Chapter Twenty-Nine: Selling Goods
The next day, Yan Nian got up very early, packed everything, told Nuo Nuo to take care of his sister, and took ten silver coins, wrapped the wild ginseng in paper and hid it in his sleeve, and rushed to the town.
Yan Nian couldn't wait until there was a big gathering in the town, and there was not much money left in the family now, except for a few taels of silver given by the Liu family, which was this wild ginseng.
I want to go to the town to find a Chinese medicine shop to ask about the market, if I think the price is good, sell it today, and come back to buy some daily necessities at home.
Yan Nian followed the sheep intestine trail in the mountains and went straight to the town.
In the morning, the air in the mountains is very fresh, the sun is just right, and the chirping of all kinds of birds in the mountains and forests is very pleasant in this newly awakened forest.
Yan Nian felt very uncomfortable in his heart, thinking that if this mountain ginseng could be sold for a few hundred taels of silver, the situation at home would change.
When he was in reverie, he suddenly heard the sound of fluttering from far and near, Yan Nian hurriedly took two steps back and looked at the sound, but saw that the eagle was chasing a small wild boar.
The wild boar squeaked while running, and Yan Nian looked carefully, and there was a big snake with a thick bowl mouth in front of him!
Ah! Yan Nian was so frightened that he took a few steps back, and just as he turned his head and was about to walk back, he heard the wild boar crying even more fiercely, and saw that the eagle had caught the little wild boar and flew up in the air.
In a hurry, he was a master of shooting in the army in his previous life, Yan Nian broke a branch next to him, found a good angle and threw it into the sky, only to see the eagle fluttering and inciting its wings a few times, and an upside-down onion rushed straight into the forest in front.
Seeing that the big snake in front of him was also frightened by the sound, Yan Nian hurriedly rushed to the forest.
When he saw the eagle, he found that the little boar was still firmly grasping on the eagle's iron pincer-like claws, but the roots of its wings were shot by itself with sharp branches, and it could not fly on the ground.
Yan Nian hurriedly ran over, tied the eagle's two talons with a tree vine, pulled out the branches with force, and pulled the little wild boar out of the eagle's talons, and also tied the wild boar's legs.
Now it's okay, Yan Nian looked at the eagle and the little wild boar in his hand, he was so happy that he hurriedly walked to the town.
When he arrived in the town, Yan Nian wanted to dispose of these two living creatures first, and then it was not too late to sell wild ginseng.
Looking forward, a vegetable market in the town is crowded, with vegetable buyers, vegetable sellers, clothes, shoes and socks, pillows, threads, brains, etc., all kinds of cries and cries come and go.
Yan Nian stood at the entrance of the vegetable market, putting the eagle and the little wild boar on the ground, this way was also tired, squatting on the ground and watching the bustling crowd go in and out on his side, Yan Nian squatted on the ground to rest.
A middle-aged man dressed as a boy, holding a bird cage in his hand, passed by Yan Nian with a small song in his mouth, saw the eagle on the ground, hurriedly approached him, squatted down and reached out to touch the eagle's beautiful feathers, the eagle turned around and pecked quickly, and heard a 'oops' sound, Yan Nian saw that this person's hand was pecked out of blood by the eagle.
Yan Nian hurriedly said: "Don't touch it, this is an eagle that has not been domesticated." ”
Brother Gongzi raised his eyes and looked at Yan Nian with grinning teeth, "Why didn't you tell me earlier if you didn't let me touch it?" Look at my hand! ”
Yan Nian was just about to explain, when he heard this guy say again: "However, I like it very much, how did this guy sell it?" ”
I didn't expect this guy to reverse quite quickly, "I don't know what the market of this big bird is, you just give me three taels of silver, if you want it, you can take it directly, if not, I'll squat here again." ”
People who go to the morning market will make do with where there is excitement, and they saw a few people around the entrance of the vegetable market, so they all gathered around, and some people saw the big birds around Yan Nian, and they all stepped forward to ask the price, and Yan Nian hurriedly said that he sold three taels of silver.
If you know the goods, you have to take out the silver and take it away, and the boy who asked the price in front of him was anxious and shouted: "Slow, there has to be a first come, first come, no later!" I bought this big bird, don't grab it. After that, he took out three taels of silver and took the eagle away.
"I'll give four taels!"
At this time, a tall man who looked like a butler came out of the crowd and walked up to Yan Nian, took out the silver and handed it to Yan Nian, "Take it," said the eagle and strode towards the side of the road.
Everyone exclaimed, "This person is too domineering, isn't this a rip-off?" ”
A horse-drawn sedan was parked on the road, and at this time, the sedan curtain on the car was lifted by a pair of white and slender hands, revealing half of his face, and asked softly, "What's the matter?" ”
The man who looked like a butler raised the eagle in his hand and said, "Look at this eagle." ”
Yan Nian wiped his eyes, looking at this half of his face so familiar, and the voice that spoke......
At this time, the buyer next to him quit, "What do you do as a woman, look at my hand being pecked by your big bird, can you see what to do?" ”
When Yan Nian heard this, this guy was going to slander people's rhythm, got up and said: "This son, you're not right, when did I ask you to touch the eagle?" You'd better get out of here quickly, and don't delay my business. ”
Brother Gongzi muttered in a low voice and got up and left with the bird cage in a huffy manner, Yan Nian hurriedly turned his head to look at the road again, and at this time the carriage was gone. Yan Nian searched for the half of the face and the memory with the magnetic voice in the memory of the original owner.
The people in the vegetable market were in a mess, Yan Nian shook his head, and he didn't think about it anymore.
Seeing the crowd gradually disperse, Yan Nian looked down at the little wild boar lying on the ground again, shook his head and said, "You guy, if you can't sell it, I'll take you home." ”
As he was talking, he saw an ox cart passing by, and a few piglets were pulled on the cart, and they were squeaking, Yan Nian looked at the wild boar on the ground, and suddenly had an idea, why don't you raise this little wild boar! It looks like a sow, and when she grows up, she is giving birth to a few piglets, which is also a point of making money.
Thinking of this, Yan Nian happily left the vegetable market with the little wild boar in his arms and walked to the pharmacy next to him.
There is a pergola at the entrance of the pharmacy, a square table and several stone benches below. A well-dressed middle-aged gentleman sat under a stone bench and drank tea.
Yan Nian stood in front of the gentleman and said with a deep salute: "May I ask if the store is there?" ”
The gentleman looked up and saw Yan Nian, holding a small wild boar in his arms, with patches stacked on top of his body, and his face was covered with dust, but the information emitted by Yan Nian's eyes told him that this woman was not simple.
"Ah, what do you have?" With that, the gentleman got up, and the hat ribbon behind him was very good-looking.
Yan Nian hurriedly said: "I have a mountain product I want to sell, I don't know if the store needs it?" ”
"Okay, please come in, talk in the house." The gentleman stretched out his hand and made a gesture of please, and Yan Nian strode into the pharmacy.
As soon as he entered the pharmacy, the strong smell of Chinese medicine rushed straight to Yan Nian's nostrils, Yan Nian couldn't help but cover his nose and sneezed, and the gentleman behind him hurriedly asked Yan Nian to sit down.
"Please sit here."
The two sat down, the gentleman beckoned the schoolchildren to hurry up to serve tea, Yan Nian shook his hand: "Don't bother." ”
"Ah, I'm the shopkeeper, may I ask what kind of mountain goods did you sell, did you bring them today?"
Yan Nian hurriedly put the little wild boar at his feet, reached out and took out a paper bag from his sleeve and put it on the table: "How much silver is this worth?" ”