eurekapd Chapter 938: Being Touched
Chapter 938: Being Touched
The crackling sound attracted many people.
When children see it, they pester adults to buy it.
When a greedy adult saw this, he also came up to ask.
After a while, Erpang and the others figured out the trick and quietly told everyone to eat it after people arrived, and to keep it in their hands after people left.
It's not that I can't bear to give up those fruits, it's just that I've eaten too much of them and can't eat many of them. Each person can only eat two. If I eat them with everyone I meet, how many would I eat in a day?
When the woman saw a handsome young man like Zhou Guo guarding here, her feet became disobedient and she couldn't help but walk towards the stall.
After a while, there were more customers here than at the crab stall.
The fruit sellers were weighing the fruits very quickly and a basket of fruits was sold out in less than half an hour.
People tend to follow the herd mentality. When there are a lot of people in a certain place, everyone likes to gather there, and more and more people gather in front of the fruit stall.
As the saying goes, there are all kinds of people in a big forest. With so many people, there will be people who take advantage of the situation. Zhou Guo was eating a fruit, and while he was eating, he didn't know who touched his face!
She stood up quickly, with a mouthful of fruit pulp, and glared at the crowd, feeling that everyone of them looked like a hooligan.
The fat guy was shocked and asked solemnly, "Who did it?"
The crowd was silent for a moment, and then a woman's voice rang out, "Hey, she's not a young lady. What's wrong with a grown man being touched by someone? Are you so shameless?"
The crowd burst into laughter, laughing nonchalantly.
Zhou Guo: “…”
Fortunately, there were mostly women here, and she was sure that it was a woman's hand that touched her face, otherwise she would have to stop and interrogate them one by one.
She gave Erpang and the others a look, indicating that it was no problem, and the boy came forward to greet them again.
The women began to pick fruits with laughter. After picking a few, they bought them and left with a smile.
Zhou Guo deliberately sat far away from the stall. Even if these people's arms were twice as long as others, they could not touch her face and could not take advantage of her.
Watching this group of people paying and leaving one by one, Zhou Guo felt amused and angry. They were so old, but they were still quite coquettish and liked handsome young men.
The last one was a woman in her thirties, dressed very neatly, and said to Zhou Guo with a smile, "Young Master, don't take it personally. They have no ill will. They just like you and are very fond of you because you are as good-looking as their own son."
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "Aunt, I didn't take it seriously. I was just shocked."
She was really scared. No one outside dared to touch her face. Not to mention outside, even in the village, no one dared to touch it.
At most, he would be patted on the head by a few elders of the Chen family, but that was rare.
The woman saw her fair and clean appearance and said with a smile: "I don't know how your mother gave birth to you. Why are you different from ours?"
Finished talking and left.
Zhou Guo was left standing there in a daze. He couldn't help but touch his face as he looked at her back. He was very skeptical: Is she really that pretty? No one told her that she was pretty. Only her mother would say a few words from time to time, but isn't that a mother filter?
Erpang and the others couldn't help but secretly glance at her, and when they saw her looking at them, they quickly looked away, but the corners of their mouths that were getting more and more upturned could not hide what they were thinking.
Zhou Guo started to chew the fruit nonchalantly. What's the big deal about touching it? It's not like a piece of flesh will fall off. However, this aunt's hands were still quite tender, unlike her mother, who was obviously not very old but her hands were like those of an old woman in her seventies or eighties.
No wonder so many people want to marry in the county town or the provincial capital. Once they get married, they won’t have to work in the fields.
It took almost two hours to sell out the ten baskets of fruit. In the wooden box in front of Zhou Guo, there was half a box of copper coins and some silver coins, which were the harvest of today.
This money is enough to pay a day's wages to nearly 200 people.
She has not forgotten why she planted these fruit trees in the first place. On the one hand, it was to make it convenient for the family to eat, and on the other hand, she did not want the mountains on the farm to be used only for growing vegetables and raising chickens.
Another reason was that she wanted to find more ways to make money. At that time, all the money she earned was invested in water conservancy. She didn't see any money all year round. She was afraid that she would not even have money to pay them, so she came up with this idea.
Now it seems that although the quantity is still small, the fruits from several farms combined are enough to pay the long-term and short-term workers for most of the year, and it also reduces a lot of burden.
Every day Zhou Guo either followed the Crab Group or the Fruit Group, but no matter whether it was the Crab Group or the Fruit Group, neither of them dared to move forward.
Thousands of crabs are taken out of the pond every day and they are all sold out. The fruits are also sold out. After all, there are only two hills and not many crabs.
Another eight or nine days passed, and Dashu came running back, saying, "The Lord is back."
Zhou Guo looked at the sky and saw that it would still be an hour before dark, so he went back to his room to take a shower and change his clothes. Half an hour had passed, and he thought that the Lord of the Mansion should have almost packed up, so he went to visit him.
The doorman saw her coming and hurried in to report. He came out with a smile on his face and said, "The master is waiting for you in the hall. I will take you there right away."
Zhou Guo gave him a five-liang silver ingot and said with a smile, "Thank you for your trouble."
The Lord of the Mansion was eating in the flower hall at the moment. When he saw her coming, he pointed to the seat opposite and said, "Well, sit down, sit down quickly. The bowl and chopsticks are clean. Use them yourself. I'll eat first."
Seeing that his hair was still wet and his clothes looked like he had just changed, Zhou Guo knew that he had taken a shower but had not had time to finish his meal.
She didn't disturb him. She picked up the chopsticks, took a few bites of the dishes she liked, and poured herself a glass of wine.
The food was really delicious. The food at the Lord's house was even better than that at Zhang Lian's house. It tasted really good.
Two people, one big and one small, sat in the living room, not saying a word, concentrating on eating.
By the end of the meal, the prince was full and looked up to see Zhou Guoke eating a ham and bamboo shoot soup with even greater enthusiasm than he was.
Zhou Guo ate a few pieces of bamboo shoots, a few large pieces of ham, and finally drank two bowls of soup. When she looked up, she saw Fujun looking at her with a smile, and the soup in her mouth that she had not yet swallowed almost filled her mouth.
After swallowing it with difficulty, he wiped his mouth and laughed, "Please forgive me, sir. I haven't eaten bamboo shoots since I came to the north. These are really fresh!"
The Lord of the Palace said with a smile, "If it tastes good, eat more. I brought back these bamboo shoots from my trip south. We dug them on the way. There are quite a few. I shared them with Huaiyang. Take some back with you when you go back."
Zhou Guo said, "That's not necessary. I'm lucky to be able to have a meal here. How can I eat and take it away? My Lord, please leave it for the family. You've been away from home for so long, they must miss you."
After a pause, he continued, "I know you have to go back to reunite with your family, so I won't bother you too much. I came here just to ask you one thing, where are the generals fighting?"
The corner of Fujun's mouth twitched, and he really wanted to say, "Why are you asking me about this?"