Chapter 319 Our old Chen also has a day when a hero saves a beauty
This flower, bird, insect, and fish market covers a large area.
After visiting the ornamental fish area, Chen Ling once again found a place to collect the sturgeon into the cave, and then headed to other areas.
Unfortunately, there are very few fish in the sea here, almost none.
Even if there are, they are not alive, they are all new year's goods, frozen shrimps and fish.
Otherwise, you can also buy some marine fish and raise them in the cave. Try to see if the marine fish can survive in the cave, and if they survive, what changes will happen.
Walking around, along the way, I saw all kinds of flowers, potted plants, songbirds, snakes, rats, small lizards, birds, hawks, and exquisite birdcages, all dazzling.
During the National Day holiday, there are many people of all ages and genders in the market, walking back and forth in a lively manner.
But most people gather in the flower area.
After walking around, Chen Ling discovered that the flower area was the most popular.
Old people like to grow flowers, women and girls also like to grow flowers, and even many men also like to play with various potted plants and flowers.
Compared with the flower area, other areas seem very deserted.
"Huh? So, in addition to raising fish, it seems that you can also raise flowers."
Chen Ling thought to himself, but he didn't go out to buy potted flowers. , he can cultivate most of them by himself. I just picked out a few pots of different types of cacti and left them in the cave.
Xin Xin said that she would definitely be willing to bring Wang Susu and her son over to set up a stall and sell flowers when everything is fine.
"It's just that the road is too far. How about I buy another yard in the city and plant flowers and plants?"
"It's not impossible to buy another yard. In the next thirty years, housing prices will not rise. It will go down, so it’s not a loss if you buy it. Besides, it’s an option for the children if they don’t want to stay in the country in the future.”
“Let’s go check out the price in the afternoon.”
In the blink of an eye, Chen Ling made up his mind and planned to buy a property in the city.
It was just that he was so distracted by his thoughts that he didn't notice that he was being watched.
The person who was eyeing him was no one else, but a thief or pickpocket.
To be honest, thieves and thieves are really rampant in this era.
Especially in crowded places like major markets, it is a place frequented by thieves.
There are no cameras in this day and age. If something is stolen, it will be run away, and there is no place to look for it.
Chen Ling was alone again, wandering around in the market. Several pickpockets guarding the flowers quickly targeted him.
One of the young men, eighteen or nineteen years old, with a flat mustache, pretended to approach him accidentally.
"Huh?"
When someone approached, Chen Ling's perception was still very sharp. He immediately noticed something strange in his trouser pocket and immediately knew what had happened.
In an instant, he exchanged the change in his trouser pocket with the scorpions that were free in the cave.
The young man's two fingers had just reached into Chen Ling's trouser pocket...
I saw him walking side by side with Chen Ling with his hands behind his back, his body close to Chen Ling. He was very skillful and deceptive. Those who didn't know better thought he and Chen Ling were companions.
In fact, two fingers had already slipped into Chen Ling's trouser pocket. After feeling something, he quickly pinched it out with two fingers, then retracted his fingers, and clenched his hands like this .
The whole process is very fast.
But the next moment, the young man trembled and screamed. Under the surprised eyes of everyone, he waved his hands wildly and ran away.
Actually, if he didn't hold it with his hands, it might be okay, but if he holds it like this, the scorpion will definitely sting him without negotiation.
"Huh? This is a scorpion. Which stall sells it? This young man must have bought a scorpion and got stung by it."
"I don't know, this young man always likes to do weird things nowadays. We don’t understand either.”
“…”
Some people saw the two scorpions thrown to the ground by the young man, talked about it, and kicked the scorpions twice. Go aside.
Chen Ling paid no attention to anyone and continued to walk out slowly as if nothing happened.
I thought to myself: "You still dare to steal from me. This time it's a scorpion, next time it's a wild bee and a poisonous snake. If you're not afraid, just come."
At noon, I had another beef offal, and this time I drank some. Little wine.
Beef offal, beef tendon, cut some beef, paired with some wine, it’s so delicious.
After eating, he had nothing to do at the moment, so he walked around looking at the house and the yard.
The main thing is to consider whether the house is close to the school.
As for the courtyard, the main thing is to find a larger one. It can't be too far from the city center, and it won't be too far because it will be inconvenient.
Looking around in the afternoon, houses at this time are not expensive. A 180-square-meter building in the city center can be purchased for 50,000 yuan.
Although the decoration is not very good, the decoration is not expensive now.
Materials are cheap, and workers’ wages are not high. There is almost no difference between 1996 and 1995. Decorators in the city only earn 20 to 30 yuan a day.
Wang Lixian and the others were not much better.
Chen Ling remembered that around 2005, an old classmate was building a house in his hometown in the countryside. At that time, the wages of small laborers had not yet increased, and it was only about fifteen yuan a day, and even twenty yuan was not enough. Can't reach it.
"It's cheap, but I didn't bring enough money."
Chen Ling thought about it and scratched his head, so he just thought of ways to sell Dongtian's specialties.
So in the next two days, I visited Chinese herbal medicine stores and asked about the prices of ginseng, dendrobium and other medicinal materials.
As expected, the price was too low for Chen Ling to accept.
Especially the price of ginseng is really not as profitable as selling a few ornamental fish.
As for the ginseng, it’s better to take it back and soak it in wine.
