Chapter 64: Déjà vu
Coming to Jinhe County again, Meng Ge and they are no longer the same as before, like a headless fly. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
The inn is still the same as last time. This time, they entered the county relatively early, not yet at noon.
Therefore, after paying the deposit and inspecting the house, Meng Ge took his two younger brothers to the largest market in the county non-stop.
In order not to reveal his strength, Meng Ge even borrowed a cart from the inn and pushed the shelves containing roe deer and deer into the market.
This county town is a certain distance from the mountains, and it should be not very common in terms of game.
Therefore, these big guys of Meng Ge were placed in the center of the market, which attracted many onlookers.
"Ouch, it's been a long time since I've seen a deer and a roe deer. Look at this spiritual head, isn't it raised? ”
"I look wild, you see it's all tied up like this. ”
"Shouldn't these children, but they're still young, where can these creatures be called?"
"The elders of the family beat it, let them bring it and sell it. ”
"Hey, this pair of deer, they're really handsome. To say, I really can't bear to kill and eat meat. ”
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The crowd had a lively discussion, but no one cared about the price or anything. Meng Ge raised his eyes and saw that all he saw were some poor people.
This time, of course, there were more homeless people on the streets. In the streets and alleys, you can see old people and children begging for food everywhere.
Those homeless people seem to be thinner than before. Even, some old people and children couldn't survive and collapsed.
Meng Ge looked at those yellow-skinned homeless people, and his heart was full of emotion. It is really painful to want to reach out and help, but I don't have that much ability.
If you just look at those individuals dangling in front of you, and you are still indifferent, it is also a burden.
"Auntie, the imperial court really didn't think of a way to settle those homeless people?" Meng Ge asked an old woman beside him.
The old woman also came out to beg for a living, selling some home-grown Chinese cabbage and other things. Hearing Meng Ge's question, Tunnel sighed and said, "The imperial court has long been out of business. Now the county magistrate of Jinhe County is also a liar. If it weren't for General Zhao guarding here, I'm afraid that we would have to flee elsewhere like those individuals. ”
Since the troubled times, there has been no one in charge in the court, and the magistrates in various places have either taken refuge in the object of their own admiration, or they have occupied the land as the king, or they have controlled the people and only waited for the new emperor to take office in the future, so that they could directly rely on the past.
"Auntie, why didn't these people think about going to the foot of the mountain, or in the shallow mountain area to find something to eat?
"Hey, who knows. Perhaps, these individuals are still waiting for the yamen to open a warehouse for relief. "It's not easy for the lady to guess the thoughts of these homeless people.
"If I were them, I would go to the side of the mountain. After all, there is no shortage there, and there is grass root bark or something. And in the river and the stream, there are many things to eat. Yu Yang chattered on the side.
The eldest lady looked at the children, then sighed again, and said, "Now that the world is in turmoil, if you are outside the city, there may be danger." Even if there is nothing to eat in the city, there is a wall to protect the people. ”
Meng Ge did not comment on this argument, saying: "If there is really chaos, it is not safe anywhere. It's like a big man in the city, maybe the thief will serve it in a pot. If you are in the wilderness or at the foot of a mountain, once you encounter an enemy, you can flee in all directions, and you may be able to survive. ”
As Meng Ge spoke, he suddenly remembered what happened to his family. Perhaps, if it is really chaotic, it is not much safer in the wild.
"Well, actually, it's not safe anywhere at this time. In the end, Mongo had to admit.
The eldest lady also smiled, and said in a rather bitter tone: "No, in this world, it is actually quite difficult to live in peace." ”
While a few people were talking, someone came over and asked about the price of the roe deer.
"This big brother, our roe deer is all alive, and there is no injury on the body, but it is fresh. Do you look at it and give a price?"
The man in the blue and gray cloth shirt brushed his long sleeves, stepped forward and stretched out his hand to touch the roe deer through the crack in the wooden branch.
"It's quite fresh indeed. It's just that this wild thing is hard to sell, and I can't afford to give it a high price. You roe deer, I gave you three taels of silver, and I bought them all, will it be?" the man shook the hand that had touched the roe deer, and asked Meng Ge with a smile.
It can be seen that this older child is the one who takes care of things.
Meng Ge sneered in his heart. Let's not talk about whether this roe deer is worth three taels of silver, but this roe deer skin can be sold for two taels of silver.
"Big brother, I'm sorry, we won't sell this roe deer. Why don't you buy these two sika deer, big brother? I heard that the sika deer are full of treasures, and one can be sold for a dozen taels of silver. Meng Ge said with a smiling face.
This is also the meaning of price negotiation in disguise. The price difference between deer and roe deer is quite large, but it is unlikely to be more than three times different.
A sika deer, according to weight or male and female, can indeed be sold for a better price.
The male deer is about fifteen taels of silver, and if the doe does not have a deer fetus, it can be sold for about twelve taels.
This is also because of the border city. If it is in the Jingbian area, a wild deer will have to be sold for eighty taels to one hundred taels.
The man saw a few hairy children coming out to buy things, so he wanted to take advantage of them and sell them again. Who knew if I met someone who knew how to do it.
"Hey, this brother said he was smiling. I'm just joking, I'm afraid you'll be deceived. You're still good. The man gave Meng Ge a heartfelt compliment.
"Then big brother, do you want to buy roe deer? Our roe deer are all caught directly from the mountains, and they are not expensive, only five taels of silver each. Yu Yang was reluctant to give up this customer who took the initiative to send to the door.
The man's face was stunned, and he hurriedly waved his hand and said, "I'm actually just curious to come forward and ask." If I do buy a roe deer, I'll just buy one. ”
Yu Yang said regretfully: "Oh, that's the case." In fact, our pair of sika deer is also quite good, this doe still carries a cub. In Yu Yang's words, it was difficult to hide his disappointment.
Meng Mao had been standing behind Meng Ge, holding Meng Ge's sleeve tightly with his little hands. But he couldn't hide his curiosity and stretched out his little head to look around.
Suddenly, Meng Mao shook Meng Ge's hand vigorously, and then stretched out his other hand and pointed at the crowd.
Meng Ge looked at Meng Mao's small hand suspiciously, and sure enough, he saw a familiar figure in the crowd.
Due to the large number of onlookers, the figure was just a flash. It's just that the person next to the figure is the object of Meng Mao's attention.
That's right, the boy next to the figure is the child named Meng Ji that they saw when they were eating noodles the last time they entered the county.
The boy who looked a little similar to Meng Lang.