Bad luck for people is like getting a bone stuck in their throat while drinking water.
"Crack..."
"Thump... thump-thump..."
Uh, what's that sound? Li Haochen turned his head and exclaimed, "Damn...!"
Startled, he slammed on the brakes. The three-wheeled vehicle, like a tofu car on a hairpin turn, drifted sideways for over ten meters. Fortunately, it didn't overturn.
Li Haochen's heart leaped into his throat. Before he could recover, the scene before him shocked him even more, making his jaw drop.
A group of old men and women, who had nothing better to do, were crowding under a banyan tree, seeking shade and gossiping.
Suddenly, dozens of coconuts fell to the ground. The sharp eyes of these elders caught sight of the drifting three-wheeled vehicle. As it slid further away, their eyes darted, and they rushed over, grabbed the coconuts, and fled. Their agility was incredible, not like seventy or eighty-year-olds at all; they could easily pass for athletes.
Li Haochen was furious. He jumped off the vehicle and gave chase. After a few steps, he suddenly remembered something and broke out in a cold sweat.
"Phew, good thing I didn't chase them. If I had scared them and something bad happened, I wouldn't have gotten the mutton and would have ended up with a lot of trouble."
Since he couldn't chase them, he decided to unleash his verbal fury. He cursed at them from a distance, unleashing twenty years of accumulated vocabulary, but only the air served as his audience.
After cursing, he spat, "Pah, those shameless old geezers."
He turned around and saw a black line of sweat on his forehead.
Two old men, who hadn't gotten any coconuts, had set their sights on the three-wheeled vehicle and were now pulling at it with all their might.
Li Haochen was so angry, his temper ignited like a powder keg. He shouted with a thick neck, "What the hell, you old bastards, stop that!"
The shout startled the two old men. In their panic, they still managed to grab a string of coconuts and pedaled away on their old bicycles as fast as they could.
When he returned to the three-wheeled vehicle, there was no sign of anyone.
When it rains, it pours. Li Haochen was so dejected. Reporting it to the police would be useless, so he could only grit his teeth and bear it.
It took him a lot of effort to re-tie the loosened coconuts. A rough estimate showed at least thirty were missing. Li Haochen was so angry he felt smoke rising from his head. Over five hundred yuan! Back in high school, that would have been enough for him to live on for three months.
"Damn it, these old undead are truly despicable!"
Li Haochen cursed as he rode the three-wheeled vehicle, looking back every few steps, his heart pounding. The ten-minute journey took a full forty minutes to complete.
"Finally, you're all delivered."
He pushed open the back door, shouted listlessly a few times, then grabbed his water cup and gulped down the water.
Anyone could see from Li Haochen's glum expression that he was in a bad mood.
"What's wrong?"
"Don't bring it up. It makes me angry just thinking about it."
The thought of those despicable old undead reignited his anger, and his teeth chattered.
Seeing that the others wanted to say more, Li Haochen quickly interrupted, "It's fine, I just got disgusted by someone. Let's quickly move these coconuts."
"By the way, where are they?"
It was better not to mention it. The black lines on the faces of the three men almost became as thick as bowls. It was almost one in the afternoon, and he still dared to ask?
"Brothers, grab your weapons!" someone shouted. A surge of enthusiasm swept through them. Truly worthy of martial arts masters, their bird-grabbing claw hand and laughter-inducing two-sun fingers had been practiced to a state of perfection and unfathomable depth.
"Ooooh~ Ah~ Woo......"
The four women who had just returned from eating saw Li Haochen being grabbed and fondled by Chen He and the others. Their expressions were priceless, their eyes burning. Terrified, they even threw away the boxed meals they had brought back.
"Splat~"
Food and soup splattered all over the ground. Strangely, though the boxed meals were flung away, the milk tea in their other hands remained intact. The four women breathed a sigh of relief and quickly took a sip of milk tea to calm their nerves.
"I~ This..."
Li Haochen and the others stopped their antics, looking at the inedible boxed meals on the ground, then at the intact milk tea in their hands. Their hearts ached. Good heavens, milk tea, not to avenge this is not the act of a gentleman.
"Pfft~~ Alright, alright, hurry up and eat. We'll handle the coconuts."
"Uh... can you handle it?"
"You look down on us?"
"That's right, it's just these simple hand skills. Hurry up and go eat."
......
"Sisters, let's get to work."
These women of exceptional talent must not be shamed. When the head boss lady spoke, it was like a bugle call. They rolled up their trouser legs and sleeves, their tasks clearly divided, with no room for confusion. Their eight fair, tender arms and legs swayed, making the air blush. Unfortunately, Li Haochen and the others didn't have the fortune to witness it.
As the head boss lady, Murong Yanran naturally had to lead by example. She picked up a small knife and chopped at the coconut stem. Huh, why didn't it break? Once wasn't enough, so she tried twice. If twice wasn't enough...
On the eighth swing, she finally managed to cut the coconut stem. Her arms were sore, but she felt a sense of accomplishment.
The girls' work was not like the boys'. Everything required a sense of ritual. Even opening a young coconut was turned into a music party.
"An entire summer
All the scenes with you
So beautiful, casually, you are my only one
Inadvertently reminiscing about the trajectory of love......" The song "Wind Blows Through Summer" was beautifully and sweetly performed by the four women.
Half an hour later, the four men, arm in arm, returned to the shop leisurely. The sight of the fair skin made their hearts flutter. But immediately, a strong gust of wind seemed to sweep through, and a person had already arrived, quickly straightening the pant legs and sleeves of their wives, fearing that the rascals might get a glimpse.
Murong Yanran and Zhang Guifang were fine, but it was particularly awkward for Shanshan and Qianqian, who were not yet married. This made the two girls blush like autumn persimmons. They glared coquettishly and cast a sideways glance.
That look, hehe, it's a promising sign.
Li Haochen walked over to the ice trough and saw it. Mr. Black Line struck again. "Is this what you call simple hand skills?"
"Ahem, isn't the counter hygiene not done yet?" Murong Yanran gave a signal to the three women beside her.
"Uh, that's right, there's a lot of dust."
The four women, each with a rag, walked over and began vigorously wiping the spotless counter...
After some fumbling and bumping, they finally opened the shop. Hearing the sound of the door opening, Huang Danian, who had just sold two portions of small dumplings next door, glanced over with a smug look. He gave them a look of disdain, once again defining Li Haochen and his group as rich second-generation types who had too much money and were too foolish.
"Misty Coconut Fragrance" had already become the talk of the town. Although most of the customers were out-of-town tourists, everyone had friends or classmates in Binhai. Their social media circles had already stirred up a coconut wave. Of course, this also meant that Li Haochen's coconuts were worthy of being praised. As the saying goes, good wine needs no bush.
The coconuts given to the university teacher yesterday had also played a big role. They had posted praise on their social media. This praise was no small matter. Which teacher didn't have countless students? When the teachers of Binhai University praised them, how could they be bad? Their students and descendants would naturally give face and forward the posts. In an instant, social media was filled with, "Have you had your coconut today?"
It was impossible to have good quality and good reputation but poor business. Although they opened the shop at two in the afternoon, customers for young coconuts were flocking in. Four to five hundred young coconuts were sold out in less than two hours.