Just chatting in the car, through Chen Jixing Ye Feng, I learned that there is no special flower and bird market in this market. Naturally, I have never seen anyone sell bonsai or bonsai.

Even the flower pot that Ye Feng asked for was bought by Chen Jixing in the grocery store. It is said that many people want to be cheap, and take it home to fill the grain, feed the chickens and ducks.

No wonder there isn't a single ventilation hole at the bottom of this pot!

As for the flowers and bonsai in the homes of the rich or literati, it is said that they were specially cultivated by someone, and some of them were transported from other places for a high price.

In a word, some people in this market sell poultry, cattle, horses, vegetables, grain, and even mountain goods, but they don't sell bonsai and bonsai.

It's not hard to see why.

There is a sentence in "Guanzi" that says, "Cang Liao knows etiquette and knows honor and disgrace when he has enough food and clothing." This means that the people have sufficient granaries and abundant food and clothing to take care of etiquette and value honor and shame.

For ordinary people, all year round, they save a little bit of silver from between their teeth, and it is impossible to use it to buy a pot of flowers that cannot be eaten or drunk.

This is just as Mr. Lu Xun said, Jiao Da of Jiafu will not think how beautiful Sister Lin is. According to foreign theories, for example, Maslow's hierarchy of needs, food and clothing always come first for people.

Therefore, it is not that bonsai or bonsai are not beautiful, the key is that for most people, they have not even been met at the material level, and their spiritual needs are still far away.

So, now that you have a name, the first thing to do is to find a place where rich people gather. Although there is a dense flow of people here and a lot of circulation, most of them are people who buy the necessities of life, and no one should be willing to pay silver to buy them.

Moreover, even if there is, the price must not be worth it. This is his first pot of gold, and he can't sell it cheaply.

After thinking about it, Ye Feng asked Chen Jixing: "Brother-in-law, where is the largest and richest restaurant in the city, and what is its name?" ”

Although he didn't know what Ye Feng was going to do, Chen Jixing still subconsciously said: "The richest restaurant in Qingshan County is naturally Lingyun Tower, which is tall and magnificent, and it is said that it will cost at least nearly one or two taels of silver to eat a casual meal." ”

"Really? Okay, let's go, let's go to Lingyun Tower. Brother-in-law, you lead the way in front. Ye Feng said briskly.

Qianyan looked at the various breakfasts and snacks sold in front of her, and her eyes were dumbfounded, but no one paid attention to her, and she herself was embarrassed to say.

Ye Feng saw it, but he couldn't help it, what he thought was that when the flowers were sold, he would naturally have money, and it would not be too late to buy these when the time came.

For now, I can only grieve this girl first.

Thinking that Ye and Qianyan couldn't help much, and there was always a bad association with a woman selling him with flowers, thinking of this, Ye Feng said to Ye: "Sister, you take Qianyan to go shopping, my brother-in-law and I will go to Lingyun Tower to sell flowers." When you're done shopping, come to us. ”

Ye Shi thought about it, she and Qianyan really couldn't help anything, and she was more resistant to the places where rich people gathered, so she went shopping by herself because she took Qianyan.

Ye Feng didn't mean that he dared to go to Lingyun Tower to sell flowers directly, just like them, he was afraid that he would be blasted out before he went upstairs. This can't be blamed on the other party's forces, but the reality is to respect Luo Yi first and then respect people.

Moreover, people are places to do business, and they are not obliged to set aside a place for Ye Feng and Chen Jixing to sell flowers.

Therefore, before he arrived at the restaurant, Ye Feng saw that there happened to be enough space in front of him, so he asked Chen Jixing to stop and rest, and carefully put the flowers on the ground.

This way can make Chen Jixing tired, so he hugged him like this, for fear of breaking the flowers.

Chen Jixing saw that Ye Feng had chosen such a place, so he asked, "Didn't you say that you were going to the restaurant to sell flowers, why did you stop here?" ”

Hearing this, Ye Feng patiently explained: "Brother-in-law, although there are many rich people in the restaurant, it is a place to eat. Do you think, will the shopkeeper let us in? ”

Chen Jixing thought about it, and then asked: "Then it's okay for us to wait outside the restaurant." It's so empty, there's no one. ”

Seeing that Chen Jixing still didn't understand, anyway, it was empty now, and he was not afraid of people hearing it, Ye Feng said: "Although there are many people at the door of the restaurant, if we rush to send it over, the price will naturally not be high." Anyway, the restaurant is not far away, and those who go to eat at the restaurant always have to pass by here. ”

This place is spacious, the front is the Lingyun Tower, the back is a little bit of a small stall vendor, and there is a pork stall, at first glance, it is set up for the rich people's carriage to stop conveniently, even if two or three cars come at once.

