It was about six kilometers from Tuanjie Lake to Chongwenmen Flower Market, and Ye Zhiqiu arrived in about seventeen or eighteen minutes by bike.
When he arrived, he found the streets quite crowded. However, he had no interest in flowers or plants, so he just pushed his bike and strolled along.
The stalls are still set up as before, but now they are all public-private partnerships. Basically, a few stall owners form a cooperative store, and all sales must be settled there.
Ye Zhiqiu walked around for a while and found a stall selling flower pots. There were quite a few styles. He pointed to a 40-centimeter-wide round flower pot and asked the stall owner, "Comrade, how much is this flower pot?"
"This pot is fifty cents each. Comrade, if you want to plant flowers and plants, you can buy a smaller one like this, thirty cents each."
Ye Zhiqiu scratched his head. He didn't know much about this and asked quickly, "Comrade, if we want to grow some ginger, onions and garlic, which one should we use?"
"If you're growing these, you should buy a rectangular one. For things like ginger, a deep pot is perfect. Smaller ones are enough for onions and garlic, but if you want to grow tomatoes and cucumbers, you'll need a larger one like this, otherwise there won't be enough soil for growth. The large square pots are one dollar, and the deep ones are one dollar and two cents. They'll even deliver to your door for an extra 20 cents."
Ye Zhiqiu listened to the stall owner talking. People like him who used to be vendors would have a better sense of service. Even if it was a public-private partnership, he would not have a stern face and be impatient.
After all, ordinary staff rarely have the arrogance of a salesperson who is one of the Eight Great Members. If we were to say who is the most annoying, it would be the waiters in state-owned restaurants!
Ye Zhiqiu followed Chen Yimin into the city to pick up her employment letter. She went to a state-owned restaurant and had a bowl of vegetable noodles. When the noodles were placed on the table, the soup spilled out! He seemed to owe her a lot of money, and his face was gloomy, as if he was treating an enemy...
Ye Zhiqiu picked out some, and since there was enough space in the yard, he could definitely buy more. So he bought four one-meter rectangular porcelain basins, four of which were 80 centimeters long. These eight cost him 8.8 yuan.
I bought ten large pots, each 30 centimeters in diameter, only 50 cents each because they were made of pottery. I also bought twenty 20-centimeter pots, each only 30 cents. I wrote down my address and paid 20 yuan, 20 cents for home delivery. There's a tricycle here that delivers to your door.
He followed the stall owner to the United Store, paid the money and got a receipt. The stall owner said that he would send someone to deliver the goods immediately and asked Ye Zhiqiu to wait at home.
After agreeing, Ye Zhiqiu rode his bicycle back home.
It's only four o'clock now, and I don't know if my cheap mother has bought pork. If I go too late and there is no fatty meat, she might just not buy it!
After Ye Zhiqiu rode for twenty minutes and returned home, he heard Ye Bailu crying!
He thought something had happened, so he quickly carried his bicycle over the threshold, parked it, and ran into the living room anxiously.
But he saw Ye Bailu crying and hitting Ye Wubing with her little hands. He finally breathed a sigh of relief and squatted down to hug Ye Bailu who rushed over. He looked at Ye Wubing and asked, "Second brother, what did you do again? Why did you make my little sister cry?"
Ye Wubing replied with a look of grievance: "Brother, I went to the river with a small net to catch some shrimps, grilled them and shared them with my sister! But there were five shrimps in total. I worked hard to catch them and grilled them, so I should have one more!
My little sister insisted that I stole her shrimp and wanted to hit me, but I didn’t resist, and she started crying instead…”
Ye Zhiqiu didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He wiped Ye Bailu's tears and asked in amusement, "Why are you crying? Didn't you beat your second brother? Why are you crying yourself?"
Ye Bailu sobbed and replied, "Brother, Second Brother bullied me... My hands hurt when I hit him... He was so hard..."
Ye Zhiqiu suppressed his laughter and asked Ye Wubing, "Where did she hit you? Why did it hurt her so much that she cried?"
Ye Wubing patted his elbow and said depressedly, "I was eating shrimp, and she insisted on hitting my elbow. I didn't bully her! I shared the shrimps I worked so hard to catch with her. Big brother, you just spoiled her. If you don't let her eat more, she will hit me!"
Ye Zhiqiu rolled his eyes at Ye Wubing. He picked up Ye Bailu and coaxed her, "Don't worry about your second brother. Why did you hit him? It's just a shrimp, not that delicious! Next time, I'll catch you a big one and won't give it to your second brother. We'll make him so greedy!"
"If I don't give him any food, he'll be greedy for me... I've already finished eating, but he's still eating. He's just bullying me..."
Ye Wubing muttered, "Forget about the old woman, but the little girl is unreasonable..."
Ye Zhiqiu hugged Ye Bailu and quickly coaxed her back. Only then did he ask, "Where did I go? Why can't I see her?"
Ye Wubing replied, "She went to the river to cut rabbit grass. She said she found some grass that the cows couldn't eat, so she cut more and didn't have to cut grass tomorrow."
There are many kinds of rabbit grass. It is easy to feed them. Even dogtail grass can be used to feed them, and it is very good for their health!
"Did you buy pork this morning?"
"I bought half a pound and have it sitting in the kitchen sink. "Brother, there are a lot of snails in the river. I'll go get some and you can fry them, okay?"
Ye Zhiqiu's fried snails are delicious, it's just that he's willing to use oil and perilla! It seems I have to squeeze the oil back quickly, otherwise I'll have to use it all day long!
He warned, "Then be careful. Even though you can swim, you still have to be careful. It's best to go to shallow water, and watch out for snakes in the grass. There are quite a lot of them in this weather..."
Before Ye Zhiqiu could finish his words, Wang Xiaolan's voice rang out over there. She shouted happily, "Come out, second brother! Mom has caught a snake. Come out and take care of it!"
Ye Zhiqiu was confused. He had just mentioned to be careful of snakes, and now he was trying to sabotage him?
That's not right! I'm such a coward, how could I go and catch a snake?
Ye Zhiqiu, holding Ye Bailu, hurried out to the yard and saw Wang Xiaolan carrying a bamboo basket and a long stick, holding a rat snake.
He asked in surprise, "Mom, aren't you afraid of this thing? Why didn't you run away when you encountered it? Instead, you killed it and brought it back?"
Wang Xiaolan was surprised to see Ye Zhiqiu and said, "Son, is this your bicycle? I thought it belonged to someone else! Why did you go home instead of going to work?"
OK! Everyone asked their own questions, and no one answered any of them!
Ye Zhiqiu put Ye Bailu down. The little girl was not afraid of snakes at all. She ran over and wanted to play with the rat snake with a broken head!
Ye Wubing happily took the snake to deal with it. Ye Zhiqiu explained the nature of his job so that Wang Xiaolan wouldn't always think that she had to stay in the factory to go to work!
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