High, really high, I almost couldn't help but give a thumbs up.
That mahogany sword has always been on the top shelf of the store. In order for me to practice carving, the master deliberately guided me to make a large one, which was more than twice the size of the largest mahogany sword sold in the store.
A radio broadcast was broadcast in the village in the morning. When we knocked on the door to deliver the talisman paper, the people inside were naturally very cooperative and happy.
The man who opened the door thanked Heizi. As soon as he saw the mahogany sword on Heizi's back, he couldn't help but ask a few questions.
"Oh, this, my senior brother is Zhang Tianshi. He made it purely by hand, and with the blessing of Taoism, it is just something to attract good luck and avoid evil, and to control the house and ward off evil spirits..."
"Master, are you selling this?" Heizi seemed to say it casually and immediately aroused the man's interest, his eyes shining brightly.
"This is my treasure. I carry it with me to deal with zombies, but I can't sell it." Heizi was quite good at twisting and turning, and I almost couldn't help laughing.
"Can this thing also deal with zombies?" The man became even more excited.
"What is peach wood? It has been called dragon-subduing wood and ghost-terrible wood since ancient times. The effect of making a peach wood sword is even better. Not to mention zombies, this thing can kill all the evil spirits in the world. I can chop down the old zombie when it comes. He screamed..." Heizi said and couldn't help bragging.
"Ahem..." I coughed twice, and then Heizi stopped talking.
"Master, please, please sell me one. Even if the zombies are conquered by you, there is no harm in keeping such a good thing at home." The man was determined to buy it.
"This is the only model. There are also large, medium and small sizes, but..." Heizi said and looked at me.
His original intention was to see my reaction, but the man in front of him was completely wrong.
"Money is not an issue. No matter what model it is, I will pay you five hundred." The man said and was about to pay.
"No, no, no, that's not what I meant..." Heizi quickly stopped the man.
"Zhang Tianshi, we have heard of your name for a long time. You are young and promising, and you have dealt with many evil things in this country. Please, please sell one to our family." The man's ability to understand I'm really impressed.
"Brother, what should we do? Just help me!" Heizi, this kid, turned around and slammed the shit basin on me, but now he has become mine?
"Buy, sell, sell..." I was so angry that I felt like I was becoming a bad person.
"Thank you Zhang Tianshi, thank you Zhang Tianshi." The man bowed to me respectfully and thanked me.
"Then what model do you want? The price is not expensive, the large size is 300, the medium is 200, and the small is 100." Heizi immediately put on a sales face.
"Large size, large size... no, I need one of each model." The man said and changed his mind.
"Okay, please wait a moment." Heizi smiled and turned around, opened the trunk of the car and took out three mahogany swords.
I couldn't understand how happy the man was when he gave him money, and he kept pulling Heizi to thank him.
On the contrary, he didn't even look at the free talisman paper I posted on his door, which was a waste of my hard work for a whole day.
When we were leaving to go to the next house, the man chased us out and gave us so many specialties that we couldn't even push them away.
"That's weird. What's wrong with this person now? Am I wrong?" After getting in the car, I looked at Heizi in confusion.
"You don't understand this. I'm just spending money to buy peace of mind. In fact, I'm also doing a good deed to make everyone feel more at ease." Heizi didn't laugh. It didn't sound like he was trying to trick me.
"Since I sell it cheap, I do good deeds for free, or is it my fault?" The more serious he was, the more I couldn't figure it out.
"My God, the world has changed. The idea that cheap goods are not good has been deeply ingrained. To do good things, you must conform to the trend of the times. The reason why the store is not doing well is because it is too cheap..." Heizi is still saying, but I have already I couldn't listen anymore, my thoughts were in a mess.
I have been staying in the county for these years, and I admit that my thinking is a bit backward. Heizi has seen the world, and what he said makes sense.
But I still can't accept it. Could it be that words like simplicity, kindness, and honesty have become derogatory terms?
Seeing that I couldn't accept it, Heizi closed his mouth.
"If you don't believe it, I'll try it for you one by one." Heizi said, opening the door and getting out of the car.
