Liu Jun was upset by a chubby girl standing on the street. He turned a blind eye to the coquettish girls on the street and hurried to the farmer's market while carrying a bamboo basket containing more than a hundred kilograms of tortoise. Xiao Li, a mute, carried two mouthfuls of eels.
The large water tank followed closely behind.
The stalls of the farmer's market have long been closed, and some night market stalls in the market have begun to open. The sound of fried snails hitting the spatula is loud, and the peppery oil smoke is drifting far away. Along with fried noodles, side dishes, lobster, and other food on the market
The residents, perhaps businessmen, were happily drinking beer to cool off, but were not used to seeing Liu Jun and the mute sitting in the corner of the market holding their burdens.
In the market, there were also a few villagers who picked things from remote places to sell and did not find accommodation in hotels in order to save money. Liu Jun and Dumb didn't think they were unusual. They didn't steal or rob, and they didn't bother others. There was nothing wrong with sleeping on the street.
Let the water run at home overnight.
"Ali, let's just stay here tonight and save as much as we can, okay?" Liu Jun said and took out the two big sweet potatoes he had brought with him, one for each person.
The mute nodded and said nothing. The feeling of being short of money was uncomfortable. Deep in his heart, he did not want to see his savior Liu Jun working so hard.
"Ali, after we sell these tortoises and eels tomorrow, we will go shopping on the street, beat him up, and bring a bottle of good wine to my dad." Liu Jun bit the sweet potato and thought about selling it.
The scene of having money after being born as a bastard.
Hearing that Liu Jun would take him shopping and shopping with him tomorrow, the mute immediately beamed with joy, gesturing that not only would he bring good wine to Liu Jun's father, Liu Dekui, but he would also buy some women's clothes for Aunt Tian Xiuhua.
The mute's gestures made Liu Jun feel ashamed. The mute was kind and thoughtful. Liu Jun thought of buying good wine for his father, but he never thought of buying some women's clothes for Tian Xiuhua.
Although Liu Jun could not accept Tian Xiuhua in his heart, Tian Xiuhua already lived with his father after all. Tian Xiuhua still wore her father's men's clothes at home, which was neither fishy nor decent.
In order to prevent oversleeping at night and preventing the tortoise and eel pieces that they had worked hard to catch for more than a month from being stolen, Liu Jun and the mute discussed taking turns to keep vigil, with the mute keeping watch for the first half of the night and Liu Jun for the second half of the night.
Because he was too sleepy, Liu Jun went to bed in the first half of the night and woke up at dawn. The honest and honest mute could not bear to wake Liu Jun in the second half of the night, but stayed up all night by himself.
Fortunately, the county farmer's market was safe at night. At dawn, there were people walking into the market with agricultural products to occupy their seats.
Liu Jun was woken up by the noise in the market. He looked at Mute, whose eyes were red from the heat, and understood what was going on. He was very moved: "Ali, why didn't you wake me up?"
The mute yawned tiredly, stretched, and just laughed, as if he had done something wrong.
The mute Xiao Li is such a good person. Liu Jun felt that he really couldn't treat the mute badly, so he went to the breakfast stall and spent a few dollars to buy soy milk and fried dough sticks to satisfy his hunger. He also generously packed a five-yuan meatloaf soup for the mute.
Staying up all night watching the tortoise in the market will make your body exhausted. You really should eat something good to replenish your strength.
The mute chuckled, only took the soy milk and fried dough sticks, and pushed the packaged meat cake soup to Liu Jun. Liu Jun lied and said that he had eaten it, and pretended to be angry, threatening the mute that if he didn't eat the meat cake soup, he would come in next time.
The city refused to bring him, and the mute had to accept it with tears in his eyes.
Even though it only costs a few dollars for a portion of meat pie soup, the mute already has great respect for Liu Jun. In times of hardship, it is true love to give benefits to a brother.
