
Unexpectedly, after taking a few steps, a sister-in-law grabbed my sleeve.
"Comrade, wait a minute.
Add ten dollars and I'll give you this ticket."
Li Yuemin took a look and thought there was such a good thing.
He took out ten dollars and prepared to hand it to the sister-in-law.
Unexpectedly, when the sister-in-law was about to take it, the middle-aged man snatched it away:
"Do you have any sense of first come first served? This young comrade had the chance to chat with me beforehand, why are you joining in the fun?"
Li Yuemin then realized that the middle-aged man had deliberately picked up the folds.
What he hated most in his life was this kind of person who was always greedy for a bargain.
So, she unceremoniously snatched the ten yuan from his hand and handed it to her sister-in-law.
Holding the TV ticket, he squeezed to the front regardless of anything and got a TV as he wished.
At this time, Zhuzi also came back with something.
"Brother, what do you think of this pattern? If I make a coat for my mother, she will definitely like it.
And this pair of cotton shoes is light, warm, and novel in style, much better than the ones I knit at home."
Zhuzi happily showed off the things he bought to Li Yuemin.
At this time, the sister-in-law who had just given Li Yuemin the ticket came up to him and whispered:
"You two are still here having fun, but your brother's money was just stolen."
When Zhuzi heard this, he reached into his pocket and found that the pile of money was gone.
Suddenly I felt a buzzing in my head and everything went dark in front of my eyes.
You know, Zhuzi was counting on using this money to pay off the famine at home.
"Sister-in-law, who did you say stole it?"
Li Yuemin asked anxiously.
"See? Those two villains in front of us, one tall, one short, one fat, one thin.
If you chase him now, you still have time."
"Zhu Zi, wait here, take good care of your stuff, and don't move. I will definitely get your money back for you."
After Li Yuemin finished speaking, he rushed towards the two figures.
"Biaozi, I didn't expect that we would be so lucky today. We caught a big fish right away."
"Yes, Brother Bin, I was wondering why a magpie was chirping on the top of my head when I came out this morning.
I didn't expect that a disabled person would have quite a lot of money in his pocket.
With this money, we can have a big meal."
The guy called Brother Bin slapped the bills in his hands and pouted:
"What's so delicious about the meal? We haven't had meat for a long time.
Why not go to the other end of the long street and find two girls to have some fun and cool off. "
When Biaozi heard this, he licked his lips and said with longing:
"Hehe, when I think of Xiaohong's coquettish look, my heart starts to itch.
Brother Bin, what are we waiting for? Let's go."
After saying that, the two hooligans walked down the long street arm in arm.
As they were walking, the man named Biaozi suddenly heard a commotion coming from the crowd behind him.
Turning around, he saw Li Yuemin catching up with him like a gust of wind.
"Brother Bin, it's bad, that kid is chasing us.
You run east, I run west, so that he can only take care of his head and not his butt."
After saying that, he ran away.
Li Yuemin had expected this. He bent down, picked up a stone, and threw it in the direction Binzi left.
The stone hit his knee squarely. The boy let out a cry, fell forward, and fell to his knees.
Li Yuemin walked over, stepped on his back and snatched the money from his hand.
Without wasting time talking to him, he turned around and chased Biaozi again.
Biaozi thought it would be safe if they ran separately, so he jumped for a long time, but when he saw that Li Yuemin didn't catch up with him, he stopped.
"Tsk, you little brat, you still want to chase me? Don't you know your grandfather's nickname is Speedy?"
Unexpectedly, just after this kid finished bragging, he felt his head hit someone's chest.
He looked up and was about to curse when he saw Li Yuemin standing in front of him.
He folded his hands over his shoulders, looked at him, and sneered:
"Run, I'll let you run. Let's see how far you can run."
"That's what you said."
After Biaozi finished speaking, he ran away.
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