Although Zheng Zheng didn't have any idea for a while, he made up his mind to take a good look here for a while to see if he could find an opportunity to cut into this market.

After the young man stood up, there was a burst of discussion in the crowd, when a middle-aged man sat down on a stone bench and pulled out a small gourd the size of a palm from his bosom. The crowd of onlookers suddenly stopped talking and returned their attention to the two of them.

The young man who originally won looked at the small gourd that the middle-aged man took out, and the expression on his face was not very good-looking. He hesitated for a moment, took out the crickets that had already been fought in the round box, packed them in a bamboo tube, and then took out a small gourd as well.

'Yo, these two are all at the expense. ”

The old man beside Zheng Zheng rubbed his eyes, lowered his voice, and said to his friend beside him: "The worm gourds of these two have to be more than 20,000 yuan, and the ones who are willing to raise them with this kind of worm gourd must be the best of the best." How about it," the old man pouted at the old man beside him: "Take out a little bit of your son's filial piety money, and bet on the winner? ”

"Forget it, forget it, I'll take a look, take a look. The old man was momentarily moved, but after a moment of hesitation he shook his head.

Zheng Zheng pondered in his heart for a while, and asked the old man beside him with a smile: "This...... Uncle, is this little gourd so expensive?" he paused, and then said to himself: "It's no wonder, it's not easy to grow so big, and it's reasonable to sell it." ”

The two old men looked at each other and smiled, and the old man who was asked by Zheng Zheng twisted his beard and said with a smile: "This is what you don't understand, right? Where did this grow so big? Do you think this is a gourd that can be planted at will? This is made by hand." ”

At this time, the two had already pulled out the plug of the small gourd in their respective hands. The mouth of the gourd is diagonally facing the purple sand round box, and the bottom of the gourd is facing upward. After the two gently patted the gourd in their hands a few times, there was an insect cry from the gourd, and then the two small gourds each jumped out of a cricket and fell into the purple sand round box.

"Purely handmade?" When Zheng Zheng heard this, he suddenly had a little bottom in his heart, but his face still looked incredulous, and he was surprised: "It's rare to grow naturally to such a size, sell it if it's expensive, but what is the value of a handmade one?"

"Don't worry about this life, wait for me to tell you slowly. The old man stretched his neck to look at the two crickets in the purple sand round box, and saw that the two crickets had not fought for the time being, so he said to Zheng Zheng: "You are not playing crickets, you don't understand this, the general insect gourd - that is, the small gourd you said, after putting the crickets in, and then listening to the crickets, the sound is particularly good." ”

"But ......" The old man looked at it a few more times, and then said a little casually: "That's the effect of the general insect gourd, which is almost the same as a speaker." The use of that kind of insect gourd is basically just to have fun, just listen to a sound, and the crickets found are also easy to catch, the quality is very average, and there is no way to fight crickets. ”

"As for the insect gourd used to raise fighting crickets, it is exquisite. This kind of insect gourd must be able to hold the cricket and keep it fighting, so most of this kind of insect gourd is not big, and not letting the cricket jump in it at will is to hold out its ruthlessness. When you fight with others like this, this cricket is easy to provoke and fight......"

As he spoke, the old man looked into the purple sand box again, and the two crickets were gradually aroused by the ferocity and were chirping incessantly. The old man was fascinated for a while, and he forgot what he said to Zheng Zheng.

"Ahem......" Zheng Zheng coughed dryly, the sound was not loud, but it was enough to bring the old man back to his senses.

The old man looked back at Zheng Zheng, smiled a little embarrassedly, then turned his face to look at the situation in the purple sand round box, and said in his mouth: "As for this better worm gourd, it looks like the one these two are holding in their hands, this is almost the first-class in the worm gourd." This kind of insect gourd can not only preserve the fighting nature of the cricket, but also keep the cricket and let it live for a longer time. ”

"Last winter, at a friend's house of mine, as soon as I sat down, I heard crickets chirping, and I said where are crickets in the cold winter, and my friend took out his worm gourd. His crickets are so good...... I don't know how it's now. ”

At this time, the two crickets in the purple sand round box had already begun to bite, and the old man's mind was suddenly all on the purple sand round box, even if Zheng Zheng asked him something, he just "uh-huh" perfunctory, plus one or two shaking or nodding movements.

