At this time, there is no such thing as "taking the axe into the mountains and forests", but there is also a rough regulation of the felling of trees.

After all, there are so many people in Chaoge City, if you don't control it, the damage to the trees will inevitably be serious.

Now at this time, Qiao Kun wants to collect firewood, so he has to go northwest from the city to the barren mountains more than 40 miles away from the city.

Qiao Kun's feet were not slow, and he arrived quickly, and chopped nearly 400 catties of firewood with a hand knife.

Then he broke a tree at will, rubbed a rope with the bark, picked up the firewood, and returned to the court, which took only an hour and a half.

He brought goods into the city and had to pay a gate fee.

Qiao Kun didn't want to have a conflict, so he naturally paid the amount.

But when the soldier saw that he had more chai, he insisted that he pay more.

Qiao Kun was helpless, so he had to take out the bronze medal given by King Wu Cheng.

When the soldier saw the bronze medal, his face became very flattering, and he returned to him even the money he had received at the beginning. This bronze medal is really good.

I am also an odious privileged class. Qiao Kun sighed in his heart, but at this time, it was important to make money and win the gambling contract, but he couldn't take care of it.

He walked in the city with firewood and shouted, "Sell firewood." ”

Although he had never done this work before, he didn't feel embarrassed.

He had good luck, and after shouting three or five times, an old man beckoned to him: "Whoever fetches firewood, come here!" ”

Qiao Kun saw that it was the old man who bought Jiang Ziya's penny noodles that day, and he was a little displeased in his heart, but he still carried the firewood over.

The old man looked at the two bundles of firewood for a long time and asked, "How much do you have firewood?" ”

Qiao Kun remembered that he hadn't set the price yet, but at this time, he didn't want to do this business, so he said, "One hundred wen." ”

Hearing this price, the old man frowned slightly, "Your firewood is not good, although it is a big bundle, it is wet, and the type is not good, it is not good to burn." "I will point out the shortcomings one by one.

The old man was not talking nonsense, what he said was also reasonable, and Qiao Kun also admitted it.

Qiao Kun also knew that firewood had to be dried, but it would take extra time to dry it, and it was not cost-effective.

In the end, the old man quoted: "Give you forty yuan a little less, but give more will not work, so how about giving you fifty yuan?" ”

Qiao Kun listened to the old man's count of firewood, so he knew that he was going to bargain, and in the end he heard that it was fifty yuan, and felt that it was less, so he disagreed.

In the end, the old man talked a lot, made several offers, and finally closed the deal at sixty-five cents.

The first wave of business made sixty-five dollars, and Qiao Kun felt that it was not difficult.

He also caught a rabbit in the mountains, which could save two meals, and the rabbit fur could also be sold for money.

While thinking about it, I suddenly heard someone shouting, "Brother, you have been fooled." Your firewood was sold cheaply just now. ”

Qiao Kun followed the prestige, but saw a little girl of eight or nine years old. tied two bun heads, with good facial features, petite and cute, dressed in kapok clothes, bulging bags, carrying a very big back basket, looking at two points of stupidity.

Qiao Kun hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "What do you mean by being fooled?" ”

The little girl looked stupid and cute, but she was very shrewd, "Even if the firewood has to be discounted, you have discounted it too much." Such two bundles of firewood, I'm afraid it will cost more than 300 catties, even if it is a little worse, it is not less than 100 yuan, and it is a loss to sell him for 65 yuan. ”

Qiao Kun thought about it, although he suffered a loss, he didn't seem to lose too much, so he said: "It's okay, after all, I still have some firewood that is not suitable for burning with him." And if you listen to him talk a lot, you always have to pay for it. ”

The little girl thought for a while, as if she was considering, and after a long time, she nodded, "That's right." You don't know any of this, and I think you're not used to collecting firewood. ”

That's right, Qiao Kun used to help in the village, and he knew a lot of crafts, but at that time, he was young, and he could only collect firewood at most, where would he have the experience of collecting firewood?

