Chapter 599 The Lively Village (1)
“Sister-in-law, Qiqi came here to ask for this ham sausage.”
After half the payment, everyone in front of the stall bought it. After all the things he wanted were gone, Zhang Ancai took his son and walked up to say hello.
"No, Qiqi didn't say anything. I saw him coming over to get it for him. Your family is really good at teaching the children. He is so sensible at such a young age, but he still gets something for him. You will tell me thank you. The big fool in my family is five or six years old and still doesn’t understand anything.”
The sister-in-law was straining the potatoes with a colander and putting them into the pot while talking to Zhang An. Said with a smile.
It can be seen that there were so many people here just now, and they all bought her freshly fried potatoes.
"Haha, this is what his mother taught him. Come on, sister-in-law, here is the money for the ham sausage."
Zhang An responded with a smile, and then took out the money and prepared to take the little guy I paid for the ham sausage.
"Anzi, my sister-in-law will not be happy if you do this. You are not from outside, so why should you give money to your nephew for something to eat."
The eldest sister-in-law ignored Zhang An. He pretended to be unhappy, then turned to look at Xiao Siqi and said with a smile.
"Let's finish eating together. I'll get you another one. You're so good. Just like your dad, he can eat spicy food."
Then he took out a stick from the pan. The fried ham sausage was skewered on bamboo skewers, sprinkled with some chili powder, and then handed to Xiao Siqi.
Zhang An wanted to say something else, but before he could speak, someone stared at him, so he had to shut up.
This made him dumbfounded. He originally wanted to pay the money, but who would have thought that not only was the money not given, but another one was used. He always felt embarrassed.
But at this time, some people came over to buy food, and there were quite a few of them. Zhang An had to keep it in mind and take Xiao Siqi away first, so as not to block others from doing business.
There is a deer park in the village, and there is a dance show going on right now, and there are a lot of people watching it.
Zhang An didn't want to follow, so he took his son over, looked at him from a distance, and then left.
When we arrived at the bridge, the sightseeing boats moored on the pier had disappeared, and they were all floating in the river. The only one left was Zhang An's boat.
No need to think about it, all ten boats bought by the village have been rented out, and the business is booming.
And there are still many people waiting on the pier at the moment, mostly parents with their children.
"Hey, Uncle Cai, your business is very good."
Zhang An led his son down the bridge and found that the person in charge of selling tickets in the ticket room was actually Zhao Youcai, so he walked over and followed him He chatted a few words.
There are few people in the village, but no one knows how the boat rental business is, so there is no separate conductor yet, so Zhao Youcai temporarily takes up this position. Anyway, he has nothing too busy recently.
There is a large notice posted outside the ticket office window with the price of boat rental written on it.
In fact, it’s only one row of words and costs twenty yuan for half an hour.
Actually, Zhang Jianwen asked Zhang An to write this thing. There is another half sentence at the end, and it costs thirty-five yuan for half an hour.
This was decided upon by the village after several days of discussion. After all, the park and lake in the provincial capital only cost 50 yuan an hour. They were afraid that the price would be too high and no one would care about it.
Originally, I was worried that not many people would rent a boat, so I split it up and could sell one ticket every half an hour.
However, this half hour is not set casually, because it takes exactly half an hour to sail downstream from the pier, turn around and drive back above Xiahe Bay.
Of course, if someone buys one hour, it will be five dollars cheaper, which is equivalent to a discount for more purchases.
But everything was settled, and when it came to the day of nutrition, everyone was stunned.
The ticket window hasn’t even opened yet, and there are already many people queuing up here.
So Zhang Jianwen and others quickly blocked the last half of the sentence and only sold half-hour tickets.
Because there are not many boats in the village, if some people just wave their hands and buy them within a few hours, then the people behind them don’t have to wait.
“It’s good, but there are too many people who want to rent our boats, but we only have ten boats and we can’t supply them at all.”
Although business is very good, But Zhao Youcai was also very annoyed. All the boats had sailed out, but there were still so many people waiting at the dock.
Every once in a while, someone would come to him and ask when the boats would come back. He sold tickets for ten minutes in the morning, and spent the rest of the time explaining to people, which was more or less hopeless.
