Chapter 19 I’ll buy two
Dad Le held the tomato in his hand and put it to his mouth. At first he heard the slightly urgent sound behind him, and turned his head subconsciously. He saw three or four people standing on the side of the waiting room door, looking at him. He looked there conditionedly. tomatoes in hand.
Le Yun's hearing was super sensitive. She had already known that someone was coming, and she knew who it was from the conversation. At this moment, she also pretended to turn around and blinked: "Tang County... Chief?"
The little girl's tone seemed to be a little surprised and confused, which attracted the attention of County Magistrate Tang and his entourage. Everyone looked at her and saw that this girl had bright eyes and long teeth. She was so charming.
"County... County Magistrate?" Le's father stood up in shock. He forgot his crutches, lost his balance, and leaned to one side.
Le Yun, who reacted quickly, jumped up and supported her father to prevent him from falling.
People in the waiting room in twos and threes also looked at the door. Whether they had seen the county magistrate on TV or had never watched the news, they all stood up subconsciously.
"Fellows, sit down, you're welcome. I'm waiting for the bus too." Mr. Tang County is a bit short, with an altitude of less than 1.7 meters. He has a simple and honest face, is slightly fat, and has a very approachable smile.
The men and women sat down again. The country folk had never seen a big shot before. Meeting the county magistrate was similar to the ancient villagers meeting the magistrate. They felt uneasy and did not dare to speak loudly. They were very restrained.
County Magistrate Tang greeted everyone, walked to the Le family father and daughter with a smile, and held Le's father's hand: "Fellow, sit down, but I was too reckless, and you were shocked."
Dad Le smiled naively, sat down, and handed over the tomatoes he was holding: "County magistrate, quench your thirst."
As soon as he raised his hand, he blushed in embarrassment. His hand was very rough.
"Thank you, fellow man." County Magistrate Tang took the tomato from the man's hand, rubbed it in his hands, put it to his mouth and took a bite. The bite was overflowing with sweetness and mouth watering.
"It's delicious! It's crispy, sweet and fragrant. It's so delicious. When I first smelled it, it felt like the taste I remembered when I was a child. It tastes even more delicious than what I remembered. My fellow countryman, this is what you grew at home. "?" County Magistrate Tang took a few bites, ate half of it, and was full of praise.
Several of the entourage swallowed quietly.
Lele’s dad patted his head honestly: “This was bought by my Lele.”
He looked at his daughter again and saw that his girl was holding a backpack with a guarded look on her face. He was choked by what he had not said yet. He almost wanted to say, "I still have some here, you can try it again."
"Is this little classmate your daughter? How old is she? How old are you in school?" Magistrate Tang looked at the young female student, who looked like a primary school student.
"I am fourteen years old today, and I am a senior in high school." Le Yun hugged her backpack and heard the sound of people swallowing saliva. She felt that she might not be able to keep the red wine she gave to her father.
"She's in her senior year of high school. What a good boy... Ah, fourteen years old, a senior year of high school?" County Magistrate Tang replied smoothly. He suddenly came back to his senses and looked at the pretty girl in surprise. She was in her third year of high school at such a young age. That's right?
"My daughter used to skip a grade... She is about to take the college entrance examination. Today is her birthday, so I came to have a meal with her. This child was so stubborn that she insisted on sending me to the car before going back to school to review, as if she was afraid that I would get lost. Like, how can someone as big as me lose it?”
Le's father was very embarrassed. He was afraid that the county magistrate would think that the child did not like to study and would have a bad impression of his daughter, so he quickly explained why he was not in school. People in the waiting room looked at each other. Did they hear it correctly? She was a senior in high school at the age of fourteen, and she was about to take the college entrance examination. How many grades had she skipped before? The school also skipped a grade?
Thinking about their children or the children of relatives who are fourteen years old and still in the first or second grade of junior high school, and then look at that pretty girl, they all immediately feel envious. The children who skipped a grade must have very good grades.
County Magistrate Tang felt that he was a little incompetent. Of course, he didn't show it. He expressed congratulations very sincerely and said that his education was great. He noticed that everyone was looking at the red pomegranate in his hand from time to time, and he quickly removed it. The second one ate it all without wiping his mouth vividly.
"Wow..." The county magistrate had just finished chewing up the remaining tomatoes. A child of about four or five years old who had been staring at him burst into tears. He was crying and making trouble, shouting "I want it, I want it." want".
More than a dozen people in the waiting room were stunned.
The parents, who were in their thirties, were coaxing and persuading the child, but they couldn't handle the child who kept making troubles. The young father had no choice but to hesitate for a moment, then mustered up the courage to walk up to the Le family father and daughter, feeling a little embarrassed. Say: "Little sister, do you have any tomatoes left? Can you share one with me?"
Everyone looked at the Le family's father and daughter, Le's father looked at his child, and Le Yun held her backpack in her arms as if to protect her calf, saying nothing.
"Lele? Let's share one with him?" Lele's father felt embarrassed when others saw him, so he hesitated to discuss it with his little cotton-padded jacket.
"No, don't give away good food that costs ten yuan a pound." Le Yun firmly refused. She was joking. Why should she give away what she worked so hard to grow? When she was a child, she coveted things that others had, but who gave them to her?
"Ten yuan a pound?" Everyone was surprised again. Tomatoes cost ten yuan a pound. Is this wrong?
The young man stood there, unable to leave or stay, which was extremely embarrassing.
"Little classmate, where did you buy it? Why is it so expensive?" County Magistrate Tang quickly came out to change the topic.
"Is it expensive for ten yuan per catty? County magistrate, if you can buy the same thing, I will help you sell it for ten yuan per catty." Le Yun hugged the backpack and protected it properly, determined not to give the bag to her father. , once the package is in his hands, every tomato will be carved up.
"Well, I really can't find such a pure taste. Even the purest taste in my hometown, Glong Province, is not as good as this." County Magistrate Tang was turned against him, and he happily admitted that he couldn't do it.
"That's it, you get what you pay for. This price is not randomly shouted by the tomato seller. It is the price voluntarily given by the buyer. I heard that it is a big boss who runs a company in the city. He came here by accident. I met an old man who grew tomatoes in Fang County. I ate one and wrapped the old man's tomatoes. He bought as many as he could. Moreover, the big boss drove to the county to get them by himself every time. Just think about it and you will know how rare this thing is. ”
Le Yun had never lied many times since she was a child, and this time she lied to the end. Anyway, she was telling nonsense all by herself, and no one else knew about it.
Everyone was so embarrassed that they even drove all the way from the city to get the tomatoes. They were indeed rich and willful people.
The child was still crying and the young man couldn't make any progress. After thinking about it, he took out ten dollars from his pocket and said, "Little sister, I'll buy two from you."
(End of chapter)