Walking out of the bus station, Wang Manyin felt a lively atmosphere coming to his face.

He still remembers the previous few times when he came to Huangyuan City, the streets were deserted, pedestrians were in a hurry, and only the area of the thrift market was more lively.

It has only been a little more than a year since it was opened, and the whole city has regained its vitality.

The narrow streets are bustling with people, many of whom carry large bags and small bags. Judging by their dress, they should all be small merchants and vendors who are buying and selling in various places.

This group of people belonged to the pioneers who dared to eat crabs, and most of the earliest 10,000 yuan households were also born from them.

The predecessor used to belong to one of them, but unfortunately he was only clever and lacked long-term vision, and finally after a few years of tossing and turning for nothing, he returned to Jar Village.

Of course, Wang Manyin is no longer eye-catching to this kind of petty fight.

10,000 households...... I was a few years ago. In the past ten years, he has accumulated more than 10,000 yuan in the space by selling fish, scorpions, scorpions, and various herbs.

Enough for the business he wants to do at the moment.

In addition, there are still a lot of antique furniture and porcelain in the space, which Wang Manyin has purchased from the consignment store in recent years. When the business is on the right track and he has money on hand, he will continue to buy.

Maybe after 20 years, he will have achieved financial freedom as soon as possible, and he does not expect to make money by appreciating the value of the antiques in his hands.

But it's still the same sentence: money is just a number or a piece of paper for him, rather than putting it in space, it is better to buy cultural relics as an investment, at least to maintain the value.

After Wang Manyin identified the direction, he walked towards the nearest bus stop sign.

In fact, according to his original rhetoric with Orchid, he was going to Qin'an, the provincial capital, to learn about the fried food market there. If possible, take a walk around the neighboring provinces.

After thinking about it again, Wang Manyin decided to forget it for the time being.

The main thing is that the opening has just been put out now, and the tossing movement should not be too big. In addition, if you want to let your own roasted goods occupy the market of the two provinces, you must produce at least a few thousand catties of spiced melon seeds every day.

From hiring employees to shipping and selling, there are too many links that need to be cleared. Anything that goes wrong can be a storm. Of course, Arida Fujun is covered, and it's generally fine. But you can't keep bothering people because of these things.

So for him, the first step is to do a good job in the original Xixian market.

By the way, wade through the muddy waters, feel the stones to cross the river, and see how many pits you can step on.

Wang Manyin was thinking about things when he suddenly heard someone shouting not far away: "Catch the thief, catch the thief, stop him!" ”

Immediately afterward, a young man with an angry hood rushed into the distance, followed by three people chasing after him.

Because the distance between the two sides was too far, Wang Manyin didn't run over to join in the fun.

But he became more and more careful. The movement of people will inevitably bring about various problems. In just one year, the atmosphere has changed a lot.

In the future, not only will there be more and more thieves, but also roadblocks and robbers.

In later generations, Wang Manyin once heard a relative of a big car driver tell him. In the eighties and nineties, drivers needed to be energetic when driving on the road.

Whoever is waving on the side of the road must not stop.

A peer saw a woman waving on the side of the road, so he stopped to check. As a result, as soon as I got out of the car, I was surrounded by a group of people and grabbed everything in the car.

Later, because there was no driver to stop because of the wave on the side of the road, the robbers even sent people to lie down in the middle of the road to stop them.

So much so that many drivers rushed forward directly after seeing it.

There are also piles of stones in the middle of the road, or a large tree placed horizontally...... When encountering this, you can only consider yourself unlucky. Therefore, for Wang Manyin, he will have to consider safety when he goes out in the future.

The thief did not escape far, and was soon caught up by several men and tied to a telephone pole by the side of the road.

Pedestrians on the street gathered around and talked excitedly.

"I'll let you steal it. Hurry up and explain, there are no accomplices! ”

"Lao Tzu cut a big hole in his pocket a few days ago, and the purchase money was stolen, did you do it?"

Some people asked, some scolded, and some people found branches and beat the thief.

The other party cried and screamed, begging for mercy again and again: "Uncle, uncle, brother, lady...... It's the first time I've stolen something, so let them spare me. I won't dare again!! ”

The voice sounded pitiful and poignant, but there was not the slightest sympathy from the crowd.

"Damn, don't tell the truth. Look at your movements and know it's not the first time. Let's talk about it, my house was stolen half a month ago, and more than 30 catties of food stamps and more than 100 yuan in the drawer were stolen...... Before leaving, I still soaked in the washbasin! Lack of morality, isn't it!? ”

"Uncle, it's really not me!" The thief screamed again and denied it.

"Who do you call uncle......

Wang Manyin was originally standing in the crowd watching the excitement, but suddenly found that the thief wearing the hat looked a little familiar.

