Travel through troubled times and escape famine with the system

"The market here..."

The old man looked at Lu You with some hesitation, and then he suddenly realized.

"You mean, you want to make a living in this market?"

"That's right!" Lu You said with a smile.

The old man laughed when he heard this.

"What else do I care about?"

"If that's the case, you've really asked the right person!"

"For all these years, I, an old man, have never traveled south or north. I have only been guarding this Qingshi Town."

"Although I haven't done anything famous, I have a good understanding of what's happening on the street."

Hearing the old man's words, Lu You was delighted.

"That would be great!"

"My sister and I rarely go out in the city, so we know very little about these things. I'd like to trouble you to explain them to us."

"Okay, okay!" The old man waved his hand gently: "In that case, just tell me, what do you want to sell?"

"do not know!"

Old man: “…………”

[Negative emotions from Yang Yi +1, +1, +1...]

Hearing the sudden reminder sound in his mind, Lu You turned his head and looked around, but after searching around, he didn't find anything unusual.

Only then did she realize that the malice must have come from the old man in front of her.

"You haven't decided what to do yet?"

The old man asked again with complicated eyes.

"I haven't thought about it yet, so we want to hear your opinion!"

Lu You said as a matter of course.

"You are familiar with the market here. Do you know what kind of business is less tiring, requires little technical skills, and can make more money..."

[Negative emotions from Lu Yi +15, +15, +15...]

[Negative emotions from Yang Yi +1, +1, +1...]

Before Lu You finished speaking, two prompt sounds rang in his mind one after another!

Obviously, Lu You's dreamlike wish made the two people in front of him very contemptuous.

But who would have thought that Old Man Yang would sigh and speak slowly.

"There really is such a deal as the one you're talking about!"

Hearing this, Lu You and the other man were both shocked, but before they could be happy, Old Man Yang spoke again.

"Casinos and brothels are both very profitable businesses!"

Mr. Yang said this with a hint of disappointment in his words.

"It's good for young people to want to get rich, but they have to be realistic!"

"If there really is a way to make a living like you said, I wouldn't have to get up early and work late to sell tea here. How could it be your turn?"

After being scolded by Mr. Yang, Lu You quickly apologized.

"Uncle, I'm just anxious to make money!"

"Drink some tea and calm down. Don't argue with me."

As he spoke, Lu You stood up, took a clean tea bowl from the table next to him, and poured a bowl for the old man.

After taking a few sips of herbal tea, the old man sighed and said.

"Since you haven't decided what to do, let me first tell you about the rules of this market."

"Are there any rules in this market?" Lu Yi asked doubtfully.

"Of course there are!" The old man said with a smile, "If you want to make a living in this market, the most basic thing is to pay the government money."

Tooth gold is actually the stall management fee of the 21st century.

Lu You is very familiar with this!

When I was in college, although the student loan covered most of the tuition, it was not enough for daily expenses.

In order to have three meals a day, Lu You would work part-time whenever he had time, and set up a stall at the night market at night. He was very familiar with this process.

"Of course!" Lu You said with a smile, "But I don't know how much I have to pay!"

Upon hearing this, Mr. Yang shook his head slightly.

"uncertain!"

“It depends on what you sell and how big your stall is!”

"The premium for your tooth isn't even fixed. Sometimes it'll go up a bit if your business is good."

"If that's the case, then they can have as much as they want?" Lu You frowned slightly, "Is there no standard?"

"Standard?" Old Man Yang laughed helplessly. "He is an official with a sword. Whatever he says must be true."

"Although those officials are a bit overbearing, they won't go too far. At most, we will earn less, but we can still survive."

Having said this, Mr. Yang looked around, and seeing that there was no one around, he felt relieved and spoke again.

"For those of us who run small businesses, we are most afraid of rogues like Zheng Xiezi! If we are targeted by them, we will be dead!"

This was the second time that Old Man Yang had told me about Zheng Xiezi.

Lu You could tell that Old Man Yang was reminding him.

"I taught Ya Jin here. I have the cards given by the official. Zheng Xiezi is just a thug who watches over the casino. Can he dare to challenge the government?"

Hearing Lu You's words, old man Yang laughed.

"You kid, you really don't know anything!"

"That Ya Jin bought a government card, which is the qualification to do business here!"

"But with Zheng Xiezi, what you pay is called a down payment, and what you buy is security."

"This official and this bully, one bright and one dark, they don't interfere with each other, no one can touch the other!"

"It's just hard for us ordinary people!"

Seeing Mr. Yang’s helpless look, Lu You felt a little upset.

Although she had realized before that her journey through time would never be as easy as Tomato's time-travel novels.

But I didn't expect it to be so difficult!

It's not like the 21st century here where you can just set up a stall and sell goods anywhere.

In the entire Jianhe County, only Qingshi Town is relatively prosperous and suitable for doing small business.

But as soon as he arrived, he had already become enemies with Zheng Xiezi.

Of course, with the copied Zuo family boxing style and Asan Dali Pills, Lu You would not be too worried about his own safety as long as Zheng Xiezi did not gather too many people to kill him.

But there are too many such ruffian tactics.

He doesn't even need to cause trouble for you. He just needs to spread the word so that people are afraid to buy your things, and he can starve you to death.

If you want to make money, you have to do business...

If you want to do business, you can only come to Qingshi Town...

But as long as he gets here, Zheng Xiezi will definitely cause trouble for him...

Lu You's thoughts were stuck in a dead end at this moment, and his brows were furrowed even tighter. It took him a long time to come to his senses.

"According to what you said, I have offended Zheng Xiezi today. So this deal cannot be done?"

This time, Mr. Yang didn't say anything, but the expression on his face was full of helplessness.

Seeing the old man like this, Lu You had the answer in his mind. He stood up, thanked him, and then told Lu Yi to leave.

Looking at the two people's backs, Old Man Yang sighed and stood up to clean the table.

But when he picked up Lu You's tea bowl, he was slightly stunned.

On the side blocked from view by the large coarse porcelain bowl, there were two piles of copper coins quietly placed on the table.

A stack of five coins equals exactly ten coins...