Chapter 7: Memories of Childhood
Liu Dou closed his half-squinted eyes, and after opening them again, he exited the space-time mall.
When he opened his eyes, the coarse salt he had just purchased appeared in the place where his gaze was frozen, which made Liu Dou suddenly have an epiphany.
"It seems that after I quit the mall, my eyes fell on that point, and the purchased materials would appear at that location. β
Liu Dou suddenly thought of a question, he only had a mere three million in his account, if he didn't have a continuous income, he would sit on empty money sooner or later, and when the account was cleared, this golden finger would be abolished.
"Since it's called a mall, it can be bought and sold, can I get income by taking things from this world and selling them?"
It's a pity that the valuable things in Liu Kuo's house have basically been lost, Liu Dou rummaged through the house, found a vase made of celadon material, took it back to his room and squinted his eyes, and entered the VR world again.
Liu Dou was pleasantly surprised to find that this celadon vase was really brought into the space-time mall by himself, and he couldn't help but secretly rejoice in his heart, now he finally didn't have to worry about sitting on the mountain.
Liu Dou wandered around the VR world for a while, and soon found a place with a "sales area" sign, and an evaluator at the entrance, which was specially used to estimate the price of items for sale, similar in appearance to the automatic cash register in a supermarket.
Liu Dou put the vase in his hand in front of the evaluator, a red light swept over, and the display screen immediately gave an estimate: 28000-35000.
And accompanied by a reminder [the experience officer can set the price within the estimated range, print the label, and the funds obtained after the item is sold will be automatically deposited into your account]
Liu Dou thought for a while, clicked his finger on the display screen to print a 32800 label, then pasted it on the vase and put it on the shelf.
"Haha...... When Lao Tzu becomes the emperor in the future, why can't he make money?"
Liu Dou's heart almost blossomed.
After all, it is not his own father who died, or even his adoptive father, sadness is only for a while, and happiness is eternal.
When he was about to quit, Liu Li remembered that he had traveled to this world for most of the day, let alone eating, and he didn't even drink a sip of water.
So he hurried to the food section again, and bought some ham, bread, drinks, and other food and drinks, and when he opened his eyes, the food he had just bought appeared in the room again.
After a while, he was about to run away for his life, Liu Dou feasted with his head stuffy, and soon filled his hungry stomach.
After eating and drinking, Liu Dou walked out of the room and greeted Liu Lanzhi, who was sitting in the courtyard: "Ah Zhi, come over for a moment." β
Liu Lanzhi suffered a great change, her mind was dizzy, and she stayed in the courtyard and didn't pay attention to what Liu Dou was doing.
When he heard the call, he stood up and walked into Liu Dou's room with Yun'er's support, and said with a sad face, "Adou, you are gone, I have no relatives anymore." β
"Ah Zhi rest assured, it will be two months soon, or half a year at the latest, and my brother will definitely come back to pick you up. β
While comforting Liu Lanzhi, Liu Dou patted the four sacks stacked together, and when he opened the mouth, he revealed the coarse salt grains inside.
"After I leave, you sell this coarse salt, and the money you get back is enough to sustain you and Yun'er. However, you need to be careful when selling, don't let the government target you, it's best to let Jiao Zhongqing help you think of a way. β
"Adou, where did you get so much salt?"
Liu Lanzhi was taken aback, she was usually reluctant to put too much salt in cooking at home, but she didn't expect Adou to get four sacks of coarse salt.
Moreover, the particles and color of these salts are much better than the coarse salt sold by the government, and these four sacks weigh hundreds of catties at least, and they can be exchanged for tens of thousands of copper coins when sold outside.
"Don't ask, it's not a robbery anyway, and there's no place to rob it!"
Liu Dou used to be a fool, except for grinding beans in the tofu factory, he rarely went out, and he couldn't explain it at all, so Liu Dou didn't explain it directly.
Then he turned his eyes to Yun'er and said viciously, "After I leave, you have to serve Ah Zhi well, and dare to have any thoughts of treating you slowly and wrongly." Even if you go to the ends of the earth, I will break you to pieces!"
Yun'er was so frightened that she hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "How dare Yun'er, she will definitely serve her daughter-in-law wholeheartedly." β
Liu Lanzhi comforted Liu Dou and said: "Brother, don't worry, although Yun'er was brought by Du Yingniang from her mother's house, her nature is not bad, and she will never harm me." β
"In the future, call me Adou!"
Liu Dou gave the poor girl an affectionate hug, "It's getting dark, I have to get out of the city before the city gates are closed." After I leave, you go to Jiao Zhongqing to help, go to the yamen to report the case first, and let him help you take care of the aftermath. β
"Woo...... Adou, Da Niu, I don't want you to go!"
When she realized that the last "relative" was about to be separated from her, Liu Lanzhi's emotions collapsed again, and she threw herself into Liu Dou's arms and cried.
"Ah Zhi, don't worry, as long as I, Liu Dou, don't die for a day, I won't abandon you. β
Hugging Liu Lanzhi's soft body in his arms and caressing her hair, Liu Dou's eyes flashed the scenes from the past......
Two little guesses, childhood sweethearts, chasing butterflies among the flowers together.
When I went to study in a private school together, I was bullied by other children because of my bad brain, and Ah Zhi would always stand up to protect herself.
Because she eats a lot of food and often can't eat enough, Ah Zhi always distributes her food to herself.
Whenever the eldest brother Liu often bullied herself, she always spoke for herself with her fuller and fuller breasts.
After that, it's your turn to protect her.
