Chapter 12012. Playboy, good-looking but useless
Lei Li looked at Zhou Yi with increasing disdain: "Have you ever sold anything? People always put the big and good ones on top, but you put the small ones, and people saw you. If I weren't smart, I wouldn't be able to sell anything."
"I'm sorry, I really didn't sell anything. I'll be more careful next time."
Zhou Yi bowed his head to apologize very smoothly. Seeing Lei Li's fierce look, he immediately lowered his head and made Lei Li unable to say anything to him.
Lei Li smiled wryly, "I'm doing business, so you should just be obedient and keep quiet like you did just now. If you don't want me to slap you here, just shut up. Or do you like me to kiss you in front of others, my husband?"
"I promise to shut up."
Zhou Yi is quick to accept advice and as quiet as a chicken.
Lei Li touched his face and found it quite delicate and pleasant to touch. She touched it twice more and said with a smile, "Be good. I'll buy you some candy after I finish selling things."
"……Thanks."
Although Zhou Yi doesn't like sweets, he still shouldn't go against Lei Li.
The stall is neither good nor bad.
The flow of people is average, but Lei Li is very good at shouting and speaking eloquently. He can keep customers with just a few words and sell things by coaxing and praising them.
An old lady came to buy a bamboo basket to carry things, and bought some vegetables by the way. Lei Li persuaded her to take two straw grasshoppers back.
Why two?
Because I have two grandsons and I can't be partial to one, if I only buy one, there will be a fight. Besides, grasshoppers are not expensive, two cents for one and three cents for two.
The vegetables would lose their freshness after being separated from the roots for a while, so Lei Li sprinkled some water on them, and with the moisture, they soon looked like freshly picked ones.
Zhou Yi didn't even notice when he brought the water.
Lei Li glanced at him and said, "Who would carry so much stuff all the way here, and also bring water? ... I just asked an old man who lives here for some. I often save wild vegetables for him."
Not the kind that is given as a gift.
Instead, I ordered the wild vegetables that the old man wanted, and he still had to pay for it.
But Lei Li knows how to do favors. Even if someone asks for money, he will give him a little more. Isn't that how interpersonal relationships work? You lose a little, and I give in a little.
Some people complain that the food is not fresh enough, while others complain that the water takes up too much weight.
Lei Li brought a few more vegetables and showed the scale to the man. "Look, there are two more taels, right? Oh... You have so much stuff in your hands. Is there something good happening at home? You look so tired. Buying a backpack would make things much easier!"
"You have something at home but didn't bring it with you? No problem, just have one extra. Next time you have something good to buy, you can carry it back with you. It will be full and others will know you are well-off."
"I see you bought some fish, a basket, and a bunch of green onions. You're getting richer and richer every year, so you don't need the money for this basket..."
Lei Li collected the money and instructed Zhou Yi to help the old lady pack the things. He then put a bunch of fresh green onions in front of the old lady and said, "If you like the things, remember to come back to me."
“Okay, okay…”
The old lady left with a smile on her face.
Lei Li’s stall had almost sold out, and if he couldn’t sell out the remaining items later, he would give some away and sell half of them.
Thinking in his mind, he turned his head and saw Zhou Yi staring at him intently. He raised his eyebrows and said, "Why are you looking at me? Is there money on my face?"
"No."
Zhou Yi shook his head slightly and said sincerely, "I think you're pretty amazing. You're able to sell so many things and satisfy every customer, especially some who are very picky, and you don't get angry."
Lei Li looked at Zhou Yi suspiciously, and only after confirming that he was sincere and not just being sarcastic, he said, "What's so great about this? Isn't that how you make money selling things? Who would care about you if you can't even say nice things?"
“That’s amazing.”
Zhou Yi shook his head and said, "I can't do it like you. If I were to sell it, I might not be able to sell a single basket in a day."
"You're quite right."
Lei Li agreed, "You are either dumb and can't fart loudly, or you are just dry. I am really thankful that I can sell an egg."
“…I’m praising you.”
"I'm scolding you."
“…”
Zhou Yi remained silent and turned off the microphone.
Cleared out the inventory in the afternoon.
Lei Li carefully put the money in his pocket and took Zhou Yi to the meeting point agreed upon with Liu Xiaocao and Niu Ershu.
Seeing this, Zhou Yi asked, "Don't you want to buy something?" He just said he wanted to buy candy.
"Do you really want candy?"
Lei Li glanced at him with a smile. He had just lied to Zhou Yi. Sugar was so expensive that he was reluctant to buy it, and he would not buy it for a rooster that couldn't lay eggs.
He felt that Zhou Yi was really a spoiled young master in the past, and even believed such words. They ate cold cooked sweet potatoes brought from home for lunch, so how could they have the money to buy things?
"It's still early, don't you want to go shopping?"
Zhou Yi has been in this world for a week and hasn't been anywhere else except Sanlihe Village. "I finally made it here, so I want to go to the town market."
The more you shop, the poorer you get.
If you are not careful, the money you just earned will end up in the hands of others.
Lei Li really didn't understand what was so good about shopping, but Zhou Yi looked down at him, not with a wistful look, but with a serious expression on his scarred yet righteous face...
It’s pretty good looking too.
