Chapter 54 Shu Liu

The strawberries were too expensive, and they were just street food, so the onlookers just looked but didn’t buy.

Although people in the county were rich, they weren’t fools. If the strawberries were sold in a famous shop, even if they were expensive, people would buy them. But this was a street stall, and they were sold by the piece, five copper coins were enough to buy a big bowl of plain noodles, who would be willing to spend so much money on a single strawberry.

Although they were reluctant, many customers were still tempted after tasting the strawberries, but seeing that Shen Nian, although small, was very shrewd, no matter how much they tried to haggle, she wouldn’t lower the price, so they gave up.

But a little girl of seven or eight years old didn’t give up. Seeing that her mother wouldn’t buy her strawberries, she went all out and took a big bite out of a strawberry from the basket.

“Ah! My strawberry, little sister, you didn’t pay, you can’t eat it.” Shen Nian cried out in time, looking like she was about to cry.

The little girl’s mother had no choice but to buy the strawberry.

The little girl, taking advantage of the situation, grabbed another strawberry and stuffed it into her mouth, exclaiming: “Delicious, it’s so delicious! Mom, I want more, this strawberry is so sweet!”

“You naughty child, how can you be so naughty.” The woman was angry, she lightly slapped the girl’s head twice, and then paid for the strawberries.

Besides buying the one the little girl had eaten, she also bought two more, and she tasted one herself.

“Oh! It’s so sweet, this taste is so addictive!” The woman’s eyes lit up, this was the best fruit she had ever eaten: “It’s much more satisfying than just tasting a small bite with a toothpick!”

The little girl giggled: “Mom, let’s buy more if it’s delicious! Just a few of these, they don’t even fill my stomach, I’m even more greedy!”

The woman resisted the urge to buy and quickly pulled her daughter away: “Buy what, you’ve almost spent all our grocery money today, come on, let’s go, no more buying, absolutely no more buying!”

Although she said so, after pulling her daughter a few steps, she smacked her lips, couldn’t resist turning back and asked Wei Shi: “When will you come to sell strawberries next time?”

Wei Shi was stunned and said: “Next, next time?” She didn’t know either, the strawberries in the field hadn’t ripened yet!

Shen Nian answered: “My family doesn’t grow many strawberries, after this time, it will probably be three days before we have more to sell, and the quantity is limited, just a few more jin than today.”

The woman nodded: “Okay, I know! I’ll come back to buy some next time.”

She gave Shen Nian a thumbs up: “Little girl, you are very capable.”

Shen Nian smiled sweetly: “Thank you, auntie, for the compliment.”

The word “auntie” made the woman laugh out loud, at her age, she was usually called “auntie” or “auntie”, the little girl calling her “auntie” made her feel like she was a few years younger.

The woman was happy and came back to buy two more strawberries, Shen Nian generously gave her one, completely capturing the woman’s heart.

The woman pulled her daughter away, and the little girl reluctantly shouted to Shen Nian as she left: “Little sister, you must come to sell strawberries in three days, I’ll be waiting for you! We’ll meet again!”

She was going to save all her allowance to buy strawberries.

Shen Nian answered loudly.

This scene moved many passersby, and a few people couldn’t resist gritting their teeth and coming over to buy a few strawberries.

Some bought one, some bought two, no one dared to buy more.

After selling half a jin of strawberries, Shen Nian looked up and saw three people standing in front of her. Each of them was holding a scallion pancake, obviously from the pancake stall.

She recognized one of the three, he was the opening customer when her family first sold scallion pancakes, later her father and second brother came to the county, her third uncle and third aunt set up a stall at the market entrance, and she bought pancakes from her third uncle every day, after she became familiar with him, her third aunt knew his name was Chunxi.

Chunxi stood behind two people, one was a handsome young man of fourteen or fifteen years old, and the other was an old man of fifty or sixty years old, they looked like grandfather and grandson, they were simply dressed, but their temperament was extraordinary.

In just a moment, Shen Nian made a judgment in her heart, these two people were not ordinary people.