If it weren't for something more important to do, Liu Dou would never have left Liu Lanzhi, but now he has no choice.
When Liu Lanzhi's mood stabilized a little, Liu Dou advised again: "You asked Jiao Zhongqing to come forward to help you return the dowry gift given by County Lieutenant Chen, and now that the matter is getting bigger, he doesn't dare to trouble you for the time being." β
Liu Lanzhi nodded, wiped her tears and said, "Adou, take care of yourself all the way, I'll help you pack your bags." β
"No need. β
Liu Dou smiled, he carried an all-inclusive mall with him, he had what he wanted, and what bags did he need?
Liu Dou came to Liu Kuo's body and kowtowed three times, and said his final goodbye: "Daddy, Adou is about to embark on the road of finding his father today, so say goodbye." Your funeral will be taken care of by Ah Zhi, and I will go to your grave to offer incense in half a year. β
After kowtowing, Liu Dou resolutely got up and left the courtyard with Liu Lanzhi's tears in her eyes.
At this moment, it was already evening, Liu Dou lowered his head and walked quickly to the city gate, and when he passed by the grocery store, he met the shopkeeper's daughter-in-law who was watching the excitement at the door, so he asked with a smile: "Sister-in-law, I want to ask what month and day is today?"
The shopkeeper's daughter-in-law said, "Yo...... The big cow has a long heart, and he still knows how to ask the day?"
"Calculate which day is my birthday, and ask my sister-in-law to make me something to eat. Liu Dou deliberately said angrily.
"Today, September 27, didn't your birthday just last month? Your sister-in-law who slammed the door cooked you a few more poached eggs. β
The shopkeeper's daughter-in-law looked puzzled and cried out for him, but Liu Dou had already gone far away.
"Fortunately, it's only the end of September, Jingzhou shouldn't have been lost, and there is still time. β
Liu Dou had wind under his feet, pondering as he walked.
The history books do not clearly record the day when LΓΌ Meng took Jingzhou, but only mention that LΓΌ Meng attacked Jingzhou in October, which means that Jingzhou is currently safe for the time being.
Liu Dou's long legs walked very fast, and after a short time, he came to the west gate of the city of Yanlou County, and found that there was a night market selling horses next to the city gate, and many horse sellers were bargaining with the people.
It was a long way from Lujiang to Jingzhou, and he definitely couldn't walk on his legs, so Liu Dou decided to buy a horse.
It doesn't matter if you don't have money, just exchange it for salt.
As soon as he thought of this, Liu Dou straightened his waist and walked into the horse market, and after some selection, he finally fell in love with a black horse with strong limbs and a slender body.
After some bargaining, the deal was finally reached at a price of 13,000 yuan, and the merchant stuffed the reins into Liu Dou's hand with a smile: "Pay the money with one hand, and deliver the goods with the other." β
"I'll trade salt for you. β
Liu Dou lowered his voice and put forward his own conditions, "One hundred catties of salt for your horse." β
"Is that true?"
The vendors were surprised and delighted when they heard this, and some were a little skeptical.
In these years, the price of salt was very expensive, and the price sold by the government was sometimes high and low, and the price of salt at the highest time once reached 8,000 yuan per stone, which was converted into nearly 300 yuan per catty.
The current price of salt in Lujiang is 4,000 yuan per stone, which is about 150 yuan per catty, and the value of 100 catties of salt is 15,000 yuan.
And due to the control of the government, if there is no way, it is difficult for ordinary people to buy hundreds of catties of salt at once, even if they have money.
Because Dong Zhuo wantonly made money when he was in trouble in Luoyang, bartering was a very important way of trading among the people, so the horse dealer did not doubt: "Young man, are you serious?"
"Dare to ask where the stable is, sir, and I will bring salt to your house, so as not to attract officials. β
Liu Dou looked left and right, and asked cautiously.
The horse dealer understood, lowered his voice and said: "There is a Baijiabao near the Chenghuang Temple, as soon as you enter the village, you can see my family's stable, you will bring salt to my house tomorrow to change horses." β
"I'll go tonight, and I'll go out early tomorrow. β
Liu Dou urged the horse dealer to go home and wait for him, "Half an hour later, I will go to your house with salt to change horses." β
"Then it's a word. β
The horse dealer saw that it was going to be dark, and the city gate would be closed in half an hour, so he turned over and went out of the city to wait for Liu Dou to buy a horse.
Liu Dou followed, and after a short time, he came to Baijiabao near the City God Temple.
As soon as they approached the village, the neighing of horses could be heard, and it was evident that the dealer had more than one horse in his house.
Liu Dou decided to change to one more horse and rode instead on the road, striving to reach Jingzhou as quickly as possible.
At this moment, it was dusk, and there was no one around.
Liu Dou hid in the woods on the side of the road and squinted into the space-time mall, came to the "seasoning area" to buy two hundred catties of coarse salt, packed two sacks, and then opened his eyes and exited the mall.
After a while, Liu Dou knocked on the door of the horse dealer's house with coarse salt, "Well, there are two hundred catties of salt here, in exchange for your two horses." β
The horse dealer was surprised and delighted, both surprised by Liu Dou's innate divine power, and happy that he had made a windfall today, and after checking the coarse salt in the sack with a smile, he couldn't close his mouth, when had he ever seen such quality salt?
"Young man, you can pick two horses in the stable, as long as you like it, there is no other thing!"
Liu Dou walked around the stable, and in addition to the black horse selected in the horse market, he picked a yellow hussay, then said goodbye to the horse dealer, rode the black-maned horse, led the yellow husper, and went west in the dark.