Chapter 602: There is no coincidence in the world!!!
The Spring Festival begins with the busy shopping for New Year’s goods.

In this era when e-commerce had not yet emerged and online shopping was still just a fantasy, the whole family rushing to the market became the most special and warmest ceremony to welcome the New Year.

The 28th day of the twelfth lunar month is the last big market before the New Year.

Early in the morning, Liu Jingzhai brought his grandson Zhong Xiaowei to the market near his home to buy New Year’s goods.

Although given the Liu family’s conditions, they may not lack anything.

Even if the family is short of something, the major supermarkets and trading companies owned by the family can bring it to the house.

There is no need to go out and buy things in person, but Liu Jingzhai likes to do so. He feels that buying New Year goods in person is the way to get the festive atmosphere.

As soon as he stepped into the market, the bustling atmosphere instantly ignited the fire of joy in Yan Bugui’s heart.

In the market, the crowd is bustling, you next to me, I next to you, everyone’s shouting and laughter, like lively notes, interweave into a cheerful New Year’s movement, playing in everyone’s heart.

Big red lanterns, hung high above the market, look like ripe red persimmons, swaying gently in the breeze.

The warm red light gently illuminates people’s hopeful faces, as if expressing their beautiful expectations for the new year.

In front of the Spring Festival couplet stall, the scent of ink wafts in the air, and the newly written couplets sway gently in the breeze. Every stroke and every flow seems to carry people’s earnest expectations and good wishes for the New Year.

Liu Jingzhai stopped to gaze, savoring the charm of the stall owner’s writing. He nodded slightly, secretly praising in his heart: “This stall owner’s calligraphy is indeed quite skillful.”

He pointed at the couplet and asked gently, “Little boss, how much is this couplet?”

The middle-aged stall owner looked up and smiled warmly: “Old sir, I don’t sell couplets individually, two yuan a pair.”

Liu Jingzhai heard this and a smile flashed in his eyes: “Okay, I have many rooms at home, just give me twenty sets!”

The stall owner was stunned and a little surprised: “Twenty pairs? Old man, did I hear it right?”

Liu Jingzhai nodded affirmatively: “Yes, I heard it right, that’s twenty pairs!”

The stall owner couldn’t help but smile curiously and asked, “Wow! How big is this in your hometown?”

Liu Jingzhai laughed and waved his hands: “Haha, it’s OK, my family is big and lively!”

After hearing this, the stall owner’s eyes flashed with realization, and he asked with a little respect: “Excuse me, old sir, is your surname Liu?”

Liu Jingzhai smiled and nodded, with a kind look on his face.

Watching the backs of Liu Jingzhai and his grandson walking away, the middle-aged stall owner couldn’t help but mutter to himself: “No wonder, Liujiazhuang is indeed the most prosperous family with the surname Liu.” There was some emotion in his tone, and it was obvious that he was quite familiar with the past of Liujiazhuang.

After buying the Spring Festival couplets, Liu Jingzhai brought his grandson Zhong Xiaowei, who was clamoring to buy firecrackers, to the firecracker area.

Don’t be fooled by these firecrackers with simple packaging and ordinary appearance. Once they are lit, the crackling sound can instantly bring the atmosphere of the Spring Festival to the extreme. They are definitely the well-deserved “atmosphere maker”, carrying everyone’s enthusiasm and expectations for the New Year.

The area for buying firecrackers has the most people, and there are huge crowds of people in front of each stall.

In the 1990s, the regulations on setting off firecrackers were not that strict. Firecrackers could be set off almost everywhere, and the air was filled with the sound of firecrackers.

The atmosphere during the Spring Festival is particularly strong. Not only can firecrackers be set off during the Spring Festival, but also on New Year’s Eve, the first day of the New Year, and the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, all of which are inseparable from the sound of firecrackers.

Not only during the Chinese New Year, people will also buy firecrackers in advance and prepare to set them off again on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

Many businesses selling firecrackers will continue to sell firecrackers even if the Chinese New Year has passed, as long as it is still the first month of the lunar year, because business is always good.

Nowadays, there are a lot of children in the family, and they all like to play with firecrackers.

It is during this time of year that the fireworks and firecrackers business is particularly booming, and the vendors are very busy.

