In the early morning, the sun didn't seem to wake up, lazily dozing behind the dark clouds.

The air was dull, as if a hard sip could suck out a large mouthful of water.

"It's going to rain heavily!" The man who got up in the morning looked at the sky and sighed.

"The head of the house, go out and bring a coat, this weather, I don't know when it will rain heavily."

The head of the family took the coat handed over by his mother-in-law and held it in his hand.

"Smack!" The man slapped a mosquito that had bitten his hand to death, blew it gently, and blew the mosquito to the ground.

"This weather is very stuffy, and there are more and more mosquitoes. You take good care of your son at home, but don't be bitten by mosquitoes. ”

The man's mother-in-law and aunt should be again and again, watching the man go out.

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The weather is getting hotter and hotter, and mosquitoes are becoming more and more active, and the majority of people in the Tang Dynasty are suffering from mosquitoes.

At this moment, a rumor in the east of Chang'an City was spreading rapidly.

"Hey, have you heard? It is said that someone invented a thing called... When the mosquito coil comes out, it only needs to be lit and placed at the door, which can ensure that there are no mosquitoes in the house for half a day. "In the tavern, an idler fanned his sweat with his sleeve while repelling the mosquitoes buzzing around him.

"Incense? Incense burned in the gym? Does this thing repel mosquitoes? How come I've never heard of it? The people around me expressed disbelief.

The man who spoke before picked up the three pulp in his hand, drank it all in one gulp, wiped his mouth indiscriminately, and said with a big grin: "Damn, it doesn't matter if he's real, don't you know if you go over and see?" Maybe it really works? Lao Tzu has been bitten enough by mosquitoes, and every time he is bitten a bag, if he can really repel mosquitoes, he has to buy a little bit of everything. ”

Those who didn't believe it remembered that the infant child at home was bitten by mosquitoes and couldn't sleep, so he drank the three pulp in front of him in one gulp, put on his coat and hurriedly stepped up to the steps of the person in front.

"Brother, wait for me, I'll go see if that mosquito coil works!"

There were a lot of people gathered at the door of a shop in Dongshi early in the morning, and the shop guy calmly opened the door and put out the goods in the store the same. Finally, the shopkeeper took out a disguise, on which were written "Chen Ji Mosquito Incense Shop".

The shopkeeper's man took a small bench, then stepped on the small bench himself, and hung the disguise outside the store, and when the wind blew, the disguise was violent, and it was clearly seen from a hundred meters away.

Then, the shopkeeper took the "mosquito coil" made of king-size wood handed by the man and hung it next to the disguise.

The onlookers outside the store talked a lot, and finally, someone asked loudly: "Shopkeeper, do the mosquito coils in your store really repel mosquitoes?" ”

One asked, and the others followed.

They all heard the name of this shop, but when they saw the mosquito coils on display, their hearts beat drums.

If this thing doesn't work, isn't your money going down the drain?

The shopkeeper cleared his throat and bowed his hand to everyone: "Folks, this thing is called Chen's mosquito coil, you only need to take half a roll and light it at the door of the house, which can ensure that there are no mosquitoes in the house for half a day, and the effect is very effective." If you don't believe me, I'll do an experiment for you on the spot! ”

After speaking, the shopkeeper took out a roll of mosquito coils and walked to a stinky ditch not far from the storefront.

Stinky ditches are often a gathering place for mosquitoes and flies, and before you even enter, a swarm of mosquitoes buzzes up like vampires, frightening onlookers from approaching.

"Ho! Oh my! There are so many mosquitoes, if you stand there for a stick of incense, your whole body will be covered with mosquito blocks! ”

"Yes! Shopkeeper, so many mosquitoes, bite people to death! ”

The shopkeeper frowned, lit the mosquito coil in his hand, strode towards the stinky ditch, and finally, put the mosquito coil on the ground, and stood there like no one.

"Folks, everyone has seen the mosquitoes here, I am standing here, just to imagine that everyone can prove that the mosquito coils I sell can really repel mosquitoes, and the effect is extraordinary, everyone and wait patiently, how many mosquito blocks I have on my body when this roll of mosquito coils is burned!"

The onlookers looked at each other, discussed in a whisper, and when they saw the shopkeeper's confident appearance, they immediately believed half of the function of the mosquito coil, and they were ready to pay for it.

"What? Five rolls of mosquito coils are 150 texts, and ten rolls of mosquito coils are 280 texts? Why don't you go and grab the money? A man from Guanzhong blushed and pointed at the shop guy and scolded his mother.

The shopkeeper said unhurriedly: "This folk, the mosquito coils sold by my family have an extraordinary mosquito repellent effect, and we are the only ones who sell them, this price is not expensive, the more you buy, the more cost-effective." If you want to buy 20 rolls of mosquito coils, you only need 500 Wen, the more you buy, the cheaper, if you want to buy in large quantities, you can negotiate with our shopkeeper, the price can be cheaper. ”

Dahan may not have enough money with him, and when he was told by the guy, he didn't buy it, and he didn't buy it, his face became more and more red, and he said with some annoyance: "What kind of broken thing?" Black doesn't slip autumn at such a point, but it actually costs thirty texts a volume? Your conscience is too dark, isn't it? In my opinion, most of this thing is useless, most of it is grandstanding and cheating money! ”

The shouting of the big man attracted the attention of some people, and everyone also talked about it, on the one hand, because the price of this thing was too high, and on the other hand, it was to question whether this thing was useful. If it's useless, wouldn't it be a waste of money to buy it?

"Huh? Do you feel that there are fewer mosquitoes? Someone in the crowd shouted.

Then someone immediately chimed in: "Yes, I also feel that just now there were mosquitoes and flies all over the sky, and now it seems that there are almost none." Ay! Look! There were so many mosquitoes and flies on the ground, it seemed like they were dead! ”

Someone pointed to the ground, and everyone looked in the direction of his finger, and sure enough, they saw many mosquitoes and flies on the ground.

"Oh God! It really repells mosquitoes! Oops, I won't be afraid of mosquito bites in the summer! A man shouted happily.

Someone immediately poured a basin of cold water on him. "Okay, this roll of mosquito coils costs thirty yuan, or does it cost five rolls, can you buy it?"

"That's right! Shopkeeper's! Why is this mosquito coil so expensive? ”

The shopkeeper seemed to have anticipated this problem for a long time, and replied unhurriedly: "The production cost of mosquito coils is high, and they are naturally expensive." After saying that, the shopkeeper walked in front of the crowd to show his ... Body.

"Look, I've been standing by the stinky ditch for a while, and I haven't been bitten by a mosquito! With such a sacred object, what is the price of thirty Wen? If you use a roll of mosquito coils to save a little, you can use it for two or three days, and it is better to spend some money and suffer less sin than to be bitten half to death by mosquitoes every day. Especially if you have a baby at home, do you bear that your baby is bitten by mosquitoes? Can you bear to have your mother-in-law bitten by mosquitoes? ”