Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Serial Pit
"New here?" The steamed bun seller asked again.
I nodded, "Yes!" β
"Something?" The seller of steamed buns asked again.
"Yes, I'm looking for someone, I have a few friends who came here twenty days ago and ten days ago or so, and then disappeared, I'm here to find them, can you help me find them? The pay is yours! After I finished speaking, I showed the person the can in my backpack.
There were still a dozen boxes of canned food left, as well as some compressed biscuits, and high-calorie energy bars.
The steamed bun seller nodded, seemingly satisfied with my stuff: "Do you want to inquire about the news, or do you want to find someone?" β
"Isn't it different?" I asked strangely.
"Of course it's different, the accuracy of the inquiry will be much smaller, and you can only tell you about a few days ago, where and where you saw it, or even at which door you entered twenty days ago. And if you find someone, you can clearly find the location of the other person, and you can also take you to meet them, and the price of the other two is not the same. The steamed bun seller said very skillfully, obviously used to this kind of thing.
"Then find someone, how much does it cost?" I didn't even think about it, so I chose the best one.
"Pay a deposit for two cans first, the deposit is non-refundable regardless of whether you can find it or not, if you can't find it, it will also give you the latest news, if you find it, you need to pay for two more cans, if you need to meet, you need to pay two more cans." The steamed bun seller said.
Without hesitation, I took out two cans and paid them to each other.
The other party put it away with a smile, and then asked again: "Are you going to wait here, or do you want to go somewhere else, you don't need to add money to wait here, if you want to go shopping, when we find someone to inform you, you need to add another canγγγγγγ β
Since there are quite a few cans, I didn't hesitate to add another one.
The other party still smiled and accepted the can, and then heard the other party say: "Of course, you can also come back every once in a while to inquire, so that you don't charge money." β
"Damn!" I suddenly felt that I had been cheated again.
But I didn't care about these small sections, and said, "I'm going to take a look at it when I just came!" β
"Of course, that's pretty much the case with all newcomers." The following person who sold steamed buns changed his words: "But you are a newcomer, you are easy to be deceived, are you interested in joining our organization?" β
"Organization? What organization? I asked, pretending to be curious.
"The organization that overthrew the rule of the brutal fishmen, once the rule of the brutal fishmen was overthrown, everyone could regain their freedom." The way of selling steamed buns.
"It's too far, if you had the ability, it is estimated that you would have succeeded a long time ago, and if you have not succeeded so far, it means that you do not have the ability." Because I was reminded by Brother Churros, I didn't want to join any organization, so I refused directly.
"Dislike the goal is too far, but there are also immediate benefits!" The steamed bun seller said.
"The immediate benefits? What are the benefits? I asked subconsciously.
"For example, if you join our organization, you can get the protection of the organization, find people, and everything is free." Selling buns said.
"Groove~ Then why didn't you say it earlier? I'll join in and return the cans to me! "I went on the spot.
"I'm sorry, I just said that the deposit will not be refunded!" The steamed bun seller was still slow and methodical, and I was almost so angry that I died on the spot.
I can see that none of these guys are fuel-efficient lamps, and they are all cheating on me.
This steamed bun seller is also very smart, first pit my deposit, and then use the reason for me to join the organization, and use the power of the organization to help me find someone for free, and he can swallow those canned food privately.
Of course, I won't let him have a good time, and immediately refused: "If you don't join, find me quickly!" β
With that, I left, ready to take a stroll around the area.
Everything here looks antique, whether it is the houses or the way people dress, it is similar to the feeling of ancient TV dramas.
And I, who was obviously out of place, did not cause any surprise here, and no one was curious about my fancy dress.
But I quickly figured it out, I looked at those networks that crossed, and the reason why the ancients were curious about the service of the time-travelers was because they had never seen them.
And this is not a crossing at all, most of the people here are modern people, plus there are often unlucky people like me, who come in from the outside, and everyone is not surprised.
There are a lot of things on the street, but most of them are things I have seen and some I have never seen, such as some strange creatures on the bottom of the sea, or some treasures from shipwrecks on the bottom of the sea.
I soon saw some porcelain, all of them were Yuan blue and white, Ming blue and white, good things, just go out in one piece, and it will cost more than one million.
Again, those with a valuation of hundreds of millions, or hundreds of millions of auctions, are completely hyped.
The auction house only needs to buy a batch of porcelain at a low price, auction it at a high price for a period of time, and then find someone to pretend to be a buyer to buy it. Therefore, the antique industry is to speculate, and then collectively pit individuals, old people pit novices, and insiders pit laymen.
