Because he was afraid of being discovered, Li Long did not dare to follow too closely. He watched the person in front of him carrying a bag and walking in a hurry, looking left and right from time to time, and he felt a little sneaky.
Li Long followed him fifty or sixty meters away. From time to time, he used other people as a cover to block him, so the person couldn't notice.
However, after leaving the old street, the other party immediately turned into a small alley. Li Long hurriedly chased after him. When he entered the alley, he found that the person had gone somewhere.
There were several families nearby. Li Long walked through the alley. There was the main road on the other side. He had a wide view and saw no one.
Li Long turned back again, pushing his bicycle slowly through the alley, and each family listened carefully.
One family had its door locked, and three of the four families were suspected. There was a child's voice in one of them, and Li Long guessed that this was probably not the case.
The other two houses were diagonally across from each other. Li Long didn’t hear any movement when he passed by. It was not easy to break in at this time. He walked back a few times and felt it was inappropriate, so he returned to the old street. .
Parking the car at the milk tea shop, Li Long analyzed it while eating naan.
If this is really Gu Ermao, then what is he doing carrying that big bag of stuff?
Looking like that doesn’t look like he’s doing anything serious.
It's just a pity that I didn't follow him, and I don't know which courtyard he entered.
Li Long originally planned to catch the fish today and go into the mountains tomorrow. The matter of catching and selling the fish would be left to his eldest brother and Tao Daqiang.
But after meeting Gu Ermao today, Li Long felt that he still had to persist for two days. If we can catch this guy, we have to hit him with a few sap blows.
Looking at Li Long eating naan absent-mindedly, the young man making naan brought over a plate of honey and said:
"Fellow, what's wrong with you? I saw you ran away just now. Are you going over there to find someone?”
"Yes." Li Long didn't hide anything from the enthusiastic young man. He dipped the naan in some honey and took a bite and said:
"I met someone I knew before. He had harmed me and was afraid of my revenge. He ran away. I saw him entering that yard just now, and he was worried."
"Hehe," the young man said. Zi whispered: "Then I offended you, why don't you run away? You got those second-rates into the fence, who is not afraid of you..."
"This is different. This is my village Yes, I sell things, but he accuses me of speculating. Do you think... is this something people do?" Li Long had to explain clearly that he was not someone who bullied others casually.
"Then you really need to clean up." The young man nodded.
Someone came over to buy naan, and the young man went to pack naan for others, but Li Long didn't care.
Unexpectedly, the young man sat over again after a while and whispered:
"You are talking about that yard, right?"
He quickly pointed to the yard. At the same time, Li Long nodded.
“I know something about that area.” The young man whispered, “Among those families, one family went back to their hometown some time ago, saying that there was something urgent at home. Two families were locals, and everyone living in the yard They are three generations of grandparents, doing a small business. There is also a family that rented out the yard, just for the past two months. The person who rented the yard... um..."
The young man hesitated and seemed to be organizing his words:
"The people who rent the yard are both men and women, and a woman is the leader."
"Female?" Li Long was a little surprised.
"Yes, a woman in her thirties. She is very beautifully dressed. She has four or five young men, yes, and an old woman who cooks in that yard. It's a mess..."
"How did you know?" Li Long was a little confused, did he know this kind of thing?
"That woman likes to eat pasta. The old lady comes to me every few days to buy naan, and sometimes she even asks me to deliver it to the door. I know it." The young man said with a smile, "By the way, they seem to be in business. . I often carry back large and small bags of things from outside, but they don’t show them. Stall - as soon as the things come, many people go to them to buy goods, and then go out to set up stalls... Look, there are people passing by now."
After he said this, Li Long followed that direction. Looking over, I saw people going in that direction one after another. Most of these people carry a cloth bag, and some simply hold a square cloth. Are they planning to pack it directly after getting the things?
"What do they sell?" Li Long broke off another piece of naan and asked while eating.
“I’m not sure, but it is said that there is an electronic watch or something. I heard it is advanced, and the watch has numbers on it, so you can tell the time without looking at the needle...”
Li Long immediately understood that this should be the kind of electronic product that came from the south.
Where did you purchase the goods so early? Isn't this too exaggerated?
“I heard that the ones sold are not cheap, but no matter how cheap they are, they are still cheaper than the watches in department stores. Some of them are broken. The day before yesterday, I saw people who bought watches coming to the stall owner and saying that the watches didn’t work. It's broken, it's broken or something..."
Li Long completely understood. This is a group of backpackers who engage in electronic equipment. In the rebirth novels I read before, many protagonists got their first pot of gold this way.
However, it is also a scam. After all, many electronic watches at this time were considered electronic waste, or in other words, what these people carried on their backs was electronic waste. They took it for a few yuan and sold it for tens or dozens of yuan. As a result, after a few months to half a year, it becomes unusable.
