tall and rhubarb

After leaving August and their ship, Gao Changbaibao felt a little heavy. They have been living in the isolated mountainous area. Although they can imagine that the outside world is not peaceful, they really heard people talking about these things outside. Sometimes, it is inevitable that there will still be some shock.

After this transaction, Gaugust had already sold the last batch of blue lights of their ship, and decided to leave for the country the next day.Gao Chang and the others still had a small amount of cloth and a lot of dried meat and seafood left. For a while, they kept in touch with all parties, trying to exchange the remaining supplies for something useful to return.

Finally, under the leadership of a staff member on the pier, I got in touch with a black officer. After some bargaining, it was agreed that a piece of cloth would be exchanged for ten liters of diesel.This price is not very ideal, but Gao Chang and the others have no choice. Even in the whole world, oil is the most in short supply. Its status is not lower than that of ammunition and weapons, especially the processed diesel oil. It can be said that there is no market. Well, if Gao Chang and the others didn't have the same priceless cloth in their hands, they wouldn't have even thought of getting this thing.

And the black officer exchanged these cloths with them back, in fact, it was incidental, just like some businessmen go out to do business, and when they see some special products that are not available in their hometown, they give some to their families.The hundreds of pieces of cloth that Gao Chang and Bai Bao exchanged for him were transported back to his own country, and they would not be used for trade at all, and they would basically be kept for his own consumption.

In this regard, the 767 pieces of cloth that Gao Chang brought with him this time, except for the two specially set aside, the others have been replaced with blue light and diesel. Among them, 240 pieces of cloth have been replaced with 48 blue lights, 1650 ​​after tax deduction, 330 liters of diesel, 192 liters after tax deduction, 1320 blue lights and [-] liters of diesel left.

It is impossible to exchange the remaining dried meat and fish for foreigners, because most of the foreigners who come here to participate in the trade by boat are wearing military uniforms. There is no shortage of weapons. Are you afraid that you will run out of meat if you have weapons?How could it be possible to come all the way here to exchange domestic supplies for meat?With this skill, driving their big boat out to sea to fish, these few months are enough for them to bring back a lot of seafood.

So, Gao Chang and Bai Bao's eyes turned to the group of people in the "Flying Speed ​​Internet Cafe" and the staff on the pier.A few days ago, Gao Chang entrusted them with the pottery pots and porcelain bowls they found. This day Ah Hai came to their boat to find Gao Chang, and said to take him to the fast Internet cafe to see the goods. Let's go together and see if there is any other business that can be done by the way.

There is also an advantage of doing business with these hawkers, which is low taxes.Gao Chang they trade with foreigners in the port, double taxation, the buyer and the seller each receive [-]%.If you trade with Chinese hawkers, you only need to pay [-]% of the tax on the buyer and seller. Basically, when the two parties negotiate the price, they will first agree on who will pay the tax.

After arriving at Feisu Internet Cafe, Gao Chang felt a little strange, because he looked around in the crowd, but he didn't see Lao Tan's figure. Isn't this person with Ah Hai, who wants to take the lead for himself and earn some benefits from it? The benefits haven't come yet, so he shouldn't be in a hurry to go home so soon, why didn't he come today?

"Where did Lao Tan go?" Gao Chang asked Ah Hai.

"Don't mention it, Lao Tan lost the bet last night." Ah Hai waved his hand, apparently not wanting to talk about this topic.

"Lost the bet?" Gao Chang frowned, feeling something was wrong.

"You may not know that in our country, going out to sea is called gambling for life. If you win the bet, you will take the fish home, and if you lose the bet, you will leave your life to the Dragon King." The vendor who provided the clay pot explained to Gao Chang and the others. : "Although the travel fare from the plateau is not cheap, it is not difficult for the whole family to save money and go out alone. Some people go out to make a living when their families are sad. As long as there is traffic in the east, west, north and south, people will go. Like us This group of people went to the seaside. People like me are timid, so they just start a small business, and some courageous ones, who have no capital or skills, rent a boat to go to sea. Those who can come back alive will pay Some fish are rented as boats, and if they can’t come back, even the boats and people are gone. Those small boats were originally made by the dock workers here. They used them to go out to sea. It's a narrow escape, so we call him a life gambler."

"Old Tan, after selling out the sugar cane, he contacted a few sellers of pots and bowls for you. In the middle of the night last night, he said in a daze that he was lucky recently, and he was about to go home soon, and wanted to bring more things. When I go back, I feel as if I have been dazed, no one can persuade me, I think my fate is too big, alas, no matter how big a person's life is, can it be as big as the Dragon King?" The people in this room, even if they are not the same as Lao Tan How much friendship, everyone is waiting for business in this room together, and they are very familiar with each other. Now when they talk about Lao Tan, they sigh and sigh in silence. The atmosphere in the room is very tense for a while. is dull.

"What about his things?" Gao Chang couldn't help asking.

"Young man, I know what you're thinking." A middle-aged man by the wall glanced at Gao Chang and said, "But let me tell you, in our place, it's hard to say at other times, but for those who lost the bet Man, we are just one, no one is allowed to touch it, except for the shipping fee, everything is packed and mailed back to his home, this is a rule, no one can break it."

"Oh." Gao Chang smiled, but it was his villainous heart. "The world is not peaceful at the moment. I think you should stop wasting your time here. If you don't have many things, you can sell them to us at a cheaper price. Go home early when you sell them."

As soon as Gao Chang said this, there was an uproar in the room. This man's tone was serious, and he wanted to buy all their things. Looking at him like this, he didn't look like he came out of the army. I heard that their hometown was Sericulture and weaving, the cloth has been replaced, how many good things are left now?

