Chapter 275: Popsicle Sales Incident
There were old men in the village weaving straw sandals under a locust tree, chatting idly, and their eyes occasionally looking towards the road leading to the outside of the village.
"Ziyi's wife, are you waiting for those children? They won't come back that fast. Unless they sell well, they won't come back that soon." Grandpa Wang said as he kept looking at the intersection.
"Yeah, I'm just a little worried."
"There's nothing to worry about. These kids are used to walking. It's not too far, just to the neighboring villages. Everyone has relatives in those villages, so there's nothing to worry about."
"That's good. I was just worried that something bad might happen."
"You are a good kid. You helped them figure out a way to make money. Why do you still worry about these things? They are just rough kids. Don't worry."
"Oh, we're back." Yi Ke suddenly saw four children appear at the intersection.
Yike stood up and waited. When the child saw Yike, he shouted happily, "Sister-in-law Yike, we have sold all the things and got a lot of food in return." The child came to Yike and put down the backpack to show her.
There were a lot of miscellaneous things in the backpack, the most common of which was corn.
"Some people were not given food but money." The thin child said and wanted to take out the money to show Yi Ke.
"Don't take it out, take it home and give it to your parents. Don't look at it outside." Yi Ke taught.
"Okay, Sister Yike, can I get some more tomorrow? Someone else wants it, but we have run out of it." said another short child.
"Okay, today is the first day, and I don't know how many people will want to buy, so I dare not ask you to bring too much." Yi Ke agreed readily.
"That's great. You've exchanged so much food. You can eat well for a few days when you go home." The old people also came to see the food in the children's baskets.
"Do you kids know how to change it? You won't change too little, will you?" an old man asked doubtfully.
"No way. Sister Yike taught us that. Just like this corn, one is exchanged for one." The child said unconvinced.
"Oh, what about corn?" the old man teased.
"I brought this bamboo tube, which contains a lot of corn." The child proudly took out two bamboo tubes. The longer one is used to measure grains with large grains, and the smaller one is used to measure grains with small grains.
"It's quite well prepared."
"That was prepared for us by Sister Yike." said the child proudly.
"Yes, your sister-in-law Yi Ke is very good to you. You must remember your sister-in-law Yi Ke's kindness. You must take good care of your sister-in-law Yi Ke's children in the future."
"Okay, we will take good care of the brothers and sisters born by sister-in-law Yike in the future."
It's so embarrassing. How come we ended up talking about giving birth to a child?
The kids selling popsicles came back one after another, and Yike told them to take their stuff home before coming out to play. Every child was in high spirits, and Yike was also in a particularly good mood.
The members who had gone out to work also finished their work and went home. Many members were surprised to see Yi Ke when they passed by the locust tree, because Yi Ke almost never walked around in the village.
When they saw a group of children surrounding Yi Ke, they understood that they were waiting for the kid selling popsicles.
"Ziyi's wife, are they all back?" asked the accountant Chen Pizi.
"No, Huzi and Tiedan haven't come back yet." Yike was a little anxious.
"My son, that's okay. The kid is very fierce and no kid can bully him. You can go back without worry. I'll ask him to come to your house when he comes back." Huiji Chenpizi said indifferently.
"They're back, they're back." Someone saw Huzi and Tiedan coming back at the intersection.
Everyone waited until Huzi and Tiedan came closer before they realized something was wrong. The two children's clothes were covered in dust, and there was a slap mark on Tiedan's face, obviously he had been slapped by someone.
"Sister-in-law Yike, we have sold out." Tiedan said to Yike happily, looking as if nothing had happened.
"Sister-in-law Yike, we have sold everything and got a lot of food in exchange." Hu Zi also said happily. Seeing his father was there, he put down the backpack and handed it to his father. "Dad, you carry it. It's too heavy. I am so tired."
"What happened? Who hit you?" Yike pulled Tietou over, helped him put down the backpack, and raised his face to ask.
"Well, it's nothing. A lazy guy in the village wanted to eat popsicles but didn't give me any food. I bit him and he slapped me." Tiedan said easily.
"Hu Zi, tell me, tell me in detail." Huiji Chenpizi ignored his son's backpack and asked.
"It's like this, we went to my aunt's village, and the lazy man in her village started asking us what we were doing. We said we were exchanging popsicles for food, and the lazy man asked us to take it out and show it to him. We showed it to him, and he snatched the popsicle from my hand and bit off a big piece of it. We asked him to give us food, but he refused. He ate the popsicle in my hand in a few bites, and wanted to snatch the popsicles in my box. Tiedan rushed over to stop him, and he slapped Tiedan. Then Tiedan and I put down our backpacks and boxes and started fighting with him. Tiedan hugged the man's arm and refused to let go, so I took the dog-beating stick and hit the man's legs hard. Haha, Dad, I beat the man so hard that he couldn't get up. If no one from the village saw us, I would have hit him a few more times." Hu Zi said clearly and proudly.
"You are still so proud. What if someone hurts you? It's just a popsicle, just eat it. Just let him eat it. Recognize him and then go find the village cadres. Just do what I taught you." Huiji Chenpizi was so angry that he was fuming.
Hu Zi lowered his head and listened to his father scolding. He didn't dare to say a word, but his round eyes rolled around in his sockets dishonestly.
"Tell me, how was it resolved in the end? Did those villagers beat you?" Huiji Chenpizi was annoyed, but he still had to know the truth, so he had to hold his anger and continue asking. "No, they took us to see the secretary. My aunt heard about it and came to help us. The secretary asked the man to give the money for the popsicles, and gave it to him directly. I said we were exchanging it for food, and showed the letter of introduction to the secretary. The secretary also praised you for your ability and for thinking of such a way to help everyone get food. Dad, we didn't suffer any loss today, really." Hu Zi defended.
"Tiedan was slapped in the face, but he still says he didn't suffer any loss. Tell me, what does it mean to suffer a loss?" Accountant Chenpizi said angrily.
"That man was also bitten by Tiedan and bled. There was a big tooth mark on his arm. I also hit him several times with a stick." Hu Zi said unconvinced.
"That man is a lazy guy and is not popular in the village. If you meet someone with good popularity, he is from the same village with many people. Who can you two little brats beat? If you encounter such things in the future, go directly to your aunt, or come home to find me, and I will stand up for you. I want to see who dares to bully my son. A wise man never suffers a loss in front of him. Remember, don't be so reckless next time." Huiji Chenpizi taught his son a lesson.
"Okay, I get it. Dad, let's go home. I'm hungry." Hu Zi looked at his father pitifully and said.
Yike secretly laughed in his heart. This Hu Zi was quite interesting. He would play the victim to his father to gain sympathy.
When everyone saw that everything was fine, they went home. Yike also accompanied Tiedan back to his home. After what happened, Yike had to go to his home to help explain.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
