1983 Small Island, Starting From a Large Farmer

Chapter 214 What is nine plus seven plus eight?

 Chen Shulin originally came to inspect the market.

  Recently, a document has been issued from the higher authorities, saying that the results of the fight against smuggling will be consolidated, and it is also mentioned that there are signs of a resurgence of smuggling.

 From the original overt smuggling, it became underground smuggling, and the smuggling became more and more targeted, and only imported cigarettes and watches were smuggled.

Unexpectedly, when he came to inspect the village, he happened to see Li Duoyu shouting with a small trumpet.

That jingle that is full of words is indeed very powerful. After traveling all over the country these years, he can be regarded as a man who has seen the world.

 Li Duoyu's shouts are much more powerful than those of the candied haws sellers in the north. He just listened carefully for a while. Although his shouts are very rustic, every word he says hints to you that his oysters are very cheap.

Chen Shulin found that Li Duoyu seemed to be surprised every time he saw him. If this brain was used for serious work, he might go far in the future.

However, what Chen Shulin appreciates the most is that Li Duoyu is different from others. He is very down-to-earth and has no airs even when he becomes the village director.

Still setting up a stall in the market, selling oysters, and shouting with a loudspeaker. If it were another village director, he would probably be embarrassed.

 After Chen Shulin saw him coming.

 The people who came to attend the fairing nearby all gave way to him. As a result, no one came to Li Duoyu’s grilled oyster stall, so he said:

"Duoyu, then you sell oysters first, and we won't disturb your business. I'll go find the person in charge of the market later and ask him to come to you and see when we can hold a special oyster show for you."

“Then thank you, Secretary Chen.”

“We are old acquaintances. Don’t be so outspoken. I’m twice as old as you. Just call me Uncle Chen from now on.”

 “Thank you, Uncle Chen.”

"This is more or less the same. It sounds much more pleasant to my ears. Come and sit down with the town committee when you have time."

"okay."

 After Chen Shulin and his party left, nearby vendors and villagers became curious about Li Duoyu's identity.

“Who is this young man? I have never seen him before.”

“Old Dong, you must have seen him before. This person seems to be Li Duoyu who used to set up a stall here.”

“It’s impossible. Li Duoyu is just a fool. He looks like he deserves a beating. He’s not like this person at all.”

“It’s really him. I almost didn’t recognize him just now. When I bought grilled oysters, I asked him carefully.”

“But when did he, a smuggler, have such a good relationship with our town leaders? If the leaders knew that he was an active member of the smuggler in the past, they would not let this fish slip through the net.”

  “Maybe, I have a backing.”

“Forget it, let’s not discuss this anymore, Old Dong. The grilled oysters he sells are really delicious. Do you want to buy one and try it?”

“How can oysters be so delicious? Why are you helping them advertise?”

“How is that possible? It’s really delicious. If you want to eat it, go buy it quickly, otherwise it will be gone later.”

As soon as the town leader left, another group of people gathered in front of Li Duoyu’s grilled oyster stall, and everyone gave money to Li Qingguang.

 “Here comes a pound of grilled oysters.”

“Boss, you are roasting too slowly. Just give me the oysters and I will roast them myself.”

Li Qingguang is one head and two heads tall. His mind is a little confused now because the scene is really chaotic and there are too many people giving money.

In addition, he didn’t know these people and couldn’t remember which ones had paid money and which ones had not.

A middle-aged man with a bit of a scornful temper kept urging Li Qingguang: "When will my oysters be roasted?"

 “I’ve been waiting for a long time, why is it so slow?”

"If it doesn't bake anymore, give me your money back."

Li Qingguang looked at the middle-aged man in front of him, frowned and said, "It seems you haven't paid yet."

"What's the matter with you young man? Why did you forget the two cents I just gave you in the blink of an eye? Do you know how to do business?"

Li Qingguang said seriously: "You were obviously standing behind the person just now, and you didn't give it to me at all."

“What’s wrong with you kid? You actually want to steal my money. I won’t buy it yet. Please give me your two cents back.”

After Li Duoyu saw Li Qingguang arguing with others, he looked at the middle-aged man who was a bit arrogant and asked on the spot: "What did you give me the money for?" "Just now."

Li Duoyu said word by word: "When was it just now? It was just an hour ago, and it was just a minute ago."

 The middle-aged man replied: “One minute ago.”

 “Was it a minute ago?”

Li Duoyu asked the oyster buyers present: "Who saw this big brother paying a minute ago?"

The people present looked at each other. There were indeed too many people just now, and they were really not sure.

Seeing that no one replied, the middle-aged man smiled and said: "What kind of **** are you getting blackmailed for buying oysters? Return your money to me quickly, or I will go to the police station and sue you."

 “Fuck it, if you have the guts, go ahead.”

Li Qingguang was so angry that he gritted his teeth and clenched his fists tightly, wanting to go up and beat him until his teeth were all over the floor.

 Li Duoyu patted him on the shoulder, motioning him not to get excited, and then said to the crowd:

“Then if anyone sees that he didn’t pay, if so, I will roast an oyster for free and give him an extra pound of oysters.”

As soon as Li Duoyu finished speaking, someone at the scene immediately replied: "Boss, I saw that this person was always behind and didn't pay at all."

“This man’s name is Chen Baoguo. He especially likes crowded stalls and often fishes in troubled waters. He seemed to have been beaten just two days ago.”

“Dong Biqing, are you sick?”

 “Did I offend you?”

 Chen Baoguo never expected that he only wanted to blackmail him for 20 cents, but his boss spent 40 cents to expose him.

Isn’t this stupid?

Seeing that someone had exposed him, Chen Baoguo was still stubborn and cursed at Li Qingguang:

“Forget it, I’ll be unlucky if I meet you, a stupid young man with a bad brain, and I’ll buy you some silver paper with my two cents.”

Seeing Chen Baoguo curse him, the young and energetic Li Qingguang immediately got up and picked up a fire stick from Zhang Jian's stall next door.

Li Duoyu said sharply:

 “Qingguang, put things down.”

Although Li Qingguang got up, Li Duoyu put down the fire stick on the spot as soon as he shouted.

Li Duoyu sighed: "If you really want to do business and make money, you have to learn to tolerate it. There are so many people these days. The son of the old Hu family next door to me is robbed several times a year on average. If both If you fight hard, even a few lives won’t be enough.”

 “I was impulsive.”

Li Duoyu patted him on the shoulder: "It's normal to encounter this kind of thing when you go out to do business. If business is good next time, make a few wooden signs so that you won't make mistakes."

 “Hurry up and bake the oysters, the guests are waiting.”

 “Okay, come right away.”

 In less than two hours, the oysters brought by Li Duoyu were sold out.

Li Qingguang was counting the money, but the more he counted the money, the deeper his frown deepened. Originally, a hundred kilograms of oysters would cost 20 yuan.

 But the total amount of money he had in his hand was only more than seventeen yuan, leaving a gap of more than two yuan.

 “Brother, I seem to have made a mistake again, and I undercharged a lot of money.”

Li Duoyu looked at Li Qingguang seriously and asked, "Qingguang, are you bad at math?"

Li Qingguang scratched his head and smiled awkwardly: "It's not bad, it's not too bad."

“What is nine plus seven plus eight?”

Li Qingguang took out ten fingers and counted them, and then he suddenly got stuck. He started sweating profusely, as if he really couldn't count.

Li Duoyu was a little speechless: "You must attend the literacy class next month for me, and ask your brother to borrow a calculator before you go out to do business."

"knew."

 (End of this chapter)