Moreover, the location is just right.

If it is too close to other people's stalls, as soon as Ye Feng shouts for a while, there will naturally be onlookers, and those vendors should have opinions.

After doing this, Ye Feng was not in a hurry to sell, but observed for a while. Sure enough, after observation, it was found that the previous speculation was not wrong, and almost all of the carriages that came and went here were very delicately decorated, and at first glance they were either rich or expensive.

Although no one stopped to look at them, Ye Feng felt that it was not a problem.

How do you get the attention of these nobles?

Ye Feng also wanted to learn from those who traveled through the practice of his predecessors, that is, to recite one or two poems about cuckoos aloud to gain the favor of those who have a heart. Since then, not only flowers, but also people have become famous, and wealth has been rolling.

Although Ye Feng is a science student, after the baptism of the college entrance examination, there are still a few Tang poems and Song songs, and they are also the most widely circulated and classic.

It's a pity, I have to say that Ye Feng really carried it to the extreme.

Throughout the ages, literati and writers have recited almost any flower, but only the cuckoo can't. If you don't believe it, if you think about it carefully, in the eyes of the ancients, the cuckoo is often the impression of crying, what "cuckoo cries blood", "Zigui Sishu", anyway, even if there are beautiful verses, it is not festive.

People in this time and space are so superstitious that they will never buy a pot of unlucky flowers.

After thinking about it for a long time, Ye Feng didn't think of any good way. And Chen Jixing cowered as soon as he saw the gorgeous carriage coming over, and he must not dare to shout loudly.

After thinking about it, Ye Feng had no choice but to get on the horse in person, and directly opened his throat and yelled: Buy flowers, buy flowers, come and buy beautiful flowers. Come and come, walk through and don't miss ......

His voice was naturally inferior to that of the Huang Clan's Sound Pill, so although he shouted hard, it was a pity that the effect was very limited.

Except for the occasional glance of surprise, there was no other attention.

Ye Feng was in a hurry, he couldn't just carry the flowers back and come back tomorrow.

Once and again, the fare is also a lot, the key is too tossed.

Fortunately, the flowering period of this flower is relatively long, and according to the current situation, there is no problem in blooming for another month. But no matter how long the flowering period is, there will always be a time when it will bloom or fail.

Once the flowering period is over, its value will also be greatly reduced.

So, you have to think of a way.

Suddenly, Ye Feng saw a pork stall not far away.

The pork seller surnamed Ma, known as the horse butcher, has been selling pork here for generations. The Ye family usually buys meat here, so although the horse butcher doesn't recognize Ye Feng, he knows Chen Jixing.

Ye Feng instigated Chen Jixing to borrow the wooden shelf behind the horse butcher in the past, and put it anyway, without delaying him anything.

Hearing that it was just borrowing a wooden shelf, Chen Jixing was also generous, anyway, he was not dealing with any nobles, but in a few words, he complimented the horse butcher a few words, and said a few auspicious words, so he borrowed the wooden shelf.

It's not that the horse butcher is kind-hearted, it's really that Chen Jixing borrowed just a wooden shelf, and he won't lose anything if he borrows it out for a while, and he doesn't go far, just under his nose, so he happily did this favor.

In fact, it is a wooden shelf, but it is better to say that it is a low wooden ladder, which is the kind of convenient ladder that many people will buy nowadays to put at home for easy access. It's just that this wooden frame is much shorter.

"Brother-in-law, I'll fix it down for a while, and you can put this pot on top, yes, on the top one."

After choosing the angle that can best show the beauty of the azalea, Ye Feng set up the shelf steadily. Then Ye Feng stabilized the ladder below to maintain his balance, while Chen Jixing carefully walked up two ladders and placed the cuckoo on the wooden shelf with both hands.

"Brother-in-law, you move the pot a little further to the left, yes, left, yes, yes, okay, don't move, that's all."

As Ye Feng expected, in an instant, this pot of azaleas seemed to have found its proper position, in the morning light, like a peacock with wings open, holding its head high and looking at the world.

