Chapter 13 Making money is a big problem
I never thought that this seemingly simple movement was so tired. After only half an hour of moving on the roof, I felt sore all over my body. Despite this, I still gritted my teeth and persevered.
After I finished standing, I took a short rest and started meditating cross-legged again.
Last night, the ghost was in danger when I left my body, which made me realize that the world was far more dangerous than I thought. Therefore, when I was meditating, I did not try to let the ghost leave my body again.
In the following days, in addition to meditation and practice, I also had more standing positions.
Soon, I found that I had an amazing appetite.
Other classmates couldn't finish two steamed buns in one meal, but my four steamed buns were not enough. My parents were afraid that I would spend money indiscriminately, so they put their living expenses in my grandma's hands before leaving work, and gave me thirty yuan a week.
In the 1990s, the prices in Liaoyang Town were relatively low, and the living expenses of junior high school students were not high, and thirty yuan was enough.
I ate all my living expenses in less than four days.
Fortunately, I saved a lot of money by picking walnuts some time ago, otherwise I would have to go hungry for the remaining two days.
However, if this continues, you won’t last long and you will have to spend all the money selling walnuts.
I asked my family for money? My uncle and my family had already separated and had another one. I could just ask for money once or twice, but I would definitely not give it to me if I had too many times.
As for grandma, she only feeds a few hens, and there is no other way to make money except selling eggs. I feel embarrassed to ask for it.
I have to make money... For the first time in my life, I was worried about money.
In the summer, Ah Huang once brought out several jars and jars in the Baitiao River. I can be sure that those are cultural relics, but I don’t know who to sell them.
There are no shops in the town that specializes in cultural relics. Usually I stay in school, it is difficult to meet those who travel around the streets to collect antiques. Even if I meet me, I am not relieved, for fear of being deceived.
Practicing Taoism and learning martial arts...it seems to be nothing to do with money.
When I saw Ah Huang beside me, I slapped my head and forgot about this guy.
Ah Huang is a great choice to catch pheasants. With it, it is easy to make money. In addition, you can also catch rabbits at night.
When I returned to the village last week, I heard that there are more people in the city eating wild game now, and the pheasants and rabbits in the mountains have become more valuable, and they can only be sold for twenty or thirty yuan.
As long as you go home on Sunday and catch two or three, the food expenses will be collected in a week.
I made up my mind and went home on Saturday afternoon and immediately got into the house and was busy making tools for catching rabbits. This tool is simple, it is to use thin wire to make a buckle and then fix the other end to the wooden stick.
When it gets dark, put the wire buckle on the path that rabbits often pass by, punch a high from the ground, and then insert the wooden stick into the soil to fix it. The rabbit likes to walk straight, and has weak eyesight at night, so it is difficult to see the wire buckle, and it often pierces it head-on. As long as the head is stuck, it will struggle forward desperately, and the more it pulls, the tighter it becomes!
In just one hour, I made more than 30 wire buckles. After dinner, I took Ah Huang out of the village alone.
I was afraid that before I got up tomorrow morning, I was taken away by some people who liked to get something for nothing, so I chose a remote path. This place is close to the cemetery, and there are very few people coming, and there are many rabbits at night. Although the surroundings are cold, I was not afraid at all. So, I just made an evil-proof talisman before I came out. With this thing, no ghosts and monsters can get close to me.
I squatted down and was busy on the road. After turning my head, I didn’t know where Ah Huang had gone.
After the wire was buckled, I saw this guy sneak out of the farm next to me, squeaked at me a few times, and then turned around and ran to the wheat field.
"Isn't this guy discovered anything?" I followed with a mine lamp in my hand.
After walking a few steps, a faint smell of blood penetrated into the nostrils, and even the low screams of pheasants were heard.
Could it be... I was delighted and followed quickly. I walked more than twenty meters away and saw Ah Huang stopping in front, jumping and jumping.
As expected, I saw several pheasants with their necks lying in the middle of the wheat field. One of them was not dead yet, and their legs were still kicking underground.
Pheasants usually live in trees in summer. In autumn and winter, as the weather gets colder, they will also land and shelter at night. However, in order to avoid natural enemies such as weasels and cats, they do not live in dense grass, but hide in the fields. The fields have a wide view and are easy to escape when they encounter danger.
But no matter how many pheasants planned, they could not escape the tracking of Ah Huang.
I didn't say anything, I'll give Ah Huang some midnight snacks later and give him some rewards.
The next day, just at dawn, I got up and collected the wire buckles. Perhaps no one had buttoned them in this way, and there were three hares with quilts, which I had never expected in advance.
In addition to the few pheasants last night, it was definitely a big gain, of course most of them were Ah Huang's contribution.
After dinner in the morning, I launched a bicycle and tied four pheasants and two rabbits to the back of the seat. I was afraid that I would go to the town vendors to weigh less, so I also weighed them at home.
There is still a hare left in the house, which was prepared for Mr. Zhao. People teach a set of boxing techniques, so I, the general who is an apprentice, should express my feelings.
As soon as I reached the street, the car was stopped by a man with a sharp-mouthed cheek: "Little brother, is this thing sold? I'll take all of it and I'll give you the highest price."
"What is the highest price?" I jumped out of the car and asked.
"A pheasant is four or six yuan per pound, and a rabbit is five or two." The man said.
"It's too cheap, I won't do it." After that, I pushed up the bicycle and walked in.
"Don't leave, don't leave. If you don't feel satisfied, you can add more. How about adding one pound to one cent... Add two cents?" He became panicked when he saw that I didn't look back.
"Phizza costs five yuan per pound, rabbit costs five yuan, if you can, I will sell it all to you." I turned my head and said. Before I came, I had asked the villagers for the approximate price.
"Little brother, you're calling out at this price, you must make me a little profit." The other party shouted with a sad face, but reached out to untie the rope, "It's up to you, who made this the first business today?"
Seeing that he agreed so readily, I naturally knew that I had lost the seller. But I didn't care much. Even if I raise the price again, it would be at most one or two cents, which would not be worth wasting time for a few dollars.
After the money and goods were all over, the man hurriedly handed the cigarette to me and put it close to me: "Little brother, you can catch this wild thing yourself. If you catch it in the future, come directly to me, and you will be satisfied with the price."
"I don't have that great ability. This was caught by my family last night. Today, I couldn't leave the house and let me sell it on the street." Of course, I wouldn't tell the truth stupidly.
At this moment, a few people brought wild game to sell. I looked at it and found that most of them were a rabbit or pheasant, and few of them were more than two.
This vendor obviously treats me as a big boss, no wonder he is so enthusiastic.
Pheasant and rabbits sold in total, and the ones given by my grandmother was enough to spend two weeks.
I didn't go home immediately, but wandered around the market.
Before I knew it, I walked to a building. This is the slaughterhouse in the town, where vendors usually kill cattle and sheep. There is also a meat rack on the storefront next to it, and a couple guarding the stall to sell meat.
I stood in the distance and looked. Although I couldn't see the black fog during the day, I always felt uncomfortable, which made people want to turn around and escape.
What surprised me was that the customers around the meat stall did not react like this. Is it because I have a sharp mind that I feel this way?
Soon I discovered something unusual: the meat-selling couple had a very bad temper and wanted customers to quarrel.
It seems that ordinary people will be affected by evil spirits if they stay in this environment for a long time. It’s just that they are slow to react and cannot feel abnormal.
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I have something to delay during the day today, and the update is relatively late. I will start coding the second chapter immediately and try to write it out before twelve o'clock.
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