Lei Li felt a little itchy in his heart.
"It's still early... Let me be frank, I can go shopping, but I won't spend a penny on anything, let alone candy or meat."
"I don't buy it."
Zhou Yi nodded and said, "Thank you."
Lei Li touched his ear and said, "...I always feel something strange when I hear you speak. It's not your accent...there's just something wrong."
Zhou Yi paused, as if... his speech was a bit modern.
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The town fair here is very different from what is shown on TV.
More backward.
More noisy.
It's also dirtier.
The muddy road was mixed with various waters, the red was blood, the white and black were unknown, and the air was also mixed with many kinds of smells.
The smell of poultry and livestock feces, blood, and mutton, the grassy smell of fruits and vegetables, the turbid smell of mud and sewage, the sweat of shirtless men, and the fragrance of cheap cosmetics of women and husbands.
The hawking of men and the roaring of beasts.
Lei Li turned around and walked away without even looking at him. He didn't sell meat, so of course he wouldn't go in. "If you don't want your shoes and clothes to get smudged, don't go in. You'll also get a chicken with dirty claws flying over your head."
Seeing the chaos inside, Zhou Yi followed Lei Li.
I didn't expect there were people selling flowers. The thin little girl was taking care of the flowers and plants. The flowers were small and big, red, orange, yellow, and green, blooming brightly and lushly.
"You don't want to buy these tattered flowers, do you?"
Lei Li's voice sounded faintly.
Zhou Yi shook his head. "No, I just felt sorry for the little girl selling flowers. Her pants were torn at the knees and covered in mud. She only looked seven or eight years old."
"Thirteen years old."
"Um?"
"Her name is Xiaohua. She's thirteen years old this year. I guess her father will marry her off in two years."
"13?"
Zhou Yi frowned. "Only 13? She's married at such a young age? She's obviously malnourished, skinny as a bag of bones."
"That's the way the world is."
Lei Li was already used to this and warned Zhou Yi, "Don't be so kind as to save people. Xiaohua has no money to run away, and our family has no money either. Dad is still taking medicine."
"Besides, flowers are precious. If you're not careful, they'll die. They're good for looking at but not for eating. They're good for looks but not for use."
As he spoke, he looked at Zhou Yi and suddenly realized, "I finally know what you look like. You look like Playboy, good-looking but useless."
Zhou Yi: “???”
Why are you still cursing?
—
The sun sets.
Lei Li and Zhou Yi got on the ox cart of Niu Ershu's family. There were also a few people from the same village riding with them, but they did not ride for free like Lei Li.
Since there were people outside, Liu Xiaocao spoke more cautiously. She talked to Lei Li about what happened at the market today and scolded the cloth shop owner all the way.
"If it weren't for the fact that my son Tao Ge'er is growing so fast and Dad's clothes were accidentally cut when he went up the mountain yesterday, I wouldn't buy his cloth. It's just blood mosquitoes."
"If there's a new cloth shop, I'll never go there again. The quality of the cloth here isn't as good as last year's. It's just a scam. They're definitely using old cloth to fool people..."
"I have arrived."
Lei Li suddenly said, jumped off the ox cart, saw Zhou Yi also got off, and said goodbye to Liu Xiaocao.
Mother Liu Ye'er and father Lei Dashan were already waiting at the door. When they saw Lei Li and Zhou Yi, they came out to greet them.
"Dad, Mom."
Lei Li smiled and said proudly in a low voice, "I made a lot of money today."
"I'm tired after a day of work. What's the point of talking about money? Let's eat first."
Liu Ye'er laughed and scolded him, patting his hand and saying, "I boiled two eggs for you at noon, but you didn't want them and said you wanted to sell them. So I specially saved two and stir-fried them with your favorite wild onions."
"Where did the wild onions come from?"
Lei Li took out the cloth bag he had carefully hidden in his arms and placed it in Liu Ye'er's hand. "Put it away, mother. I've saved enough money... Didn't I sell all the wild onions?"
"Your father went up the mountain to look for it again this afternoon."
Liu Ye'er took the money bag and called Zhou Yi, "Brother-in-law, wash your hands quickly. I don't know if you like eating wild onions. Your father also picked some spring bamboo shoots. They are very fresh."
"Thank you, Mom and Dad."
Zhou Yi followed her to wash his hands. Lei Li had just finished washing when she heard this and turned around again. "Small-headed bamboo shoots? I remember there's a place on the mountain where small-headed bamboo shoots are grown. Isn't it quite far away?"
"Not far."
Dad Lei Dashan continued, "The bamboo shoots are very fresh at this time, but there are not many. When I went there, there were only a few left that were hidden deep and had not been picked. I, your dad, have good eyesight and spotted them right away."
Lei Li nodded. "Next time I'll go and pick some bamboo shoots. That place is quite far away. If you need bamboo strips, ask me to go and cut them next time. I often go to the mountains, so picking bamboo shoots is a good option for me."
"Dad's legs are not good, and he can't just stay at home weaving bamboo baskets to catch grasshoppers. You have to fetch water too. Your mother is out tending the vegetable garden..."
Lei Dashan ate while talking, but did not touch the eggs and bamboo shoots on the table.
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