Chapter 5: Seeing Wealth
The carp is not big, about a catty, but it is very eye-catching, the whole body is golden yellow, the color is more dazzling than most carp, the mouth of the fish head that is exposed to the water is open and closes and spits out blisters and then bursts, making a popping sound.
Meng Changsheng followed the sound and looked at the carp, but when he saw the eyes of the carp, his whole body was shocked, what a pair of humanized fish eyes this is, with pleading in pain, at this moment, Meng Changsheng felt that he saw its emotions from this carp, pain, pleading, a carp, like having spirituality, was asking him for help!
"This carp deliberately spits out blisters to attract its own attention, begging itself to take it!"
I couldn't help but think of such a person in my mind, and I only scared Meng Changsheng himself, a fish actually knew how to attract him to ask him for help as if he had understood human nature, could it be that he could not become a sperm, and his heart was very good, but Meng Changsheng knew that there were real goblins and ghosts in this world.
With a big shock in his heart, Meng Changsheng looked at the carp more carefully, and at this time, the carp did not spit bubbles, but a pair of smart fish eyes looked at him directly, with a pleading color, in a trance, Meng Changsheng had an illusion that what was in front of him was not a carp, but a person.
This fish is really psychic, Meng Changsheng's heart is shocked, at this time, he is sure that it is not his own illusion, but that this fish is really psychic and is asking him for help.
The fishmonger next to him also noticed that Meng Changsheng had been staring at the golden carp, he didn't see anything strange about this carp like Meng Changsheng, but seeing Meng Changsheng like this, he thought that he liked this fish, and immediately turned his eyes.
"Meng Gongzi, how about this carp, the color is golden, it is not ordinary at first glance, how about it, or this one, I will sell it to you cheaper for ten cents." ”
The boss spoke, and also pulled Meng Changsheng's thoughts back, his eyes moved away from the carp, seeing the fishmonger, hearing the other party's words, Meng Changsheng sneered, usually the carp is only five cents a catty, this carp is about a pound at best, this goods actually ask for ten cents for themselves, put it in the pit, and immediately said.
"Boss, don't give me a sloppy eye, this carp is not caught in the Chen River, at best, the color is better, I also see that the color of this fish is good, otherwise I don't have the mind to buy fish today, a fixed price, Wuwen, sell or not...."
"Wuwen!" The fishmonger boss glanced at Meng Changsheng hesitantly, he intended to pit Meng Changsheng and sell it at a high price, in his opinion, Meng Changsheng, a scholar who only knows how to read and be with birds and beasts, is also the best pit, but seeing that Meng Changsheng insisted on Wuwen, he hesitated a little, and he was afraid that he would not buy Meng Changsheng at a higher price.
However, seeing the hesitant appearance of the fishmonger boss, Meng Changsheng didn't intend to spend time with him, so he directly shook his hand and made a look of turning around and leaving.
"Eh, Meng Gongzi, don't! Don't! Don't...." Seeing that Meng Changsheng is like this, the fishmonger is in a hurry, he has no customers today, and now he finally pulls a dream Changsheng, if he lets Meng Changsheng leave, his business will be really yellow today, where can he take care of Meng Changsheng, he can buy one and earn it himself, and immediately said: "Wuwen, just Wuwen...."
After that, he went to prepare to catch fish for Meng Changsheng, but at this time, Meng Changsheng turned his head and smiled and raised four fingers at the boss.
"I don't want to spend five cents to buy it now, I feel that this fish is not enough for a catty, it is not worth five cents, and you just called ten cents, it is clear that it is pit me, I am in a bad mood, four cents, four cents I will buy this fish, otherwise, I will immediately turn around and leave." ”
Raising four fingers, Meng Changsheng smiled at the fishmonger boss, but the latter was directly dumbfounded, but seeing Meng Changsheng like that, he was a little unsure of Meng Changsheng's thoughts, and he had the idea of selling one by one, and finally gritted his teeth.
