Siheyuan: Why is my crossing so ugly?

chapter 13

When I came out of the grain store, it was around 3 p.m., which was the hottest time of the day during the dog days, with the temperature over 30 degrees.

At this time, Comrade Xiao Du especially wanted to drink a glass of cold beer, find an air-conditioned room to stay for a while, and play a few games or something.

But Xiao Du suddenly thought of a question, dammit, buddies have nothing to eat tonight.

It was a little late to go to the restaurant for lunch, and there was only one steamed bun and one dumpling left. Now that the weather is hot and there is no refrigerator in the store, the food can't be kept at all, so I sell as much as I make every day.

Very capricious.

There is no food reserve, and there is not a grain of rice at home. It is indeed a bit too extravagant to say that going to a restaurant at night, and the landlord's house has no surplus food.

It cannot be made like this.

I vaguely seem to have heard someone say that there is a deli on the Chaoyangmen side. In addition to beef, peanuts, twists and sesame cakes are also sold. Anyway, there is nothing wrong with this meeting, so I just take a walk. If you have money and a ticket, are you afraid of starvation? ?
It's amazing, let's go to the restaurant.

When passing by a mailbox, Comrade Du also sent a letter to Lou's family by the way.

This is the best of benevolence.

After riding for a while, the sun became more and more vicious. In fact, Comrade Xiao Du didn’t know where the delicatessen in Chaoyangmen was. Chaoyangmen is actually quite a wide place, with a radius of several kilometers.

Even if Comrade Xiao Du has an excellent physique, he still feels very uncomfortable after being exposed to the sun for more than an hour in the dog days. In addition, he has been pedaling the car hard, and his forehead is a little sweaty.

Yes, it was only after tossing around like this that I started to sweat a little, which shows how arrogant this grandson's physique really is.

After turning around for a while, Comrade Xiao Du suddenly saw a popsicle seller not far away under the shade of a tree on the side of the road. This was really great, and it was really not easy.

It has been more than 10 days since I arrived in this world, and it is the first time I can eat cold drinks.

In 1963, there were two kinds of popsicles, ordinary popsicles cost 2 cents each, and cream popsicles cost 8 cents each. The price is really touching.

Comrade Xiao Du parked his bicycle on the sidelines and brought one of the same ones first, trying them all to cool off.

Well, it's really good. Ordinary popsicles should be added with some sugar and fruity flavors. The taste is very light, basically ice cubes with a little taste.

Butter popsicles are a bit overpriced, with a very rich milk flavor and a faint malted milk aroma. For the price of 8 cents, it is definitely worth it, at least it tastes much better than Arctic Ocean soda.

Soda and non-staple food stores sell it for 8 cents, and restaurants sell it for 1 cents.

Poor reviews, non-cold carbohydrate drinks are simply hooligans.

The popsicle seller is an old woman, she must be about 60 years old, and the condition is obviously not good. The blue coarse cloth clothes are all patched, and there are more than one layer in some places, but the clothes are very clean.

There was a little girl squatting next to the popsicle box, she was very thin, and Du Weiguo didn't even notice that she was squatting behind the box just now.

The little girl should be about 7 or 8 years old, with big eyes and a thin pointed chin.She was wearing the clothes that should be Mr. Pick, but she just wore them as a skirt, and there were many patches.

At this time, the little girl was staring straight at the cream popsicle in Comrade Xiao Du's hand, swallowing her saliva non-stop.

Seeing Xiao Du looking at her, he suddenly buried his head between his legs.

Seeing this little girl, Du Weiguo's heart skipped a beat. Before crossing over, he himself had a younger sister, who was 11 years younger than him. She was 6 points similar to this little girl, and she was also at the same carefree age, but The living situation is very different.

One is the apple of the eye, and the other is the weeds on the side of the road. Xiao Du really hates this, and suddenly feels compassion.

"Mother, where are you from? Can you make money selling popsicles?"

"Boy, my aunt is from the Zuojia Commune in the suburbs of the city. You can earn 10 cent for 1 sticks of these popsicles, and 10 cents for 4 sticks of butter. I sell popsicles. This is the street's promise, not speculation."

"Ma'am, how many popsicles can you sell this day?"

