Chapter 3: Pluck the feathers for wine money

After breakfast, Lin Zhengtai and Sun left the Lin family with some sacrifices.

Before leaving, he instructed Lin Ran not to go to the back mountain to collect medicine.

After they finished worshipping the mountain god, they took Lin Ran to the school to see Mr. and begged Mr. to accept Lin Ran as a student. Of course, bunching is indispensable.

Lin Ran nodded silently.

Lin Zhengtai thought that Lin Ran had not eased up in yesterday's panic, so he came over lovingly and touched Lin Ran's head.

Lin Ran waved goodbye to his parents at the door, then returned home by himself and quickly started making tools.

Lin Ran made a trap, similar to the principle of the mouse trap in later generations.

Soon Lin Ran made it successful.

Then Lin Ran made a simple slingshot.

Grabbing a handful of rice grains from the rice jar, Lin Ran quietly walked towards the back mountain.

Occasionally met a few villagers on the road, Lin Ran smiled and relied on the memories of his predecessor to greet the villagers.

Lin Ran put the trap on his waist, and then sprinkled some rice grains inside.

He ran behind a big tree a few dozen meters away and hid.

Lin Ran pulled out the slingshot vigorously and picked up a stone on the ground as a bullet.

After a while, a few beautiful pheasants were humming an unknown song.

Zhang looked and walked towards the trap.

A sharp-eyed pheasant was the first to spot the rice grains in the trap.

It took a stance, flapping its wings and speeding towards the trap.

At the moment when it fell into the trap, stretched its neck and prepared to feast.

The trap was touched by it.

A wail sounded in Lin Ran's ears, making Lin Ran happy, but at the same time, it conveyed a dangerous message to several other beautiful pheasants.

"Whoosh~Whoosh~"

The stones fired from the slingshot in Lin Ran's hand went towards the pheasant at great speed.

"Poof~"

The stone is impartial, and it hits the vulnerable spot below the head of the mountain pheasant.

Before the pheasant could struggle, he fainted and fell to the ground.

Several other pheasants fled the scene at high speed.

Lin Ran walked out from behind the big tree, looking at the two trophies in front of him with satisfaction, and the joy of success appeared on his face.

On the way home with two pheasants, Lin Ran looked particularly eye-catching.

"Brother Ran, how did you catch these two pheasants?"

The villagers of Linjia Village opened their eyes wide and asked in shock.

This is the most difficult game to catch, not only is it fast and smart, but most importantly, it can fly.

Lin Ran smiled but said nothing.

He can't say that he invented a tool to catch the pheasant, so it's strange that the villagers don't treat it as a monster.

"Brother Ran, this beautiful feather is taken to the market, I'm afraid it will have to be exchanged for a few copper plates, it is more expensive than pheasants."

The voice of the neighbor's aunt made Lin Ran's heart move.

"Auntie, I'll go to the market and sell the feathers, please tell my father and mother."

Lin Ran quickly plucked the pheacock's feathers, tied up the two bare pheasants, and tied them to the door of the house.

The market is less than ten miles away from Linjia Village, and if you go there now, you should be able to reach the market before noon.

"Go to the bazaar and change a few copper plates to subsidize the family." So Lin Ran relied on the memory of his predecessor and strode towards the direction of the market.

When Lin Ran arrived at the bazaar, it was the time when the crowd was buzzing.

Lin Ran knew that there must be no place for his own stall in the bazaar.

I simply didn't squeeze into it. Don't look at the economy of the Tang Dynasty in the early days of Zhenguan, but the market is very lively.

Maybe there is only one market in these ten miles and eight towns.

Lin Ran didn't have time to think about it, so he found an empty place.

Carefully spread the feathers.

Lin Ran is now in the mood to appreciate the feathers in front of him, under the sunlight, the feathers exude dazzling dazzling colors, which are really beautiful.

A carriage stood up beside Lin Ran.

"How do you sell this feather?"

A girl who was about the same age as Lin Ran got out of the car and walked in front of Lin Ran and asked.

"I don't know what the price is, but this is the first time I've come out to sell it."

Lin Ran touched his head embarrassedly and replied.

"So, these feathers are from the birds you caught yourself?"

"I caught it myself, and the feather I just plucked this morning, it's still hot to the touch."

Lin Ran replied with a smile.

In fact, Lin Ran was like a mirror in his heart, the woman who asked this question was definitely not an ordinary woman.

Not to mention being dressed in silk and satin, there is a faint rouge on his face.

"Cuizhu, come over here."

A sweet girl's voice came from the carriage.

Lin Ran suddenly realized that the woman who had just asked about her feelings was just a ring.

"My master said, how many such feathers are needed. These are obviously not enough for my master, will the little boy be able to catch this feather tomorrow? ”

The little girl fluttered her eyes and waited for Lin Ran's answer.

"Yes, but tomorrow the kid is afraid that he will have to go to a private school to study, so he doesn't have time to set up a stall in this market."

Lin Ran replied truthfully.

"The little boy turned out to be a scholar." The girl's tone was obviously much more polite.

"I don't know who Childe is? Tomorrow we can go up to the house to get it, my master needs this feather urgently. ”

"From here, ten miles to the east, Linjia Village is, boy Lin Ran. The village will find out as soon as you ask. ”

"Okay, tomorrow afternoon. See you in Linjia Village. This string of copper plates is the feather money given by my master, do you see if it is enough? ”

After speaking, the little girl handed over a string of copper coins to Lin Ran's hand.

"Enough, enough."

Lin Ran said with a simple smile.

"Put these feathers away, and tomorrow I promise to have more feathers than today."

Lin Ran straightened his chest and patted his chest and said.

The little girl "giggled" and laughed.

After the carriage gradually walked away, Lin Ran counted the copper coins in his hand, and couldn't help but smile, there were twenty copper plates.

"First make a pot of good wine for the cheap father, then pull a coarse cloth for the cheap lady, and then carry a few buckets of rice home, and give the rest of the copper plate home to the mother."

At that time, the purchasing power of copper coins was staggering.

Lin Ranmei followed her own ideas and purchased them one by one.

He found that he still had seven copper plates in his hand.

Carrying all the purchased goods behind him, Lin Ran struggled to walk in the direction of home.

"His aunt, have you seen my family?"

After returning home, Sun and Lin Zhengtai found that Lin Ran was missing, but there were two bare-chested pheasants tied in front of the door. So I hurried to the neighbor's house to ask.

"Brother Ran, go to the market to sell feathers, Brother Ran is really amazing, he can catch such a beautiful pheasant, I know, that feather can be exchanged for a few big sons."