Jia Xiaodang’s cousin Qin Huimin is very young, only in her early twenties.

After graduating from junior high school, the girl entered society early and began to make a living independently.

Although Qin Huimin did not have a high level of education, with her cleverness and business acumen, she decisively seized the opportunity and plunged into the small business of fireworks and firecrackers, and her business was booming.

Old customers like to call Xiaodang’s cousin Qin Huimin “Xiao Min”. She looks so cute and lovely!

Although Xiao Min’s family conditions are not very good, it still cannot conceal her beautiful temperament.

I have to say that the Qin family has really good genes. Xiao Min’s eldest aunt Qin Huairu and younger aunt Qin Jingru were once famous beauties in the area. Xiao Min is no worse than these two elders when they were young.

Although Xiao Min’s family is not well off, she is a very hardworking and motivated child.

Even though Xiao Min knew that her aunt Qin Huairu was doing well now, she never thought of relying on her aunt. Instead, she chose to start her own business.

Xiao Min has been thinking about what kind of business can make money quickly, and finally decided to do it herself.

Once, Xiao Min came to Liujiazhuang to visit her cousin Xiao Dang. She found that the market here was very prosperous, with a wide variety of goods.

Especially during the Spring Festival, the market is full of stalls selling firecrackers, and each stall is decorated very luxuriously.

Last year, Qin Huimin finally made up her mind to use the 4000 yuan she earned from working to purchase a batch of goods. If the sales are good, it is expected that she can sell more than yuan, and the net profit can reach about to yuan.

By this calculation, you can earn the equivalent of others’ annual salary in just over ten days, which is really exciting.

The firecrackers piled up like a small mountain.

There were quite a rich variety of them, including all kinds of fireworks, firecrackers, flash bombs, magic bombs, double-kick firecrackers, and the particularly popular firecrackers at that time. There were so many kinds that it was dazzling to see.

At the beginning, although Xiao Min’s stall was not small, the business was not very good.

Qin Xiaomin’s family situation is also very bad. Her father has passed away, leaving behind an old mother in poor health. Life is very tight and she has to support them all by herself.

This little girl is really hardworking. She gets up at 4:30 every morning and drives her three-wheeled motorcycle to Liujiazhuang to sell firecrackers.

After arriving at the place, Xiao Min moved the goods down and placed them neatly. She completed the whole process by herself, which was really not easy.

After setting up the stall, Xiao Min has to start dealing with customers and sit there for the whole day.

The winters these years are particularly cold. The cold is unbearable and can only be described as “gritting cold”.

Qin Huimin was dressed warmly, with a large cotton jacket on the outside, and just sat there.

In the beginning, business was not very good. I was reluctant to spend money on lunch and could only eat a bowl of noodles to pay for it. Life was really not easy.

By this year, Qin Xiaomin had become more and more proficient in the firecracker business. With experience, her business started to improve a lot.

In the days before the New Year, Xiao Min set up stalls in Liujiazhuang to sell goods. Here, Xiao Min’s business is surprisingly good. On the one hand, it is because she is good at speaking and is good at selling;

On the other hand, his enthusiasm and vitality also attracted many customers, especially some male customers, who like to come to him to buy things.

Today is the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, and Qin Huimin still came to Liujiazhuang to attend the market.

After finishing this episode, Qin Huimin can have a complete rest.

However, at this moment, five or six young men suddenly came. They were all wearing military coats, holding cigarettes in their mouths, and standing in front of the stall with ferocious looks.

Xiao Min was busy sorting the goods. When she saw someone coming, she immediately walked over with a smile on her face:

“Hello, buddy, do you want to buy some firecrackers?”

“Girl, you’ve been selling firecrackers here for a few days now. I remember seeing you here before. It’s been almost half a month. Who allowed you to sell here? Did you get anyone’s approval?”

“Brother, aren’t they all selling here? The people over there are also selling here!”

“That’s over there, you are you, I know everyone over there, they paid me, why don’t you pay? Also, who did you greet? You’ve been selling here for half a month, right?”

“Brother, what do you mean? It has indeed been sold for half a month.”

“It seems like you’ve made a lot of money in the past half month. I see you have a lot of goods piled up here. Let me tell you, you have to pay a fine of 1000 yuan.”

