Chapter 37: The Female Shopkeeper
Zhang Di didn't know that he had been targeted by a gang of gangsters, he just instinctively felt that Song Baitong had found him, which was quite strange, as the saying goes, "nothing to do, no treachery or theft", so he had a preliminary understanding of Fang City with the help of Song Baitong's mouth, and he parted ways with him in time.
Especially Song Baitong patted him on the shoulder before leaving, which made him very disgusted, touched his nose, and muttered in his heart: "Am I very familiar with you?"
After seeing Song Baitong's figure disappear into the flow of people, Zhang Di quickly walked into a secluded alley, looked around and saw that no one was passing by, and quickly took off the hat and coat on his body, and then took off the clothes on his body and wore them back, and immediately changed from a green robe to a gray robe.
Then he took out of his bosom the grass juice which he had prepared and applied it to his face, and then he took out the bristles he had cut and put them on his lips, and put a little hat on his head to cover his young man's hair ornament. Taking out the small mirror, a yellow-faced man in his twenties with two beards appeared in the mirror.
Zhang Di bared his teeth and was happy, and he was quite a prank in his heart, it turned out that he had deceived the old donkey's head, and he had already prepared a strategy of disguise with both hands, and he would not be so stupid as to wear a hat and a hat all the time.
Then he threw the changed clothes into the corner, and the two cloth bags on the hoe were replaced with those on his shoulders, and the hoe could not be disguised, so he had to carry it in his hand. Fortunately, there are a lot of Lingnong in Laifang City, most of them have two cloth bags on their shoulders and a hoe in their hands, and his dress is not out of line.
After checking up and down, and seeing that there were no flaws, he took out the honey water given by Lu Tian'er from the cloth bag, and after a few sips, he felt that it had been sweet to his heart, grinned, and walked out with a swagger.
Sure enough, his outfit was no different from other Lingnong, and he quickly blended into the flow of people.
It took a little half a day's effort, he took a general tour of the market, and after comparing the quality of the Linggu of the stall Lingnong, he found that his Linggu was still above average, and it seemed that under the teaching of the old donkey head in the past six months, the Linggu was still planted quite well!
"Since my Linggu is in good condition, I just happened to go to the Qingzhu Valley store, so there shouldn't be much loss, and by the way, I also met the female shopkeeper. He made up his mind, went around a few more circles, made sure that no one was following, and stepped into the Qingzhu Valley store.
As soon as I walked in, I heard a bell ringing on the door curtain, and at the same time smelled a faint smell of incense, and suddenly I was refreshed, and I looked up at the counter, only to see a slender woman in Tsing Yi, holding a book in her hand, sitting sideways on the counter and reading, and she couldn't see her appearance.
"Our store only accepts the best quality of the Linggu, the impurities are within one percent, the moisture is one-tenth, the roughness rate is more than ninety, the whole grain rate is more than eighty into eight, the price is 1 spirit stone per catty 50 taels of silver, if you have no confidence in your Linggu, please go back, so as not to delay your time." The woman in Tsing Yi didn't turn around, her voice was cold and authentic, and her voice was about 20 years old, crisp and pleasant.
"You set the purchase standard so high, aren't you afraid of scaring away the Lingnong who came to sell Linggu?" Zhang Di was very curious about the female shopkeeper, and deliberately spoke like this, testing her reaction.
"Hmph, that's your business, it's none of my business!" the woman in Tsing Yi still said coldly.
Zhang Di became more and more interested, wanting to see what she would say about her Linggu, so he walked to the counter, poured out the Linggu in the cloth bag, and said, "Shopkeeper, please help me inspect the goods and see how much I can sell these Linggu?"
The woman in green turned around, put the book in her hand on the counter, and raised her eyes to look at the ground.
This look shocked Zhang Di, only to see that her face was full of pockmarks, her face was burnt yellow, and she looked extremely ugly at first glance. But if you ignore those pockmarks, take a closer look, she has a melon seed face, a very beautiful nose, a small mouth, especially a pair of eyes are very bright, in fact, she has a beauty background.
Zhang Di shouted pity in his heart, didn't dare to stare at her, turned his head to the side, and just landed on the book spread out on the counter, and couldn't help but sigh.
"What, have you read this book?" asked the woman in green clothes.
Zhang Dixin said that he hadn't just seen it, he couldn't be more familiar, it turned out to be "Qi Min's Technique".