"I'm old and can't travel far. I can sell this box in a day. If I sell all of them, I can earn 1 cents."

"Ma'am, how far is the Zuojia Commune from here?"

"It's about 30 miles away."

When Du Weiguo heard this, his heart was twitched again. More than 30 miles is more than 15 kilometers, and there are at least 30 kilometers back and forth every day. The iron box doesn't even have a wheel.

"Ma'am, how many popsicles are there in the box?"

"Young man, Madam knows that you want to take care of Madam's business, but you can't eat too much cold food. I can't bear my appetite."

"Ma'am, it's not for me to eat. The place where I work is right in front of me. I bought it for my colleagues. I just got a salary increase, so I have to treat myself."

"Ah! That's a good relationship. Madam still has 38 ordinary popsicles and 4 cream popsicles."

"Okay, ma'am, then I'll take it all, you wait for me here, don't sell others, I'll go to work to get a stuffed popsicle, and I'll be back in a few minutes."

"Okay, young man, Madam is waiting for you here."

Du Weiguo got on the bike, turned around and walked back, remembering that he just passed a supply and marketing cooperative, about 700 meters away.

When he arrived at the supply and marketing cooperative, Xiao Du bought a bolt of blue floral cotton cloth and a washbasin with green outside and white inside for 3 yuan. He found the cloth ticket and industrial voucher from the space and handed them to the salesperson.

"Ma'am, you can put all the popsicles in this washbasin for me."

"Hey, okay, thank you, young man, today is the earliest day Niuniu and I go home."

"Thank you uncle!" The little girl was also very well-behaved and sensible.

The aunt put all the popsicles in the washbasin, and Xiao Du quickly gave the money.

"Ma'am, do you know where the nearest police station is?"

"Yes, go forward, turn right at the intersection, and you will see it not far away."

"Okay, ma'am, please do me a little favor and save you a few minutes."

"It's okay, young man, tell me, I'm several hours earlier than usual today."

"I'm going to the police station. I need to hand in something I picked up. Please help me look at this piece of cloth. It's very troublesome to hold it."

"Okay, young man, you go, the aunt is here to show you."

Comrade Xiao Du put the cloth on the aunt's popsicle box, held a basin of popsicles in his right hand, and rode to the police station with one hand on the handlebar.

"Comrade, I invite everyone to eat popsicles."

A group of policemen in white uniforms in the police station looked at Du Weiguo with question marks on their foreheads.

Comrade Xiao Du explained the situation succinctly, and wanted to help the aunt to go home early today, but he couldn't finish eating so many popsicles, so he asked Comrade Public Security to help eat popsicles.

"I'm from the security department of the rolling mill. If you have difficulty finding the police, I also encounter difficulties. The popsicle will melt if you don't eat it. It's a waste, so I ask the police comrades to help."

For Comrade Xiao Du's kind move, the police officers all showed kind smiles, and soon the washbasin was empty. During the period, some police officers wanted to give money, but Xiao Du righteously refused.

"Comrade police, you can't deprive me of my right to do good."

Xiao Du finally left a cream popsicle, came back by bike, and handed the popsicle to the little girl.

"It's all over, and there is one left at the end, little sister, can you help brother eat?"

The little girl looked at the aunt with expectant eyes, how could the aunt still not understand?
"Eat, Niuniu, we have met a good man."

"Thank you brother!"

The little girl is very sensible and polite. The children from poor families have already taken charge of the family. She took the popsicle and peeled off the greased paper. The popsicle had already melted a little.

Probably because the taste is so good, the little girl squinted her big eyes because of the sweetness.

Seeing the little girl's intoxicated expression, Comrade Xiao Du felt sore and uncomfortable. Before crossing, he clearly remembered that her sister only liked vanilla flavor when she ate Haagen-Dazs, and would not even touch other flavors. I'm sorry.

At this time, Niuniu handed the cream popsicle to the aunt first, "Grandma, you eat first."

Xiao Du couldn't hold back in an instant, this child was so defenseless, so sensible that it made people feel distressed.

　The following plot may feel a bit poisonous to some friends, please be a little more patient, it is not a plot that is completely out of the blue, it is a small copy, and it only accounts for a very small proportion.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)