The master nodded happily after hearing this and said, "Okay, loading and unloading are all mine."
Loose coal is great! You can load up and go, no need to wait in line, and you can even get extra money for loading and unloading. It's worth it.
Zhou Xiang took his master to the weighing scale. The master, the donkey and the cart stood on the weighing scale together, and the weigher made several marks on the invoice.
Then he went from the office building around to the backyard of the workshop. Zuo Heng followed him all the time with a very lost expression.
Next to the crusher, there were several piles of crushed coal. Zhou wanted to ask the master to load the coal from the short coal pile that had obviously been shoveled.
The master started working. Just as Zhou Xiang was about to comfort Zuo Heng, someone came over and said, "Hey! What are you doing? Why are you shoveling coal here?"
Zhou Xiang stepped forward quickly and said, "Hello, big brother. I have an invoice here. Take a look."
The man took the invoice and took a look at it. Seeing that her unit price was a little higher than coal briquettes, he stopped objecting.
"Shovel along this side, don't make a mess, you'll go out to the left to check in later."
Zhou Xiang nodded, "Okay, we will be careful, thank you, big brother."
This was the first time Zuo Heng saw Zhou Xiang being so fawning to someone, and he felt even more uncomfortable. She was busy with everything here, but he couldn't help.
Zhou Xiang returned to stand beside Zuo Heng, watching the master shoveling coal, and whispered, "In this place, it's not suitable to bargain for coal trucks. There are so few coal trucks, and it's luck to stop one. If you don't make a decision quickly, someone else will grab it. Plus, the two of us can't do it, so he definitely won't do it unless we raise the price.
The big brother just now is from a state-owned unit, an exclusive one, and is used to being praised by everyone. Ours is unplanned, so we have to flatter him with nice words. If we make him unhappy, my acquaintance and the ticket seller will be in trouble.
Many things need to be adapted to local circumstances; a few flattering words won't cost you anything; only when you're at the top do you have the right to talk about ambition."
Although Zuo Heng still felt upset, he made a decision to work hard to help Zhou Xiang become a successful person.
Seeing the master filling the fence, Zhou wanted to go up and said, "Master, it's a thousand pounds. Please pat these down and surround them with large pieces of coal to make the pile high and pointed."
The master did as Zhou Xiang said. After a while, the pile was pointed and then he patted it solid along four circles.
He pressed down the handlebars, waved the whip, and the donkey started to move.
Zhou Xiang and Zuo Heng followed and arrived at the weighing scale to weigh the goods. They couldn't hear what the weigher was saying inside.
Zhou Xiang wanted to go in, but the weigher said that the number was almost up. Zhou Xiang nodded and called Zuo Heng to move the large pieces of coal and put them in the gap on the tailgate of the car.
After several trips, the weigher waved goodbye and the master waved his whip. The donkey scratched the big iron plate with its hooves a few times before it started pulling the cart.
"Please, Master, please keep steady on the road. We will follow behind and keep an eye on you."
After picking up large pieces of coal several times on the way, I finally arrived home. With my black hands, I took out the key and opened the gate.
Da Huang yelled at the donkey cart driver, but was stopped by Zhou Xiang.
The coal cart was pulled into the yard. Zhou Xiang placed a dense layer of firewood at the corner between the south wall of the kitchen and the east wall of the yard, and then a layer of branches and dead leaves, surrounded by large lumps of coal.
"Master, unload it here."
The master nodded, thinking that the girl’s method was good. After unloading the items in just over ten minutes, the master took the money and left with the donkey cart.
"Zuo Heng, you need to pull out a piece of plastic sheet to cover this pile of coal."
Zuo Heng nodded. These were things he didn’t understand before, and today it all depended on Zhou Xiang.
After pumping water from the well and washing his hands, Zhou looked at the sky and thought he might still be able to catch the last bus.
"I'm going back now. Go buy the stove yourself tomorrow. When you buy it, it says it burns coal."
Zuo Heng felt a little reluctant when he heard Zhou Xiang say that he wanted to go back. Zhou Xiang didn't look him in the eye, but pretended to take out money and industrial coupons from his pocket and handed them to him.
"Here are two hundred yuan and a few industrial coupons. You need to buy some delicious food for the New Year. If you want to buy a stove, you need to buy a small pot. You also need to support Da Huang's family. Don't be reluctant to spend it. We have money."
Zuo Heng took the money with red eyes and said, "Okay, I will take good care of myself and Da Huang's family."
Zhou Xiang patted him and said, "I'm leaving. My family will come to the county town on the second day of the first lunar month. I will come to see you."
Zuo Heng felt relieved when he heard that they could see each other again on the second day of the first lunar month. "Okay, I'll wait."
Zhou Xiang was walking on the road, and seeing that there was no one around, he sneaked into the space, emptied the bag of milk powder, and put the iron, beam scale, Pechoin cream, cigarettes, melon seeds, peanuts, and mung bean cakes into the bag.
I packed a few big peaches and apples, took off my down jacket, put the watch on my upper arm through my sweater, and then put it on.
Then I carried the bag out of the space and walked quickly to the station. I finally caught the last bus at 4:30. It was almost dark when I got home.
Ling Ran saw the last bus arrive and stared carefully at the people getting on and off the bus. As soon as Zhou Xiang walked to the door, he noticed him.
He stepped forward quickly and said, "Zhou Xiangxiang."
Zhou Xiang looked up at him in shock and accidentally stepped on empty air. Ling Ran stepped forward, hugged her and carried her out of the car.
"Why did you suddenly show up and scare me?" Zhou Xiang punched him in anger.
Ling Ran's heart was pounding with fear. Fortunately, he felt his heart stopped at that moment.
"I'm sorry, I was wrong. I'm sorry."
Zhou wanted to push him away, "Go away."
Then he walked away with the bag, and Ling Ran followed him with a guilty conscience, thinking that he had been too impulsive just now.
I have been very anxious these past two days, thinking that she would not come back today. I was so excited when I saw her.
He didn't turn around and leave until she entered the small courtyard. He ruined the romantic pick-up opportunity.
After returning home dejectedly, Ling's father asked, "Xiang Xiang hasn't come back yet?"
"I'm back."
"Then why are you like this?"
"I almost made her fall out of the car, and she got angry." Then she talked about the danger at that time.
Ling's father tapped his forehead. "You! You're too impulsive. If you had been a second later, this wouldn't have happened. Tell me, what if she really fell? It's a good thing you caught her, otherwise I wouldn't be able to explain to her family."
Ling Ran nodded with lingering fear, fearing that if he really fell, he might never be able to enter her heart in this life.
Zhou Xiang shouted to the small courtyard: "Mom and Dad, I'm back."
Mother Zhou came out with a steamed bun in her hand, "My daughter is back, wash your hands and eat."
Zhou wanted to put down the bag, wash his hands and eat.
After dinner, Zhou Xiang started to take things out of the big bag, including a beam scale, an iron, and other food and daily necessities.
"Why did you buy a scale?" Zhou's mother asked when she saw the beam scale.
"Aren't we going to collect duck feathers? What if we don't have a scale? Yeah, I haven't returned the scale I borrowed the other day!"
"On the day you left, Aunt Wang came to ask for it, saying you borrowed it. I asked her to take it away."
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