Section 25 Shopping in Small Towns

A flash of light flashed, Ye Chao staggered, and when he stood firm, he found himself and Jia Long and the little beast appeared in a square, and when he looked down, he saw that there was a formation drawn by a talisman under his feet. As far as the eye can see, there are arched bridges that connect to the square.

"Let's go!" Jia Long greeted Ye Chao. The first to leave the formation at his feet, Ye Chao immediately followed towards the arch bridge, looking back on the way, there was not a flash of light in the square, and people constantly appeared in the square out of thin air, dressed in different ways, some wearing Taoist robes, some wearing monk robes, some wearing t-shirts and shorts, some wearing Hanfu, some wearing cheongsam, and so on.

On the side of the arch bridge, the railing of white marble, there are sculptures of various exotic beasts at intervals, carved vividly, the huge bluestone paved bridge deck, from the position of Ye Chao can only see a part of the arch bridge, what the opposite side looks like can not be judged at all, and the clouds and mist under the bridge do not know the depth.

Ye Chao followed Jia Long onto the bridge deck, following Jia Long's pace, but after walking about a dozen steps, Ye Chao suddenly found that he had actually stood at the other end of the bridge, walked off the arch bridge, and looked back, just like the arch bridge he saw when he just came out of the square.

"Don't look at it, this arch bridge is a little special, it is said that some people can walk quickly, some people have to walk for a long time, the most outrageous one has a person who walked for a whole day to pass the arch bridge, anyway, everyone who has been here knows that if you fall off the arch bridge, you will never see this person again!" Jia Long saw Ye Chao's doubts.

At this time, a small town appeared in front of Ye Chao, a bluestone paved road about one meter and a half in length divided the town into two, the bluestone looks like it has existed for a long time, it looks uneven and bright, and there are two deep rut marks clearly visible on the bluestone. On both sides of the road are all bamboo stilted buildings, one next to the other, row upon row. Some of the main buildings have banners from the eaves, and the names of the shops are written.

When Ye Chao was about to take a closer look at what kind of shops they were, there was a sudden shaking in front of him, and many people suddenly appeared out of the originally quiet town, including vendors selling vegetables along the street with burdens, girls traveling in pairs of threes, wearing long skirts of different colors and wandering around, pedestrians hurrying through the streets, carrying packages in their hands and not knowing where to go, and those shops with disguises were also full of people, negotiating with each other, directing the carrying of goods, and welcoming and sending off guests with smiling faces. The crowd was buzzing, and the town came alive all at once.

"Don't make a fuss, come a few times and you'll get used to it, it's kind of like an AI game, the Sims. But these shops are real, they can be traded, and worldly money is common here, but sometimes the people you trade with in the store are real people, and sometimes they may be puppets, anyway, no one cares about these, just take what they need! As he spoke, Garon pulled out a sheepskin map from his body.

"Look!" As he spoke, he handed the map to Ye Chao, and Ye Chao saw that the entire title map should be the floor plan of the town where he is now, with three red points of light on it.

"The three of us are in this position now." Jaron pointed to the three points of light on the map. "Don't lose the ticket, otherwise it won't be displayed on the map, there are some on the map that are sold in the town, you can buy a copy yourself when the time comes."

"This is the "Taiyi Restaurant", just at the exit of the town. As he spoke, Jia Long pointed to a building on the other side of the map, and with Jia Long's finger, a three-dimensional three-story bamboo building rose from the sheepskin map.

"I have something to do myself, so I won't accompany you shopping, you just go shopping, whoever arrives at the restaurant first will wait for the other party there!" After speaking, Jia Long put away the map very vigorously, raised his legs and walked into the town.

"Oh! One more thing, welcome to the corner alley, try not to get into a dispute with you, once there is a fight, remember not to kill the hand, if there is a dead man's thing, it will be very troublesome! Remember, remember! As soon as he finished speaking, Jia Long walked into the crowd without waiting for Ye Chao's reply, and disappeared after three turns and two diamonds.

"If you come, you will be safe!" Ye Chao then walked into the town.

All kinds of shops on both sides of the road are not Ye Chao's goal, the first store that Ye Chao wants to go to is books, and the second is the store that Jia Long told him that he can buy a map of this place.

didn't go far, Ye Chao stopped at the door of a shop, the store did not hang a banner, but hung a pair of door couplets on both sides of the door, which read, "Cultivation is really cultivation, and buying and selling alone should be passed on", and the plaque has three big characters "True Faith Zhai". This place is very lively with other shops, which in contrast to Ye Chao's interest.

Walking into the store, there is a large counter on the left-hand side, and the heavy pulp makes the wooden counter look full of age. There is a bamboo curtain at the back of the counter, and Ye Chao estimates that there is still space behind it, but he can't really see it. Facing the entrance of the gate about two meters away, there are five shelves lined up against the right wall, the shelves are about less than two meters high, and there are some things scattered on it, including porcelain bottles, metal inlaid boxes, wooden pen holders, and set books, which are varied, like a department store. There is a passage of about two meters between the shelves and the counter, and at the end of the passage, there is a huge central hall, painting a landscape town, Ye Chao doesn't know much about landscape painting, and he can't see anything good or bad at a glance. It's just that compared with the central hall in other places, there are no couplets on both sides. Underneath the huge painting are two circle chairs, with a square table between them, which is a bit like home. On one of the circle chairs sat a man reading with a book in his hand, and a teapot and teacup on the square table in his hand.

"Excuse me? Do you do business at this time? Ye Chao asked.

Ye Chao's voice sounded, and the person who was sitting on the circle chair reading immediately took the book in his hand and stood up.

"The guest officer laughed, how can anyone open the door and not do business?" As he spoke, he walked towards Ye Chao's location.