"How do you sell this?" I asked, holding a Yuan Qinghua.
The stall was set up by a smug young man, dressed in a robe of the kind worn by a fifteenth-century Japanese ronin, with a thick rope belt tied around it.
Squatting on the ground to reveal two long legs with fine hair and a lot of hair, I glanced at it, raised my eyebrows, it seems that the hell there is not a single wool in it, and it is empty.
A pinch of long bangs covers half of the face, and the bangs are still dyed yellow.
The guy looked up at me, saw that my eyes were obviously bright, and then opened his mouth and said, "Five million shellfish!" β
"~" When I heard this answer, I immediately got a grass.
"This is the same price as the one sold outside, according to the purchasing power of the kind of shellfish I saw, five million shell coins are estimated to be equivalent to about 15 million yuan, which is not cheap at all, this product must see that I am new and ready to pit me!" I thought to myself.
He immediately dropped the bottle and left.
"Hey, hey, don't go!" When the young man saw that I didn't say a word, he dropped his things and turned his head to leave, and immediately became anxious, lifted his big robe, stepped over his long legs, stepped over the stall, and grabbed me.
I glared at each other: "Why don't you leave?" Can't afford it! β
"Do business, I'll sit on the ground and start the price, will you pay back on the ground? You're back, you're back! There is a business and a quantity, it is a business! "The other party looked flattering, but he grabbed me and didn't mean to let me go.
After looking at the other party suspiciously for a while, I rolled my eyes and thought, "Five million shellfish, how about me."
I can't afford it, I don't have a shell coin on me now, in case the other party gives me a heart-warming price, I can't afford it, how tangled it is, it's better to pay back a big one, he doesn't sell it, and I can get out! β
I made up my mind, so I hesitated to return the favor: "Five hundred shells? β
"Huh?" When the young man heard my counteroffer, he was stunned, I saw that his face changed several times, and he looked like he was going to beat me, I was a newcomer, and it was not good to fight with people, and I was about to add a little more, so I heard the young man, slap on the hairy thigh and shout: "Deal!" β
"I've got a grass! Slot slot, looking at the expression of the young man, I obviously have a feeling of being fooled, it's expensive to buy! "I knew I was expensive, and I immediately regretted it.
But at this time, the other party had already pulled me back, with a posture of not buying or leaving, and the rest of the people around me also looked over, their eyes were full of heat, giving me the feeling that they were going to come up and rob me.
The young man dragged me to the side of the stall, but I was desperate to go back: "I don't have any money!" β
"No money? If you don't have money, you come and ask the price, don't you know that we have to buy it if we ask the price here? Don't ask the price if you don't buy! The young man was furious.
"How can there be such a reason, can't you ask the price when doing business?" I'm also in a hurry.
"Yes, but after you asked, I agreed, which means that the business is done, you regret it now, everyone is watching, and everyone knows this rule, everyone says yes?" The young man shouted.
"Yes~" The whole street shouted.
I even saw the big brother who sold fritters, and the bun seller shouted along.
I heard the voice of the big brother who sold fritters from so far away, and the steamed bun seller was even more proud and ridiculed, obviously revenge for me who had just cheated him.
Why did I cheat him just now, he was the one who cheated me first, first got three cans from me, and then invited me to join their organization, so that he could swallow those three cans privately.
But I didn't want to join, and he needed to hand in at least two of the three cans, so I turned him back.
"Damn, are you trying to buy and sell?" I shook my hands vigorously, breaking free from the youth and preparing to run.
But the young man shouted: "If you dare to run, we will report to the official, and after reporting to the official, we will be arrested and locked up for at least three months, believe it or not, and most of your things will be swallowed by you with the behavior of those white-skinned dogs, and you have no place to reason." β
I stopped in my footsteps, I didn't want to be caught, although I don't know if what the young man said was true or not, but I knew that once I was caught, the contents of my backpack would definitely be swallowed by the other party, and there would really be no place to reason at that time.
But I really don't have so many shell coins, this thing is a good thing, and it's true, I can see it at a glance, it's Yuan Qinghua, and the whole stall of him is genuine, if these things are outside, put in the auction house, they can be auctioned for hundreds of millions.
Even if you trade privately, you can get hundreds of millions.
So I could only tell the truth: "I want things, but I really don't have so many shell coins, if you want, I will exchange the canned food with you, if you don't want to, you can report to the official!" β
"Change, why don't you change!" I thought that the young man would bite to the death, but I didn't expect the other party to agree.
I suddenly had a feeling of being pitted again.