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The young lady was very quick and quickly packed up the things the man wanted: "A total of 4010 coins."

The man was about to pay when the young lady started calculating the discount on her abacus: "Brother, you have collected 13 300 coins in total. We will give you another 13 30 coins off, which means 4010 coins minus 390 coins, for a total of 3620 coins."

“……”The man was confused.

Why is it 3620? Isn't the big bar alone 3200? So I bought a lot of things, including five catties of salt, one catty of sugar, and other soaps, and it was only 420 Wen?

"Here, how many lottery tickets can I get?" The man hesitated.

"Four! You bought something worth four strings of cash."

"Young lady." The man said sternly, "Tell me the truth, won't you lose money if you do this? If Liuweizhai is gone, where can we buy cheap and good salt?"

"Puchi——" The young lady couldn't help laughing, took out the lottery ticket and handed it to the man: "Brother, don't worry, there is money in the village!"

After packing up each item, the young lady tied them up with hemp rope and tied them to the crossbar of the bicycle.

"Just push the cart."

The man looked distressed: "Don't crush it."

"It's okay, there's no problem with a young lady sitting on this bar!"

After a while, the man came out in a daze, pushing his bicycle with both hands, under the envious gazes of the people in the queue.

The lottery ticket was very delicate, with colorful pictures printed on it.

And if you look closely, you will see that it is not paint at all, but a pattern made up of fine lines. The craftsmanship is so superb that it is amazing.

The man pushed his bicycle to the lottery table and handed the lottery ticket to the lady in charge of the lottery.

The young lady took the lottery ticket, dipped her finger in the bowl at hand, and then smeared it on a corner of the lottery ticket, and the words "Nu Zhuang" gradually emerged.

The man was stunned. Who could imitate this?

"Okay, no problem!" The young lady threw the voucher into the manual shredder and shredded it: "Brother, come and draw four wax balls!"

"That lottery ticket is ruined?" The man looked distressed. How could it be ruined when it was so beautiful?

"There's no other way. It's to prevent people from exchanging it multiple times!"

The young lady sighed, then took out another ticket from under the table: "Here, brother, I'll give you a commemorative ticket."

The commemorative ticket looked no different from a lottery ticket, except that the word "commemorative" was printed on it.

"Will this ticket change color when it gets wet?"

The young lady smiled: "No!"

Man: "..."

Carefully hiding the commemorative ticket, the man reached his hand into the round hole on the wooden box.

Then take out four wax balls.

"Brother, you can draw the prize yourself." The young lady handed the hammer, awl and other tools needed for drawing the prize to the man, with anticipation in her eyes.

This is the first person to come to draw the lottery.

The man's palms were sweating and his forehead was sweating.

He took the tool and carefully smashed the wax ball, then took out the wood chips inside.

"What is this?" He could not read, so he handed the piece of wood to the young lady to look at.

"Oh! Brother, you are lucky. Here is half a pound of oil." After the young lady said this, she broke the wood chips and threw them into a box under the table that was specially used to recycle wood chips, the kind that only takes in but not out.

Then he shouted behind him: "Shi Tou, bring me half a pound of oil!"

Zhao Chengyi heard this and came over with a small pottery jar in his hand: "Aunt, you said you would call me Zhao Chengyi. It would be so embarrassing if my students heard it!"

When he was teaching pinyin and numbers in the village, everyone called him Mr. Zhao!

Even the village chief has to call him Master!

"Okay, okay, I know I was wrong, and I'll remember it next time!"

The man was still dazed after getting the oil.

This is half a pound of oil! It must be about 70 or 80 cents, right? And I also gave him a small pottery jar...

"Brother, keep driving!" the young lady reminded.

The man came to his senses, became a little agitated, and continued to drive the second one.

"Oh, this is good too." The young lady said, "It's a pound of salt."

This is forty cents!

The man was numb, not numb from pain, but from excitement.

He continued to open the third wax ball.

"Brother, you are so lucky." The young lady looked at the wood chips and spoke with envy.

It’s not that I envy the guy for getting the good stuff, but I envy his luck.

"This is a pound of first-class tea!"

"Hiss——" The people standing behind the man took a deep breath. How expensive is first-grade tea?

Two strings of cash is a lot, and in more remote places it can be sold for three or four strings of cash!

The man was at a loss, his family didn't drink tea either!

"Brother." A man standing behind the man immediately called out to him. He was wearing gorgeous robes and did not look like an ordinary person.

"I am willing to pay 2300 coins for the tea in your hand."

Man: "..."

He brought ten strings of money today, just waiting to spend it all, but what about now?

"Okay, I'll sell it to you." The man said in a daze.

The first-grade tea in Liuweizhai is also sold at 2300 wen per catty, but it is often in short supply.

The man in brocade robe immediately gave the man two taels of silver and three hundred coins.

The fourth wax ball was five pieces of toffee, which was pretty good.

Not long after, the man pushed his bicycle out of Liuweizhai. How much money did he spend today?

3620 wen, and then sold tea for 2300 wen.

How much did he buy?

28-ounce candy, salt, sugar, toffee, bean curd sticks, soap, oil, toothbrush, toothpaste, balm...

Oh, I don’t understand!

He pushed his bicycle for three or four miles in a daze, and suddenly slapped his forehead and said, "I forgot to redeem my wife's silver jewelry."

So he pushed the cart back.

On this day, everyone who came to Liuweizhai to buy things came out with a smile on their face but a look of worry on their face.

Everyone felt that they had gotten an advantage.

But they are also worried whether Liuweizhai will lose money.

The man pushed his bicycle back home just when the sun had set. He walked slowly for fear of falling and breaking his things.

The woman and the boy were waiting for him at the entrance of the village. When they saw him coming, they ran to greet him.

The man burst into tears.

"What's the matter? Is the car too expensive and you have spent all your money?" The woman looked distressed and wiped the man's tears.

When I saw the man brought a bunch of things, my heart skipped a beat.

Could it be that he still owes money?

"It's okay. Money is a bastard. We can earn it again if we lose it." The woman took the man home and got him some water to cool him down.

The child is sensible and follows the adults without saying a word.

"No." The man shook his head, took out a piece of candy from his pocket, peeled off the candy wrapper and stuffed it into the child's mouth.

The child immediately became happy, and the food was sweet and fragrant.

The woman felt sorry for the candy, but didn't say anything.

That candy was as big as a thumb, how could I eat it all in one go?

The man took advantage of the woman's inattention, peeled another candy, and stuffed it into her mouth, earning her a glare.

"I didn't spend much money today!" The man took out a silver hairpin and tied it up for his wife's hair.

"Liuweizhai had an event, and I was lucky enough to win a pound of tea in the lottery, which I sold for more than two strings of cash. In the end, I calculated and found that I had spent more than one string of cash."

The woman heaved a sigh of relief, then glared at the man again: "Then why are you crying? You made me worry for nothing."

"Hey!" The man scratched his head and grinned.

“I just feel that good days are coming.”