Maybe it was out of the psychology of meeting a bosom friend, or maybe it was to test the origin of the female shopkeeper, Zhang Di nodded, and slowly recited the content on the page: "Baozhu Huang, Vulgar Debai, Zhang Linhuang, Bailugu, Hook Qianhuang, Zhang Ant Bai, Geng Hu Huang, Du Nu Chi, Eggplant Lu Huang, Xun Zhu Chi, Wei Shuang Huang, Bai Stem Qing, Pen Gen Huang, Tuomu Liang, Lei Huang Huang, Liu Shabai, Seng Yan Huang, Chiliang Valley, Linghu Huang, Otter Tail Qing, Xu De Huang, Straw Rong Qing, Sun Yan Huang, Zhu Ya Qing, Smoked Yellow, Le Wan Qing, Pingshou Huang, Lu Zhu Bai, Lu Zhu Basket, Huang Huang, Aju Huang, Chiba Liang, Lu Hoof Huang, Hungry Dog Cang, Poor Huang, Mi Gu, Lu Zhu Qing, Aluo: these 38 species, the middle (Hedan) big grain. There are two kinds of white crane valley and mother sorghum, which are delicious. There are three kinds of stalks, Aju yellow, and pig yaqing, which have a bad taste. There are two kinds of yellow silk and music maid green, which are easy to eat. ”
In this passage of Zhang Dibei, he talks about thirty-eight kinds of large grains, which are the most important types of grains among secular mortals, and he has not seen all of them, but only knows three or four of them. Some taste good, some taste bad, and some are easy to crush.
As soon as she finished memorizing it, the woman in Tsing Yi's eyes lit up and said, "I didn't expect you to study this book quite deeply!"
"I can't talk about the research in depth, but I just memorized it with a lot of thoughts, thinking about farming and eating, maybe I will use it one day. Zhang Di said matter-of-factly.
The woman in Tsing Yi glanced at him, "You have some meaning, and you speak quite truthfully." After speaking, he ignored Zhang Di and buried his head in inspecting the Linggu who had fallen on the counter.
I saw that she stretched out two fingers as white as jade, and quickly picked up a grain of grain, just swept it with her eyes, and divided the grain aside, and at the same time said in her mouth: "This chaff is not exhausted, this moisture is larger, this is incomplete, this one has impurities......"
In a blink of an eye, he inspected hundreds of spirit grains and said: "A total of 643 grains, of which 159 grains are unqualified, and the rest are a total of 16 catties and 7 taels, 1 spirit stone per catty and 50 taels of silver, and a total of 25 spirit stones and 5 taels of silver will be given to you, do you agree?"
Zhang Di was dumbfounded, stunned by the woman's rapid inspection and calculation ability, but he quickly calmed down, and quickly calculated it in his heart, the number was accurate, and he took advantage of it.
If you sell it to a grain shop outside, even if it costs 20 taels of silver for 1 spirit stone per catty, 22 catties of spirit valley can be sold for 26 spirit stones and 40 taels of silver. Now I sold 25 spirit stones and 5 taels of silver, which seems to be a little less, but the remaining 5 catties and 3 taels are not qualified, which is returned to me, whether it is for personal use or for sale, it is earned!
Although the old donkey's head was estimated to be sold for 35 spirit stones before, it was sold by setting up a stall in the market, although the price was higher, but it was too time-consuming, and it was not considered by Zhang Di.
"Okay, the price is fair, it's sold!" Zhang Di said happily.
The woman in Tsing Yi didn't say much, swept the sleeves of her robe, and put the ordered Linggu into the bottom of the counter, and then flicked the sleeves of the robe, and there were 25 spirit stones and 5 taels of silver on the counter, and said: "If the guest officer has nothing else to do, and accepts the spirit stones and silver taels, please go back! Next time, if there is a Linggu of the same grade, you can also come to our store to sell it." After saying that, he picked up the book and prepared to read it again.
Zhang Di took the spirit stone and silver two, and swept his eyes in the store, only to see that the room was placed with ebony furniture, and a sandalwood burner was placed on the small table, and there was a light smoke drifting away, which looked quite elegant and quiet.
Suddenly, his heart moved: "Shopkeeper, do you have the seeds of the second grade Linggu for sale in this store?"
The woman in Tsing Yi put down the book and glanced at him, "There is only one kind, called 'Baozhu Huang', one grain costs two spirit stones, do you need it?"
Zhang Di was shocked when he heard this, "Baozhu Yellow" was the first of the 38 mortal Great Valleys that Fang had just memorized, could it be that the Immortal Spirit Valley was also named after the Mortal Great Valley?
In addition to the name surprise, the price also surprised him, a product of Linggu is commonly known as Baigu, 29 grains are a catty, and a catty is sold for 2 spirit stones on the market, and this two-grade Linggu sells for two spirit stones for one grain, which is equivalent to saying that the price has increased by more than 20 times!
"Shopkeeper, you sell a second-grade spirit valley seed for 2 spirit stones, and sell it for 10 spirit stones for a pound outside, isn't it much cheaper than you to sell it?" Zhang Di was a little displeased.