The next moment he recognized it...... Isn't this Jin Fu, the boss of Jin Junwen's family in Shuangshui Village? The famous three hands in the original book did not expect to come to Huangyuan City to show their talents.

From the current point of view, it is clear that it is not good to be a teacher.

He didn't want to be involved with this kind of person, and he was even more afraid that the other party would recognize him, so he simply turned his head and squeezed out of the crowd.

As for saving people...... Wang Manyin had no such idea at all.

This kind of person will not lose money if he is killed!

In fact, it is now normal for people to catch thieves and maim them to death.

Even after more than ten years, it is nothing new. Wang Manyin had witnessed a case before he went to junior high school.

His hometown is in the countryside of the plains, where farmers like to breed cattle.

In the 90s, it was not popular to go out to work, and farmers had no way to make money, and the only valuable thing at home was a scalper, which could be sold for two or three thousand yuan.

Because of this, it attracts the prying eyes of thieves.

It was very chaotic, but the farmers who raised cattle at home hardly slept at night. Adults basically stay in the cowshed all night long. If there is a slight disturbance, turn on the lights immediately to check.

It's just that "if you are not afraid of thieves stealing, you are afraid of thieves worrying".

The peasants do a day's physical work during the day, and at night they naturally run out of energy, and they don't know when they will fall asleep.

When I woke up, I found that a hole had been dug in my house and many people had my cattle stolen.

Basically, every three to five days, I hear about people throwing cattle from nearby villages. For those who lose their cattle, they may not be able to turn over in two or three years. Some people even can't think of hanging themselves.

Therefore, for cattle thieves, almost everyone hates the root of their teeth, and they want to peel off the skin and drink blood to relieve their hatred.

In the middle of the night one winter, the sound of catching thieves suddenly came from the village where Wang Manyin was located.

The old and young masters in the village all went out and quickly blocked all the intersections out of the village.

In the dark, a thief was intercepted at the edge of the village. The other party had no way to escape, so he jumped directly into the weir pond in the village. It was so cold that the water was covered with ice.

The thief was frozen half to death after falling into the water, and kept begging to save him from the shore, but no one helped.

By the time he realized something was wrong, the cattle thief had already drowned.

It was only when the body was carried to the shore that someone recognized the cattle thief as the son-in-law of a family in a neighboring village.

After dawn, someone informed the other village to bring back the body of the cattle thief.

Soon, the police station came to investigate, but it was also unsuccessful.

***

Wang Manyin came to Huangyuan City this time and planned to buy more spiced condiments. However, it is now close to noon, and it is estimated that the stalls selling spices in the market have already been harvested. So he didn't plan to pass this time, but planned to continue to do research in places like schools and movie theaters.

It's not too late to wait until tomorrow morning to finish eating and then go to the market.

Finding a place where no one was around, he took the bike out of the space.

In the afternoon, Wang Manyin rode to more than a dozen places one after another, and there were a few catties of melon seeds in his hand.

As I thought, the snacks are too simple now. Both adults and children are most often bought with candy and melon seeds.

In the evening, he went directly into the space to rest, and tasted the melon seeds he bought by the way.

Most of these melon seeds are boiled and fried with salt, and only one makes spiced melon seeds. However, the taste is very average, and there is no comparison with Wang Manyin's fried food.

After swallowing a few handfuls of melon seeds, the carp in the pot was also stewed.

The tender fish soup with oil buns made Wang Manyin eat a round belly.

Filling his stomach, he wandered around the space to eat, and then slept comfortably on the wooden bed. This big bed was made by Wang Manyin using the wood in the space, and it took a lot of effort at the beginning.

There are all kinds of living conditions in the space, and it is very convenient for a person to go out to stay, at least without worrying about safety.

After all, this era hotel is also a high-risk area.

After breakfast the next day, he hurried to the thrift market.

Speaking of thrift markets, it's just a common name, to be precise, a grocery market. Now there are not only second-hand goods trading, but also various goods for sale, and it is also the most prosperous area of Huangyuan City.

Entering it, Wang Manyin actually saw several stalls selling fish on the side of the road. In the wooden basin in front of the vendor, there are many live fish, many of which are covered with belly.

Wang Manyin asked the price casually, and it was more than eight or nine cents a catty.

Before long-distance aeration transportation could not be realized, aquatic products in the northwest had always been relatively expensive, and the selling price of fish was about the same as that of large meat. Among them, carp is the most expensive, sometimes reaching a piece. Grass carp is the second, silver carp and bighead carp have the lowest price.

The key is that if you buy it at the store, you need a ticket.

However, unlike big meat, fish is not too strictly regulated, and there has been trading on the black market in the early years. In addition, fish cannot be stored for a long time, so even if the fish sold in the market is only slightly higher than that of the supply and marketing cooperatives.

