Chapter 143: Unscrupulous Profiteers
The auction of the White Rabbit Milk Candy, the huge sum of one hundred and fifty yuan obtained from Nangong Hong, was finally spent by Xiao Ming at this moment, and there were only two seven cents left. If it was before, Xiao Ming would definitely feel that two yuan and seven cents are a lot of money. But after participating in the Olympiad battlefield, Xiao Ming knew what it meant to spend money like running water.
A few pencils, a pen, some scratch paper, and that's it. His third-grade cultivation was almost the same as the one hundred and fifty yuan he had accumulated. Xiao Ming finally understood why Elder Chen said that cultivation would require great wealth. How important the word wealth is to immortal cultivators.
Now, if he wants to become stronger, and if he wants to cultivate, he must have more money, have enough scratch paper, pencils, pens, ink, and so on. Without these things, he wanted to cultivate to the fifth or sixth grade, even with the help of Chen Lao, it would be difficult for a Qiao woman to cook without rice, and without these basic things, it would be impossible to cultivate to a high and profound realm.
With these things, coupled with the fact that Chen Lao had some precious pills and pills, coupled with the alchemy function of the Qiankun schoolbag, Xiao Ming was able to cultivate smoothly in a short period of time and enhance in a short period of time.
Chen Lao had already analyzed the current threats to Xiao Ming to Xiao Ming last night. Since Xiao Ming had already offended a villain like Yang Wei, he didn't beat Yang Wei to the point of fear all at once.
Yang Wei is definitely going to come back to take revenge, although he is not Xiao Ming's opponent alone, but Yang Wei is a third-grade inner disciple, and he will definitely not be single, although Xiao Ming will not pay attention to Yang Wei, but Yang Wei will definitely come to deal with Xiao Ming. At that time, even if Xiao Ming has a mushroom that can instantly enhance his strength, who knows what level the helper Yang Wei called. Xiao Ming always has to have enough cultivation to be able to deal with unknown enemies in the future.
Although Xiao Ming felt that beating Yang Wei was a lesson for Yang Wei, Yang Wei was also punished by the school's Academic Affairs Office. Yang Wei should know the lesson, he shouldn't come to trouble him, and this matter should end here. But who is Old Chen, he is naturally more experienced than Xiao Ming. Hearing Xiao Ming's naïve thoughts last night, he directly poured Xiao Ming's criticism on his head. Then, in response to this situation, Chen Lao immediately formulated a series of close cultivation plans for Xiao Ming.
The first plan was to come to the store to buy some raw materials for medicinal herbs and prepare for alchemy. Use pills, white rabbits or something to improve Xiao Ming's cultivation. However, Chen Lao also obviously forgot that their money had already been spent.
"Two pieces of seven...... Now, let's take a look at what's in the store first, right?" Hearing Xiao Ming's words, Chen Lao was also a little stunned, after all, he had no concept of money. However, the two pieces of seven are not less, and you should be able to buy a little basic raw materials, he immediately prompted Xiao Ming.
"Okay......" Xiao Ming could only nod and move on. After all, the last time he came here with a huge sum of one hundred and fifty yuan, he only used a hundred yuan to buy a few things. Now that he only has two pieces of seven on him, Xiao Ming feels a little lacking in confidence, especially when he sees the dazzling array of goods in the store, pills. These things, through the glass, all reveal a shining light, and they will be very expensive at a glance.
"Hey, why are there so many people?" Xiao Yi entered the grocery store, and a hint of surprise appeared in his eyes. This grocery store, which was not doing very well, was still in the morning, and there were so many people. Xiao Ming was immediately surprised.
Naturally, what Xiao Ming didn't know was that because there were more outsiders who had come to Longhua County recently, at this moment, there were originally a lot of shops with few customers. This is the only grocery store in Longhua County, although it is morning, but there are not few customers.
As soon as Xiao Ming came in, it wasn't as enthusiastic as last time.
That's fine, Xiao Ming breathed a sigh of relief, no one took him to look at this and that, he could take a look at it at will.
"I said boss, you are obviously bullying me for not knowing the goods, these pencils of yours are not even at the level of spiritual weapons, you actually charge me three yuan a piece, you want to kill me as a foreigner." ”
Xiao Ming was looking at all kinds of goods by himself, but at this time, an indignant voice suddenly came from his ears. Xiao Ming immediately subconsciously looked over. Then Xiao Ming found out that the voice came from the counter where he bought pencils and pens last time.
Hearing this voice, Xiao Ming's heart immediately moved, and he subconsciously approached the past.
"Uh...... This, this ......" Song Sanbai, the salesman at this counter, was originally a cunning salesperson, and when he saw the fat man in front of him, he was the kind of object that was easy to deceive, so he immediately used the old trick again, and sold the pencil that he originally bought for three cents by ten times the price. In this way, he can collect great benefits from it. But what Song Sanbai didn't expect was that this fat man, who seemed to be easy to deceive, was a person who knew the goods. Immediately saw through his little trick, so he was a little embarrassed for a while.
But after all, he is a person who often uses this kind of trick, and it is not once or twice that he has been recognized. Although Song Sanbai was stunned for a moment, he quickly reacted.
