Chapter 47: The strong dragon can't crush the earth's snake
Fu Xiaojiu and his party were surrounded by people watching the excitement, because tigers are rare prey, and no one may be able to hunt one for three or five years.
Moreover, the size of the tiger that Feng Zhongjun hunted was extraordinarily large, and even if it was covered with a straw mat, its huge and sturdy body could be seen.
Fortunately, they stopped not in the middle of the avenue, but at the end of a market.
It was not lively here, but because of the arrival of Fu Xiaojiu and them, it became the most prosperous "stall" in the entire market.
Although their ox cart was carrying an amazing big tiger, their clothes were too shabby, except for Fu Xiaojiu's face was white, the other people's faces were yellow and black and rough, and they looked like countrymen who had never seen much of the world.
It is said that "people rely on clothes, horses rely on saddles", seeing their shabby appearance, some people even doubted whether the tiger on the ox cart was real or fake.
"Is this a real tiger?"
Doubts reached their ears.
As soon as he heard this kind of questioning, Feng Zhongjun, a straight man, couldn't stand it, and immediately said to the person who questioned him with a calm face: "This is the big insect I personally hunted, can it be fake?" If you don't believe me, come and see for yourself! ”
"You hunted this big worm?" As soon as the questioners saw Feng Zhongjun's strong figure and fierce momentum, they immediately dispelled some doubts.
But some people think that Feng Zhongjun is bragging, after all, this tiger is too big, and the possibility that he can hunt the tiger alone is too small.
At this time, Wan Pozi is about to open the straw mat and let everyone test it.
"Wait!"
Fu Xiaojiu suddenly stopped Wan Pozi.
Wan Pozi looked at Fu Xiaojiu in puzzlement, Fu Xiaojiu glanced at her, and then with a light smile, she calmly said to everyone: "Do you all want to see if this big insect is real or fake?" ”
"That's nature!"
Someone is already in a hurry.
"Do you think this worm is real or fake?"
Fu Xiaojiu asked unhurriedly.
Someone said impatiently: "Then we can't lift the straw mat, we can only know when we go up and touch it!" ”
Fu Xiaojiu was still not in a hurry, he looked at Feng Zhongjun patiently, and said proudly: "This big insect was hunted by my uncle alone, and he hit the big worm's head with an arrow, and the big worm died after kicking his legs." ”
As soon as Fu Xiaojiu said this, the onlookers immediately exploded.
"What? Did this big worm really be hunted by this young man himself? Or was it killed with a single arrow? ”
"How is this possible? Little lady, aren't you a fool? ”
The more everyone questioned, the more Fu Xiaojiu was not in a hurry.
She put her hand on the straw mat and said loudly, "As long as I open the straw mat first, you will know if I am making a fool of people." But I want to make it clear that my uncle tracked down this big insect for five days and five nights, and killed it with an arrow with his amazing arrows. Even if you are so powerful at my uncle's archery, you can open your eyes today. But if you want to see such a powerful archery, and you want to see such a powerful big worm, you can't just see it. ”
"Little lady, what do you mean?"
Someone asked impatiently, I don't know what Fu Xiaojiu is selling.
Fu Xiaojiu smiled, pointed to the cloth bag he was carrying and said, "If you want to see with your own eyes whether the big insect was killed by an arrow, and if you want to go forward and touch the real or fake of the big insect, you only need to spend five cents." If you don't want to spend the pennies, don't stand in our way, and we're going to sell this worm to those who know the goods. ”
Fu Xiaojiu's words made the crowd explode again, and many people were itchy, because it was common for them to be as lively as this and not want to juggle, and since they came to watch, they were unwilling to open it like this.
Fu Xiaojiu's idea startled Wan Pozi and them, everyone looked at Fu Xiaojiu, Wan Pozi pulled her sleeve and muttered: "Can we do this?" Can anyone be willing to spend this money? ”
Fu Xiaojiu patted Wan Pozi's hand and didn't speak, but the confidence in her eyes had already answered her.
"Okay, five cents is five cents! Then we have to say okay, you have to let me test it well, but you can't just let me touch it as soon as my hand touches the big worm. ”
At this time, a strong man in his forties, with a full face and beard, looked at the fierce strong man who stepped forward, crossed his waist with one hand, held five cents in the other, stared at Fu Xiaojiu with two bull's eyes and said.
Fu Xiaojiu said happily: "No problem. As long as you don't hurt the fur of the big insect, you can test it as much as you want. ”
Fu Xiaojiu fearlessly accepted the big man's five cents, and immediately opened the straw mat.
"Oops!"
As soon as the straw mat was lifted, everyone let out incredible exclamations at the same time.
Wan Pozi had already taken the lead in forming a human wall in front of the ox cart, and the strong man walked up to the tiger and was surprised that he did not close his mouth.
"Ahh What a real eye-catching white-fronted worm! ”
The strong man's admiration made everyone even more curious, and they stretched their necks and wanted to touch the thick fur of the big insect Huashun themselves.
"It's... This big worm was really killed by an arrow! ”
The strong man looked like a person who knew martial arts, and he repeatedly examined the whole body of the big insect, and there were no other wounds except for the arrow wound on the head door.