It wasn't until last year that documents were issued to gradually open up aquatic products to invigorate them, and vendors dared to sell them openly on the roadside.

Since cutting off contact with Li Ping, Wang Manyin has not sold the fish in the space, and now he has accumulated thousands of catties. However, he didn't plan to sell it, but went straight to the stall where he bought condiments.

After asking all the way, he finally walked to a stall selling star anise.

The other party looked at Wang Manyin for a few moments, and said with some doubts: "Brother, I look at you well." Did we know each other before? ”

Hearing this, Wang Manyin turned his head to look at the other party, and a memory woke up from the depths of his mind.

"Ma Jianping, Brother Ma, we haven't seen each other for almost ten years!"

When I came to Huangyuan City to buy antiques, I once entered the market to wander around, and happened to meet a staff member who cracked down on speculative knives and pursued Ma Jianping.

The other party was in a hurry, so he could only throw the cloth bag in his hand into Wang Manyin's hands......

Because of this, the two know each other.

However, after meeting in a hurry, Wang Manyin never looked for the other party again. After an interval of ten years, memories have long become blurred. If it weren't for Ma Jianping taking the lead in stopping himself, Wang Manyin would really not dare to admit it.

"Brother Ma, are you pouring condiments...... Good guys, so many? ”

For Ma Jianping to do small business, Wang Manyin was not surprised.

"What are the condiments, I let people give them a pit, damn, I have to set up a stall to sell anise." Ma Jianping replied with a wry smile on his face.

According to Ma Jianping, he went to Qin'an City, the provincial capital, a few days ago to buy some small commodities to sell.

As a result, he had not walked far from the station when he saw someone setting up a stall on the side of the road. There is a big signboard standing next to it, which reads: Buy anise, three yuan Wu Jiao one catty.

Ma Jianping didn't know much about condiments before, but he felt that the price was quite high, so he took a few looks on the side and found that someone really brought aniseed for sale.

After the other party inspected, he paid the bill very quickly.

He didn't pay attention to it.

As a result, when Ma Jianping went to buy near the Chenghuang Temple, he happened to meet an old man squatting on the side of the road and setting up a stall to sell anise.

His heart moved, and he walked over and asked what he was selling.

The other party gave a price of two dollars and eight cents a catty.

Ma Jianping was secretly overjoyed in his heart, and felt that it was time for God to make him rich, so he immediately decided to buy all the fennel on the stall.

In order not to make himself appear so eager, Ma Jianping also deliberately checked the quality of anise.

Then he bargained again and again, and finally covered the entire stall at a price of two yuan and five catties. Ma Jianping had more than 400 yuan on his body, and only a few dozen yuan of change was left after the payment.

But in his opinion, the deal was well worth it. As long as you change hands, you can earn two hundred yuan steadily.

Hearing this, Wang Manyin already knew the consequences.

Similar scams were very common in later generations, and to put it bluntly, they took advantage of the greed in people's hearts.

I didn't expect that it would appear so early, and even a shrewd person like Lao Ma would be deceived.

It seems that after the liberalization, people's minds have also become complicated.

As Wang Manyin guessed, after Ma Jianping bought more than 200 catties of anise, he immediately recruited a tricycle rider from nearby and asked the other party to help transport it to the purchase point.

When he arrived at the purchase point, he naturally didn't see the stall again. Ma Jianping realized that he had been deceived.

He was unwilling to take a few snakeskin bags of aniseed back to the hotel, hoping to settle accounts with the other party the next day. It's a pity that another day was wasted, and no one was found in either place.

In desperation, Ma Jianping wanted to sell the fennel evaluation to other vendors selling condiments in Tanshi Street, but they were only willing to pay the purchase price of two yuan, and it only cost a few dozen catties.

The rest could not be sold, so he could only return to Huangyuan City with it. After a lot of talk on the relationship, he finally sold more than 20 catties to the restaurant.

Then, Ma Jianping came to the market to set up a stall, planning to dispose of it cheaply.

Fennel is not a necessity, the price is more expensive than pork, and ordinary people are reluctant to buy it at all.

It's been almost a week, and I've only sold more than two catties. Now Ma Jianping worries every day.

"By the way, Manyin, you're here to buy anise? I'll get you two pounds, no money. I got this thing back to stew meat or something, and it tasted good. Ma Jianping said enthusiastically.

He had already made up his mind that if he couldn't sell it after a while, he would give a few catties to each of his relatives and friends.

Wang Manyin didn't expect such a coincidence, but he saved himself a lot of effort.

He replied with a smile: "Brother Ma, two catties is a bit less, I plan to pack all these star anise." ”

"What?" Ma Jianping was a little confused for a while.

"I came to Huangyuan City this time to buy condiments, and the larger the quantity, the better."

"Brother Wang, don't make fun of me. Why do you need so much anise? ”

(End of chapter)