"Xiao Anzi, it's a pity that your boat is left there. How about I rent it out for you."
Although just one more boat won't have much effect. , but Zhao Youcai thought that having one more ship would be much better than leaving it alone.
"How about Uncle Cai ask the old man, and he agrees. I have no objection."
Zhang An neither agreed nor refused. This kind of thing is just like using a public car for private use and a private car for public use. It doesn't matter once or twice. If it happens more times, problems will arise.
Besides, if something goes wrong with the people on the boat during the trip, who will be responsible for it.
He himself is a person who is afraid of trouble, so the boat will stop as long as it stops. He doesn't expect to make money from this anyway.
"Forget it, Lao Zhang, if he wanted to agree, he would have talked to you long ago."
Zhao Youcai curled his lips and said, obviously what Zhang An can think of, Zhang Jianwen Also thought of it.
"Come, come, come back, it's our turn this time."
While the two were chatting, there was a commotion from the crowd on the pier.
Zhang An turned around and saw that two boats in the river had sailed back.
At this time, Zhao Youcai glanced at the record book on the table, and then shouted at the top of his voice: "Come over on the 21st, come on the 22nd and prepare to pay the ticket."
Wharf When the people on board heard this, two people immediately came to the window one after another, took out their tickets and handed them to Zhao Youcai.
"Okay, let's wait at the entrance. If you have children, be careful when getting on the boat, and don't jump around on the boat to avoid safety problems."
Zhao Youcai took the ticket and inspected it. After no problem, he put it in the drawer and said to the person who handed in the ticket.
Looking at him like this, Zhang An thought that he must have put a lot of thought into this some time ago, otherwise he wouldn't be so professional.
"Okay, thank you."
After the other party thanked Zhao Youcai, he called out his family and went to the entrance to get on the boat to wait.
Seeing the boats in the river returning one by one, Zhao Youcai also started busy with checking and collecting tickets and selling tickets. Zhang An stopped chatting with him. After all, it was a post of collecting money, so there was no need to wait. Something will go wrong.
"Zhang An, you are here, just come and get the oil."
Just when Zhang An wanted to go to the lower reaches of the river to have a look, someone suddenly came towards Zhang An on the bridge call out.
Looking back, I found that Ding Yi was here. This guy was holding their Ding Zizi in one hand and an oil drum in the other.
"When did you come back? I thought you would be very busy these days."
Zhang An walked over and took the oil drum from Ding Yi's hand. It couldn't move. It must have been full and the weight was a bit heavy. No wonder Ding Yi looked a little bit eaten when he was carrying it. Zhang An asked Ding Yi to help bring this barrel of oil back to the boat and add oil to the boat. Their boat had only been filled with oil once, when the fat man had just delivered it, and filled up the tank.
During this period, Zhang An took his son up for a float trip from time to time, and the fuel tank had already begun to bottom out.
“I came back after finishing my explanation this morning. We have recruited enough people during this period. It’s time for us to take a vacation to rest and spend time with our children. We can’t be so busy every day, otherwise in two years What will happen if my Dingzi grows up and doesn’t recognize me as his mother?”
Ding Yi said with a sigh of relief. It was obvious that he had just walked over from the opposite side carrying a bucket of oil, which made him tired. Not light.
Ding Zijie and Xiao Siqi have always gotten along well with each other. They started to get along hand in hand as soon as they met.
Then Zhang An took out the key, opened the fuel tank cap, and poured the oil Ding Yigang brought inside.
The fuel tank of Zhang An's ship is very large. After pouring out a barrel of oil, it is only half full, but it is enough to last for a while. After all, it does not need to be used every day.
“Dad, let’s sail the boat.”
The two little guys held on to the handle of the boat and refused to let go. Little Siqi even shouted at Zhang An.
"Dad, let's sail the boat."
Ding Zijie, who was next to him, heard his little friend speak and followed suit.
But what he said is not wrong. Zhang An is so dry that he can be considered a father after all.
"Okay, let me take you for a tour."
Seeing that his son had said so, Zhang An couldn't bear to refuse, so he immediately carried the two little guys on board.
"Hey, hey, young man, didn't the person selling tickets inside say that this boat can't sail? What are you doing on board?"