"What do you give us in exchange?" someone asked.

"Hey, let me think about it, you saw those dried snake meat and dried meat floss that day, as well as dried crab meat, steamed crabs in the sea, picked out the crab meat, and dried them in the sun, oh, and crab shells Fan, a lot of seafood was caught on the road, and there are a lot of miscellaneous things, just find a few people to move them here, and you will show what you have."

"Then you all want to change something, do you want a ballpoint pen?" A younger one asked.

"There are still ballpoint pens these days? Yes, why don't you, good things." Gao Chang smiled. Ballpoint pens are really tasteless in the last days. They look good, but few people want them.

"It turns out that we have a lot of handicraft workshops there. We don't have anything else, just a lot of pens, ballpoint pens, gel pens, water-soluble pens, all kinds of them. They make money and live a good life. Hey, when the blue sun comes out, The big guys are all dumbfounded, guarding the mountain-like pen case and refill, they can't get enough to eat."

When the young man heard that Gao Chang wanted his ballpoint pen, he was also in a good mood, so he immediately talked about it, making a joke about what happened over the years.I think that when the accident just happened, the big guys couldn’t take it anymore. The banknotes that I worked so hard to save in the bank suddenly became paper, and the poor and the rich all lived the same life. What is the picture.

But after a long time, people's temperament will naturally pass. Think about it, I still have a lot of ballpoint pens, and I don't have to leave my hometown. So many people's hometowns have been flooded. Moving to their side, I don't know how many people died.It’s good to think about it. The market for ballpoint pens has been small in the past two years, but it’s not completely empty. Occasionally selling a few pens can improve the food a little bit, which is much more chic than those who used to go to work.

As soon as I finished talking here, someone asked again: "Do you want sanitary products?"

Gao Chang was taken aback: "What hygiene products?"

"Hahaha, it's what women use." The people in the room laughed immediately, and it is estimated that this guy who sells hygiene products has been laughed at a lot.

"Has the expiration date expired?" Gao Chang really didn't understand this.

"Young man, you don't understand this. The shelf life is actually just a saying. Our things are well preserved and not polluted, but it doesn't matter if they pass the shelf life." The man began to sell them familiarly.

Gao Chang scratched his head and scratched his head, why buy this thing back home?He really can't use it.Over there, Bai Bao immediately made a decision: "How many? I want it all."

The man cheerfully moved out his goods. There were several boxes, and the outer cartons were a bit worn out. He took out one of the boxes, opened the outermost carton, and there was another layer of cartons inside, with a plastic bag in the middle. After that, the carton inside will not be damp, and then open this layer of carton, good guy, there is a plastic bag inside, in a transparent plastic bag, there are packs of pink, pink and blue, what, hygiene products, look It is indeed clean.

"If you can wait a day or two, I'll go to the station and make a call later, and I'll have new products coming. I'm not old or young at home." The man felt like he had met a big customer, so he wanted to sell more things. There is a generator at the station, and there are telephone calls between the various stations, but if outsiders want to make a call, it is impossible without acquaintances.

"No problem, just get some more. If I don't have enough on board, I'll exchange two headlights with you. How about it?" Bai Bao was very generous.

"Hey! That's a good relationship! I'm going to make a call right away. If I can catch up with today's car, it will be soon." The man said, and immediately left the house, and went to the sports car station to make a call.

Seeing that the two people in front had made great achievements, other hawkers also started to sell their products one after another. In their opinion, these two sellers of ballpoint pens and hygiene products are the most unreliable here. There's no reason why their things can be sold, but their own things are not wanted.

Not long after, Gao Chang and the others discovered that this house really sells everything, but most of them are more practical daily necessities, and there are also seed sellers, but there are very few people who specialize in selling seeds, most of them are He has his own main business, and the seeds are only incidental. After all, few of the people who come here to buy things are farming.

These daily necessities are really useful to buy back. Gao Chang and the others can’t use them up, so they can sell them to the village. The people in the village exchange cloth with them for daily necessities, and then Gao Chang Baibao and the others can use the cloth to exchange for the things they need , in this way, it is still a profitable business.

While Gao Chang was busy bargaining with people, he arranged for Rhubarb to go to old Tala with a cage on his back. There were two pieces of folded cloth under the cage, and some dried salted fish was placed on it as a cover.

Tara had already made up his mind. Even if the others had left for the past two days, he would stay here alone and wait. In his whole life, he had never experienced anything, suffered nothing, and was lonely and hungry. He is nothing in his eyes, and he is not afraid of war. He has lived for so long, so what does it matter if he dies?It's just that I can't do what my wife asked, and I feel very sorry.

Unexpectedly, at this time someone sent him fabrics and thoughtfully helped him hide them in a cage containing salted fish. Tara was grateful in her heart, but there was no superfluous expression on her face. It's not safe. Since the other party wants to help him arrange it, Tara will naturally cooperate. After all, the ultimate beneficiary is himself.It's just that when handing over the sheep, Tara untied the dagger that had been worn for 60 years from her waist and handed it to the other party.

This dagger was given to him by a warrior of his clan 60 years ago, and he said that only true warriors are qualified to wear it.

Tara didn't know whether the young man in front of him was a real warrior. He only knew that his heart had been subdued the moment he saw the cloth. Perhaps it was because he was too old that he became weak. Maybe it's because he's been alone for too long and misses his dead wife too much. In his life, he has no other persistence except a few pieces of cloth.In short, at this moment, Tara, who is nearly eighty years old, knows that her life is complete and there will be no more regrets.