Moreover, the vegetation and trees near Wuyi Mountain are not the same as those near Chaoge.

He nodded and admitted, "For the first time." "Because the little girl is more cute, even if he is counted, he will not be annoyed.

He thought to himself, before he had an in-depth understanding of the research, he started to act, and he was indeed in the inferior. It's that I'm thinking everything too simply.

The little girl looked like this, "You don't look like a firewood-gatherer." The length and thickness of your firewood are not right, and the type you choose is not suitable for ......."

The little girl was quite a good teacher, and she talked eloquently there, and talked about some things she knew. also took Qiao Kun around the song city and explained different trees.

Qiao Kun did not despise her because she was young, and learned from that little girl seriously.

He saw that the little girl was having some hard time carrying the basket, so he took the basket and carried it all the way silently.

There were some rhizomes in the back basket, as well as a short hoe, which was not heavy for Qiao Kun.

After about half an hour like this, the little girl stopped, very satisfied with Qiao Kun's attitude.

On the contrary, Qiao Kun was a little reluctant, so he took out twenty yuan to thank her, "Thank you, little girl." ”

The little girl suddenly blushed with shame, "No, no, you only sold seventy wen after such a hard trip, if you count the entrance fee, you can't make much money, I just said a few words casually, how can I collect you?" ”

"And," said the little girl, "they're boys!" ”

Unexpectedly, Qiao Kun didn't feel that there was anything wrong.

Maybe he used to watch videos, and often saw the barrage "It's so cute, it must be a boy" and the like, and he was a little resistant to it.

But he still thinks that the words "people are boys" sound weird, do all the boys in Chaoge City talk like this?

After separating from the child, Qiao Kun went home, rested for the night, and went to chop wood again.

This time, he only chose firewood that was convenient for burning fire, worked hard a day, fought twice, and sold it for some money.

At this time, it is early spring, the weather is still a little cold, and the demand for firewood is large, even if the firewood is still wet, it is not worried about selling.

In less than ten days, after cutting the amount of money, he had more than 2,000 yuan in his spare money.

Mainly because he has a lot of strength and doesn't have to pay city fees, so he earns faster.

He was so happy that he decided to buy something and make himself a delicious meal to celebrate, and then go and chop a bundle of wood.

On the way to the market, he heard a commotion, and when he approached, he saw an old man and a young man arguing in front of the pharmacy.

There was also an old man on the ground, with a burnt yellow face, a slightly puffy face, and cyanotic lips.

Listening to two sentences, the old one is the shopkeeper, and the young one is the patient's son, but it is because of the illness in the theory.

The arguing young man was emotional, and sometimes pointed to the old man on the ground: "My father was fine, but after taking your medicine, it was not good." ”

The shopkeeper of the pharmacy said, "Since it was originally good, why do you want to take our medicine?" ”

On the contrary, the surrounding people echoed the shopkeeper more, and they all said how good the shopkeeper's medical skills were.

Qiao Kun said in his heart, it turned out to be a medical dispute, which was very troublesome.

Shaking his head at the moment, he went grocery shopping.

There are quarrels everywhere, medical disputes, and he is not an official, so he has no position to care about these things.

Half an hour had passed, and he had returned with a large pile of things, and passed by the drugstore, only to find that the quarrel had escalated, or rather fought.

At a glance, Qiao Kun found that there were a few people on the affected side who had good martial arts skills, and they beat a few guys from the pharmacy very badly. However, the shopkeeper's martial arts are stronger and can resist.

Well? Isn't there anyone who keeps the law and order?

Thinking so, a few people hurriedly rushed into the pharmacy and rummaged through the cabinets.

It didn't feel like he was here to make trouble, Qiao Kun was puzzled.

He was still thinking about whether to meddle in his own affairs, when he suddenly heard "What are you doing here, get out of here!" Voice.

It sounded like a child, and Qiao Kun recognized it as the little girl who said "people are boys".

Since they were acquaintances, they couldn't ignore it, Qiao Kun urged his body and rushed straight into the store.