Sure enough, as Heizi said, the more he said he wouldn't sell it, the more the other party wanted to buy it, and they didn't care about the price at all.
Even if Heizi didn't bring the peach wood sword, the villagers would ask if he had any other magic weapons, and they didn't seem to trust my free talisman paper.
That night, the old zombie didn't come, Heizi happily passively promoted the Taomu Sword, and I also learned a solid lesson.
"They're all sold out. If I had known I could get more, there are still a lot of them waiting for me." Heizi leaned in front of the car. He hadn't closed his eyes for a day and two nights, but there was no trace of fatigue in him.
"Thank you for teaching me a lesson." I squatted on the ground with a wry smile and lit a cigarette.
I rarely smoke because my master likes it. As time goes by, I will occasionally light one up like my master.
Right now, it’s because I’m still having a hard time accepting the changes in this world, so I smoke one to relieve my boredom.
"We are not doing bad things. People are willing to spend money to buy peace of mind. Besides, even if our peach wood sword is sold at this price, it is completely lower than the market price."
"Those mahogany swords on the market are all machine-processed, and they don't have any Taoist blessings at all. They are also priced at this price, so don't be ridiculous." Heizi came over and squatted next to me, comforting me.
"Okay, okay, let's go take a rest. Maybe the old zombie will come tonight." I threw away the cigarette in my hand with a smile and stood up straight.
I had something on my mind and couldn't sleep well. I woke up as soon as the sun set, and the sunspot appeared in front of me.
We went to the county town again and pulled a cart of mahogany swords. Yesterday alone, I cleared out my inventory for a year.
The most amazing thing is that many people from our village rushed to Lijia Village. I don’t know how the news spread, but they all came to buy peach wood swords.
This time I didn't care at all and let Heizi do whatever he wanted.
I don’t know if it’s because the village is too lively, or if everyone is holding peach wood swords and they are not afraid at all. Anyway, the old zombies didn’t come that night.
I was getting a little anxious waiting, but Dahei was very calm, so I had to believe that the old zombie really didn't come.
The village chief of Lijia Village talks to everyone on the radio every morning, telling everyone not to let down their guard.
But when the time came to the morning of the fourth day, the old zombie still didn't appear.
We even called several surrounding villages, and there was no sign of any old zombies at all.
"Weird, is this old zombie dead?" Heizi opened his mouth.
"He was originally dead." I replied angrily.
"Aren't you being arrogant? You know what I mean." Heizi was also a little impatient.
"She must have been injured too much and is hiding to recuperate." Zhou Jiaonan teased Dahei, and his casual words woke me up.
"No, waiting is not the answer. We have to lure him out." I stood up excitedly.
We were sitting on a bench, and Heizi who was sitting at the other end fell directly to the ground, and the bowl of noodles he was holding was directly applied to his face.
"You're crazy..." Heizi got up and cursed.
"How?" Zhou Jiaonan answered immediately.
"Use incense to attract ghosts, and blood to attract corpses." I ignored Heizi and looked at Zhou Jiaonan.
"What's the blood?" Heizi pulled off a few noodles hanging on his face and came over.
"Of course it's human blood." I said and looked at Heizi.
"Don't even think about it. I've been malnourished these days, so don't operate on me." Heizi said and withdrew three meters away.
"Use mine." Zhou Jiaonan took out a dagger and was about to cut his hand.
"You are a real tiger." I quickly grabbed her wrist.
"It doesn't matter if you shed some blood, as long as you can catch the old zombie." Zhou Jiaonan said and wanted to take action.
"It's broad daylight. When the blood dries up at night, how can we attract zombies?" My mind was buzzing.
"Oh, that's right." Zhou Jiaonan then put away the dagger.
"Xiaotian, tell me your plan." Heizi still can't let go at critical moments, except for the first time when dealing with a female ghost.
"Let's do this..." I began to describe my plan.
As soon as it got dark, we withdrew all three teams guarding the intersection. We didn't really withdraw, we just hid in the dark.
And I held a copper bell in my hand and stood by the woods at the entrance of the village, ringing the bell and shouting.
There is half a basin of blood at my feet. This was all sacrificed by Gao Feng and others.