“Brother, please be merciful. This is just a small business. I make a little money from it. My mother is still in the hospital. Our family is not well off. It’s really hard. Brother, please don’t make things difficult for me. I’m a girl and I really don’t understand these things.” “Don’t talk nonsense to me. Am I negotiating with you? I’m telling you, hurry up and give me 1000 yuan. If you pay me one cent less, don’t blame me for overthrowing your stall. Do you believe it? I’m going to make it impossible for you to do business here!”

“Brother, I haven’t sold 1000 yuan this morning!” Xiao Min saw that these people were not easy to deal with. As a girl, she didn’t want to suffer a loss, so she quickly begged for mercy.
“That’s easy. What’s so difficult about it? Just use firecrackers to counter it. Go, get a box of firecrackers. You two, go in and carry out a box of firecrackers!” The leader was willing to let Xiao Min go easily.

As soon as he finished speaking, the four younger brothers behind him immediately took action, picking up the most valuable and the most conspicuous fireworks, and picked them up with a clang: “Brother, where should we put this?”

“Hurry up, hurry up, bring it back to me!” As soon as this voice sounded, the scene immediately became chaotic.

This market is Jin Laofei’s world. He will not be merciful to you just because you are a good person.

When it comes to Jin Laofei, people call him Boss Jin, Fat Brother, or Fat Boy.

He was very fat, with the flesh on his face drooping, and he looked like a pig that had become a spirit.

He pointed at the people carrying large and small bags and said, “You, move all these things back to me!” As soon as he finished speaking, the four young men immediately started to work.

If you were a little girl and saw this situation, you would definitely rush up to stop them. Why would they snatch the firecrackers that I worked so hard to buy?
Just when everyone was arguing, Fatty Jin had no sympathy at all. He waved his big hand and slapped Xiao Min directly in the face.

This slap directly knocked Xiao Min to the ground.

She was thin to begin with, and when she fell, her head hit hard on the stone steps on the side of the road.

It’s so cold today that the human body is particularly vulnerable to injury.

A deep wound immediately appeared on Xiao Min’s head.

She was beaten so hard that she was dizzy and sat on the ground, holding her head and crying loudly:

“Please stop snatching, please stop snatching!”

Xiao Min sat there, tears streaming down her face, not because of the pain, but because of the difficulty of life.

She really couldn’t understand why she was always so unlucky. The sadness that welled up from the bottom of her heart made her unable to control herself.

I watched the five excited young men carry away box after box of firecrackers, even those terrifyingly large fireworks.

Fatty Jin actually waved his hand, looking a little angry, and Huo Min’s forehead immediately turned red.

However, despite this treatment, he did not back down at all, but pointed at the person in front of him and shouted, “Hey, I’m talking to you, do you hear me?”

“Brother, what do you mean by that?”

“I’m telling you, let’s just forget about today’s matter, but if you dare to set up a stall here to sell firecrackers in the future, you’d better give me the money right away, do you understand?

Your firecrackers are firecrackers, and money is money, don’t confuse them! Now, you can go!”

After saying these words, Jin Laofei took the young men and quickly left the scene, leaving Xiao Min alone there in a daze.

Liu Jingzhai saw the whole scene. If it were in the past, with his hatred of evil, he would have stepped forward without hesitation to seek justice for the little girl.

However, Liu Jingzhai is now over 80 years old, with old arms and legs, and he is accompanied by his young great-grandson. It doesn’t matter if something happens to him, but the child must not have any mishaps.

Therefore, the old man had to suppress his anger and watched the group of people leave arrogantly, but he was already furious in his heart.

“Girl, are you okay? Do you want to get some bandages?” Liu Jingzhai walked forward and comforted her gently.

Qin Huimin looked up and saw that the old man in front of her had kind eyes and was wearing a pair of black-framed glasses. He looked like a university professor, and she immediately felt a liking for him.

“Uncle, thank you, but you see I can’t leave this stall.” She pointed at her messy stall and said embarrassedly.

Liu Jingzhai smiled and said, “Little girl, if you trust me, I will help you watch the stall while you go to the clinic next door to treat your wound. It’s New Year’s Day, don’t let the wound get infected…”

Xiao Min was very moved when she heard this. This old man whom she didn’t even recognize was such a good person.

