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Chapter 73 Sky-high Longan

There was a lot of noise in front of Lin Tian's stall, and the sounds of women scolding and crying children could be heard.

The little girl who tried Lintian longan just now is called Xiao Le. She finally got her mother to buy longan, but her mother said she couldn't afford it.

However, Xiao Le was unwilling to break her promise to Lin Tian and hugged her mother's legs and refused to leave.

"I told you I don't have money to buy them. I want to eat longans and I'll go back to the village to pick them for you! Keep crying! Keep crying? If you keep crying, mom won't want you anymore!"

Xiaole's mother got tired of scolding and pinched her temples, feeling dizzy.

Xiao Le sobbed and said: "But, I... promised... brother..."

Lin Tian felt a little distressed. This little girl had a good temper.

The young woman grabbed Xiao Le's ears and yelled at her.

"Eat, eat, eat, you know how to eat! Do you know that your family doesn't even have money to buy rice to cook? Your damn dad is still lying in bed and can't make money. There are so many things going on at home. If you don't behave, just forget it.

How much more trouble do you want to cause to the family? I never thought that I would give birth to a disobedient child like you!"

Xiaole's ears hurt and she cried even louder due to being scolded.

This kind of scene is very common in every corner of the countryside. People often beat and scold children in the street.

However, the noise they made was too great, causing many people to gather in front of Lin Tian's stall.

"Look! It's all because of this guy selling longan at an exorbitant price that they started to quarrel."

"Fifty yuan a pound, tsk tsk tsk, I'm going crazy thinking about money."

Everyone looked at the mother and daughter and Lin Tian's stall, pointing, their eyes full of gossip.

Just when Lin Tian wanted to help Xiao Le out, someone in the crowd approached the mother and daughter.

"Xiaofang, what a coincidence? How is your husband's condition recently? Is he feeling better?"

The person the visitor was talking to was none other than Xiao Le's mother, named Xiao Fang. When Xiao Fang saw an acquaintance talking to her, she let go of her hand holding her daughter's ear.

She looked at the person who came. She was a woman in her forties, wearing a decent dress and looking like a manager.

Xiaofang forced a smile on her face and vomited her bitterness to the visitor.

"What a coincidence, Manager He. Alas, the one in my family is not like that. He went to the hospital several times and took medicine and injections, but he didn't feel any better. I just waited for him to sit around and get nothing. Even now I have a headache and feel uncomfortable.

No, when I took my child out to buy something, she still made a fuss. It was really, ugh..."

Manager He looked at Xiao Le who was still sobbing, bent down and said to her: "Xiao Le, do you remember Aunt He? Why are you crying?"

Xiao Le found the steps, wiped her tears with the back of her hand, and said to her: "Aunt He, my uncle tried a longan for me just now. I thought it was delicious, so I asked my mother to come over and buy it, but my mother said

No money to buy..."

When Manager He heard what she said, he said to Xiaofang: "Oh, Xiaofang, it's true. Your child just wants to eat some snacks when he goes shopping. What does it matter? I haven't seen Xiaole for a long time. I

Buy it for her."

With that said, she took Xiao Le to Lin Tian's stall and said without looking away: "Boss, bring me a pound of longan."

Lin Tian took a look at Manager He. She was wearing a well-tailored dress. Few women wore dresses to visit the market.

Most of the women in the towns ride motorcycles and it is inconvenient to wear skirts. This manager He must have driven here, and with the title of manager, he must be a rich man.

Lin Tian pointed to the sign on the car and said quietly: "Sister, my longan sells for 50 yuan a catty. Think about it before buying it."

After hearing this, Manager He raised her eyelids and looked at the sign. When she saw the numbers, her eyes widened.

She didn't expect that someone would sell such expensive fruit in the town market.

Seeing Manager He hesitate, Xiaole pulled her sleeve and said considerately: "Aunt He, isn't it too expensive? Even my mother said she couldn't afford it..."

Listening to the child's pitiful tone, Manager He gritted his teeth. She had let out what she said just now. If she said not to buy it now, it would definitely hurt the child's heart.

Besides, with so many people watching, she couldn't live with her face.

She happily said to Xiao Le: "Xiao Le, it's okay. Aunt He can still afford the little money. Boss, give me a pound."

Her tone was more firm this time.

Lin Tian and Bai Ling looked at each other and knew that their first guest had finally arrived.

When Lin Tian was catching longan and weighing it, Bai Ling took a longan and handed it to Manager He and said to her: "Try the taste, it tastes really good."

Manager He chuckled heartily when he saw Bai Ling's clever promotion tactics.

If it weren't for the sake of saving face, she wouldn't have bought a pound of longan for fifty yuan per pound. It was impossible for this little girl to try to get her to buy more.

She works as a purchasing manager in a boutique supermarket in the city. She has tasted everything purchased in the supermarket. She has never seen any delicacies from the mountains and seas. It is impossible for her to be deceived by such a sky-high price of longan in such a small place.

She was thinking this in her mind, but her expression remained unchanged as she ate the longan handed over by Bai Ling.

As she ate, she felt an unprecedented aroma explode in her mouth. Her mouth was fragrant, and the cells in her whole body were shouting "delicious". It was so delicious that she wanted to keep eating it.

She squinted her eyes and enjoyed it very much.

She admitted that this was the best longan she had ever tasted in the world, and the taste was unparalleled.

At this time, many people had gathered around Lin Tian's stall, and they were all curious about why the first person who bought the sky-high price of longan bought it.

"For fifty yuan a pound of longan, some people actually buy it. It's really a long time since I've seen it."

"The longan from a century-old tree, to put it bluntly, is of poor variety, so it's impossible to be very delicious."

"I can't even give away the old longans I grow at home. If I had known there were fools buying them, I would have sold them too."

"I think this woman is very rich. Maybe she has money but no place to spend it."

The other two stall owners selling longan winked at Lin Tian's joke.

Uncle Qiang sighed. This young man seemed to have a good reputation, but unfortunately his brain was not very flexible. This kind of business could only be a one-size-fits-all deal.

Who knows, the next moment Manager He said something that no one could have imagined.

"Give me one more kilogram, no, no, no, give me nine more kilograms, make up ten kilograms!"

Her words were like dropping a big stone into a calm lake, and the crowd instantly boiled.

Someone commented: "Is this woman a stooge? If she buys 50 yuan of longan, she will have to pay the IQ tax. If she buys 10 jins, is she out of her mind?"

However, there were also people in the crowd who were eager to give it a try.

"Maybe it's really good. You can buy one or two and give it a try."

Someone immediately advised him: "Don't be so petty. If your wife finds out that you bought longan at an exorbitant price, all your private money will be confiscated."
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