Zheng Zheng saw that it was difficult for him to ask anything anymore, so he didn't ask anymore, but he had already gotten enough information from the old man's words: there are many people who play crickets in Huayin City, and there are many people who are willing to pay for crickets or things related to them, and there have also been corresponding branch markets - for example, the young people who gambled by the pavilion I saw before, which also indicates the prosperity of this market in a certain sense: only when there are more people who pay attention to this, will someone be willing to gamble on the win or loss of a game of cricket.

Zheng Zheng felt that this business could be done, of course, he was not going to sell crickets, he set his eyes on the worm gourd that the old man said.

Zheng Zheng also knows that since the market of crickets in Huayin City is already quite large-scale, the market of insect gourds must have been controlled by people with intentions to control the upstream channels first. If you want to sell insect gourds, if you buy them honestly, then you will have to be taken away from some of the profits by the people who control the market. I am not familiar with this industry, if I break into it so recklessly, it is fortunate not to make money and lose money in the end.

However, Zheng Zheng also already had an idea, since this kind of insect gourd is made by hand, then there must be this kind of craftsman in Huayin City. If you want to buy the goods yourself, it is better to directly find craftsmen who know this kind of craft and cooperate with them.

But the last problem is here, Zheng Zheng is not familiar with the life in Huayin City, and today he just knew that the market for fighting crickets in Huayin City is very hot, except for a preliminary understanding of the insect gourd, he doesn't know anything else, and it's almost the same as a black eye.

Zheng Zheng couldn't help but shake his head when he thought of this, he couldn't ask people one by one, where are the craftsmen who make worm gourds, right?

At this moment, Zheng Zheng suddenly saw the young man who had paid those gamblers outside the pavilion before, and he was also standing in the crowd paying attention to the situation in the purple sand round box, quite fascinated.

Zheng Zheng knew that this kind of person who could start a gambling game was also a person with some ability, not to mention anything else, he was not familiar with the ground characters in Huayin City, so he couldn't do this kind of thing. Zheng Zheng pondered in his heart for a moment, slowly turned to the young man's back, and patted him gently.

The young man looked back at Zheng Zheng and frowned, "This time the bet is over, wait for the next one." ”

"I'm not a bet, I just want to ask you something. Zheng Zheng said with a smile.

This time, the young man didn't even look back, and said coldly: "Don't you see that I'm busy? ”

Zheng Zheng touched his nose, knowing that he couldn't get any useful news from his mouth today. He pulled out a hundred-dollar bill from his wallet and patted the young man on the shoulder.

"I told you that I don't have time...... the young man turned his head a little angrily, and when he raised his eyes, what he saw was the hundred-yuan bill handed over by Zheng Zheng. He immediately stopped talking and laughed at Zheng Zheng.

"I'll take you a little while, and I'll ask you a few words, and if you can tell me about it, this is yours. Zheng Zheng shook the hundred-yuan bill in his hand towards the young man, and then withdrew it back into his pocket.

The young man looked back at the situation in the purple sand round box, and the two crickets were still in the tentative stage of fighting, and they had not yet reached the most interesting time. In comparison, the 100 yuan is not too much, but if you can get it just by asking a few words, then it is no different from picking it up empty-handed. He looked at Zheng Zheng and nodded, stretched out his hand to the side, and said politely, "Come this way." ”

Zheng Zheng and the young man walked a few steps to the side, and the young man nodded to Zheng Zheng and said, "Ask whatever you want, I know what to tell you, and if you don't know, I won't talk nonsense with you." ”

"Nothing else, I just wanted to ask about the worm gourd. ”

"Worm gourd, this ......" The young man's expression was much more relaxed, he thought that Zheng Zheng was going to ask something else, and he didn't know if he could answer it before, but after listening to Zheng Zheng's question, he was relieved, and he opened his mouth to speak.

Zheng Zheng waved his hand and said with a smile: "I also heard an old man tell me about the worm gourd just now, I didn't ask you about this matter, I want to know where I can buy this worm gourd?"

The young man was interrupted by him, and for a moment he was a little displeased. However, hearing Zheng Zheng's question, the young man suddenly smiled and said: "You go to the pet market and look around, you can find it at a glance, this thing is rare in other places, and it is not so rare in our Huayin City." ”

"One last question. Zheng Zheng took out the hundred-yuan bill from his pocket, but did not hand it over, he asked with a smile: "Do you know where the craftsmen who make these worm gourds are? Buying worm gourds is only secondary, I mainly want to visit a few craftsmen who make worm gourds." ”

"This ......"

The young man looked Zheng Zheng up and down and asked, "What are you looking for them?" ”