The modern fortune-telling history of a small shopkeeper

"You eat, you eat, I'm not hungry." Uncle Qiao waved his hand, let the children eat, and drank two sips of water himself.

From what I ate in the morning to now, how can I not be hungry!

Qiao Mingyong didn't believe it, so he stuffed the broken half of the sesame seed cakes directly to his father, took a bite of the sesame seed cakes, hummed, and said, "It's really delicious, dad, eat it to see if it's delicious."

"Stinky boy." Uncle Qiao laughed, why didn't he know it was delicious?But since it was his son's kindness, he had no choice but to accept it.

Seeing that the elder nephew was watching the biscuits not moving, Uncle Qiao took half of the biscuits given by his son in his hand, sat down on the low stool, and said to the nephews and the others: "Eat it, you guys, it won't be so delicious when it gets cold." gone."

The third younger sister Qiao and the fourth younger brother Qiao had never eaten such a thing as biscuit since they were so old. They looked at the biscuit in elder brother's hand eagerly, and they wanted to eat it.

"Okay, thank you uncle." Qiao Minglang couldn't help laughing when he saw the two younger brothers and sisters looking at the biscuits in his hand. One biscuit was very big, so he broke a biscuit in half and gave half to each of them. , Said: "Take and eat."

"Thank you bro."

Third Sister Qiao happily took her own, and gave half of one to her younger brother. The biscuits were still hot in her hand and smelled delicious. She couldn't wait to take a bite of the biscuits, and narrowed her eyes happily, "It smells so good." ,Delicious."

Qiao Mingcheng took the biscuits with both hands and took a bite, with a big smile on his face, it could be seen that children like to eat biscuits very much.

"There's still half of it here, uncle, you can eat it." Qiao Minglang also broke the biscuit in his hand into two halves, ate half of it himself, and gave half to his uncle.Uncle Qiao waved his hand, but didn't answer.Qiao Minglang gave it to his cousin again, but Qiao Mingyong didn't pick it up. He finished half a biscuit in two bites, still chewing something, and said vaguely, "Just eat it."

Qiao Minglang himself was reluctant to finish a sesame seed cake, so he only ate half of it, and put away the remaining half, thinking of taking it back to give to the small ones left at home.

After eating half of the biscuits, Sanmei Qiao knew that her brother still had half of it, but she didn't dare to ask for it, knowing that it was kept by her brother, and she might take it home to give to her sister and younger brothers and sisters.

The weather is hot in summer, and they are afraid that the tofu and fish balls will go bad, so they open the bags and put them in a cool place to let the air out. Otherwise, they can't buy these things until they are sold out.

At this time of noon, no one is shopping, and everyone is resting.

Uncle Qiao was leaning against the wall behind him, with his hands folded across his chest, and his eyes closed, resting his mind.

After the two little ones finished eating the biscuits, they sat together and fell asleep. Qiao Minglang glanced at the two children, and a smile flickered on the corner of his mouth.Turning around and seeing his cousin looking at them, Qiao Minglang asked his cousin to close his eyes and rest for a while.

"I'm not tired." Qiao Mingyong shook his head and looked at the stall with his cousin.

The two cousins ​​sat together, and no one spoke. No one is buying vegetables now, and the whole vegetable market is quiet.Qiao Minglang raised his hand from time to time to drive away the flying flies, preventing the flies from touching the tofu and fish balls.

After noon, people gradually came to buy vegetables, and the remaining tofu and fish balls in their stalls were sold out, so everyone packed up their things and prepared to go home.At this time, Qiao Mingzhong also came back after selling the bean curd flowers. The 20-year-old boy was willing to let go of his face. He had to be thick-skinned in business, and there was nothing he couldn't sell.

"Are they all sold out?"

"Well, it's sold out."

Uncle Qiao took a puff of his cigarette, and he felt relaxed when the items were sold out.

They put the baskets on the rear rack of the bicycle and placed them in a good place. There was a pole in the middle, with baskets at both ends, and sundries in the baskets.

Seeing that his son was pushing the cart and walking back with them, Uncle Qiao looked at the two young nephews and nieces, and said to his son, "Mingyong, you can drive the two of them back, and I can walk back with Minglang and Mingzhong. "

The two children came with them today, walked all the way when they came, and sold things with them for a day. Uncle Qiao is pitiful for the two children. He followed their adults to go outside to suffer at a young age.

"It's okay, it's okay, just let them walk back with us." Qiao Minglang said hastily.He didn't want to spoil the two children, since he wanted to follow them, he had to be prepared to endure hardships, otherwise he would follow them next time, it wouldn't be a trouble for them.

The two siblings saw what their elder brother meant, and his elder brother wouldn't let them ride in the car, so they didn't dare to climb up.

"We have a car, why don't we take it?" Uncle Qiao carried his little niece, put her on the back rack of the bicycle, and carried his little nephew up.The two children are young and thin, and together they don't weigh as much as a bag of millet.

Both baskets are sold out, so don't worry about breaking anything.

"Okay, you can drive them back, and I'll just walk back with Minglang." Uncle Qiao said to his youngest son, telling them to go back first.