The slender branches and leaves, illuminated by the sun, emitted a little golden light. It is simply beautiful to complement the flowers that are dotted with flowers, budding or already in bloom.

Now it's not the same as it was just now.

originally occupied a "high position", coupled with Ye Feng's childlike shouts, for a while, many people passing by began to come around and point.

It is clear that the beauty of the cuckoo has fascinated them.

But at the end of the day, no one dares to buy it.

As more and more people gathered, they kept pointing and pointing, and finally someone casually asked: "Little brother, how much silver do you need for this pot of flowers?" ”

"Five taels". Ye Feng replied crisply.

Hearing this, Chen Jixing was stunned all of a sudden, he knew the cost of this pot of flowers. He originally thought that Ye Feng would sell for a tael of silver at most, but he didn't know that he would sell it for five taels of silver as soon as he exited.

Obediently, he was now a little skeptical that Ye Feng didn't know the prices here.

You know, five taels of silver can buy a lot of things. Even those ordinary plots of land in the village can be bought for one acre.

But in fact, Chen Jixing is not right to think so, the cost he said is only the most basic tree and flower pot. But for others, such as in order to make it bloom and grow into such a shape, Ye Feng did not put much effort into it.

And this kind of dedication, in many cases, is difficult to measure in silver.

What's more, Ye Feng firmly believes that this space should be free of specialized gardening techniques.

In other words, just taking the shape of this potted flower, it should be unique at present.

At this point, this flower is also worth the price.

However, Chen Jixing thought well, because the person who inquired about the price just asked casually and left, obviously too expensive.

The others, after watching it for a while, also left one after another.

Seeing this, Chen Jixing pulled Ye Feng's sleeve with some weakness, and took advantage of the time when no one was there and said, "Eh, five taels of silver, isn't it too expensive?" Why don't we go down a little more? ”

But Ye Feng said firmly: "Brother-in-law, this is not expensive." Let's wait, if no one buys it, it's a big deal to come back tomorrow. ”

Anyway, it can't be sold cheaply, so it's a big deal to go to Qingshan Academy tomorrow, and I think there are people who know the goods.

Moreover, Ye Feng didn't feel that he was a lion with a big mouth.

He had learned that under normal circumstances, a fat pig could be sold for half a tael of silver, that is, the value of this pot of flowers was about equal to ten fat pigs.

Chen Jixing naturally felt that it was too expensive, in his opinion, this pot of flowers was beautiful, but it was definitely not worth ten pigs.

But Ye Feng didn't think so.

For a rich man, what is impossible to exchange the money worth ten fat pigs for a pot of beautiful flowers?

The difficult thing is that you have money, but you can't find your favorite.

Their material life is already extremely rich, and what they lack is spiritual satisfaction that the masses cannot hope for.

Just like the Lingyun Tower in front of you, it was originally called the Jade Tower. Just because the son of the owner visited the flowers in high school the year before last, he was happy to change the name of Lingyun Tower, and feasted the guests for free for three days.

Since then, all those in this neighborhood who have talents in the middle of the game like to come here to feast. First, I have face, and secondly, I also hope that one day I can really show my ambition and be the champion of high school.

Can people who come here to eat care about ten fat pigs?

Maybe Ye Feng was lucky, or maybe his speculation was simply right. About a quarter of an hour later, a crowd of people gathered around a stout, slightly wealthy middle-aged man.

Behind him, followed by a young and handsome son, who was no more than fourteen or fifteen years old, he was really handsome and graceful.

The young man is proud, and the spring breeze is proud, which is probably what he said.

And next to this son, there was a group of teenagers of his age. tastes his temperament and dresses up, most of them are his classmates.

Ye Feng took a look, isn't this the customer he has been waiting for for a long time?

This kind of image is the master of spending a lot of money in costume dramas. and was followed by a group of people, once the wronged boss was locked, it was estimated that he would be embarrassed to bargain in front of everyone.

So, Ye Feng secretly thought about how much more silver was appropriate, and how to say it so that the other party could obediently take out the silver.

It turned out that the middle-aged man was Li Yuanwai, a celebrity in the county, and the young man next to him was naturally his eldest son Li Yaozu.

A few days ago, the people who went to Li's house to report the good news alarmed the residents of the entire street, blowing and blowing all the way, so it was not lively. The person who did the good thing stopped and asked, only to know that it was Li Yaozu who was lifted.

And a group of people appeared here today, naturally to entertain guests in Lingyun Tower.