"Ouch, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm wrong, I'm wrong. These are not spiritual pencils, you look at me, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, this is a spiritual pencil. Song Sanbai patted his head violently, and said suddenly, and then soon, he quietly took down these low-grade pencils and immediately replaced them with real spirit pencils.
"It's pretty much the same!" The fat man didn't care, thinking that Song Sanbai really took the wrong one, and when he saw Song Sanbai bring up a batch of real spirit weapon-level pencils again, he immediately began to choose.
"How much do these pencils cost?" asked the fat man, choosing.
"There are three to five pieces, so it depends on what type of guest officer he is going to choose. Seeing that it was someone who knew the goods, Song Sanbai naturally didn't dare to hide it a little.
"Oh, that's pretty much it. The fat man raised his head, glanced at Song Sanbai, and then continued to bury his head in his choice.
"Three, five!"
This scene happened to be seen by Xiao Ming and Chen Lao. The next moment, Xiao Ming's hand, couldn't help but appear a pencil, Xiao Ming carefully looked at the style of the pencil, and then compared the pencil in his hand with the original three-cent pencil in the counter, Xiao Ming immediately found that it was exactly the same.
Chen ...... Old Chen, how do you ...... What's going on?" At this moment, Xiao Ming's mind seemed to understand something, and he couldn't help but look at Chen Lao, wanting to get the answer from Chen Lao's eyes.
"This ...... I think, a month ago, we should have been fooled by this shopkeeper, and he bought you an inferior pencil as a spirit-level pencil. Chen Lao couldn't help but say with some shame. All of a sudden, Chen Lao was not blind, he happened to see such a scene, and he naturally understood it at once.
However, although he understood it, he would actually be deceived by a shopkeeper, and Chen Lao's face was naturally not good-looking. Of course, this actually has little to do with Chen Lao, after all, he has been sealed for so many years, and it is normal not to understand prices. Similarly, they were also in a bit of a hurry to buy pens and pencils that day, and they didn't have any suspicions at all, so they would naturally be deceived by Song Sanbai.
"That'...... That, Old Chen, I'...... What should I do?" was actually deceived, and after learning such a situation, Xiao Ming didn't know what to say. It's been a month, and even if Xiao Ming took a pencil and questioned Song Sanbai at this moment, Song Sanbai wouldn't admit it.
However, the money earned so hard was so easily deceived by Song Sanbai. In Xiao Ming's heart, there was also some anger and unwillingness. That's a few dozen yuan, I'm afraid he bought so many pencils and pens, and the money he paid no more than ten yuan, but he was fooled into paying ninety yuan, ninety yuan, who knows how long his father has to work before he can save ninety yuan.
"This, what should I do?" Chen Lao was stopped by Xiao Ming.
"This, you go up and take out the pencil for a while and ask, if you return the money, then this matter will be settled, but if he doesn't admit it, then I will leave a spiritual imprint on him, and when the time comes, when we come back from practicing in the Impure Mountain, after he gets off work, let's teach him a lesson." Chen Lao's mind moved, and he quickly came up with a countermeasure.
"Okay, just do what you do, Old Chen. Listening to Old Chen's suggestion, Xiao Ming's heart immediately moved. For this kind of unscrupulous profiteer, Xiao Ming is extremely hated at the moment.
"Okay, then I'll want these ones, how much is the total?" And at this moment, the fat man seemed to have also chosen a pencil, and immediately asked.
"Guest officer, a total of twenty-six yuan, do you swipe the card or cash. Song Sanbai said immediately.
"Swipe your card. The fat man immediately took out a card.
After all, twenty-six yuan is also a sum of money, and for people like fat people who walk the rivers and lakes, bringing a card is much more important than a lot of cash. Similarly, swiping a card is also a status symbol, and taking out the card proves that you are a rich person above the 100 yuan level, which can also attract the envy of some ordinary immortal cultivators. After all, most immortal cultivators are still relatively poor.
"Okay, guest officer, you put it away, you go slowly. Soon the settlement was completed, and Song Sanbai immediately nodded and let the fat man go.
And after seeing the fat man walking away, Song Sanbai's face immediately showed a trace of unhappiness. After all, there is no additional income.
"Ah, guest officer, do you want to buy stationery too?" Again, his unhappy face did not last long, when he suddenly saw a fat sheep, and his eyes couldn't help but show a fine light.
Xiao Ming, it was Xiao Ming, who was regarded as a super fat sheep in his eyes, who came forward. After all, Xiao Ming was fooled by him a month ago, but he was fooled into a large amount of money, and this huge amount of money made him chic for many days, and also allowed his cultivation to be promoted to the realm of the late second grade with the help of this ninety yuan.
At this moment, seeing Xiao Ming, a big fat sheep with a deep memory, actually appeared again, where did Song Sanbai not be excited. He didn't expect Xiao Ming to see the previous scene, he had already seen through him at this moment.
"Return, I want to return!" However, at this moment, Xiao Ming didn't have a good face for Song Sanbai, and after stepping up in three or two steps, Xiao Ming directly threw the remaining three pencils and the ordinary fountain pen on the counter, and said in an extremely unkind tone.