Chen Ling also knew that if his ginseng was brought to the capital, the Pearl, or Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, it would definitely cost more than this.
But he was too lazy to run that far.
I don’t want to buy ginseng anymore. It’s time to sell fish.
I took two red eels to several nearby markets and asked about the prices.
Finally, I found that the bidding prices in several cities on the south bank of the Yangtze River were higher. For a pair of red eels, the highest price paid was 8,000 yuan.
At least two thousand yuan.
Of course, things were not entirely smooth.
Some people think that he is a liar and that he became like this by feeding the fish.
Otherwise, eels don’t have whiskers and their whole body turns red, which is too unbelievable.
Some people don’t believe it, and some people believe it.
There are twists and turns, but also gains.
But after all, this big circle is not in vain.
Red eels are still too rare, and they are such long-bearded ones. There is definitely no shortage of people wanting rare things.
So in the past few days, Chen Ling sold big fish and small fish, both to those with a high price and to those with a low price.
Anyway, the minimum price for a pair of fish cannot be less than two thousand yuan.
Because the thing becomes worthless if you have too much of it, so he doesn’t mind if it’s cheaper.
After finally going around in a circle, I returned to Tiannan City and sold it to Du Guanghe for 4,000 yuan.
I successfully saved enough money and bought a house.
"It seems that we should save more money on weekdays. Otherwise, if we want to buy a car or a house, we have to sell some things to raise money."
Chen Ling has been spending the past two days. I spent a lot of time walking back and forth on both sides of the Yangtze River. Although I ate a lot of delicious food, saw a lot of nice scenery, and harvested a lot of nice little things from the cave, it was still a bit troublesome to go back and forth.
Carrying some simple food, Chen Ling walked into an old-fashioned unit building.
Compared with those in first-tier cities, this building is definitely far behind and has no modern atmosphere.
But it's beautiful.
The walls of the courtyard are covered with ivy.
In the yard, there are sycamore trees with lush branches and leaves.
There are also birds on the trees, busy shuttling among the branches and leaves.
Chen Ling likes the rich flavor of life very much.
It is relatively close to the branch campus of a university, but it is not expensive to pay for it in full.
"Let's do this for now. Next time we come over, we can build a small yard nearby where we can grow flowers and plants. That will be perfect."
Thinking to myself, I walked upstairs to the third floor. into a room, took out the key and opened the door.
The fragrance of ink hits my face.
The previous landlord was a retired teacher from the university. He practiced calligraphy in his spare time. When he handed over the house to Chen Ling, he gave him two calligraphy paintings as gifts, which was very thoughtful.
Although this house is just like a small courtyard in the county town, and he won't live there much in the future, it is more at ease to live in such a scholarly family.
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"Hey, Brother Dahai, are you at home or out? At home, I came to the city, and I was talking about going to see you to play."
In It's convenient here. After dinner, you can go downstairs and walk around and you'll find a public phone. Now that he's free today, Chen Ling is still in no hurry to do anything else. He plans to buy some gifts and visit some friends in the city.
"It's okay, don't worry, I know the way, no need to pick me up. Okay, I'll go there then."
Chen Ling hung up the phone, went out to buy some gifts, and then got on the bus and rushed to Zhao Dahai's home.
Zhao Dahai's home is not far from the house he bought, and he arrived soon.
Get off at the bus stop.
Nearby is the back entrance of a university, surrounded by various restaurants and rice wine shops.
It was around two o'clock in the afternoon, and students who had not gone home during the National Day holiday walked out of the school gates in twos and threes and wandered around.
In this quiet and peaceful afternoon in the golden autumn of September, suddenly a series of exclamations and screams sounded on the street.
"Help, it's a robbery."
Chen Ling was carrying two large bags. When he heard the movement behind him, he turned around to look.
I saw a thin man running wildly on the sidewalk with a bright knife.
Behind me, a woman with disheveled hair screamed, not knowing what was being robbed. She ran and screamed, falling down twice.
When the passers-by and the shop owner saw this, they hurriedly came out to help. Everyone was in a hurry and threw all kinds of things at the robber.
Although the robber was a thin man who looked young and had little strength, he ran extremely fast and passers-by could not hit him accurately.
Seeing that he was about to run away, Chen Ling threw away the things he was carrying, opened his arms, like an eagle catching a chicken, stopped him a few times, then stepped forward and kicked him. He tripped a dog and ate shit.
I don’t know whether this kid had rich experience in robbery or was good at escaping. When he fell down, he rolled on the ground, got up again, and continued to run away.
Even if he was stopped, how could he really run away? Chen Ling chased after him, and many passers-by also joined in the chase.
Seeing that there were so many people, this kid immediately jumped into a panic, shaking the knife in his hand with a ruthless look on his face, and swung it at everyone in front of him, "Fuck your grandma, if you continue to meddle in other people's business, I'll chop you idiots to death." ”
However, as soon as he finished his harsh words and scared a group of people away, and just as he was about to run away, Chen Ling kicked him to the ground from behind and sat on him. , held down his arm and took away the knife.
When Chen Ling pushed this kid to the ground, there were still people rushing here with sticks and bamboo poles.
"This young man has subdued the man. Go and call the police."
As he said this, young and old came forward to help and quickly tied up the robber.
When the woman who was robbed came over and thanked everyone for their enthusiastic help.
Everyone discovered: This is actually a foreign girl.
(End of this chapter)