the farmer's old attack

Chapter 4

Tang Qing has been going up the mountain to "hunt" in the past few days. Although his accuracy is terrible every time, this is the only way he can get his belongings out. In his previous life, he was too careless, and that's why he was tricked by others. In this life, he must be careful again and again. Every time he goes out, he will make himself very embarrassed, and even sprinkle some blood stains on his body when necessary. To show that you are really "working hard".

Later, Tang Qing found several books about hunting and how to make traps in the space. Although Tang Qing's accuracy was terrible, he was still good at making traps. At least he had to be able to trap a few prey from time to time. . This made Tang Qing extremely happy. The feeling of catching prey yourself is different from taking it directly from space.

In the past few days, Tang Qing spent time in the mountains whenever he had free time. He saw that there were quite a lot of animals at home, so he thought he might as well take them to the town and sell them. After counting the animals in the house, there are fourteen rabbits and ten chickens. I found two cages and packed them up, ready to take them to town early tomorrow morning and sell them.

Although Zhoujia Village is remote and has rugged mountain roads, a trail has been built at the head of the village for tax purposes!

There is only one ox cart in the village, and it belongs to Uncle Liu's family. This town is about ten miles away from the village, and it takes two hours to walk. If you get up a little late, it will be already in the afternoon when you get back. So Tang Qing got up early, packed up, and quickly carried two cages to the head of the village.

As soon as we arrived at the village, we saw Uncle Liu waiting there early with an ox cart. "Good morning, Uncle Liu." Seeing Uncle Liu, Tang Qing hurriedly said hello,

"Here comes the boy Qing, but he has to go to town." Uncle Liu saw that Tang Qing was carrying two cages and thought that he might be taking a ride.

"That's right. I have to trouble Uncle Liu for a while."

"What's the point? Just sit down and don't bother me. It's too particular." Uncle Liu waved his hand nonchalantly and saw Tang Qing's two cages. It is so big that it is specially tied to the rear of the car to save space and trouble.

The two chatted for a while, and several more people arrived one after another. After five people were gathered in one cart, Uncle Liu set off on the ox cart. The other people in the car all knew each other and were chatting all the way, but they didn't pay attention to Tang Qing next to them. However, when he saw the animal at the back of the car, he still praised him a few words. Then the conversation became lively again. Tang Qing didn't pay much attention to what they were talking about. He was thinking about how to spend money. He only had 9 coins in his hand. After excluding the fare, he had 7 coins left. He didn't know if he would need to spend money when he got to town.

The oxcart was said to be fast or slow. Tang Qing personally felt that it would take nearly an hour to go, and the shaking made his buttocks hurt. His face turned pale before he finally reached the town.

Tang Qing rubbed his butt as soon as he got out of the car, and then carried the prey into the town. After asking around in the town, the chicken was now priced at 7 cents per catty, and the rabbit was slightly more expensive at 10 cents per catty. Tang Qing took the prey to the vegetable market. Although in novels, some people often go to restaurants to buy prey and earn hundreds of taels at once. After all, a novel is a novel and cannot be true.

Big restaurants all have fixed sources. If he, a stranger, went to sell something, who would be responsible if something happened to the customer after eating the prey he brought? Small restaurants, restaurants and the like are all small businesses. He couldn't make much money. If he went to sell it, the price would definitely be lowered. In this way, Tang Qing wouldn't be able to make any money. He might as well set up a stall in the vegetable market.

This vegetable market is composed of a back street, and the government comes here to collect stall fees, so there is no fear of trouble. Tang Qing paid 5 cents for the stall fee and successfully entered the vegetable market. Since he came early, there were not many people in the vegetable market, so Tang Qing found a place to put the two cages and waited for people to come. Come.

Holding the remaining 2 cents in his hand, Tang Qing couldn't help but smile bitterly. He got up early today, and before he had time to have breakfast, he had to ride the bullock cart all the way, and his stomach was already singing the opposite tune. But I only have two cents left in my hand. If I don't sell any of them later, I have to walk back.

"How do you sell this rabbit?" Tang Qing was distracted when an old couple appeared in front of him, interrupting his thoughts.

"Rabbits weigh ten pounds each. If you want them, I'll give them to you." Tang Qing said to the old couple. The old couple were clean and tidy. Although the material of their clothes was not the best, it was much better than that of a country boy. The mental outlook is also wrong. At first glance, the family seems to be a well-off family, and they belong to the type of people who can afford meat.

After hearing Tang Qing's quotation, the uncle nodded gently, and the aunt started to pick rabbits, and soon she picked one. Tang Qing borrowed a scale from the vegetable stall next to him, which weighed a little more than 3 kilograms. Tang Qing received 30 yuan, and the old couple left with satisfaction.

Holding the 30 coins in his hand, Tang Qing was a little excited. It was the first time he had touched so much money after coming here for so long. By putting the money in his pocket, Tang Qing transferred the money to the space. Only there is the safest place, and no one else can steal it.