After breakfast, there were more and more people in the market. Liu Jun and the mute moved the bamboo baskets and water tanks containing tortoises and eels to temporary stalls outside the market. They set up the bamboo baskets and water tanks and removed the gauze.
I was preparing to sell it, but I was dumbfounded when I realized that there was no scale and I had no idea how much the eel should be sold for.
Selling things in the market is a matter of weight. You can clearly mark the price, you can bargain, you can haggle, you can make small profits but quick turnover, you can even drink and bleed, jump off a building, sell at a loss, etc., but Liu Jun doesn't understand these.
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Although Liu Jun didn't get into college, he resolutely followed his father's instructions when he was studying in Jiuzhou No. 1 Middle School, the best middle school in Guhe County. He turned his back on the outside world and only read the books of sages. In the end, it didn't matter that he didn't get into college.
They don’t even know that Jiuzhou Farmers Market is the largest agricultural product distribution center in the surrounding counties. It still treats it as a general vegetable sub-market where people live at home and buy and sell oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea.
"Hey, what a big turtle, how much does it cost per pound?" A middle-aged woman asked the price while holding a bamboo basket.
Liu Jun and the mute looked at each other in confusion. They didn't know how to answer. They were stunned in front of the water tank for a while, and they really didn't think about how much they would sell for a pound.
"Who are you? Do you like to sell or not?" The woman buying vegetables saw Liu Jun and the mute dumbfounded like wooden men. She thought that these two young men were helping the adults to look after the stalls and could not decide the master, so she didn't
Take it seriously and walk away.
As soon as the woman left, Liu Jun came to his senses and asked, "Yes, how much does it cost per pound?"
"Ali, what price do you think such a big tortoise should be sold for?" Liu Jun asked the mute, unsure.
The mute pointed to some stalls with the words "aquatic products" in front of them, and said something with his mouth, indicating that Liu Jun could go and ask. Liu Jun blushed, he had read too much, and his brain was filled with water. Such a simple thing
You can't do either. If you don't know the price, you can ask others. If you are dumb and smart, you can borrow it from others if you don't have a scale.
Just as Liu Jung was about to get up and go to the aquatic product stall to inquire about the price, a big man with obvious scars on his face and a bright gold chain on his neck walked towards Liu Jun, with his hands behind his back, followed by two people carrying big names.
, the entourage holding a big plastic bag.
"Brother, how can you sell this bastard?" Dao Scar looked fierce, but spoke kindly. He smiled and took out King Furong's cigarette to disperse.
"What are you talking about? You are a good bastard, aren't you?" Liu Jun said this, and looked at the mute for a moment. The bastard was really popular in the county.
"Haha, there was a slip of the tongue. Don't be offended. How do you sell this soft-shelled turtle?" Scarface was not annoyed by Liu Jun's rebuttal. Businessmen are not interested in seeking wealth.
"Friend, what's your price?" Liu Jun waved his hand and didn't answer the cigarette, and neither did the mute. Since someone asked the price, you have to give an explanation. You can't let people wait here and let you ask at the aquatic products stall.
After checking the price, you will answer what price they will sell it for.
"Hey, that's interesting, you sell me the bastard and I'll bid you the price." Scarface put away the cigarette and put it to his mouth. The man with the big name quickly stepped forward and lit it with a disposable lighter.
Scarface's eyes are very poisonous, and he can tell at a glance that this is a country bumpkin who has come to the city for the first time. He wants to cut the price to get a good deal. If there is a little more coercion and inducement, this transaction will make a lot of money.
He took a deep breath of cigarette and puffed out a big smoke ring. Scarface was secretly happy. These were serious wild tortoises. Look at the two country bumpkins selling tortoises who probably don't understand what is wild and what is farmed.
You must know that the price difference between wild and raised dogs is hundreds of yuan, and the total price difference of more than 100 kilograms of tortoise is not a small amount.