As the group of people got closer and closer, Ye Feng's shouting became louder.

As expected, everyone was attracted by this pot of flowers, and slowly walked towards Ye Feng's location. Li Yuanwai is indispensable, this pot of flowers is indeed beautiful, but it is just a pot of flowers, and he is not very interested.

But the accompanying group of talents don't think so!

They are readers, proud people, and people with unique aesthetics. In their opinion, this pot of azaleas is simply beautiful! More beautiful than any pot of flowers they've seen before!

Since winning the show, they have been invited to participate in various poetry meetings and banquets countless times, generally speaking, the main family will take out the treasures of the town house and list them for everyone to enjoy, including all kinds of bonsai.

However, in comparison, it is not as amazing as this pot of flowers.

If you buy this pot of flowers and put them in the garden, and everyone sits together and writes poems, wouldn't it be a beautiful thing!

At that moment, he excitedly surrounded him, looked east and west, up and down, left and right, and before and after, and really made a 360-degree observation without dead ends.

Ye Feng glanced at Chen Jixing, and Chen Jixing, who was a little dazed, reacted and hurriedly gave up his position for this group of talented people to watch.

He was frightened by the gaze of the group.

Seeing this group of people so rare this flower, Chen Jixing suddenly felt that the five taels of silver that Ye Feng said might not be expensive. After all, Ye Feng has been busy for a few months, and he has only this pot of flowers.

Others are rare, and Li Yaozu is naturally no exception.

He had just been hit, and he was thinking about inviting some county celebrities to a banquet at home. There is no shortage of silver at home, but there is no treasure to be had. I haven't seen anything of these celebrities in the county.

Although there is no shortage of gold and silver in their own homes, they cannot use gold and silver to pave the way.

This time, the name that I have won with great difficulty must not be tarnished by such mundane things as gold and silver!

It's a pity that in the past few days, I have sent housekeepers everywhere to search for things that are both eye-catching and good, and there are all kinds of things, but there are no ones that are too much to my liking.

And right now, it's really a potted flower, but it's exactly what I want.

He knew very well in his heart that the poor sour talents in front of him were just looking around, although they liked it, but no one would really pay for it. And they know very well that this is Li Yaozu's bag, and even if they have silver, it is not easy to steal the limelight.

Sure enough, Li Yaozu stepped forward and said to Ye Feng: "Little brother, I want this pot of flowers, how much silver do you want?" ”

Chen Jixing saw that not only did someone buy it, but also did not bargain, and secretly admired Ye Feng in his heart. But as soon as he saw that Li Yaozu in front of him was rich and decent, he stammered and spoke, only stretched out his right hand, and all his fingers were spread out to Chen Yaozu.

"What, fifty taels?" Li Yaozu asked rhetorically.

This pot of flowers is good, but it is definitely not worth as much as fifty taels.

More surprised than Li Yaozu was Chen Jixing.

After listening to the other party's offer, his eyes instantly opened wider than the copper bell, and he was about to explain, but Ye Feng pushed Chen Jixing away, and then said with a smile: "This son is joking, we are selling flowers, not robbing, and my brother-in-law is also so nervous that he can't speak because he sees his son's extraordinary appearance and style." ”

Seeing that Li Yaozu was becoming more and more proud, Ye Feng knew that his compliment had worked, so he continued: "Childe, this flower name has a bright future, and it matches Childe's spirit. As the saying goes, swords are given to heroes, and famous flowers are given to celebrities. When I met here today, I should have a fate with my son. Since he is a nobleman, he should have given it to his son for free. But the family is in the middle of the road and urgently needs silver to live. In this way, this pot of flowers was sold to the son for twenty taels, and the right should be a relationship. ”

When Li Yaozu heard that this flower was called "a bright future", his heart was already happy. Isn't this tailor-made for yourself?

Now that I've finished the exam, is it a hint that I will go to high school next time?

Thinking of this, I can't help but be overjoyed.

In addition, Ye Feng is a clear name on the left and a celebrity on the right, and Li Yaozu is even more fluttering when he hears it, and even Li Yuanwai is very happy.

But twenty taels, he still thinks it's a bit expensive.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Ye Feng took the opportunity to say: "Noble, this flower was unintentionally found by me from the nonsensical cliff of the Great Wilderness Mountain, and I only poured the rootless water, and cultivated it with secret techniques for five whole years to get this appearance. It is no exaggeration to say that even if you look at the world, there is only one pot of this flower, and there is no second pot. ”

In addition to the mysterious identity of this potted flower in the front, Ye Feng didn't talk nonsense in the back.