A few more were sold one after another, and finally there were only 3 rabbits and 2 chickens left. Fortunately, Tang Qing came across a boy who was very good at bargaining and packed the package for him.

Finally, I counted the money and only sold a little over 500 yuan in total. This is even worth the income from his two acres of land. It's a surprise. With money, Tang Qing wanted to go shopping. By the way, he dug out ten-year-old ginseng from the space and sold it. It's sheer nonsense to randomly pull out thousand-year-old or century-old ginseng in novels.

It was as if these mountains had been browsed countless times by people sent by the imperial court, and the town's doctors had to go to the mountains from time to time to look for fish that had slipped through the net. Tang Qing had been hiding in the mountains for a few days, and naturally he knew very well that many of the more precious medicinal materials had been marked. Ordinary people can't see that Tang Qing has been dealing with medicinal materials for so many years, how could he not be clear about it?

If you just take out those rare things casually, you really don't even know where your life will go. Even when Tang Qing took out this ten-year-old ginseng, he thought about it again and again. First, he is very short of money. Second, weddings also cost money. Third, this is the only way to get money the fastest.

After making up his mind, he asked passers-by on the street for the location of the drug store before walking slowly. I came to a drugstore called "Huichuntang" and inquired carefully outside the door before entering the store. I bowed to the storekeeper to show respect and then said to the storekeeper: "Can your store accept any goods?" Medicinal materials?"

The shopkeeper who was looking at the counter suddenly stopped and looked at Tang Qing. Although he had many patches on his body, he was still clean and tidy, and his behavior was quite polite. "The shop collects it, but the guest officer wants to sell medicinal materials."

"Yes, can the shopkeeper give me a step to speak." Tang Qing saw that the other party got straight to the point and said immediately.

"Boy, please follow me into the back hall." Seeing that Tang Qing had no luggage, the shopkeeper wanted to take a step to speak. He figured that Tang Qing must have valuable medicinal materials for sale, so he took Tang Qing into the back hall.

The back hall is not big, only about twenty square meters, and there are medicine cabinets on the surrounding walls. There is a square table and four chairs in the middle. There was a tea set on the table but nothing else. After the shopkeeper invited Tang Qing to take a seat, and after getting a cup of tea, he asked: "I don't know, boy, what medicinal materials do you want to sell?"

Seeing the shopkeeper asking, Tang Qing quickly took out a piece of cloth from his personal clothes, untied the cloth, and It was the ten-year-old ginseng. Tang Qing handed the ginseng to the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper picked up the ginseng and looked at it carefully for a while, then sniffed it carefully. Then he said to Tang Qing: "Yes, this is 10-year-old ginseng. Boy, you handled this ginseng very well. Have you studied medicine?"

"To be honest with the shopkeeper, I fled here and my family is a medical clinic. When I was hunting in the mountains, I accidentally came across this ginseng plant, but I was really short of money, so I decided to sell it." When the shopkeeper asked, Tang Qing replied honestly. The original person's family does run a hospital, but it's a pity that the original person doesn't even know the basics of it.

"I see, brother, can you sell me this medicinal material for ten taels of silver?" After asking for the reason, the shopkeeper asked straight to the point without any delay.

Tang Qing thought for a while and nodded. Although ginseng is an expensive medicinal material, it is a great tonic. But it's not something that brings the dead back to life. The price given by the shopkeeper is very fair.

Seeing that Tang Qing agreed, the shopkeeper put away the ginseng and took out a certain amount of ten taels of silver to pay. Tang Qing refused and asked the shopkeeper to exchange ten taels of silver. The two parties exchanged names.

"I was negligent and made you laugh." The shopkeeper exchanged the money and looked at Tang Qing with a look of gratitude.

"Nothing." Tang Qing himself didn't care.

"Boy, your method of handling medicinal materials is very sophisticated. If there are some commonly used medicinal materials in the future, you can come to my store to sell them after you have processed them."

"That way, I will thank the shopkeeper." Tang Qing said to the shopkeeper again. A gift. He had been thinking about how to make a living before. After all, it would be cold in a while, hunting would not be a good way, and he would not be able to go into the mountains often. Now there is an honest way to make money, and Tang Qing doesn't want to miss it.

After walking out of the drugstore, Tang Qing felt that his back was straight. After all, he had money in his hands and was not panicking.

Before arriving, Tang Qing had planned what he wanted to buy. When he entered the village that day, he specifically asked Aunt Zhou what he needed to prepare for the wedding. Originally, marrying a brother didn't have to be so particular. All the two families needed to do was make an agreement. On the day of the wedding, a chicken or two pounds of meat would be used as a betrothal gift, and then the brother could be married home. It didn't matter whether there was a banquet or not. It's quite shabby.

But Tang Qing didn't want to be so shabby. The first wedding in his life couldn't be so shabby. This was the strongest wish of an old man. Although the current conditions are a bit difficult, I can't give the other party the best. It can't be held in the style of a modern wedding. But he will do his best to give the other person a good memory so that he will not let the other person down.