Zhang Ancai carried the two little guys on to the boat, and there were two people on the dock. An old lady ran over and pulled Zhang An's sleeve and asked.
Just now, they were late in line and had to wait, but when they saw that all the boats had sailed out and there was still one parked, they went to ask Zhao Youcai, and there were quite a few people asking. .
Zhao Youcai explained for a long time, but they didn't understand. He simply said in the end that the ship couldn't sail, and then blocked their mouths.
“Auntie, this boat belongs to me, not the village. Of course they can’t drive it.”
Zhang An knew what was going on without having to think about it. After dismissing the people with a few words, he started the boat and floated in the river with the two little guys.
But nowadays, we can no longer drive as we used to, and we can drive however we want.
In the past, there was only Zhang An's boat in the river, but now it is different. There are ten more boats in the river.
Although the river is very wide, if you are not careful, you will still collide with other boats.
This is why after the village bought the boat, it had to train so many crew members because it was worried about this problem.
After a while, many people on the shore suddenly pointed at Zhang An and his ship and shouted, making Zhang An think something went wrong.
I stuck my head out and took a look, and found that Huatou had flown over at some point and was landing on the ceiling. No wonder it attracted everyone's attention.
“咻~~~~”
Zhang An blew the whistle, and the flower head quickly flew from the ceiling to the boat, and landed firmly on Zhang An’s shoulder.
“Hey Zhang An, how come your flower head has grown so much? I remember it wasn’t this big before.”
Looking at Huatou, who was standing on Zhang An's shoulder and already taller than Zhang An's head, Ding Yi said with some confusion.
Although he had not seen Huatou for a long time, he was very sure that Huatou had really grown a size.
"Maybe it's because I don't have to worry about food and drink at home, so I'm fat and fat."
Zhang An did not answer directly, adhering to the principle of replying after reading.
Because he knew in his heart that Huatou had really grown up a lot, and his current size was much larger than a normal goshawk.
But this is all the function of the space spring water, and it grows up all at once, but slowly grows up bit by bit over several years.
The flower head was still looking into the distance very coldly, but after hearing its owner say that it had gained weight, it flapped its wings slightly to express its dissatisfaction.
"Okay, okay, not fat, not fat."
Looking at the irritable Huatou, Zhang An comforted her lovingly.
Although Huatou was inciting his left wing, the amplitude was not too large and it could not touch him anywhere.
But with such big wings, when it flaps, its hair becomes like a chicken nest.
Brothers Xiao Siqi and Ding Zijie were staring at Huatou, but they did not dare to reach out.
Xiao Siqi is usually a lawless little bully at home. Even the little tiger at home can only bow his head and let him manipulate him obediently.
But even so, he was used to being domineering at home, but he did not dare to treat Huatou like that.
Because Huatou not only looks aloof, but also ferocious. Unlike other animals in the house, he doesn't give the little guy any face at all.
In the past, Xiao Siqi, with his temperament of a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, had sex twice, but he was beaten back both times.
As a result, until now, the little guy no longer dares to offend this fierce god.
Hua Tou stayed in the boat for a while, and suddenly flew out like a sharp arrow.
When it touched the water, the claws originally hidden in the feathers on its abdomen quickly stretched out and submerged into the water.
When he came out of the water again, Huatou had already caught a big fish in his claws, which was about five fingers wide.
This flying hunting speed was not only seen by Zhang An and the others, but also by many people on other boats and even on the shore, who were now exclaiming and applauding Huatou.
After Huatou caught the food, he did not return to the boat, but flew back home.
“Dad, let’s go.”
Just when the two little guys were thinking about what they were doing, they had just been clamoring for a boat ride, and now they have just floated back and forth for two times, and it’s nothing. I became interested and shouted to get off the boat and go ashore.
Although Ding Zijie is an older brother, he has always been led by Xiao Siqi.
When he saw little Siqi shouting to get off the boat, he also followed suit.
“Okay, okay, be quiet and get off the boat right away. You two are really blessed and don’t know how lucky you are. Look at the many children on the shore who want to come up and are queuing up. You are still picking and choosing here. "
The two little guys were so loud that they gave Zhang An a headache after just a while.
In the end we could only follow their wishes and sail the boat towards the dock.
(End of this chapter)