The strong man's affirmation had a very good publicity effect, and he looked excited, and he couldn't put it down and touched the tiger's fur.
Fu Xiaojiu didn't urge him, and he had enough of the tiger.
"I'm going to touch the big worm too!"
"I'm going to touch it too!"
Everyone has already given up five cents one after another to touch the tiger.
Fu Xiaojiu calmly accepted the money, and Wan Pozi began to maintain order, looking at them, for fear that someone would secretly take away a handful of tiger hair.
In about half an hour, Fu Xiaojiu had already collected more than 200 yuan, she saw that the time was almost up, so she said to everyone: "Okay, okay, our big worm still has to find an uncle who knows the goods to sell it, and please make way for us, let's go find a seller." ”
Someone said, "You guys are selling here, this is a street market, you don't sell big insects here, where do you want to sell?" ”
Fu Xiaojiu looked at the onlookers and was a little disappointed, "The officials have seen the tiger for a long time and touched the tiger for a long time, but there is anyone who is willing to pay for this tiger?" ”
Fu Xiaojiu immediately asked everyone speechless.
In fact, Fu Xiaojiu does not mean to look down on people, but there are two kinds of markets in this county, one is a market that specializes in doing small business for ordinary people, and the other is a market with luxury restaurants, silk and satin, gold and silver jewelry, and is specially oriented to rich and noble families.
Fu Xiaojiu was surrounded by people not long after they entered the county seat, so the market where they were located was far away from the city center and was specially oriented to ordinary people.
Even if these people can't afford to buy a whole tiger, they know that the price of such a whole tiger is at least five hundred taels of silver, how can anyone dare to buy this sky-high price?
Fu Xiaojiu saluted everyone and said politely: "I'm still bothering you to get out of the way, we should also go." ”
Everyone had to silently flash to the side, but they were all impressed by Fu Xiaojiu, and saw that she was not an ordinary village woman, not only with brains, but also with courage.
Wan Pozi knew where the street market for the rich was, and when a few people were about to go there, a dozen people appeared out of nowhere and blocked their way.
These dozen or so men are all dressed in short clothes, and they look like thugs and the like.
As soon as Fu Xiaojiu and the others saw this kind of battle, they all secretly screamed badly.
Fu Xiaojiu had heard that all the stalls in the county town had to pay protection fees, and this group of people may be the ones who collect protection money.
It's okay to say that if you only collect protection money, it's a big deal to give them all the money that you just watched the tigers, but if this group of people is quite unreasonable and fancy the big worm, then Fu Xiaojiu and their friends will lose their wives and soldiers this time.
Wan Pozi thought the same as Fu Xiaojiu, the two glanced at each other, and their faces were not good-looking.
Feng Zhongjun had also heard of the rules of the county, but he was not afraid, he clenched his big fists, and the two thick eyebrows were screwed together, without opening his mouth, his face was full of anger when he looked at it, making people dare not approach.
Fu Xiaojiu adhered to the principle of stretching out his hand and not hitting people with smiling faces, no matter how much his heart hung up, he still greeted them with a light smile first: "A few big brothers, I don't know what to do in blocking our way?" ”
"They didn't leave, did they?"
Suddenly, a familiar voice sounded from behind the dozen or so strong men.
"Is that you?"
Fu Xiaojiu fixed his eyes and saw that the person who came out from behind these dozen strong men was actually the bearded man who spent five cents to touch the tiger.
The big man grinned and said to Fu Xiaojiu: "Little lady, you can come with us." ”
Fu Xiaojiu stood on the ground and asked without changing his color: "This big brother, what is your surname?" Where are you going to take us? ”
The bearded man patted his heart and said, "The contemptible people are exempt from the noble surname He, and they all call me He Huzi." It's not that I'm looking for you, it's our lord who invited a few people over, and our lord wants to see this big worm and this brother who killed the big worm with an arrow. ”
Hearing He Huzi's words, Fu Xiaojiu's heart relaxed a little, but she didn't dare to relax completely, in case He Huzi's old man was an unreasonable snake, the tiger might not be protected.
Fu Xiaojiu said calmly: "It turned out to be Brother He." Since your lord thinks so highly of us, of course we have to go over and meet with your lord. ”
He Huzi couldn't help but appreciate Fu Xiaojiu, and said with a smile: "You little lady is really a cheerful person. Let's go, our lord's house is not far from here. ”
Although a few people were reluctant, they couldn't resist, and Feng Zhongjun saw that they were quite polite, so he put away his fierce appearance for the time being.
Feng Zhen and Wang, as well as the coachman of the ox cart, had no bottom in their hearts, Feng Zhen walked up to Feng Zhongjun and asked in a low voice, "Let's just go with them?" ”
Feng Zhen nodded helplessly: "There are many of them, and they look like snakes on the ground, we have no choice but to go with them." ”
Wang also walked to his son's side, and muttered a little unhappily: "It would be good if you didn't listen to her coming to the county, if this group of people weren't good at stubble, let's not say that we could sell it for more money, I'm afraid we will have to take this road fare!" ”