Chapter 42

"This kid doesn't seem to be from the county town. There are only those barbecue vendors in the night market. He looks strange to him."

"Perhaps the farmer came here to earn some pocket money." The shirtless man said in a rough voice: "This kid sells it so cheaply because he wants to stop our business."

"Maybe it's just that people from rural households don't understand the market."

"The two elder brothers are going to buy food. They are from our village. I might bring the two of them there to make it cheaper."

The man turned his head and glanced at the young man who took the initiative to talk to him, and frowned: "Is that from your village?"

Zhao Qi nodded again and again: "Weak scholars in our village can read two characters."

He put a little emphasis on the weak word: "If you can't read well, you can make some food. At the beginning, you said in the village that the business is going well today. We didn't believe it. Now it seems to be true. It is said that the price is lower than that.Those street vendors in the county who do this business have low prices, so it is certain that the business belongs to him.”

"Unexpectedly, this kid didn't talk nonsense, he really has a bit of a heart."

The two men looked at each other: "Is he a scholar?"

"Oh, but you can only know a few words, and you have no fame, what kind of scholar."

The two men understood, but without answering Zhao Qi's words, they squeezed their fists and glared in Du Heng's direction, before turning away.

"Hey, don't you two buy it?"

Seeing that he succeeded, Zhao Qi pretended to be puzzled and called out to the two of them.

After a busy morning, by noon, the ingredients prepared by Du Heng were almost sold out, and when the last fish was sold, Du Heng put out the fire.

The people who were waiting behind saw that the ingredients were sold out, and they dispersed after arguing for a while.

"You two received work so early!"

Du Heng smiled and nodded: "The things prepared are not as complete as your family."

"It's because you two have such a good business."

The stall owner was also very happy. Today, the couple did not stay here for nothing, but it attracted a lot of business.

"Tired all morning, why not go after drinking tea."

Qin Xiaoman's mouth was dry after yelling for a long time, and the water in the gourd had been drained. He didn't refuse the stall owner's kindness, and went to drink a bowl of tea with Du Heng, but he refused to give money to the stall owner.

Du Heng looked at the son of the stall owner who had been greedy for their grilled skewers, and then fanned out the remaining sparks of that idea, chose a smaller fish head that was easier to taste, and split it on the fire rack.

Qin Xiaoman sat on the stool and drank another bowl of herbal tea. In fact, he was a bit greedy for rice wine, but last time he was drunk and promised Du Heng not to drink casually, so he endured it again.

He patted the child on the back: "Go over and have a look, it's baked for you."

The child's eyes lit up: "Really?"

Qin Xiaoman nodded, and the child ran over and stood beside Du Heng.

The stall owner said that the child was only eight years old, but he was not very tall, and only reached Du Heng's waist, which was also because of Du Heng's slender figure.

Watching Du Heng gently ask the children whether they eat spicy food and what kind of flavor they like, Qin Xiaoman felt a sense of fatherly kindness and filial piety.

He took a sip of tea, as if he had smelled some wine. If they had children in the future, they would always be wrapped around their legs, thinking about it also gave birth to some longing.

"Father, father! Look, this is what Brother Du said to give me to eat!"

The child held the grilled fish head on the plate and hopped to his parents.

"You child, you know how to be gluttonous. Thank you, aren't you?"

Du Heng completely extinguished the charcoal fire this time, as a single spark in the hot weather could cause disaster.

"This kid is very sensible, I can't help but thank you."

The stall owner laughed, and touched the child's head in relief: "Go and eat at one end."

Du Heng and Qin Xiaoman tidied up their things, and moved them back to the cart. Before leaving, the stall owner came over with a gourd: "I made some wine at home, take it back and taste it."

"What an embarrassment!"

Qin Xiaoman hurriedly pushed it back exaggeratedly. The fish head was originally intended to be eaten by children.

"Take it, a little beaut isn't worth two bucks."

The stall owner smiled and stuffed it: "It's also fate to be able to do business together. Take it back and Xiaodu can have a drink if you have nothing to do."

Qin Xiaoman pouted slightly and raised his eyebrows to look at Du Heng.

"Then thank you stall owner."

Du Heng wanted to say that he didn't drink, but he still asked Qin Xiaoman to accept the things. He already knew the ghostly thoughts in some people's hearts.

As expected, the corners of Qin Xiaoman's mouth lifted in joy.

The two were about to get on the bullock cart and prepare to go back. Qin Xiaoman put the gourd on the cart. Before they could get on the bullock cart, several men suddenly surrounded them.

"Who are you looking for?"

Du Heng looked at the shirtless men, staring at them with their arms folded, and at a glance, they were not friendly.

Several people who were eating tea at the stall next to it hurriedly left when they saw this. The family of three at the tea and wine stall, the woman led the child and hid aside.At the stall owner's feet: "Don't come up to join in the fun if you don't do your business."

The stall owner was startled, his chest heaved and he dared not move any more. The child cried and called the stall owner to come over. Seeing that his father was not moving, he ran over and quickly pulled him aside.

