Chapter 25: The Bazaar
The blacksmith of the Wujia blacksmith shop to create weapons does not have a lot of work, after all, in this ghost place, the sales of weapons are not vigorous, each blacksmith's work for a month is quantitative, as long as you can create ten qualified weapons in a month, the goods will be received at the end of the month, and the rest of the time, the armory shop will not care about you, ten weapons, this is very easy for the little leopard, basically only half a month, it can be done, and the quality is still the best choice among all weapons.
As for the free time, it was his own, so he had a lot of time to practice martial arts.
However, in the past six months, he still mainly put his mind on the comprehension of Taijiquan and the purification of the internal qi from the fire, after all, his physical condition is there, too young, only nine years old after the New Year, he doesn't want to hurt the root of the body because of excessive body refining.
"Well, if only I could have a medicinal bath, as the legend says in the book!"
In the past six months, in addition to practicing, the most he has done is to buy books, crazy to buy books, anyway, he is not short of money now, and the price of books is not expensive.
The purpose of his book purchase is also very simple, that is, to learn as much as possible about this strange and magical world.
As the saying goes, if you don't go out, you will know what is going on in the world.
What is it?
It depends on books, and the knowledge gained from books.
Although Qingyangji is only a small place, there are few people who can read and write, so no one wants to be doomed to lose money in this business.
The only opportunity he can buy books is on the first and fifteenth days of each month, when all the seven miles and eight towns come to Qingyangji to catch the market.
It's not much, but it's enough to give you a concrete understanding of the world.
"Yo, isn't this a little leopard?
Today is the fifteenth, it is the day of the market, on both sides of several streets of Qingyangji, there are passers-by who set up stalls, of course, this is also the Qingyang Jifu and the Black Dragon Club to make a big profit.
"Yes, Brother Zhang, today is your duty!" Seeing the big man who smiled and walked in front of him to say hello, the little leopard also smiled, this big man is called Daniel Zhang, is a small leader of the Black Dragon Society, almost every month at this time, will come to the street to collect protection money, just like the government to collect taxes, the little leopard has been running on this street every time in the past few months, naturally acquaintance.
Daniel Zhang also knows that although the little leopard is young, he is a promising disciple of the Wu clan, and the Wujia ironware shop is the most unprovoked force in addition to the government, so he does not dare to offend, and when he meets on the road, nods his head and says hello, which can be regarded as having some friendship.
After resigning Daniel Zhang, the little leopard continued to move forward, walking through a street, the little leopard heard a familiar cry of selling, and his face couldn't help flashing a warm smile, this is Wang Tianlei with a group of hunters to catch the market, with the increase of harvest, in addition to the unified prey sold to the merchants, each household also has surpluses, hunters, every time they catch the market, the hunters will bring these surplus prey they harvest to the market to sell, which is naturally based on Wang Tianlei, but this is different from doing business with the merchant store, it is to sell their own, but everyone gathers in one place, saving losses, after selling the goods, take the opportunity of the market, these men will also go shopping and buy some intimate items for their mother-in-law, which is also human nature.
Of course, the eldest brother of the little leopard is also among them, and in the past six months, every time the little leopard's salary has been handed over to him in this way, so that he can take it home to subsidize the family.
"So many?, are you enough for yourself?!"
The eldest brother of the little leopard saw the money bag handed over by the little leopard, and then he was worried, and his face was shocked, the weight of the money here was worth half a year's income for him.
"I've got enough here, I'm lucky this month, I'll get a few more pieces, and the rewards will be more!" said the little leopard unconcernedly.
"Hehe, now the dog is also the pillar of the family!" A few hunters on the side had a good business, and their mood was naturally very relaxed, and when they heard the two brothers ask and answer, they started joking.
"Yes, yes, little leopard, you are the most promising in our village, and you have become a blacksmith, why don't I help you talk about a kiss now, my uncle's little girl is about the same age as you, and she looks ...... smart!"
"It's not your uncle's turn, and my little niece is not bad......!"
All of a sudden, everyone said a word to me, and said that a little leopard was red-faced.
"Enough is enough!" everyone laughed for a while, and Wang Tianlei said, "You guys are not too young, and you are still messing with children here!"
"Brother Zhou, just kidding, but I'm also serious, although the little leopard is small, it can also be engaged-!"
"yes, yes!"
The crowd echoed again.
"Okay, big brother, brother-in-law, brothers, I won't disturb your business!" The little leopard gave his hand to this group of men helplessly.
"Dog, have you had time lately?!" Seeing that the little leopard was leaving, the big dog hurriedly asked, the little leopard has been away from home for more than half a year, and the family also thinks of him, but there are rules for apprenticeship, and it is easy to not go home, even for the New Year's holiday, and you have to wait in the armory shop, although the little leopard has taken off the identity of an apprentice and has a lot of free time, but if you want to leave the armory shop, it is still a little troublesome.
"Oh, I'll see, maybe there will be some free time next month, and when I take a vacation, it should be fine!" said the little leopard, leaving in a hurry.
Reborn in this world, although he has changed his identity and has a new father, after all, the memory of the previous life is dominant, although he has a deep relationship with this new family and new parents, but he doesn't want to go back to play a child.
Walking through his part of the road, around a corner, the little leopard came to a street corner, which is a used book stall, and the stall is a middle-aged man, and for half a year, the little leopard's books are basically bought from him.
Before he got closer, the little leopard heard a scolding voice, "You damn loser, you dare to rob my stall, you don't even look, whose territory is this!"
"Huh?!" the little leopard raised his eyebrows slightly, and he didn't need to look at it, but when he heard the voice, he knew that it was the middle-aged man who was setting up a booksstand.
"This - this place - and it is not opened by your house, you can put it, I, why can't I put it!" A weak voice sounded later, a thin figure got up from the ground, the little leopard saw clearly, from the ground is a young man in his twenties, the young man is also handsome, but the face is covered with a layer of soil ash, and there is a bruised place, it should have just fallen to the ground is stained, the body was originally a clean white robe, but also a piece of dirty gray, and then look at his hand, holding a blue baggage, look at the shape, this burden should be wrapped in books, look at this appearance, it seems that he wants to set up a stall here to sell books。
It's just that he doesn't know that although this market is lively, every stall seems to be scattered, if every stall has a owner, each stall owner has paid a fee to the Black Dragon Society, which is divided into two parts, one part is the protection fee paid to the Black Dragon Society, and the other part is the tax paid to the government, which is collected by the Black Dragon Society, even if it is Wang Tianlei, they are no exception, this is the rules of the Qingyang Market, which is customary.
This young man obviously doesn't understand this kind of rule, so it's strange that he took a few books and ran here to set up a stall without being beaten.
Behind him, standing was Daniel Zhang of the Black Dragon Society who he met on the road of the little leopard just now, this Daniel Zhang looked at the young man, heard what he said, and immediately became angry, "Damn, you damn thing, this is not opened by me, is it you who opened it, tell you, this place is opened by me, it is opened by the Black Dragon Society, you little king and eight lambs, you dare to talk back!"