"Of course, look at these bastards with thick thighs and big round eel heads. I won't sell them if the price is low." As soon as Liu Jun saw the sly eyes flashing on the scarred face, he felt that there was something fishy here, and the other party would
I thought I was a country bumpkin. How could I sell these tortoises and eels that I and the mute had worked so hard to catch at such low prices without a bottom line?
Liu Jun winked at the mute, and the mute understood immediately. He pretended to have a stomachache and ran towards the place marked with a public toilet. He turned around and got into the crowd selling aquatic products to inquire about the price of tortoise and eel.
Although the mute had no education, when he was guarding the fish pond in Langshang Village, he was so free that he took the books that Liu Jun had read and studied on his own. Seeing that the mute was studying hard, Liu Jun took the time to teach him some culture.
I can still read my own name and some simple and commonly used Chinese words, and I can recognize Arabic numerals naturally.
You didn’t know it, but you were shocked when you saw a row of aquatic products stalls. There were all kinds of soft-shelled turtles, eels and some unknown seafood. The soft-shell turtle stall that you noticed was actually marked with wild and
Price tag for farmed soft-shell turtle.
Wild soft-shell turtles are also divided into large, medium and small. The big ones cost more than 400 yuan per kilogram, and the small ones cost as little as 0 yuan per kilogram. The price of farmed soft-shell turtles is much less than that of wild ones, with the largest ones costing more than 100 yuan per kilogram.
However, there is no label on the eel stall indicating whether it is wild or farmed. The price ranges from tens of yuan per catty depending on the size.
Although the mute couldn't speak, he was intelligent, observed things very carefully, and could hide things. He walked up to the tortoise seller and asked why there was such a big difference in price between wild and farmed soft-shelled turtles.
The bosses selling aquatic products were a father and a son. The son didn't want to pay attention to the mute. The older father saw that the mute couldn't speak clearly and was sweating profusely. He was quite enthusiastic and took the initiative to grab a wild and farmed turtle in each hand.
The mute introduced.
"Young man, I don't quite understand what you want to say. Do you want to know that we are both bastards, but the prices are so different?" The old man said with a pleasant look.
"Well, well, well." The mute nodded repeatedly, as if a student was pious when he saw his teacher.
The old man suddenly felt a sense of respect, and he started talking and kept talking: "These bastards and bastards are very knowledgeable. Some are farmed, some are wild, some are male and some are female, and the prices are different.
Look at this farmed tortoise, that is, raised in captivity, its back is rough and not smooth, its flash edges are thin, its bottom is white and red, its meat is tender and soft, its claws are soft and weak, and it is too lazy to move even if it is turned over."
"If you look at this wild tortoise again, that is, the tortoise caught in the pond or the gutter, it will be different." The old man got excited, squatted down, put the two big tortoises on the ground, and started playing with them two by two.
"The appearance of wild tortoises is complete, with no injuries or diseases. The carapace and plastron are shiny and smooth, and the bottom plate is white and red with bloodshot eyes. The individuals are generally long and thin, with thick and upward skirts. They move quickly and their heads can be stretched and slithered.
When turning over, the limbs cooperate and coordinate, which is quite flexible."
The mute's eyes widened when he heard this. He really learned a lot during this trip to the city. The mute repeatedly extended his thumb to the old man, and the old man became even more enthusiastic: "Young man, let me tell you about this bastard again, male and female."
How can we tell the difference?"
"Dad, someone is buying soft-shelled turtles, please come and weigh them in." The old man's son called the old man away, and the old man returned to the stall with some unfinished business.
Before leaving, the mute raised his fist to express his gratitude to the old man, and ran towards Liu Jun quickly. The mute was anxious to tell Liu Jun what he had just seen and heard about the bastard, so that Liu Jun would not be fooled by that scar-faced bastard.
I was deceived. You have to know that just over 100 kilograms of wild tortoise can be sold for more than 20,000 yuan. If it is sold as farmed, it will be a huge loss.