"Okay, four is four. ”
After a while, Meng Changsheng smiled and paid the four cents and left with the carp, and the fishmonger behind him watched Meng Changsheng leave with a look of gloom and a ghost, thinking to himself, who the hell said that Meng Changsheng Mu Ne was stupid and easy to deceive, this is obviously a human spirit, and he didn't deceive him, but he returned himself to it.
After selling the fish, Meng Changsheng left directly, but he didn't notice that in a corner of the street behind him, a thin man with long thief eyebrows and rat eyes kept paying attention to him, and when he bought the fish and left, his eyes rolled and he turned around and slipped into an alley.
"What, you said that Meng Changsheng was not only not dead, but also alive. ”
After a while, the thin man came to a ruined temple outside Chen County, and there were two men in the temple, a middle-aged man with a fierce face and a long scar on his face, and a tall man with a burly body.
The thin thief with eyebrows and rat eyes is called Li Er, with a scar on his face and a fierce face called Scar, the last burly and tall man is called Wang Si, and the three of them beat Meng Changsheng in the morning, originally thought that a miss would kill Changsheng, so frightened that he hurriedly left Chen County and hid here, after all, Meng Changsheng has a reputation for showing talent, once he dies, the government will definitely track it down, although the three of them are bullies, but they are bullying and bullying those honest people who have no power and powerless and ordinary people, and the government is absolutely impossible to fight.
But at this moment, hearing Li Er say that Meng Changsheng was not dead and was still alive, Scar was the first to say angrily.
"Damn, I knew that kid wasn't dead, what were we afraid of, so I would hide here for most of the day. ”
Scar was unhappy, originally worried that Meng Changsheng would be killed and investigated by the government, so he hid here, but now he learned that Meng Changsheng was not dead, wouldn't it mean that they were worried and scared in vain.
"Big brother, what should we do now. Wang Si asked.
"What else should I do, of course I'm going back, damn, I've been worried about Lao Zibai for so long. To the scolding.
"Big brother, what about Dream Changsheng. Li Er rolled his eyes, and he **: "This kid has made our three brothers worry and be scared for a long time, don't you go and give him a special lesson, and I just saw that this kid also paid for a fish, I don't know where this kid got the money, I guess he should have a lot on him, not to mention dozens of dollars, if he robs it...."
Li Eryan opened his mouth to instigate, and there was also a light in his eyes, he was interested in seeing wealth, and teaching Meng Changsheng was a trivial matter, mainly because of the attention of Meng Changsheng's money.
"This, it's not good, Meng Changsheng has a reputation after all. Wang Si was a little hesitant: "I'm afraid that we beat him in the morning and it has already reached the yamen and attracted attention, if we do it again, if Meng Changsheng reports to the official, a few of us are afraid..."
The Wu Dynasty had a rule that if a commoner beats a scholar with a meritorious reputation, depending on the seriousness of the circumstances, he will be sentenced to at least one year in prison, or exiled to the frontier, or even directly beheaded, which is a kind of protection for the literati in the Wu Dynasty, which can also be said to be the main reason why the literati feel superior to others.
Although Meng Changsheng said that he was just a poor scholar and had no power or power, after all, he had Xiucai's fame, and they were just civilians, in case Meng Changsheng really sued the three of them to the government, once the crime of beating Xiucai was confirmed, the three of them would definitely have no good fruit to eat.
"What are you afraid of, a beast doctor, can still turn against the sky, and Lao Tzu has been hiding here for a long time, go, this account can't be just settled. ”
Scar said with a fierce look on his face, the so-called once born and twice ripe, everyone knows that Meng Changsheng is a talent, but he has no power and no power, and he is in the company of birds and beasts, he is not popular in Shilin, and he is also wooden, and he has already beaten Meng Changsheng once in the morning, in his heart, Scar's fear of Meng Changsheng has slowly dissipated, and the most important thing is that Li Er said that Meng Changsheng still has money on him, which makes him moved.
The most touching people in ancient times are nothing more than money and money.