The woman in Tsing Yi glanced at him, and there was a hint of sarcasm on the corner of her mouth, "Then you can buy the outside, I sell it expensively, and the germination rate is 100%, which is carefully selected for the purpose of making seeds, and has been raised for several generations." ”
Zhang Di thought about it for a while, and what he said was that the millet that was seeded was different from ordinary millet, so it seemed fair to sell it for 1 spirit stone per grain.
He immediately calmed down, bowed his hand, and said, "Shopkeeper, forgive me for being reckless, then bring me 10 second-grade spirit valley seeds!" took out 10 spirit stones and handed them over.
It turned out that he was now holding the method of carving the array, and the next step was to carry out the carving array experiment on the spirit grain grains, so he simply took this opportunity to buy 10 second-grade spirit valleys, and according to the probability of one in ten, he could carve at least one. At that time, if you inhale it into your body and cultivate it with qi and blood, you will grow a second-grade spirit valley, and as long as you succeed in one, you will have at least 20 grains, and you will continue to plant it in the future.
The woman in Tsing Yi entered the inner room, and after a while, she took a sandalwood box, opened it and showed Zhang Di inside, only to see 10 grains such as yellow-orange-orange neatly placed, with a jewel-like luster, no wonder it was called "treasure pearl yellow".
Zhang Di was surprised and delighted, and when he held it to his nose and smelled it, a fresh and sweet smell much richer than Baigu made his pores open and fluttering.
"If I were you, I wouldn't just open the box and sniff it. The higher the grade of the Spirit Valley, the greater the spirituality, and if you open the box like this and ask left and right, it will make the seeds mixed with a mixed and impure breath, which will affect the germination rate. The woman in Tsing Yi said coldly.
Zhang Di's heart sank, he didn't expect Linggu to have these things, so he hurriedly closed the lid and arched his hand: "Thank you for informing." ”
"If you grow a second-grade spirit valley, it is best to come to our store to sell it, as long as the quality is qualified, I will give you a purchase price of 15 spirit stones per catty. The woman in Tsing Yi said.
"Okay!" Zhang nodded, and suddenly remembered something: "I don't know that there are still seeds of Sanpin Spirit Valley in this store?"
The woman in Tsing Yi glanced at him, and there was a sarcasm on the corner of her mouth: "Do you really not understand, or are you here to test me? The Sanpin Spirit Valley is strictly controlled by the major sects, and any business alliance or individual who sells or buys the Sanpin Spirit Valley without permission will be suppressed by the sects! The Spirit Valley above the third grade can only be sold to the big business alliances or sects, and even if I have it here, I can't sell it." ”
Zhang Di said secretly: "I see, I have seen it for a long time." Seeing that the woman in Tsing Yi was already impatient, she felt that she had gained a lot this time, so she got up to say goodbye and walked out the door.
When I arrived at the door, my heart moved, and I turned around and asked her, "What is the shopkeeper's surname?"
"Don't have your surname Jiang. ”
"Shopkeeper Jiang, where can I buy a second-hand Spirit Gathering Array Disk?"
"I have a friend who happens to run this business, you go out and turn left, go straight for a zhang, turn right, go uphill for three feet, then turn right, go downhill...... The second shop on the left is. ”
"Remember, thank you, we'll see you later. Zhang Di stepped out of the door.
When Zhang Di walked away, he coughed in the inner room, turned out an old man in Tsing Yi, looked at the woman surnamed Jiang and said, "Miss, do you think this person is okay?"
The woman surnamed Jiang said: "This alliance is lurking here, it is to find a potential senior spirit farmer, to prepare for planting the legendary five-grade spirit valley Du Nu Chi, now the seeds are getting fewer and fewer, but it has not been successful, my father is very anxious, not long ago I sent a message to me, so I might as well relax the conditions, I can find a potential spirit farmer, and then slowly cultivate after introducing this alliance."
I see that person has some potential, and he is familiar with "Qi Min's Technique", and his heart is also calm, and his understanding is good, but unfortunately he lacks experience, it should have just started to plant Linggu not long ago, let's observe it for the time being!"
"Oh, no wonder, miss, you introduced him to Zhao Danian's formation shop. The old man in Tsing Yi nodded, "But ...... This person has been hit by the lingering incense powder and has fallen into the hands of the gang of gangsters in the Yugoslav Alliance, aren't you worried?"
"What do I have to worry about, if this person dies at the hands of those indiscriminate fellows, it means that he is stupid, and he is not worthy of my attention at all! If he is not dead, he still deserves my attention. The woman surnamed Jiang said coldly, "By the way, Uncle Jiang, that Song Baitong was rude to me outside the door today, if he didn't die in the hands of that person, you helped me do it for him." ”
"Yes, miss. The old man in Tsing Yi, known as Uncle Jiang, bowed down and stepped back into the inner room.
The woman surnamed Jiang pondered for a while, then picked up the book again and looked down as if nothing had happened.