"You kid, you dare to lower the price and cut off our source of income. You can't pretend that I'm a vegetarian!"

A stick with a thick wrist was pointed at Du Heng, and the dark-skinned man said fiercely: "But Xia Zhan's hands and feet are weak and you want to leave quickly?"

Du Heng looked at a few rude men, just like the shopkeepers who run food stalls in this world, they are similar to each other, and they have a bit of a social atmosphere that can scare people.

"We have never lowered the price, why do you think so?"

"If you say there is no, then there is no?" The man spat: "We sell six Wen and you sell three!"

"The price of fish and meat is cheap, how can it be compared with the price of meat, it is cheaper."

The man was silent, they did not sell fish.

"Your pork skewers only cost five cents!"

Du Heng pursed his lips. Originally, he wanted to go and inquire about everyone's prices, but he didn't have time to go when he got busy, and it was not easy to sell them at two prices.

Furthermore, the night markets in the county town usually only sell five liters, and some people sell four liters, but it's because of today's temple fair that these people sell more expensive.

"I only sold it after inquiring about the price in the county seat. If you say we lower the price, we will lower the price!"

Qin Xiaoman saw a few men who were taller than him, but he was not timid at all. He went to the side to pick up a big stick and got in, protecting Du Heng behind him like a hen.People who are looking for trouble are weak.

"You brother! Go away, I'll tell you to stay here and play tricks on me and my brother together."

Qin Xiaoman said angrily: "If you dare to do something, our village is not far from here, so don't even think about running away when you call the Master. Let me tell you, my second uncle is a butcher, and the most unfavorable thing is a local ruffian!"

The man in the lead frowned when he heard the words, and then he sneered again: "Nine out of ten people said that they have relatives who are butchers. You think we are a big scare, have you never seen a storm?"

"My second uncle's name is Qin Xiong, and he does business in the meat market in the county. You think I'm talking big!"

The man next to the black and strong man leaned forward and said something to the man for some reason, the man's brows were so tight that it could kill a fly.

He glared at Qin Xiaoman, Du Heng quickly stretched out his hand to protect Qin Xiaoman, but saw that the man slowly accepted the thing in his hand: "I will let you go when you go out today, and if you dare to speak louder in the future, think about itCut off our business, no matter who your relatives are, I will not be polite at that time!"

Seeing that someone wanted to withdraw the fire, Du Heng said:

"They all come out to do some small business. We do things cautiously. If we really want to grab the business of a few people, we won't open the stalls here. We can go lower or close to several stalls."Grabbing business everywhere, I am afraid there may be some misunderstanding."

The man looked at Du Heng. Although he looked weak, he was upright. He was not a person who uttered wild words. He sighed: "That's all, you guys go."

As soon as the words were finished, he heard the sentence "Where are you?" Suddenly, several people with sticks came running over. Du Heng felt very familiar at first glance, and they were all villagers from his village.

"What are you doing! Bullying us, Tianwan Village is empty, right?"

The few men saw that there were quite a few people coming. Although they were old men and peasant women of different heights, the peasants were still a bit brutal in fighting, and the most important thing was that they were very obsessive.

Several people quickly detoured and ran away.

"Auntie, why are you here?"

Seeing the person looking for trouble leave, Qin Xiaoman left the thing in his hand and ran over to greet everyone.

"It was the stall owner who said that there was something going on here. He thought it was the two of you who were doing business here. He was afraid that others would bully the people in our village, so he called people to come and have a look."

"Fortunately, I came here. Are you all right?"

"It's okay, it's okay, as soon as everyone came, they were scared away."

Du Heng felt a little hot in his heart, looking at the concerned villagers, they usually talked about people's length in the fields, but if something happened outside, everyone came together.

The couple went to thank the family of three at the tea and wine stand again, and kindly went to help call someone.

When they went back, the couple's scooter was full of people.

Qin Xiaoman and Du Heng greeted the villagers who came to help and took them back to the village, so as not to have to go back to bask in the sun.

"It's cheap, this kid is lucky."

Not long after the carload of people left, a figure emerged from the woods and gritted its teeth at the official road.

Zhao Qi, who was fighting the fire, saw that Du Heng was about to be beaten up, but somehow the folks rushed over and let them go back with Mei Zhuo.

It was a waste of effort, and was even more angry.

It's a pity that Du Heng's hands and feet were not really limped, no matter how bad it was, the attractive face would be disfigured to relieve his anger.

He was about to go back with a cold face, when he heard a voice not far away: "That kid is there!"

Zhao Qi looked up and saw the few men who were looking for trouble earlier, sweating profusely on his back, and ran away with a guilty conscience.

The men were angry in their hearts, and seeing Zhao Qi running away, they felt that there must be something wrong in their hearts, so they chased after him in a swarm.

"You fucking pushed me to find something, did you already know that kid is Qin Xiong's relative?"

"Kill this kid to death! What I hate the most is this soft bone who plays tricks!"

Zhao Qi was about to piss in fear, and squatted on the ground with his head in his arms: "I don't know anything, I don't know anything!"

"Ah! Don't do it!"

"Big brothers, please forgive me!"