She called out to Chunxi: “Sister Chunxi, long time no see, you look even better than last time!”

Chunxi giggled: “You little girl, you have such a sweet mouth! You still remember me after so long, and you even know my name.”

Shen Nian smiled and said: “My third aunt said you go to her stall to buy scallion pancakes every day, you are her big customer, I heard my third aunt talk about you, so I remembered.”

The young man squatted down, his eyes full of smiles as he looked at Shen Nian: “At such a young age, you are so eloquent and good at making people happy, you little girl are really like a little fox.”

Shen Nian tilted her head: “Handsome brother, even if I’m a little fox, I’m a cute little fox.”

The young man chuckled: “You are quite cute, just a little black.”

Shen Nian pouted: “I’m not black! This is a healthy color, it’s a good skin color that protects me and keeps me from getting sick.”

The young man was amused: “Hahaha, you little kid, you have such a good mouth, you even say it’s a healthy color, haha, oh! I can’t help it, if there were no one else, I really want to hug you and kiss you.”

Shen Dong pulled Shen Nian behind him: “That won’t do, men and women should not be too familiar.”

The young man laughed: “Big brother, I was just teasing her, you don’t have to be nervous.”

He looked at Shen Nian: “Your father is so good to you.”

Shen Nian nodded: “I’m the family’s treasure.”

The young man couldn’t help but laugh again.

The old man beside him tugged at his sleeve: “You talk too much, I told you to buy strawberries, not to tease children, go away.”

The young man said: “Dad, I don’t want to tease her either, but this little girl is really fun, I like her so much!”

Shen Nian looked at him: “I like you too, you are very handsome, even more handsome than my older brother.”

But my older brother is more masculine than you.

Shen Nian didn’t say this, she was afraid of angering the little “brother” in front of her.

The young man raised an eyebrow: “Really? Then since we like each other, you should give me a few strawberries.”

Shen Nian covered her heart with a hurt expression: “I worked so hard to get tanned and grow these few strawberries, you actually want to eat them for free, little brother, you can’t bully people like this! I’m so cute, so weak, so small, how can you bear to do this! We like each other, you should show some appreciation! How can you bully me! Woo! You’ve broken my heart!”

As she spoke, her eyes shifted, and she saw a figure in the distance.

It was Zhang Ying, who had peeked at her mother before, she was in the same group as Ma Chenggong and Bai Xiaohui.

Why is she here?

Is she here for her mother, or someone else?

The young man was stunned!

This little girl is really good at acting.

Not only was the young man surprised, but the old man beside him was also surprised, as well as Chunxi, Wei Shi, and Shen Dong.

The young man took a long time to find his voice: “Little girl, you’re making me feel sorry for you with your pitiful act!”

Shen Nian pouted: “If you feel sorry for me, buy some strawberries.”

The young man and the old man were both amused and laughed, they didn’t even taste them, they directly bought thirty strawberries.

Shen Nian and Wei Shi carefully packed them in a small bamboo basket, the basket was free.

Chunxi took the basket and paid.

The young man asked Shen Nian: “Little girl, what’s your name?”

Shen Nian looked at him with big, innocent eyes: “Do you want to be friends with me? Friends tell each other their names.”

The young man laughed and nodded: “Yes, yes, I want to be friends with you.”

Shen Nian said: “Then tell me your name first.”

The young man was stunned, then he was even happier: “Okay, I’ll tell you, my name is Shu Liu, Liu from willow tree, you can call me Brother Liu, this is my father, you can call him Uncle Shu.”

Shen Nian said: “My name is Shen Nian, Nian from warm, this is my father, you can call him Uncle Shen, this is my mother, you can call her Aunt Shen, the one who sells pancakes is my second brother, Shen Xue.”

They had gotten to know each other.

Master Shu stood aside, the more he looked at this child, Shen Nian, the more satisfied he felt.

While Shen Nian and Shu Liu were talking, there was a sudden commotion in the distance.

Shen Nian and the others turned their heads and saw a runaway carriage charging towards them.