Chapter 65: Zhuang Zhou sells fish
A round of red sun shone obliquely on the earth, and below the red sun, a small figure, with firm steps, walked towards the red sun. In a few moments, the dwarf figure was hidden in the grass, and what remained there was a round of red sun.
Zhuang Zhou walked away steadfastly, and behind him, there was the cry of a little girl.
Mai'er hugged her father's thigh, looked at Zhuang Zhou's back and cried.
"What are you crying about?"
"She fell in love with Zhuang Zhou!"
"Alas! Daddy likes him too! Baby! Grow up quickly, and when you grow up, go find him! ”
At sunrise and sunset, before he knew it, Zhuang Zhou had walked more than two hundred miles to the border of the Song Kingdom. Along the way, he used this method, hunting small animals, or using his skills in exchange for dinner and a place to stay.
The disciples of the Mo family don't need to bring silver taels when they go out, it's really not good, they can live in the wild. Sleep by hanging yourself from a tree with a net, or you can make a bonfire and sleep next to it.
When I arrived at the border of the Song Kingdom, there were many people coming and going. Some came from Qi and some went to Qi. The Qi country opened the checkpoint and released the Mo family swordsmen and Taoist Taoists inside.
By the time Zhuang Zhou came, the border checkpoints between Song and Qi had already returned to calm. The Mo family swordsmen who went to the Qi country to make trouble heard that the bird slippery had been released from the Qi country, and they were all waiting in the small town on the edge of the checkpoint.
The Taoist people were also waiting at the checkpoint, waiting for Yang Zhu's arrival.
The Mo family and the Taoist people all inquired that Yu Huali returned to the Song Kingdom from here, and Yang Zhu also came to the Song Kingdom from here. Because! This is the place where Qi must pass through to Song Guomeng County. So! It's all waiting here.
If the news is false, it is the Qi country that is releasing pigeons, and they can't wait for the birds to slip and Yang Zhu, they will really go to the Qi country.
Now the Mo swordsman and the Taoist Taoist priest have met, and they are no longer swords and guns, fighting to the death. The current Mo swordsmen and Taoist Taoists have come to their senses, knowing that they have all been fooled before, and they have fallen for the cheetah team of Qi State.
But! When the Mo family swordsman saw the Taoist priest, he still had a sense of hatred in his heart. Fortunately, the Taoist priests were used to it, and when they saw a Mo family swordsman in them, they avoided it.
Zhuang Zhou didn't have a customs clearance certificate to go to Qi State, so he had to stay in the small town by the checkpoint to inquire about the whereabouts of Sister Qing'er and the news of Shigong Yu.
It's been so many days, and he still hasn't heard any news about Sister Qing'er. He didn't hear much about the news of the birds. He had no silver taels on him, and every afternoon he had to walk a long way to the countryside, to the mountains to put fastening buttons, to the river to put hooks and hooks.
He made a lot of fasteners and put them in places where small animals were infested, waiting for them to be put on. He also made countless fishing lines and hooks, put bait on the hooks, and threw them into the river pond to wait for the fish to take the bait.
After putting away the fastener and the hook, he went back to the inn in the town to rest. The next day, before dawn, he went back to collect his prey.
He was lucky enough to catch one, two rabbits, and so on almost every day. Or! Hook one or two large fish. He doesn't have an iron hook, his hook is made of bamboo skewers, and the effect is the same as that of an iron hook.
After a few days, he not only earned enough silver taels for the inn where he stayed, but also had savings in his pocket.
The luck of this day was very good, he not only caught two big fat rabbits weighing seven or eight catties, but also hooked two herring fish weighing more than ten catties.
Zhuang Zhou ran to the market full of joy, set up a stall, and sold it.
On his back, he carried his burden, which contained the sword given to him by the masked woman.
After a few days of traveling, he is already very sophisticated. But? He was inherently uninterested in money. Originally! His daily prey can be sold for a lot of silver taels, but he! It doesn't matter what it means to silver. Every day's prey, he sells it cheaply, as long as someone wants it, he sells it. Sometimes! Not even half the value of others.
"How do you sell this fish?"
After a while, a village woman about thirty years old came, a village woman in tattered clothes. She fell in love with the big herring and asked Zhuang Zhou how to sell it?
"Whatever!"
"Whatever?" The village woman asked, puzzled.
"Whatever you give, I'll take as much as you want! There is no pricing! Give as much as you think it's worth! Zhuang Zhou held his arms in his hands, looking indifferent.
"That? I'll give you a Song money, will you sell it? Next to him, a person came around and coaxed.
"A Song Qian?" Zhuang Zhou's face sank and he became unhappy.
How much is a Song money, you lie to a fool, right? When he said casually, he was following the market price, not really casual. It is not clear what the market price will be. As long as it goes up and down at this price, it's casual.
Just give one Song money and sell it, if it's not a sale, then give it away for nothing.
Zhuang Zhou's casual is below the market price, above half price.
"Then how do you say whatever?" The village woman also asked.
"Alas!" Zhuang Zhou shook his head and sighed, explaining, "I mean! How much do you think it's worth and how much you're willing to pay, I'll sell it to you! The market price is clearly there, isn't it? You understand what I mean, right? It's whatever. ”
Only then did the village woman understand what Zhuang Zhou meant, nodded and said, "But I don't have that much money on me?" My man is sick, and I have to buy medicine. I didn't dare to buy fish first, I was afraid that there would not be enough money! ”
Zhuang Zhou looked the village woman up and down, felt that she might be telling the truth, and said: "Then you go to buy the medicine first, and give me the rest of the money, and the fish will be given to you!" ”
"This?"
"Take it!" Zhuang Zhou handed the big herring weighing more than ten catties to the village woman, and he didn't receive a cent of the money.
"This? This? This? I? I? I still have two flatbreads, pay you in advance! ”
The village woman felt that she couldn't go, so she took out two large cakes from her arms and handed them to Zhuang Zhou. The flatbread was so hot that she kept it in her arms, probably not long after it had been burned.
Zhuang Zhou was not polite, took it and took a bite.
The village woman happily took the big herring and left.
Behind! There was also a sigh. They all felt that the village woman had gained a lot of money, and Zhuang Zhou was a stupid boy.
After a while, Zhuang Zhou's other fish was bought by a guy with a good head, and he sold it again in another place. The other two rabbits were also bought by a poor man and sold on the other side of the market.
Word soon spread in the market that Zhuang Zhou was a stupid child. are all saying that when Zhuang Zhou sells the prey again tomorrow, he must buy it first, and he can double the amount of money he can make as soon as he changes hands.
After selling the prey, Zhuang Zhou didn't leave, he was waiting for the village woman to send the silver taels. His big herring weighing more than ten pounds! Far more than the price of two flatbreads.
The people who knew about it saw that Zhuang Zhou was still waiting stupidly, and they all laughed one by one.
"Are you still waiting for her? She had already bought her medicine and gone home! ”
"You idiot! A big herring weighing more than ten catties sold two flatbreads. ”
"Unless! She's also a fool, so she sent the silver? ”
"That's it!"
Zhuang Zhou didn't hear it, and still stood there waiting. Outcome! It was really unfortunate that the village woman did not appear until noon.
"Alas! You're a liar too! ”
Zhuang Zhou sighed, and had to turn around and leave, preparing to go back to the inn.
"Little brother! Wait a minute! Wait a minute! I'm here with money! Brother! Wait a minute! ”
Then! Behind him came the shouts of the village woman.