Seeing his uncle's kindness, Qiao Minglang couldn't refuse anymore, and told the two children to sit still and not fall.Qiao Mingyong got on his bicycle and said to his cousin, "Don't worry, I won't let the two of them fall."

"I'm sorry to trouble you, cousin." Qiao Minglang thought that it was because of you that I couldn't be at ease. He didn't forget that on the way here on the first day, this little cousin almost threw them both into the ditch.

He has ridden in the big cousin's car, and the big cousin's car is the one that rides steadily. This little cousin is a little bit uneasy.

"Father, Minglang Mingzhong, let's go first." Qiao Mingyong told his father, then pedaled away on his bicycle, with two children behind him.At first, Qiao Xiaofen was a little afraid that they would fall, but when she realized that she couldn't fall, she relaxed, and there was endless talk along the way.

"Let's go too, we can have dinner when we get back." Seeing his son leaving, Uncle Qiao said.

There was no need to take anything on the way back, Uncle Qiao walked easily.

Qiao Minglang and Qiao Mingzhong followed behind their uncle, and the three of them talked on the road, and they talked about today's business.

Qiao Mingzhong is a flexible mind, and his mind is full of thoughts on how to make more money.

His little cousin, who has been able to read since he was a child, doesn't think that his cousin knows nothing because he is younger than them. The matter of their business was brought up by this little cousin. He thinks that scholars are different. Knowing that he read a little more when he was a child.

On the way back, Qiao Mingzhong pestered his little cousin, wanting to ask him if there was any way to make more money.Qiao Minglang listened, and smiled in his heart, only telling this cousin not to worry, they should take it step by step.

So what my cousin meant was, is there a way to make more money?Qiao Mingzhong reached out and touched his chin.

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By the time they walked back to the village, the sun had moved to the west.

"Brother." The third sister Qiao and the fourth brother Qiao returned to the uncle's house and waited for the elder brother to come back at the uncle's house. When they saw him, they ran over.Qiao Minglang patted the heads of the two children, sat down and took a sip of water, waiting for his breath to calm down.

The fifth uncle and the fifth aunt came to the uncle's house, and after they settled their accounts, they went back to their respective houses.

Qiao Xiaohui, who was at home, heard footsteps coming from outside, and saw her elder brother coming back with her younger brother and younger sister, and went out to open the door for her elder brother.

The twins woke up and played at home after taking a nap. When they saw their elder brothers and sisters coming back, they ran out on short legs, shouting "Brother——Brother—" like two little birds. of.

"Hey, brother heard it." Qiao Minglang looked down at the two little guys hanging on his lap. He came back from a tiring day and couldn't walk with his legs.

Qiao Xiaohui pulled the twins away with a smile, and coaxed: "Good boy, brother is tired, let's let brother come in first."

"Come in, come in."

"Enter."

The twins took the elder brother's hand from left to right, and dragged him into the house.

Qiao Minglang was being dragged away. The two little guys had short legs, and as they were being dragged away, his legs didn't dare to move too far.After going out for a day and coming back, he still misses these two little guys in his heart. Two soft little hands are pulling him, which makes people reluctant to let go.

"Take a look, what is this?"

what is itI don't know each other, the twins have two similar faces, and the two pairs of eyes are staring at their elder brother's hand, and they are rightly staring at the pancake in their elder brother's hand.

"Come and eat. My brother brought you some biscuits back." Qiao Minglang took out the remaining half of the biscuits from the bag, broke them into three portions, gave one to the twins, and gave the last portion to the elder sister.

"eat."

"Well, yes, you can eat it."

The twins have never eaten anything good since they were so old. The two children grew up hungry. Knowing that this is a delicious food, they took the pancakes with both hands and ate them.Qiao Xiaobao's smile is a little naive, silly, and very cute.

Qiao Mingcheng stretched out his hand to pinch his brother's face, Qiao Xiaobao slapped away his annoying hands, and turned his back to his brother, not letting him pinch his face.When it was over, he turned back and wanted to feed the pancakes that were messed up in his hands to his brother, "Brother."

"I don't want it." Qiao Mingcheng turned his face away in disgust, not wanting his brother.

Qiao Xiaomei is not so generous. She is not as generous as her twin brother, who is not as generous as her twin brother.

"Do I have it too?" Qiao Xiaohui was a little surprised.

"Well, we've eaten it, and there's only half of it. When I'm free some other day, I'll make some biscuits for you to eat." Qiao Minglang handed the biscuits over. It's not too difficult to make biscuits, and he can make them too.

Qiao Sanmei said: "Sister, this biscuit is delicious, eat it quickly, we have eaten it."

"En." Qiao Xiaohui reached out to take it, put it in her mouth and took a bite, her throat was a little choked, she hummed, and said, "It's delicious."

"Yes, we also think it's delicious." Qiao Sanmei said with a smile while pulling her elder sister.

"Do you want to eat?" Qiao Xiaohui put the cake to her sister's mouth and asked.

"No more, we've already eaten it, sister, you eat it." Qiao Sanmei shook her head, she ate half of the biscuit herself, her sister only had two mouthfuls, she was too embarrassed to eat her sister's.Seeing her sister eating sesame seed cakes, she secretly swallowed a mouthful of saliva, but she didn't eat her sister's portion after all.