At this time, Ye Chao saw clearly that this person was quite tall, about 1.85 meters, with a slender figure and wearing an old-fashioned Zhongshan suit. A handsome and delicate face, two sword eyebrows are obliquely inserted into the sideburns, a pair of phoenix eyes look forward to life, the bridge of the nose is high, the thin lips are slightly open, and the black and shiny hair is combed neatly and obediently. Indescribably free and easy, handsome, what a reader.

My surname is Zheng, and he is the shopkeeper of "Zhenxin Zhai". I don't know if the guest officer wants to buy something or sell something? ”

"Oh? Can you still sell things here? Ye Chao then asked.

"Of course, of course, although the small shop is not large, it is a real old local store, with a small town, there is my "true letter Zhai", customers go out to inquire about it! Saying this, Shopkeeper Chen turned sideways. I made a leading pose with my hands.

"Guest officer, please, let's sit down and talk slowly, if you are not in a hurry, you can taste our local tea, which is also a little taste!" led Ye Chao to sit on another circle chair, put down the book, and poured Ye Chao a cup of tea, the tea was green, steaming slightly, Ye Chao saw the book cover "Nine Days of Apocalypse" placed on the table by the shopkeeper.

"Our store is free to buy and sell, and there is no bullying for children. You can also barter, of course, if there is a difference between the items, more refund and less compensation, I don't know what the guest officer needs me to introduce? "Harmony and wealth are vividly reflected in this shopkeeper.

looked at Ye Chaowei and immediately opened his mouth to speak, looking a little hesitant.

"Then let me guess, I think the guest officer should be the first time to come to the town."

"How so?" Ye Chao asked: "The shopkeeper still looks at his face?" ”

"Look at the face is a warlock's housekeeping skills, I don't dare to covet it, we do business or some level of observation, I see that the guests are not in a hurry and raw, generally speaking, come to this town for a clear purpose, the cultivators are pressed for time, I can't wait to break out twenty-five hours a day, and those who come here to enjoy will not come to my shop, so I guess that the guests are coming here for the first time!"

"The shopkeeper has good eyesight!" Ye Chao praised from the bottom of his heart.

"That's easy!" As he spoke, the shopkeeper got up, walked to a row of shelves, picked up a set of books on the shelf, Ye Chao turned the teacup in front of him, but did not quote it, and the little beast entered the store and squatted on Ye Chao's shoulder and did not look around.

"Huanyu Collection," Ye Chao whispered the name of the book placed in front of him.

"This is a set of books, which record all kinds of anecdotes since the beginning of the record, just like the "Great Encyclopedia" in the world, I think the guests must need it!" Shopkeeper Zheng looked like he was winning.

"I don't know how much to sell?" Just like the shopkeeper's speculation, after listening to the introduction of the shopkeeper Zheng, Ye Chao immediately made up his mind to buy this book.

"Although this book is regarded as a popular book for cultivation, it is also sold in other places on the market, but this book of mine is the first rigid, not like the secular encyclopedia, the newer the higher the value, what is sold is its old value, in the eyes of cultivators, the more "old yellow calendar" on the contrary, the more valuable! ”

"Why is that?" Ye Chao was a little puzzled.

"As long as the guest officer buys it, he will know at a glance in the future that our small shop is talking about a letter!" The shopkeeper is convincing.

"How much?" Ye Chao was not entangled, and asked the price directly.

"The first time the guest officer comes to the shop, of course he will give you a discount price, for the sake of the future trickle, it will be 500,000 yuan!" After the shopkeeper quoted the price, he added a sentence "Our store will not counteroffer, on credit, no need to open the mouth!" ”

"So expensive?" Ye Chao muttered in his heart, but his face did not show it, the little beast that had been honestly squatting on Ye Chao's shoulders suddenly jumped on the table at this time, jumped on the table, circled around the book, and "squeaked" at Ye Chao twice.

"Oh! This little beast is a little supernatural! I don't know if I can cut love? ”

"The shopkeeper laughed, I raised this little beast since I was a child, and I can't bear it!" Ye Chao immediately put the little beast back on his shoulder, but he understood in his heart that the little beast's intention was to let him buy this set of books.

"I want this set of books, I have some things, please take a look at the shopkeeper, if you close your eyes, it will be used as a book, how about it!" Ye Chao was originally going to sell some things, so he didn't bother the second master.

After speaking, he took out the small bronze incense burner from his backpack and put it on the table.

"Shopkeeper, look!" Ye Chao pushed the incense burner to the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper took a closer look.

"The beast utensils, the material is acceptable, and there are some years, but unfortunately there is no engraved medicine, and the value has dropped greatly! I will pay 100,000 yuan and give the guest officer a real price! ”

Ye Chao nodded, which is consistent with the fat man's statement, and it can also correspond to the shopkeeper from the side who did not take a knife to "rip off customers". Then he took out the jasper gourd and handed it to the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper picked up the weight, took out a silver needle from his cuff, opened the gourd stopper, probed into it, and then took out the silver needle, only to see the original silver shining fine needle, instantly blackened, submerged into the liquid that was visible to the naked eye into the powder has not waited for the ground, the shopkeeper waved his hand, the powder disappeared without a trace.

"What a venom!"

"The gourd is not valuable, it is an ordinary container, but it is resistant to poison, and the value is the venom inside, but this venom belongs to the "favorite", and people who need it are willing to pay a lot of money, and if they can't meet this kind of need, they can only be put in my store to eat ashes! The shopkeeper patiently explained.

"How much is the shopkeeper willing to pay? If I don't have it, I'll keep it for my own research! Ye Chao understood that what the shopkeeper said was right, but he didn't want to sell too much.

"Plus the gourd, I will pay 300,000, after all, I also have to take risks, how can I make a little profit!"

"Deal!" Ye Chao didn't grind and chirp.