Gao Mingcheng looked at the middle-aged man who was planning to buy honey. The middle-aged man stared at the can and bottle and pondered for a moment before nodding and saying, "Let's just calculate it at seven taels."
Subtract seven ounces from two pounds and three ounces, and the net content of honey is one pound and sixty ounces. Calculated as seven yuan per pound, this jar of honey costs eleven yuan and twenty cents.
Gao Mingcheng calculated the account in person, and then took the initiative to erase the two cents.
"It's a total of eleven dollars and twenty cents. You were the first to buy it. I'll charge you twenty cents less. Just give me eleven dollars."
Two cents these days is not the same thing as two cents in later generations. Therefore, when Gao Mingcheng took the initiative to pay two cents less, the middle-aged man immediately smiled.
"Okay! Young man, you are honest in your business! Did you get this honey from the mountains? Is it easy to get it?" He took out the money from his trouser pocket while talking.
How can Gao Mingcheng tell the truth? He exaggeratedly said: "It's not easy. I was stung by bees more than ten times for this little honey. My whole body was swollen for several days, but it hurt me so much! Oh, I want to It’s not easy to make some money! If honey is easy to get, everyone can eat it!”
Most people in the countryside have had the experience of being stung by various insects, the most serious ones being wasps and caterpillars, both of which are poisonous.
Bee is relatively better, but the pain is not light.
At this time, a person suddenly said: "Last year, a young man in our village went to dig out honeycombs in the mountains and was stung by a wasp. At that time, his whole face was swollen and he couldn't open his eyes! It didn't matter, and the result happened within two days. , that young man died unexpectedly! I called the doctor at the health center to see him, and they said he died of poisoning! Hey, people in our village will no longer dare to dig out the beehives."
"Gao Mingcheng, I advise you to go less often. This person is not afraid of ten thousand, but just in case."
The man called out Gao Mingcheng's name, and Gao Mingcheng followed the sound. When he saw the man for the first time, he thought he looked familiar, but he couldn't remember who the man was or what his name was.
Because he was older, Gao Mingcheng said casually: "Uncle, I know, I run fast!"
"Haha, yes, you are a fast runner. When you were a child, you did bad things and were chased and beaten by your father, so you came to our village!"
This man's words caused a group of people to burst into laughter. After all, the people present were all from nearby villages.
And Gao Mingcheng is famous for being good at fighting, so Gao Mingcheng may not all know them, but they all know Gao Mingcheng.
Gao Mingcheng laughed awkwardly and accepted the money handed over by the middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man carefully held the honey, pointed to the bag at Gao Mingcheng's feet, and asked curiously: "What's in that?"
"It's a cauliflower snake, do you want it? It weighs about three pounds."
Gao Mingcheng tried his best to sell the cauliflower snake, which was enough for him to buy a pound of good meat.
However, the middle-aged man was also afraid of snakes. When he heard it was a cauliflower snake, he immediately took a few steps back, waved his hand and left.
Gao Mingcheng was not discouraged even if the product was not sold. He started shouting again, but the price of honey was so expensive that not everyone could afford it.
Gao Mingcheng stayed at the market for another half hour. When he saw no one came to buy, he planned to leave.
Tomorrow is the county fair. There are many rich people in the county and they are also looking for nutritious things. If you sell them in the county, they will definitely sell well.
With this in mind, Gao Mingcheng picked up his things and prepared to leave. Of course, before leaving, he had to buy something more, so he bought two more fried dough sticks and ten steamed buns, and finally walked to the meat stall.
"Do you think I can trade this cauliflower snake for a pound of pork?" Gao Mingcheng shook the bag in his hand.
Gao Zhuang is afraid of snakes, and the young lady never eats snakes. There is no use taking the snake back. It would be good if it could be exchanged for a pound of pork.
The meat seller was somewhat interested and motioned to Gao Mingcheng to open the bag and he wanted to take a look first.
After looking at the cauliflower snake in the bag and confirming that it was still alive, the butcher took a scale and weighed it. The snake and the bag weighed a total of three kilograms and two taels.
The market price of this snake meat is not fixed, but it is about 80 to 90 cents per catty. The current price of good meat is 1.8 yuan for good meat, and 1.5 yuan for bad meat. It will be even cheaper if it is sold in the market.
Almost all the good meat at his stall has been sold, and the remaining meat is only sold for 1.5 yuan, so exchanging a pound of meat for snakes is quite a bargain.
Thinking of this, the meat seller agreed to the exchange and cut a lean piece of meat for Gao Mingcheng.
At this time, the fatter front leg meat is the best meat, it is oily and tender, and the hind leg meat is not so good. The pig often kneels on the ground, the hind legs do not move as much as the front legs, and the meat is a bit older.
After the exchange was successful, Gao Mingcheng went back with his things.
When he was walking towards Gaojiacun, three people were also walking towards Gaojiacun and had already reached the foot of Niuweiling.
Along the way, they avoided people in the village and were not discovered.
But when they were at the foot of Niuweiling, the well-informed old man immediately discovered some traces. He took a closer look and whispered to his two sons: "Someone has set a trap here at the foot of the mountain. You guys will be there later." Be careful where you step and don’t let anyone see you.”
"Yes." The two sons were also alert and responded softly.
The kind of trap used to trap prey will be more troublesome if someone accidentally steps on it. There is also a trap made of dug pits. If someone falls in, if he is unlucky, he will die, because some pits will collapse at the bottom. Insert some sharpened bamboo so that when the prey falls, it will be stabbed by the bamboo and difficult to escape.
The father and son entered the mountain cautiously. Although Gao Zhuang was already on the Niuweiling side, he was on another hillside. He had recently discovered several rabbit nests and was thinking about how to dig out the rabbit nests.
When the father and son were walking along a mountain road, Gao Zhuang had his back to them and happened to not see them.
Although the father and son entered the mountain safely, the entire mountain was very vast, and it was not easy to find the ancient tomb.
However, the ancients paid attention to Feng Shui when they were buried. To look at Feng Shui, you must first climb to the top of the mountain and take in the entire terrain of the mountain. Then you can select a few places with high probability and explore them carefully.
However, hundreds of years have passed, and the terrain must have changed, and the tomb bags have long since disappeared.
When they climbed to the top to observe the Feng Shui, Gao Mingcheng had already rushed over.
In his previous life, the same group of people went into the mountain to look for the tomb today. Although he was not sure whether there would be any changes in this life, he was still very concerned about today and planned to guard Niuweiling.
After returning to the village, he first put his things at the grandmother's house and then headed towards Niuweiling.
Looking around, he quickly found Gao Zhuang.
"Gao Zhuang, have you seen anyone entering the mountain?"
Gao Zhuang raised his head, his expression was confused for a moment, and he said with some uncertainty: "No, right? I didn't see anyone entering the mountain."