“Uncle, thank you very much!” Xiao Min kept bowing to Liu Jingzhai.

“Hey, it’s okay, girl, it’s not that serious, go quickly!” Liu Jingzhai helped Xiao Min, who didn’t know how to thank him, up.

Fortunately, there was a clinic nearby, so Qin Huimin went in and simply treated the wound with gauze. After coming back, despite the headache, she insisted on continuing her business.

Liu Jingzhai looked at the girl in front of him, and couldn’t help but feel pity for her, so he offered to help: “Girl, I just want to buy some firecrackers, how much do you sell them for?”

Qin Huimin smiled with gratitude: “Uncle, you helped me a lot just now. I don’t know how to thank you. How about this, I’ll give you a few strings of firecrackers?”

Liu Jingzhai waved his hands quickly, saying firmly, “How can this be possible? You are a small business owner, it’s not easy to begin with, not to mention you’ve suffered such a huge loss. How can I feel good about this?”

Seeing Liu Jingzhai’s insistence, Qin Huimin stopped refusing: “Well, sir, you can pick whatever you want. I’ll give you the cost price as a thank you.”

Liu Jingzhai shook his head and said generously: “Don’t bother me. I have plenty of money. Calculate for me, how much would it cost to buy all these fireworks?”

Qin Huimin’s eyes widened in surprise when she heard this: “Ah? You want to buy them all?”

“Yes!” Liu Jingzhai nodded affirmatively.

“No, do you need so much in your hometown?”

“Haha, my family is big, and your fireworks may not be enough!”

“Here, here, sir, do you have it?” Qin Huimin pointed to her head.

Liu Jingzhai’s face darkened and he said: “…”

In the end, Liu Jingzhai spent four thousand yuan to buy all the remaining fireworks and firecrackers from Qin Huimin.

Afterwards, Qin Huimin drove a three-wheeled motorcycle and personally delivered the goods to Liu Jingzhai’s home.

“Girl, come and have some hot tea to warm yourself up!” The kind-hearted old lady Deng Ru was filled with sympathy after hearing about Qin Huimin’s unfortunate experience, and she greeted her warmly.

Qin Huimin took the teacup with both hands and said softly, “Hey, thank you, grandma.”

“Girl, what’s your name? Where are you from?” Deng Ru looked at Qin Huimin carefully. Not only did she feel a bit favorable towards her, but she also felt an indescribable familiarity between her eyebrows.

“Grandma, my name is Qin Huimin, and my home is in Qinjiazhuang.” Qin Huimin’s eyebrows were curved, and her smile showed a bit of kindness and innocence.

After hearing this, Deng Ru’s heart was suddenly moved: “Oh, you are from Qinjiazhuang, and your last name is Qin. Do you know Qin Huairu and Qin Jingru?”

“Ah? Grandma, do you know my elder and younger aunts?” Qin Huimin opened her eyes wide in surprise, with a hint of surprise and curiosity in her tone.

“I know her, how could I not know her! Not only do I know your aunt, I also know that your father’s name is Qin Huaihe, right?” Deng Ru said with a smile, her tone revealing surprise. It’s really no coincidence.

“Yeah, that’s right!” Qin Huimin nodded repeatedly. She was also surprised in her heart. She didn’t expect that the two old men in front of her were old acquaintances of her family.

In this way, Liu Jingzhai began to tell Qin Huimin about the past.

“Xiao Min, don’t worry. No one has ever dared to bully others in our Liujia Village. This group of people must have appeared recently. We will never sit idly by and watch.”

“Don’t worry, I will definitely seek justice for you!” Liu Jingzhai was already angry, and as he got older he couldn’t help but feel nostalgic. How could he swallow this anger when he saw his old neighbor’s family being bullied right under his nose?

Having said that, Liu Jingzhai got up and went to the study to make a phone call.

Of course, Liu Jingzhai did not call his eldest son Liu Zhiye. This matter was not worth his personal involvement.

Liu Jingzhai called his nephew Liu Shuqing.

Liu Shuqing is now the leader of the Liujiazhuang Branch.

“Shuqing, how can you be a leader? We have such a mess on the streets of Liujiazhuang and you don’t do anything about it?”

“Uncle, please don’t be angry. Just tell me what you want to say!”

(End of this chapter)