Isn’t this harmful? How difficult it is for ordinary people to earn money now! (Except for myself, of course. But when I started making money, it was hard-earned money earned in the ice and snow at 20 to 30 degrees below zero)
"These people don't necessarily sell things here. There are few stalls here in the old street. If there are stalls, they will even rush them. They let these people who buy goods go to the surrounding counties or townships to sell." The young man said to this It was really clear, "It is said that you can make a lot of money in one day!"
"Then why don't you want to do this?" Li Long asked with a smile. After finishing the naan and honey, he drank milk tea and waited for the young man's answer.
“Actually, I thought about it, and then asked my father to give me a stick. He said that I couldn’t do that kind of work. Now I can open a milk tea shop and make money selling naan. It's clean money.
As long as this old street is here and my stall can't be destroyed, I will always make money.
If you follow them, you can make a lot of money, but you don't know how long you can keep the money in your hands. You might not be able to sell it any day. If you run out of money, you will have to run back then. You might as well just do it honestly. Guard this milk tea restaurant..."
"Your father has great wisdom. "Li Long said, "This is the right reason. You have such a business, and after you protect it, you can buy two houses for your Balangzi. ”
The old street is considered a landmark building in Shicheng. There is a house at the street entrance. It will be no problem to replace it with two buildings during the future demolition.
I know the details of the matter. Li Long was not worried.
"Have you ever seen a young man like this? "Li Long described the image of Gu Ermao.
The milk tea shop owner Ke Youmu thought for a while and said:
"There seems to be such a person, why do others call him Mao..."
That's it.
Li Long paid the bill, and the boss returned the money and returned a dime:
"That honey is for you to eat. The honey you asked for was not found, and I will give it back when I get it. I sold it directly to the purchasing station and left a few cans for me.”
Li Long had forgotten about it. He smiled and said:
"I bought it. I met a beekeeper in the mountains and bought a few cans."
"That's OK. , I won’t think about it anymore.” The young man smiled and put the dime into Li Long’s hand, “Do your business, I’ll make some more naan here.”
< br>Li Long came out to push his bicycle and took another look at the yard over there. Someone has already come out from there with a bag and something, obviously he has completed the replenishment process.
Li Long didn't want to alert the enemy at the moment. He pushed the bicycle and quickly got on the bicycle in two steps and rode towards Ma County.
When Li Long arrived in Ma County, he went to the market and saw that there was indeed a stall selling electronic watches.
What surprised Li Long was that Yang Xiulan, who was selling soup and rice at a stall, was asking about the price in front of the electronic watch stall. Next to her is a pushcart, the food in it has not been sold out yet, the girl Han Fang is not there, Li Long guessed that it should be in the yard.
Li Long walked over and listened to the dealer said impatiently:
"Thirty-five yuan, this is cheap enough! Watches in department stores sell for more than one hundred yuan. This is an electronic one. It looks very foreign, and I only sell it for thirty-five dollars... I won't make any money from you... ..."
"I know you must make money, big brother, I will only give you twenty yuan. If you see that you have so much, just sell it to me for one..." Yang Xiulan looked a little persistent, "Look If any piece is hard to sell, just sell it to me cheaply..."
The dealer became a little impatient and waved his hand and said:
"Let's go, let's go! I can't even get twenty yuan... leave quickly, don't delay my business!"
Neither did Yang Xiulan Discouraged, he pushed the car away and then saw Li Long.
She smiled sheepishly, pushed the cart to Li Long, and explained in a low voice:
"The main thing is to get up early every day, and cook and sell food according to the time..."
"Don't buy it yet. There is something wrong with the electronic watch. I will find a solution for you in a while." Li Long said, "Is your daughter at home?"
"Well, I asked her to prepare some food in the afternoon. Sell other food. She said that you should read the books carefully and read the things left behind. "
"Okay." Long nodded, "Then I'm leaving."
"Brother, wait a minute. I'll pay this month's rent first..." Yang Xiulan took out a roll of money from her pocket and said, "I earned it. We are young and old, we can’t keep owing..."
"Okay." Li Long did not refuse this time, took the ten yuan and put it in his pocket, pushed the car and left.
Knowing that Li Long would continue to catch fish for several days, Tao Daqiang was the happiest person. The time it takes to get off the net will be faster, and he can practice more himself. It's getting cold now, so there isn't much time to practice.
Li Long went to Shicheng again the next day, and this time he was observing there when they were selling fish. Then I saw another person carrying a bag walking towards the yard, and then there were people swarming over like flies smelling the smell of manure.
When these people came out, most of them had smiles on their faces, obviously they had gained a lot.
Li Long slowly took control of this matter.
Gu Ermao was not seen on this day, and he did not stay here any longer. He left after selling the fish.
To be on the safe side, Li Long wore a mask these two days. After all, selling fish has a bit of a fishy smell, and others don't care much about it.
Just to avoid being recognized.
It wasn’t until three days later that someone suspected of being Gu Ermao appeared again, and Li Long knew he could take action. (End of this chapter)