Rhododendron like him, cultivated with modern horticultural concepts, is indeed the only pot. Even if there will be a lot of them in the future, at least in the next year or two, there will definitely be no second pot.

This is enough for Li Yaozu to stink.

It's like when a certain fruit mobile phone is released once a year, everyone is the first one to own. Not to mention queuing up all night, even if you can't get the first place, you have to get it through the high price of scalpers.

Among those who do not lack silver, whoever has it first, who enjoys it first, and is unique, is enviable.

Looking at the talents around him who were full of admiration, Li Yaozu immediately said to Ye Feng heroically: "This flower is worthy of this son, and it is not easy to see you, you came out to beg for a life at a young age." Twenty taels is twenty taels, I want this flower. ”

Because he turned to a young man who looked like a teenager and said, "You can take twenty taels of silver and give it to him, and carry the flowers home to look at." Tell Steward Li to find someone in the house who can raise flowers to serve him carefully, and the banquet guests will move out in a few days. If you drop a leaf, watch your skin! ”

After speaking, he turned around and left with a group of people. As you walk, you can boast about this pot of flowers.

The little guy naturally smiled and responded one by one.

When the master left, he took out twenty taels of silver and handed it to Ye Feng.

Ye Feng originally wanted to count it, but it was really rude to think that it was rude to count the silver in front of others, so he didn't even count it, but just took the silver and thanked him.

That little guy didn't care at all, as a new upstart in Qingshan County, Li Yuanwai's family had never been short of silver. However, he felt that Ye Feng had some insight in not counting the silver in public, so he looked at him a few more times.

Then he called a few more people over, carried the flowers and got into the carriage.

Ye Feng took the opportunity to tell the little guy about the precautions, such as watering every few days, what environment to place the flower, and so on.

When the little guy heard this, he had an expression and thanked Ye Feng solemnly.

In this way, Ye Feng kept smiling, until a group of people got into the carriage, he put down his smiling face, and he felt that he was going to laugh stiffly.

When the carriage was completely gone, Ye Feng turned around and saw Chen Jixing, who had been petrified. I saw that he was completely stunned, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Ye Feng felt a little funny, walked over and pushed Chen Jixing, and said mischievously: "Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, what's wrong with you, wake up, wake up." ”

Chen Jixing woke up a little embarrassed, but immediately looked at the left and right vigilantly, and then said reassuringly: "You, how dare you sell twenty taels, didn't you just say five taels of silver?" ”

It turned out to be for this.

Hearing this, Ye Feng said patiently: "Brother-in-law, do you think every pot of flowers can be sold at this price?" In the future, even five taels will be difficult. That is, today, we were lucky to meet a big wrongdoer. Haven't you seen it yet, the boy just now must have been newly promoted and is going to Lingyun Tower for a banquet. And there are classmates following, who must be embarrassed to bargain in public. ”

As soon as Ye Feng explained, Chen Jixing understood.

I have to say that Ye Feng's trick is really high, no wonder people say that the timid are starved to death, and the bold are supported to death.

Sometimes, it's worth taking a risk.

Chen Jixing was thinking of this, but he heard Ye Feng quip: "But brother-in-law, you are more ruthless than me, I only sold him for twenty taels of silver, but you actually want to sell fifty taels of silver." ”

Of course, Ye Feng knew that Chen Jixing wanted to compare five taels of silver at that time, but at this moment, he just wanted to make fun of him.

Sure enough, Chen Jixing hurriedly said: "How dare I, I think it's too expensive to sell five taels of silver." ”

Ye Feng didn't continue to tease him, and threw the silver to Chen Jixing: "Brother-in-law, you count, is it twenty taels, that kid shouldn't have been blinded by us." I was too embarrassed to count it in front of him just now. ”

Chen Jixing had this idea for a long time, so he took the silver and looked at it carefully, it was not wrong at all, it was indeed twenty taels.

Now, the corners of his mouth are cracked to the sky.

It seems that that sentence is really true, two birds in the forest, it is better to have one bird in hand. Chen Jixing didn't smile just now, but now he is laughing, just because the silver is in his hand at the moment, which is heavy and reassuring.

The author has something to say: Okay, twenty taels of silver is indeed a golden finger.